"Boss Allen, are we really going straight into the sea like this?"
"Call me Captain when we're out." Allen glared at the team member behind him. "With Lord Elliot coming along, what are you afraid of?"
The name "Elliot" carried so much weight that the squad immediately fell silent.
Elliot had already enjoyed tremendous prestige in the Hearthfire District. Now he had formally inherited the title of Duke and was also the Dock's highest-ranking official.
With him personally accompanying them, they naturally had no reason to back down.
The Believer explained sheepishly, "I just think jumping straight into the sea and breathing underwater is... it's really a little hard to imagine..."
Allen turned to look at the sea beyond the porthole, and a trace of fear involuntarily rose in his heart as well.
Fear of the deep sea and the unknown was among humanity's most fundamental fears.
"Captain, I heard those mines are in the sea, and you have to be submerged in seawater to mine them. Is that true?"
Allen nodded. "That's right. I got some documents from Miss Cora with detailed descriptions of the mines. You can think of them as stone spheres in the sea."
"Stone spheres?"
The Communion's Believers looked astonished and began discussing it in hushed voices.
"Wouldn't stone spheres sink?"
"This is the sea, though."
"Stones sink in the sea too, don't they?"
"Then they obviously aren't real stones. Maybe they're hollow inside..."
Allen glanced out of the porthole. To be honest, he wasn't confident either. The documents Cora had given him were simply too bizarre.
"This time, we'll first visit the mines-the stone spheres where excavation has already begun. Once we're familiar with them, we'll need to start prospecting."
The Believers couldn't help feeling a little nervous at that.
Before they could discuss