Chapter 313
Hypnotize the Crew in the Drifting s.h.i.+p (2)
Proofread by Ruriko
Among the s.h.i.+ps that anchor in the harbor, some have not hoisted the sails . A steams.h.i.+p . . . No, is it a magic s.h.i.+p? At the pier, some sailors and golems are busy unloading the cargos .
All kinds of fish are on sale at the harbor stalls, with a special fishy smell, but not as acrid as I thought . Maybe they are frozen by the magic ice .
The good smell of the grilled fish is drifting toward us . I try my best to endure and endure . It"s not the right time to enjoy it . However, is that sea snail . . . ?
"Touya, look! "
I look at the direction that Yumina is pointing at . There is a cracked s.h.i.+p drifting by the beach far away . Besides, on the sail hanging on the broken mast, we can see the crest of unicorn . As expected, is it the crest of Leaflease . Sure enough .
When we approach and check the hull, we find a plate with the name of “McLean” carved on it . It is loose and dangling there .
"As expected, this is McLean . "
Just like a criminal police with bad luck, it survives anyway .
I talk with a sailor, hoping he can tell me some details .
The s.h.i.+p drifted here four days ago, in the morning after the storm was over . 34 crew members were discovered on the s.h.i.+p . There were several others, but they all died .
People here want to know their story, but they cannot understand each other . The crew just can speak several simple words, so they cannot have a normal conversation .
The crew were given a map to show their country . They turned the map upside down and said something, but local people couldn"t understand . They looked scared when they saw the golems . Maybe they had reached the breakdown point, some of the crew members began to behave violently and could not stop . So, they were put into prison .
Weapons and cannons were discovered inside the s.h.i.+p . Thus, they were considered a group of the pirates who haunt around insh.o.r.e waters .
The s.h.i.+p is loaded with weapons, because it used to be a wars.h.i.+p .
"It is sent to defeat the pirates . . . "
It makes me feel disconsolate, since this may be caused by pirates .
Now the country has not decided how to deal with it . If they firmly believe they are pirates, they will be executed . Now we should rescue them as fast as possible .
The sailor says that the crew of McLean are prisoned in the jail next to the guards" dormitory .
Though it"s the daytime now, we can make ourselves invisible and sneak into it . We arrive at the guards" dormitory which is located at a corner of the harbor and has three floors . The building next to it is the jail . It is built with a sort of concrete and looks cloddish .
May because of the daytime, there is only one guard at the entrance . There are people walking on the street . As soon as anything happens, the guards will rush towards here . Maybe that’s why they let their guards down . It"s a blessing for us .
"[Invisible]"
All of us hide ourselves in the shadow, and pa.s.s by the guard in front of their eyes . At the corner of the building, there is a set of stairs downward underground floor . We can see several cells over there .
About 10 people are imprisoned in 3 cells . They lowered their heads, some of them are sitting wearily, some lying there, and some sobbing .
I use the curse [Silence], in case of being heard by the guards outside, so the soldiers cannot hear us even if we shout out .
Then I break the spell of [Invisible] . The crew are surprised by the invaders who suddenly appear .
"Is there a captain, or commander among you? "
"You can speak our language?"
"Right . We know that you are sent from Leaflease to defeat the pirates .
From the surprised crew, a red-beard man in dirty clothes approaches the bar and speaks to me .
"I"m Symons, deputy captain of this troop . Our commander was swept into the sea while our s.h.i.+p drifted here . "
"What happened to you? Please tell us the details . "
The deputy captain who is talking with me lowers his head in agonies and begins to tell me the whole story as he recalls what happened .
"I don"t know . . . That day, we were supposed to set off with other s.h.i.+ps and go to the pirates" den . However, we found ourselves trapped in mist . I though it weird at that time . Because it had been sunny till then . The mist became denser and denser, when I noticed a golden light in it . Then we were deep in the golden mist and lost our direction . We even didn"t know if we were moving forward or circling at the same place . The compa.s.s failed to work, and no sun or star can be seen . Before long, the mist dispersed, but a storm came . Everyone clung to the s.h.i.+p, praying for the s.h.i.+p not to be wrecked . After the storm, we found ourselves drifted to this beach . We thought we were saved, but they could not understand our language . We told them all the names of the countries we know, but they knew nothing about them . Besides, there were s.h.i.+ps and iron creatures that we had never seen before . . . Oh, right, where are we? What is that iron creature? And the map upside down . . . "
"[Invite the darkness, input the fake memory… Hypnosis!]"
Before Symons the deputy captain finishes his last sentence, I cast a spell of [Hypnosis], and then no more question is asked .
The crew are surrounded by purple haze . Then their eyes became dull gradually .
"Is that alright? You strayed from Leaflease"s fleet and were attacked by a sea monster . You survived, but were s.h.i.+pwrecked and hit by a storm, hovering between life and death . You are having a strange dream, because the phantasm comes when you are hungry and strained to the breakdown point . The weird s.h.i.+ps and iron creatures are all caused by this . It"s a dream . It"s an illusion . "
"I--llusion . . . "
The crew are gazing vacantly and muttering . Well done .
Rul doubts if this description is too vague . There won"t be a problem I think, because their memories have been replaced by what seems reasonable for themselves . They were really hit by a storm .
In brief, it will be enough if they think this harbor is a dream .
After we break the locks of the cells, I cast a spell of [Transfer Gate], connecting this place to the yard of a mansion on the Doragrape Island . Yumina and others take them there .
Lead by Yumina and others, the crew pa.s.s through the Transfer Gate like sleepwalkers .
After all of them are transmitted to the other end, including Yumina, I escape from the dungeon . I put a spell [Storage] to collect the McLean’s wreckage left at the sh.o.r.e . Then I go to the Doragrape Island before we cause the commotion .
In the yard we arrive at, there sit the crew, with dull and gla.s.sy eyes still .
It"s not good for their nerves if they are kept like this for too long time . We have to bring them back to their original world .
Suddenly, I receive a call on my smart phone . "Hm? A call to this world . . . " I check it . Sure enough, it says "Unread Message, from the G.o.d" on the screen . So I answer the phone .
"Yes? This is Touya . "
"h.e.l.lo, Touya . You have a lot of trouble, right?"
"Ah, you have seen what happened? "
"H’m . I have something to tell you . It"s about something related to the event you are involved now . If you have time, can you come to visit me? "
Go to the G.o.ds" world? What does he want to tell me? For the time being, I say ok and hang up .
He said it’s something relating to the event I am involved now . . . Is that about the drifting event in the other world? It looks as if something has happened in the G.o.ds" world . . .
. . . Well, first we have to help the crew here .
I open the Dimension Gate in the center of the yard . The two worlds are connected .