Like a balloon with a large hole, countless souls were spewed out. For a while, the boiler room was filled with grey, misty souls.
Some souls' grievances had long since dissipated; they were just trapped by the soul aggregate and unable to ascend to heaven, so they began ascending on the spot.
These souls actually made up the majority. After all, most vengeful spirits are just ordinary people whose grievances can only sustain them in the human world for a period, but not forever, otherwise the earth would have been filled with vengeful spirits long ago.
In reality, only some extremely talented ghosts or certain special places can allow ghosts to stay indefinitely.
Some souls still carried grievances, such as the soul of the bandit leader. He rushed towards Francesca immediately, seeking revenge.
Roy was about to intervene to stop the bandit leader's soul when a dazzling holy light suddenly descended from the sky.
This holy light was like a time-stop spell, freezing all the souls in the room. Only Roy could still move.
Roy looked up at the ceiling in surprise. Although in the spiritual world, Angel Roy could also summon such holy light, he couldn't do it in the real world.
Accompanying the dazzling holy light, Roy heard solemn and sacred music, as if a choir was singing in his ear.
Then, a large white door appeared on the ceiling of the boiler room. Two figures with wings on their backs slowly descended from the door. One had 6 pairs of light wings, and the other had 5 pairs.
Could it be...
A pair of silver eyes fixed on Roy. The owner of these eyes was instantly stunned.
The ten-winged angel beside her completely failed to notice her companion's anomaly and was still looking strangely at the large number of souls trapped in the holy light.
"Strange, why are there so many vengeful spirits here?"
Afterward, this ten-winged angel discovered Roy.
"Huh, why is there an angel here? And one I've never seen before? Lord Michael, do you know who he is?"
The ten-winged angel's voice made Michael a little absent-minded. A very complex expression appeared on her face.
"Yes, Rachel, I know who he is."
Rachel had never seen such an expression on Michael's face. In her memory, Michael's face should always be calm and serious.
"Lord Michael?"
Michael quickly snapped back to attention, her expression returning to her usual dignified and serious look.
"Rachel, this is my friend Roy, whom I met in the human world. He possesses the bloodline of ancient angels and is a hybrid of human and angel."
Rachel showed a look of sudden realization, then bowed her head to Roy.
"So that's it! My respects to you, Angel of the Human World!"
Roy didn't know what the etiquette was like in heaven, so he could only nod at Rachel.
Michael actually had a lot she wanted to say to Roy, but with Rachel standing beside her, some things couldn't be said, so she could only ask about the situation there.
"Roy, what happened here? Why are there so many vengeful spirits?"
Roy also wanted to ask Michael some things, but there was more than one 'third wheel' present, so he could only tell her what he knew about Antonia Grassa.
After hearing Roy's narration, Rachel was very shocked.
"Are there such wicked people in the human world? Sacrificing thousands of people on an entire ship just for personal gain?"
Michael sighed and replied to Rachel.
"Rachel, you've never left heaven, so you might not know the situation in the human world. There are indeed many terrifying humans like that."
Rachel nodded, half understanding.
"Since that's the case, let's send these souls to heaven first!"
According to heaven's procedures, the souls of vengeful spirits and suicides cannot enter heaven. Only clean souls can enter heaven.
These clean souls would then be judged in heaven. Good people would remain in heaven, while sinners would be sent to hell.
Coincidentally, the angel responsible for judging souls in heaven was Rachel. She discovered a sudden large group of souls entering heaven almost simultaneously, so she reported it to her superior, Michael.
That's why the two angels descended to the human world.
With a wave of Rachel's hand, the vengeful spirits still carrying grievances, frozen in the holy light, had their grievances purified and were then sucked into the large door.
Francesca, who was farther away, was also purified and drifted involuntarily towards the door to heaven.
Seeing this, Roy quickly grabbed Francesca. Rachel looked at Roy strangely.
"Roy, why are you stopping this soul from entering heaven?"
Roy didn't know how to explain for a moment and could only force out a reason.
