Black smoke was rising from the steamship's chimney. Amidst the billowing black smoke, the steamship broke through the sea and moved forward quickly.
"This is the first time in my past life and this life that I have taken a boat ride."
Felin stood on the deck of the steamship, looking at the blue water, and felt an indescribable freshness in his heart.
In his previous life, he lived in an inland city and did not have the opportunity to take a boat, so this was his first time taking a boat.
Suddenly, his expression changed suddenly, and he thought of a difficult problem.
"No, I can't swim."
In the place where he lived in his previous life and this life, there was no place where swimming was needed, so he still can't swim until now.
"If we encounter an enemy and damage the boat during the battle..."
Felin's face turned ugly.
On this sea, if the boat is damaged, it is not difficult to imagine the outcome for him who cannot swim.
"With the panel, it's not difficult to learn quickly."
Felin thought of a solution.
With the panel, it's not impossible to get it done quickly.
No longer in the mood to appreciate the sea view, he thought about who he should learn to swim from.
Soon, he found his target.
A man dressed as a sailor was wiping the deck. His skin was dark and rough, and he must have gone to sea frequently.
As someone who works on a ship, the other party must know how to swim, and his water skills are probably pretty good. This is a suitable candidate for learning to swim.
He walked over and came to the man's side.
"Sir."
Seeing Feilin arriving, the man quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.
Although he is only responsible for logistics, he has to contact mystics after all, and he will inevitably see some things that ordinary people should not see. Therefore, the crew members on this ship all have military backgrounds.
He is a retired soldier and received the order to participate in this operation.
"Don't be nervous, I just have something to ask you."
Flynn said.
"Sir, please speak."
The dark-skinned man said quickly.
"You should know how to swim, right?"
Feline asked.
"Yes, sir."
The dark-skinned man nodded.
"Very good. From now on, your job is to teach me how to swim. As for other tasks, I will let the captain arrange someone else."
Flynn said.
A few hours later, Felin's panel changed and a new column of text appeared.
Swimming: not yet started
"upgrade."
"upgrade."
"upgrade."
Felin decisively chose to upgrade, and a lot of memories were poured into his mind, including a lot of memories about swimming.
After three consecutive upgrades, his swimming skills were upgraded to master level.
He went from a person who first came into contact with swimming to a person with superb swimming skills, even enough to practice corresponding secret techniques.
"This potential weakness has been eliminated."
Seeing that the swimming column became a master level, Feilin breathed a sigh of relief. With a master level swimming, even if the battle caused the ship to sink, he would not drown.
Of course, the battle resulted in the ship sinking, which must be avoided as much as possible.
Now at sea, if a ship sinks, although there is a chance of survival, it is not very big.
After solving the weakness of not being able to swim, Felin returned to his normal rhythm.
From time to time, he would use the blood ring, an alchemical item, to explore the surrounding area in search of the first prince.
In his spare time, he took out the book on Ross Resonance Method and started reading it.
One day later, the ship they were on appeared in the sea area where the first prince disappeared.
Coming to this sea area, he used the blood ring more frequently.
The mystics on the ship who had search capabilities also used their own methods to try to search for clues.
The mystic who had come into contact with the First Prince and had memorized the First Prince's smell and breath used extraordinary abilities to find the First Prince's smell and breath.
Mystics who practice the secret art of animal witches can control animals, control fish in the sea, and search for clues such as corpses and sunken ships.
After a day of searching, there was no harvest. At night, everyone stopped searching and went to rest after dinner.
The ship is not big, and there are not many rooms. Many people need to live in one room, even Feilin and others, who are elders, are no exception.
In a room, other mystics were playing blackjack with tarot cards to kill time, while Ferrin took out a book on the Ross Resonance Method and read it.
He is not interested in Tarot cards. What he wants now is to improve his learning progress in the Ross Resonance Method, an advanced and extraordinary method.
There are ten books in total. If you are too relaxed, you may not be able to read them all in half a year.
After reading for more than two hours, Felin felt a little drowsy, so he put down the book and prepared to go to bed.
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat and he lost all sleep.
"dangerous!"
Since he obtained the Card of the Heart, a cursed object that can enhance his perception of danger, he has always carried this cursed object with him to enhance his perception of danger.
Just now, he felt danger. Although the feeling of danger was very weak, there was no doubt that it was a danger warning.
Danger is approaching.
"Colin, use your extraordinary ability to control the fish to detect the surroundings of the steamship."
He looked at a blond-haired man with a solemn expression and said.
The blond man's name is Colin Hansa, and he practices the secret art of animal witchcraft, which allows him to control animals.
