Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 257 A strange banshee?
Zoe helped Xius to a quiet room, settled him down, and then left the room.

This is what Hughes requested.

At this point, all his efforts to save Castel have failed. The enemy is too powerful to be stopped, but the information he has obtained is extremely limited.

But as Hughes said, he intended to struggle until the last moment and try all possibilities, so now was not the time to sit and wait for death.

Even if the sea water surges up tonight, he still has a few hours to find a solution.

If there is no way to solve the problem in Castel, then he can still descend into another body!
This is what Zeus is thinking at the moment. He plans to go to the outside world and use the body of the worker Zeus to obtain information. If that doesn't work, he will communicate directly with Beatrice, betting that she will not disconnect the link directly, so that he may be able to ask something.

As for whether the questions he asked were useful, he didn't know.

He at least knew the truth about the Pirate Court. With the information, perhaps he could really piece something together.

Let’s return first.

Zeus's weak eyes gradually became empty. At the same time, he raised his head on the throne.

He slowly scanned the rooms of the palace and sighed, hoping this wasn't the last time Lord Zeus's body would descend upon him.

Shaking his head, his eyes fell on the worker Hughes, and the body raised its head and gave a shy smile.

Soon, his vision went dark.

When he woke up, Zeus subconsciously wanted to operate the silk thread to pull several people into the link, but then he was stunned.

The silk thread is gone.

This time, Xiu Si really opened his eyes wide. This was his last hope. Could this be...
and many more.

Xius suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down at himself and showed a surprised expression.

He is no longer in the sea.

If he guessed correctly, the sea water outside was flowing along the eye of the storm to Castel. The sea water there was about to rise to the cathedral, and the sea water here should also drop accordingly.

Although he didn't know the principle, his abilities would be enhanced in the sea, and when he came to the shore, he naturally wouldn't be able to see the thread connecting everyone.

So that's how it is. Zeus stood up and wanted to walk to the sea. This was the original location of Castel. After the entire island was dug out, the remaining foundation was much higher than the surrounding seabed. As long as he walked out of this range, he could enter the sea.

The area wasn't that big, so no matter which direction he went, he should arrive in a while.

But just as he stood up, he heard someone speak:
"who are you?"

Hughes was startled and turned to look in the direction of the sound, only to find a rusty scimitar against his neck.

Following the scimitar, Hughes saw a slender arm, then a second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

A tall figure stood in front of him, nearly three meters high, blocking the setting sun.

".Banshee?"

The person on the other side was obviously startled and asked in surprise: "You actually recognize our clan? Who are you?"

This banshee was a somewhat unfamiliar face. She had long emerald green hair, and her eyes and scales were the same color, reminiscent of forest grass. She was tall and slender, and her every move was elegant and mysterious. There were only a little over a hundred banshees in Castel, and Zeus could recognize them all. He didn't remember this one.

Banshees from outside the island? Are there other groups of banshees?

Wait, Zeus frowned. Caster's Banshee can move on land because it has signed a symbiotic contract with him. Otherwise, it will turn into a swollen monster in the shallow sea due to the water pressure, and there is a high probability that it will explode and die if it leaves the sea.

The banshee in front of me is also standing on land. Has she also signed a contract?
Zeus looked up and down at the banshee in front of him with suspicion. The more he looked at her, the more familiar she seemed to him. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and a name came to his mind:

"Monica?"

"what?"

The tall banshee was visibly stunned, then her eyes widened: "How do you know my name?"

This time it was Zeus' turn to be stunned. He looked at Monica in disbelief. She was no longer the child she used to be. With a slender figure and a pretty face, she was basically an adult banshee.

"Monica, why are you here? No, why are you like this!?"

Monica showed a somewhat confused expression. "You know me? Are you from Castel Island? But I don't know you. As for why I became like this - it's simple, I'm an adult."

She spun around happily, waving her emerald-like snake tail to show off.

But then her scrutinizing eyes fell on Xius again: "But who are you? You should be a corpse now."

Her five free hands all pointed at the gaping hole in Zeus's chest. "A human can't survive like this. Don't try to fool me. I've been watching you for a long time!"

Monica's expression became more alert:

"And you can even manipulate those thin lines in the sea! I saw it last time. Where are those thin lines of yours? Take them out!"

"You, you discovered me before? When?!"

"Don't answer questions with questions! You haven't answered me once!" Monica was obviously a little angry. She put the scimitar against Zeus' neck and glared at him fiercely.

"Those threads can only be used in the sea. Now that the water has receded, I can't use them."

Monica frowned upon hearing this and muttered to herself, "Sea water. Sea water again? This is troublesome."

"So you've been spying on me?"

"What do you mean by peeping?!" Monica's eyes widened. "You look so weird, I have to observe you first. Who knows what that thread of yours is for?"

Xius didn't respond because he suddenly remembered something: "How did you survive? This is outside the scope of the symbiotic contract, right? You should be losing vitality constantly, right?"

He glanced at Monica. Her face was rosy and she didn't look injured at all. But she had been away from Castel for more than a month. She should have been dying from the symbiotic contract, right?

Could it be that this is also Castel and is not affected?
"Wait, I remember the Black Pearl was not far away. Even if you don't know Jeremiah, Ken must know him. You get along so well with his sister Gaia, why don't you go find him? He's obviously on the ship too, right?"

Monica's expression darkened when she heard this. She was silent for a moment, then quietly said, "I can't go back anymore. Even if Castel comes back, I can't go back."

(End of this chapter)