"Hahaha, I'm just speaking the truth. Come on, cheers!"
Inside the bustling bar, the boatswain and the second mate of the Narwhal were chatting about everything and anything, and before they knew it, their relationship had become much closer.
Nico also heard from Dipper about the various strange experiences he had experienced since he was with Charles.
All these thrilling experiences made him sigh that the other party was so lucky.
"Thank you, man. I feel much better now that I have someone to talk to. Wine is good. I don't have to worry when I drink too much."
Nico pulled a white long-mouthed cigarette out of his pocket, lit the cigarette with a flame, and the smoke slowly floated up.
Looking at the red fire, Dipper swallowed. "I used to smoke, but I quit later. The captain said smoking is bad for your health."
"You are really loyal to him. You even obey him on such a small matter."
Dipper smiled, "I don't have a father, he is my father, wherever he goes, I will go with him."
"I had already prepared to live on the surface, but who could have imagined that the surface world would become like this."
Nico put down the glass in his hand and looked out the window. "I once asked about him. He always told others that he was from the surface and that he would lead the people of Earthsea back to the bright land. Many people thought he was crazy at the time, but I didn't expect that he would actually do it now."
"The captain is a character. If he wants to do something, he will do everything he can to achieve it."
"Bang!" Dipper slammed his glass on the table. "Hic~! That's all for today. I should go home."
Nico, with a blush on his cheeks, didn't look at him. His eyes were fixed on the butt of a bald sailor in the distance.
"Look, Duoqiao, do you think he would be willing to have sex with me if I put a handful of Echo Coins into his pocket?"
"Uh..." Dipper didn't know what to say at this moment.
As he walked towards the door of the bar, he saw Nico stand up and start taking out his wallet from inside his clothes.
With a dizzy head, Dipper came to his own room. He lay down on the bed and was about to go to sleep, but then he immediately thought of something and sat down at the wooden table again to read.
These are the textbooks for studying at Hope Island School. He secretly kept a copy. He is making good progress now. In 90 days at most, he will be able to graduate through self-study.
After completing the day's study tasks, Dipper fell asleep. In a daze, Dipper dreamed that he followed the captain to find darkness and brought it back to Earthsea.
The crowd on Hope Island lined the streets to welcome the return of the heroes. Dipper didn't pay attention to anything else. He only saw his wife standing there and smiling at him.
Dipper slowly walked towards her, but as he got closer, a horrifying scene appeared. He saw his wife's skin begin to peel off, gradually revealing green scales and red cheeks.
"Dipper, it's been a long time since we last met. Did you miss me?" The Deep Diver merman said with a smile.
Dipper's face showed a look of horror. This was not his wife, but the sister he had seen in the deep sea! !
"Ah!!" He had just taken a half step back when a powerful binding force suddenly pushed him from behind and pushed him into the other person's arms.
"Dipper, come back. This is where you belong. You can't hide away. You are not one of them, and they are not the same. You are on the wrong side."
"Our Lord is awakening, and when He awakens, we who are closest to Him will receive the highest reward."
Dipper, with a distorted expression, pushed her away with all his strength. "Get out of here!!"
"Dipper, this is your destiny." Another familiar voice sounded again, it was his mother.
Dipper closed his eyes tightly, covered his ears with his hands, and curled up like a baby. These families under the deep sea have always been something he didn't want to face.
"The Lord's awakening cannot be stopped. Whatever humans do now is meaningless. Child, you should stand on the side of success instead of following the losers and making mistakes."
"Get out!" Dipper roared loudly and suddenly opened his eyes. After a long while, he found that he was lying on his bed and the quilt had been torn into two pieces.
"No! We must tell the captain immediately!" Dipper jumped off the bed and ran towards Charles' residence.
When he pushed the door open, he saw Anna holding some documents and talking to Charles.
Charles said with some dissatisfaction: "How many times have I told you to knock on the door before you have anything to do? Have you been drinking? Why do you smell like alcohol?"
Dipper was about to say that he met his family, but suddenly stopped. He didn't know whether what he just dreamed of was his real family or just a nightmare.
"Little guy, I know about your situation, just get out." Anna said lightly with her legs crossed.
After looking at Charles twice, Dipper turned and walked outside, closing the door gently from the outside.
"Someone contacted Dipper in a dream and wanted to develop him into an insider. The Futan Cult can only do this little trick now. Their people cannot leave the East Sea."
"Is there any way to stop Dipper from having dreams? If he comes into contact with those things in the sea too much, he might have an accident."
"I'll think of a solution. You don't have to worry about these. Just focus on the big things." Anna said as she slapped the document in her hand towards his face.
Charles reached out and took it and looked up. It was a telegram sent from Cat Island, which described in detail how Julio became a level 15 strong man.
The reason why he could become such a powerful man was not only because he was the governor of Cat Island and could easily collect more powerful relics, but more importantly, he had once reached a deal with a certain existence in the darkness.
A woman wrapped in black bandages holding a cat, she gave Julio great power.
The cat... The bandaged woman... Charles remembered her. She had appeared in his dreams a few years ago.
"Who is this woman?" Charles wondered puzzledly. He had previously thought that it was just an illusion in his dream, but now it seems that this woman exists.
Since she could easily give an ordinary human the powerful strength of level 15, her own strength would definitely be dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than Julio's.
"God? No, gods cannot help humans, let alone communicate with humans. Besides, there is no belief in this woman on Earthsea."
Anna kicked Charles' calf with her high heels. "No matter what she is, the first thing to consider now is that Julio's strength improvement cannot be replicated. We exchanged technology with Cat Island and we were at a loss."
"Now we can only see if there is anything useful elsewhere."
(End of this chapter)