Ella followed Hestein and his party on the open sea for who knows how many days and nights.
When everyone was feeling exhausted, one evening, the boundary of the land finally appeared on the horizon. Unlike the naturally existing islands, the land ahead showed a regular rectangle, as if it had been cut artificially. From the conversations among the pirates, Ella knew that it was Antilia Island.
Although the boundary of the land has been seen, it is actually still quite a distance away. Before I knew it, it was dark. Hestein's fleet is all small boats with oars and sails. After dark, the wind dropped a little and the ship's speed slowed down a bit. In order to get ashore as soon as possible, the pirates used oars to paddle the ship forward.
On the sea, there is a sparkling moonlight,
"Your Majesty, are there seven golden cities there?" Amy couldn't hide her excitement and kept pulling on Ella's sleeves. Stories like legendary islands and huge amounts of gold are also very attractive to girls.
To be honest, Ella, like Amy, is full of expectations for the legendary Antilia. But she was calmer and whispered: "Don't forget what was in our letter."
——The letter has probably been delivered to the owner of Antilia a long time ago. Under the provocation of that letter, the closer they got to Antilia, the closer they were to being attacked.
"I really didn't expect that Hestein would take us with him... I wonder if Amy and I can escape smoothly by then?"
"Your Majesty, what kind of person do you think the Sword Master they are afraid of is? Does he have eight arms and wield eight swords at the same time..."
"That's not called Sword Master, it's called Octopus."
Ella complained.
While talking, Ella glanced at the sea casually. It didn't matter if she didn't look at it. At this sight, all the hairs on her body stood up - the sea surface was rolling unnaturally. Although she could only vaguely see a little something in the darkness, her past experience told Ella that this was A gathering of sea snakes.
Soon others discovered something strange like Ella.
On Hestein's orders, the pirates moved the lights to the sides of the ship. Under the illumination of the lights, the sea snakes seemed to have been violently stimulated, rolling up and down in the water more violently. Some sea snakes even tried to jump onto the boat like carps. There is no doubt that it is not an ordinary sea snake, but a highly venomous Basilik.
Wherever the light of the lamp could reach, there were sea snakes everywhere, the number of which was already ten times what Ella encountered that night. And there are countless sea snakes pouring into the light from outside the light, seemingly endless.
"Where did there come from so many Basliks!" Bjorn shouted from a boat in front, "Is anyone injured and bleeding?"
The pirates each looked at themselves, then looked at each other. No one was bleeding, which meant that Baslik was not attracted by the smell of blood.
Hestein took out a throwing ax and threw it. The flying ax burned in mid-air just like before, flying all the way to the farthest point of the sea as far as the eye could see. As the book says, Baslik was afraid of light. The strong fire burning on the throwing ax turned all the Basliks along the way into blood. A clean path was instantly cleared on the sea. But as the light recedes, darkness and basiliq fill the sea again.
Ella heard the pirates talking in horror: "What happened? Shouldn't Baslik run away when he sees the light of fire from a distance?"
Hestein frowned and threw the ax in the other direction. Another large group of sea snakes was killed by the fire, but new ones quickly filled the gap.
Before Hestein could throw his last throwing ax, the sea snakes had already begun to attack the pirates on the ship. In the chaos, Bjorn's shout was heard: "Hurry and kill those who jump on board! Be careful to pull the weapon away from their bodies quickly, otherwise they will be eroded by the venom!"
Pirates are people who have lived on the sea for a long time and know what to do without Bjorn reminding them. Soon, Baslik, who jumped on board, was dealt with neatly. But they couldn't wield the weapons as fast as Gan. After dealing with a wave, several weapons were already scrapped due to venom corrosion. In the distance, a despairing number of sea snakes were still swimming in the direction of their three ships.
"This number is too abnormal!" Bjorn roared, and the two-handed ax in his hand began to sparkle. He gathered the energy that had melted a section of the city wall and let it wrap around him. The fire became stronger and stronger, and its scope became wider and wider. In the end, the ship Bjorn was on seemed to be on fire, wrapped in raging flames!
