Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded on the airship, announcing a state of emergency. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it was meal, and most of the goblin crew were eating in the dining cabin, and when they heard the siren, their faces changed, and they didn't care about enjoying their "delicious" food, so they spread their calves and ran to the deck.

Some of the crew rushed into the cockpit, others rushed to the magical machinery on deck, and the rest waited by the wingsails on the side of the ship, mechanically operating the wings and airbags if the cockpit's control system failed.

"There is an abnormal situation ahead, for safety reasons, please return to the cabin!"

"There is an abnormal situation ahead, for safety reasons, please return to the cabin!"

The goblins in charge of maintaining order screamed over and over again at the PA machine.

Many passengers on the deck, who were watching the sunset, heard the sirens and announcements, and ran off the deck in a panic, returning to their cabins to look out through the small windows, exchanging information with each other with trepidation. Only a few daring travelers remained on deck, including the three Morin and two other big men who also looked like professionals.

Merlin stared at the circular black shadow that was getting closer and closer in front of the airship.

In the dim light of the setting sun, the vision gradually became clearer as the distance approached.

"It's dark clouds, and I can see the faint sunlight coming through!" Osmond said.

"No! it's a flock of birds!" called Morin.

"No way! the birds can't fly so high!" Osmond didn't believe it.

"Why did the birds stop there...... Strayer wondered:

"Whatever the great shadow ahead, it's not a wise move to walk through it. ”

It seemed that the goblin captain in the cockpit was thinking the same thing, and at this time, the wings and sails on both sides of the airship flipped rapidly, and the course of the airship changed accordingly, as if intending to bypass the black shadow from the left, and at the same time, the two gargoyles attached to the outboard of the ship came to life, flew in the direction of the direction without looking back, and quickly disappeared into the clouds.

But what made everyone's hearts sink was that with the change of the airship's course, the huge spherical "dark cloud" actually began to move, intercepting straight towards the line they were heading on.

It's really coming for them.

A moment later, as the "dark cloud" approached quickly, everyone could see it clearly.

That's a flock of birds.

Countless crow-shaped blackbirds frantically flapped their wings, and in a chaotic and orderly manner they formed an almost perfect sphere, which looked like dark clouds from afar, rushing towards them in the sea of clouds at sunset.

Shields lit up around the airship again.

"Captain is going to rush through!" Strayer was startled.

"The flock of birds is coming for our airship, it's useless to rush over, they will follow us!" Morin said.

"That can't sit still!" cried Osmond, who had drawn his weapon.

Maureen also began to work his magic.

The shields around the airship look too thin to give the slightest sense of security.

Under the control of the cockpit, the airship changed the direction of direction several more times, but the flock of birds rushed straight towards them, and in a few moments it was about to be swallowed by the huge flock of birds, and the tail propeller stopped spinning, and the airship quickly stopped.

"Why don't you turn around?" Osmond gripped his sword and roared.

"If the flock is too fast, you will be caught up if you turn around. Strayer judged.

"This is certainly not an ordinary flock of birds!" Morin looked around: "Come here!"

He led the two of them to the corner next to the cockpit, where there were hulls on both sides, and if the shield failed, the three of them could rely on the terrain to defend, and if the situation was not right, they could quickly retreat into the cabin or cockpit, and advance and retreat freely.

Osmond glanced at Merlin strangely, faintly admiring.

On the huge deck, this guy can find such a good defensive position at a glance, and he really has a keen eye, no wonder he was able to enter the Silver Tree team, and was given a heavy responsibility by Captain Damon.

The other two strong men with weapons on the deck looked over here, and seemed to notice that this was a good position, so they ran back and forth, and temporarily formed a small group of five with Morin. The two of them looked like low-level warriors, but like Osmond, they didn't wear armor and stood on the side of the three teenagers.

The rest of the passengers looked at the overwhelming flock of birds, and had already turned pale and hid back in the cabin.

In fact, everyone, including the goblin crew on deck, didn't look good.

The black-pressed birds rushed towards the airship, as if they were going to devour them in the next moment, and you could even see the sharp beaks and claws of those blackbirds, like blades, with a cold edge, if these birds really wanted to attack the shield, it might not take long to break through the shield magic.

Although the cargo airship has simple defensive machinery and magical enchantments, it does not have the powerful weapons on the battleship, and I wonder if it will survive the disaster.

