rising tide

Two days later, Darko left his lodgings and headed straight for the spatial teleportation. After reaching the crater on the outskirts of the central basin, he made a full half circle before reaching the spatial jump in the other direction of the basin.

When he entered the house, Darko choked and coughed, because the house was full of smoke, and he thought it was a fire. When he walked to the door of a certain room, he realized that all the smoke was coming out of this room, and Dakko looked inside, only to see a decadent-looking middle-aged man smoking a cigar on a chaise longue. The smoke that filled the entire layer was made by this middle-aged man.

Darko hesitated, but knocked on the door and walked in, "Hello, I want to go to Roy Island, can you open a portal for me?"

The middle-aged man was smoking a cigarette to himself, and he didn't answer when he heard Darko's words. Darko was stunned in place, when he felt that the middle-aged man would not pay attention to him, and was about to turn away, but suddenly saw that the middle-aged man spit out a series of seven or eight smoke rings from his mouth, and there were faint wisps of spatial fluctuations in each smoke ring, and when the smoke ring expanded to the height of a person, a relatively stable portal had been formed in it, and it showed a pitch-black color through the smoke ring.

Seeing the smoke rings approaching him with a portal, Darko hurriedly jumped to the side, only to find that the person had spit out seven or eight smoke rings in one go, each with a portal inside. He asked curiously, "How did you get so many portals, which is Roy Island I'm going to?"

The middle-aged man just looked at Darko, but did not speak, still smoking his cigar to himself. Until the whole cigar burned out, he took out a new cigar again and reheated it, took a deep breath and spit out a large cloud of mist, while shaking his fingers like old branches, and making a hoarse voice, "These are and they are not." ”

"Huh?" Darko was surprised, and the green tendons on his forehead also flared up, he didn't expect this middle-aged man to be so unreliable and say some ambiguous words. As for the portal in the smoke ring, he didn't dare to get into it, who knows where it would lead?

When the smoke ring reached a height of two meters, it could not maintain the stability of the portal inside, and gradually dispersed into a spatial crack and dissipated into the air, and the huge smoke ring slowly diluted into the smoke of the entire room.

Darko opened his mouth and closed it again, he felt that this middle-aged man was really unreasonable, and there was nothing to communicate with. He walked out of the room, then headed straight up the stairs to find the other teleporters. Darko prayed that there would be at least one normal person in the house, though he knew it would not be easy to find a normal person in the Vitamin Guild.

On the floor of the hall on the second floor, a huge map is being paved, and a young man is lying on the map and drawing lines with colored pencils. Darko could see that it was a chart of the Venus plane, and that the young man was connecting the islands with irregular lines, as if playing a game of wiring. The young man had rings of the same pattern on his fingers, three on each wrist, and seven or eight earrings even on his ears, which would not have been the case even for a jeweler.

The young man quickly noticed Darko's arrival, he put down the pencil in his hand and took the initiative to say hello, "Hey, hello, I'm U5, can I help you?"

Darko put down a boulder in his heart, and although this young man did not seem normal on the surface, he was at least able to communicate. He was about to speak, but he coughed violently, the smoke on the lower layer was so choking, it was fine to be in it, and suddenly he was out of that environment, but he was almost disgusted by the smell of smoke on his body.

VitU5 said with a smile, "U2 smokes cigars on the first floor all year round, and first-time visitors will not be used to it, and this house has been burned twice by him." At one point, the fire was so big and fierce that if it weren't for the teleporters working here, a few would have been burned to death. ”

Darko opened his mouth in surprise, not because of the burning of the house, but because of the code name of the middle-aged man, "That person is actually U2?

