[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 205: New Partners (1)

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After quite a long talk, they finally found someone who could read the map, and started sailing towards the area Erwin used as his residence.

Unexpectedly anyone, the only person who could read the ancient map on that ship was Rias. He never said anything, and would only look to everyone in a slight panic in case of a commotion. However, he clearly showed his valuable abilities here.

Due to her lack of ability in the fight, Rias ended up focusing herself on learning other things outside of the fight. Reading the map was one of the abilities he mastered the most.

He was initially hesitant to point to himself, but thinking about how his contribution was so lacking lately instantly alarmed him.

As a result, Rias could only willingly submit herself to read the route that was on that map.

Apparently, their distance to the place was quite close, so they were able to get to the island where Erwin was located relatively quickly. Now, they were all on the deck of the ship, looking at a large island that was slowly revealing itself.

On the shore of the island, a man can be seen waving a dark blue flag that blends with the accident. Based on the physical features she remembered, Noelle immediately recognized the figure as Erwin.

"It's not wrong, it's him" Noelle said as she focused her focus on analysing the figure.

Kaira nodded and turned to Norman for a moment. Without saying anything, the two of them already understood what to do.

The Normans come forward and wait for the ghost ship to dock at a nearby point, while Kaira leads a few men to retrieve their own weapons and prepare for any eventuality.

Although Noelle had convinced them that Erwin was a trustworthy enough person, they still had to be wary of him. After all, Erwin had long been stuck in this place, no one knew how high the level of mental corruption he had.

Soon enough, the ghost ship they were driving finally arrived, and stopped in the nearby waters. Noelle helps Rico to lower the anchor, while Kaira pulls out a lifeboat and sails with Norman to Erwin's location.

They could not hear what Norman and Kaira were talking about with Erwin, but they could see that Erwin was quite happy with their presence.

Furthermore, Norman and Kaira also turned to each other, before finally turning around and looking at everyone on board.

Using the signal they had determined beforehand, Norman and Kaira immediately gave word that they both agreed to take Erwin with them.

"Haha, I didn't expect that all of you would actually come! I thank you, Noelle! "

Finally, Erwin got on their ship. He stretched his own body, then opened a large brown cloth bag containing his belongings.

Then, he took out a strange slab-shaped hard object. It is black, and has several white protrusions at each corner. In addition, a slender rock with both taper ends was seen hovering above the slab.

The shape is a little different, but those who see it have a premonition that it is a compass.

Noticing their astonished gazes, Erwin smiled and explained, "The usual compass is useless in this place. The needle will just keep turning without showing a definite direction. But, lately I've managed to make a compass that's really usable."

They couldn't help but feel awe when they heard it. Erwin really has a brain that works well even in times of crisis like this. His ability to survive is good enough that Noelle will not want to admit it.

But, at the same time, Noelle was also horrified. He was endowed with good luck for successfully living up to this point despite being in a place filled with chaos. Moreover, he also had various abilities that he had developed himself here.

Inevitably, Noelle thought about it.

(What payment should he give for all that .. )

Noelle did not know the concept of true luck. He considers that everything works on the principle of 'equal exchange' and 'law of reciprocity'. That was why, when he found out someone who had great luck, Noelle immediately thought about what kind of fee that person would have to pay.

Of course, in a world filled with such strangeness, his thinking was perfectly logical. It was also his own personal experience of having to sacrifice something first, before the luck of 'driving' all of his actions towards an end filled with success.

Erwin then added his explanation. He said, the compass he made did not have a clear view of the direction of the wind. In short, he could not determine which was north, and which was south. But that was enough considering he used his own homemade map to determine the direction.

Noelle sighed and threw away all those insignificant thoughts, then gathered with everyone.

"Now, should we try it? "

Noelle didn't say it directly, but they already understood her point.

He intended to try to name the honor of that outer god, and see what would happen.

Norman, as the person leading his own group thought for a moment. He carefully thought through all the possibilities that would occur, and considered what action to take if the situation changed.

Then, he turned to Noelle, giving a brief nod as approval.

After receiving Norman's approval, Noelle immediately prepared all the weapons she could use, then closed her eyes.

He focused himself on all the reflex actions he would do if something bad suddenly happened, and at the same time, he also allowed his magic power to flow out, see if his magic energy will exert a certain influence when the name of honor is pronounced with the Ancient Minerva language.

"The white and gold, who became mysterious rulers in the dreamland, who ruled the path of illusory light and fog. Enjoy all the dishes, and share them with his followers. Who gave the calamity of fear to his enemy."

