There was a dull crashing sound from the hull of the ship. There were three muffled bangs. The sound was like something heavy cutting into the bulkhead of the magic black wood. MTT leaned out of the gun door on the lower gun deck and saw three bright spears hanging on the that place.
The Star Flower was crossing the strait between the two islands. Turbulence washed over the ship's hull, and white cloud waves surged in like jagged teeth. The MTT was seeing traces of the Saka snake-men disappearing in the forest on the edge of the towering cliffs. They had red skin and were walking so fast in the forest that one almost thought they could catch up with the speed of the ship.
The sound of whistles came from afar, and shouts came one after another in the forest, mixed with the screams of spears piercing the air. MTT saw a few black dots flying from a distance, grazing the side of the Star Flower and falling.
The vocal organs of the snake people are very special, which prevents them from making too powerful sounds, but they can communicate with each other using bone whistles. The whistle sounds are very special and unforgettable.
——They sound like the wails of a person before death, whirling and shrill.
The girls in the group all lost their beauty, and even Xiaoyao was no better. There were many terrible legends circulating above the sea of clouds, but none of them were as impressive as experiencing them personally.
Several other men forced themselves to remain calm, holding on to the mooring ropes with their hands and not leaving their posts, trying to suppress the fear in their hearts.
When the Star Flower passed through the strait, the slender canoes of the snake people appeared from the other side of the sea of clouds. There were about thirty of them. What doesn't match their ancient shipbuilding skills is that those canoes move nimbly and fast between the straits, and they are about to catch up -
"Twenty left rudder."
The Star Flower swung its huge hull, and as a supplement to the steering surface, the wing sails on the right side were unfolded side by side, making a whirring sound. The hull moved sideways along a point under the action of centripetal force, causing everyone on the deck to tilt. Miss Dragon Soul Tata moved the weight of the hull to the rear right, further accelerating the steering speed.
Those operations were almost impossible to complete manually, and they also caused the Star Flower to sweep past the exit of the canyon at an almost unbelievable angle, almost missing the Snakeman's canoe that had been waiting there for a long time. .
Then the giant ship showed its side - the rising gun ports were like fangs exposed under the huge black mouth.
Although the Star and Flower is a very traditional sailing battleship, the magic cannons installed on the ship are very different from those on Earth; they are fixed on the artillery deck, and the direction and shooting angle are adjusted through a geared turntable. The magic cannons are controlled by the ship. Use Core 1 to provide energy to launch a flying missile projectile that does not require propellant——
Or use pure energy to attack.
However, due to the same reason, a sailboat cannot be equipped with as many cannons as the sailing battleships on Earth. There are thirty cannons on one side of the Star and Flower. In de la Taire's time, it could be considered a cannon. The elves' first-class main battleship.
Then the flames under the gun doors lit up one after another, and the roar echoed in the strait. The cannonball's throw line first fell between the snake people's canoes, but gradually became more accurate, and soon a flying arrow hit the snake people's canoes. canoe, blowing it to pieces.
Then came the second, and then the third.
A round of volleys was fired, and the snake-men's canoes became a mess. They had to scatter left and right amid the sharp whistles to avoid the bombardment. But this delay was enough for the Star Flower to unfurl its full sails, raise the silver sails one by one, hoist the mast, and sail away.
Fang Plover looked at the snake man's canoe going farther and farther away, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. His hands were also sweating, and he couldn't help but recall the battle with the Shadow Man in the North, but that fashion was not as creepy as this moment.
The Shadow Man is just powerful and weird, but the whistle of the Saka Snake Man is really impressive. It’s no wonder that there are so many legends left on the Sky Bridge route, but it is the most famous one about the Saka Snake Man. Eerie and terrifying.
Rumor has it that they have red scales, but the scales from the throat to the lower abdomen are brown. This is also the origin of their name 'Saka' - the snake man with yellow-brown scales.
Their eyes are green, looking like unpolished emeralds, with dark red pupils. It is said that they are the descendants of the sacrificial descendants of the Sinsas snake-men.
The Snake People have no civilization left, and have long forgotten all the glory of the past. The remaining Saka lineage is almost impossible to communicate with the outside world, but they still use some tools - whether it is canoes that can sail on the empty sea, or A flying spear with a cavity that can emit a scream for combat.
The Imperials even copied the flying spear.