"Yes, Elder Socks."
After hearing Felin's instructions, Colin, who was playing cards, was confused, but he immediately obeyed the order.
Use your own abilities to control the swimming fish in the sea and explore the surroundings of the steamship.
Soon after, his expression suddenly changed and he said.
"Elder Socks, I detected someone approaching the steamship from the water."
"how many people?"
Felin asked quickly.
"There is only one person. The other person can breathe freely underwater and should have corresponding extraordinary abilities."
Colin replied.
"Only one person? No, the other party is planning to destroy the steamship!"
Felin's complexion changed slightly.
Just one person obviously couldn't deal with so many mystics on their ship, so the other party didn't come for a fight.
If it wasn't for fighting, it was probably to destroy the steamship and make it sink.
If the steamship sinks, even if you can swim, you can at most stay on the sea for a while.
"Where is the other party?"
"In that direction."
Colin pointed in one direction.
Felin quickly left the room, came to the outer deck, summoned the mysterious gun, and transformed into a sniper rifle form.
With the help of the sniper rifle's extraordinary ability to see through, he quickly found the person approaching the steamer from the water.
It was a woman, swimming like a fish in the water, like a mermaid.
boom!
Felin fired decisively, and a bullet flew out, penetrated into the water, and hit one of the woman's legs.
Poof!
The leg that was hit exploded into a mist of blood, and the woman in the water had a painful expression on her face.
Unable to remain submerged in the water any longer, he floated to the surface.
"Fetch people out."
At this time, many people heard the noise and came to the deck, and Felin ordered.
Immediately, a mystic who practiced the secret art of the Parasitic Tree stretched out a long vine, tied it to the woman, and dragged her to the steamship.
The woman who was dragged onto the steamboat turned pale, one of her legs disappeared, there was black blood on the corner of her mouth, and her life breath was rapidly dissipating.
"No, the other party has taken poison."
A mystic immediately stepped forward to check, but when he touched the woman, the woman's life breath completely disappeared.
"How decisive."
Elder Eve Burns, who had already rushed over, frowned.
Knowing that she would be arrested, the woman decisively committed suicide by taking poison.
"This woman must be related to the disappearance of the first prince. Let's check her body and see if we can get any clues."
I didn't expect this woman to be so decisive, Felin also frowned and said.
An occultist who practiced occult detective skills immediately squatted down and looked at the woman's body, trying to find useful information.
After a while, he stood up and shook his head.
"There is nothing on the other party's body that can infer the other party's identity, and it is impossible to determine what kind of force he is."
"The possibility of being captured if the mission failed should have been considered at the beginning of the mission."
"The body has been disposed of, and mystics who can sense underwater will be added to those on duty to avoid being attacked by the enemy from underwater again."
Eve Burns thought about it for a moment and then ordered.
Leaving one mystic who can sense underwater, everyone else returned to their rooms.
In the room, Felin sat on the bed and thought of the woman just now.
'Failed to obtain the mystery point. That woman is a mystic and not a cultist. In other words, it was the occult force that attacked the first prince, not the force of a cult organization.'
Originally, he thought that it was a cult that attacked the first prince, but now it seems that this guess was wrong. It was not a cult, but a occult force that attacked the first prince.
'What kind of force is it? Is it the National Security Bureau, the official organization of the Kingdom of Erkaro?'
Felin first thought of the National Security Bureau, the official organization of the Kingdom of Alkaro.
The relationship between the Kingdom of Arcaro and the Kingdom of Heidelberg was so bad that they even sent a mystic to assassinate him, the extraordinary seed of the Kingdom of Heidelberg.
It is not impossible to assassinate the first prince.
‘The suspicion of the Kingdom of Porto cannot be ruled out either!’
Although relations between the Kingdom of Porto and the Kingdom of Heidelberg have eased over the years, suspicion cannot be ruled out.
He heard that there was a force in the Potter Kingdom that was very resistant to establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Heidelberg because they had lost relatives and friends in the war with the Kingdom of Heidelberg.
It is entirely possible that this force will take action against the first prince who has tried his best to promote the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
'There is another possibility...'
Felin narrowed his eyes slightly.
As far as he knew, the relationship between the first prince and the second prince was not good, or even very bad, due to their different political opinions.
Coupled with the succession to the throne, it is entirely possible for the second prince to take risks and attack the first prince.
'I don't need to think about this kind of thing. I'm only responsible for search and rescue.'
Felin shook his head and threw all kinds of thoughts away.
He did not intend to get involved in the royal family's internal strife, because it would not do him any good to get involved.