"I can't say the same, U2 is the one who has the most coordinates left. VitU5 seemed to have a lot of reverence for VitU2, shaking the bracelets on his wrists as he spoke, colliding with each other and making a clanging sound, "U2 is not as simple as it seems, he has only become so decadent for some special reasons. ”

"I told him he wanted to go to Roy Island, and he spat out seven or eight smoke rings, and he didn't know which portal was right. ”

"Roy Island? is the Roy Island on the west side of the Saffe Islands, right?" VitU5 laughed after getting the confirmation, and then shook his head and explained, "There is no way to use directional teleportation for long-distance teleportation, so the error is too big, and it will definitely fall into the sea, 2 obviously has never been to Roy Island, so naturally he did not leave coordinates on Roy Island." After all, there are thousands of islands in the Venus plane, and there are so many that it is impossible for one person to visit all of them. ”

Darko was even more puzzled, "What door did he open for me if I haven't been there?"

"Since there are multiple portals for you, it means that those islands are all near Roy Island, and it should take less than half a day to reach Roy Island by boat from those islands. ”

Darko suddenly realized that VitU2 was not as unreliable as it seemed on the surface, and opening multiple portals in one go in one go showed his strength in itself.

VitU5 asked, "Are you going on a mission to Roy Island? ”

"Excuse me, it's better to be closer to Roy Island, I'm in a hurry. Darko said hurriedly, after all, it was his first time on a mission, but he didn't expect that the teleporter would not be able to accurately teleport to the corresponding island, and he still needed to rush by himself, so he didn't hit the advance amount.

"You're lucky, I happened to have left coordinates on Roy Island and could send you there directly. ”

Darko clapped his hands, "That's great! Thank you!"

VitU5 shook his head indifferently, "It's nothing, it just so happens that I'm also preparing for a new round of trips to establish coordinates on more islands." I've been working out the route just now, and I'm struggling with which island to go to first, so I'll go to Roy Island with you. ”

The teleporter's steps to establish the coordinates are to first reach the planned location through directional teleportation, and then arrange the coordinates at the corresponding location, so that the next time the teleportation can be carried out to that location through precise point-to-point teleportation. The difference between the ocean plane and the land plane of Venus is that the ocean is not suitable for arranging coordinates, so the process is relatively simple, and one coordinate can be arranged on each island. It's just that there are thousands of islands in the Venus plane, and it is a huge workload to leave all the coordinates, and it is not worth the loss to build a teleportation array, and the portal opened by the teleporter cannot transfer a large number of people, so they need to take a boat to the death ruins in the first place.

VitU5 first took out a notebook, looked through the code of the coordinates he had left on Roy Island, and then pushed forward in a circle with both hands. In the ring of his fingers, a portal of a black hole flew forward and expanded to the height of a man. Then he flicked his finger on his left ear, and an earring popped out, reaching the center of the portal and quickly expanding against the edge of the portal. Darko and VitU5 looked at each other and walked into the portal in turn.

After Dakko stepped through the portal, he stepped on a rock, a small hill on the island, located at the top of the mountain. At the foot of the hill is a small forest, and in the distance is a plain, on which a town sits it. The town was unwalled, and the harbor and dock on the other side of the town could be seen in the distance, which Dacko deduced was not too big.

The town barely reached the size of a medium-sized town, but it was very prosperous. In the distance, you can see smoke rising from several chimneys in the town, which is clearly where the blacksmith is working, so as to show the prosperity of the town. The busyness of the blacksmith shop means that there are many adventurers here to buy or repair weapons, whether the adventurers buy supplies or sell the loot, it means the circulation of materials, which will also lead to the prosperity of the town.

"Well, this is Roy Island, yes, this town down there is Roy Town, the only town on the island. You can look for it, and you might find your prey. VitU5 also walked out of the portal at this time, and after retrieving the earrings, the portal also split into wisps of spatial rifts behind him, and gradually dissipated.

Darko turned around and smiled and nodded to VitU5, "Thank you for sending me here, if it weren't for you, I would have been able to teleport to one of the surrounding islands, maybe I'm looking for a boat all over the island right now." ”

"Alas, in fact, the number of coordinates mastered by each teleporter will not differ too much. I was just lucky enough to have been to Roy Island. When it comes to the number of teleportation coordinates, U2 is the largest. VitU5 waved his hand modestly as he reached into the crevice of the stone beside him to fumble for something.

