Square Plover used red and blue pencils, a compass and a ruler to draw lines on the chart. On October 9, the Seven Seas Traveler passed through the southern edge of the Azuna Sea and arrived at the Gray Whale Islands, then crossed there and headed east into San Juan.
After a short stop in Luffrin, continue north around the island of Quintalos and deep into Cape St. Thuan.
The Azsuna Sea is located southwest of Nognis. It is the third largest offshore sea between Kaulin and Ithurion adjacent to Istania. It is far away from the Asuka rainforest. The Kaolin navy entered in the Second Age.
Here, he established an anchorage in the Gray Whale Islands, which later became Luffrin.
It was successively occupied by rebels and pirates, and was later liberated by the Chosen and re-administered to the kingdom, which continues to this day. Due to the lack of control over the area south of the Stairway Mountains of the Old World by the Corin-Ithurian Alliance, it has always been
It is a free anchorage where the Seven Seas Traveler can be replenished smoothly.
They stayed here for twelve days, and after repairing all the hidden dangers on the ship, they continued sailing northward, passing through the Peto-Carki Strait between Cape Ca-Cuilan and the Gray Whale Islands, Ithurian
Kintalos Island, the ancestral homeland of the Lizard People, is located directly north of the Gray Whale Islands.
Here lives a branch of the Tadar tribe, which fled from the Holy Land of Cortitlan during the Great Troubles, including priests and astrologers, and later split into the Ithurian Asuka and Ka-Cuilan tribes.
, Fang Plover once saw one of them.
He had an agreement with one of the Tada priests. He originally planned to go deep into the Ka-Cuilan Isthmus on a whim, but the communication between the two worlds was still chaotic after more than two months, and he could not contact the lizard tribe in the rain forest.
Not to mention finding the settlement of the Tada clan, we had to give up.
It is said that Tenaric once brought him a message. As the sea of light extinguished and the blood moon descended, the lizardmen of Etalria faced two choices-to escape from the world, or to cooperate with the empire, Ka-Cuilan's
The lizard people may have closed off contact with the outside world.
Crossing the easternmost side of Quintalos Island, Cape San Juan is in sight, and the land edge of Corin-Ithurion once again comes into view of the Seven Seas Traveler. It has a completely different style from that of the Empire. It is vertical.
Cliffs, lush vegetation on the rock walls, cascading waterfalls, and a flock of flat-billed crested birds flying over the mountains - a unique seabird in the sky and sea.
"Further north, there are about two days of sailing, and we can reach Freeport," Alyssa put down a roll of maps next to Fang Plover and said, "Catherine said that privateers have a secret near Cape Lavia.
Anchorage, there is a shipyard there."
"Then let's go there first and take a look." Fang Pliong replied without raising his head.
"Ms. Sylvide, have you ever heard of that place?" Alyssa looked at Miss Ship Officer again.
The latter raised her head, smiled and nodded. She put down the quill in her hand, clamped it in her notes, closed the green gold-edged title page and introduced: "The indigenous town is called Navarta, and it is home to a mixture of local people.
About a thousand people live there due to the indigenous people and the colonists who explored south from the Long Lake area. It is an official recorded stronghold, but it was unexpectedly one of the royal privateer’s bases.”
"But isn't Cape Saint-Hughan a paradise for pirates? I heard that this is a place that lawless people yearn for, and ordinary people will settle here. Aren't they afraid of pirates?" Tian Lan was also in the captain's room, talking.
After sorting out her music scores and listening to the conversation between the two, I couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Not only some, but quite a few," Sylvide replied softly: "Since 421, people have settled in Saint-Hughan. Of course, it was only after that that this place became a place where pirates were rampant. And the sky is blue.
, guess where the pirates come from?"
Alyssa added: "San Juan is far outside the control of the kingdom. Poverty and ignorance are the breeding ground for pirates. Those indigenous villages are so poor that even the pirates look down on the property inside. Compared with being trapped in a lifetime of poverty,
Here, young people born here all yearn for the wonders of the sky and the sea."
She paused, "—and the only viable way they can get in touch is by becoming pirates."
Tian Lan blinked, "Does the Kingdom not care?"
"How can the kingdom manage it?" Sylvide smiled, as if she was mocking the king whom she looked down upon, "The royal family of Kaulin can't even command the southern territory, and the dwarves of Eldron only care about
The minerals under the Holy Mountain, the elves, the Yithians, and the desert people all only care about their own business. On the contrary, your people have been penetrating southward in these years, trying to change this place and rebuild the ancient St. Xiu'an route."
