Chapter 248: Exploding Face

Awakening Hiddleston greatly alleviated Levis' nervousness. It might sound a bit derogatory to say one relies on the strength of a dog, but having Hiddleston by his side truly brought him peace of mind.

"Ruff ruff!"

Hiddleston devoured the jerky in two bites and barked again. It still couldn't see clearly around, only perceiving a misty haze. Levis couldn't see the surroundings either; he could only judge his situation through the magical lines drawn by his Magic Eye.

However, this Magic Eye technique had collapsed once when the ghost ship switched to a real scene.

This caused his eyes to be very fatigued. He had just awakened Hiddleston and couldn't continue to maintain the Magic Eye, so he had to dispel it. After the Magic Eye dissipated, the boundaries between reality and illusion blurred again, and he found himself circling the deck without being able to contact anyone else.

"What state am I in right now?"

"How does the ghost ship create such an effect that far exceeds mere illusion?"

He wanted to feel his way to Parris' position according to his memory, but unfortunately, after taking dozens of steps and crossing several holes on the deck, he still hadn't reached her side.

Only Hiddleston followed behind him.

Since being awakened with jerky, Hiddleston hadn't fallen back into the hallucination. The leash was firmly held in his hand. Feeling uneasy, he also tied one end of the leash to his belt to prevent himself from letting go of Hiddleston's leash if he fell into a hallucination.

Perhaps due to too many instances of tension, although the current situation was unknown, he seemed to have adapted, his mind returning to its most calm state.

"The magic of dragons infects the surroundings, creating treasures; the magic of elves influences crops, making plants flourish; Hiddleston's magic can create rocks, and my martial qi can burn outside the body. All these phenomena indicate that magic not only creates things out of nothing but also has incredible effects."

He carefully observed the rolling fog around him.

He felt he had touched upon the essence of what was happening on the ghost ship: "So, fundamentally, this ghost ship of Marquis Cohen is also a manifestation of magic? It is indeed illusory because it is merely magic; yet, it is also real because magic can influence reality."

The more he thought about it, the more he believed this hypothesis was correct.

But knowing the principle didn't seem to help much; he was still trapped on the ghost ship.

"I should wait for my eye fatigue to ease before reactivating the Magic Eye. Without the Magic Eye, I can hardly move on the ghost ship!"

The collapse of the Magic Eye earlier had caused a backlash, leading to eye fatigue. Since mastering the Magic Eye completely, he could almost continuously use the martial qi technique without experiencing fatigue.

While running martial qi to recover from eye fatigue, he sighed silently: "I hope everyone isn't dead."

They were supposed to celebrate the New Year joyfully on Red Crab Island, perhaps even getting some good things from Marquis Merlin. They never expected to encounter the almost impossible-to-encounter ghost ship.

His luck was at its worst.

Haste makes waste.

He didn't immediately reactivate the Magic Eye but continued to wait for his eye fatigue to recover. After a while, with the continuous repair by martial qi, his eyes became lively again, free of any fatigue.

"About time!"

Instantly activating the Magic Eye, the fog-enshrouded view changed once more. The outlines of the sailboat and the figures of people, all outlined by magic, appeared. Referring to his memory, he first found Lvera, who was trembling and being chased by a squire.

Bang!

Levis kicked the squire away and grabbed Lvera: "Wake up, Lvera!"

Smack!

Smack!

Two slaps to the face, but Lvera still didn't wake up.

Helpless, Levis dragged her and stuffed her into a cabin on the ghost ship... as long as no one attacked her, she could stay there and thrash around.

After rescuing Lvera, Levis didn't stop. With Hiddleston, he went through some trouble to catch Liszt and drag him into another cabin.

The dazed Liszt couldn't display the combat power of an elite earth knight.

Having saved his brother and sister, he prepared to drag Parris into a cabin next. However, Parris' skills far surpassed others. Despite being beaten by Levis and Hiddleston, she couldn't be restrained and even showed signs of transformation. Seeing this, Levis decided to leave her alone.

With her combat power, she probably wouldn't find an opponent on this ship.

"To awaken these people, we must resolve the ghost ship!" A ghost ship without ghosts posed no threat to Levis, who possessed the Magic Eye.

"Come on, Hiddleston, let's go to the brightest source of magic!"

Leading Hiddleston, they headed straight for the area with the densest concentration of magic on the ghost ship. On this ghost ship, green magic formed a vague outline, with three distinct areas of concentrated magic.

One was the ram's head flag at the top of the mast, where a flame of magic burned fiercely.

Another was the figurehead at the bow of the ship, a dragon-shaped sculpture made of Sapphire. People in the Sapphire Grand Duchy believed that the Sapphire Dragon could suppress all sea monsters in the Azure Sea and protect the safety of sailors. However, the figurehead, now burning with green flames, looked more like a bat than a dragon.

The last place, which Levis intended to go to, was in the middle of the cabin.

The magic there wasn't as intense as the ram's head flag or the dragon-shaped figurehead, but it seemed to be the heart of the entire ghost ship. Every line of magic outlining the ghost ship originated from here.

"Ruff ruff!"

Hiddleston's massive body struggled to follow Levis, crossing the rotten wood toward the middle of the cabin. The creaking sounds underfoot suggested the wooden planks might break at any moment. He shouldn't have brought Hiddleston down; the cabins and corridors below were very narrow.

It was unsuitable for Hiddleston to maneuver, but with Hiddleston, Levis had the courage to walk alone in the eerie and terrifying ghost ship.

"We're almost there!"

A few more steps would bring them to the cabin room with the strongest magic glow. But at that moment, the ghost ship, which had been eerily quiet except for the creaking of the wooden boards, suddenly echoed with a faint voice.

It was unclear what was said.

But Levis was certain he wasn't hallucinating, as Hiddleston also perked up its ears and looked in the direction of the sound: "Ruff ruff!"

"Hiddleston, shh!" Levis calmed Hiddleston.

Listen closely.

The voices were intermittent but unmistakable, muffled and only a few disjointed words could be heard: "Chase... kill... Andite... serve... mother... home... magic... save... Curtis... madman... no..."

And it was clear that these words were not spoken by one person, but by a group of people shouting in a chaotic manner.

"Andite? Curtis? They sound like two names," Liszt muttered the names as he spoke, when suddenly, a ghastly pale human face appeared on the magical wall before him.

The face seemed to be shouting at Liszt, or perhaps just shouting on its own: "No!"

Startled by this unexpected sight, Liszt instinctively swung his sword, the Red Blood Sword, straight into the face. The fire-attribute battle aura exploded, shattering the magic that formed the face.

The face vanished, and so did the shouting.

Withdrawing the Red Blood Sword, Liszt's expression was cold and stern: "Come, Hiddleston, I want to see what kind of trickery is going on here! Creating a bunch of low-grade spirits!"