"Uh, this person is my friend. She still has an unfulfilled wish and wants to stay in the human world for now."
Facing the two powerful angels, Francesca didn't dare to speak and could only keep nodding in agreement with Roy.
Rachel frowned slightly, looking at Roy and Francesca.
"Regardless of whether she has a wish or not, it's not a good thing for a soul to linger in the human world. Roy, you should let her enter heaven!"
Roy looked at Michael, hoping she could say a few words for him.
Michael understood what Roy meant. After a moment of hesitation, she spoke.
"Rachel, since Roy said so, let this soul temporarily remain in the human world."
Rachel looked at Michael in surprise. She didn't expect the usually fair Angel of Judgment to say such a thing.
"Lord Michael, but..."
Michael felt Rachel's gaze and felt a bit embarrassed, only turning her head to avoid her sight.
"Roy is a righteous human. He once thwarted the King of Greed's conspiracy. You can trust him."
Rachel's eyes widened as she looked at Roy.
"Is that true? Then I ask you!"
Rachel had a cute appearance, giving off the feeling of a girl next door, which made Roy feel an urge to show off a bit.
"That's old news. Just recently, I defeated the King of Wrath who had descended with half his power."
Upon hearing this, even Michael was a bit surprised, and perhaps even slightly worried.
"The King of Wrath descended to the human world?"
From Michael's reaction, it seemed she didn't know about this yet. Had Uriel not had time to tell her?
It had already been several months!
Or was communication between the human world and heaven not very smooth?
Roy nodded nonchalantly.
"Yes, Uriel was present at the time. I dealt with the King of Wrath with her."
Hearing this, Michael breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"So Lord Uriel intervened. No wonder they could deal with the King of Wrath who had descended with half his power! Roy, you're not being very honest! How can you steal Lord Uriel's credit!"
Rachel seemed not to believe that Roy could deal with Samael and directly attributed all the credit to Uriel, leaving Roy speechless.
Uriel did do a lot in that battle, but the one who delivered the final blow to Samael was Roy.
Moreover, if Roy hadn't intervened, Uriel would probably have returned to heaven long ago and wouldn't have been able to participate in the subsequent battle.
Michael saw that Roy wasn't lying, because she knew that although Uriel had descended to the human world early, she had actually been there for less than a year and her combat power hadn't reached its peak. She certainly wasn't a match for Samael, who had descended with half his power.
So Roy must have made a huge contribution in this battle.
"Rachel, don't casually doubt others. Roy wouldn't lie about something like this."
Scolded by Michael, Rachel immediately corrected her attitude and apologized.
"I'm sorry, Roy! Did you really personally send the descending King of Wrath back to hell?"
"Uh-huh! If you don't believe me, you can ask Uriel next time you see her."
Since Roy said so, how could Rachel not believe him?
Thus, the angel looked at Roy with eyes full of admiration, a look that Roy quite enjoyed.
However, Michael seemed to have had enough and coughed twice.
"Ahem! Rachel, things here are done. You should return to heaven first."
"Huh? Lord Michael, aren't you coming back with me?"
"I still have some things I want to talk to Roy about. I'll return afterward."
Rachel nodded, not thinking too much about it.
"Then I'll head back first!"
Saying that, Rachel flapped her wings and flew into the door to heaven.
With that, only Roy, Francesca, and Michael were left in the boiler room.
One human, one ghost, one angel. They looked at each other, and the atmosphere was very strange.
"Francesca, you should go back into the gun for now too."
Francesca looked at the strange atmosphere between Roy and Michael, seemed to realize something, and her eyes revealed an expression of disbelief.
Actually, Francesca was very eager to see some gossip, but Roy forcibly put her into the Smith & Wesson Model 629 and also blocked her perception of the outside world.
This reaction actually hinted that there was something going on between Roy and Michael.
Even without Francesca present, the atmosphere didn't improve. Michael just looked at Roy with an indescribable complex gaze, refusing to say anything, making Roy feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.
