"Alka, let me do it. You can go and rest."
Alka sat on the watchtower. He didn't know how much time had passed. He was too lazy to look at his pocket watch.
In the darkness, the perception of time was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, depending on what he was doing at the time.
Hearing Sofia's voice, Alka stood up and looked down: "Okay, I'll come down now." He slid down along the rope.
After coming down, he couldn't help asking: "What happened before? I saw Hamo being carried in from above."
After saying that, he shook his head and looked at the door of the infirmary not far away.
"It was Hamo who suffered from the erosion of darkness and his spirit was affected. Now he is much better and is resting."
Hearing this, Alka, who originally wanted to go into the infirmary to take a look, stopped.
It's better not to disturb him.
Thinking like this, Alka pushed open the door of the captain's room and walked in.
The main members are all here.
Sang Kaka, Vanessa, and Jamie were playing cards, while Andre and Jason were looking at something on the table.
There was no more information for them to analyze. After all, they knew only a limited amount. If they wanted to know more information, they could only continue their exploration when they reached their destination.
Seeing Alka coming in, Andre raised his head and rubbed his eyebrows, saying, "It should be two days before we reach our destination. Remember to be prepared."
Alka walked over, sat on the chair next to him and nodded.
Carelessly picked up a book from the bookshelf next to him and flipped through it.
Except for the sound of a few people playing cards, there was no other sound in the captain's room.
The people who were reading did not think their voices were noisy, but rather wanted to hear these noisy sounds.
Sailing on the sea is boring.
Sailing on a dark sea is not just boring. The darkness and silence make people almost crazy.
"Ding Ding Ding!"
At this time, the sound of bells rang from the deck outside.
Hearing this sound, everyone immediately put down what they were doing and rushed out without hesitation.
The moment Alka rushed out, he pulled out the locker on his thigh, and a card appeared in his other hand.
He took a fighting stance directly.
"Stop!"
The moment he came out, Andre keenly noticed why the bell rang.
"Jami, turn off the lights!"
Hearing Andre's reminder, Jamie rushed out and didn't notice anything unexpected, so he executed Andre's order without hesitation.
The lighting stone on the ship went out instantly.
In an instant, it merged into the darkness.
But the darkness was not empty, but let everyone know what made Andre so alert.
There was a faint light on the sea in the distance, moving slowly.
It was a tattered ship, the whole ship was emitting a faint white light, and there was mist during the voyage.
The sails were full of holes, and even the rear stern pole was broken.
You can see that there are pits and big holes on the wooden boards around the ship.
This is an abandoned and shabby ship.
"This is a ghost ship, wait quietly for it to leave, and don't alarm them."
Hearing Andre's subtle voice, everyone held their breath and stared, trying not to make any sound.
At this time, Sofia, who was on the watchtower, saw the behavior of the people below, and also shrank on the watchtower with a head exposed, and observed quietly.
Quietly watching the ghost ship in the distance, sailing towards their right.
Fortunately, the direction of the ship was not where they were, but it passed by them.
When it was closest to them, it was less than 500 meters away.
Sitting on the sea was no longer a safe distance, not to mention that both sides were not ordinary ships.
With their eyes, they could even see those ghost-like objects on the ship walking around on the ship.
Some monsters like skeletons were clinging to the sails, pulling the locks like people.
"@&%=…"
What sound?
Arka frowned and looked around, as if he was looking at who was making the noise.
However, the strange sound rang in his ears again.
Who is singing?
Arka heard the song, singing softly in an unknown language, with a touch of moving in the ethereal, and every sound was pleasing to the ears.
As if it was going to penetrate into his soul.
As the voice spread, the singing became increasingly irritable, which made Alka frown.
The spirit became exhausted.
"Darkness is gathering around you, Alka wake up!"
Hearing Lucilia's voice, Alka shook his head hurriedly.
The singing became weak in an instant.
Alka instinctively opened his mouth to ask Lucilia a question, but immediately remembered that Andre and the others were around him and immediately closed his mouth.
The originally weak singing began to gradually strengthen again.
"Close your eyes and transfer the magic power to the mirror."
Hearing Lucilia's voice, Alka slowly transferred the magic power into the mirror.
Then he felt that Lucilia took this opportunity to fly out and overlapped with him in an instant.
It seemed to have drilled into his body and penetrated into his spirit.
However, with the disappearance of Lusilia, Alka clearly felt the disappearance of the singing.
The irritable murmur disappeared before Alka could react, and his slightly dazed mind returned to normal.
"Is this a boy's body? How strange."
Lucilia's voice sounded directly from his mind.
