Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 711: Return

When Annarles Island was submerged by the indescribable color of the Subterranean Sea's skies, which was neither light nor darkness, Lylejay smiled smugly as he stood on the deck of an airship.

Contrary to his expectations, he managed to come down easily without alerting anyone.

It was so smooth that Lylejay sincerely thanked that "kind-hearted" Haikor in his heart. If it hadn't been for him providing the shriveled human skin to Lylejay, things wouldn't have been so easy for the latter.

"Ah, I don't know what those guys are going to do to Charles. However, it'd be great if both sides end up inflicting severe damage to each other."

Just then, Lylejay remembered something and raised his right hand. Lily was curled up in his sleeve, and he stared at her before asking, "God, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

"I'm not hungry!!" Lily sounded displeased. It couldn't be helped as Lylejay had broken through the blockade, and she found herself becoming even farther away from her companions.

"Then, do you want to drink some water? You haven't had fresh water in a while," Lylejay said. He turned around to walk into the cabin but found a woman wrapped all over in black bandages standing right in front of him.

"Meow~" The black cat in the woman's arms raised its front paws and licked them lightly, and then it jumped to the ground before approaching Lylejay with tiny steps. It seemed very interested in Lily.

"Who are you?!" Lylejay's hair stood on end, and his skin cracked open. A radiant sunlight burst out of him, illuminating everything around him.

The black cat's figure dissipated beneath the powerful sunlight. When the black cat finally disappeared, a writhing meat obelisk covered in thick, black tentacles appeared next to the cargo airship.

The meat obelisk was both towering and thick. It was so tall that it seemed to pierce the rock layer above the Subterranean Sea, while its bottom seemed to pierce the seabed down below.

The gray seawater underneath churned, and a massive, powerful whirlpool was made with the meat obelisk in the middle of it. One of the thick, black tentacles around the meat obelisk stretched out and easily suspended the cargo airship.

Furious murmurs pervaded Lylejay's mind, and the harsh discordant mixture of murmurs seemed capable of gnawing away at Lylejay's consciousness and reasoning.

The others on the deck and in the cabin of the cargo airship grabbed their heads and screamed in agony before falling to the ground. Their skin quickly became iron gray.

The Pope finally recognized the entity before him! He was the Feaster that the Governor of Albion Isles had summoned by sacrificing an entire island back then—the same Feaster that had bestowed upon Its blessings to Swann!

"That woman grabbed me; she looked at me, and my body split open before merging back together. Then, she threw me to the ground. I discovered that it was a great opportunity to escape, so I decided to run away.

"Neither of them did anything to stop me!" Lily exclaimed.

Once she was done recounting her experience to Margaret, she noticed that her mouth was a bit dry, so she rushed to the small bowl of coconut juice in front of her and took a big sip of it.

Margaret frowned, pondering over Lily's words. From Lily's words, the towering meat obelisk seemed to be a Divinity of the Subterranean Sea.

A Divinity had actually sought out the young Pope Lylejay? Why?

"Where's Mr. Charles? Does he know that I'm back? I've been missing him so much!" Lily exclaimed with a hint of urgency in her voice.

"Governor Julio happens to be on Hope Island. He has been informed, and he's looking for Charles right now," Margaret replied calmly.

"Was Mr. Charles heartbroken upon realizing that I got kidnapped? What was his reaction? Did he cry?" Lily asked nervously as she stood up.

Margaret fell into deep contemplation as she stared at Lily. Lily's words sounded strange in her ears, and it sounded like Lily's relationship with Charles wasn't a mere subordinate-superior relationship.

Just as Margaret was pondering about how to respond to Lily's words, there was a flash of white light, and both Julio and Charles appeared in the room.

"Mr. Charles!" Lily exclaimed. She jumped up in joy and happily pounced on him.

"Lily! Are you okay? What happened? Did the Pope let you go?" Charles asked nervously while holding her in his hands. His hands didn't remain idle as he quickly examined her.

Lily shook her head and told him everything that had happened. Once she was done with her recount, she sat on Charles' shoulder and opened her two tiny paws to hug Charles' neck before rubbing her head affectionately against him.

"Mr. Charles, I really thought I'd never see you again. Every second I spent with him, I was thinking of nothing but you!"

Charles reached out to Lily with his finger and stroked her soft cheek. "It's okay; it's over now."Vissit (.)c.om for updates