Chapter 250: Chapter 0250: Exiled Lands in the Mist (Fifth Update, 80,000 Votes Bonus Chapter)
“Who are you, and why do you disturb my eternal slumber!”
A female magician made of green light, her cloak also burning with a faint green glow, made it impossible to discern her figure or face. One could only sense that she was a petite woman, her voice ethereal and wavering, which felt especially sinister in such surroundings.
Liszt had seen a 36D Ghost before, so the appearance of this ghostly form didn’t frighten him.
He found it interesting that a person really could exist in the form of a soul and still retain independent consciousness. He put away his Fine Steel Battle Axe and drew the Crimson Blood Sword, summoned his Fire Attribute Dou Qi within him, ready to counterattack at any moment. Only then did Liszt speak, “Are you Curtis Truth?”
“Curtis…” The specter of the female magician lowered her head as if recalling something, and after a while, she looked up, the green ghostly light in her eyes twinkling, “That was my name before I exiled myself. Knight, why do you disturb my eternal slumber!”
Self-exile?
Liszt was a bit confused; he hadn’t opened the “To Prince Annuette—The Truth of Curtis” magic book.
Thinking about it now, it might be a sort of “suicide note” written as a book.
“It was not I who wished to disturb your eternal slumber. In truth, you disrupted my travels. My ship encountered a storm at sea and then your Ghost Ship came alongside, pulling me onto this inexplicable phantom vessel.”
“Ghost Ship…” The spectral female magician fell into thought again; probably her mind wasn’t very sharp after such a long slumber. Judging from the time Duke Andite ascended to power, it must have been over a hundred years, “Goat Number has become a Ghost Ship, Annuette… Uncle Cohen…”
The green light flickered as the specter of the female magician submerged into memories of the past, her voice growing even more distant.
Liszt, however, didn’t care for the mood, rudely interrupting, “Stop, just wait a second, my friend has been enchanted by the Ghost Ship and is still on deck, fighting amongst themselves. Can you first lift the Ghost Ship’s enchantment?”
“I have exiled myself. Goat Number becoming a Ghost Ship is not within my control… Huh?” The previously ethereal voice of the spectral female magician suddenly became sharp, “My resting place, you, damn you, you actually destroyed my resting place!”
“Uh, the resting place you’re talking about, is it that wall with the magic runes carved on all four sides?”
“Damn it, those were set up as a cursed Magic Array using the souls of the entire ship’s crew as casting materials for my self-exile and slumber!” The spectral female magician trembled with rage, her whole body illuminating in green light, causing the entire Ghost Ship to rock and shake with her trembling.
The rotten wood fell off piece by piece, as if it could shatter at any moment.
“Using the souls of an entire ship’s crew as casting materials?”
Liszt’s scalp tingled. He hadn’t expected that the female ghost before him, in life, was such a ruthless Grand Magician. No wonder among those faces, some were cursing her as a madwoman.
“To die and then drag a ship full of people to share a fate worse than death, Curtis, you open my eyes!”
“I let them die because they deserved to die. On Goat Number, there were either traitors who betrayed Annuette or followers willing to sacrifice everything for him!”
Her matter-of-fact tone was incredibly irritating.
He had no interest in arguing with the spectral female magician any longer, and he commanded bluntly, “Enough, we can chat about this nonsense later. Now, you need to lift the Ghost Ship’s control over my friend. If you refuse, I’ll dismantle this Goat Number right here and make sure you haven’t got a place to stand!”
“Where did you bring my resting place to? It was constructed from the remnant souls of dragons, the Soul Submerged Wood cannot possibly be destroyed by you, where did they go!”
“Burned.”
“Burned? Impossible!”
“Really burned, otherwise where could they have gone.” Liszt, while holding the Crimson Blood Sword, thought of extracting useful information. Only by knowing the purpose of the so-called Soul Submerged Wood could he blackmail the spectral female magician.
“Burned!”
The specter of the female magician trembled violently, and the Ghost Ship shook continuously along with her, creaking incessantly, as if it could fall apart at any moment, “Since they’re burned, then you might as well go die!”
She suddenly transformed into a streak of green light, lunging at Li Si Te.
Li Si Te quickly unleashed the Fire Attribute Dou Qi within his body, raised the Crimson Blood Sword, and swung a Great Fire Wave. The Dou Qi burned with flames and exploded instantly as the ghost female magician pounced.
Boom!
The ghost female magician was instantly blasted into pieces, reformed into magic runes one by one, spinning in the air, and then condensed back into the image of Curtis Truth.
With a resentful glow, she glared at Li Si Te without pouncing again, “You haven’t burned the Soul Submerged Wood; you can’t burn the Soul Submerged Wood. Since my soul willingly exiled itself, it has fused with the Soul Submerged Wood. If you burn the Soul Submerged Wood, I’ll also vanish, instead of continuing to exist!”
“It seems you have regained your sanity,” Li Si Te still held the Crimson Blood Sword, highly alert, “Indeed, the Soul Submerged Wood wasn’t burned, and it’s in my hands. If you want it back, then first lift the curse from the Ghost Ship and let my companions regain consciousness.”
Li Si Te’s Eye of Magic had already seen that the people on the deck were still walking in circles, occasionally attacking each other.
Quite a few had already fallen.
“Return the Soul Submerged Wood to me, or all your companions will die,” the ghost female magician’s voice returned to its previous chilling tone.
“If that’s the case, I only have to dismantle this Ghost Ship and find a way to rescue them myself,” Le Si Te ordered Douson directly, “Douson, Multiple Stone Spikes!”
Pfft!
Pfft!
Douson’s Rock Spikes fired wildly, thick Rock Spikes impaled the Ghost Ship, leaving wood chips everywhere. It could then be seen that the Rock Spikes dropped into the sea one by one, as if the wood of the ship was just an illusion that didn’t exist. But in fact, many planks were broken by the Rock Spikes, and those broken planks could not be restored.
“Woof woof!”
For quite some time, Douson had been eager to act but had no orders. Now that he had them, he couldn’t contain himself; his Rock Spikes pierced wildly as if they cost him nothing.
The extent of the violence far exceeded Li Si Te’s.
Under its violent piercing, the Ghost Ship soon began to make unbearable cracking sounds, as if its dragon bone structure was breaking. Then the ghostly outline of the ship, drawn by magic power, began to dim slowly.
Watching the Ghost Ship being damaged little by little.
The ghost female magician’s chest heaved violently, and she could not restrain herself, her voice chilling again, “Stop your dog, and I’ll tell you how to break the Ghost Ship’s Exiled Mist.”
“Exiled Mist?”
“Between reality and illusion lies the origin of magic power, the exiled lands of the soul! The Ghost Ship, sailing upon the seas of the Exiled Lands, takes away everything it encounters,” the ghost female magician said irritably, “You wouldn’t understand the explanation. Now, do as I say!”
“Go on.”
“The figurehead at the bow is the gatekeeper to reality, while the Goat Head Flag on the mast is the marker of the Exiled Lands. Remove that flag and place it upon the dragon head of the figurehead, it will guide the Ghost Ship out of the Exiled Lands and back to the real world. At that time, you will also be free from the Ghost Ship.”
“And what about you?”
“Return to me my Soul Submerged Wood, and let me continue my self-exile… I brought disaster upon Annuette and Uncle Cohen; only by my soul’s eternal exile can I find the best destination and redemption.”
At this moment, the ghost female magician.
The face under the hood, which was originally unclear, suddenly became visible.
It couldn’t be described as beautiful or ugly, after all, it was only a semblance of light, but the face of light showed a look of devotion.
