"Naval Towers seemed to have experienced a drastic change. A cliff near the north side of the anchorage was flattened and disappeared out of thin air. Along with it, a third of the pier disappeared, and the port authority building there was cut in the middle.
Now, only half of it is left, and the cut surface is smooth."
"The town is empty. Everyone seems to have just left. There is still warmth in the furnace, and the food left behind has not completely spoiled. However, there is no sign of packing, and the clothes, utensils, and even portable belongings have not been taken away.
"
"There are no signs of fighting in the town, and the flattened mountains do not look like they were caused by magic. There are no signs of fighting or destruction in most of the buildings we entered. Everything is where they should be, even
There are no signs of rummaging through the cabinets.”
After Alyssa returned from the dock with the others, she reported to Fang Plover with a worried heart. Everything that happened in Varta was as strange as the gray fog before. It seemed that the people in the town had disappeared out of thin air not long ago, but other than that
There are no other abnormalities.
There were neither ambushed enemies, nor those weird things I had seen before - bugs, giant ships in the mist. The results of the investigation did not look like the blood shark pirates had visited this place, but more like that.
Stranger things happened in Valta itself.
"Ms. Catherine," Fang Plover turned around and asked Catherine, "Do you think the Blood Shark Pirates can do all this?"
"If they could do such a thing, they would have unified Saint-Hughan long ago." Catherine sarcastically said, but she also looked at everything at the moment with a solemn face, even though everything in this anchorage was the property of the Cowling royal family.
, few of the people in the port were hers - but after all, this was a place she was once familiar with.
When something like this happened, she also felt a little confused, and after the suspicion, she felt a deep uneasiness.
Fang Yu carefully observed the expression on the female pirate's face and made sure that she was not lying before falling into deep thought.
He didn't ask too much. This was something that even the dragon knight's power couldn't do. Of course, it didn't mean that the dragon knight couldn't destroy a mountain or a town, but most mortals couldn't control power so finely.
Flattening a mountain has almost no impact on the nearby town. Cutting a third of the pier into two and cutting the port authority all over. The cut is as smooth as a mirror, but the objects inside the building are not.
No damage at all.
Such a thing sounds unbelievable, but in Aitalia it is more like a miracle.
But what kind of divine power will manifest here? Will the Saints of Orli make all the residents in a town disappear out of thin air? You must know that most of these people are their believers, but if they are evil priests or the Saints of Darkness, the town will
How come the forest altar and the statue of the Goddess of Commerce didn’t react at all?
In addition to divine power and extraordinary power, there are probably only some strange objects that can create all this, such as holy objects, or a few legendary evil objects of the same level. However, most of those artifacts have owners, or have already been destroyed.
The several items that were destroyed and whose whereabouts are unknown are unlikely to fall into the hands of the Blood Shark Pirates.
Fang Yu couldn't quite figure it out at the moment. This incident was probably related to the gray fog not long ago. However, judging from the traces afterwards, it was concluded that the people in the town had been away for about a day or two, and the time when the fog occurred was not the same.
So right.
Unless they were also moving forward on the timeline for a period of time when they were sailing in the mist - thinking of this, Fang Plover asked Alyssa and Miss May to go to the town to investigate the clues, clocks and calendars that could verify this.
But soon, everyone came back with the opposite conclusion. The town's calendar still stayed at two days ago, which matched the logbook on their ship. The flow of time when they sailed in the fog was consistent with the normal speed.
.
However, although there are many mysteries in the deserted Navarre Towers at the moment, an investigation by the people who landed at least proved that there is no threat to this quiet town, and the crew members who went to investigate alone did not suffer any attacks.
Apart from looking a little weird, everything seems to be normal at this anchorage.
Although this in itself seems quite abnormal, it is impossible for the Seven Seas Traveler to re-launch the anchor just because of 'suspiciousness', not to mention that there is no more suitable place to dock nearby. Fang Yu considered it for a while, and still took out the communication crystal to get on and off the ship.
Ordered.
Let the Seven Seas Traveler dock into the harbor.
But the ship responded with equally disturbing news——
Barossa is missing.
"Barossa escaped!?" Catherine even reacted before Fang Plover. She seemed very excited, and even her tone was a little higher. She suppressed her anger and asked, "How did you guard him?"
"This has nothing to do with the person guarding him," Luo Hao responded calmly on the other side of the communication crystal, "Pay attention to my statement, Ms. Catherine, I said Barossa disappeared, not escaped."
Catherine raised her eyebrows and asked sharply: "What is the difference between the two?"
But Fang Yu realized something and interrupted the two of them: "What exactly happened?"
"When I said Balosha disappeared, Captain, I meant that he disappeared together with the restraint device," Luo Hao replied: "In order to control the other party and prevent him from committing suicide and resurrecting, we used a special restraint device.
Including a cage and a shielding device, so that even if he commits suicide, he can only be resurrected on the Seven Seas Traveler."