But the flock of birds came to a stop in front of the airship.

Now everyone could see that something was not quite right with the flock.

After a while, the flock of birds suddenly spread out in all directions, turning from a sphere into a huge concave in front of the airship, and in the middle of the concave surface, a human figure was revealed in the center of the original flock.

I saw that the man was wearing a bat-like magic robe, the wide hem of his clothes fluctuated in the wind, and he wore a metal bird's head mask to cover his face, and the long metal beak was bent and hung down to his chest, looking indescribably strange and cold. And a blackbird rested on his shoulder.

If you look closely, you will see that the entire flock of thousands of blackbirds looks exactly like it, and even the number of feathers is exactly the same, which can only be the effect of magic.

"Four-ring magic, crows summon. Merlin shuddered: "I read the description of this magic in the library, it is an extremely difficult to control summoning magic......"

The person wearing the bird's head mask is at least a high-level mage, this is not a magic academy like Iluvita, in a country like Lothar, a high-level mage can already inherit the existence of a magic tower, and it will definitely not appear here for no reason.

Could it be the members of the Order of the Former Eyes? The boy wondered uneasily, could it be that this organization no longer hid their existence, and was going to attack the airship in broad daylight?

"This is the subordinate airship of the Goblin Guild, please give way!" This is the rough voice of Captain Graybeard Goblin, which is quite calm to listen to.

After all, the Goblin Airship Guild is a hugely influential organization, and they build almost all of Todder's cargo airships, in addition to running most of the cargo business and many commercial trades, and no country will easily offend them. Besides, he had already sent two gargoyles out before, and if there was any accident, the Airship Guild would definitely be able to track down the clues.

"I don't mean to be your enemy, but I'm here to deliver a letter, and I'm asking the captain to close the shield so I can pass it in. The High Mage said that his voice was thin, neutral, and did not seem to be hostile.

"The airship will dock in the royal capital of Lothar, if there is a letter, please deliver it there, and will not receive any personal foreign mail while the airship is sailing!" said the goblin captain.

"That's a bit difficult, I've been waiting here for a long time, and if I can't finish the task and go back, it will be too shameless......" the man muttered.

Hearing the word mission, Morin only felt his hair explode.

But the man's next words stunned the boy.

"If the news is correct, His Highness Strayer is on the airship, right?"

Maureen and Osmond looked at Strayer in astonishment.

The mage is actually coming for Strayer!

They only received a notice from the elves of the academy yesterday afternoon, Dean Fielding decided to use the space floating door to send the students away, and in the evening, under the auspices of Brand, through the space floating door, the three of them crossed an unknown distance to appear in the magic square of Sororumi, and then almost without stopping on the airship, and did not show their names when they bought tickets to show the transformation card.

It's all being targeted like this?

Thinking of the situation in Lothar mentioned earlier, the goblin captain temporarily changed the route in order to avoid the Grey Mountain Territory, and considering the area where the airship was at this time, Morin couldn't help but worry, the other party was likely to be the Earl of Grey Mountain's people, or wanted to take His Royal Highness Strayer to the Grey Mountain Territory as a hostage?

Presumably, the other party put down eyeliner on Sororumi early.

"I don't know who the passengers on the airship are, but since we are on top of our airship, it is protected by the Airship Guild. Since you are not an enemy, please get out of the way, and the letter may be delivered with us to the royal capital of Lothar. Captain Goblin's voice rang out again.

But the high-ranking mage was unmoved.

"I hope His Highness Strayer will come out and see him. He said.

Strayer, too, looked surprised, and he frowned and thought for a moment, and walked to the prominent side of the ship, despite Morin and Osmond's obstruction.

"My name is Strayer Victor, a direct lineage of the former King Ian, and the current heir to the Kingdom of Lothar. Strayer said loudly, he had no amplification machinery, and his voice was not loud compared to that of Captain Goblin, but it was not at all weak.

The mage in the mask bowed his head: "I am here on behalf of the friendship of the Earl of Gray Mountain, this is the Earl's letter, and I have repeatedly asked it to be delivered to His Highness." ”

As he spoke, he actually took out a purple letter.

Not far away, you can also see a snowy peak printed on the gray sealing wax, which is the insignia of the Count of Gray Mountain.

