For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 165 Two Believers

   "They're all dead..."

   After slowly lifting the wreckage of the warship, William muttered to himself with a pale green light in his eyes.

  Under the vision of [Life Detection], inside the wreckage of the entire battleship, there was not even a single humanoid silhouette that still had the breath of life—William only saw some fish swimming around in panic.

   This is not normal.

   How long has it been? Even if there is a large-scale naval battle, it is impossible for the entire ship to die so simply.

   Along the way, William saw a lot of floating corpses, and most of those corpses had no obvious scars, and a large part of them maintained a posture of covering their chests with both hands, with expressions of pain on their faces.

   Could it be that the instant-death skill that the phantom used on him earlier was a skill that could crush his heart out of thin air, or was it a wide-area skill? And the people on this entire warship died like this?

  Thinking of this, William felt a little bit sour - the instant-death skill with wide-area effect, there shouldn't be such a thing in this world.

   But then again, if this is the case, how did these people survive?

After using the storm spell to lift the broken wreckage of the warship out of the water, William turned his head to look at the small floating raft that was being pushed over by a few tidal samurai, and a few people shivering on it. .

   "Big...sir, we..."

  The person on the floating raft stammered as if he wanted to say something, but William ignored him, and instead ordered the tidal amulet he summoned:

   "Take care of them, if you want to escape, break their hands and feet."

  The body of the tidal samurai is composed of a liquid glowing with a slight blue light. They have the heads of sharks and the bodies of people, and they are covered with scales. After hearing William's order, they saluted William, and then watched him step on the steps laid out with the [Floating] array, step by step, to the wreckage of the battleship floating in the air.

   The girl who was almost drowned before was choking violently with the water in her lungs, because both hands were tightly tied to the guardrail on the edge of the boat, her snot and tears were streaming down her drooping face.

   Seeing this, the magic power in William's hands gathered, and he grabbed a short dagger with a dark blue light from the void, and gently opened the knot that bound the girl's wrist and put her down.

The moment    was put down, the girl who lost her support fell to the ground with her hands on the deck floor soaked in seawater, and took several deep breaths before she could breathe.

"Who are you?"

   After a few seconds, she leaned back on the railing, pushed away the wet hair that was covering her forehead, blocking her view, and asked William.

   After asking this question, she fell into a coughing sound again, and with a trembling she brought out the bronze-colored Holy Spirit holy emblem in front of her chest.

  William was just about to answer her, but after seeing the holy emblem, he fell silent again.

   He recalled that the person in front of him was the girl who had summoned the black dragon to stop him earlier. At this moment, the holy emblem hanging on the other side is full of cracks, like the appearance of his own response terminal after the casting overload.

  Thinking of some possibilities, William stopped the name "William Kane" that had already been on his lips, and then he slowly said:

   "You can call me Ishma."

   In response, the girl nodded, and then thanked her in a very sincere tone:

   "Thank you, Mr. Ishma, for saving my life."

   Then she seemed to recall something and immediately said:

   "By the way, did you see a floating raft when you came here, with..."

   Before she could finish her question, William raised his finger and pointed behind her.

She looked in the direction William pointed - the nearby fog was blown away by the strong wind holding up the wreckage of the warship, so she could clearly see the previous floating raft not far below, and the four people were facing each other. Squatting back-to-back in the center of the raft, it looks like a prisoner waiting to be escorted to the execution ground.

   "They're all still alive. One of them was seriously injured and I gave him a simple treatment."

  William said, looking at the scar on the opponent's wrist, he asked in a very casual tone:

   "Did they tie you here?"

The    girl hesitated for a moment, then replied:

   "It was done by a few of them...but it's not entirely their fault."

   There was even a hint of pleading in her tone of voice.

   This is not enough for William.

   Everyone else tied you to a boat and sank into the sea, how can you still think that you can’t completely blame each other?

  William originally planned to ask the other party how he planned to deal with these people, in order to draw in the relationship between the two. But after hearing the other party's words, the rhetoric that he had prepared earlier was suddenly stuck deep in his throat.

   He seems to remember that in the religions of this world, there is no dogma that after being slapped on the left cheek, you should stick out your right cheek, right?

   But based on her answer, William was sure that the idea of ​​the imperial warship coming to loot the Whalebone was definitely not the girl's idea.

   "You are going to Ava, right?"

   After a few seconds of silence, William asked.

   Let’s use another method to gain the trust of the other party first…

   thought William.

   After finally encountering a divine enlightener who is suspected of being the Eighth Holy Spirit, he will naturally not miss the great opportunity to analyze the nature of the Eighth Holy Spirit.

   In the game, the Divine Revealer also exists as an optional occupation. William has used the Divine Revealer to clear the level, so he is somewhat familiar with it.

  The biggest feature of this class is that spells and blue bars have been replaced by a unique set of "God's Favored" mechanics. The mechanics of "God's Favor" is similar to a rune system of combined formulas - the basic power of the Initiator is called "prayer", and each Holy Spirit has a basic set of prayers. The regular arrangement and combination of different prayers can produce different "blessings". Players can inscribe or forget different prayers on the church or altar of the Holy Spirit, and combine various blessings in advance. blessing.

  Compared to the Magic Singer, the Divine Revealer is much stronger in terms of battery life because there is no restriction on magic power. But because the number of prayers that can be engraved into the etheric domain is limited, the divine enlightener is much less flexible than the magic caster.

  William couldn't say whether these eighth Holy Spirit enlighteners were the same ones he knew before. At the very least, the divine enlighteners of the eighth Holy Spirit do not worship the Holy Spirit's system as a whole, as they did in the past. If they still have the so-called "prayer" today, compared to the era when the seven great Holy Spirits had a complete "God's favor" system, relying only on the Eighth Holy Spirit itself, I am afraid there are some difficulties.