"But the cage and the shielding device have disappeared. We have also checked the icons on the ship, and there is no sign that anyone has been resurrected. Moreover, we have people guarding the confinement room and the resurrection room. The person on duty at the time was the box, and he did not look at it.
Until anyone leaves that cabin."
"By the way," Luo Hao said, "That cage was built by the leader. You should know that it is so big that it is impossible to be taken out of the confinement room unless someone dismantles it. But I can't think of Barossa."
Or the reason why the blood shark pirates who came to rescue him did so."
"In other words," Fang Plover asked, "Balosha disappeared out of thin air?"
Luo Hao nodded, and Catherine closed her mouth. Suddenly, she thought of everything that happened in Varta. Didn't the people in the town just disappear out of thin air?
An expression of disbelief appeared on her face. Is there still a connection between the two, or is it really related to the previous heavy fog? It is said that when the fog filled the air, the ship was attacked by a swarm of insects, and everyone
There was no time for him to care. Barossa must have disappeared during that period.
Fang Yu also recalled that the last time they checked the solitary room was around six or seven in the evening. At that time, the pirate king was still unconscious in the cage, and then the Seven Seas Traveler entered the gray fog.
Then comes now.
The two couldn't help but look at each other - it must be the fog.
However, other possibilities could not be ruled out. Fang Yu cautiously told Luo Hao, "Let the Seven Seas Traveler stop where it is first, and the remaining people on the ship will check carefully in pairs to confirm that Balosha is not hiding there."
On board."
He reminded: "Let Miss Siesta protect Sylvide."
"I understand." Luo Hao nodded.
Fang Plover frowned and checked with Miss Tata about the status of the Seven Seas Traveler. He learned that nothing unusual had happened before, but Barossa did seem to have disappeared out of thin air.
He couldn't draw any useful conclusions for the moment, so he had to ignore the fact that the pirate king's bounty might have left him. The only thing he was thankful for was that it was Barossa who was missing, not the Seven Seas Traveler.
other members on board.
But why Barossa?
Luo Hao asked about the situation in the anchorage again, but for the moment he couldn't explain the reason for the same strange situation in Navarre Towers. Although both he and Fang Plover could be regarded as "community experts", they would not be able to explain the situation after the Star Gate, including Super
I know a lot about the sports and other weird rumors.
But neither of them had ever heard of such a thing.
In the end, he had no choice but to express to Fang Plover that he might ask Miss Jita, the naturalist who stayed on the ship. Fang Plund had no objection to this. In fact, he had just asked Miss Tata, but Dragon Soul
The young lady also said that she needed to check the knowledge in her memory.
One more person brings more protection. Most of Jita's knowledge comes from two magic books. Among them, the dark knowledge from under the abyss that she glimpsed in the snake's pupil 'Eye of Kalleye',
The Great Library of Silver may not have stored it.
"Master, have you noticed?" After a pause, Luo Hao asked again, "The moon tonight is a little special."
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Only then did Fang Plover raise his head and look at the blood moon in the night sky. The strange red moonlight shrouded the night under a layer of hazy red silk, making it difficult for anyone to miss it.
There are two moons in Aitaria. Among them, the sea moon Koni hangs alone above the sky and sea. When the moon is at its fullest, it appears light blue. This is also the origin of the name of the sea moon. However, when the visibility is not so high,
When the time comes, it will appear silvery white.
The second moon has never been seen by ordinary people. It only appears in legends. It is also called the Holy White Moon. It does not belong to Kukai's moonlight, but belongs to the sea of ether.
The moon and its rising and setting cycles are a mystery to astrologers.
But I have never heard of a third moon above Kukai, a blood moon that emits red light. The fog has long since dissipated, and there are no clouds in the night sky, so we can rule out the possibility of light refraction in the clouds.
illusion.
That's the color of the moon itself.
In fact, the location where it appeared was not quite right. It seemed to be farther away than Hai Yue Koni, shining far away, more like a star.
But what about Haiyue? Fang Yu seemed to realize that Haiyue Koni had disappeared. He looked around. It was supposed that Haiyue should be in the western sky at this time, but the place where it was originally was empty, with only a deep and endless sky.
Bottomless darkness.
According to some legends on the Treasure Stick Coast, there were seven moons in the sky in the past, but after a mythical battle, five of the moons disappeared, leaving only the sea moon and the light moon.
However, those legends have never been confirmed, and most of them are only circulated among the mountain people. Moreover, the legends do not describe what the disappeared moon looks like. It is more believed that the seven moons and that unprecedented battle may be related to each other.
It refers to the war between the seven kings in the Xinthas era.
Just looking at this strange moon, we can't draw any conclusions. The Seven Seas Traveler can't dock at the port for the time being. Those of them who are still on the shore naturally can't stand in a daze. Fang Yu doesn't plan to return to the ship for the time being.
Go, so I simply let Catherine continue to lead everyone to further investigate this anchorage.