Their whistling sounds are famous for bringing death to the battlefield. The outside world refers to the Imperial Corps equipped with such spears as the Death Corps. They have been stationed in the forest border area adjacent to the Grand Council.
However, as a member of the silver lineage that was once as famous as the lizard men and the Numerin elves, the snake men can throw this kind of spear half a mile away with their own strength. No one would hope to fight these monsters in close combat.
Fang Plover was also worried, even though Tata had warned him that the Snake Man would ambush them at the exit of the strait, and the Star Flower had also been prepared. But when things came to pass, he still couldn't help but worry——
When he was on the Seven Seas Traveler, he didn't have to be responsible for all aspects alone. Baggins and Miss Sylvide were all experienced in maritime affairs, and the big cat man would occasionally lend a hand. Even after the latter left, the cloth man who replaced her would My lady is equally thorough.
But here, the ship is full of newcomers. Mulan and MTT have almost no contact with aerospace ships. Although they have Miss Tata's assistance, things may still go wrong.
I didn’t expect that everyone’s performance was even better than expected.
"Are you going to use the second round of attacks?"
Luo Wei also looked in that direction, and then turned around and asked in a low voice.
Fang Yu shook his head. He heard Mu Lan's excited voice in the microphone. The latter took over the job of the gunner. She was praising the effectiveness of the system on the ship. With Miss Tata's help, controlling the firing of thirty-two cannons was not that complicated.
"That's Miss Tata's contribution," Xiaoyao said bitterly. He originally wanted to hold this position. How romantic would it be to wage war against the enemy above the sea? "She has already calculated all the shooting points. It was Miss Tata who guided the artillery to fire in sequence and made adjustments. What can I do for you?"
"I want you to take care of it."
Mu Lan's angry voice came from the microphone.
"Ed, was my timing okay just now?" she asked again.
Fang Yu nodded and praised without hesitation: "Well done, Sister Mulan."
The job is indeed not that simple. Miss Tata can coordinate all mechanical related work on the ship, but not everything is connected to the Fairy Heart. There are still countless trivial tasks for the crew to complete.
This version of the fairy ship is still not perfect to the point of comprehensiveness. Not to mention other things, just loading the cannonballs was completed by Mu Lan and MTT. There were also a series of tasks, large and small, but neither of them made any mistakes.
It can only be said that they are indeed the craftsmen of the Grand Guild. Their daily job is actually to deal with the maintenance of these magic machines.
"The star anchor is not around here," Wu Cun's voice came from the lower deck, "Ed, there is something below us."
Luo Wei's expression changed slightly, and she quickly walked to the side of the ship and looked down.
Below, only jagged turbulent clouds could be seen, quickly separating along the hull toward the wings. In the wider strait, white cloud waves undulated, and the elemental layer beneath the clouds could almost be seen.
Directly below the Star Flower, a black shadow was swimming between the two islands. The Star Flower was nearly 42 meters long. But under this shadow, it was as small as a beetle with open wings. The shadow swayed and quickly disappeared under the clouds -
Luo Wei's face turned a little pale. Anyone would feel insignificant in front of such a spectacular sight, let alone a living creature.
A feeling of being unable to control her own destiny rose from deep in her heart. She clung to the side of the boat tightly, and even though she tried her best to restrain her emotions, she could not make any sound for the moment.
Fang Plover walked over and looked in that direction, but he still kept his composure, "The behemoth of the Kuhai should be a species of world snake. I don't know if it is a feathered snake or a world worm. It is not very interested in us, but we have to leave quickly. this place."
He raised his head and winked at Miss Tata.
The latter understood it clearly and didn't say much. He just raised more wings and allowed the Star and Flower to turn further and leave this sea area.
The shock brought by the giant beasts of the Kukai and the Sea still exists, but this shock comes more from the space itself. I don't know when the occultists recorded the ecology of these giant beasts inhabiting the Kukai and the Sea.
Then record them in the Silver Tower.
This ability is similar to the ability of a naturalist, but it goes further. It just cannot be displayed in the outside world, but it can still form such a lifelike world, which is amazing enough.
He still has not forgotten that this is a fictional space, and only silently remembers the experience at this moment. The Spire Trial allowed him to experience the Sky Bridge route in advance, which will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to the Seven Seas Brigade's future journey to the second world.
But some people are completely immersed in this world.
