Chapter 16: A Visitor from Beneath the Depths

"I'm sorry, sir, but we're in some unexpected trouble. Richelieu opened the door, and the first mate walked in, "Can you please do me a favor with your weapon, one more person always has a better chance of winning." ”

"If the other side is just some bustling pirates, there's nothing wrong with what you're saying. Zhao Mian greeted him very casually, but what he said was not something that the first mate liked to hear, "But this time I'm afraid it's not right." ”

"So, you're not willing to help?" Maybe it's because of grammar problems, or maybe it's because the crew members who have been begging for a living at sea all year round have rarely heard such sentences, so the first mate's brain didn't immediately react to what the other party meant, but he at least clearly felt the meaning of rejection in the other party's words.

"No, I'm willing to help. Zhao Mian shook his head.

"So, you're going to raise the price?" the first mate continued to ask, frowning, "Do you really think it's wise to make demands on the crew on this sea?"

"I don't want to ask you for any money. Zhao Mian continued to shake his head, he pointed to the bottom of the cabin, "But obviously you don't know what kind of monster the guy under the cabin is, it's not a deep-sea fish-man or a large sea monster, the numerical advantage can indeed play a certain role in facing it, but it will also increase the casualties of the crew." ”

"All the men on our ship are heroes. The first mate retorted.

"But courage doesn't stop death. Zhao Mian replied indifferently, and then continued, "That guy is not a creature, I believe that as a man of the sea, you are not like those stupid villagers who only know their own acres and threes of land, in addition to those fish people and lizards, there are other more terrifying things in this world, you should have heard of it." ”

"This ......" The first mate hesitated for a moment, he finally reacted at this time, what the other party was talking about, but even he had only roughly heard of those things, after all, there were only a handful of people who actually saw those guys still alive and running around. So he continued with some hesitation and suspicion, "You mean ......?"

"Can you please get the crew into the cabin, especially the one below the waterline? Lao Zhao casually took out his war hammer and rested it on his shoulder, and then continued, "Leave three or four people on the deck who are confident in their skills and have nothing to worry about to help us fight, and that guy is afraid of fire, if you have fire oil with you, it's time to use it." ”

Rank, this first mate is not the same as us are the same as the lord who has eaten and seen, and I don't know that the previous document mentioned that Lao Zhao does not have the ability to conjure things, in fact, they are all turned out of his bag, in his eyes, the guy in front of him who looks very good at talking suddenly took out a hammer that is several circles larger than his head and suddenly put it on his shoulder, not to mention that there is a fire on it, it looks like it weighs more than 100 pounds, and the painting style of the person in front of him suddenly changed, which caught him off guard. So the first officer, who was obviously stunned by such a sudden shock, could only nod his head in confusion, and then went out to greet the other crew members with a ghostly expression.

And following him, Lao Zhao and the three of them also walked out of their room and came to the deck - at this time, the fog had already overflowed the deck, just covering the head of a long time, and the dark and damp power in the fog made her shiver violently, and the furry on her tail exploded.

"I have a bad premonition. Jiuyuan said with a serious face, her tail crumbling tightly behind her, standing straight there.

"Then your hunch is quite accurate. As he spoke, Lao Zhao stepped forward and walked right behind a crew member who was carrying a box of things he didn't know what to enter the cabin. I only heard a "buzz" sound of breaking through the air, and an object broke through the fog, and whirled to the back of the crew, and Lao Zhao happened to stand on its route, and then stretched out his hand to "snap", and steadily caught the thing that flew over. He didn't care, he casually shook off the seawater on the thing, and then handed it to Richelieu, who was immediately following him.

Richelieu took it in his hand and realized that it was the blade of a sailor's knife that was covered with rust, the handle of the knife was nowhere to be found, and the blade looked like it had been soaked in water for an unknown number of years, and in many places it had been almost corroded by the sea.