Although the town was deserted, they actually had another purpose for coming here. Fang Plover has not forgotten that purpose. They were originally here to inspect the shipyard, but the previous situation prevented everyone from caring about anything else for the time being.
.
The privateer's secret anchorage and the shipyard belonging to Catherine were actually deeper in Navarre Towers, but when they arrived at that place, they encountered no unnecessary problems along the way.
This anchorage is now like a dead city, but apart from being lifeless, it doesn't seem to pose any other dangers.
The huge shipyard stood quietly across a harbor. The tall buildings were now shrouded in a red moonlight. The shipyard was also empty, but the shipyard itself was not damaged in any way.
As Catherine described, it could have been used to repair several capital ships in the privateer fleet - large fourth- or third-class ships. The tall dock was naturally more than enough to build the new Seven Seas Traveler that Fang Plover envisioned.
But manpower is still a big problem.
Fang Plover took a moment to check the tools in the shipyard. Most of them were in good condition, and some were even new equipment. The conditions were better than the shipyard they had in Istania. They were worthy of being owned by the royal family.
assets.
"But they all belong to me," Catherine gradually came out of her anxiety and looked at the shipyard with some pride, "Although I got them from the Kaolin people, these
I have built this shipyard brick by brick over the years. The prime minister only needs the privateer fleet to obey the royal family's orders. I have placed a lot of people among my people, but they don't know much about these fixed assets.
Just watch it."
"After all, compared with Grande's shipbuilding industry, this shipyard is nothing. Compared with the shipyard itself, the cost to the royal family of secretly transporting these equipment here is greater.
They want to maintain a secret force that obeys their orders here, and the rest is not important." Alyssa is very familiar with the politics of Corin-Ithurion, after all, she also spent time in the Dragon Cult.
Time - and those people have considerable penetration into the Kaolin royal family.
It's just that now this force has been reduced to seventy-eight percent.
Fang Yu didn't know whether Catherine's betrayal was the handiwork of the Kaolin royal family, or perhaps it was the Prime Minister who noticed the relationship between her and Stargate Port and made arrangements in advance.
But the Cowlin royal family should not have imagined what would happen next. All the people in this anchorage disappeared - whether they were arranged by the royal family or not. In addition, Catherine's main fleet was attacked by blood shark pirates. This private
The raiding fleet now exists in name only.
However, the prime minister and the willful King always seem to make the same mistake again - creating unnecessary suspicions about the people around them, and then being forced to cut off their own wings due to paranoia - according to Sylvide,
In fact, his father was not an opponent of the young king.
On the contrary, in the process of arresting the knight's 'partisans', many factions were pushed against His Majesty the King. Now, more than half of the resistance forces that have sprung up from the south to the north in Corin-Ithurion
It comes from this.
But Sylvide once told him. "Don't be surprised. This may be exactly what the evil villain needs. The more isolated and helpless the young King is, the more he has to rely on our prime minister, not to mention what is happening now."
Doesn’t everything in the interview confirm what he said?”
"Southern border, northern border, Elpaxin, Kapka, elves and even dwarves, those people really questioned the legitimacy of his sitting on the throne. Doesn't it mean that these people are all the 'treacherous people' in the mouth of our prime minister? Such a situation
Come on, our King is even more obedient to the Prime Minister."
Fang Yu looked at his ship officer with some surprise, "But what is he trying to do?"
Miss Ship Officer shook her head gently. Not only her, but also Princess Brianne couldn't figure out what was going on with the royal family.
Returning to reality, Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Catherine on the side. Although she said she didn't care, she looked at the shipyard calmly, with a somewhat lonely look on her face. She sighed and said: "Little guy,
Now it's yours."
"I don't need a shipyard," Fang Plover shook his head. "I will go to the second world sooner or later. The assets here are actually of no value to me. I just need to borrow it temporarily to build a shipyard."
It’s just my favorite boat.”
Catherine looked at him with some surprise, "So you don't really care about this 'base'?"
"I don't care too much about St. Xiu'an," Fang Plover replied: "I just want to come and see this famous free port. The Seven Seas Traveler is going to the Hill of Giant Trees, and this is also the place it must pass. As for
Who is the King of Saint-Hughan is of little concern to us."
The female pirate was silent for a moment, "Then you agree to cooperate with me?"
"Although you have deceived us, Ms. Catherine, you have also done us a favor," Fang Yu replied: "We have a cooperative relationship, and we can do you a favor due to circumstances, but this favor is like what you said
It does not mean that the Seven Seas Travelers will participate in the battle with the pirates."
"Humph," Catherine snorted softly.
She replied somewhat stiffly: "Little guy, I don't need your intervention. Instead, you need a lot of manpower to make this shipyard operational again. Only I can find a way for you. I was born on Silver Chain Island,
There are many people there who would sell me a favor."
Fang Yu shook his head, that was exactly the content of their cooperation.
However, Catherine can probably only find ordinary workers for them. As for the reliable shipwrights, there is no Princess Rupert to help them find a solution, so they probably have to rely on themselves.