Mysteries of the Earthsea

　　 Cat Island, like the Governor's Mansion in the palace hall, Julio sat sideways on the huge granite stone chair, listening to his subordinates reporting the current situation.

　　 "According to the spy report, the Governor of Hope Island, Charles, has returned safely, but Ledger did not appear. Judging from their expressions, there is a high probability that they are dead."

Julio frowned and sighed slowly. This news can be said to have worsened the situation. If even Pope Ledger died there, then the power of the Foundation is far beyond his imagination. After all, even he Not necessarily beat the Pope.

　　 "To contact Charles by telegram, we must immediately hold a ground-sea meeting to discuss how to deal with this crisis."

　　 "Your Excellency, I have already contacted. Hope that the people from the Island Telegraph Bureau said that Governor Charles is not currently on the island."

　　 "What? He wasn't on the island at this time? Where did he go now?" Julio looked very surprised at Charles' sudden departure.

　　 "It's not clear, my sire, they didn't say that not only was Governor Charles not present, but Governor Anna also left. Now Hope Island is represented by the Admiral of the Navy of West."

　　 "This pair of dogs and men, I really convinced them! No information was shared, and they disappeared directly, without the consciousness of those in power."

　　 The irritable Julio stood up and walked outside the temple. "Ignore them and hold the Earth Sea Conference again in my name. This matter must be dealt with."

　　 "Yes, your highness."

　　 As Julio’s leather boots stepped on the smooth ground, there was a crisp echo of footsteps in the empty hall, and he stopped suddenly when he was about to walk to the door of the hall guarded by the guards.

　　, following him, the staff officer looked up slightly and saw that his governor was thinking thoughtfully.

"Send a clipper to the Sea of ​​Misty at the fastest speed, let this ship take my message to the Foundation, and ask them if there is room for negotiation. If possible, we are willing to stand on the side of the winner. ."

　　 Julio has been thinking about this issue. The crisis this time is different from the previous situation. If the previous rise in the sea was a natural disaster, then this time the crisis is a man-made disaster.

　　 Since it was made by humans, there may be room for negotiation. In order to protect the safety of one's own island, it is not impossible to sell other people's. Of course, if you really do this, then you must ensure that the other party speaks the words.

　　 After saying this, Julio walked out of the hall and looked condescendingly at his territory. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he liked to look at his territory like this.

　　 Cat Island, as the name suggests, is the island of cats, but there are not many on the island, but it was named after the original look like a cat.

There are only all kinds of weird bugs on Cat Island. Some are perforating fleas that burrow under human skin to lay eggs, and some are white nematodes that invade from wounds, slowly grow along blood vessels, and eventually become full of blood vessels throughout the body that make people ischemic and die .

　　 Of course, compared to these insects that wound humans, there are also various insects that are used by humans on Cat Island.

In addition to huge sandworms that can fill the island to increase the area, purple snails that are smashed together with their shells for dye, black-skinned leeks that are delicious when you lightly fry them, and flies that swept the men’s circle on the sea powder.

These things have formed a special industrial chain in Cat Island. The taxes generated have made the development of Cat Island thriving. Even if it has experienced two disasters, it is still lively on Cat Island. Electric lights, gas lights, and candles are flare. It's shining brightly here.

　　 Just as Julio was standing on the towering governor’s mansion, looking down on his territory, he suddenly noticed something slowly moving from the direction of the sea of ​​mist.

　　 It was black, but it was different from the darkness that enveloped the earth and sea, it was something darker than any black that I usually saw, a certain kind of extreme darkness.

　　 The darkness, like a wall, approached slowly and firmly, swallowing all the lightships and fishing boats on the sea.

　　 "Boom boom~!" The dazzling spark exploded in the air. The navy of Cat Island, which was docked at the dock, immediately began to fight against the enemy, and the whole island began to enter a state of emergency preparation.

　　 Neither shells, fish nor mines were of any use to that layer of black, finally that layer of black landed on the island, and as long as it was swallowed by things, it never came out of it.

　　 The peaceful islanders of Cat Island who were still alive just now were in a mess. Accompanied by screams and crying, they stepped on each other and ran towards the pier. They wanted to grab the boat and leave this place.

　　 "What the **** is this!" The frowning Julio slammed his feet on the ground. After leaping high, he quickly shuttled between the islands on the sea, and instantly came to the black edge.

　　 He carefully put out his finger and touched it, but was instantly sucked in by the black, Julio never came out again.

Just when the black wall swallowed half of the cat island, a pregnant woman holding her belly to escape stopped in place. The next second, her bulging belly exploded directly, and Julio, who was covered in flesh and blood, came from inside. Came out.

He was naked and looked up at the black wall in front of him that was gradually approaching to swallow everything. What he had just seen in the dark filled his eyes with fear. He had never felt so fragile, even if his strength was the entire Earth Sea. The strongest among human beings, but all his abilities are useless in front of this black wall. Since he became the first person in the Earth Sea, he has never felt so desperate.

　　 This wall gave Julio a very familiar feeling. He had seen this kind of black wall on the surface. It was a black wall formed by the darkness of the earth and sea.

　　 After Julio turned his head to look at the miserable situation of the islanders behind him, he gritted his teeth and bounced with his feet, and quickly jumped to the top of a bell tower, the tallest building on the island.

　　 Holding the big bronze clock next to him with his hands, Julio shouted loudly at the black wall that obscured the sky, "What do you need!!"

　　 After the black wall, there was no response. It continued to expand at that slow speed, as if it wanted to gradually submerge the entire earth sea.

　　 The darkness was once again flooded by Julio, and finally passed the screaming crowd, the noisy and crowded pier, everything quieted down.

　　 The black wall appeared without warning. When the news spread across the earth and sea by telegram, it was already the next afternoon.

　　 The atmosphere of the earth and sea, which has finally settled down, became very solemn in an instant. The earth and sea meeting was held for the first time, and all the island governors came.

　　 However, what made them feel uneasy was that Charles and Julio, who had previously led the rescue of the Earth Sea, did not attend. Only Jenny, the representative of the Western Seas, and Jax, the president of the Explorers Association, stood in front of them.

　　 Just when all the governors became more and more anxious, an unexpected person appeared, and Ocott, one of the bishops of Fatanism who hadn't seen him for a long time, appeared in front of them.

　　 The slimy soft head, the twisting sucker tentacles, and the wet red robe make people feel uncomfortable at first glance.

　　 "Charles, what about Julio?" The sticky voice rang in everyone's ears.