Mystery: Lucky One

When the pier was still vaguely visible, Klein saw a figure suddenly appear there.

The figure was wearing a white shirt and a dark blue jacket. He had a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, light blue eyes and slightly curly brown hair. His features were hard and his chin was slightly raised, giving a feeling that he looked down on everyone.

He glanced around and quickly locked onto the passenger ship that Klein was on.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, as if it had become a door leading to a dark and illusory place.

A deafening hurricane rose from the bottom of the sea, mixed with a large amount of blue and rushed straight upwards. The deep lightning was like a crack in the void, constantly appearing and disappearing due to self-healing.

This blocks all sight lines between the ferry and the pier, making the two seem like they are in different worlds.

The raging sea once again showed its horror.

The passenger ship could not avoid or resist and could only continue to move forward along the safe channel where the storm was weaker.

Klein's mind flashed, and he immediately thought that the man on the shore might be the one who was chasing Ince Zangwill. Under the control of "0-08", the other party "just happened" to catch up with the ship, and "just happened" to catch up with the storm, and lost the trace of the ship.

Klein couldn't help but sigh that the other party was indeed a step late. If the other party had arrived a little earlier and let Klein discover this matter earlier, the six doom spells hidden on his body would probably come in handy and provide some help to the demigod who was hunting down Ince Zangwill.

——As a spell of high quality but not too high, the Doom Spell does not actually allow the user to control the probability of every event happening. It is just a general direction, stronger than the doom bestowed on the "winner", but also limited.

But now that things have come to this, Klein can only sigh and wait for the sky to clear.

In the storm, the passenger ship sailed precariously along the relatively calm gaps in the doomsday-like scene, and most of the passengers on the ship had calm faces, as if they had already adapted to this state. Only a few who were passing through the violent sea for the first time were trembling with fear, clinging to whatever they could.

As time passed, the strong wind and lightning gradually subsided, and the sky became brighter.

At this moment, Klein's inspiration suddenly struck, and he subconsciously looked towards the place where Harman Port was located.

Above the undulating deep blue sea and below the scattered white clouds, a point of blazing white fire was flying towards them at high speed from far away.

The fire grew bigger and clearer, and finally took on its complete shape: a gigantic flaming spear!

The flaming spear streaked across the sky and landed on the front of the passenger ship's deck, but it did not ignite anything. It burned through half of the wooden board and simply scattered, reorganizing into a human figure.

This figure has a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets and blue eyes. He is exactly the man who suddenly appeared at the dock before!

He looked to be in his middle age. He looked around slowly, walked through the passengers with wide eyes and half-open mouths, and entered the cabin.

Dedoan Dantes, who was also "stunned", was somewhat happy - even if this demigod of unknown origin could not kill Ince Zangwill directly, it was enough to cause damage to him.

However, Klein soon realized that they were on a cruise ship. He began to pray that the two men would not fight on the cruise ship. Otherwise, looking at the passengers on the ship, he really didn't have much confidence.

As his thoughts changed, Klein drew a scarlet moon symbol on his chest. Suddenly, he heard a loud noise. He looked up and found a man falling on the deck.

He was dressed exactly like Ince Zangwill whom Klein had met, but the half of his face that was exposed belonged to another person. His nearly triangular eyes were filled with fear. He supported himself on the deck with both hands and kept moving his body backwards.

This seems to be just an ordinary person.

Klein's eyes narrowed slightly, and his attention fell on that area. At the door of the cabin, the middle-aged man with a high nose and blue eyes walked out slowly and asked in a deep voice in Intis:

"Who told you to carry that thing and dress like that?"

The traveler wearing the scarf shook his head frantically:
"No, I don't know. He was dressed like this too. He gave me 100 pounds and asked me to take this tea boat to the southern continent and then return by myself!"

The middle-aged man watched silently, his eyes sharp as if he could see through a person's soul.

This made the scarf-wearing passenger sweat profusely on his forehead, his body tremble violently, and he stammered as he began to explain again, but the content of his description did not change at all.

Klein figured out the whole thing in the process. He realized that this was a layered trick by Ince Zangwill.

He guessed that the demigod from Intis must be feeling that Ins Zangwill had someone pretend to be him and leave while he stayed at the dock.

The demigod would then return to the dock to look for Ince Zangwill, but he did not know that Ince Zangwill was currently on a passenger ship.

Klein squeezed the Doom Charm in his hand. He really wanted to do something, but at this moment, he was facing two demigods, one of whom was holding "0-08" in his hand. If he took action, he would only put himself in danger.

——The enemy of my enemy may not necessarily be my friend.

Besides, there are people from the military following me...

Klein took a deep breath and gave up the idea.

And the demigod indeed withdrew his gaze, and white flames suddenly rose from his body. Then, he turned into a huge flaming spear and threw it towards the area where Harman Port was located.

The flaming spear was getting farther and farther away, and soon only a little flame was left.

During the entire process, except for the very beginning, the demigod never glanced at the people around him, as if they did not exist.

Klein watched the demigod leave and sighed with regret, but he was not discouraged.

——After all, this encounter was hasty and he was not fully prepared.

……

Most of the houses in the city of Gurain are built along the winding roads, with some flat and open areas, which are squares or markets.

Klein carried his luggage and, relying on his intuition as a fortune teller, randomly chose a direction to move forward, looking for a relatively lively bar along the way.

There weren't many carriages on the road, and it took a long time to see one or two rental carriages. The most popular means of transportation in East Balam was the "coffin," which originated from the custom of worshiping the god of death and from the fact that people viewed coffins as objects that could bring peace and tranquility. Therefore, Klein always saw a few people carrying a black coffin passing by. The lid was much thinner than normal, like a car door that could be opened at will.

