"Where's Sonia?" Fiona stood up nervously, and Lana also drew his sword and stood behind her.
Sweat broke out on Griffith's forehead. This was the second time that Sonia disappeared from his hands, and both times happened in an instant, without any warning in advance.
This is Homon Watts' ship. How could a person disappear silently... Sealed object, this must be an attack from a sealed object!
Calm down, calm down... Griffith tried his best to contain his anxiety and try to calm down. The soul contract between him and Sonia has not been triggered, which at least means that Sonia is still alive, and this place is on the sea. Even if she is kidnapped, she cannot go too far.
"Fiona, Lana, come to us." Galadia's voice was cold and calm, and at the same time she spread her spirituality and swept across the cabin, "It's not just Sonia and the others who have disappeared. I can't feel anything else on this ship. The breath of man.”
"..."
In this situation, Galadia was the calmest one. She leaned closer to Griffith, took out a scroll from her small bag and unfolded it slowly.
From the material point of view, this scroll is made of the skin of some kind of large spiritual creature. It is very tough and has a faint glow like a firefly, and there is a distant and ethereal sound echoing. On the front of the unfolded scroll, a disk made of complex magic patterns was drawn, with a fluctuating fluorescent spot in the center, beating like a heart.
The moment he saw this light spot, Griffith felt as if his heart was being forced to resonate with it at the same frequency.
Taking the trembling light spot as the center of the circle, a straight line of light that can be regarded as the radius of the circle extends, dragging the sparse light mist and continuously rotating across the disk.
This is obviously a tool used to enhance perception and detection.
Sonia once used an echo map that could outline terrain and movements to help everyone rendezvous under the remains of Turan Swamp. This scroll of Galadia is different in that no other image can be seen except for shining spots of light and spinning thin lines.
Galadia explained: "This is the Scroll of True Sight. It can use my spiritual energy ripples as a medium to conduct a large-scale precision search. It does not require sight or listening, and it can also prevent my spirituality from being directly exposed to danger." . After the diffused psychic ripples come into contact with other psychic creatures, the echoes will mark them on the scroll. The more powerful the target signal, the stronger the signal. The light spot in the center is us. Don’t spread it too far, otherwise it will cause interference.
"Anyone can use it as long as they provide psychic energy. However, the scope and precision of the search are related to the characteristics of the respective psychic ripples."
Fiona stared at the scroll for a while: "I can't see anything. How far is your search range?"
"It's quite far, and it can be very detailed. As long as I increase my psychic output, I can cover this ship and the nearby sea areas." Galadia focused her attention, and even Griffith could feel it. There is a delicate silk-like touch that appears and disappears.
In the dark, everyone heard an ethereal echo.
"Ding dong——"
The sound was like mountain spring dripping into a pond, pure and without impurities. At the same time, a flashing light spot suddenly appeared on the scroll, neither big nor small, and it was moving outward quickly.
"We found the trail, let's catch up!"
The four people immediately ran through the corridor and chased in the direction of the signal. However, in the blink of an eye, the signal disappeared, and no matter how hard Galadia tried, there was no response on the scroll.
"He is hiding," Miss Elf said. "Such a quick reaction is very similar to that of the extraordinary people in the assassin path. The strong ones among them can travel through the gaps in the planes and become invisible. In this case, Their bodies and spiritual energy are at the gap where the worlds meet, and cannot be sensed by the Scroll of True Sight.”
"Assassin? You can't let him go!" Griffith greeted, "Catch him. At least you can know where he has been!"
The four of them quickly climbed up the stairs and rushed along the ship corridor to where the signal disappeared.
The Feiye, which contained two grades, was actually empty, with not even a single figure appearing along the way.
There was a half-eaten cake and a knife and fork on the porcelain plate, and the black tea in the cup was still a little warm. Medicines and bandages were placed on the table, unpacked and about to be used. From professors to students, including sailors and servants, everyone disappeared without a trace.
The fast sailing ship Flying Leaf was maintaining its course and rowing across the lonely sea. The cold wind blew into the portholes, giving people the confusing illusion that they were the last inhabitants of the world.
Galadia stopped in a lounge: "It's in this area. I don't know how long this creature can hide, but as long as he shows up, I will find it again."
"Easy to handle! As long as the approximate location can be determined, I will let Lana deal with this sneaky guy. I got high marks in the transformation technique this semester!" Fiona snapped her fingers, took out her wand, and pointed Looking at Rana, "Rana, I'm going to turn you into a big dog to find out the suspicious smell!"
"wait"
Before Rana could finish his words, he was turned into a big black dog. It looked at its paws in confusion, then ran out in frustration, sniffing everywhere in the corridor.
"What the hell are you doing! Change him back quickly!" Griffith exclaimed, "Lana is the best at dealing with stealth, I need him!"
