Chapter 567: Their respective roles Looking at the ghost that looked like Ilu, Juan Oro's expression changed. Although they missed the best time for spiritual communication, they still found out who died on the first day, found objects that could accurately point to the target, and used the ability of the "little devil" to complete the summoning. However, the souls of all the dead did not appear, which made them believe that the souls of people who angered the sea would also be swallowed up, and they never tried it again. After nearly a year, the summoning was successful! Moreover, it seems that Ilu was not drowned by the sea, but was shot. This is completely different from the backlash caused by the failure of the Sea Prayer Ceremony! Chanem used Hermetic language to question the spirit that looked like Iru, but the target was already in a daze and remembered nothing. Even his appearance had become blurry and he had been assimilated into the environment. Chanem ended the ritual and used the clothes Sarah had worn for many years to summon the spirit of another dead person. This time, nothing appeared. Chanem stopped trying, extinguished the candle, removed the "spiritual wall", and said to Juan Oro in the highland language: “The issue has become clearer.” Juan Oro did not respond, but glanced at his grandson Fernandez: "Take them out, send them home, and give each of them some instructions." "Okay." Although Fernandez wanted to hear Chanem's speculation and learn about the follow-up events, he did not dare to disobey his grandfather's orders. He quickly took the surviving sailors out of the small living room and closed the door.
After several dozen seconds, Juan Oro looked at Chanem, whose facial features were unremarkable. "You mean, the Ilu who died in the sea prayer ceremony was a fake?" Chanem smiled and asked: “Why do you think Fake Ilu is really dead? "The other deceased were swallowed by the sea, but he might not be." Not to mention the miracle of resurrection, no one present could prove that the fake Ilu had indeed fallen into the sea. Seeing Juan Oro fall silent, Chanem continued: “Really, Ilu should have been assassinated by the saboteurs a few days or even weeks before the sea-praying ceremony. No, it was more likely that he was kidnapped and shot some time after the sea-praying ceremony. In this way, your ‘spiritual communication’ would naturally fail, because a living person cannot communicate with spirits in this way. Afterwards, someone disguised himself as him and lived in Milo Village for a while as him. He boarded the ceremonial ship of the ‘Governor of the Sea’ as a sailor to marry the sea without being suspected. "Well, is Ilu the type of person whose elders are all dead, who is still unmarried and childless, and who doesn't live with his brothers and sisters?" Juan Oro's eyes narrowed as he said: "Almost. Their grandmother died more than ten years ago. His parents were both 'Children of the Sea' and came out to start their own families. Not long after he came of age, they were unable to control their powers and lost their minds. They became pure members of the Sea Clan and were sent back to the ocean by us." "Sure enough, they picked the sailor who had the easiest disguise." Chanem said with emotion. Juan Oro frowned and said: "But everyone who boards the ceremonial ship will undergo a routine inspection by another type of sea family to confirm their authenticity." Chanem smiled: "You said it yourself, it was a routine inspection, and there are many disguises in this world that require specific methods or in-depth identification to detect." Juan Oro nodded solemnly. Chanem kindly suggested with a bit of show-off: "Next time, you'd better draw some blood from everyone aboard and compare it with their closest relatives in their family tree to see if there is a corresponding bloodline." "That's one way." Juan Oro said, "Hmm." Over the past hundreds or thousands of years, there have been no problems in any aspect of the Sea Prayer Ceremony, so they have never thought about improving some details before. Juan Oro then asked: "What do those who disrupt the ceremony want?" "We don't know either." Chanem spread his hands and looked at the window with the curtains drawn. In that direction is the residence of the "Governor of the Sea".