   Or, are today’s divine enlighteners a lie at all?

   "Yes... I was going to Avazhou..."

   The girl replied.

   Then she continued:

   "But as you can see, there were some accidents on the way, and the ship was destroyed... Mr. Ishma, I'll take the liberty to ask, are you one of the previous pirates?"

   "Pirates? What pirates?"

  William asked involuntarily, but before the other party was about to explain, he raised his hand to interrupt her.

  Recalling what Captain Hobbs had said earlier, regarding the Imperial Navy's accusation, in less than two seconds, William immediately figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

   If the other party hadn't coveted the cargo on the Whalebone, he probably wouldn't have caused such a shipwreck now...

  William sighed inwardly, and then said to her:

   "No, I'm just a businessman who takes a boat to Awa to do business. I'm not a pirate... and there are no pirates in this sea area."

   Hearing the word "boat", the expression on the other party's face instantly brightened.

   "Then, Mr. Ishma, can I take your boat..."

  William nodded in his heart and replied "Yes", but a hesitant expression gradually appeared on his face.

   "But you planned to attack our ship earlier..."

  William seemed a little embarrassed to say.

   Hearing William's words, the other party glanced down at the wreck of the warship that William used to hold up with the strong wind, and said with a strange expression:

   "Fortunately, the attack was not successful."

   said, her eyes were naturally attracted by the iron holy emblem hanging on William's neck. After discovering this breakthrough, she immediately continued:

   "Mr. Ishma, allow me to take the liberty to ask again, are you a believer of the Holy Spirit's Hermit?"

   She said, carefully pointing to the iron plate on William's chest.

   Having grown up in the Church of the Holy Spirit, she could see at a glance that this holy emblem of the Holy Spirit was definitely from the precious finished product of the Sealing Temple, and both the materials and craftsmanship were top-notch.

   The finished product of this level has little to do with the wealth and power level of the holder to a large extent. Ordinary believers don't even think about getting this holy emblem. They must be people who have close ties with the Holy Spirit Church. Only then can they entrust the oracle who sealed the temple to bless this holy emblem with maximum power through the Holy Spirit disc.

   In other words, the person in front of him is definitely a devout follower of the Eighth Order—perhaps a high-ranking member of the Order.

   Seeing William nodding affirmatively, she immediately continued:

   "Mr. Ishma, my name is Diana, maybe you have heard of this name..."

   Although the word "maybe" was used, it was just Diana's courtesy. In this era, as long as it is a member of the Eighth Religion, there is basically no one who has not heard his name.

   But after hearing his name, the other party didn't show any expression fluctuations on his face. He just continued to ask in the same tone as before:

"and then?"

"Then…"

   Hearing this, the expression on Diana's face froze.

   Since she awakened her power five years ago to quell the blood and tear plague that was prevalent in Wanren City, Storm Province, she was certified by the priests of the sect as a new diviner of the Eighth Holy Spirit. After that, she was very used to just saying her name to solve most troublesome things.

  Although many times, she will show disgust for this situation on the surface, similar to the fact that before she boarded this imperial battleship, she also specifically asked not to be treated specially on the ship. But less than two days later, she still lived in the captain's single room, and a special cook was responsible for her diet.

   In fact, she still enjoys this feeling very much in her heart.

  Diana took a deep breath and said bluntly:

"I went to Ava Chau this time to hold a very important baptism. I hope you will let me take your boat for the rest of the journey. After the event, the Eighth Religion will definitely thank you heavily. of."

   She said, and took another look at the holy holy emblem made of Ao-Tie hanging on her chest, and continued to add:

   "The hermit will also bring you blessings, I assure you in the name of the Holy Spirit Rael."

  …

   "So, that's why you brought them on board?"

  Captain Hobbs looked at the five people behind William and asked with a wary expression.

  The wind left by Ishma on the sail earlier made the Whalebone sail for a long distance like a broken arrow.

   Considering that the opponent is about to face the most terrifying misty phantom in the legend of the high elves. In addition, the ship had already sailed such a long distance, and even if he ran away, he would not be able to get back to the ship again. Everyone on the Whalebone was truly moved by the behavior of saving the ship for that strange customer.

For a time, the crew members and sailors on the deck who thought they would be here today all took the initiative to gather at the stern, took off their hats in the direction of the other party's disappearance, and saluted the Ishma who bravely stood up at the juncture of crisis. pay tribute.

   And after that, they had a serious discussion about what to do with the goods left by the other party on the ship that were originally intended to be sold to the high elves.

   You must know that those are more than ten kilograms of refined Elementium Silver ingots, and more refined ores!

   Especially now that the Blackwater Province is now de facto independent and has cut off trade with the outside world. What else are you selling in Awazhou? If you sell this batch of goods to the French Ring City, don't you have to worry about it in this life?

   But at this brief meeting, Captain Hobbs rejected the proposal righteously.

   Their client, Ishma, said before boarding the ship that he came to do this business because he had a dead friend in Ava. And now that Ishma died to save the Whale Bone and all of them, then he must fulfill Ishma's last wish no matter what, and sell this batch of Origin Silver to Ava Continent.

   Even if he lost more than 30% of his profits, he would not hesitate.

  Captain Hobbes' words aroused cheers from the crew on board, and some were even moved to tears. Not only for Ishma's heroic feat of saving them, but also for the noble character of the old captain's trustworthiness and integrity.

   However, when they came to the storage room in the cabin and prepared to count the Elemental Silver stocks, with a flash of electric light, the man they thought was dead suddenly came back.

   (end of this chapter)