Fang Yu couldn't help but said: "Silweid, the Stargate Port just thinks that this stable route is more beneficial to St. Xiu'an, Kaolin, and Ithulian."
Sylvide did not refute him, only said: "They are from your Stargate Port. Others are not like this. They behave much more aggressively in Xinta'an and the Giant Tree Hill. What is the specific situation? We
I've seen it in the empire." She smiled, "Actually, I don't object to it, and I even appreciate it. This is how ancient politics is, but it's just that Kaolin-Ithurian can't do it himself."
"Sister Sylvide is so powerful, how come she knows everything?" Tian Lan admired, "But isn't Her Royal Highness Princess Brianne opposing that annoying His Majesty the King? Maybe after he steps down, Colin
—Ithurian will get better."
"I hope so."
Sylvide responded with a smile and looked at Fang Plover with her pretty eyes, "Maybe it depends on what your captain thinks?"
"Me?" Fang Yu was startled, why was it related to him again, "Do I have such great influence? Have you overestimated my importance with Princess Brianne? We have only met her.
Just a few faces."
"Her Royal Highness the Princess will definitely teach you a lesson when she hears what you said," Alyssa couldn't help but said, "Although she has not met us a few times, she sincerely regards us as friends, and do you think that Kaolin-Isuli
Are you able to stay out of An's affairs? Although the Southern Warlock Alliance, the Istanians, Elpahim and Fenris each have their own political opinions, they are all united under the same banner because of you.
"
Fang Yu shook his head. Although this seemed to be true, he didn't care too much.
He is kind to the Istanians, Fenris and Elpahim, but how much is the kindness worth on the political scale? Except for Princess Rupert and the cloud dragon Milleuthymis, the teacher Ander sincerely supports him
Other than that, most others just use him as a flag.
But what he needed before was actually just the function of this flag.
"Let's consider the matters within Kaolin after the communication between the realms is restored," Fang Pulver said. He turned to Miss Nightingale and asked: "Has the communication with the Star Gate improved in the recent period? Crystal Tower Network
Woolen cloth?"
"None of them." Alyssa shook her head, "Jita has been in charge of this matter, but there has been no progress."
Fang Yu could not help but be silent for a moment. The cross-border communication was interrupted for more than two months, which was a bit meaningful. The Seven Seas Traveler was eager to know what was happening in the outside world, but they had no way at the moment.
When we were in Luffrin, we had also lost contact with the outside world. We only relied on a weekly ship to maintain contact with nearby ports. However, the port located on the Ca-Cuilan Isthmus was also in communication silence.
middle.
Mentioning Miss Naturalist, Fang Plover couldn't help but remember the injuries that the other party had suffered in the previous battle: "Is Jita's eyes better?"
"It's nothing serious anymore. The shrapnel grazed the corner of her eyebrow and made a cut. It didn't actually hurt her eye," Alyssa replied, "It just left a scar there. She was a little distressed. Tianlan
Tell her that it won't be there until the next resurrection, which made our Miss Naturalist shed tears."
Fang Yu glared at Miss Poet, "Is it so comforting?"
Tian Lan quickly stuck out her tongue, lowered her head and went about her own business. She meant well, but she always did bad things.
Cuisi was looking at the scene outside the porthole. The golden light of the setting sun was sinking under a series of twists and turns of the land edge east of Cape Lavia. The clouds on the horizon first converged in color, becoming as golden as flames and a miserable red.
, and then gradually dimmed.
After the golden and red light faded, only a faint azure was left, and finally the deep blue turned into a touch of dark purple. There were a few lone stars hanging on the clouds. They were still very sparse before nightfall. With the last light, they jumped into the sea of clouds.
, becomes extremely bright.
The surrounding scenery quickly became dark, the cliffs in the distance became blurred, the shadows of the woods became deeper and deeper, and the forest owl occasionally made a few whistles, which were also a little scary from far away on the boat. She saw something rising in the distance.
There was an unusual fog - heavy fog is common near the edge of the continent, but the fog seemed to be glowing.
Trixis couldn't help but turn around, and was about to say something to the others, but at this moment, the door to the captain's room was pushed open, and Catherine, covered in sweat, walked in from the outside. She took it as if she were on her own ship.
He took out a towel, wiped the sweat from his face, and then said to everyone:
"It's foggy, everyone."
