Neither of them had ever come into contact with Transcendence powers—at least, they had never used them themselves. Though they had seen the Banshees and people from the Sea God Church, they had never experienced it firsthand.
Now, the two of them were like children stepping out of their homes for the first time, cautiously feeling their way forward.
Theus casually listened in from behind, and before long, he caught an interesting piece of information.
"Mr. Jeremiah, do you think this has something to do with the sea drying up?"
The sea drying up?
Was that some kind of metaphor?
Theus immediately perked up his ears, but the two did not discuss the matter much further.
"I'm not sure. Perhaps it has something to do with where we are? We're rather close to the deep sea right now."
"Is that so? By the way, should we find a few other crew members and see whether they can hear the connection between us?"
"We can, but I'll conduct the experiment. Don't go. This is very strange, so it's best to keep it secret for now."
After thinking it over, Theus figured that since the two were on the same ship, they both knew what the other had encountered. Even if they mentioned it, they would not need to explain it further.
That made gathering information rather inconvenient for him...
Hmm. He should find someone unrelated to the two of them and add them in. That way, when they talked, they would inevitably mention plenty of relevant information—like this matter of the sea drying up.
As for whom to add, that required more thought. After listening for a little longer, Theus decisively severed the connection between the two and chose to return.
He planned to go back to the island and look