Struggle in the Steam Age

"I don't want anything." After hearing what John said, the little doll Nora shook her head. "Because I heard the story of the victim from this flame, the story of the ancestor who belonged to the suffering church. I think it is difficult for me to use the sacrifice of this ancestor to benefit myself."

"Senior, what's going on?" John asked with a look of shock. As a paladin of the Church of the Passion, he suddenly heard some news about the holy artifacts in his own church that he didn't know from people outside the church. Feel very shocked. Because in the information he has, the Holy Grail is just a cup with powerful purification ability bestowed by the gods to the church. There is no such thing as a spirit.

"You should know how this cup was lost, Mr. John." Nora looked at him with the cup in both hands and asked John, "I think that even if the Orthodox Church loses some sacred objects, it is not in a hurry to retrieve them immediately, so it can be The society should record how those things were lost."

"Of course, our church has comprehensive records about this Holy Grail. Before I set off to find such things, I carefully checked those records, and even found a magic item from the church that was specially used to find holy objects of the church. Used to locate relics across this vast sea."

"As a result, when we ran halfway, we accidentally found a signal representing the existence of the Holy Grail on that magic item, but we didn't expect the Holy Grail to be inside that moving island, and unfortunately we were attacked by that thing from underwater. The ship was completely destroyed, and people were sucked in by that small island—”

Having said that, John shook his head helplessly with a serious expression on his face. There were more than 30 people when they set off this time, but now there are only seven people rescued by Lawrence and him. After all, the swamp with powerful illusion attacks the human soul, and this kind of attack is particularly fatal to most extraordinary people, not everyone can break free.

"Sorry, I said too much just now." At this point, John apologized, then looked down at the little doll Nora and said. "In the records of the church, the Holy Grail has been used continuously for 150 years since its birth. However, according to the last entry in the records, a gold-ranked priest took this cup on a ship bound for the New World 60 years ago. .But the churches in the New World did not receive this cup.”

"To be precise, that ship was completely missing." John recounted the last records he saw about the Holy Grails, "The church in the New World waited at the port for a week without waiting for the ship and began to organize a search, but Nothing was found. Even at that time, the church organized a large-scale sacrifice to pray to the oracle, but there was no answer."

Hearing John say this, Nora and Lawrence looked at each other. At that time, it was normal that the gods did not lock the location of this sacred object. After all, they found that the space should belong to another god in their personal experience. simple.

"Is the priest who disappeared back then this old man with a long white beard and a piece missing from his left ear?" Nora asked after hearing this. As soon as Nora finished speaking, John suddenly opened his eyes wide. "That's true, but how do you know? Because if I remember correctly, there is no portrait of that priest in the outside world."

"Because as long as I put my hand on this cup, I can't see an old man wearing a linen robe and about 1.75 meters tall talking to me." Nora looked at John seriously and said. "He told me that he and you have the same name, John. It's just that he said that he was a priest. In order to restrict this active island, he sacrificed himself and restrained the core of this island, making this island more beautiful. It was much less of a threat before."

"You just said that this great priest sacrificed himself 60 years ago and used this cup to bind the core of the island?" An aboriginal sailor who had been surrounding Lawrence and the others asked nervously. "Did this thing really happen 60 years ago?"

"If there is no problem with our information just now, then this is indeed the case." Hearing the sailor describe his predecessor as great, John said with a kind smile with a slight upward hook on the corner of his mouth. "Is there anything you want to tell us?"

"Yes, sir, I do have something to tell you." The fisherman was a little nervous at first, but John's unique paladin's appeal ability quickly calmed him down, and he continued, "If I If I remember correctly, around 60 years ago, various sighting reports about the active island began to increase, and then it became a popular legend in the entire sea area."

"What do you mean?" John seemed a little confused after hearing this sentence, because it was clearly said that the ancestors of the church blocked the core of the island by sacrificing themselves more than 60 years ago, amplifying the effect of the holy relic, but After listening to what the sailor said, it felt that the island became more active after the core was blocked.

"What he meant was that the priest did greatly weaken the threat of the island after sacrificing himself." Lawrence could hear the meaning contained in the sailor's words. "In the past, because of the powerful power of this island, it is basically impossible to let go of those attacked victims when attacking passing ships. Only a small number of extremely lucky people can escape smoothly, so there is no danger in this sea area. There are not many legends about this strange island."

"But after that ancestor sacrificed, his sacrifice greatly weakened the power of this island that attacked ships and life everywhere. It is also because of this that so many people can still see that strange island. Survived and spread the legend in this sea area."

To put it bluntly, this is a kind of survivor bias. In the past when the island was not weakened there were many ships that were destroyed because of that island, but were only listed as inexplicably missing. But now, because the island became weaker, more people survived, and everyone knew the reason for the disappearance of those ships.

"If this is the case, this Holy Grail must be taken to the New World headquarters of the Church of the Passion in the capital of Elysion." Because I knew that the crew on Lawrence's ship were absolutely reliable, and all the survivors were members of the church. So John simply stated their destination afterwards.

"Because this holy grail is no longer an ordinary holy object, it has now begun to possess the essence of a divine weapon, and a sublimation ceremony must be held. And this important ceremony can only be held at the new continent headquarters of the Church of the God of Suffering in Ilicia Only the Cathedral of Thorns can do it."

"Then I'll just send you to Elysia." Hearing what John said, Lawrence immediately made a decision. After all, things have already been done, so just finish things in one go. In this way, you can easily brush up the favor of the Church of the God of Suffering again.

Anyway, there was plenty of food and fuel on board. After all, Lawrence stuffed the cabin with supplies for the adventure. Not to mention that the water-making technique he mastered can easily get enough fresh water in the sea. Therefore, if there is no accident, the voyage will not be a problem, and it can sail directly to Ilyia, the capital of Elysion.

"That's really great." John excitedly took Lawrence's hand and shook it vigorously. "I don't think our church will ever forget your friend, I swear."