Chapter 204: Setting Sail

Just half a month later, Roselle had everything prepared and formally invited Chumen to board the ship.

As for Chumen, he had nothing much to prepare, and he stepped onto this new type of sailing ship together with Bethel.

"This is Mr. Dream, our employer for this trip!" Roselle introduced Chumen enthusiastically.

Chumen looked at the few people behind Roselle; under the inherent inertia of Fate, these people were the "Four Knights of the Apocalypse" from his memories.

"Set sail! Let us go together to find the endless treasures in the Mist Sea!"

Roselle was more excited than anyone, drawing his sword and pointing it toward the vast ocean.

"Is there really treasure in the Mist Sea?" someone nearby couldn't help but ask.

"There is." Chumen looked at the sparkling sea; this was only his second time out at sea.

"The final treasury of the Trensost Empire is likely in the ocean."

"The treasury of the Trensost Empire?" Roselle gasped.

He was just using those ethereal sea legends to make jokes, but did it really exist?

"Before the Trensost Empire was about to be destroyed and carved up by other great nobles, its royal family loaded its final treasures onto a ship and sent it into the ocean."

"Then can we find this treasure?" The final wealth of an imperial royal family was absolutely astonishing.

"It is difficult; that ship has already been animated, and even an Angel might not be able to catch it."

The others all revealed expressions of regret.

The Angel rank was already beyond the limits of what they could imagine, so naturally, they dared not have any ideas.

"It's fine, surely not all the treasures are at the Angel level!"

"But this requires completing Mr. Dream's commission first! Set sail now!"

In these past half a month, Roselle had successfully advanced to become a Sequence 5 "Astronomer".

He had even specially crafted several corresponding "Storm" Pathway Sealed Artifacts for the voyage.

Whoosh!

Roselle summoned a gale, the sailing ship set off, heading toward the distant Southern Continent.

But what even the captain, Roselle, did not know was that after his ship sailed out of the port, a mighty undercurrent was surging throughout this world.

In that distant Southern Continent, the split Balam Empire could no longer control the entire continent, and many places there had already established independent nations.

Among them, the Highland Kingdom and the Pass Kingdom occupied the Pas Valley and the Star Plateau.

The orthodox organization within these two kingdoms was known as the—Rose School of Thought.

The Rose School of Thought was established by a group of Prophets who received the Divine Oracle of the "God of Bound", gradually growing stronger and ruling the two kingdoms.

The Rose School of Thought controlled the "Prisoner" Pathway, was led by the Angel Reinette Tinekerr, and worshipped the "God of Bound".

This school advocated the philosophy of Temperance and possessed extremely strong control over their own desires, which was also one of the reasons why the Rose School of Thought was able to develop rapidly at the beginning.

It was just that everything changed completely after the birth of a "Son of God".

In a gray, pitch-black Gothic cathedral, a Human Angel was praying to a bizarre and sacred symbol.

This symbol depicted a huge shackle of desire with just a few strokes, imprisoning all desires in the world.

And this Angel was wearing a complicated, gorgeous, yet gloomy and dark black dress; she had golden hair, red eyes, and a bright, beautiful appearance.

She was Reinette Tinekerr, one of the two leaders of the current Rose School of Thought.

As for the other one, it was naturally that Son of God who had been born for hundreds of years but had not yet fully "matured"—Sua.

"Teacher, Sua claims to have received instructions from God and has already left the Highland Kingdom."

A lady whose attire was very similar to Reinette Tinekerr slowly floated behind her and reported with her head bowed.

This lady was a "Puppet", her body stiff and her expression wooden, with only her eyes holding the light of life.

"I... know." It was unknown how long it had been since Reinette Tinekerr had moved or spoken; her voice was slightly dry and hoarse.

"Teacher, we..." The two ladies, who were extremely similar in attire and conduct, sat quietly in this cathedral for a long time without moving.

But in the end, the lady who had just arrived spoke up.

"More and more believers are leaning toward the Indulgence Faction, and the Beyonders there are about to surpass us."

"Is Sua... really the Son of God?"

"Rest assured." Reinette Tinekerr slowly turned her head to look at her student. "I will handle it."

The cathedral became quiet again; the teacher and student even stared at each other in silence like this.

"Actually... I also received a Divine Oracle." The teacher spoke slowly, making the student's eyes light up.

"But I cannot be certain if our Divine Oracles are the same."

"..." "Miss Puppet" fell silent.

Ever since the "Son of God" Sua was born and preached the philosophy of the Indulgence Faction, the Rose School of Thought had already shown signs of splitting.

It was only because her teacher was strong enough and the "Son of God's" growth process was long enough that the current Rose School of Thought maintained a situation where two factions coexisted.

But the "Son of God" would eventually become a true "Divine Sin".

"Our God..." "Miss Puppet's" eyes revealed a trace of sorrow.

The "God of Bound" was not in a good state; this was already an open secret.

"Do not question God!" Reinette Tinekerr said softly.

"Yes!" "Miss Puppet" returned to her wooden appearance.

"I am leaving first; if there is anything, wait for me to return to handle it." Reinette Tinekerr glanced at "Miss Puppet", then her body became illusory and she entered the Spirit World directly, heading toward the place indicated by the Divine Oracle.

And at this moment, Chumen and his party, who had been sailing on the sea for nine days, finally arrived at their first destination.

Bayam, the largest port city on the continental route.

This city was initially built by adventurers from two continents, and later, because of its superior geographical conditions, it became an unavoidable hub for travel between the two continents.

This was the territory of the Storm Church and did not belong to any country.

At sea, no Church can compare to the Storm Church, and the fact that this city could fall into the hands of the Storm Church was the result of a long struggle.

"Finally here!" Roselle's slightly dull eyes instantly erupted with brilliant starlight.

Sailing is not as fun as one imagines; the ocean is the most vast, but also the most desolate place.

"Almost there." Chumen was also on the deck, gazing into the distance at the city in his line of sight, revealing a smile.

All the Actors are already in place, only missing Roselle, the protagonist, and himself, the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Let's go! Let's go! I heard the most famous place in this Bayam is... ahem!" Roselle winked and gestured toward Chumen.

"I refuse." Chumen rolled his eyes; this old pervert Roselle must be really pent up.

"I suggest you don't go, otherwise there's no telling who will end up giving birth."

It is just a pity that Roselle still cannot grasp the "horror" of this sentence.