In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

"The situation is different now than in Rome. The biggest battles we've encountered are ship-to-ship combat, so I don't think it's necessary to go to the ley lines to summon Servants."

Fujimaru Ritsuka is no stranger to Servants; she understands the inherent dangers and randomness of Servants, and summoning a new Servant at sea is clearly not a good option.

"So, shall we go back the way we came?" Drake patted his waist.

"Well, let's do it."

However, at this time—

Boom boom boom boom boom boom ——————!!

The earth trembled.

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Chapter 644 The Sudden Appearance of the Cave, and the Doubts of the Younger Brother and the Moon Goddess

"It's an earthquake!" Drake exclaimed.

"Get down!" Hijikata Toshizo, who frequently encountered earthquakes, shouted.

After experiencing a violent tremor for more than ten seconds, the people lying on the ground confirmed that the tremor had passed before standing up.

"What's going on? There's an earthquake..." Lawrence wiped the cold sweat from his face and took a few deep breaths.

“I’m already used to it…” Fujimaru Ritsuka chuckled awkwardly, “but this is the first time I’ve ever experienced such a strong tremor. Luckily, we’re not in a town.”

"Master, are you alright...?" Mash helped Ritsuka up and brushed the dust off her clothes.

Lawrence frowned as he sensed the increasingly chaotic magic in the air.

"What's wrong, Miss Lawrence? Did you find anything?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked, looking at Lawrence, whose face was somewhat pale.

"...It's nothing, let's hurry back. If this island only has spiritual veins, it won't be of much use to us. The most important thing right now is to find other islands." Lawrence was a little frightened by the earthquake and sighed.

But when the group returned to the beach...

"Boss, the ship won't move!" The pirate sailors called out to them from a distance.

"Can't move? What happened?" Drake shouted as he ran over.

"I don't know, it's like it's being held back by something, and it can't move no matter what," the one-eyed first mate, Bombey, reported with a worried expression.

"Hey, Fujimaru Ritsuka!" Drake waved his hand.

"what happened?"

"Our ship is stuck. Can you see if you can fix this?"

“Yes, Miss Lawrence, I’m counting on you.” Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Lawrence.

Lawrence approached the Golden Deer, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“It’s a barrier.” Lawrence’s fingers lightly touched the hull. “This barrier is very simple, and it’s not a barrier for people, it’s a barrier only for the ship.”

"Can it be untied?" Fujimaru Ritsuka walked to Lawrence's side and felt the barrier that completely secured the ship with her.

“It’s easy, but Master, aren’t you curious about who set up the barrier?” Lawrence looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile.

Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes lit up: "If our ship is fixed in place by a barrier set up by the enemy, then that means..."

"Looks like there are rats on this island," Hijikata Toshizo scoffed.

"Let's search again. If it's a clue, it would be a shame to let it get away."

After giving the order, Fujimaru Ritsuka once again led several Servants to search the entire island.

But by the time it was almost dark, no trace had been found.

Finally, when passing by the earthquake site they had visited earlier that day, Toshizo Hijikata discovered a new cave in the rock face.

"Did it appear because of the earthquake?" Fujimaru Ritsuka leaned against the cave entrance and peered into the cave, only to find it pitch black and she couldn't see anything clearly.

"It looks like a large magic array. What should we do, Master? Should we go in and take a look?" Lawrence sensed the large amount of magical energy coming from the cave entrance and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka, "The people hiding inside are very likely the ones who trapped the Golden Deer."

"Damn it, how can I tolerate this?" Drake's temper flared instantly. "Get him!"

After saying that, he went straight into the cave.

Ritsuka was dumbfounded.

"This?" She craned her neck to look into the cave. "Big Sister Drake! Can you hear me?"

No one answered.

"That woman's gone mad!" Hijikata Toshizo felt it was quite outrageous and a bit eerie.

"Uh...maybe it's because the Golden Deer is Drake's beloved ship, so the reaction is a bit intense?" Mash chuckled awkwardly.

“Let’s go in too. The big sister is a key figure in this era; she can’t be harmed.” Although she felt that Drake was being a bit reckless, Fujimaru Ritsuka still decided to enter the cave. “Everyone, follow me.”

The group entered the dark cave, and the outside world was also plunged into darkness.

......

Doris's little stone boat drifted on the sea.

She stood on the sea, her brows furrowed.

"What's wrong, Doris?" Artemis was in the middle of what could be described as "flirting" or "beating" with Orion when she suddenly noticed that Doris looked a little serious and looked over with a puzzled expression.

Doris stood on the sea under the moonlight, the sea breeze billowing her long hair.

