The originally clear water surface became darker due to the dim sky, like a piece of dark blue crystal. On its smooth surface, the orange sunset in the distance cast a gilded shadow.
when.
Colin stepped onto the white steel gangway on the side of the Petrel, causing the ship to shake slightly unconsciously.
The deep blue crystal under the boat rippled as if melting, and the red-gold reflection also rippled.
"Sir, I will send you here. It's getting late, so I'll go back first." Maltz said to them, his face looking a little gloomy for some reason.
"Yeah." Colin nodded, and walked up the gangway to the Petrel along with Renee and others.
When they reached the deck, Colin looked back again.
Maltz's figure gradually faded away, and he had almost reached the end of the pier, seemingly in a hurry.
"Renee, prepare dinner and have some fresh vegetables tonight."
Withdrawing his gaze, Colin ordered Renee beside him.
Then he said to Maud behind him: "Come on, let's continue to solve your problem. I already have some clues."
"Okay, sir!" Maud looked delighted.
The two came to the meditation room next to the master cabin below the deck.
Sitting on the gray soft cushions opposite Maud, Colin flipped through two meditation books. After pondering for a moment, he began to speak slowly.
The circle meditation method he practiced during his own apprenticeship has broken the limit twice.
Although he is not a master in the apprenticeship meditation method, he is still much better than the average high-level wizard apprentice... This is why he agreed to Mod's request.
The setting sun gradually sank to the bottom of the sea, but the moon slowly rose.
On the blue sea level, the sparkling light path appeared again, but the color changed from red gold in the evening to silvery white.
Time passed gradually like this.
Around nine o'clock in the evening, Colin finally solved Maud's problem.
In fact, the solution to the problem is very simple... The reason why it took so long was mainly to let Maud understand the principles behind it.
Colin watched Maud's leaving figure and sighed softly.
This was not the first time he recognized the gap between wild wizards and school wizards.
But this time undoubtedly gave him a deeper and clearer understanding of this gap.
This does not mean that there is much difference in IQ between academic wizards and wild wizards.
The difference between the two is mainly in basic knowledge, learning framework, and logical thinking.
It is difficult for a wild wizard who has not received professional education from a school to have a perfect learning mindset.
This difference also makes it more difficult for wild wizards to learn new knowledge than wizards of the school, and it often takes more energy to learn it%
Colin shook his head, gathered his thoughts, and summoned the gold paper with a thought.
Dinner was already eaten during the lecture.
Now it's time to move on to the next step -
Withstand the fireball technique and high temperature, breaking the limit again!
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Geile Village.
There is a naturally formed cavity in the upper section of an astonishingly huge ancient tree.
Follow the path to the depths of the cave.
Teng!!
A group of green flames suddenly appeared in the ancient hall, emitting light and giving the entire cave hall an eerie atmosphere.
"This..." The face of the young man on duty changed drastically. He turned around and ran quickly out of the cave, shouting as he ran:
"The Light of Laelle has appeared in advance, please inform Lord Yule!"
His voice spread along the passage to the outside world, causing the originally silent village of Geilai to gradually boil.
A few minutes later.
The small wooden hall was already crowded with people, all wearing green clothes with unique light yellow patterns.
The leader is the handsome Yule, whose clothes are also green with unique light yellow patterns.
It's just that his clothes are more gorgeous and exquisite, and he wears a crown made of golden flowers on his head.
In the center of the wooden cave hall, a green flame floated out of thin air and burned silently.
Although there were many people present, they all kept their mouths shut and looked silent, unusually quiet.
But if you look closely, you can see that their eyes are all focused on Yule.
Feeling the gaze behind him, Yule let out a breath and walked toward the Light of Raelle.
When he reached the green flames, he raised his hands and reached in.
laugh!
A clearly audible burning sound sounded.
"Well!"
Yule groaned.
The light of Raelle had no temperature, but he felt as if his hands were being burned by real flames.
Big drops of sweat rolled down from his forehead and fell on the ancient tree at his feet, forming tiny water stains that were slowly absorbed by it.
Yule's face was pale, but his expression was very calm.
Enduring pain is the first lesson a priest learns.
After a while, he withdrew his hand and subconsciously wanted to make a fist.
But the palm of his hand did not move as he wanted, but remained frozen in place.
