They don't want me to try anymore.

Seeing that Richard was serious, Alice and Veronica finally quieted down and stood on either side of Richard, seemingly unwilling to give in.

Richard was quite satisfied with this, though.

As long as there's no fighting, just capsize the boat.

Guided by Veronica, they secretly sailed their ship, which had been enchanted with concealment magic, to the edge of a cliff on a deserted island and hid among the towering rocks.

Veronica pointed to the bay in the distance and said, "That's the largest gathering place for mermaids near Connaught. They come here every full moon. If our target really enjoys listening to mermaids sing, it definitely won't miss tonight."

Richard nodded and waited patiently.

Hopefully not the Air Force...

About half an hour later, graceful figures, half-human and half-fish, appeared in the bay, and beautiful songs echoed in the sea breeze.

Soon, a huge black shadow began to emerge from the waves at the edge of the field of vision.

Thank goodness, there's no air force involved.

Richard held his breath and observed carefully...

Huh?

and many more.

It seems that thing didn't go looking for the mermaid, but instead came towards me?

Obsessed with Starry Sky Railway, I took a day off.

I'm so unlucky, ...

Chapter 132 Is this also a crime?

Richard blinked, confirming that his observation was correct; the dark figure was indeed coming towards him.

Once he got close enough, he could vaguely see the eight carapace-covered tentacles... They were strangely shaped, almost exactly like those in the book, and they really were dream-catching sea spiders!

Veronica, standing nearby, raised her hand in a defensive gesture and asked in a low voice:

"Didn't they say it liked listening to mermaids sing? How come it's fallen for someone else?"

Alice didn't know the answer either, so she took out her staff and replied to the female pirate in an annoyed tone, "If it really comes, then we might as well go all the way and just grab it."

Because she was so close, she could roughly sense that the Dreamcatcher was only at the mid-silver level.

"Wait a minute."

Richard noticed a small boat approaching from another direction and quickly warned, "The Imperials are here too..."

On the bright side, this proves their previous suspicions. On the dark side, it means the three parties may now meet directly.

Don't be impulsive.

If there's a real risk of being discovered in the end, it's better to just give up and slip away quietly while there's still some distance between you...

at the same time.

Perhaps sensing Richard and the others' wariness, the Dreamcatcher slowed its movements, circling around the bay entrance as if hesitating about something.

On the opposite ship, Ned was extremely excited:

"It's floating on the surface? It's not diving or trying to escape? And the water's so shallow here..."

Hunter ordered his men to bring a specially made net, and took out a knight's lance that was more than three meters long. He said in a deep voice, "It may have been attracted by those mermaids... In any case, we must seize this opportunity."

"Yes, we can't afford to make another mistake this time!"

Ned smiled sinisterly, no longer bothering to hide his presence. He clapped his hands together, casting a spell to increase the ship's speed, and charged straight toward the target's face.

In the end, the two sides were only about ten meters apart.

Richard, who was hiding, was getting a little anxious and began to consider whether to use up his [Fate Writer] chance for the day to stop the Blue Gloves' mission.

And in the very next second, the dream-catcher finally made a move.

It stretched out its legs in place and spit out white silk threads from an organ in the middle of its body—truly resembling a spider.

The silk threads disappeared into the water in an instant.

Gradually, as it exhales its silk threads, the dreamcatcher's body shrinks smaller and smaller.

"Something's wrong!"

Ned and Hunter sensed something was wrong and rushed forward to stop them without thinking.

But at that moment, the dream-catcher sea spider trembled and suddenly spat out a large amount of silk threads. In the end, its entire body dissolved into the waves, leaving only a few pieces of its disjointed carapace floating on the water.

The Imperials were dumbfounded.

What about my goal? What about my huge goal?

Ned roared and unleashed a fireball the size of a sandbag into the sea, but this impotent rage did nothing but create steam and noise, scaring away the mermaids in the distance.

Richard, standing some distance away, blinked and froze in place.

Wow, that's a great escape technique. If I'd known you could run so fast, I wouldn't have bothered with you.

So... should we consider their operation a failure?

Can I then quietly make my escape?

Richard wasn't interested in the Dreamcatcher itself; he just wanted to cause trouble for the Blue Gloves and the Imperials. Now that his goal had been achieved...

Gurgling.

huh?

Why is seawater boiling?

My head is spinning... Is this a psychological attack? But I don't feel any danger... My chest feels hot, wait, that's where the three parchments were stored!

Ever since Richard seized the parchment from Hyman, he had been trying to decipher it, but without success in a short time. Because it involved the gods, he dared not leave the parchment lying around, so he sealed it with magic and carried it close to his body.

However, at this moment, the parchment began to heat up.

"Be careful……"

Realizing something was wrong, Richard immediately tried to throw the parchment into the sea, while the Imperials in the distance, unwilling to give up, were trying to set up a large-scale tracking array...

The next second, everything froze.

Then the sea seemed to turn into quicksand that devoured people, emitting a powerful suction force.

Wow!

"what!"

Before they could even let out a scream, the many Imperials, Richard, and the two women vanished into the waves like the dream-catchers that had just appeared, leaving only two empty ships behind.

Several minutes passed before a few curious mermaids swam over, communicating with each other in melodious voices, but none of them understood what was happening.

I do not know how long it has been.

Richard regained consciousness.

My head hurts so much, there's something in my chest, I can't breathe...

He pretended to be unconscious for a while to get a feel for his surroundings, then opened his eyes a crack and quietly observed.

The front is made of some kind of silk fabric, the sides are round and fair skin, the top of the head is covered by a cloth, the environment is dark... Hmm, what is this?

"ah?!"

Alice's sweet cry reached his ears, and then the things in front of him suddenly lifted up with a hot breeze, and light returned—well, it turned out that Alice had just been sitting on his chest like a duck, and what he saw goes without saying... cough cough.

I actually managed to pull off such a classic anime pose.

"Excuse me! I was rude!"

Richard quickly pulled away, then noticed a hint of regret in Alice's eyes.

...You want me to stay in that position a little longer, right?

If I had known, I would have stayed longer... Ugh, if I had known, I wouldn't have apologized!

After venting their frustrations, Richard and Alice stood together, back to back, cautiously looking around.

First, it can be confirmed that they are no longer at sea.

It looks like a park, with green grass underfoot, a marble fountain next to you, and a clear blue sky dotted with a few white clouds overhead. It's very beautiful.

Was I teleported?

No, to teleport, you at least need to open a door, right?

Richard and Alice exchanged a glance, confirming that neither of them had detected any spatial fluctuations.

This makes it even more confusing...

But in any case, all of this is inseparable from the dream-catching sea spider and the legacy of the dream god.

The most urgent task is to find Veronica first, and then figure out a way to leave this place.

"Stop right there! You two!"