Rupert couldn't laugh or cry as he looked at the report in front of him. His slender fingers casually flipped through the pages of parchment, "So, in the end, they claimed to be the remnants of Seineman, attacked the shipyard, and took away 'ours' A ship… and fired at Tansnier’s battery?”
Bright and soft sunshine was passing through the tall flower windows and falling on the camel hair plaid carpet. In the spacious room, there was a long bed, next to it was a smoky incense burner and a clump of emerald green dwarf brown bamboo.
Two people sit opposite each other.
Secher also had a wry smile on his face and shook his head: "Actually, it's not allowed to fire. Your Highness, the Princess, is using a crossbow."
Rupert looked at the report and read out this paragraph: "According to eyewitnesses, the ballista's missile fell into the sea of clouds a few hundred meters away from the fort. In terms of casualties... there was only one young man. Because you really thought a blind follower was attacking you, so you were so frightened that you broke your leg?"
Secher nodded: "That's right."
"Give that frightened young man some amends. And what do the Cowlings say?"
Secher frowned, "Whether they believe it or not, we can't tell who is the blind follower. Captain Ed has determined this. But their path may not be so easy next... …”
"Will the Corinthians target them?" asked the eldest princess—no, Rupert, who was now the eldest princess of Istania.
"The Corin people's target is Miss Sylvide. In fact, it doesn't matter whether they are Seniman's remnants. The young king in the north and the ambitious prime minister will want Captain Ed and the others anyway. But what I mean is, on the side of the Chosen One..."
Rupert fell silent, tapping his knuckles lightly on the short table.
…
Ravalli-Ige-Aimoyiben held her chin with one hand and looked at the unpredictable clouds outside the window. She sighed and closed the thick history book a little bored.
The sky in Bein was always the same without any change. As for those red rocks, she had been tired of seeing them for more than ten years. She closed the book and suddenly felt curious about the green mountains and forests in the north that Miss Naturalist told her about.
Is there really such a place, an oasis as big as the silver sand sea? So where did Miss Kita and the others go? Does she still remember herself? Did that annoying group leader speak ill of her behind her back?
She thought, there must be some.
Count Nurman pushed the door open, looked at his daughter's back, smiled and sighed: "Ms. Ainu complained to me again today, Lavalli."
The earl's daughter turned back and looked at her father, "Huh, that sarcastic old woman, how can she compare to Miss Kita? In short, I don't want to take her class anymore, Father."
"But it's hard to find a good history teacher around here."
"Father!"
"Okay, okay, I'll give you another one." The always solemn Earl also softened, "But I have one thing to tell you, Lavalie, Ed and the others may be in trouble."
Lavalli was about to say something about that person's relationship with her, but suddenly thought that Jita was among them, and couldn't help but stood up from her position, "What!?"
Count Nurman said in a serious tone: "They have offended the Kaolin people, and now they are known as the remnants of Seineman."
After listening to his story, the earl's daughter said in disbelief: "What relationship do they have with Seniman? They obviously did this because they didn't want us to get into trouble."
She left her position anxiously, took two steps back and forth, and looked at her father: "Father, you have to think of a way!"
Count Nurman was helpless, "What can I do about this?"
"Father--"
Count Nurman patted his daughter's head and said, "Okay, okay, the Corinthians have nothing to worry about at the moment, and Her Royal Highness the Princess will find a way."
He sighed secretly.
"What a troubled time."
…
Time goes back to three days ago.
Shortly after the Seven Seas Traveler ascended into the sky, cheers came from the sound tube. Fang Yu gently put down the communication crystal in his hand, raised his head, and looked at each other with Sylvester in front of him.
The ship officer lady also had a congratulatory smile in her eyes. Fang Plover then looked at the maid who was cleaning up the room and said to her: "Miss Siesta, let's put this matter aside for now and go out to celebrate with us?"
But Siesta glanced back at him, then turned away without saying a word, pretending not to hear.
Sylvester smiled upon seeing this: "Shesta is like this. Sometimes she doesn't even listen to my words."
Siesta paused for a moment and then said in a rare move: "That's because what the lady said may not be correct, especially when the lady's safety and lady's comfort are the first premise."
Fang Yu blinked, but he didn't expect that the maid lady would actually refute Sylvide's words.
Sylvester smiled and winked at him playfully, as if to say: Look?
But at this time, the door of the captain's room had been pushed open, and the air mixed with the fragrance of the sea and the sea poured in with the wind. What followed was the chirping voice of Tianlan: "Brother Ed, what are you doing in the captain's room? Come out and take a look!"
"By the way," the little girl's tone was full of excitement, "Sister Sylvide, Miss Siesta, you should come out and take a look too!"
Sylvide nodded with a smile. She glanced at Fang Plione, who also left her position, held the slender hand of her ship officer, and walked out with her.
After hearing Tianlan's words, Siesta hesitated and followed. "Wow," Tian Lan looked extremely happy, her mouth seemed to be covered with honey: "Miss Shesta, you look so beautiful today."