Juan Oro thought Chanem was hinting at something Louis Berry had mentioned before, so he nodded slightly and said: "Once the sea prayer ceremony succeeds this year, we will let Miguel go and let him live in Toler. By then, the failure of last year's ceremony will no longer be a secret that cannot be leaked, and there will be no need for us to kill Miguel." "Miguel?" Chanem asked thoughtfully. "He's the fake 'Governor of the Sea'. He originally worked in a fishing company and his ancestor was from Milo Village." Juan Oro explained briefly. Chanem retracted his gaze and smiled: "He has enjoyed a year, even though he is always worried. But everything has a price." The great adventurer's companion paused for a moment and asked with a little curiosity: "Are the ancestors of your Milo Village a clan that came from the depths of the sea, or were they ordinary fishermen who were suddenly inspired and enlightened by the sea one day and mastered how to please the sea and obtain its blessings?" Juan Oro was silent for a while and said: “We ourselves don’t know, and there are two guesses. "Milo Village was once destroyed by the Church of the Mother Earth, and many traditions were completely cut off. We have no way of knowing the origins of our ancestors. "I personally prefer the second possibility, because we are completely different from other sea clans. The children we give birth to are all human-like at first, and only after they absorb more power from the sea will they become humanoid lizards. Moreover, our power will decline, but theirs will not." Chanem nodded in agreement: “I also think the second scenario is more likely.” He asked instead: "Have the traces of the ancestors of Milo Village really been completely wiped out? Nothing remains?" Juan Oro looked at Chanem for a few seconds and said: “There are some remnants in the basement of the ‘Governor of the Sea’ mansion, but they are just some symbols and patterns. They have no actual meaning and cannot be interpreted. "If you want to watch, wait until the vigil ceremony. Aren't you worried that our cooperation will be known to others? It will be easy to be exposed if we go to the 'Governor of the Sea' mansion now." "Okay." After asking for other details, Chanem suddenly shrank into the shadow of the corner and disappeared in an instant. Juan Oro looked at the place where the great adventurer's companion disappeared and sighed slowly. He had an oppressive feeling that a storm was about to come in Santa Harbor. ………… Solo Hotel, in the master bedroom of the suite on the fifth floor. Chanem walked out of the shadows and put the silver-white "Lie" ear clip behind his left ear. His eyes quickly became as clear as lake water, and his hair turned flax-colored, growing continuously and falling over his shoulders. Even though she was wearing men's clothing, Franka still exuded amazing charm. She threw the ear clip back to Lumian, took out a black rubber band from her pocket, and tied her long hair into a high, floating ponytail. "We found the trace of the Bard!" said the "Witch of Joy" happily. "Why 'The Bard' and not the other two?" Lumian sat in the reclining chair in front of the desk, with the curtains tightly drawn behind him. He deliberately went back to Trier this time and brought Franca to Santa Port for help. First, he felt that he was not as good as the "Witch of Pleasure" in divination and spiritualism. If he didn't want to waste the truth serum, it would be a better choice to ask Franca for help directly. Second, he wanted Franca to pretend to be another identity of his own, to completely distinguish "him" from the great adventurer Louis Berry, and to deceive those who were secretly monitoring him. In the future, he might be able to use this to complete some kind of fraud. After recounting the results of today's spiritual communication and the completed conversation, Franca said: "The fake Ilu must first possess abilities similar to the Faceless Man, and secondly, must be good at stealing. A long time ago, a friend of mine said that the Bard is a Sequence 6 Fire Thief of the Thief pathway. Of course, he may have more than that ability now. "If others had not confirmed that Loki did not participate in the prank at the sea prayer ceremony last year, at least not openly, he would definitely be the most suitable person to pretend to be Ilu. Now, the possibility of the Bard is higher. "As a Sequence Beyonder among the Thieves, he may have an item similar to Lies. Perhaps he prayed to the Celestial Lord and obtained changes in his body and appearance, and added anti-divination and anti-prophecy from mysticism. Well, the Thief is one of the three ways that are most easily influenced by the Celestial Lord." Lumian listened quietly and gradually smiled: "The role and function of the 'bard' in last year's ceremony can be basically determined: "He was responsible for pretending to be a sailor and boarding the ship, stealing the real sacrificial ring and replacing it with a fake one. After that, he jumped into the sea and faked his death to escape!"
Lumien paused and said: "The question now is, what roles did 'Crazy Woman' and 'Ultraman' play in this matter? At present, it seems that their presence or absence will not affect the final failure of the sea prayer ceremony." Franka pursed her lips and paced back and forth a few steps and said: "The 'mad woman' might be responsible for the reception and communication. For example, after the 'bard' jumped into the sea, she could 'teleport' him here and take him away directly to prevent him from being swallowed by the raging sea. This kind of thing can only be done by the 'traveler'. "'Ultraman', responsible for providing information about the sea prayer ceremony and formulating corresponding plans? No, it must be more than that. He should have other roles..." Lumian leaned back in his chair, stroking his chin slowly and said: "As for the 'mad woman', I agree with your speculation, but according to the intelligence we have so far, without the guidance of the 'Child of the Sea' and without following a fixed route, it is impossible to enter that special sea area. How did the 'mad woman' get 'teleported' there? Well, is she also lurking on the ship? Or, does the 'bard' have some special location? This must not be a physical object, otherwise it would be found during the search. "As for 'Ultraman', I have always suspected that he is a native of Santa Port and has sufficient knowledge of the sea prayer ceremony. The prank last year should have been initiated by him." Having said this, Lumian stood up: "My intuition tells me that if we can figure out what exactly 'Ultraman' did in last year's prank and what other roles he played besides being the mastermind, then we can understand the real purpose of 'April Fools' in this matter!" (End of this chapter)