"If you're here for friendship, why do you want to go with a crow to cover your face?" Strayer asked in a deep voice.

"On the one hand, I have to stay on the airship, and on the other hand, I don't know how long I will have to wait above this cloud, as for this magic, although it looks a little scary, it mainly helps me stop here. The man said lightly, "I only have such a card of flying magic, and I'm helpless." ”

In the shadows, Merlin nodded at Strayer's impassive gaze.

As far as he knew, the magic summoned by the crows did have the effect of flying in the air, and without such flying magic, even a high-level mage could not stay in such a high place for a long time with the help of levitation magic, after all, the higher the place, the thinner the distribution of the elements, the faster the magic power was consumed, and what the other party said might be so credible.

But the other party did not return to the crows, and there was no room to let the airship move forward.

"I have no old relationship with the Earl of Greenmot, and if there is anything to be done that I can send an envoy to the capital of Lothar to consult with me, I will receive it. Letters can also be delivered to the palace of Lothar, and someone will bring them to me. Strayer said, looking like he didn't want anything to do with the Earl of Grey Mountain.

"In view of some rumors, the Count insists that I deliver this letter to you, even if it is to penetrate the shield of the airship. The mage bowed his head again: "I hope Your Highness can understand." Of course, there will be no harm to you or the property of the Airship Guild. ”

The other party looked resolute and waved his hand lightly.

Seeing that the crow flock was about to rush towards the airship shield, Strayer hurriedly said, "Wait!"

"Captain, is there any way to accept that letter without closing the shield?, and if I hope you will be accommodating, I apologize for the inconvenience. He asked.

"Let's not take it as an example! Our airship guild is not afraid of these hidden guys, nor is it afraid that the shield will consume mana!

With his voice, a gargoyle came to life again on the side of the ship.

The gargoyle easily passed through the shield and flew in front of the masked mage, opening its mouth wide.

"Put the letter in the gargoyle's mouth!" said the goblin captain.

The masked mage placed the letter according to the captain's voice, and bowed slightly: "Count Gray Mountain said that no matter what happens, his airspace will always be open to the airship guild, there is no need to change the course at all, and he also hopes to have more cooperation with the goblins." ”

"Got it. The goblin captain snorted angrily, but the goblins would never go against business, and if the other party really just wanted to deliver a letter, even if they broke through their shield, their airship guild wouldn't be too aggressive.

After all, the other party is a high-level mage, the existence at the top of the earthly line.

The gargoyle carried the letter through the shield safely and delivered it to Strayer.

Seeing the letter reach Strayer, the masked mage shrugged his shoulders, and the crow on his shoulder chirped, and the crows around him wrapped him up again and flew off into the distance, disappearing from view through the clouds in a few moments.

Seeing that he had really left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The shield was still lit, the propellers were turned again, and the airship slowly accelerated in the direction of sunset.

Passengers and crew members begin to set up on deck for a lively summer night dance. The two professional men also returned to their cabins after saluting Strayer, and most of the passengers who went to the royal capital of Lothar had heard the name of His Royal Highness Strayer, and they were all very excited to come to salute him when they knew that he was also on this airship.

Legend has it that this highness has shown his magical talent since he was a child, and was admitted to the Iluvita Academy of Magic and Magic, in addition to being the heir of the Kingdom of Lothar, the future is also bright on the path of a professional, and he is simply an ideal idol.

It wasn't until the noisy musical instruments of the goblins sounded that they finally dispersed and began to laugh on the deck.

And Maureen and Osmond still waited for Strayer's decision.

The boy didn't dare to say anything more this time, the Count of Grey Mountain sent a letter to His Royal Highness Strayer alone, and this action alone could understand too much content, and Strayer's attitude at the moment seemed elusive.

I saw that while staring at the envelope in his hand, he summoned a flame, as if he was hesitating to burn the letter directly, as he said, he didn't want to have anything to do with the Earl of Gray Mountain.

It's just that for some reason, thinking of the news of the goblin captain, the political king wants to hold another ceremony to verify the inheritance code, and orders all the patriarchs of the noble factions to go to the royal capital, and he is inexplicably shaken.

After a long time, Strayer had probably finally made up his mind.

I saw him casually hand the letter to Osmond on the side, and said, "Read it to me." ”