Under the dedicated efforts of the sailors, the large sailboat sailed across the turbulent sea, coming to a halt at a partially destroyed dock.
Feeling the scorching hot air, although Loude had prepared himself ntally, he couldn't help but shiver as he gazed up close at the port that had turned into ruins. The smile on his face beca even more eager.
"Loude, you've finally arrived. I thought you might have successfully crossed the sea by now," Lynn, along with Jonny and the unconscious Dove, boarded the sailboat with the wooden planks placed down heavily.
"Hahaha, Wizard, you jest... How could that be possible? It's just that the plans changed temporarily, and we didn't receive your follow-up orders, so we had to drift on this sea while waiting," Loude chuckled, calmly explaining.
Lynn didn't expose their intentions. There wasn't much friendship between them and the Ship's Gang to begin with. Their temporary cooperation was solely based on the threat from the Church and their common goal of crossing the sea to reach the Wizard's territory.
So even though he suspected they might have abandoned him and fled, Lynn wasn't angry.
"Loude, is there a physician on this ship?" Jonny interjected, urgently asking as he looked at Dove, who remained unconscious.
Loude, after glancing at the unconscious Dove, imdiately realized the severity of the situation. He instructed his assistant to fetch the ship's physician. He had prepared various herbs to deal with any unexpected situations during the sea voyage.
However, after the ship's physician examined Dove, he shook his head in helplessness. "The injuries this lady witch has sustained aren't severe, but her current condition may be due to other issues."
Upon hearing this, Jonny imdiately thought of the ti Dove had used the "Soul Shriek" to attack Archbishop Anluke, which resulted in a backlash on her own soul. This was likely a spiritual trauma.
Seeing that the ship's physician was unable to help, the silver-haired witch turned to Lynn, her last glimr of hope in her eyes.
'071,' Lynn silently called out in his mind.
[Preliminary diagnosis: Target has suffered severe ntal trauma. Recomnd imdiate transfer to the Federal dical Center for professional neurological examination.]
Lynn felt sowhat helpless. He needed to get back there, and while the Federation had advanced technology, their knowledge of consciousness and soul studies was limited. Most of that information was classified and not sothing soone like him had the authority to access or review.
So, under the hopeful gaze of the witch, Lynn reluctantly shook his head.
Dove, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, curled up her body, her eyes tightly closed, lips slightly parted, her breathing becoming more rapid. As her lips moved in a murmuring fashion, she unconsciously called out the nas of her family. Her voice grew weaker, her hands trembled incessantly, as if trying to grasp sothing elusive.
Jonny held Dove tightly, tears glistening in his sapphire eyes. He had already beco speechless.
Lynn watched this scene and sighed. He couldn't do everything, but he took a step forward, gently holding Dove's trembling hand, offering her a bit of comfort.
[Unknown energy detected... Extract?]
Suddenly, a system notification sounded in Lynn's mind. He hesitated for a mont as he watched the girl's vitality gradually fade away, then, after much thought, silently recited in his mind.
"Yes."
In the perceptive gaze, an almost imperceptible glow flowed through Dove's arm and into her body, stopping after about half a minute.
[Special energy absorbed, estimated to be convertible into a twelve percent energy reserve. Do you wish to use it imdiately?]
"No!" Lynn imdiately responded in his mind.
While he didn't know what the fluorescent substance absorbed by the smart brain was, one thing he was certain of was that it had already been recorded as magic power. So he could exclude that, leaving the possibility of... the soul?
A mysterious guess flickered in Lynn's mind. Over the past few days, many people had died in front of him, and he had been the one responsible for many killings. This was the first ti the smart brain had provided a prompt.
Was there sothing unique about Dove?
Lynn felt a mix of emotions, along with deep curiosity. However, the situation changed again as Jonny, holding Dove, suddenly collapsed.
Everyone present was startled. Loude even shot an angry glare at the physician, urging him to do sothing quickly. If this wizard were to beco angry, they would all be in deep trouble!
After a frantic examination, the result finally brought relief to everyone. Jonny had rely passed out due to exhaustion and extre grief.
Loude imdiately ordered a few maids to take Jonny below decks to rest, then turned his gaze to Dove, who was lying on the ground. He cautiously inquired, "What should we do with this lady witch?"
Lynn didn't reply. He knelt down and placed his hand on Dove's abdon. A freezing ice crystal appeared around her, eventually forming a massive ice coffin that encased her.
Although he currently had no ans to save her, in the Wizard's territory, there might be wizards proficient in various mystical magics who could help.
"Look, the fires in the Harbor Town seem to have gone out!" A sailor suddenly shouted loudly.
Loude and the others imdiately turned to look. In the ti they had been delayed, the sailboat had already sailed out of the harbor and into the Sea of Mist. But even from a distance, they could clearly see the red flas in the sky above Harbor Town slowly fading.
The Church's reinforcents must have arrived. Lynn quickly thought of this. Archbishop Anluke hadn't been able to do anything with white phosphorus before, so the ones capable of resolving the crisis in Harbor Town must be higher-ranking clergy!
The next mont, a colossal goddess illusion, large enough to cover the entire city, appeared in the sky above Harbor Town. Her crystalline and transparent body shone brilliantly under the light of the silver moon, irresistibly compelling people to approach, kneel, and confess their sins before her.
Is that Eira?
Lynn suppressed the shock in his heart, while Loude and the others trembled in fear, burying their heads on the deck.
The goddess's face, impossible to discern, gradually turned her gaze towards them.
Fortunately, at that mont, the dense fog around them had surged up, and the entire sailboat disappeared from the surface of the sea...
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