"Is this what they spit out?" Richelieu immediately realized that this was the long-range attack that Lao Zhao was talking about, but whether it was a giant octopus or a sea giant, it was unrealistic to throw such a flying prop, and they were more likely to throw a large piece of reef or some other heavy object directly than this kind of petty thing.

"Yes, so I'll be careful in a moment. Zhao Mian nodded, comforting the crew member who was startled by the sudden attack, and then continued to turn around and admonish, " Those guys will instinctively store some debris in their bodies that they have picked up at the bottom of the sea, and then spit it out when facing enemies, most of the time it is some rocks or hard corals or stuff, but occasionally there will be this kind of metal object that doesn't know when it will fall to the bottom of the sea, and when they rush up, the two of you will try to make sure that you can cover each other's back and avoid being hit by this kind of thing. ”

"Got it. Richelieu and Jiuyuan nodded in agreement.

In a short time, that is, about five minutes later, the crew had already entered the cabin one after another, except for the first mate, there were only two strong men on the deck who looked evil, and the sailor knife in their hands was playing tigerly, and it seemed that they were also veterans, and six people surrounded the mast to guard the surroundings, and the fog finally covered the mast on their heads, and everything around was shrouded in white mist, and the visibility was not even three meters. At this moment, everything went into silence, the crew and the first mate nervously waited for the other party's attack, and their enemy did not disappoint them, only a "poof" was heard on the starboard side of the hull, and something broke through the sea, and then fell on the deck of the ship with a "pop", followed by more sounds, and in a short time, a dozen things fell on the deck.

Here it came - everyone was aware of the state of affairs at the same time, and then the thing that had jumped onto the deck finally appeared in front of everyone. It was a thing that leaped out of the mist, and everyone except for the long ago didn't even get to see what it looked like at first, only to see a large black object break through the fog and fly over, and the quick-eyed Richelieu slashed at the top of the thing with a saber in his hand, but the feeling of slashing at the thing was like a knife inserted into a pot of grease, slightly sticky, but it slashed through.

Then the thing fell to the ground, and the grease from Richelieu's weapon worked well on it, and its body was burning through a cloud of seawater, but there was no air, and the fire was gradually extinguishing. It was only then that the others finally saw what it was—it was clearly not a creature, not even anything they had seen or even heard of, and for those of the Middle Ages now, it was beyond their imagination. But it's clear that everyone else has an influence.

"See?" "Slime?" Jiuyuan and Richelieu asked their own questions, but in the end, Zhao Mian gave an answer.

"No, this is the owner of the sea. Zhao Mian easily pointed out the identity of this thing, and then continued, "Although it is called Haifang Master, this thing is actually oil essence, not the monk monster in Japanese legends, so you don't need to worry so much, hit them." Their weak point is flames, but it is difficult for ordinary flames to break through the seawater wrapped around their bodies and hit the core inside, so it is best to apply fire oil to their weapons and attack them after igniting them, remember to keep two in a group, although this thing looks round one, but in fact it is divided into front and back, when one person attracts his attention, the other person can easily take out from the side and behind. With that, he took the lead and stepped out, and the war hammer in his hand broke through the fog, just hitting a flying sea owner, and the eternal flame burning on Safras directly ignited the oil inside the sea owner, and the flame instantly burst into flames, and the sea owner turned into a puff of green smoke before he hit the ground. After killing this sea owner, Lao Zhao looked back at the first mate and said, "You take the crew to guard the mast, they will definitely come towards this, Richelieu and you and Jiuyuan will attack the enemy on the port side, and I will clean up the guys on the starboard side." ”

"Roger. Richelieu nodded, and then the two of them slipped into the fog, and from time to time they could hear the sounds of battle on the other side of the ship.

And Lao Zhao looked back to the right - in his line of sight, in the mist, there was not only a small sea owner less than half a person tall, but beyond the side of the ship, a huge figure like a hill stood there, red eyes through the cold sea, staring at a few people on the deck. He knew that that was the real Haifang owner.