While the atmosphere on Roy's side was so awkward it could make your toes curl hard enough to dig out the White House, the atmosphere in the speedboat outside the Antonia Grassa was quite good.
Penny held Mason's digital camera and excitedly filmed everywhere, looking very relaxed and happy.
This made Catherine a little strange.
"Ms. Brown, aren't you worried about Mr. Blake and the others at all?"
"Of course not! Roy won't fail!"
Penny had absolute faith in Roy. They had been through so many incidents together, many of which were more dangerous than the current situation, but Roy had never disappointed her.
On the other side, Finnegan couldn't help but speak up.
"But they've been in there for a long time. Maybe it'll be dawn soon!"
Penny scratched her head.
"Has it been that long? Maybe the cruise ship is too big and it's hard to find the engine parts?"
Hearing this, Charles immediately stood up.
"How about we go aboard and take a look too?"
Among them, Charles was the most worried because his precious daughter, Serena, was currently on the ship.
Before, Charles had advised Serena several times not to take risks, but Serena wouldn't listen and even used him as an excuse.
Charles himself was also a person who liked adventure, both in his career and in life.
Buying the Santiago itself was an adventure, and predictably, something happened. So when Serena used him as an example, he couldn't refute it at all.
"Wouldn't that be bad?"
Finnegan hesitated, not because he was afraid to board a ghost ship.
It was just that if everyone went aboard, what would happen to the speedboat?
"I think we should still trust Roy! Let's wait a little longer. Roy will never disappoint us!"
Dalia clearly stood on Roy's side. Her attitude was the same as Penny's.
Charles and Catherine's confidence was clearly not as strong, but as the others were talking, they suddenly noticed the thick fog around the speedboat gradually dissipating.
"Is it dawn?"
Finnegan immediately stood up because, according to the old captain he had encountered, the fog would dissipate after dawn, and the ghost ship would also disappear.
Unfortunately, all the electrical devices on the ship had malfunctioned, and even their watches had stopped, so Finnegan didn't know what time it was now.
The only electrical device that was still working was the digital camera in Penny's hand, but the time displayed on this camera had also stopped.
"Doesn't feel like it! It looks like it's not dawn yet!"
The few people walked out of the cabin onto the deck, observing the sky.
As the thick fog dispersed, everyone could finally see the sky again. Looking at it now, it didn't seem like the sun was about to come out.
At this moment, Amy thought of a possibility.
"Could it be that Roy has already solved the ghost ship problem?"
Hearing this, Penny immediately nodded.
"It must be! Roy must have solved the root cause of the ghost ship, that's why the fog dispersed!"
The others breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously. Finnegan returned to the cockpit and began checking the instruments.
"Phew! All the instruments are working normally, that's great! Now we just need to wait for Mr. Blake and Joey to bring back the parts..."
Just as he finished speaking, Finnegan suddenly noticed a reaction on the sonar system. It seemed like some large creature was swimming towards them from the seabed in the distance.
Hiss, why does this situation feel like it's happened before?
Finnegan immediately had a PTSD episode on the spot.
"Something's wrong! Something seems to be approaching us from the seabed!"
"What did you say?"
The few people on deck were startled. They also thought of what had happened before, especially Charles. He had heard the staff say something similar just before the Santiago sank.
Penny quickly regained her composure. Her strength was the greatest there, and she also represented Roy, so she was definitely the one to make decisions.
"How far is that thing from us?"
Finnegan kept watching the sonar system.
"At that thing's current speed... it will be directly beneath us in about five minutes!"
Penny frowned tightly. After a brief thought, she made a decision.
"Captain Finnegan, immediately detach the speedboat from the Antonia Grassa!"
When Charles heard Penny's words, he immediately became anxious.
"What? What about Serena?"
Penny looked at Charles calmly.
"Mr. Wayland, we're not sure if that thing is the sea monster from before, and we're not sure what its target is. The best option is to separate from the ghost ship to avoid being wiped out. Do you understand what I mean?"
(Angel picture found online)
(End of this chapter)