Ark Traveler, I want to take a day off today too

"Not really. She seems to want to know what happened to Skadi... but I don't know what it is specifically." Linley wrote very seriously, "It's probably related to the internal changes of the Deep Sea Hunters. I may have to ask Kal'tsit later to find out what happened."

"How could she know?"

"If she doesn't know either, then I guess we can only ask the person involved." The man shrugged, "But I think neither Skadi nor Ghost Shark would be able to tell it so easily..."

"Then why don't you ask Gloria, whom you just met today?"

"Then I guess she wouldn't be willing to talk about it."

“What did you do?” Tallulah glanced at Linley suspiciously, and at the same time threw herself into his arms and sniffed hard—‘Hmm, no strange smell, still that faint smell of smoke and his unique smell… Hmm, it smells pretty good, and such a short time should not be enough to turn a guy who is still a hostile person into a lover, right?’

"I hung her on the cross."

13. The person who wins the lottery will go to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish!

"You... hung her on the cross?"

The girl touched Lin Lei’s forehead as if to confirm whether he was talking nonsense again: “Then she didn’t fight with you again after she came down?”

"She can't beat me, so how dare she fight me after coming down?" The man rolled his eyes unhappily, "Besides, she's not Jesus, why should she be angry?"

Then Linley picked up Tallulah by the waist and walked slowly towards the last bed. “It’s getting late. Let’s get some rest.”

"There are other people around today... You can't... You can't do that." Draco's face immediately turned red with shame and her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz. The man just chuckled and touched her hair:

"It's just pure sleep. You're not thinking about anything weird, are you?"

Tallulah responded by pinching the soft flesh of her waist with two fingers. The girl spun slightly with a smile, and Linley could only gasp:

"Hiss...Who did you learn this move from?"

Draco did not speak, but wrapped his dragon tail around the other's arm like a snake and closed his eyes...

......The next morning......

Although the bed was not as soft as when she was in Rhodes Island, the environment was not particularly clean, and the air was relatively humid, Talullah still slept soundly. So when Talullah woke up, both Skadi and Anita were already awake.

The Iberian girl was even more amazed - obviously she didn't expect that her sister who was always silent and wearing a mask would be a beauty who was as beautiful as the singer. Anita then poked Skadi's arm:

"Hey, singer... So this is the relationship between them?"

"What's the relationship?" Skadi looked at the girl blankly, "Are you saying they sleep in the same bed?"

"Yeah... Is this kind of thing common, out there?"

“I don’t know, but they have always had a good relationship.” The killer whale girl scratched her head. After all, the blood demon that was brought along by Lin Lei before had a similar relationship with him, so she was used to it.

I don’t know if it was my illusion, but the girl had a very strange dream last night. In the dream, there was a person who was dressed very similar to herself, but her eyes and tone were not like hers.

"Stay away from that monster called Lin Lei!"

That'self' said so, with an extremely serious expression and tone, but every time Skadi wanted to ask her why, the whole dream collapsed as if there was an error in the rendering.

"Why would I say something like that?"

Just when the killer whale girl was puzzled, Lin Lei spoke: "Singer... and Anita, have you had breakfast?" He actually woke up when Skadi got up, but he was pretending to be asleep to save the face of the dragon girl in his arms.

But he had to admit that Tallulah's body was really fragrant, soft, and warm... If possible, he could hold her in bed and sleep for a year.

"No." This was Skadi's answer.

"Hey, do you want to eat so early?" This was Anita's answer.

“This is our custom, so Anita, do you want to eat?” Linley handed Tallulah’s mask to the awakened Dragon Girl and whispered, “After all, eating well is the way to having the strength to move, isn’t it?”

"So what do I have to give in exchange?"

"Please take us around the city today. If possible, we would like to go to the door of the church and take a look." The man smiled, rubbed the girl's head, and then started a fire very skillfully.

A quarter of an hour later, three women and one man gathered in front of the fire and ate dry food. At this moment, there were bursts of noise on the street. It was the sound of a crowd gathering - this kind of thing was very rare in a city that was not much different from a ruin!

Skadi turned her head and looked at Anita who was chewing on a compressed biscuit. "What's going on outside? What do the numbers they reported mean? Why are they all shouting one hundred?"

The girl was stunned when she heard Skadi's question: "Is it already one hundred?"

“So what does this one hundred mean?” Linley asked curiously as he swallowed the last of the biscuit crumbs. “We heard them counting when we entered the city yesterday, but when we heard it yesterday, it was still…”

"Ninety-nine, right?"

"Ah."

"They are counting the number of times the tide rises and falls. Every time the tide rises and falls a hundred times...the adults will gather around a jar like they are doing now and draw lots." Anita wiped her mouth and said carefully.

"Aren't you curious about where the food in our place comes from?"

“Yes, but don’t tell me that all your food comes from that jar.” Linley scratched his head. “That sounds too ridiculous.”

