Reggie made a very wise decision and took Ada with him.
If Ada hadn't judged the siren's song, the entire ship might have been wiped out.
But why would he break into the Kraken's territory? This really doesn't make sense.
Reggie asked Abu to use Camel Island as a reference to keep track of the warship's sailing route. They followed the navigation chart and never made any deviations. Why did such a serious mistake occur?
Reggie was panicked, but the orcs were calm. They tore off two pieces of rags from their uniforms and stuffed them into their ears.
On the sea, encountering the Kraken is definitely a terrible disaster, but for the orcs, it does not seem to be as terrible as imagined.
"Brothers, get ready," Flashsha even smiled, "it's time to hunt."
"Sir, please don't worry. Dealing with the sea monster is no more difficult than dealing with the shark." Yinge also wanted to plug her ears, but Reggie immediately stopped her because Ada was still trying to negotiate with the sea monster.
"Sir, please give me a little more time, and I will tell them that you have no ill intentions."
Ada doesn't want to fight the Kraken, and neither does Reggie.
"Tell the sirens that we will leave here immediately, and ask them to give us some time."
Reggie did not forget the purpose of his trip. He wanted to explore a new route that could bring trade support to Broken Snow City. Although he had to become an enemy of the Golden Eagle Country, Reggie did not want to make more enemies.
This route would become meaningless if every voyage involved fierce fighting.
A few minutes later, Ada's negotiation came to fruition. They had to leave the Kraken's territory before Night Star reached the center of the sky.
Reggie once learned some astronomical knowledge from Bachelot. Noca is one of the brightest stars in the sky. Every night, it will rise on time in the east until dawn, when it will set in the west.
According to the position of Night God, it will reach the center of the sky in almost four hours. If it were on the ground, four hours would be enough time for Reggie to leave any area.
But this is not the ground. If you want to leave a sea area at sea, it will take several hours if you find the right direction and there is a tailwind.
"Please give them a little more time and tell them we are lost," Reggie said to Ada. "As long as we can find the right direction, we will leave as quickly as possible."
Ada continued to negotiate with the sirens, but Flash was a little dissatisfied with Reggie's attitude.
"Sir, we don't need to back down. We have used harpoons to deal with sea monsters. As long as we can avoid their songs, these guys have nothing to be afraid of. What's more, we have such powerful weapons. With your musket,
We only need one bullet to kill a Kraken."
"I don't doubt your ability," Reggie explained, "I just don't want to..."
"Don't worry, my lord, we won't waste too many bullets. Let me light up the dark night sky first and let me see how many sirens there are."
Shan Sha was about to use a spell, but Yinge stopped him: "Don't mess around! Follow the Lord's orders!"
The orcs put down their muskets and stood on the deck politely, which made Reggie somewhat embarrassed. In front of this group of warriors, Yinge was obviously more intimidating.
"Sir," Ada quickly sent the message, "The Siren is willing to lead the way for us. Please follow the Siren's flames immediately."
A few hundred feet away from the bow of the ship, a green light flashed. This was not phosphorus fire, but real siren fire. Reggie picked up the telescope and looked at the flames. The sight in the lens tube made Reggie stunned.
Endless. Not all sea monsters are as beautiful as Ida. In the waves, a gray-white figure jumped up and ignited a green flame on the sea.
Reggie didn't know the source of the flames, because the opponent's movements were so fast that he couldn't even see clearly what the sea monster looked like. He only knew that his figure was very huge. Judging from his upper body, this guy should be eleven or twelve feet tall.
He is tall, and his broad back is like a canoe, which can easily seat several people.
The warship followed the Kraken. Reggie kept staring at the Kraken, and the Kraken looked back from time to time. Under the illumination of the flames, Reggie could occasionally see some details on the Kraken's face. There seemed to be long hair on his ears.
There are fish fins, and there are a few cracks under the cheekbones, which look like fish gills.
Reggie put down the telescope and stared at Ada for a long time. He was now a little worried whether Ada had used a disguise technique and whether her original appearance would be as horrible as the siren in front of her.
Ada seemed to see what Reggie was thinking, and she explained: "Sir, the ones leading the way are male sirens. They look different from us."
It turned out to be a gender difference, and Reggie let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm really wronging you. You have to be with such an ugly guy..."
"We rarely spend time with them..." Ada blushed.
Although this question is somewhat private, Reggie still plans to continue asking: "How will you reproduce if you are not together?"
"We don't need to reproduce with them, we can do it ourselves!" Judging from Ada's expression, she was probably not joking.
What does this mean? Is it parthenogenesis?
But the Kraken does not seem to be such a primitive animal, and from a biological perspective, if the Kraken and humans have the same chromosome structure, the offspring of parthenogenesis can only have females, not males.
Do we need to ask so deeply?
Reggie thought for a moment and asked the question he wanted to know most: "Are male sirens also born by you yourself?"
Ada shook her head and said: "Male sea monsters are born from male sea monsters."
"Males...can still have babies?"
Ada nodded.
Reggie took a breath, and then picked up the telescope again, looking at the siren leading the way with full respect.
Females can give birth on their own, and so can males!
What a self-reliant species this is!
Under the guidance of the Siren, Reggie's warship returned to the correct course.
Now the question arises, what went wrong with the previous route? What was the reason?
After careful analysis, there can only be two reasons. One is that Abu's markings are wrong, and the other is that there is an error in the navigation chart.
Batchelor once carefully introduced Abu's witchcraft. He might mark unfamiliar places incorrectly, but he would never mark his own location incorrectly. Reggie chose Camel Island as a reference, and Abu had no idea about Camel Island.
It was unfamiliar and it was impossible to misremember the location of Camel Island and use Camel Island as a reference to mark his navigation route. In this case, Abu had almost no possibility of making a mistake.
From this point of view, this should be an error in the navigation chart. This navigation chart comes from Bachelo. Could it be that this old guy deceived himself?
It is also unlikely. Batchelor may have fallen into the arms of the Hades Wizard, but not to the point of harming himself. Besides, he has not traveled this route, so he may not be able to verify the authenticity of the navigation chart.
We need to carefully explore the origin of this nautical chart in the future. Reggie would rather believe that there is a problem with this nautical chart due to technical reasons. If there is an endless conspiracy behind even a nautical chart, then the world is really
It's too dark.
Following the Kraken's flames, Reggie left the Kraken's territory, and after another two days of sailing, they arrived at the second island.
The name of this island is Black Stone Island. Although this island belongs to the Golden Eagle Empire, there are no troops or residents on the island.
Because there is no fresh water on this island, the desolate island is covered by a gray-white rock.
Reggie took a telescope and looked at it for a long time. He really didn't understand why this island was called Black Stone Island. The stones on it were all white.
But comparing the nautical chart, Reggie found that the location of the island was correct.
In other words, the previous deviation from the route was caused by someone deliberately tampering with the navigation chart.
The thing that Reggie least wanted to see happened. Who wanted to harm him? Is it the Hell Wizard or Yang Qiu? Or maybe he trusts Batchelor too much?
Reggie was thinking about the answer when he saw Yinge standing at the door.
"Sir, we are going to dock at Black Rock Island to repair the battleship and replenish some fresh water."
"You just said there is no water source on this island..." Reggie suddenly realized, "I forgot your spell..."