Coming Ashore

Inside a specially made cell aboard a Church ship.

"This thing... is quite strange. It can actually interfere with the release of our spiritual power. Even if an elder came, I'm afraid they still wouldn't be able to use Mind Arts in here."

The boy reached out and slowly touched the special silver bars imprisoning them, unable to stop himself from marveling.

"Don't say any more. The walls may have ears." Benjamin, locked in the neighboring cell, immediately spoke up in a low voice to warn them. Hearing this, the boy and girl hurriedly withdrew their curious gazes, curling up obediently in the corners of their cells and settling down.

Seeing this, Benjamin nodded.

He, too, retreated into a corner without saying a word, though he could not help rubbing his face, which was covered in paint. To disguise himself as a young man from the Overseas Sect, he had put in quite a bit of effort to keep those priests from recognizing him.

Still... the first step of the plan had gone smoothly. No matter how uncomfortable his face felt, it was worth it.

Half an hour earlier, when more than a dozen giant octopuses had attacked the fleet together, Benjamin had immediately sensed that something was wrong—what if everyone from the Church was wiped out here? Who would deal with the Overseas Sect then? His plan to reap the fisherman's profit would likely come to nothing as well.

Fortunately, after their brief daze, the siblings suddenly noticed something amiss about those giant octopus beasts.

"No... they aren't Sea Kings. They're just ordinary Thousand-Legged Sea Beasts." The boy had frowned as he spoke. "And I can sense traces of Mind Arts inside their bodies. It seems someone ordered them to appear here."

At that moment, Benjamin immediately realized something