Two people, four people, eight people, pulled by horses or unicorns... Such folk customs are a bit scary at night. Well, it's not much better during the day. The whole city looks gloomy... Klein admired the "scenery" on the roadside and walked into a square. On the left was the church of the Lord of Storms, and on the right were restaurants, bars and other shops. When he stopped, a coffin carried by four people was put down on the side of the road.

As the lid opened, the passenger in the coffin stood up and stepped out. He was a Northern Continental gentleman in a white shirt and black vest.

The gentleman's formal suit was always draped over his arm until he left the coffin, when it was put on.

Then, Klein watched the gentleman walk straight to the church of the Lord of Storms and walked in.

After watching the gentleman leave, Klein remained silent for two seconds. He suddenly changed his destination and walked into the bathroom of a nearby restaurant. He then walked four steps backwards to the top of the gray fog and sent a message to Alice:

"I found a place you might like."

He presented the scene he had just seen to Alice exactly as it was through the gray fog.

……

The gray mist dissipated in front of Alice. She opened her eyes in surprise, knocked her head, and in a blink of an eye she appeared on the streets of Gurain City.

She walked around the street a few times and found several coffins carrying guests. Alice was a little silent about this, but she had to admit that she was indeed a little interested in this strange mode of transportation.

It would be even better if I could use this mode of transportation to visit my own grave in the cemetery in Loen in the middle of the night.

After sighing regretfully, Alice searched for a coffin that was empty. She walked towards that place, and when she stopped, she suddenly heard a girl's scream.

Alice looked at the people carrying the coffin and the people around them and found that they seemed to have heard nothing. She tilted her head and remembered that angels' hearing was indeed better than that of ordinary people.

The screams seemed to be mixed with words. Although she couldn't make out the words, Alice realized from the fear in the voice that it might be a cry for help.

She frowned, thinking the sound was a bit noisy, and couldn't help but look towards the source of the sound.

A local man in his thirties or forties was lying on top of a teenage girl, beating her and forcibly taking off her clothes.

It was the little girl who was crying. Alice frowned and chose the man who could solve the source of the problem.

An unlucky bird forgot to look at the road and crashed into the stone wall on the side of the road. A loose brick fell off and hit the man on the head.

The man who was still moving just now closed his eyes forever and fell on the little girl. The little girl was stunned on the spot. Alice retracted her gaze and said to the coffin bearer in front of her:
"Can you carry the coffin and take me around?"

The other person looked at Alice blankly and uttered a string of words she couldn't understand. Alice was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized that she didn't know the local language.

"Sorry." She said this hastily, not caring whether the two men could understand her or not, and turned into a street, where her figure disappeared.

In the street where the accident just happened, the little girl was so shocked that she couldn't catch her breath and fainted. Alice's figure appeared at the spot, looking at the little girl with serious eyes.

In just a moment, the sleeping little girl fell into a terrifying dream, and Alice lightly took a step and stepped into her dream.

Prophet·Entering Dreams: Dreams are also the prophet’s home turf. With the help of certain media, he can enter other people’s dreams and change the scenes in the dreams.

Alice used this ability several times, and she found that compared to the nightmare of the "Night" path, this ability could not force people into dreams, and compared to the dream walker of the "Audience" path, this ability could not travel through dreams.

This was inconsistent with her expectation that the "prophet" could communicate with the group in dreams. Alice's final conclusion was that this could be achieved by combining it with other abilities.

Although she has not yet found a way to create group dreams, it is obvious that she has learned how to force people to fall asleep and dream.

——Probability can solve everything.

The purpose of Alice creating the dream was not to scare the little girl. After all, she had just saved the little girl, and there was no need to scare her again - Alice actually wanted to trick someone into acting as her translator.

One of the great benefits of dreams is that even if the other person doesn't understand your language, they can still understand the content of your words. She made the dream turn into a foggy street, and then appeared in front of the still confused little girl in her own image, smiling at her:
“I saved you.

"As a reward, you have to do me a favor - have someone carry my coffin around twice.

"I'll give you the money."

The little girl looked at her in confusion, and Ellie rudely woke up the owner of the dream. When the child opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the dead person lying on her.

A scream burst out of her throat. Alice's impatient gaze fell on her, and a dangerous aura emanated from her, which made the little girl's scream stop abruptly.

After waiting for a few seconds and waiting for the breath to dissipate, the little girl bit her lips in fear to prevent herself from screaming. At the same time, she pushed away the corpse on her body, stood up nervously, and looked at the figure standing by the wall.

She was wearing a white robe that seemed to have light flowing on it, her hair was bright golden, and her deep blue eyes contained irritation and impatience.

The face was not much older than her and was obviously not a local. The little girl recalled the scene in her dream, stood up nervously, and tentatively bowed to express her gratitude.

The other person frowned and looked at her with a slightly confused look in his eyes. The little girl then realized that this powerful adult was actually a foreigner who did not speak the local language, and she inexplicably felt a sense of intimacy in her heart.

...But why does she want to sit in a coffin?
The little girl blinked her eyes. The little knowledge she had told her that this was a local specialty and the adults in front of her might be tourists.

Such a down-to-earth guess made the little girl feel a lot more at ease. Although she realized that the other party could not understand what she said, the little girl still said "Follow me", and then led the way to find an empty coffin.

Alice didn't understand what the little girl said, but when she saw her turn around, she had a vague guess and followed her.

Sure enough, soon they were standing in front of an empty coffin. She watched the little girl walk up to someone and say a few words, then turn around and stretch out a finger at her.

Alice thought about it, took out a gold coin and handed it over.

The little girl wanted to say something, but she didn't have time, because the pallbearers came forward ecstatically and invited Alice to lie in the coffin. (End of this chapter)