Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 50: The Shock of the Storm Ocean
It started to rain near the caves in the southeast corner of the island. Gradually, the whole Castel was shrouded in rain. Typhoons blow through the Ocean of Storms all year round, and the storms bring rain. It is rainy season here all year round.

But there seems to be something wrong with the rain today.

Sailors on the sea all say that storms will always pass, and their ships often sail through storms. As long as the sails are fully raised, the storms will always be left behind.

But today, ships sailing on the Ocean of Storms will be surprised to find that no matter how fast they travel or where they go, there are storms.

If you zoom out and watch from a higher place, you will find that over the entire Ocean of Storms, with a certain location as the center, dark clouds are slowly gathering and heavy rain is falling.

The location of that center is a bit strange.

It is not the eye of the storm where thunderstorms occur all year round, but it is a little further north and a little further west.

To its west is the land of the Empire, to its northeast is the Gem Bay, and to its north is the seaport of the White Crow Duchy.

It is a small island named Castel, which means Fire and Light in the Ocean of Storms.

At this moment, all over the ocean, surrounding Castel, storms and lightning descended like divine punishment.

at the same time.

In the Rhine, at the Candlelight Society's underground courtroom, at the long table of the Secret Keepers' Council, seven hooded figures raised their heads at the same time.

In the Empire, in the Gear Academy built by the royal family, several huge steam machines suddenly started to sound at the same time.

In the Storm Ocean, the migrating fish people suddenly stopped. After discussing for a while, they turned around and went back.

In Gem Bay, a man whose skin was covered with tattoos suddenly opened his eyes wide, and then turned into a pool of black pus in front of the horrified eyes of the people around him.

In Castel, in the Candlelight Society church, a crack suddenly appeared on the chest of Caschisius, who was kneeling in prayer.

In Nora's room, a gust of wind blew open the window and blew the diary on the table to the ground.

The slip of paper under the diary bounced twice, was carried by the wind, and landed in the muddy water. The mud gradually covered the handwriting on it:
"My successor, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to. Be careful of Sister Chloe in the church."

"Although I don't know who she is, I can be sure that she is definitely not from the Candlelight Society."

In the mansion, Hughes had changed into new clothes and was sitting in an armchair, reading the report that Alexei had just sent him.

He raised his head and glanced at the overcast sky with amusement. "It's actually raining! In the novels I've read before, it always rains when there's a big scene. And it happened today, too. What a coincidence."

"Master." Connor gently placed a few materials on the table.

He was wearing hunting trousers, a white shirt and a black waistcoat, with his white musket in his gun pocket.

After last night's battle, Hughes gave the gun to Connor, firstly to reward him for his timely assistance, and secondly because Hughes found that the gun would be more effective for Connor.

Anyway, most of the time he went out, he took Connor with him, and he also carried the gun.

It can be seen that Connor likes this gun very much. He also carries it with him in the manor, which makes Hughes feel a little funny.

Another thing was that Connor started calling him Master again, but Zeus didn't want to dwell on the issue of address because he had too many things on his mind.

"how's it going?"

Connor gave him a slight nod.

"Miss Nora has already left by boat. I tried to persuade her to stay, but she insisted on going to pick up the first batch of refugees first."

"Is her injury healed?"

"She said this is a characteristic of the Undertaker. No matter how severe the physical damage is, she can recover quickly. You know, she's actually no longer a living person."

Hughes nodded.

"Did you say how long you'd be back?" "About a week."

"Where's Monica?"

"Monica is not injured. Ms. Nora examined her body and said there is no contamination left. Please rest assured."

"As for the other banshees, they've been temporarily placed in the cave below the secret passage. They asked me for some tools to build something over there."

It is not suitable for the Banshees to be exposed to people's sight for the time being. Moreover, they have been living underwater and may not feel comfortable on land.

Therefore, Zeus let them stay temporarily near the coast of Castel. With him as the center, the pollution in the deep sea would not harm him.

"Besides that, Sister Chloe came to the manor this afternoon. Seeing that we were not there, she stayed for a while and then left."

"Oh, I almost forgot." Xius nodded in understanding.

He did make an appointment with Sister Chloe to meet at the manor as a backup plan in case Nora was unable or unwilling to help him solve the pollution. At that time, he would seek help from the Candlelight Society.

But this backup plan was never used.

"She has no suspicions?"

"No, we had a good reason to prepare in advance, and her arrival time was staggered between us and our fight."

"That's good." Zeus nodded with relief. The location of the seaside cave was carefully selected by him. Although the battle was noisy, it did not alarm others.

"You can visit her when you have time. Just add it to your schedule for today."

After hearing about the itinerary, Connor took out a notebook from his pocket, glanced at the contents, and spoke carefully.

"Master, as you requested, I have divided your to-do list into four categories."

“Important and urgent, important but not urgent, unimportant but urgent, neither important nor urgent.”

When Connor said this, a strange look appeared on his face.

This classification method seems simple and crude, but it is unexpectedly easy to use. Under the guidance of Hughes, he used the horizontal and vertical coordinate axes to judge the order of things, and easily sorted a large number of things according to priority.

"Well, based on this, I will come every morning to inform you of the day's arrangements."

"You will need to meet with Alexi in the study this morning. He is here to report on the progress of the new factory and the recruitment of craftsmen."

"Then you will inspect the territory with him."

"Go to church this afternoon to meet Ms. Chloe."

Xius nodded. Arranging daily work in this way would be much more efficient.

"The meeting place with Alexi has been changed to my chemistry lab. You should come along. I plan to tell him about the new products in the territory."

"Will you also tell him the truth about the pollution?"

"Probably not. After all, this concerns him."

"[Cognitive Barrier]"

Hearing this word, Connor's eyes flickered. [Pollution], [Cognitive Barrier], and even the truth about [Supernatural] all shocked him greatly. He felt as if his worldview was crumbling.

It all started with the conversation between Hughes and Nora after the battle last night.

(End of this chapter)