The maid glanced at her, then curled her metal finger and flicked her forehead lightly, "Don't be so talkative." Tianlan said "ouch" and hugged her head, with tears in her eyes.
Fang Piao walked out holding the hand of his ship officer. A sea of snow-white clouds slowly spread out in front of him. His chest was filled with the aura of Kukai. He took a gentle breath, and it was actually a bit intoxicating. Depressed.
It's not like he has never sailed on the empty sea, especially the others on the ship, but on their own ship, the feeling is completely different. His steps were light and airy, giving him an unreal feeling, as if he were really walking on floating clouds.
At this moment, the mood of everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade on the ship was more or less similar.
The big cat man jumped down from the mast, glanced at his fingers intertwined with Sylvester's with a smile, and said with a smile: "Our captain, your name is now justified."
Fang Yu was a little embarrassed, with only a silly smile on his face.
Sylvester looked on with interest and couldn't help but pursed her lips.
The shipyard is getting smaller and smaller behind the Seven Seas Traveler, but you can still see those thin and dense people slowly pouring in from outside the shipyard wall.
But they no longer pose any threat to the Seven Seas Traveler in the sky. The mystics in purple robes can only raise their heads and watch the sailboat spread its white sails and fly higher and higher.
Fang Plover also saw people coming out of the shipyard.
Among those people must be Ms. Erna, the lovely dwarf master, and the boatmen they are familiar with who contributed to the birth of the Seven Seas Traveler.
But it’s no longer possible to distinguish everyone’s face.
People looked up in this direction, perhaps with a final farewell in their eyes.
"Farewell, Istania."
Fang Yu said silently in his heart.
His eyes saw the towering white spire of the Lighthouse in the Cloud, the Tansnir Craftsmen Association suspended in mid-air, and the busy airport built on the side of the cliff of the mainland.
Various flying beasts of burden, pterosaurs, large and small wind-wing fishing boats, and airships were coming in and out.
There, two Port Authority boats were hoisting silver sails and heading in this direction, as if they wanted to ask about their purpose. However, after not going far, they seemed to have received some instructions, so they turned a corner and started again. go back.
Fang Yu raised his head and looked in that direction, and naturally understood in his heart that this was Her Royal Highness the Princess's last help for them. At this time, from the sound transmission tube on the side of the ship, Miss Naturalist's soft voice came from - —
"Brother Ed... No, no, Captain, there is a wind element reaction in the northwest..."
Fang Plover turned back and looked at the cloud wall hanging in the northwest. There was a small wind element detector installed on the ship. This thing was not a question of whether it was expensive or not, but it took up too much space. This one was the only pocket-sized detector they shipped from the Questac Artisans Association, but it also occupied nearly one-third of the volume of the magic cabin.
But because it is compact, its functions are of course extremely limited. The detection range is only a mere thirty nautical miles. Under good visibility conditions, even the naked eye can see this distance. Therefore, it can only be used when the view is blocked, in bad weather and at night.
Not to mention determining the coordinates, it is impossible to determine the approximate number and distance of the wind element reaction sources. As for the relative speed, it is impossible to talk about it.
But as long as this thing rings, it at least means that a sailboat or flying creature has approached very close to it.
There is no fixed route to the northwest, and apart from air pirates and creatures patrolling the sea, the only ones that can appear in that direction are the Kaolin fleet.
In fact, Fang Yu looked far into the distance and saw three sailships with pointed bows and covered with silver sails. From there, they broke through the clouds and appeared at the five o'clock direction of the Seven Seas Traveler at full speed.
He recognized it at a glance as the sixth-class frigate of the Corin-Ithurian Alliance, the Swordfish class, an old ship type that was commissioned thirty years ago, but in terms of performance alone, it was not as good as the Seven Seas Traveler. Comparable.
It can reach a speed of fifteen knots when sailing at full speed. It is almost impossible for the Seven Seas Traveler to outrun the opponent when the wind is downwind. However, there is also a cloud wall south of Tansnir at this moment - and a cloud wall with a thickness of more than ten miles can block the wind. Element detection, the Seven Seas Traveler can avoid the opponent's pursuit as long as it enters the cloud wall.
But before that—
Fang Plover came to the other side of the Seven Seas Traveler. At this moment, Sylvide let go of his hand with feeling and followed behind. The sailboat was passing parallel to Tansnil's airport, and the silver forts built on the rock walls in that direction came into view one by one.
Fang Plover pointed in that direction and ordered: "Fire at the Tansnier Fort, but don't aim at it, just aim at the cliff below. In addition, declare to them the purpose of our visit, we are here to help Seineman's revenge!" "
"What!?"
Tian Lan, who was walking out of the captain's room with a red forehead, only listened to the second half of his words and almost thought that her captain had lost his mind and gone crazy, "Brother Ed, are you talking nonsense?"
