Chapter 324: Lord of the Rising Tide
The sky is blue, cloudless, and the sun is shining on the rippling blue sea, like golden fish scales beating.
The 'Cutting Waves' sailed silently on the sea. It takes thirteen days from Surge Town to the Federated States of Valencia. And today is the second day of its departure.
Ravonia stood on the side of the 'Chopping Waves', basking in the warm sunshine and looking out at the calm sea, her face full of comfort.
Above her head, three or five seagulls were flying and circling, and from time to time she reached out and teased the seagulls.
At some point, the blade also came to Robnia's side and stood side by side with her.
"This is the first time I've seen the sea, and it's so beautiful as it is described in the books!" Exclaimed as the arrival of the blade gave Ravnia someone to talk to.
"However, the sea also has its not good side, and there are not a few ships that capsize due to storms at sea every year!" Blade casually replied, "The seemingly calm sea may cause a storm at any time!"
"Scar, you're such a rude crude!" Robonia spat.
Blade smiled, unconcerned about Robonia's disdain. While enjoying the sea view, the two chatted with each other.
The weather at sea can change when you say it!
A dark cloud suddenly came from the distant horizon, obscuring the bright sun in the sky.
A misty drizzle fell in the sky, and in a short time it began to rain heavily, and a dull thunder sounded. On the surface of the sea, a howling wind blew and blew wave after wave.
A storm at sea is coming!
"Scar, you're such a crow's mouth!" Seeing the sudden change in weather, Robnia stroked her forehead with her hand and said speechlessly.
Blade was stunned for a moment, then he shrugged his shoulders, saying that he didn't expect to say a prophecy.
The clouds were getting thicker and thicker, the thunder was getting louder and louder, and in just a few moments, the sea that had been a beautiful wind and sun just now had turned into a storm.
In the midst of the strong wind and waves, the 'Cutting Waves' began to sway from side to side.
Ravnia and Blade no longer bothered to enjoy the scenery and hurried into the cabin to escape the rain.
Upon entering the cabin, Blade noticed that Robnia's face was a little pale, and asked with concern, "What, it's uncomfortable?"
"Well, some seasickness. Ravnia said.
"It is said that you magicians are weak, and it seems that it is true! I can't even withstand this little wind and waves!" Blade shook his head.
Robonia glared at the blade fiercely, and replied, "You need to take care of it!" and then stopped talking, and sat down in the cabin to rest.
The blade was bored with himself, and he laughed dryly twice, and stopped talking.
The wind and waves became more violent.
At this moment, the entire sky has been obscured by dark clouds, the sea is as black as night, and the 'Cutting Waves' is tossed and swayed in the monstrous waves, as if it will be overturned by a wave at any time.
Because the sudden storm was so violent, the 'Wave Chopping' could no longer follow the normal sea route.
The captain of the Waves, Ramos, then ordered the seamen to put away the sails on the mast, and at the same time told the paddle men in the bilge to stop rocking the paddles, and let the Waves Cut Waves drift through the sea, waiting for the storm to pass, and then re-determine the sailing coordinates and sail into the normal sea route.
As the minutes ticked by, the storm showed no signs of stopping, and the 'Wave Chopping' deviated further and further from its normal sea route.
The seafarers and merchants who often went to sea on the 'Cutting Waves' were obviously accustomed to such storms, so they were in a decent state of mind. However, among the four members of the 'Journeyer' mercenary group, except for Stephanie, who has lived by the sea for many years and is familiar with the sea, the other three who have never been to sea are not in a good situation. In particular, the two of Lophnia and Ward, who were severely seasick, had already vomited all the breakfast in their stomachs, and the sharp blade relied on his strong physique and profound cultivation, although he did not vomit, but there was also a trace of bitterness on his face, and he no longer had the calm and relaxed appearance when he laughed at Robonia when he was seasick before.
Suddenly, a dull roar was faintly heard in the sea.
When Ramos, the captain of the 'Waves', heard this roar, his face changed suddenly, and he hurried to the bow of the ship, facing the wind and rain, and raised his eyes to look around the sea, as if searching for something.
Ramos's unusual behavior immediately caught the attention of the others, and a seafarer approached Ramos and asked, "Boss, what happened?"
Before Ramos could reply, another dull roar rang out from the sea. Compared to the previous roar, this roar was more audible from far and near, and it seemed as if something was rapidly approaching the Wave Cutter at the bottom of the sea.
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the sea around the Wavecutter. I only heard a loud bang on the ground, and the sea not far in front of the 'Cutting Waves' suddenly exploded, rising dozens of meters high monstrous waves, a head more than ten meters long, smooth and scaleless on the surface, slender tail like a whip, with a pointed dorsal fin and two wing-like pectoral fins gray-blue flat sea beast flew out of the bottom of the sea, flapping a pair of fleshy wings similar to bat wings, opening a big mouth full of sharp teeth, towards the sky, leading the roar.
This huge gray-blue sea beast looks like a giant manta ray.
However, unlike ordinary manta rays, it not only has an extra pair of wings on its back, interlaced canine teeth in its mouth, but also has four sharp claws sticking out of its belly, and on the top of its head, there is a thick single horn!
This giant manta ray has some characteristics of a sea dragon.
