Captain – Chapter 567 – In Whom Do You Have Faith?

As a guest, and because the story related to hell involved few people and the process was far from complex, Caine naturally spoke first.

The endless stairway, the astonishing underwater world, and that terrifying abyss.

Scene after scene of divine anomalies, though still within Richi and Vivian’s expectations, became increasingly complete and vivid in the young man’s calm, unruffled narration.

The peaceful and tranquil atmosphere continued until Caine came before that small shield.

When the divine artifact named “Aegis” left the devil’s “display stand” through his hands, the story’s rhythm suddenly changed, starlight cracks spread in all directions, and soon the false tranquility of the underwater world was replaced by an apocalyptic scene.

The sky collapsed and the earth caved in, seawater poured down.

Although the young man’s description of that scene wasn’t detailed, just listening was enough to make one despair, because such calamity was absolutely beyond what ordinary spirits could resist.

It was simply a heaven-made…

Graveyard of gods.

When speaking of this grand destruction, Caine didn’t hide anything from the two, laying out completely the deduction and sudden realization he had at that time.

“In such circumstances, combined with that serpent, it might truly threaten the Lady.”

After hearing the young man’s speculation, Vivian’s expression was very grim.

If in essence those specters were far inferior to gods transformed from rules, in terms of destructive power in the current world, it was quite the opposite.

In the Dark Calendar, there were many gods who wielded war and possessed astonishing might who perished in battles with those monsters, let alone the current Lady.

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Moreover, what the Blood Craver said was based on the premise that the Lady had won the ice sea battle and fully recovered through rest and recuperation. If she had rashly ventured deep into the seabed at the moment of victory, she would have fallen right into the devil’s trap.

None of the three present were willing to think carefully about what consequences that would bring.

“Fortunately this conspiracy didn’t succeed, right?”

Seeing the girl in poor spirits, Richi couldn’t help but shrug and softly comfort her.

The ice sea matter ultimately ended with Captain Edward’s victory. If he hadn’t miscalculated one step and failed to keep Roy there forever, this plan wouldn’t have come to light.

The Hydra would have slept forever.

But fate was cruel. Although the Lady didn’t enter this game, they had rashly barged in, leading to the current situation, and no one knew how it would end.

“However, what you said makes me even more surprised that you could survive.”

After comforting Vivian, the young man looked toward Caine, his eyes showing some confusion and… wariness, asking in a light tone: “Tell me, in that desperate situation trapped on the seabed with monsters surrounding you, what reason could you possibly have to survive?”

“Luck, or something else?”

Richi’s voice held no emotion, but Caine heard a trace of coldness and his undisguised suspicion, so he looked directly into those blood-red pupils and said without backing down: “You guessed right, it was luck.”

“Precisely because I was lucky enough, I didn’t fall into the abyss, wasn’t pierced by sharp stones, and even had an ‘umbrella’ overhead to shield me from the seawater.”

“Moreover, perhaps because I was too weak, that serpent you mentioned had no interest in me and didn’t bother diving so deep just to swallow a small shrimp.”

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“As for how I returned, I believe you’ve seen Nidhogg.”

After hearing the young man’s account, Richi’s expression remained unchanged, even his tone as indifferent as before: “That little guy’s sudden growth I can attribute to the Putrid Abyss, but even so, your situation still doesn’t make sense.”

“Logically speaking, even with it protecting you, you should have been crushed by the seawater long ago.”

“If not shattered to pieces, you couldn’t have escaped drowning.”

Hearing his analysis, Vivian couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows, and her gaze toward the young man also carried several points of wariness and scrutiny, as if she might strike at any moment.

If the other party couldn’t provide a reason.

“So, First Mate, can you answer this question?”

As the young man’s concluding words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became much more tense, and even through the door, one could faintly hear the water ghosts’ heavy breathing.

As if they would break down the door the next moment.

Sensing the threat in Richi’s words and knowing that his choice to speak here rather than on deck probably had corresponding considerations, Caine felt no anger.

Because he was right.

Even Caine himself felt this underwater escape was too incredible, nearly miraculous, let alone for the cautious young man who didn’t know the full situation.

The end of the great dream, the serpent’s departure, and Nidhogg’s return…

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If any link in this escape route had been missing, he wouldn’t have had the slightest possibility of survival, not to mention that the two before him didn’t know about the changes in his body.

Therefore, in the young man’s eyes, his only hope of surviving and returning from that dead zone could only rest on the source of this situation—the devil.

Only by having faith in the devil would that specter retreat and hell open a path for him.

This was the answer.

Yes, having faith in the devil…

Thinking of these words, Caine couldn’t help but smile, thinking that his survival was indeed the devil’s grace, just not that particular one.

Seeing the curve at the young man’s lips, Richi raised his eyebrows, not understanding how he could still smile at this point. Could he possibly still clear himself?

In fact, from the moment the young man saw him, he had thought of this problem and had never intended to trust him from beginning to end, step by step leading him to this place.

All to bring the other party into a deadly situation.

If the young man truly existed because of the devil, then everything including the young dragon’s growth could be explained, and he might even have received its grace.

Thus possessing indescribable great power.

Richi needed to ensure that in such circumstances, he could still control the situation and strangle this possible devil’s messenger before the conspiracy began.

Of course, during the period waiting for Caine to wake up, he had also made arrangements regarding that giant dragon.

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However, he had never expected that at this “moment of closing the net,” the young man could still laugh softly, and it didn’t look like the bitter smile of exposed plans, but rather like he was thinking of…

Some lover?

Damn it, he couldn’t be thinking of Roy, could he?

With this thought, the young man’s raised eyebrows drooped down, and his emotions inexplicably calmed somewhat.

“I understand your suspicion of me. Honestly, if we switched positions, I would do the same thing, and might prepare even more thoroughly.”

As he spoke, Caine’s smile didn’t diminish, but its meaning changed from the gentle fondness of missing a loved one to something frivolous and indifferent. Falling in Richi’s eyes, it didn’t resemble the Roy in his memory, but rather like that dispersed night curtain.

“But I still have to say, you guessed wrong, Captain Richi.”

The young man leaned back in his chair, one hand lightly tapping the armrest, comfortably squinting his eyes and saying calmly: “I could return alive indeed because of a devil.”

“But not the one you’re thinking of.”

Hearing this, the two sitting across from him exchanged glances. After a brief eye contact, they both seemed to think of a possibility, then looked back in amazement.

Then they heard that answer they had prepared for yet still found shocking.

“That’s right, she has awakened.”