The rain poured down on Lupulus' head and face. The sky turned dark at some point. A strong wind blew on the sea. Waves as high as mountain peaks covered the deck. The moisture in the clouds was mixed with the rain——
It's hard to tell where the boundary between Kukai and Kuai is.
The Capka's ship, the Lacavir, was sailing along the tangent between the two islands. There was no star anchor, and the dotted islands between the land bridges were their only coordinates.
It's just that at this moment, these coordinates have long been confused and difficult to distinguish. In the dark light conditions, the clouds and waves rolled up by the strong wind have almost completely covered all the reference objects in the field of vision, making them have to worry about whether they have deviated from the route.
What’s even more frightening is——
There always seemed to be a looming shadow in the huge waves ahead. The Kapka people at first thought that it was the shadow of a huge beast from the sky and the sea in that direction. In the description of Giganotidae, there are several types of giant beasts of the sky and sea that like to follow the storm.
Such as the sea serpent, storm breather and kraken.
But people soon discovered an indescribable fact - it seemed to be the shadow of a ship. No matter how high the waves were, the ship always remained about three miles away from the Lacaville.
Like a vague shadow.
Luprus walked through the rain with a pale face and shouted forward: "What on earth is that, an Imperial man?"
"I don't know," the crystal craftsman guarding the bow of the ship said tremblingly. "It's getting closer to us."
"Where are the Guta people? Didn't they follow?"
"No," the other party shook his head, "They encountered the Saka Snake Man and anchored at the anchorage to repair their ship."
"Where's the main group?"
"The last time we contacted the main group was half an hour ago. They didn't find the star anchor. Let us keep in touch with them." The crystal craftsman stammered, "But since the storm, we There was no way to contact them.”
Lupus raised his head and looked at the shadow in the rain curtain.
It seemed to be getting bigger, and at a certain moment his eyes widened suddenly, looking at the almost translucent giant sail passing through the wind and waves, with a Hydra flag hanging on the high mast, "Turn the helm! "
He grabbed the microphone from the crystal craftsman's hand and shouted inside, "Full right rudder!"
"What's wrong?"
The people in the wheelhouse didn't seem to realize what was happening.
"The Hydra is the ship of the Lotao people that has been missing for almost three hundred years," Lupulus's face was covered with sweat, mixed with rain, and he shouted palely, "Turn the helm immediately. , that is the cursed one!”
The crystal craftsman next to him was completely frozen with fear.
The Cursed One has another name above Kukai, that is, the famous ghost ship. Although not many people have actually confirmed its existence, there are indeed some records of sightings.
The Hydra is one of the most famous ships. It disappeared on the offshore route of Rotao about 270 years ago. It disappeared without a trace along with more than a hundred sailors and passengers on board, but in About thirty years later the ship was sighted again off the coast of Tree Hill.
It was sighted many times in the next two hundred years. Some people claimed that this ship had stolen a special sacred object, which angered the god of disaster, Teresa, and cursed it, turning it into a A ship that can only sail between the rifts of time and space.
Never return to the human world.
Ships that have encountered it almost never end well. At worst, the ship is destroyed and people are killed, at worst, they become crazy.
God knows when the occultists recorded this event and recreated the ship in this sea area - but the seven-headed snake did indeed appear on the Sky Bridge, Lupus just didn't expect it I am so unlucky.
It was such an unlucky thing to run into head on.
You must never come face to face with the cursed person. If you avoid its frontal route, there is still a chance of survival.
Luprus only regretted that he was not in the wheelhouse at the moment, and could only watch the Lacavel tilting little by little in the storm. He had never felt that the turning speed was so slow as at this moment——
The phantom-like giant ship had passed through the wind and waves and appeared directly in front of the Lacaville. Its gray appearance seemed to be hung with a layer of lingering fog, and the entire ship was as silent as a silent song. Song.
There was only the whisper of death in the barcarolle, the song of the dead.
The crystal craftsman on the side almost started to tremble, chattering his upper and lower teeth. He had long forgotten that this was a trial, as if he was immersed in it and experienced such a terrible disaster.
The turning speed of the Lacavel was still a little slower, and the pale shadow on the sea had already collided with it. At that moment, Lupulus felt that the hairs on his body were standing on end, and his heart was sinking——
But it was at that moment that something strange happened.
The moment before the tall Hydra collided with the Lacavir, the entire thing disintegrated like a glass mirror, shattered into pieces, and disintegrated like a dissipated phantom.
Lupus was shocked.
