I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 156 - 147: Alternative Path Promotion (4-in-1)
Rogel saw the shock on their faces, but he felt no ripples in his heart.
He had a cheat mode on; if they could compare to him, that’d be the real surprise.
"Thank you for your guidance, Master Faliula, here is the copy I transcribed."
After expressing gratitude, Rogel handed the transcribed copy of the Extraordinary Casting Manual to Faliula, then bid farewell and left.
The purpose of his visit to Jeweler Island was fulfilled, and it was time for him to leave Jeweler Island and search for the traces of the second Land Cave.
As they watched Rogel’s figure fade into the distance, Faliula opened his mouth but hesitated, his heart a complex mix of emotions.
Could this young man’s extraordinary abilities all lie in his learning talents?
This was utterly shocking...
Faliula exchanged a glance with Mei, and their minds were in turmoil.
...
While Rogel was deeply engrossed in study, Lina encountered an odd situation.
"Ma... Ma..."
Lina looked at the puppet making strange noises in her hand, her brow furrowed, exchanging a glance with Mira Yas beside her.
A few days ago, she had gone to Jeweler Island to purchase some herbal plants, intending to take them on board for Iya to help with rapid ripening to make some medicine.
But on her way, she encountered a disabled child from another race trying to sell her some wooden puppets.
Though Lina felt sympathy, she realized things weren’t simple; this disabled child seemed to be forced into selling the puppets.
Having experienced some things with Rogel and influenced by him, Lina thought more deeply about situations now.
She wanted to trace back to catch the real culprit behind the puppets and secretly observed after purchasing one.
However, Lina witnessed a horrifying scene.
The child actually crawled into an alley, then shrank entirely, finally turning into a wooden puppet of a child with missing legs!
Then this puppet child crawled into an underground passage in a corner.
Meanwhile, the puppet in Lina’s hand, for reasons unknown, was making an eerie noise; its eyes rotated irregularly, pupils dull and lifeless, with a pair of eyelids, looking extremely creepy.
"Most likely crafted by an extraordinary practitioner."
"Seems like turning living individuals into wooden puppets, terrifying."
Mira withdrew her gaze; she felt this puppet child particularly eerie, a sense of horror.
"Help... Help..."
The puppet child intermittently uttered sounds, its body unwittingly shaking, like it was convulsing, or like something inside it was struggling.
"Is it saying ’help’?" Mira frowned and looked at Yas: "What should we do?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Wait for Rogel to return before acting, can’t act rashly, extraordinary practitioners aren’t simple."
Lina said calmly.
She wouldn’t become cocky because she became extraordinary; the captain must make the decision in matters like this.
Yas frowned now: "You really shouldn’t have bought that puppet; no one knows the motives of the puppet maker."
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Hearing Yas’s words, Lina sighed; Yas was right, but initially, she only thought it was those damned traffickers abusing the child, never considering extraordinary powers.
On their journey, encounters with quasi-extraordinary practitioners were rare, who knew they’d suddenly run into something like this.
"No."
Lina replied after sensing.
This taught Lina a lesson; she’d be more careful in the future.
Soon, footsteps sounded.
Rogel pushed open the door and walked in.
"You’re all here, I thought you’d gone ashore."
"Speaking of which, it’s strange there’s no church on Jeweler Island..."
Rogel patted dust off his body, then noticed the puppet twitching and shaking on the table.
"...What’s this? A toy you bought?"
Rogel was surprised.
The puppet’s appearance was indeed eerie, giving him a creepy feeling.
"We were just going to tell you about this."
Lina briefly explained the puppet’s origin to him.
This furrowed Rogel’s brows, and he checked the information panel.
[Soul-Locking Puppet]
[Type: Special Artifact]
[Quality: White]
[Effect: Imprisons souls within and establishes a link with the purchaser, making them the next soul-locking target.]
[Explanation: From a ’Puppet Maker’ of not-so-refined craft.]
After reading, Rogel’s expression grew more serious.
"Well, Rogel brother, what on earth is this?"
Mira urgently asked.
She really wanted to know who crafted this thing.
"Soul-Locking Puppet." Rogel said, then looked at Lina: "Lina, the puppet’s maker has already locked onto you through the puppet you purchased."
Hearing Rogel’s words, Lina immediately covered her face.
Just her luck!
Rogel carefully searched his mind for related knowledge.
Speaking of which, the mysticism skill grants knowledge, but Rogel couldn’t recall all of it at will.
Surface knowledge is accessible, but some obscure insights only emerge when Rogel encounters relevant incidents.
Of course, if Rogel tries to recall, he can, but it takes effort.
"Establishing a link with the purchaser..."
"This seems like a technique from the Sequence of Alternative Paths."
Rogel mused for a moment before speaking.
"Sequence of Alternative Paths? What do you mean?"
Lina turned to look at him.
Rogel tried his best to recall; the hound had mentioned some related knowledge before, and after connecting the dots, he pondered a bit and explained.