"Of course that's not the case. Just follow me and you'll find out..."

So they followed the girl towards the bustling area in the city. Unlike the noise that Linley and the others had imagined, the place where the lots were drawn was just as quiet. Those statue-like people just repeated the steps of putting their hands into the black clay pot, taking the things out and walking away.

Without exception, these people were holding a white shell-shaped object in their hands, and for the first time, expressions of frustration and regret appeared on their faces, which looked not much different from sculptures.

"What they have in their hands are shells?" Skadi frowned, "These shells can't be eaten?"

"It's shells, but I didn't say that the things in their hands can be eaten." Anita immediately explained: "There is only one red shell in the clay pot, and the rest are white... and the person who gets the red shell will go to the coast after dark."

"And the next day the coast will be covered with food?"

After receiving Anita’s extremely affirmative answer, both Tallulah and Linley’s expressions became extremely subtle: “So that person went into the sea?”

"Yes, he went to live in the sea. Just as the law says."

"So Anita, tell me if you believe this... why is it this expression?"

But before the girl could answer Lin Lei’s question, a cry like thunder in spring exploded in the city: “What are you all doing?!”

14. The Inquisitor

The white tights and the extremely delicate little dress and gown made this already exquisite Tripoli girl look even more "exquisite", while the lantern in her hand and the rapier at her waist indicated the girl's identity - an inquisitor.

Anita exclaimed in a low voice: "Is that the Inquisitor? Guys like them haven't come to Saltwind City for many years. Why are they here suddenly today?"

The girl almost subconsciously shrank behind Linley, then poked her head out to look at the Inquisitor who was holding a lantern and a rapier. “I was very young then, and everyone’s life was not as good as it is now…”

"Was it the same then as it is now?"

"Well, it was even worse than it is now. People had less to eat back then... and people were dying of starvation and disease every day..." The girl's voice became even quieter. It was obvious that she was quite scared now.

"Then the Inquisitor took a few people away, and they never came back..."

“Like those people who walked into the sea?” Linley asked out of the blue. Anita was visibly stunned when she heard this.

"Yes...those who went to live in the sea never came back...You mean..."

"Don't mean what I say, Anita." The man's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the shivering girl behind him to hear clearly: "You should know that the sea here has long been quiet, and they will not provide you with any food..."

"Even those who walked into the sea would not live a much better life than they do now, as you said." The hunter ruthlessly punctured the illusion that the city had left for the girl. "They died, just like those who were taken away by the Inquisitor..."

"But those foods and shellfish meat are real..." the girl said immediately, "Every time the person who draws the red shell has a beautiful and happy smile on his face, and the next day, just like the priest said, the coast is full of food that can fill your stomach."

“Full stomach?” Linley chuckled, and his finger quickly poked the girl’s flat belly: “Anita, tell me, other than these two days, have you ever really eaten a full stomach? I don’t know anything else, but it’s far from enough to live well on just some shellfish meat.”

"Well..." Anita's face immediately turned red and she said nothing more. At this time, Skadi said softly:

"Drejie, that judge seems to be in a very bad mood..."

“No one would be happy if they encountered a cult ritual like this in their own country.” Linley sighed. “By the way, there’s news about the shark’s location… do you want to hear about it?”

"where?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's in the hand of the priest in Anita's mouth." The man touched his chin, "But before that... Skadi and you, Tallulah, take Anita away from here first. The inquisitor is already watching us... Hmm, there's more than one... Interesting."

"Then shall we go find that priest now?" Skadi asked in a low voice, resisting the urge to go directly to Ghost Shark. After all, she knew very well who was the current leader.

“We will definitely not be able to find him if we search like this, and that priest certainly can’t be alone…” Linley patted the killer whale girl’s shoulder and looked at Tallulah who was also looking back at him: “Let’s go find Goletia first. She must be somewhere in this city… I will come back to you after I send this Inquisitor away.”

"it is good."

Before Skadi and the others could take a few steps away, the silver-haired girl came over aggressively. The young inquisitor put one hand on the hilt of the sword and squinted at the man in front of him:

"You are not an Agor?"

“Of course not. I wonder who the Inquisitor is looking for?” Linley chuckled and lit another cigarette. The scar on the girl’s left eye did not make her look ferocious but rather made her look more heroic.

The judge said angrily, "Don't be so smooth-talking, citizen... Where is that woman in the red dress? Don't think I didn't see you two together just now."

"That girl is an Agor. Everything that happened in this city could have been caused by her!"

"Your Excellency the Judge, is this considered as making a random accusation?" The man slowly blew out a smoke ring, "And what happened in this city?"

"There's something wrong with the sea here. Their numbers are growing. This city is about to... no, maybe it has already become a den of evil." The girl said subconsciously, "No, are you trying to trick me? Are you in cahoots with that woman?"

