Chapter 165: Instructions for the Pocket Watch
As the dawn approached, the moonlight became more and more dim and unclear. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Xuanyu must seize every time to unlock the secret alluded to by the pocket watch. He placed the gem on the dial, and then used spiritual power to urge the crystal prism, and under the illumination of the moon, the large and messy information hidden in the gem was mapped onto the wall.
Following the direction of the pointer to find the correct way to interpret it, Lucia leaned on the wall and checked them one by one, and finally solved a pair of numbers: e27. 67 and n34. 66。
"It's latitude and longitude!"
As Louis exclaimed, Moan had already spread out a nautical map on the ground, and was lying on it looking for the coordinate point. Lucia, who had always been curious, also approached, and Louis watched anxiously from the side.
"Don't bother, that's where the pocket watch is pointing!" Xuanyu glanced at the map, and with a flick of his hand, he shot a gold coin onto the map, which spun rapidly somewhere on the map and finally came to a standstill.
The group removed the gold coins, and the map revealed an island called Icepsno, 112 nautical miles southeast of the port of Egrim.
"Why isn't it in Egrim?" Lucia scratched her head, confused.
"The island of Ikepseno is also the territory of Egrim, but because of its special geographical location, it has not been well managed. Louis quickly explained.
"Special location?" Lucia looked at the map, "Maybe it's a little far, but that's not a reason!"
"Of course, it's not all about the distance...... "Louis pointed to the ocean passage between the port of Egrim and the island of Icapsuno on the map, "don't you see that?"
Lucia looked at it several times and still didn't understand, it was just a strait, and she couldn't see anything special at all.
"There's the Strait of Lorraine," Mo'an said, "and it's also called the 'Abyss of Death.'" ”
"'The Abyss of Death'?" Lucia's eyes widened, "so ...... **?"
Mo An glared at Lucia and continued, "There is no return to that place, even experienced sailors dare not try it. ”
"Yes...... Reef?" Lucia guessed.
Mo An glanced at Lucia contemptuously: "According to legend, it was a mermaid, but the people who have been there have not come back yet, so whether it is true or not remains to be discussed!"
"If it's a merfolk, I've encountered it when I came to Agrim, and although they can fly, their combat effectiveness is not high. Lucia said as she recalled.
"I'm afraid you're going to encounter a flying mermaid, this kind of mermaid has the lowest attack power in the merfolk clan. Xuanyu paced over and said, "Besides, they don't have a mind, everything is based on instinct, fighting with them and dealing with ordinary mountain birds and beasts is no different, it doesn't take much brains, but if you meet merfolk of other races, it's different." ”
Lucia turned her head and said to Xuanyu, "The other races you talked about...... Can't you deal with them too?"
"Chromophobia," Xuanyu half-jokingly said, "I'm a person who pities jade." ”
"Okay, then let me deal with it!" Although he didn't understand the first half of what he said just now, the second half of the sentence was still understandable, and Lucia narrowed her eyes and looked at Xuanyu with a little disdain.
"Well, it's too early to say anything. Mo An suddenly said, "Have you forgotten? The tsunami a few days ago swallowed up all the big ships docked in the harbor, and I'm afraid there will be no ship to carry us to Ikepnos Island for a month or two!"
"Doesn't Mr. Moan always say 'money can make ghosts grind'?" Lucia said innocently, "Won't it be over for them to build another one?"
"Even if you have the money, it will take time to build a ship that can sail that far, especially across the Strait of Lorent. Mo An shook his head and said, "Besides, even if there is a ship, it may not be possible to find the captain and sailors, and if you tell them the destination of this trip, I am afraid that the ghost will not want to grind." ”
"Xuanyu, don't you know how to sail?" Lucia turned to Xuanyu again.
"Don't treat me as a panacea!" Xuanyu said helplessly.
While everyone was silent, Louis muttered to himself, "Icepnos ...... Ikai ...... Punos ...... Island ......"
"What are you muttering?" Lucia patted Louie.
"I thought the name of this island was familiar just now," Louis pondered for a moment, "Since I can't set off right away, I will take this opportunity to go to the Reynor Palace to find out some information about this island, so that I can be fully prepared." ”
Xuanyu clapped his hands and praised, "This is the only constructive word I heard tonight, worthy of the captain of the Grande Praetorian Guard." ”
Louis didn't have any extra politeness, just bowed his head and chuckled, then stood up and said goodbye to the people present, and left Crescent Manor after making peace with the Count of Enops next door. The people in the living room also dispersed, after all, after a night of tossing, everyone needed to do some rest.
Louie was an exception, she was not sleepy or tired. After parting from the Count, she hurriedly returned to the Reino Palace, and did not bother to go to the Praetorian Guard's office to make a point, so she went straight to the archives of the Terceth Palace.
Under normal circumstances, it is not allowed to be entered. But Louis couldn't care so much about finding information about Ikepnos, but if she knew that Xuanyu, Lucia, and Rhodes had already been here through the secret passage, she didn't know what kind of mood she would have. Louis was dizzy with bookshelves and thousands of materials, and by the time she fumbled for the geographical aspects of Egrim and found the catalog, it was half an hour later. According to the catalogue, information about the island of Ikepnos was recorded in the twelfth and final dossier, but when Louis searched through them one by one, he found that the dossier was missing, and there was no trace of it on the entire shelf. Louis narrowed her eyes, and there was a faint feeling in her heart, and it was also a suspicion, that maybe there was an enemy hiding in the Reino Palace. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly felt someone behind her, and turned around sharply but saw no one.
As Louis walked back to the Praetorian Guard's office with his head down, he heard a commotion in the distance.
"If you've been caught, why don't you kill it!" roared a Praetorian Guard.
"You can't kill until you figure it out!" another shouted.
"There's nothing else that doesn't matter, it's a monster!" the third roared, "Besides, our Captain Sandra has spoken!"
"We haven't said Captain Grande yet, when will it be Captain Sandra's turn!"
"Is your captain the captain, and ours not the captain?"
"This matter has been followed up by our captain Grande from beginning to end, and now there is finally a turning point, and you have to come to grab the credit!"
"That's a really ugly thing to say, he followed up? Hmph, follow-up is follow-up, but it doesn't work. I think if I had been our Captain Sandra, I'm afraid the case would have been solved a long time ago!"
"You!!"
"What? you still want to do it!"
Hearing this, Louis had long understood that this was a battle between the two factions of the "Tower" and the "Deep Spring", where the upper sides were fighting openly and secretly, and the people below were also stumbling on each other, and quarrels like this had long been commonplace. Louis sighed, she couldn't help but worry a little about Egrim's future fate.
However, the top priority is to stop the quarrel between the two parties, otherwise looking at this posture, I am afraid that there will be a fight. Thinking of this, she strode into the office, and sure enough, as she expected, the two parties had already clenched their fists, if she came a few minutes late, it would not be one or two people who hung the lottery.
"Bastard!! are they arguing here without a job?!" Louis shouted, calming everyone down.
They blushed one by one, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to make a sound. The people of the "Tower" turned to the inside of the office one after another, and automatically flashed a gap. Through this gap, Louie saw Alex Sandra sitting lazily in the chair inside, squinting.
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