Chapter 184 - 184 Two Believers (2)

184 Two Believers (2)

It’s better to use another method to gain her trust… William thought.

It wasn’t easy for him to encounter someone suspected to be the Eighth Holy Spirit’s prophet. He naturally wouldn’t let go of a good opportunity to analyze the essence of the Eighth Holy Spirit.

Prophet existed as an optional class in-game. William had used the Prophet to complete the game, so he had some understanding of it.

The greatest characteristic of the Prophet class was that spells and mana bars were replaced by a unique ‘Blessed’ mechanism. The mechanism of ‘Blessed’ was similar to a rune system that combined formulas—the basic strength of the Prophet was called ‘Prayer,’ and every Holy Spirit had a set of prayers. As for the different prayers, they could produce different blessings through a regular arrangement. Players could engrave or forget different prayers at the Holy Spirits’ churches or altars and combine many different blessings in advance.

Compared to magic chanters, Prophets were much stronger in terms of endurance because they weren’t restricted by mana. However, because there was a limited number of prayers that could be engraved in the ether domain, Prophets were much less flexible than magic chanters.

William couldn’t say if the prophet of the Eighth Holy Spirit was as he had previously understood. At the very least, the prophet of the Eighth Holy Spirit didn’t worship the Holy Spirit system as a whole like in the past. If they still had the so-called ‘Prayer’, it would be difficult for them to rely on the Eighth Holy Spirit alone compared to the era when the seven Holy Spirits had a complete ‘Blessed’ system.

Or could it be that the current prophets were a lie?

“Yes… I was heading to Ava State…” the girl replied.

Then, she continued, “But as you can see, we encountered some unforeseen events on the way. The ship was destroyed, and everyone died… Mr. Ishmael, forgive me for asking, but are you one of the pirates from before?”

“Pirates? What pirates?”William asked. Before the other party could explain, he raised his hand and interrupted her.

William recalled what Captain Hobbs had said about the imperial navy and his accusations. In less than two seconds, William figured out the entire story.

If the other party hadn’t coveted the goods that the Whalebone had, they probably wouldn’t have ended up like this…

William sighed and said to her, “No, I’m just a merchant taking a ship to Ava State to do business. I’m not a pirate… Moreover, there aren’t any pirates in this sea.”

Upon hearing the word ‘ship,’ the other party’s expression instantly lit up.

“Then, Mr. Ishmael, can I take your ship…”

William immediately nodded and replied, “Yes.” However, he gradually revealed a hesitant expression.

“But you guys previously planned on attacking our ship…” William said with a troubled expression.

Upon hearing William’s words, the other party looked down at the wreckage of the warship that William had propped up with wind and said with a strange expression, “Fortunately, the attack didn’t succeed.”

As she spoke, her gaze was naturally attracted by the iron holy emblem hanging around William’s neck. After discovering this breakthrough, she immediately continued, “Mr. Ishmael, please allow me to ask again. Are you a believer of the Holy Spirit, Hermit?”

As she spoke, she carefully pointed at the iron plate on William’s chest.

Having grown up in the Holy Spirits Church, she could tell at a glance that this Holy Spirit holy emblem was a valuable finished product from the Sealing Temple. Moreover, be it the materials used or the craftsmanship, it was top-notch.

A finished product at this level had little to do with the holder’s wealth and strength to a large extent. Shallow believers couldn’t obtain this holy emblem at all. Only people with a close relationship with the Holy Spirits Church could entrust the Sealing Temple’s holy imbuer to bless this holy emblem at maximum power through the Holy Spirit Disc.

In other words, the person in front of her was a pious believer of the Eighth Order—he might even be a high-ranking member of the Order.

Seeing William nod in affirmation, she continued, “Mr. Ishmael, my name is Diana. Perhaps you’ve heard of me…”

Although she used the word ‘perhaps,’ this was only out of courtesy. In this era, everyone in the Eighth Order had heard of her name.

However, the other party didn’t show any expression when he heard her name. He only continued asking in a tone no different from before, “And?”

“And…”

Upon hearing this, Diana’s expression froze.

Ever since she awakened her strength five years ago and calmed the Blood and Tears plague that spread throughout Storm Province’s Myriad Feet City, she had been certified as the Eighth Holy Spirit’s new prophet by the parish’s clergymen. After that, she was very used to saying her name to resolve most of the trouble.

Although she often displayed her disgust for this situation on the surface and even specially instructed others not to give special treatment on the ship before she boarded the empire warship, she was moved to the captain’s single room less than two days later, and her meals made by a special chef.

In fact, she enjoyed this privilege very much.

Diana took a deep breath and said, “I’m going to Ava State for an extremely important baptism. I hope you can let me complete the rest of my journey with your ship. The Eighth Order will reward you greatly afterward.”

As she spoke, she glanced at the Holy Spirit holy emblem made of austenite hanging on the other party’s chest and added, “The Hermit will also give you His blessings. I promise you as the Holy Spirit Riel’s prophet.”

…

“So this is why you brought them on board?”

Captain Hobbs looked at the four people standing behind William and asked warily.

The wind Ishmael had left behind on the sail allowed the Whalebone to quickly sail far away like an arrow that had left its bow.

Considering that the other party was about to face the most terrifying mist phantom in High Elven legends, coupled with the fact that the ship had already sailed such a long distance, everyone on the Whalebone was truly touched by this strange customer’s act of sacrificing himself to save the ship.

For a moment, the crew and sailors on the deck who originally thought that they would die here today paid their respects to Ishmael, who had always hidden his strength very well and bravely stood up to cover their retreat in a crisis.

Thereafter, they seriously discussed how to dispose of the goods the other party had left behind on the ship—ones that he originally planned on selling to the High Elves.

That was more than ten kilograms of refined Elementium Silver ingots and even more crudely refined ores!

Especially now that the Blackwater Province was already independent and had severed trade with the outside world. Why sell it to Ava State? Wouldn’t he be financially independent once he resold this batch of goods to Ring City?

However, Captain Hobbs rejected this proposal righteously.

Their client, Ishmael, had said before boarding the ship that he was doing this business because he had a friend he had been through thick and thin in Ava State. Now that Ishmael had died to save Whalebone, he had to fulfill Ishmael’s last wish and sell this batch of Elementium Silver to Ava State.

He wouldn’t hesitate even if his profits were 30% less.

Captain Hobbs’s words attracted waves of cheers from the ship’s crew. Some people were even moved to tears. It was both for Ishmael’s heroic feat of saving them and the captain’s honor and integrity.

However, when they arrived at the cabin’s storeroom and prepared to count the stock, the other party returned with a flash of lightning.