"Kutra, it's Kutra, Lord of the Ebb Tide, God, we have actually entered the territory where this evil beast lives. "Looking at the giant manta ray that was blocking the way of the 'Wave Chopping' and was leading the roar, Ramos screamed in horror, and his face instantly turned extremely gray.
The earth-shattering noise caused by the sea beast going out to sea attracted everyone in the cabin of the 'Wave-Chopping'.
Looking at the hideous-looking behemoth in front of them, hearing the name of 'Kutra', Blade and Robnia's expressions were nothing, but the other seamen and maritime merchants on the 'Wave Cutter' all became panicked, and even Ward and Stephanie were all eyelids jumped, and their faces turned gray.
Because, almost everyone who lives around the small seaside city of Valen has heard of the murderous name of Kutra, the lord of the ebb tide.
This beast began to appear in the Ebb Tide Sea adjacent to Valen City about eight years ago, and called itself the 'Lord of the Ebb Tides', and no one knows where it came from. However, judging from its appearance, which is clearly different from other manta rays, with some sea dragon features, one can tell that it is a wurm with sea dragon blood!
As soon as Kutrafu appeared in the low-tide sea, it brought disaster to Valen, a small coastal city dominated by maritime foreign trade. The merchant ships were constantly attacked by Kutra, and the seamen and passengers on board were devoured by it as prey.
Due to the heavy losses of merchant ships passing through the low tide seas, it was soon preferred that the merchant ships passing through other seas in a large circle rather than passing through the low tide waters and calling at the port of Valen.
The city's thriving maritime foreign trade economy was dealt a fatal blow as a result.
As a result, Valen sent its not very strong port garrison fleet to destroy Kutra, but the garrison fleet never returned, but was given a pot by Kutra.
The incident shook the entire province of Ghakison at the time. The governor of the province was furious, gathered the strength of a province, and successively drew warships from other port cities in the province, forming a huge fleet, and slaughtered the sea at low tide, vowing not to kill the evil beasts, and never to give up the army. However, when the cunning provincial fleet of Kutra arrived in the Valen Sea, it immediately lay dormant, and the provincial fleet wandered in the low-tide sea for two months, not even the slightest trace of Kutra could be found, and finally had to withdraw its troops because of the unsustainable provisions.
As soon as the provincial fleet retreated, Kutra, who had been dormant for a long time, came out again to make trouble, and even more violently left the sea, landed on land, and attacked the city of Valen, inflicting heavy casualties on the city.
The provincial governor had a headache with Kutra. Every time he mobilized a large fleet to destroy Kutra, he would be alerted by the movement and immediately take refuge. Sending a small fleet, although the movement is small, will not arouse the alarm of Kutra, but the result is often the total destruction of the fleet and the death of Kutra.
At the same time, Kutra, who was originally only at the peak of the ninth level, successfully advanced to the Holy Rank Realm in the unsuccessful attacks of the provincial fleet, and since then it has become more and more rampant.
The governor of the province was forced to send an urgent message to the imperial capital Cataloland, asking the imperial capital to send a Holy Rank powerhouse to slaughter the evil beast and return the city of Valen and the surrounding waters to Qingning. In the end, the imperial capital sent Constantin Davignier, known as the Jinghai Sword Saint.
The reason why Konstantin is called the Jinghai Sword Saint is because he has killed countless Sea Clan powerhouses in several wars between the Byzantine Empire and the South China Sea Sea Clan, and even killed more than one Sea Clan Saint Rank powerhouse.
For the Jinghai Sword Saint, who had been dealing with the Sea Clan for many years, it was not difficult to deal with a Saint-rank Sea Beast that had only recently advanced.
After receiving the order, Konstantin traveled alone to the city of Valen, hid in a merchant ship used as bait, and succeeded in luring Kutra out of the low tide sea.
The outcome of the battle between a long-established Terran Sword Saint and a newly promoted Saint-Rank Sea Beast was evident.
The storm of the sea, which Kutra unleashed with the power of the ebb tide, was overshadowed by Konstantin's sword skills. Konstantin unleashed his unrivaled sword skills and defeated Kutra with just two swords.
The defeated Kutra was not killed, but he was seriously wounded. It fled into the sea in disarray, not daring to show its face again.
Although Konstantin was a martial artist, he could only dominate on land. Facing the mysterious seabed, even he had to sigh and couldn't pursue.
Konstantin then went out to sea several times by hiding in a merchant ship that served as bait, but was never able to lure Kutra out. Of course, Konstantin could not stay here for long, and after several failed attempts to 'lure the snake out of the hole', he had to give up and leave Valen.
However, since the heavy blow to Kutra, it has also reined in, and the low tide sea has been very calm for a while.
Later, on the edge of the low tide sea, news came that Kutra had appeared and attacked the merchant ships. However, in the coastal area of the low tide sea near the city of Valen, there were no more Kutra attacks on merchant ships.
It is said that the reason why Kutra became so low-key was because after it was severely injured by Konstantin, its realm fell, and its level changed back to the peak of the ninth level!
Since most of the merchant ships traded passed near the low tide sea, and only occasionally lost merchant ships broke into the far sea area where the Kutra was active, so although a few merchant ships were still attacked by the Kutra every year, the entire low tide sea was generally calm, and the city of Valen was prosperous again.