Alka could feel that there was something extra in his body, as if it was in the flesh and blood, and as if it was in the soul.
Very strange, very weird.
Don't run around in my body!
This sentence floated on the surface of his mind and was immediately received by Lusilia.
"Hehe, sorry, this is the first time I do this."
After saying that, he quietly stayed beside Alka's soul.
"Arka, why does your soul look a little different from your appearance? Why are there some small spots of light beside you?"
Arka knew the situation of his soul only after hearing Lucilia's voice.
Speaking of which, he also found out when he looked in the mirror recently.
His current appearance has changed a little bit, and the direction of change is exactly what he used to look like.
This made him feel a little relieved when he looked in the mirror, but he felt more that it was just some illusions of his own.
However, there is only a little bit of charm, and the magnitude of the change is not big. People who know Arka can also recognize him and will only say that he has become more mature.
They will only think that this is some changes brought about by aging.
After hearing Lucilia's words, Arka had an idea.
That is to say, his body is changing towards the appearance of his soul, and his soul is also changing according to the appearance of his body.
The two are influencing each other.
As Lucilia said before, the body will affect the soul, and the soul will also affect the body.
And those light spots may be some traces left by the original soul.
Alka didn't understand it very well, and could only make simple guesses based on the information known now.
"And Alka, your soul is so strong, much stronger than mine."
Saying this, Lucilia couldn't help but reach out and touch Alka's arm.
"Hiss~"
Alka took a breath and couldn't help but wipe his left arm.
"What's wrong?" Jason beside him heard Alka suddenly take a breath and asked.
"Nothing."
Alka smiled slightly, and said with a smile while resisting the stimulation just now.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it."
At this time, Lucilia realized that she had touched Alka's soul, causing Alka outside to feel it.
It's okay, it's not painful, just a little strange feeling, maybe I'm too sensitive.
"That's good."
When Lusilia touched him just now, Alka was suddenly strongly stimulated.
The soul is much more sensitive than the body, will it be reflected to the outside world?
Alka couldn't help thinking.
With Lusilia entering the realm of the soul, Alka no longer heard the increasingly irritating song in the darkness.
"Why would Alka, such a powerful soul, be affected by these? The darkness gathered around you is much more than that of your companions."
Lucilia's voice continued to ring in his mind.
As a ghost, Lusilia can see things more clearly and more than Alka and others who are humans.
In her vision, once completely trapped in the darkness, the darkness around Alka is like a tsunami pressing towards him.
But his companions, on the contrary, were not willing to be touched by too much darkness.
Could it be because the strength of the soul attracted the approach of darkness?
Arka thought so.
"It is possible that strength can resist damage, but it will also attract prying eyes."
With so much darkness, Arka should have been invaded by darkness and had problems like Hamo.
But Arka only heard some singing, which was just the most basic symptom, and the degree of invasion was completely different.
The two communicated in their minds for a short time.
As the ghost ship left, the lighting stone on the ship lit up again.
"The darkness retreated."
As Lucilia's voice sounded, she got out of Arka's body again and returned to the necklace.
"It seems that this journey is much more dangerous than I thought." Andre's voice sounded from the side.
Looking at him frowning.
Alka asked beside him: "What's the matter with that ship?"
"According to the records of the church, [Dark Shadow] has the ability related to death. After its full outbreak, countless lives of the two countries died."
"All these deceased souls have turned into spirits, floating in this sea area, becoming the most dangerous source in this sea area."
"But it is difficult to see them in the periphery. According to records, the death rate is the highest in the center of the outbreak and its surroundings. There are almost no casualties as the distance increases."
"This kind of ghost ship is a monster formed by the power and souls of the dead people who were washed away by the power in an instant under the outbreak."
Hearing this, Gami suddenly interrupted: "Captain and his men cannot be called monsters. They are still human beings, but they are bound by power."
Looking at the attention of the crowd shifting.
Jamie explained: "The church has a special research group that has been in and out of the dark realm many times. There are many souls in it that still retain their memories and emotions from their previous lives.
They are just bound by power, and in serious cases, they are completely eroded by darkness and cannot escape, returning to death."
"They are just...poor people."
"Sorry...I haven't been back to the cathedral for a long time, and I don't know about this news."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little depressed, looking in the direction where the ghost ship was going away.
"Don't be depressed, there are many people in the church who are committed to finding ways to relieve the pain of these souls."
Jami, who stayed in the church most of the time, spoke to comfort them.
As for the progress, it is unknown.
After all, it is a treasure of the [Scepter] level that exudes exaggerated power at the cost of special rituals and destruction.
How can it be relieved so easily.
The ship shook again and sailed in the darkness.