"Hah! here!" VitU5's hand pulled out of the crack in the stone, and between his fingers was a coin-sized piece of metal, "It's better to have islands in this sea, although there will always be sea monsters attacking the islands, but there is no such abominable thing as a gold eater." ”

As he spoke, VitU5 pulled out another piece of the same metal from his spatial belt and stuffed it into the crack in the stone. Since the crack in the stone was only the width of a finger, and there was a sunken part inside, it was not visible from the outside after the metal sheet was inserted.

Dakko went over the piece of metal and looked through it, and found that it was a little smaller than a copper coin, with a pentagram on both sides. Darko recognized this as a coordinate array that served as an anchor in space, and that the pentagram operated its own magical circuit, determining certain voids and interstitial degrees, making this coordinate a separate existence.

This kind of coordinate is very convenient, but because of its size, it can only be used by the corresponding teleporter who is implicated in the spiritual power. Even if another teleporter knows the corresponding spatial parameters, they will not be able to use this coordinate for fixed-point teleportation, because it can only carry the spiritual imprint of one teleporter. It is precisely for this reason that this method of conveying is also limited, and it is not possible to complete the transfer of large quantities. The mass transmission of more than ten people can only be achieved with the help of a large teleportation array of standard volume.

There is already a little rust on this piece of metal, and 5 has just changed a new coordinate to prevent this coordinate from failing due to rust. The coordinates that have been recovered can be used as long as they go through a little rust removal process.

VitU5 explains, "It's not a big thing, but because ordinary blacksmiths don't have such a delicate workmanship, it can only be made by master jewelers." ”

Darko returned the piece of metal to VitU5, "It seems that it is not easy to be a teleporter, and you have to change the coordinates on time, if there are too many coordinates, it will not be idle." ”

"Not really, if you can hide all the coordinates in a hidden and dry place, you don't have to worry about damage. VitU5 shrugged, then looked around, took out another chart and looked at it, "Now that you've been sent to your destination, I'll continue to work." ”

"Where are you going next?" Darko knew that VitU5 was going to continue teleporting to other islands.

VitU5 looked at the chart in his hand, identified the direction and said, "The next target is the Billy Atoll, 17 degrees south-east and 1,200 kilometers away, I have never been there, and I am going to arrange a coordinate." ”

Darko hurriedly asked, "How am I going to go back to Anastasia Island after my mission is completed?"

"This ...... Our Space Jump Division is only responsible for getting to your destination, and how you're going to get back is out of my mind. VitU5 scratched his head and said honestly, "Wouldn't it be good for you to find a boat and go back slowly after killing your prey, and by the way, enjoy the scenery on the sea, as long as you are not in a hurry to get a contribution, it shouldn't matter." ”

Darko thought for a moment and asked, "Aren't there several eighth-order demonic beasts around Anastasia Island, how can I get back to the island by boat?"

"Hm, don't you know?" VitU5 used his finger to draw a pattern out of thin air, "Just draw a guild logo on the bottom of the ship, and the monster will not attack a ship with a Libra dagger logo on the bottom of the ship." ”

Darko was stunned, "It's that simple?"

"It's as simple as that. VitU5 shrugged his shoulders and pointed in the direction of the seashore and said, "This is the credit of those rulers who tamed all the eighth-order sea monsters in the Venus plane, making the situation in the plane much calmer. ”

Just as VitU5 was pointing in that direction, a white line suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea over there, and the white line was rapidly approaching, and it was soon clear that it was a large white foam. The whole sea rose up under this wave, and large white foam rushed up to the shore at great speed, and in an instant swooped down at the foot of Roytown. Only then did Darko see that there were hundreds of sea monsters mixed in the waves, large and small, and of different shapes, scrambling to attack the shore.

VitU5's fingers were still pointing to the shore, but it had become a mess. Dakko and VitU5 opened their mouths at the same time, staring in that direction dumbfounded.