"fog?"
After listening to her words, Fang Plover turned around. There was the arched window at the back of the captain's cabin. The sailboat was about a mile away from the edge of the land, but the glowing mist could already be vaguely seen.
Fang Plover has never seen fog in this form. The intermittent light comes from the fog, reflecting the rising fog itself into gray-green. The gray-green fog rolls endlessly, as if it is real, and gradually diffuses in this direction.
come over.
Fang Yu took a look and found that it was difficult to avoid the Seven Seas Traveler. He immediately contacted Tata in his consciousness - and Miss Dragon Soul had already taken the initiative to speak, and a soft voice came, "Mr. Knight, the fog is not too bad."
generally."
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"Ms. Tata, do you recognize that fog?" Fang Plover asked, "I have never seen such fog."
Miss Goblin closed her mouth, as if searching for something in her memory, and shook her head after a while, "There is no suitable description in the Silver Library." The closest thing should be the ghost ship that people witnessed, but this
There are no records of ghost ships appearing in this area.”
She frowned slightly, "Ed, that mist doesn't look like something from our world. It's blocking my perception of the etheric sea."
Fang Yu was surprised. The fairy dragon souls were actually etheric creatures themselves. Their entities were just a projection of the etheric sea in the material world, so Tata and Nini both had the ability to block all prying eyes.
The material world of Aitaria and the etheric sea are reflections of each other. Everything in the world comes from starlight and elements. Etheric creatures can still sneak into the sea of light even in the dead zone, which can prevent them from attacking the etheric sea.
perception?
What is that fog?
He immediately asked Catherine on the side: "Ms. Catherine, when did you discover the fog?"
Catherine shook her head, "I was outside instructing Xiang and Luo Hao on their sword skills. About a quarter of an hour ago, when the sky darkened, mist started to appear in the fjord."
This female privateer took on the job of the big cat man, which was originally approved by Fang Plover, and she was even better qualified. The strength of the Silver Order was enough to withstand the joint attack of most people on the ship, and she saw that everyone cooperated
Strange places in the room.
She has a high opinion of the people on the ship. Box, Luo Hao and Papalar can almost cope with her attack, while the other group of May and Dalil are also of similar strength, the maid and Alyssa.
She even had to put in a lot of effort when taking action.
The three echelons on the ship are more than enough to deal with ordinary enemies, and they are enough to serve as her confidants in her own fleet. The privateers of Corin-Ithulian have more people, but they are elite.
Far less than these.
What's more, there are two extra-standard beings on the ship.
Catherine put down the towel and looked at Fang Plover. She also fought against Fang Plover once. Although she won in the end, if she had let Fang Plover do it in an open place - not on the Seven Seas Traveler, the result would have been
It’s really hard to say.
Moreover, she was exhausted from that battle. It was true that she had fought against battle craftsmen before, but she had never seen such an endless stream of flexible structures, and the opponent had not yet used his trump card - the Seraph of the Gray King.
She paused and then continued: "I am very familiar with this area. There is often fog in the fjord after nightfall, but the fog rarely spreads to the sky and sea, let alone such a far place. I sensed something was wrong.
I just came to inform you."
"In other words," Fang Plover asked, "Ms. Catherine doesn't know the origin of these fogs?"
Catherine nodded.
Fang Yu had already walked out and came to the deck - Luo Hao, Box and Papalar were all here, lying on the side of the ship looking at the heavy fog in the sky. The latter two were still a little surprised, and Luo Hao
I have noticed something wrong.
He turned back to look at Fang Plover, but Fang Plover did not respond to him, but directly released a group of clockwork goblins. The clockwork goblins flapped their wings and flew past the crowd, pounced straight into the mist, but only for a moment -
— and lost contact with him.
Fang Yu felt the camera go dark, and he was very familiar with that situation. He had lost the etheric connection with the clockwork fairy.
His heart tightened. If the mist could block the connection between the etheric sea and the material world, he was worried about whether Miss Tata would be affected by it. He couldn't help but asked immediately: "Miss Tata, what do you think?
Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Mr. Knight," Miss Tata said warmly. "The fog just blocked my perception. What we have to do now is to protect the Seven Seas Traveler. We have no time to exit the fog. I'm worried that I won't be able to control it."
it."
Fang Plover felt relieved.
"I understand, Miss Tata, try to get as close to the land edge as possible," he decided immediately. "If the worst happens, find a way to let the Seven Seas Traveler run aground on nearby land. Then we still have options."
