"There is no problem with your understanding."
"So this nasty stuff is actually everywhere - everywhere we can sail to, and we have to put up with it forever if we don't find a way to get back?"
"I think if there is no miracle, it will be the situation you are talking about."
"I'm going crazy!" Darent couldn't stand it anymore and jumped up and down on the deck. "This is disgusting...so disgusting! I'd rather die than live here!"
"Aisun might be here." Baliu mentioned as she passed by. "We searched all the way but couldn't find them. There's a possibility that they also came here through the gray fog."
"That means they are breathing the same air as us." Ethan perked up. This was indeed something he had not had time to think about.
Well... After all, I am old, and my reaction speed is slower than that of young people...
Wait, Mrs. Cornerel is a ghost young man...
Maybe the shock was too great, Ethan's mind was a little confused for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself and pulled everyone back quickly.
Look at this weird giant squid... and the pieces of flesh and debris floating on the sea. Just by looking at these things, one can guess how frequent the killing is here. He has a vague feeling that the giant squid may not be a monster at all. It is just a normal creature in this sea of blood.
A group of people were muttering, "It stinks", "We can't keep the shoes and clothes", "This needs to be washed at least three times". After returning downstairs, Ethan found Tenize without saying a word and asked him to drive the boat around the area.
More than an hour passed and the preliminary exploration results came out.
The conclusion is that their guess on the deck was correct, this is indeed not the Seahorse Fjord but another ocean in another world.
God knows why it is like this here, but this is the reality. The sea water here contains an astonishing concentration of biological blood, and countless giant creatures live in this sea of blood. Thirty-meter and fifty-meter giants can be seen everywhere here.
In fact, they had no interest in the Pierre, which was, after all, a ship made entirely of steel. Sometimes they would get close, sniff the scent, and then plan to leave.
"Very good... our situation is now ten thousand times worse than before."
Torres sighed and sat in the restaurant looking at the blueprints drawn for them by His Royal Highness the Prince himself.
The drawings show the animals "seen" during various patrols. Some of them have three pointed heads, some have a cluster of huge tentacles growing on their lower abdomen, and some have eyes all over their bodies like the giant squid.
In short, it's as weird and disgusting as possible.
Thanks to Tenize, he was able to draw them so realistically. Others could only draw abstract line sketches at best, so they don't look so disgusting.
"What should we do next?" He looked around at everyone, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Of course it's a good thing." Ethan looked at him dissatisfiedly, "We have a chance to find someone."
"Then shall we still stay here?"
"Hmm... I think we can change our previous route and explore in the direction that the debris is flying."
It is worth mentioning that only Hippocampus Fjord disappeared.
The Goli continent on the opposite side does not exist in the Sea of Blood, so no crack is formed and the fjord naturally no longer exists.
But the coastline on this side - belonging to Aisha Island - still remained. They were once very close to the cliffs on the coast. Darent saw that the fog did not pose any harm to people and wanted to go ashore to take a look, but he was dissuaded by the various howling sounds coming from afar.
The land is not necessarily safer than the sea.
There might not be as many monsters on land as in the sea, and they might not be as big or as scary, but the Pierre could not sail to the land and could not protect them there.
The greatest value of this thing now is actually cover - as long as all the strange fish do not think this thing is edible, they will not attack.
After arguing for a long time, Ethan finally made the final decision and decided to do as he had just said.
"Wow!"
A nautical chart was spread out on the table.
This is a sea map from Sarah to Elsa, on which all possible outlines of Elsa are depicted.
They found experienced crew members to explain and mark the location to them, so that they could roughly figure out the current location of the Pierre.
This was not difficult at all - after all, they had just come out of the port of Colossae, and they could tell without thinking that it must be located in the lower left corner of the Elsa continent, that is, the sea area a little west of the south.
However, the fragment carrying Hitzfeld and the other two started from the farther southwest and flew northeast along the wind direction. The trajectory drew a sharp angle on the map. What the Pierre had to do now was to go all the way up and head northeast, trying its best to search for a possible landing point.
