"Governor Charles, which island did you visit before?" the old man lying on the bed asked slowly.
"Broken Heart Island."
The old man shook his head and drew in the air with his dry index finger.
He drew a circle to represent the entire sea of fog, and then drew eight dots on the periphery.
"You see, Broken Heart Island is just the most peripheral island. There are eight islands like this on the periphery of the Misty Sea. The further you go in, the denser the islands are. As for Broken Heart Island, it is only responsible for providing materials, food, fuel, and... living people to the islands inside."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.
"The further you go in, the more you will understand the horror of the Haik tribe. The Haik tribe is a relatively low-level existence in the Sea of Mist. We are not the only ones serving God. They don't look as normal as us."
"Besides, haven't you noticed that there aren't any children on Broken Heart Island?"
"No children?" Charles searched quickly in his mind, and he soon found that it was just as Elizabeth's grandfather said, no Haik children were seen during the journey to Heartbroken Island.
"Yes, there are other races among the Haik tribe. They were all created by the God of the Sea of Mist using methods that you can't imagine. The mating of different species is just the most common."
"Wait." Charles interrupted him, "Although I haven't seen his god, I have seen their envoys. They are not as powerful as you say. If I hadn't saved the envoy, it would have died of thirst."
"God's messenger is different from God. Do you think we don't fear God very much? Even our God can die. Compared with the "Gods" outside, we are really too weak?"
Charles didn't nod, but he silently agreed in his heart. Indeed, with a height of seven meters and the ability to die, no matter how scary these guys looked, they were just monsters at best.
"You are wrong. We do not worship God because He does not need our worship. I have been to the innermost island. Do you know what I saw?"
At this point, Elizabeth's grandfather seemed to remember something horrible, and his voice trembled. "The body of a god."
"What!?" Charles' pupils shrank to the smallest size in an instant.
"Yes, that's right. They are the gods that cannot be seen directly underwater. The god that is bigger than a mountain is frozen in mid-air. The great Piper is lying on the corpse, opening his half-real and half-empty mouth to devour the flesh that is still wailing and wriggling."
"Out of curiosity, I just took a peek and passed out completely. When I woke up again, I found that a human female slave had saved me."
"I couldn't bear to let her enter that endless hell, so I took her to my cabin and secretly escaped from the Misty Sea."
"Although so many years have passed, that body still leaves a mark in my heart, even though it is dead."
"How can you be sure it's a god? Maybe you're seeing things, it's just another sea monster. There are plenty of big things in the sea."
The old man straightened his hunched back slightly, and his expression looked a little excited. "I'm definitely not mistaken! I used to be a sailor. Only the gods in the sea can have such a big body. The gods of the Misty Sea even eat "gods". Do you still think they are weak now?"
"Don't go to the Sea of Mist again, never have anything to do with them, and don't think about conquering them. Just pray that they stay in there. If they really come out... then..."
Charles didn't know when he returned to his bedroom. Thinking about the old man's words, his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.
Sitting on the sofa, Charles frowned and thought about everything that had just happened. What exactly is the god of the Haik tribe
Charles thought about it, took out the old Japanese book and started flipping through it.
Soon, he saw two blank points in his memory.
He seemed to feel something terrible emerging from the depths of his brain, the two memories that were deleted by 041.
Charles quickly stopped recalling, took out a pen, and quickly wrote on a piece of paper. In order to prevent the monster from coming out of the painting again, he did not draw delicately, but just drew a few dotted lines casually.
He wrote down the various gods he met, including the giant claw, the eyeball, and the final god 003, Futan.
The length of the Narwhal is 65 meters, and the giant butterfly is more than ten times the size of the Narwhal. Even if it is 1,000 meters long, the giant palm, which is three times larger than the butterfly, is only 3,000 meters high.
According to this ratio, the owner of the giant palm is basically a younger brother in front of the God Futan.
There must be differences in strength among gods.
But even gods of the lowest level are powerful beyond human imagination, and now the humans of Earthsea are completely powerless to resist them.
But even such a powerful existence could be killed by the gods of the Haik tribe
"Since they are so powerful, why don't they come out of the Sea of Mist and rule other places? Is it just that they don't want to?"
When Charles thought of this possibility, his face turned very ugly, which meant that the humans in Earthsea were completely insignificant in front of them.
A hand with red nail polish wrapped around Charles' neck from behind. "I don't mean anything else. I just want you to know not to provoke them. The farther away from them the better."
Charles nodded silently. Elizabeth's grandfather's words made him much more vigilant against the gods of the Heike tribe.
He himself had no intention of coming into contact with those monsters, but he was very worried about Anna.
Whether it was to pull herself out of madness or to find 041 through the prophet to lift the curse of God, Anna had sought help from the other party.
The frequency with which they cooperate proves that their relationship is very special. I wonder if she knows the gods behind the Haik tribe.
"Elizabeth, is there a telegram from the Governor's Mansion? I need to contact my wife regarding something important."
Looking at Charles' unusually serious face, Elizabeth paused slightly and then nodded.
Soon, a telegram was delivered to the two of them. However, when Charles sent a telegram to the World Champion, he received an unexpected news.
Their governor's sister, Ms. Anna, had left not long ago in a warship, and there was no telegraph installed on the warship, so no one knew where she was now.
"Where can Anna go at this time? Why do I always feel that she is busier than me?" Charles frowned as he thought about this matter.
Although the Heike tribe did not seem to have any intention of harming Anna, he could not pin his hopes on the kindness of others.
"Charles, is Anna your wife? When did you marry her?" There was a special emotion in Elizabeth's voice.
Charles turned around and looked at her, and said calmly: "Yes, I didn't have time to tell you before, she is my wife, always has been."
(End of this chapter)