Tata nodded and disappeared.
Fang Plover then walked to the side of the ship, but the worst case did not happen. When he saw the fog coming from all directions and completely covering the Seven Seas Traveler, nothing strange happened - even Miss Tata was still there.
Able to control sailboats.
However, once her perception extends outside the ship, it will be blocked by an invisible barrier.
However, the visibility was extremely poor in the heavy fog. Just as a precaution, Fang Plover asked Baggins and Luo Hao to lower the sails, stop the boat, and wait for the fog to dissipate before continuing. After all, no one knows what will happen after the yaw.
There won't be a cliff.
After a few minutes, Miss Tata's voice came from his mind again: "Ed, something's not right."
"What's wrong?" Fang Yu asked.
"Our ship is moving, and I feel it moving in one direction."
This is impossible.
The first thought that flashed through Fang Yu's mind was that they had an illusion. Although the Seven Seas Traveler did not drop an anchor stone, the sailboat's own stability was quite good, and it was impossible for it to move by itself without ocean currents and wind.
forward.
But there was heavy fog all around, and there was no wind. Most of the ocean currents in the sky and sea were related to air currents. They were nothing more than the flow of wind elements under the elemental layer. But without both, it was impossible for the ship to move on its own.
"Is it inertia, Miss Tata?" Fang Pliong asked in a low voice.
"No," Miss Goblin shook her head slightly, "Our ship's speed is not slow, and its direction has not changed. Ed, I don't feel that we are moving, but the surrounding space is moving -"
Fang Yu felt horrified. He had never heard of such a weird thing. Compared with it, those legends about ghost ships were just childish. The mist itself was motionless, but the surrounding space was pushing them in one direction?
Could it be that they fell into a space rift by mistake?
"Catherine," he asked immediately, "I need to know what's going on at the bottom of the sea around here."
"Is our ship moving?" Catherine is indeed a veteran. She immediately noticed something on the side, "This area is not a suitable anchorage. If you anchor here, the anchor stone cannot detect the calm wind layer, so there is no meaning." She forehead.
Shang also saw Khan and asked, "Is it possible that we will hit the mountain wall?"
"That might be the best situation," Fang Yu felt increasingly uneasy. "What I'm worried about are those unknown situations."
There are too many strange events on Kukai, especially in the turbulence of space. Isn't that how Sir Ma Wei's fleet disappeared? They were going to look for Sir Ma Wei's fleet, and they didn't want to become the next victim.
.
At this moment, the Papalar man lying on the side of the ship suddenly exclaimed: "Ghost ship!"
Fang Yu immediately heard Luo Hao's voice, "It's not a ghost ship, but... it seems to be the... wreckage of a ship."
He looked in that direction and saw something shadowy in the mist. From the appearance, he could indeed tell that it was a ship - it had a streamlined hull and a cut bow, but it was extremely huge, like a hill.
Generally, it lies in the mist.
The giant ship seemed to be split in two and broken apart. The Seven Seas Traveler slowly passed by its wreckage about a few hundred meters away. It was not until that moment that Fang Plover confirmed that they were moving, or that the surrounding space was moving.
Compared with the hill-like wreckage, the Seven Seas Traveler is as small as a child. The towering ship side visible to the naked eye is like a city wall, but the shape of the ship is very different from that of the sailboat, and it seems that it cannot be seen from above.
Matching sails.
You can't see the huge wing sails all around.
Everyone was shocked by this scene. Tian Lan came out from behind with his mouth wide open. Although the thick fog obscured almost all the details of the ship, just the outline of a giant beast left a deep impression on everyone.
impression.
"Then...what on earth is that?" She couldn't help but stuttered and asked.
But no one answered her, and there was a 'crack' sound, and the next moment something seemed to fall on the deck.
Fang Plover couldn't help but look in that direction, and discovered that a strange insect had appeared on the deck in the mist. It was about the size of a palm, and looked like a combination of a longhorned beetle and an insect of the family Blattidae.
It has three pairs of legs, long tentacles, and gray and white stripes on its back.
As soon as his eyes fell on the insect, there were sounds like rain one after another on the deck, and more than ten similar insects fell on the deck, swaying their tentacles, as if they were exploring the unfamiliar environment around them.
Seeing this scene, Tian Lan was okay - Miss Nightingale's face changed and she hid back in the captain's room in one quick step, but the next moment - a scream came from the captain's room.