If they really can't find anyone, they will consider taking the risk of landing in that area. This is also a last resort, and they can also collect intelligence at the same time.
In this way, after sailing for a period of time, everyone adapted to this sea of blood.
What does it matter if there are many monsters? As long as the monsters don't attack them, it doesn't matter.
This is a tough time for Tenize.
Oh, your vision has been blinded by the sea of blood and you can’t see anything scary... Do you know how scared I am when I drive the boat every day?
After sailing for a few days, His Royal Highness the Prince wanted to quit again. Upon realizing this, Ethan tried every means to persuade him to come back. In the end, he simply sent three people to stay by his side every day, doing nothing but talking to him.
Leon took advantage of the opportunity to find the duo of priests and blocked them in the corner of the corridor.
"This is not the place to talk."
Li Ang opened the door of an empty room next to him and said, "Come in and talk."
Torres and Cybertron looked at each other and followed him into the room.
Then Li Ang locked the door.
The hatch of this type of submarine is very thick and has good sound insulation properties. Normal volume conversations inside cannot be heard outside.
"Torres." Leon nodded, "Can you show me your hand?"
The white-haired priest was already on guard, and his expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
"Hmm? I don't understand what you mean..."
As he spoke, he hid his two gloved hands behind his back.
"Don't pretend..." Leon sighed, "Blood Spirit Art is not something that is kept secret. After all, it takes a long time to learn and has strict conditions for use. Apart from those self-abusing knights, few people are willing to touch it... So you should understand that we are not completely ignorant of it."
"Then what else is there to say?"
Torres also let go and sat down on the mattress, "What do you want to do with us?"
"It's not a matter of punishment." Li Ang raised his eyebrows. "After all, this is definitely not something you do on your own. It should be an order from His Majesty, right? Secretly passing on the discovery back or something... This is what we should do."
"I'm just confirming and then I'll explain it to you guys. There's no need to be sneaky about this kind of thing. We've all gotten through so many troubles along the way. It's not just luck that counts. Unity and trust are also important."
"We didn't intend to be sneaky..."
Cybertron wanted to argue for his companion, but was interrupted by Leon: "Okay, I know that's not what you meant."
"That's all. Do as you please."
"Oh, right!"
He suddenly stopped walking and turned to look over: "...How was your time?"
The two people being questioned fell silent.
They knew what Li Ang meant.
"We can't get in touch with her." Finally, Torres spoke up. "We have tried many ways, but we can't get in touch with Sarah since we came to this sea of blood. Our connection with her is completely cut off."
"That's to be expected, right?" Li Ang smiled, then opened the door and stepped out.
The Pierre was not sailing very fast.
This is because they occasionally see deserted islands along the way, and they cannot rule out the possibility that the three people were stranded on a deserted island, so they always stop and go along the way, and whenever they see a larger island, they will go up to take a look.
To be honest, this is not a wise move, because this sea is very strange, and the deserted island that emerged on the strange sea of blood is also very strange. You have no idea what will be on the island - you don’t even know what the deserted island itself is.
Some smaller islands are simply crystals formed by the convergence of organic matter. They are less stable and can be called bone crystal islands. There are some strange small terrestrial animals and some half-living, half-plant creatures living on them.
Some islands are simply built on the backs of super sea monsters. The most dangerous one was when Darent jumped up and found a "spring" there. Others told him not to move but he insisted, thinking that it might be the treasure left by Hitzfeld. As a result, when he dug down, a large amount of white mucus spurted out and the ground of the island began to shake - the giant monster below was awakened.
Darent almost couldn't come back. After he was out of danger, he sat alone for a while. By the way, he took a shower twice a day, which was unusual for him.
This cannot continue.
Darent's actions thus created a new problem: there was not much clean water left on the boat.
Of course, if you count carefully, there is still a lot, enough for them to use for a while, but this is a blood sea after all. The distillation and purification process for ordinary seawater does not work on the blood sea water. If this continues, it will be tantamount to eating up all the resources. They have to find a way to replenish fresh water.