Her very existence is like flowing water. Perhaps when she first received Oceanus's divine core, she was unable to use the divine power well, but after tens of thousands of years of refinement, the divine core had long since become hers.

Doris sighed as she felt the magic of being swept along by the ocean currents.

"What's going on? This ocean current is way too chaotic... It feels like ocean currents from all over are converging here. It's strange, really strange."

"and......"

"Besides me, there is another person who controls this sea."

A cold glint flashed in her eyes.

“…Huh?” Artemis’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You mean…”

“It could be the sea god, or something else entirely. In any case, it’s something with the power of the sea that exists on this sea.” Doris sighed. “The situation feels complicated.”

“It looks like this singularity is really difficult to repair…” Orion said something serious for once. “Auntie, Auntie, how long until we reach the next island?”

“It won’t be long,” Doris said as she walked back. “The sea has shown me the direction of the island.”

“Hey, Auntie, can you tell me about my older brother?” Orion sat on Artemis’s lap, looking at Doris.

He had never met his father, Poseidon, but he had heard countless times about his elder brother, Oceanus, who had killed their father but was praised and sung about as a hero.

He was able to condense a divine core as a demigod, fight against the gods on their home turf, and even kill the gods in the end, thus composing a triumphant song of resistance for life.

Therefore, he was very curious about his older brother.

Artemis also looked at Doris with curiosity.

Although she knew that one of her brothers had worked hard for Oceanus, and that Hermes had grieved for Oceanus for thousands of years after his death, even after entering the inner world, Artemis had never seen this great hero in person, only in the words of Apollo and Hermes and in the records of Dodona.

Moreover, all these images and documents were lost or destroyed during the White Destruction.

Artemis and Orion both looked at Doris, Oceanus's mother, with curious eyes.

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Chapter 645 Bloodstains in the Maze

"You little rascal, you've never even met me once and you're already calling me 'Big Brother'." Doris chuckled as she looked at the Orion teddy bear.

She hated Poseidon, hated everything he had done to her life, but she didn't hate Ocean, much less Poseidon's other children.

No child should have to pay the price for their parents' behavior.

“He was an optimistic dreamer, and a dreamer who was willing to weave the way for his dreams.” Doris’s eyes were filled with nostalgia. “Even after entrusting his dreams to others, he did not lose his infectious optimism, but instead embarked on a freer path.”

"A one-way road to freedom."

Artemis's eyes darkened slightly.

"His birth wasn't spectacular; it was... a mistake by the gods, but back then we..."

“Artemis, as a god unrelated to that matter, you don’t need to apologize to me. On the contrary, I should be thanking you.” Doris sighed. “Actually, before I moved Doris Island, I met with Hermes. He told me that if you and Apollo hadn’t backed up his memories and personality, he wouldn’t have brought Ocean’s core to me, allowing me to protect Doris Island from the wrath of the great gods.”

Orion was completely bewildered. What were they talking about? Why couldn't he understand?

"Then how did you..." Artemis was referring to the incident on the beach when Doris asked her about her stance.

"I'm sorry, I was a little sensitive before, after all, God..."

A slight silence fell over the small stone boat.

“Hey Auntie, although I don’t know exactly what happened, Artemis is a really good person, you can rest assured about that!” Orion may usually say that Artemis is a crazy woman, but no one cares about Artemis more than him.

You're right, Apollo.

"Sorry, Orion, there's a new island ahead. Let's go up there first."

......

"So... this is a maze?" Fujimaru Ritsuka approached the edge of the white wall and knocked on it twice.

"Oh, so this is the underground labyrinth! My pirate blood is boiling!" Drake exclaimed excitedly.

Hijikata Toshizo drew his katana and slashed at the wall, but...

The surface of the wall seemed to ripple, and Hijikata Toshizo's slash had no effect whatsoever.

"How is it possible for this labyrinth to be so brightly lit despite being so low down..." Mashu looked around in surprise.

"It must be the magic array itself that's working." Lawrence walked through the maze, not daring to stray too far from Fujimaru Ritsuka, her high heels making a crisp sound on the ground.

Fujimaru Ritsuka turned her head and glanced at the entrance, which had disappeared after the group entered. She frowned and said, "Master, the retreat route has disappeared."

"Forget about retreating now, Lawrence!" Drake's smile was utterly arrogant. "Always thinking about being safe won't get you anywhere! Put aside your pride a little and experience what it's like to be on the brink of death with the pirates, how about that?"

"Trust me, it's addictive."

Lawrence frowned, but Fujimaru Ritsuka stepped in front of her: "Let's explore together, Miss Lawrence. There's nothing else to do right now, is there?"