That light deters all sea snakes that try to get close to the ship!
Hestein's power does not appear in the form of fire like Bjorn's, but is more straightforwardly destructive. He kept swinging the spear to both sides of the ship like an oar, and with every swing, countless sea snakes were cut apart. Although he is only one person, he is stronger than thousands of troops, making the sea snake unable to move forward!
As for the ship Ella was on...there was nothing on that ship.
The pirates couldn't stop all the sea snakes, and new ones kept jumping on the ship. Amy was so frightened that she ran around when she saw Baslik for the first time. Ella, on the other hand, stood there with an indifferent expression. Amy noticed that all the sea snakes seemed to be deliberately avoiding Ella, and quickly ran over and asked, "Your Majesty! Why don't these snakes chase you?"
"After I met these sea snakes last time, I tried to find some snake-repelling herbs based on the books in the Wang family library, wrapped them up and took them with me. Unexpectedly, they were quite effective..."
"Then help me, Your Majesty, help me quickly!"
Ella looked embarrassed: "But, there is only such a small package..."
"Everyone on the boat will be bitten to death if this continues, and then the boat won't be able to move!"
"so what should I do now?"
"Give me the herbal bag first. It will hurt a little, is that okay?"
Ella nodded and took out the herbal bag. Amy suddenly took out a dagger, cut Ella's hand, and dripped blood into the medicinal herbs.
"Sorry, Your Majesty, you are the creator of this, only your blood is useful."
Amy apologized hastily, then held the herbal bag mixed with Ella's blood in her hand, closed her eyes and read:
"Aphrodite, the goddess of love, please pass this girl's carefully crafted gift to her friends."
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The Seven Hills Imperial Palace.
Gregory suddenly opened his eyes from meditation and dropped a drop of water on the map.
"Found it. This is the current location of Ella Cornelius Scipio - Antilia."
Sue Cornelius Scipio and Hartmann came over to take a look and shook their heads.
"It's impossible. This place is in the North Sea. To get there from Constantiniya, you have to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and make a long circle. It takes at least three months of sailing. But Barcelisa disappeared for less than two months!"
"If you want to go somewhere, you don't have to stick to the existing road. Tell me first, how many ships can the Qiqiu Empire dispatch?"
Hartmann winked at Su Cornelius Scipio, stretched out his hand and gestured to Gregory: "Our coastline has just been plundered, and most of the ships are patrolling the coast. To avoid being attacked by pirates. So now we can only dispatch fifty warships."
Fifty battleships, this number is enough to fight a large-scale naval battle, and chasing Ella is simply a trivial matter. Hartmaner deliberately told this number because he knew that the Tianfang Empire's navy was not strong, and wanted to use it to scare Gregory. Unexpectedly, Gregory nodded indifferently and said:
"This number is not very large. Give me three days to prepare. In three days, I will be able to send the entire fleet to Antilia."
Hartmann was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth: "Did I hear you correctly? Your Excellency said that you can have the fleet arrive in three days? This is a three-month journey!"
"With the magic of your Qiqiu Empire, it is probably difficult to handle. But in front of the powerful magic of the Tianfang Empire, a mere fifty ships are just grains of sand on the beach."
Gregory left these words and walked out of the room, leaving Su and Hartmann alone looking at each other.
Su suddenly slammed the table: "Hartman, let Aulus bring his entire fleet to the Golden Horn!"
Hartmann was startled: "Sir! Aulus's fleet has more than eighty ships! Do we really want to gather eighty warships just for a girl?"
"Eighty ships are not enough! We will transfer twenty more ships from other places to make up a hundred warships! I must show that arrogant Gregory what a navy is!"
Su punched the pillar:
"I don't believe that the Tianfang Empire's magic can enable all one hundred ships to reach the North Sea within three days!"
