The pea vines, coiled layer upon layer as if weaving a staircase to heaven, fell one after another and retracted into the soil.
Regardless of whether it was the main personality of the "Black Saint" or the kind Leomaster, they had both disappeared without a trace. Only the "Star Admiral," Cattleya, stood atop the giant boulder, looking around in a daze.
"Did the 'Mysterious Queen' throw both Leomaster's main personality and his kind personality back into his own dreams? Or did she pull them somewhere else, trying to figure out the specific location to enter the 'God-Forsaken Land'? These two personalities don't seem to be able to be pulled into different dreams separately; otherwise, the 'Mysterious Queen' could have just spoken to the kind Leomaster alone, exchanging the corresponding information for helping him overcome the demon, instead of going through all this trouble…
"Of course, to truly erase the main personality of the 'Black Saint,' one might have to enter that dangerous ruin in the real world. Even the 'Mysterious Queen' wouldn't dare try easily, because it might very well create an 'Evil Queen' who 'does whatever she wants and enjoys hurting others'…" Klein turned his head again, thoughtfully looking back at the building near the entrance of the black monastery. Behind the clean, bright floor-to-ceiling windows, the figure belonging to Bernadette had also disappeared.
Klein didn't try to find her or find out if the "Mysterious Queen" had gotten more information from the kind Leomaster, because he remembered the core character setting of his identity, Gehrman Sparrow:
A Blessed of "Mr. Fool"!
And the "Star Admiral" was well aware that in "Mr. Fool's" Tarot gathering, "The Sun" came from the City of Silver in the "God-Forsaken Land." It was impossible to make people believe that "Mr. Fool" didn't know how to enter the "God-Forsaken Land."
Therefore, as a Blessed, Gehrman Sparrow naturally lacked the motivation to dig deeper!
So many things succeed or fail because of a character setting. That's the flaw of being a "Faceless"! Klein withdrew his gaze and once again looked at the projection of the "Giant King's Court" on the opposite peak, seeing the condensed twilight slowly returning to the edge of the sky.
On this peak, the boulder still stood. The "Star Admiral," Cattleya, slowly sat down again, hugging her knees.
…
Noon and night alternated three more times, but the actual time was merely a single day in the outside world.
The "Future" skirted the dangerous ruins and wrecks, avoiding the hidden dangers lurking in different positions of the safe channel, and finally returned to the vicinity of this sea's entrance.
Klein and the others saw again the ruins that were half-submerged in seawater, the gray stone blocks and pillars piled into a peak, and the tall dome at the top. Earlier, when they were here, they had heard loud, distinct panting, and the "Bloodless" had painfully pointed out that a corpse was buried in the ruins! And that corpse was likely the source of the panting!
At this moment, the ruins, which held immense danger, no longer brought fear to the crew of the "Future," but instead joy, because seeing them meant they were about to escape this absurd and terrifying sea!
"Hey, there's a ship!" Nina, having climbed up the high lookout platform at some unknown point, looked towards the ruins and shouted.
A ship? Klein moved around Anderson Hood, who was blocking his view, approached the railing, and stared intently.
Sure enough, behind the side of the pile of stones and pillars, an ordinary three-masted sailing ship was parked. Because of the obstacles blocking it, it was hard for anyone on the "Future" to notice it without being at a higher vantage point or looking carefully.
The ship floated there, not a single sailor on its deck, eerily quiet in a way that inspired a nameless fear.
"It's as if it was swallowed whole by these ruins," Anderson said as he approached, shaking his head and sighing. "In these waters, you must never approach ruins you don't know something about."
The guy who dared to trace the mural of the "Angel of Fate" has no right to say that… Your treasure-hunting group boasts of its rich experience, yet in the end, only you are left… Klein didn't turn his head, silently grumbling.
At this moment, the "Star Admiral," Cattleya, also came onto the deck, looking towards the sailing ship beside the ruins.
Throughout the entire process, she didn't cast a single glance at Gehrman Sparrow, as if he didn't exist.
After a brief silence, Cattleya raised her hand and took off the heavy glasses perched on her nose. The deep purple in her eyes slowly swirled, as if tracing one complex symbol after another.
Above the unmanned sailing ship, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared, illusory, translucent, deep purple eyes!
The eyes moved slowly, circled the deck, and then entered the cabin.
"This Beyonder power is really useful… Speaking of which, judging by the methods displayed by the 'Mysterious Queen' and the 'Star Admiral,' the Beyonder powers of the 'Mystic' pathway have a very 'fairy tale' quality to them! Geez, can the 'Mysterious Queen' turn people into frogs? Also, does the 'Mystery' of the 'Mystic' pathway manifest in this way, through the eyes? The 'Star Admiral's' eyes are a bit strange, I'll have to be careful around them in the future…" Klein speculated inwardly, waiting for Cattleya's remote exploration to yield results.
After a while, the deep purple in Cattleya's eyes finally faded.
She rubbed her brow, put her glasses back on, and said to Anderson Hood and Frank Lee:
"There's a bit of a problem inside it."
As she spoke, she pulled a handful of colorful powder from a hidden pocket in her classical wizard robe and threw it out violently.
The powder scattered to the ground, spontaneously forming a lifelike colorful scene.
The background of the painting was a captain's-cabin-like area. On the desk was a photograph, and on the wall was a portrait, all depicting the same person:
A Feysac man with broad shoulders, light yellow hair, and deep-set blue eyes!
This… Klein felt a flicker of familiarity at first, and then remembered where he had seen him: