He surfaced and took a deep breath of fresh air.
The water surface is smooth, with no sails or masts visible, and the ripples are rhythmic. No new ships have come down from the river mouth for a long time, and Chaosheng Castle has also been tightly blockaded. It is said that the dykes of the Jinque River collapsed and flooded the entire Garden of Flowing Waters. Fortunately, the Singing Sea is enough to carry excess floods. The port waterline has submerged a few causeways closest to the sea and will no longer encroach on the land. Overall, there will be no impact. But this is only for fishermen, not businessmen and freight workers. Logically speaking, a boat protected by magic should be able to sail down the river, but there was a rumor among sailors that there was a water fairy making waves in the Golden Bird River, so all the river boats sank without a trace.
Dalton didn't want to believe the rumors, but he could definitely feel that there was something more in the water than before. This meant Eastman was in something worse than the war, and maybe it was time for him to consider leaving. In fact, he should have left long ago. No matter what Laurent Vigue's plans were, he really wanted to send Dalton away from Knights Bay. But Dalton disembarked at the Crab Crab and returned to Lighthouse. He's coming to find out the truth, to DeWitt Hearn and Ingrid Kumoi, and if possible, to kill Laurent Vig. It's just that the Gulf Fleet commander will definitely get the news from that ship and will probably escape in advance. Never mind, Dalton now has a lot of time to spend tracking.
However, he still guessed wrong. Sir Laurent seemed to want more than just the bay. When Dalton was angered by the count and decided to kill him, he ordered the bombardment of the Oath Keepers Alliance warships. The unexpected situation cooled down Dalton's anger for a while, and then the damn wizard of the school came out to disrupt the situation, so he had to stop.
"Tell me where Ingrid is." Dalton asked before leaving. Although Lind Punabag was in the same high-level circle as him, he obviously would not meddle in the count's business while saving his life.
"Ask Laurent Viguet where I sent her," replied the count.
Now it seems that this sentence is also a guide. He hoped that I would kill Laurent, because he knew the bay better than the count, and he could not find him at all. Dalton had no intention of letting DeWitt get his way, but he also hated Laurent Vigue with a passion. This is the last time, he thought, the last time I will obey his instructions.
But even if he made up his mind, it would be extremely difficult for Dalton to find someone in Beacon Town. Sir Laurent was not an expert in mysterious creatures, but he had stayed in the bay for more than ten years and was familiar with sea shipping. Dalton felt that he had probably escaped by boat. However, since the battleships of the Oath Keepers Alliance were destroyed and the bay is currently blocked by the Earl's fleet, Laurent cannot run against the flood to the Golden Bird River. He must either hide among the many castles and harbors in the bay, or simply sail east. Go forward, deep into the sea of singing. This means that he will have to come back for supplies one day, because the war has begun and there is not even a fleet on the sea for them to plunder.
But before that, Dalton couldn't find him.
The outbreak of the Gulf War completely destroyed his original plan. The Blood Tribe took the lead in attacking, massacring the crew members who fell into the sea when the battleship suffered heavy damage. If he hadn't seen them, Dalton would never have imagined that this luxurious merchant ship was actually an alchemy battleship. As the heavily armed dwarves, orcs, and grotesque aliens struggled in the waves, dying from the blood magic and slender weapons thrown down by the ships on both sides, their enemies finally emerged.
Gulf Fleet, Dalton saw clearly, Eastman's fleet under Commander Laurent Viguet. These naval sailing ships, which were supposed to be the wings of Alliance merchant ships, became deadly weapons carrying munitions, artillery shells and vampire blood, piercing the heart of Alliance warships with one blow. No matter what kind of advanced alchemical war machine it has, or what kind of mystical master's vehicle it is, as long as it is not in the sky, it will only end in death under the baptism of waves and magic. The fragments of the colorful flag rippled in the waves, and the Alliance was defeated. Mystery can dominate the battles of mortals, but the battle in the mysterious realm greatly weakens the gap between the extraordinary.
"Even the Sky is no exception," he told the coastal breeze.
In recent days, he had to be careful in Beacon Town, using magic to hide his whereabouts at all times. The only sources of information were daily newspapers and bar rumors. The outbreak of the mysterious war caused the cities in the Gulf to be ruled by fear. Needless to say, the reason was that the scene of the Kingdom's fleet bombarding the Alliance ships was really shocking. You must know that Eastman and the Oath Keepers have always been allies, and the dwarves even helped the kingdom build the No. 1 train. Now the two have turned against each other. The common people who don't know what is going on are confused, and the nobles who know more about it are in chaos. If the battlefield hadn't affected the land yet, Beacon Town would have been deserted. In order to suppress the chaos, the patrolling knights were now replaced by ascetics and school wizards, and the security of the town suddenly jumped to several levels.
Unsurprisingly, DeWitt intensified the search for him after enlisting the help of wizards. Newspapers even described Dalton as a "vampire's mercenary." It seems that most people in the mysterious field have no common sense at all. They do not understand that the conflict between the vampires and the night elves is irresolvable. The wizards of the school may understand, but they don't care about the petty differences between their enemies. Lynde Punabag is the kind of arrogant and conceited person. Even if Dalton only met him once, this feeling was very profound.
But the problem isn't him. Wizards from the Silent School are constantly coming to the bay, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for Dalton to hide in Beacon Town. But because of this, the night elves must always pay attention to the news and situations in the Gulf. Running around blindfolded can be deadly on the edge of a battlefield.
Dalton tried to blend in with the adventurers, but the group seemed unable to form cover in the bay. The wizards were wary of the adventurers, as if there were vampire warriors hidden inside who could launch a surprise attack at any time. The possibility of this guess becoming reality is actually not small... In short, the difficult situation made the intelligence he obtained disorganized: the war in Knights Bay occupies the main position, but the secondary news caused greater waves in the mysterious field - Six Finger Fort The floods burst the embankments, and it was rumored that the White Envoy, the leader of Croy, the Tower of Sky, died in the natural disaster.
Before leaving the royal capital, I was proud of my own strength, Dalton thought to himself. He thought he could guarantee the count's safety, but now he may have become DeWitt's biggest danger. Of course, saying this still seems a bit arrogant. There are too many things and people in Knight's Bay that can threaten the life of an earl in the mortal kingdom. Drablay, the blood prince, is a Lord of the Sky Realm, as is Shania Ravenas, the leader of the school of wizards. Soon, the Oath Keepers Alliance will also devote more power to the Singing Sea. Dalton doesn't understand the truth of the contradictions between these mysterious fulcrums, but he is very aware of the style of these mysterious organizations. The war has begun, and it will not be so easy to end.
On the mysterious battlefield, what does Gao Huan mean? You know, a heavy artillery with powerful firepower cannot determine the outcome of a war.
Thinking of this, Dalton couldn't help but wonder: Laurent Vigue started a war over his own power. Is he really sure to escape from this bloody river?
He was not concerned about Laurent Vigue's safety, but he hoped to learn from him the whereabouts of Ingrid. I shouldn't have burned that store down. After returning to Beacon Town, Dalton regretted his actions in anger more than once. Even if it was unlikely that she would go back, at least he could still hide there. It is unlikely that DeWitt sent someone to search Ingrid's home, as that was the last place Dalton would have visited. Now he has changed...but the past still affects him.
Now Dalton has no fixed place, waiting in the chaos for Laurent Vigue to show up. He works as a thief every day, walking the path of the nightingale, wearing darkness and living under the moonlight like his people who live in Darkhorn.
I'm not an intelligent elf, Dalton had to admit, there were many things he couldn't understand, and there were many more things he didn't even want to think about. People who cannot overcome their emotions are fragile. Laurent noticed and took advantage of Dalton's weakness, while DeWitt thought he could do it and was eventually fooled by Laurent Vigue.
After seeing DeWitt again, Dalton gradually felt that he could not get the truth from them. Maybe I should look for it myself instead of giving them the chance to lie to me.
At the moment, Ingrid Kumoi Barsintasis seems to be the only clue. She was a beautiful trap, Laurent Vigue's plot bait - to trigger the Gulf War. The final result of this conspiracy was obviously beneficial to the vampires, not what the eldest son of the king, Ister, wanted to see. No wonder DeWitt didn't believe it... He wanted to understand this in the night wind. Laurent is an ally of the vampires.
On the night he left Beacon Town, it was a blood baron who accompanied the Bay Commander into the bar. At that time, Dalton thought he wanted to get rid of Laurent Vigue, because the latter was designed by DeWitt to sink the fleet of the blood family Arnald. Now it seems that it is more likely that Laurent will join forces with the former steward of Gilles. Baron Posier appeared to prevent me from killing Laurent Vigue, but I didn't expect that I would discover him. I really don’t know what Laurent was thinking when he took those eyes from me.
Gods bless his reasoning this time. But confusion still lingered in his mind. How could the night elves participate in the vampire plan? Even if she was a half-elf, Dalton couldn't imagine it. It was then that he realized how little he knew about Ingrid beyond her introduction. I don't know her well, but she probably spent much more time in Tide Sound Castle than I imagined.
Dalton is standing outside Tide Sound Castle.
With no ships leaving port, he had to swim across the channel on his own, just as he did the night he left the castle after discovering his fiancée had committed adultery with his lord. Today, DeWitt stayed in Beacon Town under the protection of the wizards of the school. Dalton easily crossed the defense line and returned to the castle that changed his life.