But instead of feeling any joy in his heart, alarm bells were ringing and his expression changed wildly. The crystal craftsman on the side finally reacted, looking up with a pale face at the flickering light behind the dissipating mist——
It was like a huge lantern, hanging in the vast rain and fog.
"Left rudder!"
"Left rudder—!"
Lupus finally realized that he had been fooled, that it was a trap - there was no ghost ship at all, the Cursed One, and the Hydra was just a shadow of the fear reflected in his heart.
That is……
The player in the wheelhouse didn't react at all, and in fact there was no need for him to react, because in Lupus's field of vision, a bloody mouth like an abyss had already come into view.
…
The Imperials watched from a distance as the mountain-like shadow sank from the distant strait.
Georgifen's face twitched, "What is that?" Trixis on the side finally couldn't help but ask. The scattered lights in the strait are disappearing, like a dissipating starry sky floating on the sea.
From a distance, it looks like a floating fishing fire.
"Deep-sea anglers," Luo Fen replied calmly, "You should have seen their terrestrial counterparts, and swamp anglers are one of them. However, they are a species of world beast, and are much larger than their land relatives."
"Quite a few?"
Hei was a little unbelievable, "That thing is almost as big as a hill. Who did they eat?"
"I don't know," Luo Fen shook his head, "but someone must have left. In addition, the last thing that appeared was not the deep sea angler, but the Terra Roca Sea Serpent. The people of the Red Sea had glimpsed a corner of its true appearance from a distance. They call it the 'Mountain of the World', which means that it looks like a moving mountain range in the sky and the sea."
"It has a symbiotic relationship with the deep-sea angler. The latter lures prey for him, and then it hunts and shares the prey." He seemed to be saying something unrelated to himself. "It is basically a mythical creature with a bad temper. , but rarely come up to the shallow depths of Kukai..."
"What do you mean?" Juno asked.
He knew a lot about alchemy, but not much about it.
"What I mean is that it shouldn't appear in this trial," Luo Fen shook his head. "No one can survive being targeted by this thing. If the occultists set up such a thing in this level, this will The difficulty of the trial has far exceeded any other in the past twenty years."
Cui Xisi looked at this guy who was not from the same group of them a little unconvinced, "Neither can we?"
"The Imperial Storm is also very reluctant," Luo Fen looked in that direction and frowned, "We can barely escape by joining forces with the help of the mechanical artifact."
"But how can the people from Giant Tree Hill do it?"
Black asked, "We saw with our own eyes that they came from that direction."
"You have to ask them," Georgifen said angrily, "That Forin is so mysterious, who knows what he is doing. Maybe they brought this thing out on purpose. I heard that the elves are Can communicate with sea beasts.”
Juno and Luo Fen looked at each other.
"What shall we do, Rofin?" he asked.
"Stop here for a moment," Luo Fen replied calmly, "It is leaving and it shouldn't notice us. What I'm more worried about now is the star anchor. I feel someone is walking in front of us. Who can find the star anchor first? Whoever can cross this sea and reach the end—"
As he spoke, he looked up in that direction.
In fact, there were several pairs of eyes on the main stage staring in the same direction at the same time.
"The people in the Giant Tree Hill are heading in the direction where the star anchor is," Jerros saw the key point at a glance, "But the Terra Roca Sea Serpent moved, and the Empire Workshop was okay. Now it and the Deep Sea Angler The group seems to be blocking the Kaolin people's path..."
"Is the World Mountain also part of the challenge?" the young partner asked in a low voice, "I have never seen it appear in this level before."
Jellos shook his head.
His eyes were following the route of the Giant Tree Hill people. That route passed through the habitat of the deep-sea anglers half an hour ago. It was hard to say it was not a coincidence.
In fact, the troubles of this trial don't stop there. The multi-headed Kukai beasts have awakened, which is far more than the number in other trials. The referee team is consulting the situation of the Silver Tower.
See if the occultists took the initiative to increase the difficulty.
But there was no response yet.
"The World Worm is also approaching in this direction," the young partner whispered. "The Imperials will probably collide with it head-on, but the Imperial Storm shouldn't have much problem dealing with this beast."
"But the Cowlings are in trouble."
"The Kapka Guild has withdrawn," Jerros sighed. "They are unlucky. They should have been ahead of several other guilds."
Next up is…
His eyes fell on the Guta and the delegation from the Grand General Assembly.
…
(End of chapter)
