Chapter 566

Looking at the ghost suspected to be Iru, Juan Oro's expression changed.

Back then, although they missed the best time for spirit channeling, they still grasped who had died within the first day, found items that could accurately point to the target, and used the "Little Devil's" ability to complete the summoning. However, none of the spirits of the dead appeared, which made them think that the spirits of people who angered the sea would also be swallowed, so they didn't try again later.

After nearly a year, the summoning actually succeeded!

And, Iru didn't look like he was drowned by seawater, but encountered a shooting.

This is completely different from the backlash brought by the failure of the Sea-Praying Ceremony!

Chanem asked the spirit suspected to be Iru in Hermes, but the target was already muddled, remembered nothing, and even the appearance became blurry, having been assimilated by the environment a lot.

Chanem ended the ceremony and turned to summon the spirit of another dead person using the clothes Sara had worn for many years.

This time, nothing appeared.

Chanem didn't try anymore, extinguished the candle flame, lifted the "Spirituality Wall," and said to Juan Oro in Highland language:

"The problem has become clearer."

Juan Oro didn't respond, turned his head to look at his grandson Fernandez:

"You take them out, send them home, and exhort each one."

"Good." Although Fernandez really wanted to hear Chanem's speculation and understand the subsequent matters, he still didn't dare to disobey his grandfather's order, so he hurriedly took the surviving sailors away from this small living room and closed the door.

After another few dozen seconds, Juan Oro looked at Chanem, whose features had no special characteristics:

"Do you mean that the Iru who died in the Sea-Praying Ceremony was fake?"

Chanem asked back with a smile:

"Why would you think the fake Iru really died?

"Other deceased were swallowed by the sea, he might not necessarily be."

Not to mention miracles like resurrection, no one present could prove that the fake Iru really fell into the sea.

Seeing Juan Oro fall silent, Chanem continued:

"The real Iru should have been assassinated by that group of saboteurs a few days or even weeks before the Sea-Praying Ceremony. No, it's more likely he was kidnapped and only shot after a period of time following the end of the Sea-Praying Ceremony. This way, your 'spirit channeling' would naturally fail, because the living cannot be channeled in this way. Later, someone disguised as him, lived in Milo Village as him for a period of time, and boarded the ritual ship that the 'Sea Viceroy' used to marry the sea as a sailor without being suspected.

"Hmm, was Iru the kind of person whose elders had all died, who hadn't married or had children himself, and didn't live with his siblings?"

Juan Oro's eyes narrowed and he said:

"More or less, their grandmother died more than ten years ago, his parents were both 'Children of the Sea,' moved out to establish separate families, and not long after he became an adult, they successively lost control of their power, lost their reason, became pure Sea Kin, and were sent back to the ocean by us."

"Sure enough, they picked the sailor who was the easiest to disguise as." Chanem said with quite a bit of emotion.

Juan Oro frowned and said:

"But everyone who boards the ritual ship undergoes a routine check by another kind of Sea Kin to confirm their authenticity."

Chanem smiled:

"You said it yourself, that's a routine check, and there are many disguises in this world that require specific methods or in-depth identification to be discovered."

Juan Oro nodded solemnly.

Chanem kindly suggested with a bit of showing off:

"Next time, you'd better draw some blood from everyone boarding the ship and compare it with their closest relatives to see if they have the corresponding bloodline."

"This is a way." Juan Oro said "Hmm."

In the past hundreds or thousands of years, there hadn't been any problems in any part of the Sea-Praying Ceremony, so they hadn't thought about improving some details before.

Juan Oro turned to ask:

"What exactly do those people who destroyed the ceremony want to obtain?"

"We don't know either." Chanem spread his hands and looked at the window with the curtains drawn.

In that direction was the "Sea Viceroy's" mansion.

Juan Oro thought Chanem was hinting at something Louis Berry had mentioned before, and nodded gently:

"After the Sea-Praying Ceremony succeeds this year, we will release Miguel and let him go to Tolier to live. By then, the failure of last year's ceremony will no longer be a secret that absolutely cannot be leaked, so we won't have the need to kill Miguel."

"Miguel?" Chanem asked thoughtfully.

"He is that fake 'Sea Viceroy,' he originally worked at the Fishery Company, his ancestors were people who went out from Milo Village." Juan Oro explained simply.

Chanem withdrew his gaze and smiled:

"He can also be considered to have enjoyed a year, although he was always fearful, everything has a price."

This companion of the great adventurer paused and asked with a bit of curiosity:

"Are the ancestors of your Milo Village really Sea Kin who walked out from the depths of the sea, or were they once ordinary fishermen who suddenly received the sea's calling and revelation one day, and mastered the way to please the sea and obtain bestowals?"

Juan Oro was silent for a long time and said:

"We don't know either, both guesses exist.

"Milo Village was once destroyed by the 'Earth Mother' Church, and many heritages were completely cut off. We have no way of knowing the origins of our ancestors.