A trace of confusion flashed across Yule's calm face, but he quickly returned to calm. However, from his slightly trembling arms, you could still tell that his heart was not as calm as his face.
Swish.
He gave up his intention to move his palms and let his arms hang naturally.
As a new generation of priests, he knows better than anyone the price of contact with the Light of La'eliel.
First it was the palm, then the arm, then the foot... In the end, the whole person was just an empty shell of flesh and blood. Although he was still breathing, he was unconscious and could only lie on the bed like a living dead.
"Priest Youle, what message did Raelle convey this time?" the oldest man in the crowd asked.
Yule calmed down and dispelled the faint fear in his heart.
Although the fear subsided, thinking about the message delivered by Laelle, he could not relax in his heart.
He looked at the old village chief, paused, and slowly said: "Laelle requested to increase the number of sacrifices..."
"What?!"
Everyone shouted in low voices, showing surprise.
The rickety old village chief frowned, and the wrinkles on his face became more obvious with sadness.
"How could this happen?" He sighed.
But the next second, the emotion on his face quickly subsided, and he turned to everyone and calmly announced: "Follow the rules."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes." The rest of the people also quickly accepted the fact without any objection.
Then they all left, preparing to hold the selection ceremony.
Yule also followed him out of the cave hall.
"Malts." Suddenly, he frowned and called to someone not far away.
"Where are you going?!"
Maltz paused, turned around and said:
"I'm going to notify the travelers at the pier! The light of Laelle has appeared, and the Nightmare will definitely come tonight. I have to remind them!"
After saying that, he continued to turn around and run away.
An inexplicable look flashed in Yule's eyes, and he suddenly spoke again:
"Stop, Maltz."
Maltz looked back at him with a confused expression.
"This time, the Light of Laelle appeared earlier, and the number of sacrifices increased... Everything is different from before. It's best for you to stay in the village to avoid any accidents."
Yule explained in a deep voice, but if you look closely, you can find an inexplicable look in his eyes.
"As for those travelers, it can only be said that they are unlucky."
"But..." Maltz hesitated.
Teng!
At this time, a two-meter-high bonfire suddenly lit up in the open space next to the old tree.
A group of villagers wearing light yellow patterned clothing were standing quietly around a bonfire.
"The ceremony has begun, come with me." Yule looked back and said again.
The orange light of the bonfire behind him caused his face to be obscured by shadows. Yule watched Maltz's lips move slightly and said in a deep voice:
"The village of Geile cannot be short of people, Maltz."
Maltz looked up at him, finally nodded, and walked towards the bonfire.
Yuel behind him stared at his back, his calm eyes reflecting the burning bonfire.
He glanced around and walked towards the rickety figure standing on the far left.
"Village chief." Yule said.
"What's the matter?" The old village chief looked at him doubtfully.
Yule's lips moved slightly.
At the same time, a lean man wearing a green leaf headdress by the campfire happened to clap the animal skin drum with strange inscriptions in his hand.
Bang.
In the meditation room of the Haiyan, Colin raised his hand and clenched his fist and knocked hard on his chest.
A dull sound echoed in the meditation room.
He looked a little surprised, then with a thought in his mind, he opened the palm of his right hand.
A dim flame suddenly appeared in the palm of his hand.
Colin slowly placed his left hand on the flame, but there was no burning pain, but a warmth.
The temperature of this flame is about 1,000, which is difficult to resist with just the physical body. It is obvious that he also used temperature-resistant witchcraft.
But in fact, he only uses one witchcraft now.
Just when he broke the limit of high temperature tolerance to gold, he suddenly thought that high temperature tolerance was actually a defensive witchcraft.
So he tried to fuse it with the new witchcraft that was combined with steel armor and Hope's defensive force field.
As a result, he got this unnamed defensive witchcraft that he is currently blessed with.
Perhaps it can be named "Steel Temperature Resistant Force Field", Colin pondered.
The characters on the gold paper changed correspondingly with his thoughts.
[Steel Temperature Resistant Force Field (0/100)] slowly emerged.
In addition, the fireball spell has also been broken.
Unlike witchcraft such as arrow shooting and steel armor, it turns golden and reaches the limit after the second limit is broken.
The fireball technique did not turn golden after breaking the limit for the second time... which means that it can continue to improve.
From this point of view, the potential of fireball is greater than that of arrow shooting.