But Baggins understood what he meant. After all, this sailor was a native of Istania and understood what the Kingdom of Corin meant to Istania.
He slid down from the mast and said, "Actually, it doesn't have to be that troublesome. We didn't have time to install the cannon at the back. The Seven Seas Traveler only has one forward ballistae. The range at this distance is simply not enough. Just fire a shot at will."
Fang Yu nodded: "Then let's do it."
Baggins and the big cat man were already walking towards the ballista. One person was responsible for winding the ballista, while the other person took the cannonballs off the shelf and placed them on top. After Jita followed her instructions and sent three notices to the port authority, the Seven Seas Traveler pretended to fire once in the direction of the fort.
But as if it was a joke, the bullet flew out a few links crookedly, and when it was still at least twice its range from the target, it suddenly fell down and disappeared into the clouds.
Tianlan looked at this scene a little blankly.
But Fang Yu patted her on the back of the head and said, "Don't be in a daze, go to your own place."
After that, he put on his three-cornered hat, straightened it with his hands, looked back at the three sixth-class frigates shining brightly above the sea of clouds, and then gave the order:
"Everyone on the Seven Seas Traveler is here to obey."
"Go south, enter the cloud wall, let's go to the Misty Fjord."
"Everyone, say goodbye to Istania."
…
There was silence in the darkness, except for the occasional sound of dripping water.
The Lotao people believe that something evil lurks in the darkness.
Therefore, after Fenn's disaster, they forgot the Hall of Earth under this cave filled with sharp rocks. There was a tall and thick wall there, and under the complicated patterns, there was a history belonging to the Mad King sealed in the dust.
People are still reluctant to mention that bloody past, about the deaths of rebels and tyrants, how the empire collapsed, and how a prosperous royal capital turned into ruins overnight and sank into the dark underground.
Over the years, guards have been sent to guard this place, but without exception these men have gone mad, chattering endlessly about what lurks in the darkness. At first, people remembered everything, but over time, no one wanted to go there anymore. After many years of living in peace, people gradually forgot many things.
I also forgot what was hidden in the darkness.
Sidor Milenko watched the gravel slipping from his feet and rolling into the darkness. The sound coming in vain in the silence was terrifying.
He was holding the rock wall tightly with one hand, and the mountaineering pick held in the other hand was inserted into the crack between the rock wall - the crack seemed a little unnatural to him, like a huge claw mark.
He actually always believed that the dark legends of the Lotao people were true, about tyrants and those crazy stories, about an ancient empire that was on the verge of collapse, and those sensational ancient rumors that happened.
But his nervousness only elicited a chuckle.
His companions squatted on the top of the cliff, looked at him, and said jokingly: "Sidore, are you so scared that you can't walk? Climb up quickly and see what you are like. Just a few stones can kill you." As scared as a frightened little squirrel."
The warrior with the big sword on the ground straightened up and looked at the darkness in the distance: "This place has been explored all over. There is a ruin below, and the most valuable thing there was ten years ago." It was taken away.”
"But if we can cross this cliff," he looked back, "and reach some places that no one has been to before, we might have a chance to make a fortune."
"But the locals never come to this place, and only our chosen ones come here."
"That's because this place was once connected with the Pillar of Stars, which was the holy land of the Lotao people," the soldier replied: "I heard that a murder occurred on the ground more than ten years ago, and a man guarding the Pillar of Stars Knight Zhutanluo escaped..."
"What does that have to do with us?"
The soldier was about to say something else, but suddenly he frowned.
He looked at Sidor who was still hanging on the cliff and said impatiently: "Sidor, how long are you going to hang there? If you don't plan to continue, then we won't wait for you."
Sidor was trembling all over and looked at him with a pale face.
"What's wrong?" The soldier was slightly startled: "Are you afraid of heights?"
But he suddenly realized something was wrong. When he looked back, he found a slight "click" sound coming from the rock wall above. The ground seemed to be shaking slightly, and rustling stones were hanging down from the sharp rocks.
fell at his feet.
For a moment, he even felt that the rocks under his feet were moving. There was a soft "swish" sound, and Sidor below finally couldn't hold on to the rock protrusion in his hands, and rolled down together with the broken rocks.
Let out a scream.
"Sidore!" the soldier shouted, but the shaking ground made him almost unsteady. He lay down and held on to the ground, "What's going on? Is there an earthquake?"
But before he finished speaking, a pair of golden eyes suddenly opened in the darkness in the distance.
The thick stone walls are crumbling——
The huge black shadow was slowly walking out of the darkness. Its cold, golden eyes were almost as high as the cliff, but it didn't even look at the humble creatures on the cliff, and only shook its head gently. The gravel and dust on the body.
The soldier opened his mouth wide and looked at this scene. He felt cold all over and made a gurgling sound involuntarily from his throat——
"interesting……"
"…that little guy."
A low voice was coming from the darkness.
…
Miaoshuwu