"I won't listen~" Fiona shook her waist-length blond hair, "No one knows how to use Lana better than me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the big black dog seemed to have discovered something and ran towards the end of the corridor quickly.
"Look!" Fiona raised her chin proudly and chased after him. Griffith and Galadia looked at each other and could only follow closely.
The three of them chased the big dog across the deck, past the dining room and library, obviously following something.
"Rana's sense of smell is a thousand times stronger than that of humans!" Fiona waved her fist at Griffith, "That sneaky guy hid his psychic ripples, but he didn't hide his own scent. Look, Come on, we can catch him out in a moment!"
What else could Griffith say. He could only follow and ran through most of the ship, but still didn't find a single person... Finally, they entered a cabin, and the big dog jumped on the ship, biting a package and tearing it apart.
"There is a clue!" Fiona shouted happily, "This must be a clue to the identity of the attacker!"
The big dog bit open a luggage bag, jumped back to Fiona with a women's shirt in its mouth, and waggled its tail excitedly.
This is a small piece of lace clothing, less than the size of a palm. Judging from the style and material, the owner of the skirt must only wear it in private parts on private occasions. The big dog swung it around, and it was covered in saliva...
Fiona's face was so red that it was almost burning. She covered her face, turned away, and forced herself to calm down:
"Ahem, have you noticed~ From now on, there is no one else on the Feiye except us. Professors, students, sailors, except for immovable objects, there are no living things."
Yes, this is something we have known for a long time. Griffith nodded slowly, indicating that he understood.
Galadia stared at the little underwear in the dog's mouth for a while, blinked, and seemed to think of something:
"Wait a moment, this search did not solve the problem,
"We need to sort out the current situation."
"Our situation?" Griffith and Fiona both wondered, "Isn't it the danger Sonia and the others are in?"
Miss Elf shook her head: "I don't rule out the possibility that Sonia is in danger. However, the professor and classmates from two grades also disappeared together. Among them were people like Aaron, and there were also large families in charge of high-ranking sealed objects. members. Isn’t it more difficult to deal with them than to deal with us?
"We cannot preconceptionally think that other people are missing. Another possibility is also very high, that is, when Alyosha brought Neferty back, we who were in a certain area were thrown into a certain seal that may be Within the 'domain' of object making, isolated from other people."
"I don't quite understand~" Fiona felt that this topic was beyond her knowledge, "Then where are the others? If they are not on the boat, they can only go to the sea."
Having said this, Galadia looked at Griffith: "Just like the 'Black Domain' we have experienced. Conceptually the same space is separated by different rules. Perhaps, others on the Flying Leaf are also looking for us."
Griffith calmed down and began to think about several countermeasures: "So, what is the purpose of the person who took this action? Is it to imprison us, or to divide us first and then attack... By the way, Fiona, You turned Rana into a dog, can he still communicate with us?"
"Emmm... this issue is worth studying," Fiona touched the dog's head and stretched out her left hand, "Rana, stretch out your right hand."
The big black dog stuck out its tongue and looked at the countess, ignoring her.
"It's impossible to communicate," Galadia smiled and shook her head, "Even though Rana still has his own consciousness, the basis of his hearing, language, perception, body hormones, and even thinking are no longer human~
“Isn’t this an axiom of the mysterious world that there is no consciousness separated from matter?”
Fiona puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction and gestured with her wand, "Rana Lana, tell me where the bad guy who captured Sonia is?"
"Woof!" Lana suddenly shouted and rushed towards the corner.
"Look, ah, come back!" Fiona hurriedly chased after her. But the big dog didn't listen to her at all.
"The signal has appeared!" At the same time, a pulsating light spot appeared on the scroll in Galadia's hand, not far from the four of them.
In an instant, Lana, who had turned into a big dog, turned the corner and disappeared without a trace. Griffith stayed by Galadia's side, not daring to move. He watched Fiona, who had lost Lana's anxious jump, dive into the shadows, and then never came out again without any suspense.
This... Griffith covered his face, almost unable to face the reality that Fiona and Lana were missing. Lana was very powerful, and his extraordinary characteristics had a strong restraining effect on the area of effect concealment, but Fiona foolishly gave it away.
"This is great, there are so many of us, and we are about to be killed by an assassin..."
Galadia crossed her arms and looked at the corner where Lana and Fiona disappeared, and thought for a while: "The man behind the scenes has the idea of defeating us, but this will also expose his characteristics and weaknesses. .
“First, this is a kind of control or capture that makes the captured unable to resist;
“Second, users can only use it against a single or small-scale target at a time;
"Third, the user's combat power is limited. He doesn't even dare to risk being discovered, but carefully captures one unit at a time."