"If we want to replenish fresh water, we must either find a way to go ashore or find a clean coastal water source."
A group of people started meeting in the restaurant again.
"Or we can pray that there are still people in Aisha... Actually there should be... and get some water from them or the ships we encounter... But the biggest problem here is that we are not sure of their position."
"You mean," A'man looked at him coldly, "they might all be evil followers?"
The others didn't respond.
But that was indeed the assumption before setting out - Elsa had been completely controlled by Eclipse, and they had previously plundered the population in order to develop Elsa, so isn't that an abnormal assumption?
That makes sense. A'man is excited and eager to try it out.
"Don't get excited."
It was Ethan who suppressed his emotions.
"That may not necessarily be the case. We are short on resources right now. Even if they are truly evil, we have to find a way to get what we want before dealing with them."
"Like cheating?" A'man raised his eyebrows.
"They encountered a fleet and tricked them into giving them water and then destroyed them. With all due respect, Captain Heidegger, no one would be that stupid."
This could have happened if they had been sailing a wooden ship or an ironclad ship.
But no, Pierre is a diving boat, and its appearance is special enough.
What local wouldn't be frightened to see something like that come up?
Do you still want to buy water from them?
I'm afraid that I'll be attacked as a sea monster at the first moment.
Ethan's face turned a little dark, and he couldn't help but glare at Darent.
It’s all this guy’s fault...Now even A’man calls me like this, how ridiculous!
Darent is confused. He hasn't said a word so far. Am I guilty of not saying anything?
"Then we should fight?" Li Ang started to play the good guy. He neutralized the opinions of both sides and said, "We can just launch a surprise attack... or sneak in when it's dark, and kill them all if we are discovered."
This proposal was good and was passed unanimously.
It's not that they are cruel, but they do acknowledge that the people they meet here most likely deserve it.
Half a day later, it seemed as if the goddess of luck finally began to favor them. They found a fleet on the sea...but the situation was a little different from what they expected.
"That's not one... that's two..."
Ethan reported the situation to the others while looking through the periscope.
"Two fleets... one in front and one behind, they seem to be chasing each other... They must be hostile to each other."
"The one in front is flying a flag... They are actually speaking Sara language? I saw a large crossbow installed on the bow of the ship in front..."
At the same time, on the ship he was observing, Captain Xiu De was in a state of panic.
He never dreamed that he would be caught after sneaking out. It was obvious that the other party didn't want to leave them any chance to live. They had been shouting at them to hand over the stolen nautical charts.
Damn chart!
I knew nothing about this at all!!
Suspecting that their real goal was to force him to find the Tomb of the Nine Knights, Captain Xiu De seized the opportunity to lead the fleet out.
Lost several ships and couldn't get rid of them...
Now we can only wait and see.
If it really doesn't work, we can only change the queue and fight them.
Chapter 119 Black Fog Sea Chase 5k
"Captain!" The sailors gathered around and reported again, "The enemy sent out flag signals for the third time, asking us to change course and turn west!"
Captain Xiu De slammed his fist on the table and cursed softly: "...That's where we encountered the brain-eating demon! There's no mistake! They are driving us over there!!"
The strength of the two fleets was not at the same level. The ships he led were relatively conventional blood-bone ships. Although they were large, the materials of the ships were mainly bones and some flesh.
Apart from the main keel which is rather troublesome and requires the use of the skeletons of large sea beasts, most of the shipbuilding materials are bone fragments of blood bone trees and some semi-active biological tissues.
For example, the wall behind him at this moment - there was an eye as big as a roulette wheel on the wall. It looked a little dull, watching the captain's pacing figure turning around.
"The enemy's ship is wrapped in a layer of metal. We are not at an advantage in long-range artillery battles..." The sailor was still analyzing the situation for the captain, but was soon interrupted: "Don't say anymore. Boarding battle is not a good option either. Think about how powerful the forces that built these ships are. I don't want to run up under fire and find out that I am facing an armored force!"