"I personally lean toward the second possibility, because we are completely different from other Sea Kin. The children born are all in human form at first, and only after accepting more of the sea's power is it possible to become that kind of humanoid lizard, and our power will decline, while theirs won't."

Chanem nodded in agreement:

"I also think the second situation is more likely."

He turned to ask:

"Have the traces of the ancestors of Milo Village really been completely erased? Isn't there any residue?"

Juan Oro looked at Chanem for a few seconds and said:

"There is a little residue, in the basement of the 'Sea Viceroy's' mansion, but they are just some symbols and patterns, without practical meaning, and cannot be interpreted.

"If you want to see them, wait until the Vigil Ceremony. Aren't you worried about our cooperation being known by others? It's easy to be exposed if you go to the 'Sea Viceroy's' mansion now."

"Can." After Chanem asked about other details, his body suddenly shrank into the shadow of the wall corner and disappeared instantly.

Juan Oro looked at the place where this companion of the great adventurer disappeared and sighed slowly.

He had a feeling of oppression that a storm was about to appear around Santa Harbor.

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Solo Hotel, inside the master bedroom of the fifth-floor suite.

Chanem, who walked out of the shadows, put the silver-white "Lie" earring on his left ear. His eyes quickly became as clear as lake water, and his hair was dyed with the color of flax, growing continuously and draping over his shoulders.

Even wearing men's clothing, Franca, who still exuded astonishing charm, threw the earring back to Lumian, took a black rubber band from her pocket, and tied her long hair into a high, fluttering ponytail.

"Found the traces of the 'Bard'!" This "Pleasure Witch" said happily.

"Why is it the 'Bard,' and not the other two?" Lumian sat in the armchair in front of the desk, behind him were the tightly drawn curtains.

He deliberately returned to Trier this time and brought Franca to Santa Harbor to help. One reason was that he felt he wasn't as good as a "Pleasure Witch" in fields like divination and spirit channeling, and in the case of not wanting to waste Truth Serum, directly asking Franca for help was a better choice. The second was to have Franca disguise herself as the appearance of his other identity, completely distinguishing "him" from the great adventurer Louis Berry, deceiving those who were monitoring him in the dark, and perhaps being able to complete some kind of fraud based on this in the future.

After Franca recounted the harvest of today's spirit channeling and the completed dialogue, she said:

"The fake Iru must first possess abilities similar to 'Faceless,' and secondly, be good at stealing. A long time ago, 'I have a friend' said that the 'Bard' is the Sequence 6 'Fire Thief' of the 'Marauder' pathway. Of course, it's very likely he has more strength than that now.

"If it wasn't for the fact that everyone else confirmed that 'Loki' didn't participate in the prank at last year's Sea-Praying Ceremony, at least not on the surface, he would definitely be the most suitable person to disguise as Iru. Now, the possibility of the 'Bard' is higher.

"As a Beyonder of the 'Marauder' middle Sequence, he might possess items similar to 'Lie,' or perhaps he made a prayer to that Celestial Worthy and obtained changes in body and appearance, and added anti-divination and anti-prophecy on the mystical level. Hmm, 'Marauder' is one of the three pathways most easily affected by the Celestial Worthy."

Lumian listened quietly and gradually revealed a smile:

"The role played and the effect exerted by the 'Bard' in that ceremony last year can basically be clarified:

"He was responsible for disguising as a sailor to board the ship, stealing the real sacrificial ring, replacing it with a fake one, and later, actively jumping into the sea to fake his death and escape!"

Lumian paused and said:

"The problem now is, what role did the 'Mad Lady' and 'Ultraman' play in this matter, and what effect did they exert? Currently, it seems that whether they were there or not doesn't affect the final failure of the Sea-Praying Ceremony."

Franca pursed her lips and paced back and forth a few times:

"The 'Mad Lady' might be responsible for support and contact. For example, after the 'Bard' jumped into the sea, she 'teleported' over and took him away directly, so he wouldn't really be swallowed by the raging sea. Only a 'Traveler' can handle this kind of thing.

"'Ultraman,' responsible for providing information on the Sea-Praying Ceremony and formulating corresponding plans? No, it definitely doesn't just have this little effect, he should have other roles..."

Lumian leaned back against the chair and slowly rubbed his chin:

"For the 'Mad Lady' part, I agree with your speculation, but according to the information currently mastered, without the guidance of a 'Child of the Sea' and without following a fixed route, it's impossible to enter that special sea area. How did the 'Mad Lady' 'teleport' inside? Hmm, was she also lurking on the ship? Or, does the 'Bard' have some kind of special positioning? This definitely isn't a physical item, otherwise it would have been searched out.

"As for 'Ultraman,' I have always suspected that he is a Santa Harbor local and has enough understanding of the Sea-Praying Ceremony. That prank last year should have been initiated by him."

Speaking of this, Lumian stood up:

"My intuition tells me that if we can figure out what 'Ultraman' specifically did in that prank last year, and what role he played besides being a planner, then we can grasp the true purpose of the 'April Fool's Day' in this matter!"

(End of chapter)