While thinking, Colin walked out of the meditation room and prepared to return to the master bedroom to rest.
when.
But after taking a few steps, he suddenly frowned.
He tilted his head slightly and listened carefully.
when!
The harsh collision sounds suddenly erupted, and there was more than one sound, but one after another, continuously.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
It was like a school of big fish hitting the Haiyan one after another.
"Attention, we are under unknown attack." The mechanized voice of Siren's Heart sounded.
Colin's expression changed and he walked quickly towards the deck!
Renee and others also noticed the strange movement and walked out one after another.
"Owner."
"grown ups."
The two of them cast inquiring glances at him.
"I don't know the specific situation. Let's go up and take a look first."
Colin replied, continuing to walk quickly.
Every night, the protective shield of the Haiyan will be opened, making it difficult for attacks from formal wizards and below to break it.
There was no notification that the protective shield was damaged from the Siren's Heart.
So he wasn't too panicked yet.
But the next second.
boom!!
I remembered a crash far more violent than before.
Colin's heart sank slightly.
This time the impact was so powerful that even the huge Haiyan shook violently.
He couldn't help but quicken his pace.
After a while, they came to the deck.
The bright moon hung high in the dark sky, with only a few insignificant clouds covering it around.
The silvery white moonlight fell and illuminated the surroundings, allowing Colin to see everything around him clearly without the need for light spells.
Wow - Wow -
The waves continued to surge, and at some point, some black monsters cruising around appeared on the dark sea next to the Haiyan.
These monsters have a mud-like texture and a human-like body shape. Their heads are different, some are round, some are triangular, but they all have a pair of scarlet eyes and no other facial features.
Their sizes are also different, and the louder noise just now was caused by a monster about two and a half meters tall on the right.
At this time, the black monster was still attacking the Haiyan, causing ripples in the translucent shield outside.
Wow!!
Colin raised his hand and fired a conical projectile at it.
But the black monster didn't react at all.
Under the moonlight, he could clearly see that the cone bullet seemed to have passed through colloid, only making a small hole the size of a finger in the black monster.
Then, the small hole healed in the blink of an eye.
Most of the black monsters are swimming towards the jungle of Lae Island at the end of the pier, but many of them are staying where they are because of the Petrel.
Colin raised his eyes and looked further behind, and when he saw clearly, he couldn't help but shudder.
He originally thought that there were only this small group of black monsters in front of him.
But on the pitch-black sea behind him, as the waves surged and illuminated by the silver moonlight, he could see black dots popping up one after another, densely packed, almost everywhere!
How could such a quantity not frighten people?
Colin composed himself.
Although these monsters were numerous in number, if they only had this kind of attack power... at least until the Haiyan magic stone was exhausted, he would not need to worry about his own safety.
But since there is a two-and-a-half-meter black monster, I'm afraid there will be an even bigger one.
Naturally, he would not place his hopes on the emergence of a more powerful black monster.
But looking around, it was already late at night.
Sailing at night is a taboo... In the past, they would turn off the engine and anchor at sea.
He finally decided to observe the situation further.
After trying the arrow technique just now and having no effect on these monsters that seemed to be made of mud, he temporarily gave up his intention to continue attacking.
After all, the obvious destination of these black monsters is the Rae Islands, and the Haiyan's shield has a camouflage function.
Therefore, there are not many black monsters gathered nearby.
The fireball technique makes too much noise. If it is just to kill one black monster, but it attracts other black monsters, it is obviously not worth the gain.
"What kind of monsters are these...?" Maud looked a little pale looking at all this.
He usually didn't like densely packed things. The black monsters in front of him were not only numerous and densely packed, but also looked dirty and ugly.
The combination of the two made him really sick to his stomach.
As for safety issues, he is not too worried yet.
After all, in his heart, the person standing next to him was a first-level wizard!
And these black monsters can't even break through the Haiyan's own defensive shield, let alone try to compete with an official wizard!
Time passed minute by minute.
There are more and more black monsters gathering next to the Haiyan.
The camouflage shield outside the ship was overwhelmed, and their presence would leak out from time to time.
This makes the attacks of black monsters become more frequent...
This can't go on like this!
Colin frowned slightly and made up his mind to take the risk and set sail to leave.
But at this moment, there was a commotion in the sea behind.