"Jeff!" Ryuk's voice came from behind the three of them, "If you are free, go to the bow of the ship and look out. Now we have entered the high seas. We have to watch out for those damn pirates!"
"Okay, I'll finish it right away." Jeff swallowed all the chicken steak in his hand and hurried to the bow.
"Eat it quickly, this guy will definitely not poison you." Han Youde said, scooping up another mouthful of fish-flavored shredded pork.
Looking at the remaining boxes of food and the black-haired boy who ran to guard them, Lu Li was a little speechless.
This guy is so stupid.
"But teacher, what kind of star beast's blood is in his pendant?" Lu Li asked curiously.
According to Jeff, he grew up in a small fishing village and there was no star card master in his family. His star power grew to the first level like this, and then he entered Bosch Academy through the channels of extremely poor students.
Where did this star beast blood come from?
Han Youde squinted his eyes and felt it carefully, and said: "It's a bit like Phoenix blood. Maybe it was sealed for too long, resulting in no energy fluctuations. It probably has no practical effect."
In this world, many creatures that exist in mythology also appear with the source of star power, such as the phoenix, which is a powerful star beast in the source of fire.
"The source of the flame is in the Central Federation, which is a bit far from the Ocean Federation." Lu Li stared at Jeff's retreating figure thoughtfully.
The Central Federation is located in the west of the Eastern Federation, and the two major federations are almost right next to each other.
"Probably his great-grandfather or something accidentally found it. This kind of star beast blood that has lost most of its energy is not very valuable and cannot be sold for much money, so it is passed down like a family heirloom." Han Youde ate and drank enough. , a little sleepy, rubbed his round belly and lay down again.
The sun was setting in the west, and it was already evening.
Since setting off from Sidney's South Port in the morning, the small ocean-going ship of Bosch University has traveled nearly 300 kilometers and has already left the territorial waters of the Ocean Federation and entered public waters.
During the entire ten-hour journey, the surrounding scenery was filled with blue ocean, with no other colors visible.
on deck.
Lu Li was distractedly resisting the influence of [Spiritual Corrosion] while flipping through the small notebook given by Fatty's teacher.
The content in the notebook is very rich, and there are handwritten notes on the side as annotations.
Han Youde was lying on his side on the deck and taking a nap in an inconspicuous manner.
——He also wanted to find someone to fight the landlord, but his apprentice and Jeff were not available, and Ryuk and the other four declined politely.
On the bow of the ship, Jeff was investigating the situation in the distance in the sea with a serious face, which was incompatible with the joy of his companions on the deck.
His dark eyes were full of alertness, and his naturally curly black mid-length hair was fluttering in the sea breeze.
This mixed-race boy from a fishing village has always been like this, taking everything seriously no matter what he does.
From noon to now, nearly five hours, Jeff has always maintained a serious attitude and has not relaxed at all.
Suddenly, the curly-haired boy saw a dark object appearing in the distance. He squinted his eyes and observed it carefully.
"Guys! There's a boat!" the curly-haired boy shouted.
"Got a boat?"
The boys and girls who had gathered together to laugh and laugh all looked at him.
Even Lu Li, who had closed his eyes to control his mental will and remain calm, opened his eyes.
Han Youde grabbed his butt with his chubby hands, turned over slightly, and opened his hazy sleepy eyes.
"Jeff, use [Falcon Eyes] to see what kind of ship that is?" Ryuk suggested in a commanding tone.
Eye of the Falcon is a relatively common first-level star card. Its function is to enhance the user's vision and enable it to see things farther away.
"Okay!" Jeff, the curly-haired boy, visualized a star card on his fingertips. He closed his eyes and concentrated on injecting star power into the card circuit.
After a few seconds, the star card turned into a ray of light and poured into his dark eyes. His pupils instantly shrank like wheat rays, and his sharp eyes like a falcon penetrated the distance of several kilometers and saw the black object clearly.
It was a medium-sized ship, its hull reflected a dull metallic luster in the setting sun, and a bloody mouth was painted on the bow with waterproof paint, making the entire ship look like a large shark looking for prey.
With a serious face, Jeff shouted to his colleagues working overtime: "Lyuk, the ship is about thirty meters long. Judging from the style and decoration, it is probably a pirate ship."
"Try to avoid them." Ryuk said calmly as he fiddled with his wind-blown bangs with his slender fingers.
Hearing the captain's words, Hanhan Jeff immediately ran from the bow of the ship to the cockpit, grabbed the rudder with both hands, and turned the ship's direction.
"This fool is still so slow to activate his star card."
When Jeff disappeared on the deck, Flathead Godfrey sneered and joked, "Even using the first-level [Eye of the Falcon] takes several seconds."
Ellie, the blond twin-tailed man, also laughed: "Jeff, a fool, can only use this kind of star card without any technical level."
Several boys and girls burst into laughter.
"Okay, don't laugh at Jeff, he still works very hard." Ryuk seriously maintained his persona of unity and friendship.
"Are you saying that he works hard at the chores?" The boy with a flat head laughed even harder, "Then he does work hard enough. Whether it's the maintenance of ship equipment or the cleaning of the deck, he does a good job."
The four students did not shy away from laughing at Jeff, and Lu Li heard them clearly.
This made him frown slightly.
That is to say, an extraordinary optimist like Jeff would not care about being treated like this by his classmates.
The sun gradually sets on the western horizon, and the sunset turns into a bright red and hits the sea water.
The chase on the ocean continued, but the distance between the two ships continued to shrink.
"Lyuk, that ship should be much faster than us. We probably won't be able to escape."
Jeff poked his head out of the cockpit and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Based on his experience of fishing since he was a child, and with the blessing of the Eye of the Falcon, he immediately judged that the opponent's ship was much more maneuverable than the small ocean-going ship equipped by Bosch Academy.
"You don't need to say this, we can all see it."
At this time, Ryuk stood by the fence, looking at the pirate ship that was getting closer and closer.
With the configuration of their four-person team, they can actually defeat ordinary pirate groups.
But the goal of this training is to obtain card-making materials from the source of darkness, not to destroy pirates. Ryuk wants to avoid such unnecessary battles as much as possible.
And he was also afraid that the hull would be damaged due to combat, which would prevent the team from reaching the Antarctic Circle.
There is no other way at the moment. The other party is approaching fiercely and seems to have no intention of letting them go. Now they can only fight.
"Damn, get ready for battle!"
A blue and white star card appeared on Ryuk's fingertips.