"Uh......" Darko said after a moment's thought, "maybe it's just a coincidence." ”

VitU5 patted his head and exclaimed, "It's March! When it comes to the annual high tide, this sea area will be affected by the high tide, the high tide is more than 50 meters, many islands will be flooded by the sea, and the sea monsters will take the opportunity to plunder resources on land." ”

"Sea monsters plundering resources on land?" Darko was surprised, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"There are many kinds of demonic plants on the land that are needed by the sea demonic beasts, and some can even help some groups of demonic beasts to advance quickly. Moreover, the Warcraft and the Terrans on the land are also good food, and it is much easier to deal with the impermeable land creatures at high tide than to hunt each other among the Sea Warcraft. ”

As VitU5 spoke, the group of demonic beasts had already stormed the edge of Roy Town on the tide, and the town also shone with a little magical light, and began to attack the sea demonic beasts. The wave rushed over and instantly flooded the streets of Roytown.

"Most of the previous Ocean Warcraft attacks on the island are a process of Ocean Warcraft relying on their strength to claim resources from the land, which is a process of plunder, and it is also a process of reducing the number of Ocean Warcraft through war, avoiding insufficient resources, and rebalancing the population. VitU5 continued to explain while watching the battle from a distance, "Each eighth-order demonic beast is distributed in an entire group, and a large area of the sea is the territory of that kind of demonic beast, and that kind of demonic beast will naturally not lack resources. The people who came to attack the island were all those demonic beasts that were driven out of the territory by powerful demonic beasts, and they were relatively weak, and the highest level would only have seven orders, because when they reached the eighth order, they could carve out a large territory by themselves. ”

"Seventh-Order ......" Darko stuck out his tongue and said with palpitations, "Even a seventh-order demonic beast is only one order lower than an eighth-order demonic beast, so you can't underestimate it." ”

"That's far from it. VitU5 rolled his eyes and said, "The eighth-order demonic beasts are existences that have reached the upper limit of the power of the plane, and since they have joined the Vitamin Guild, their attributes in all aspects will also be increased by the laws of Shura, which is already equivalent to the law creatures of the plane." When outsiders are repelled by the laws of the plane, those eighth-order demonic beasts will also join the attack array. In comparison, the seventh-order demonic beasts were too weak to be compared at all. ”

Darko nodded knowingly, looking at the battle on the beach, his eyes already full of enthusiasm. It had been too comfortable on Anastasia Island for a long time, and it had been a long time since he had fought, and the situation was perfect for him to move.

"Hey, it's okay if you want to fight the Sea Beast, but don't reveal your identity. If the prey runs away from the island and you make a prediction again, the accuracy will be reduced. VitU5 had already found his way as he spoke, and after waving goodbye to Darko, he teleported and disappeared in place.

Darko turned his head and was about to rush in the direction of Roy Town, but he immediately stopped because there was another spatial fluctuation around him. He looked strangely at the position around him, and then saw VitU5 teleport back, he was wet all over, and as soon as 5 teleported, he fell to the ground and vomited seawater.

Darko hurriedly crouched down and slapped VitU5 on the back, "What happened? Did you teleport into the sea?"

“…… Vomit...... It's a little bit bigger, but that's okay...... Vomit...... I've seen Billy Atoll and I'm sure I'll succeed if I do it again...... "VitU5 vomited violently ...... seawater, as if its stomach was full, and occasionally a small fish would be mixed in the seawater and vomited out by VitU5.

Daktronics guessed correctly, VitU5 did teleport to the sea, but it was not because of the deviation in directional movement, but because of the high tide, the place that was originally land became the ocean. So VitU5 fell into the sea without any problems, and more importantly, he couldn't swim yet.

Probably not wanting to embarrass in front of Daktronic, VitU5 vomited a few mouthfuls of seawater and immediately teleported away. Darko waited in place for a while, and this time VitU5 left and never returned, and I don't know if he made it to Billy Atoll or drowned in the sea.