When Xiao Chen and Luo Ling returned to the deck of the Ghost Fleet's flagship, only about forty minutes had passed.
Adriana said: "When did humans stand with the sea people? Shouldn't these barbaric and ignorant guys be eliminated?"
Xiao Chen said: "Saint Adriana, in my opinion, every force that can be won over is meaningful. These sea tribes do not believe in gods, but only worship the sea itself. They have no fear of the God of Nature, so why can't they become our allies in fighting against the God of Nature?"
"How much value can the weak have even if they become allies?" Adriana asked in return.
Xiao Chen said: "In this difficult situation, we should not use the size of our strength, but our stance to identify our allies. They have caused a lot of trouble in the battle with you. Wouldn't it be better to use such strength to deal with the City of Gods?"
Adriana snorted coldly, but didn't say anything else.
Luo Ling asked: "Anyway, we have made those sea creatures retreat. Can you see us now?"
"You are really persistent. Come on, though. You may be disappointed when you see me. Remember to take down my wizard robe and staff." Adriana's voice softened.
Xiao Chen and his party followed the guidance of the voice and walked below the deck. Since there were no other living people on the ship, the cabin below the deck seemed empty. The ship was constantly shaking with the waves, and the old wooden boards squeezed against each other and made creaking sounds. There were usually oil lamps or lighting crystals in the cabins of such ships, but there was nothing on this ship. Looking around, it was pitch black, gloomy and dark. A smell of corruption and smell mixed with the smell of the sea hit them in the face.
A small ball of light lit up next to Xiao Chen, illuminating the surrounding darkness. Roger stood in front of him, and Luo Ling, Mao Kai, Ye Zi and Glade followed behind him. They walked forward carefully. In the Soul Bridge, Xiao Chen said to Luo Ling: "I have a bad feeling. After all, this is the flagship of a saint. She can easily clean it up if she wants. But the current situation can only mean that Adriana has no spare energy to improve her living environment."
"Or maybe it's not the power, but just... the lack of need?"
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Do you remember what Adriana was like according to Glade?"
"The Lycoris radiata that grows on the boundary between life and death?"
"The title of Manjushage not only means that she has the power to control life and death, but also means that she is a stunning beauty."
"How come I don't know?"
"You didn't ask Glade. But I talked to him a lot about Adriana, not for gossip, but to gather intelligence.
There were countless people in the Seven Towers who wanted to pick this red spider lily. Glad described to me that wherever Adriana appeared at that time, the place was really shining. A beauty of her level would not care about the occasion of her appearance... "
"unless?"
"Unless she no longer needs it."
The communication between the two in their minds took only a moment, and in reality they only walked four or five steps. Strangely, after they walked down the deck, Adriana never made any sound again. Xiao Chen called out twice but got no response, so he had to look for her location himself.
Roger pushed open the hatch of a room, and saw a crowd of transparent ghosts standing in the dark room, their chests pressed against their backs, motionless like a pile of plastic mannequins. When Roger opened the door, these lifeless figures all raised their heads and stared at him. Even though Roger was an experienced warrior, he took two steps back when he encountered such a scene.
"Oh my god. This is a horror movie." said Mao Kai.
"These are just low-level ghosts, commonly used by the magicians of the Spirit Tower to cast spells. They have no consciousness and no emotions. These should be Adriana's reserves." Glade glanced into the room and said, "As long as the magician himself does not control them to attack, they will not have the consciousness to actively attack people.
It's just a little strange. Normally, most Spirit Tower mages would store them in their own soul containers, but why did Adriana put them in the cabin like this?"
"What is a soul container?" Xiao Chen asked.
Glade said: "It is actually something similar to a storage ring, but it is specifically used to store souls. The "Soul Gathering Book" in my hand is a very high-level soul container."
Luo Ling said: "Maybe it's damaged. Thousands of years have passed, and there are too many changes that may have happened."
The group explored several more rooms on this floor, most of which were filled with ghosts, some of which were also full, while others were much emptier, presumably because they had been consumed in the battle just now.
Roger looked at a ghost in front of him holding a headscarf and said, "These ghosts are probably accumulated many years ago. Their clothes are not in the current style. I have only seen them in ancient paintings."
Mao Kai said: "How can these ancient ghosts last so long without dissipating? But according to my understanding, as long as they exist in this world, they will continue to consume energy."
Glade tapped the inner wall of the cabin gently, and a ripple appeared beside his palm. He said, "The magic of the Spirit Tower is used to deal with these souls, not ordinary undead magic. Didn't you feel the magic fluctuations on the inner wall of the cabin? The interior of this ship has been treated with the Spirit Tower's soul-sealing magic, which can prevent the positive energy outside from harming the ghosts inside, and can also absorb the negative energy outside to nourish these ghosts."
Everyone walked to the end of the corridor, where there was a staircase leading down to the cabin on the next level.
Roger felt a kind of mental pressure while he was still on the stairs.
Xiao Chen and the others all knew that Adriana was probably already within sight.
When they turned out of the stairwell, they felt a bright view before their eyes.
The cabin below was much wider than the one above, and there were no partitions. Instead, it was a cabin that ran through the entire hull. The floor, walls, and ceiling of this cabin were all painted with fluorescent magic arrays, illuminating the entire cabin in a blue-green color.
The cabin was filled with magic crystals and various magic materials. In the middle of the room was a large chair like a throne, which was made up of many strange magic structures. In the middle of the chair sat a person in a black robe. (To be continued)