"The one who likes beautiful stories from fairy tales and the past, as well as 'He' who does not like sadness. 'He' who created an imaginary garden, who showed good memories to everyone, also who showed nightmares to everyone."

For a moment, there was hardly any reaction. But people with high magic perception could clearly feel that the waves on Noelle's magic energy were slightly distorted.

Noelle ignored him, and continued to recite the name of true honor that had been shortened using the Old Minerva language.

"You are the intruder of the outside world. Who loves fairy tales and the past."

Erwin quietly muttered and waited for the next reaction. However, until a minute later, nothing happened.

"It didn't work, yeah … "

Noelle lowered her hand in disappointment, and instantly stopped the spread of her magic energy around.

This time, he would try to recite it without spreading his own energy.

Noelle tried to recite the name of the honor once more, but still nothing happened.

"Whether or not the magic power around was not so influential .. "Noelle instantly made a mental note.

In his mind, he had already thought of some things that were most likely to cause the failure of the appearance of that reaction.

As this relates to the honorific name of a god, the associated entity may have to directly respond to it on its own. If he is not interested in responding, then there will be no reaction.

This irritated Noelle because the only way out she could think of was to use this method.

At a time when everyone was confused as to what way they should do, Erwin suddenly raised his voice, "I guess, but because we're not in the right place to do it."

Using all the knowledge he had accumulated over four years, he then explained everything.

"I've done a variety of experiments here, but almost nothing works. I've done the ritual and said the honorific name of the Vesperi Goddess to test what the mist of the dream would be affected by His name, but it didn't work either."

Now that Noelle thought about it, even an Orthodox God like the Vesperi Goddess did not give her response in this place, how could an outer god who was not in the category of 'True God' respond?

Although it all has unavoidable possibilities, such as the inattention given by the entity, thus causing a response to fail to be given.

Norman nodded with understanding. It seemed like she had the same thought as Noelle.

"I understand what you mean. But ... Where should we pronounce His name so that we can get a corresponding reaction? "

For this question, some of them have already guessed the answer.

Erwin smiled, as if representing everyone's thoughts. He answered Noan's question which was still a little confused. "Of course, in the place where you all appeared before."

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After several attempts that ended in failure, they finally decided to take a break, while allowing this ship to sail by itself to where they came from before.

In the spacious dining room on the ship, a group of men and some young girls were sitting on a long bench, enjoying the dish before them.

Every now and then, loud laughter came from a man who was their guest, Erwin.

After being asked by several people, he happily recounted all his experiences while he was still actively adventuring on the ocean while trading.

Some of the stories are interesting enough that Noelle, who would normally leave immediately after finishing her meal, still sat on the spot and focused on listening to Erwin.

Erwin is recounting one of his experiences while he was on a boat, sailing with his former colleagues to an island nation that could be reached by sea travel for one week.

He told her various interesting things that he experienced, such as the attack of the monsters that suddenly appeared in the area that should be calm, the panic of the crew because of the hull of the ship that was bolted by a large tentacle, and the, and many other things.

He also recounts his experiences in pirate hunting, and when the ship he was riding on suddenly got an attack from a ghost ship.

Everything she told me was nothing more than her personal experience, but it all sounded so interesting that Noelle involuntarily kept quiet and listened to everything Erwin said.

He might get a little carried away because he had never had a long-distance adventure done like Erwin before.

At the same time, Noelle also felt a little sorry for Erwin. It was because he seemed to have a very close attachment to his comrades just now. But, due to various incidents, he had to lose all his comrades who had accompanied him on an adventure, even though it was a short time.

Erwin noticed Noelle's feelings, and she smiled in a refreshing way, showing no signs of sadness on her face.

"You don't have to feel heavy-hearted for any of that! After all, farewell is the end of every meeting, you can't run from it. There is no point in feeling sad about everything that happens, the most important thing is that you live happily and with pleasure! "

"If I live with depression and regret for their deaths, they will surely kick me into heaven! I don't want that to happen, so I have to have fun while I can! "

That's a strange logic. For Noelle who did not have a close family from the beginning besides Olivia, she could not imagine how someone could feel happy when people close to them had to die.

In addition, the 'heaven' section Erwin spoke of earlier also attracted him.

Erwin was a Vesperi Goddess, so he had the confidence that every dead soul would be delivered straight to His Divine Kingdom.

As for Noelle, she did not worship any god, so she was neutral about that. He believes more in the explanation of Anastasia which directly explains that all dead souls will be delivered to a place called 'Zona Zero'.

Right after, a gray fog suddenly appeared and enveloped the entire room. Noelle felt her energy begin to drain profusely. He looked around, and realized that one by one the people in the dining room were falling asleep, and were drawn into a collective dreamland.

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