Charles eventually told them what had happened.
This is to calm the other party down. After all, the purpose this time is to save their own crew, not to have a decisive battle with the Futan Church, so sweet treats still have to be given.
After hearing what Charles said, the twelve octopus heads floating in the air stopped where they were and said nothing.
After a few seconds, suddenly their horizontal octopus eyes all shot towards Anna.
Anna stuck out her tongue, shrank her body, and hid behind Charles.
"What did you do?" Charles asked puzzledly.
"These seafoods are communicating with each other through their consciousness. I wanted to secretly see what they were talking about, but I didn't expect to be discovered."
Okit and the others withdrew their gazes and were in a stalemate again.
"In fact, I know even without listening that they are probably discussing the fate of their old rival. They must be so happy to hear that even the God of Light is dead that they are almost going crazy." Anna put her arms around Charles' shoulders and whispered.
"Don't make things complicated. Let's leave as soon as the transaction is over. The longer we stay here, the more unsafe it will be."
A few minutes later, Ocutt started talking again. He first glanced at Anna, then said to Charles: "Although this person has changed a lot, I can still tell that she is from the Diva tribe."
"Governor Charles, based on the intelligence just now, I would like to remind you that your memory has been modified by her many times. There are traces of modification from beginning to end. You have completely become her puppet."
The angry Anna was about to say something, but Charles stopped her with his hand. "Stop stirring up trouble. When will the deal be carried out?"
"You don't trust me? I'm just kindly reminding you that your memory has been modified many times. It can even be said that half of your memory is false."
"I don't need your reminder. It seems that you are not pious enough to your powerful one. At this moment, you actually have time to talk to me about this. Is His position more important to you than whether my memory is false or not?"
As soon as Charles finished speaking, he could clearly sense a hint of anger in the man's deformed eyes. "Very good, Governor Charles, please wait a moment. That kind of ceremony is very troublesome and very costly. Let's go and prepare."
The dirt foamed up again, and the twelve people disappeared in front of Charles in an instant.
As soon as they disappeared, Anna rushed over with a smile and gave Charles a deep kiss full of love. "Love you."
The people around looked elsewhere immediately, pretending not to see anything.
Charles pushed her limp body slightly away, "Now is not the time for this."
"Why don't you doubt what he said at all? Do you trust me so much?"
"Of course I trust you. You're my wife. Okay, save those cheesy words for later. Be alert. The more critical the moment, the more I'm afraid they'll make some noise."
"Don't worry, they can't beat us." Anna gave Charles a bright smile.
Time passed little by little, and both sides were tense.
But soon everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the place where God descended, and twelve people were walking towards Charles' airship with things in their arms.
As the distance got closer, Charles saw what the object looked like. It was twelve different gold objects, one of which looked very familiar. It was a statue of the god Ftan.
Suddenly Charles' eyes opened slightly, and he remembered that it was the bottle he stole from Anna Island five years ago!
"These are things from the Diva tribe. Do you know what they are used for?" Charles asked.
Anna's face became a little solemn at this time. "I didn't expect that they would spend so much money to hold such a ceremony. I seem to have seen this before. I heard that as long as the ceremony is held to summon the old seal, any wish can be fulfilled."
"Oh?" Charles was delighted. "So, curing my crew members shouldn't be a problem at all? Wait, can this ritual turn mice into humans?"
This time the spell was not one of those weird divine spells, but the ordinary Earthsea language, except that what they said was very awkward and difficult to understand.
"Praise the One Who Rules Over All! In the name of the Seal of Sulu and all who obey it! Praise the One Who Made the Seal!!"
"By the name of the Gate to Jesus and all who use it - those who have done it and those who will do it - praise Him who is beyond it. By the name of Him who is to come..."
The deformed sea monsters nearby began to move. They swam under the Hope Island ships and gathered densely under the octopus's head.
They began to bite each other continuously, and blood of various colors continued to infect the sea surface.
Charles didn't know much about the occult, but he could sense that these crazy people from the Fortan religion were using these sea monsters as sacrifices.
Anna saw through Charles's thoughts. "No, they are just using the stuff inside these things as a base. The sacrifice hasn't started yet."
"Things? What's inside these sea monsters? Flesh and blood?"
Anna didn't answer, she just shook her head slightly.
There were cries and wails coming from a distant steamship, and some people were forced onto the deck by the followers of the Futan religion.
Most of the sacrifices are elderly people, and these infertile humans are the first to be abandoned.
Charles knew what was coming next, so he reached out, took Lily off his shoulders, and put her in his pocket, stroking her gently.
The trembling little body made Charles realize that Lily did not understand everything.
"Mr. Charles, why do they do this..."
"It's okay, just have a good sleep and it will go away." Charles blocked Lily's ears with his thumbs.
The following ceremony was bloody and cruel. The atmosphere on the entire sea became extremely strange, and the sacrifices began to be dismembered.
The white corpse mixed with the sea monster's sticky blood quickly gathered together and sank rapidly to the bottom of the sea where even Charles could not see it.
As the twelve octopus heads threw the gold objects in their hands into the water, "Swish!" a pair of dark eyes suddenly appeared on the seabed, followed by two pairs, four pairs, and eight pairs. Everyone suddenly felt a shudder as if their hair stood on end.
Before long, these black eyes had covered the entire seabed, and under their care, the sea water turned all black.
"God? No, not God. There is no such oppressive feeling." Charles felt a little relieved.
"Why do I feel like something is wrong..." Anna said a little uneasily.
"Do they want to fight us now? The possibility is not high. If they kill you, they will not be able to get Futan's position."
Charles waved back, and all the crew members of the Narwhal were pressed forward.
"Everyone, wake up! Pay attention to their next move! Either they continue with the transaction, or we go to war directly!" Charles' voice echoed throughout the fleet along with the broadcast.
(End of this chapter)