Almost instantly, the young Inquisitor drew his sword, a thin silver sword that was as fast as lightning, and Linley simply turned around to avoid the opponent's thrust that he had practiced tens of thousands of times.

At this moment, Linley thought of many people, from a cute girl nicknamed "Flash" to a hero who could deflect a giant sword with a rapier. He had seen too many rapier masters...but this was the first time he had seen someone as straightforward as this girl.

"The speed is good, but it's a little too straightforward, girl."

Linley commented with a smile and lightly tapped the ground with his toes. He jumped out of the Inquisitor’s sword circle. The Tripoli girl looked surprised and asked, “When did you get there?”

"Well, it's been a while since you started slashing and stabbing at the spot where I was standing."

"Then I want to see how long you can hide!"

The girl then roared and swung her sword again, slashing and thrusting, one sword after another, like waves, each sword faster and more accurate than the last. However, Linley was like a ghost that did not exist in the real dimension. With just a few simple moves, he completely neutralized the Inquisitor's attacks.

Sweat dripped down the red face of the Tripoli girl onto the ground. If it were some perverted time travelers, they would definitely say:

'Let me lick it!'

But Linley was not like that. He could feel the Inquisitor’s breathing becoming rapid. Although her hand was still steady, it would not be long before the girl reached her limit. So he chose to stop moving and let her stab him with the rapier.

"Dang~"

A thin layer of ice stood between him and the Inquisitor, and the thrust that was powerful enough to penetrate the ordinary armor on the Terra continent could only return in vain. The girl took two steps back and rubbed her painful wrist: "You... why don't you hide?"

“I’m worried that you might be exhausted.” Linley said as he dusted off his cigarette ash. “Would you like some water?”

"Ahhhhhhhh! Accept your judgment!" The girl immediately pulled out the pistol that had been on her waist, but before she could draw her gun and shoot, a roar came from behind the judge!

015. If you don’t accept it, I’ll beat you up too!

According to rumors, the Grand Inquisitors of the Iberian Tribunal could blow up an entire street with just a hand cannon. Linley had heard this when he was drinking with the Emperor. At the time, he had thought it was just the drunken nonsense of that ‘evil beast’.

But when the gunshot rang out, Lin Lei realized that this penguin, who had said eleven out of ten things, was just bragging, was not talking nonsense this time.

But this seemingly powerful attack could not have much impact on the man. Since the other side was shooting, he should just shoot too! The thorns covered with sharp thorns and filled with ink-colored thorns really looked like a demon's weapon at this moment, and Lin Lei pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"boom!"

The girl, who had been showing joy on her face, suddenly froze—a visible wave of air formed between her and Lin Lei. It was the result of the collision of two extremely powerful bullets!

"boom!"

The violent wind blew through the street like a hurricane, and the houses on both sides, which were not very solid to begin with, collapsed at this moment! Bricks and rubble poured down like rain. Unlike the Inquisitor who had been blown to the ground by the air current, Linley slowly walked among the debris of the buildings, holding the thorns in one hand.

This level of damage was nothing to the hunter. He even had the leisure to pick up the little Inquisitor who was lying on the ground and said, "Why is it so bad? Your Excellency the Inquisitor, this level of damage shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

"What are you doing, put me down!"

The girl then subconsciously moved like a fluttering salted fish, but Linley’s left hand was as tight as an iron clamp, and no matter how hard the Inquisitor struggled, she could not break free. The hunter’s voice was extremely inconsistent with this place where building debris was flying everywhere - because his tone was too leisurely, as if the sky was not raining bricks that could smash people to death but snowflakes.

“That won’t do, Miss Judge. Rather than being hit to death by bricks or something, it’s better for you to be my prisoner for the time being.” Lin Lei smiled and used the power of ice shadow to freeze the girl’s hands and feet.

"By the way, I still don't know your name, what's your name, little sparrow?"

"I have no obligation to communicate with a criminal!"

"Okay, but I'm warning you, don't bite me with your mouth... otherwise I can't say I'll pour something into your mouth later." The hunter warned the Inquisitor, who was already grinding his teeth, while approaching the place where the bullet had just flown.

A man who was dressed very similarly to the young Inquisitor in Linley’s hand stood quietly there, except that an extremely large hat and a black mask blocked the Inquisitor’s face. A voice that looked much more aged than his attire came from behind the mask:

"Put her down, stranger."

“I haven’t heard this name for a long time, but don’t blame me… Mr. Judge, aren’t you strangers in this city too?” Linley held the thorn in his right hand and let it hang naturally. “We came here to find someone, and we’ll leave once we find him.”

"But you violated the rules. The...Agor people should not be in the city."

“Sir, it must be that Agor who caused these residents to become what they are now. We must catch that guy!” But before the young inquisitor could say anything else, Linley tapped the other’s forehead lightly with a thorn, and the girl couldn’t help but cry out in pain:

"Well..."