Since Austin learned that Benjamin still had soul fragments left in the world, he had fantasized about the scene when the two met many times.
But I didn't expect it to be like this, in this form.
"It doesn't look very decent." Ansha frowned and waved his hand gently. Blue light slowly condensed on Austin's body, and soon it transformed into a Royal Navy uniform.
"This is much better. Don't stand there like this. Go in and talk."
Benjamin nodded, and then took the lead to walk to the captain's cabin. Austin took a long breath and followed.
Ansha did not follow, but stood quietly, looking at the backs of the two people. After a while, he turned his head to look at the sea, but the person he wanted to see did not appear.
Austin and Benjamin sat at opposite ends of the table, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
"You also joined the Royal Navy?" In the end, it was Benjamin who spoke first.
"Yes, he was originally in the Army, but was later transferred to the Navy."
"I see you have the rank of major. Have you ever been baptized? Which god do you believe in?"
Austin glanced at his shoulders with his peripheral vision. When Ansha was getting clothes for himself, he actually put on his military rank.
"Be baptized in Poseidon Church." Austin thought for a moment and replied.
The person in front of him is definitely Benjamin, regardless of his appearance, body shape or the more elusive so-called "aura", but what Mariano said is not unreasonable. Who knows whether he has been contaminated during the years in the Maelstrom, and Austin is not. Dare to really chat with him.
It seemed that the word "Poseidon" evoked some of Benjamin's memories. He sighed and said, "It would be better to believe in Poseidon if you were in the navy, but you are my son..."
Benjamin's expression became solemn: "There are too many things involved in me. Converting to Poseidon may not be the best choice."
Austin's thoughts moved and he asked: "Then...what good suggestions does father have?"
Benjamin pointed his right index finger at the ground and said, "The answer you want is at the bottom of the maelstrom."
[Sure enough. ] Doug chuckled, [He is indeed in the same group as the guy with five eyes. ]
"What's down there?" Austin leaned forward and asked in a low voice.
Benjamin's eyes flickered and his lips moved.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but we're about to leave. Please, Mr. Austin, follow me."
Ansha knocked on the door and planned the conversation between the two. Austin wanted to say something else, but Benjamin shook his head at him.
"Lisa should have told you about me."
In the corridor, Ansha, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke.
"About the fact that I've turned into a ghost ship."
"Yeah." Austin nodded, "I heard that you formed an alliance with her."
Ansha stopped in front of a cabin and laughed at himself: "Actually, you can call me Ghost Prince Ansha now."
"When I was still alive, I always longed for those ghost ships that were free on the sea. I thought they were mysterious and powerful." At this point, he smiled, "But when I really became a ghost ship, I discovered where in the world There is freedom.”
After saying that, Ansha looked at Austin: "I think you have a deep understanding of this, and I hope you can break the shackles."
Austin was stunned. He didn't know why a ghost ship he met for the first time would say these to him inexplicably.
"Stay here for the moment, and we'll set out to meet Lysa and the others."
The moment Austin closed the door, he seemed to hear a whisper floating outside the door.
"Free us."
He stuck his head out, but only saw Ansha's disappearing back.
"What does he mean? Mariano?"
"As I told you, everyone in this world has their own destiny, including the ghost ship." Mariano paused, "The birth of the ghost ship always carries the will of a certain being. And his own obsession. Obsession can support us to have our own consciousness, and the will of existence is our shackles."
"He is still 'young' and still wants to find a way to break this shackles. He chooses Lysa to help him fulfill this wish, just like I chose Benjamin back then."
Austin nodded, looked at the sunset outside the porthole, and said nothing more.
…
Lysa and Revry walked out of a cave on the coast and sat down on the beach.
"Mariannu is not here." Lavery sighed.
Lesa shook her head: "It doesn't matter, this is just one of the purposes. Where is the crystal? Did you give it away?"
"Here, it's just like what you said. He probably thinks it's a key prop in this operation and keeps it with him." Lavery took out an identical crystal from his pocket, and it was slowly glowing. "He has been investigated for the fifth round. The church and the military have stopped. Are you still worried about him?"
Lysa sighed: "Poseidon's will this time will definitely not be understood by the world. Although Austin is a person favored by Poseidon, I always feel that something is wrong."
"Intuition?"
"The saint's intuition cannot be treated casually." Lysa joked, waving to the crew members walking towards them, "When Ansha and the others come over, we will set off to Dovreira."
"What should we do here?" Lavery looked at the cave behind him with lingering fear, "Those monsters."
"Ansha will find a way."
"What do you think of Ansha?" Austin asked.
"The ghost ship's ability has a lot to do with its hull. Accordionist Kaka is just an ordinary merchant ship without naval guns, so we could easily get rid of him before. After all, extraordinary abilities are not omnipotent."
"But this guy is awesome. He seems to be the latest submarine warship. He might be even more awesome than you with the August Lion tied to him. As for abilities, I don't know who he signed the contract with. I'm the most powerful. We can only speculate based on his identity that it has something to do with 'control'."
"Compared to you?" Austin suddenly had a twitch in his mind and asked.
"Please don't ask such a rude question?" Marianu cursed, then changed the subject, "You might as well ask why it's not your father who turned into a ghost ship. His obsession is much stronger than Ansha's. There’s a lot more involved.”
"Uh, why?"
"How do I know? Didn't I ask you to ask?"
"Asking who?" Austin was confused.
"Your dad!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared at the table.
"Father? Why are you here?" Austin cursed in his heart, wondering why no one here likes to knock on the door.
"There are things I feel I must tell you." His voice was a little distorted, and his face became translucent under the light and kept flashing, as if he was going to exhaust his soul to say the next words.
"Please make good use of this voyage diary." Following his words, the brown notebook flew out of Austin's pocket, "You can completely trust Mariano. In addition, mortals and gods have... The...people involved...don't...believe...because...they all...have..."
Benjamin's voice became unstable, his whole body was flickering, and Austin couldn't hear the second half of the words clearly at all.
After several silent and violent flashes, Benjamin's figure finally stabilized, with a faint and strange smile on his face.
"Father?" Austin called tentatively.
"Long time no see, Austin, you have grown so big." Benjamin stood up, waved his hand and said, "Anyway, have a nice trip, I believe your name will resound throughout this sea one day."
After that, his body disappeared into the air.
