Chapter 423: Bow Portrait: Storm Horn
The vast Orange Leaf Fort of the Amor family, the library.
Although nominally called a library, it is already larger than the public libraries in many small cities.
And there are absolutely no miscellaneous books in the collection here.
There are many magic books, witchcraft manuscripts, ancient copper plates, transcendent secrets, etc., and the lowest value is also such a practical reference book as the "World Navigation Encyclopedia".
Of course, because of its value, the number of people who can enter here is extremely limited.
Under normal circumstances, there are only three owners in the castle, the Marquis Duke, the Marquise Nymph, and the eldest lady Olivia.
Now the entire crew of the "Storm Horn" is on vacation.
Olivia also changed from the little fat warrant officer Roddy back to the tall and beautiful aristocratic lady of the marquis's family.
"Eh, I remember the gemological school's enchantment book for large utensils, which should be here?"
Tie her long black hair up in a silver ribbon, Olivia wore a loose ruffle-sleeved white home dress and delicate heels studded with a pair of golden butterflies.
Push a walnut wooden ladder with pulleys up and down the rows of tall bookshelves that reach up to the roof.
At this time, through the floor-to-ceiling windows with excellent lighting, warm sunlight spilled in, shining on the girl's white jade-like face, inlaid with a shining gold edge, which was incredibly beautiful.
Suddenly, Olivia's sapphire eyes lit up slightly.
Standing on tiptoe on a wooden ladder, he stretched out his arms like a lotus root and took out a large hard-shell magic book from the upper shelf.
Because of this pose, the white ruffle sleeves slide down the silky skin to the shoulders, revealing a perfectly cut diamond bracelet on the slender wrist.
In an instant, the entire library seemed to light up a little, and I don't know if it was because of the shining bracelet or the girl's bright white skin with snow light.
"Ahh
It's this book "The Art of Large-scale Treasure Making, Gemstone Related", let me take a look..."
But at this time.
"Ahem..."
The girl's hand shook slightly, and she turned back suddenly.
A graceful figure wearing a long lake green dress, black hair and green eyes, and full of the same jewels as himself was standing quietly behind him.
Headbands, earrings, necklaces, rings... There is no shortage of the same.
Obviously, for them, these things are not only beautiful ornaments, but also powerful weapons, as important as the sword, which is as important as the sword that a knight carries with him.
"Mom, I'm scared to death, why don't you make a sound when you walk?"
Olivia grumbled, patted her chest slightly exaggeratedly, and pushed the book back again, seemingly inadvertently.
"Oh, no sound, I think you're too focused, Hassie, what are you looking for?"
Da.. Da.. Da..
While asking her daughter, the Marquise deliberately took two steps to prove that her sapphire heels were striking the oak floor.
"No, I didn't look for anything, I just read a book. β
"Really?"
Smack-
With a snap of her fingers, the tome on the bookshelf had floated on its own, slowly falling into her white palm.
"Large-scale utensils, the art of gem-related art, Hersie, you want to make large witchcraft props?
It's okay to just ask your mom, why do you have to look for it here? Isn't your mother the strongest thing you can rely on anymore?"
Young and beautiful like Olivia's sister's Nymph, her face without the slightest trace of age shows a trace of natural "sadness".
"No, it's not that I want to make it myself, but I just want to help a new friend find information on how to make a ship's bow image. β
Although she knew her mother's nature, she couldn't see her expression, Olivia hurriedly explained.
"New friend?
Just right... I know there's a friend of your father's in the realm who is also working on a shipwreck. It can't be so coincidental that they're the same person, right?"
The trace of sadness on the lady's face dissipated instantly, and she winked at her precious daughter with her big beautiful eyes:
"I haven't been home for so long, so I'm with that friend, right?
Hehe, my baby daughter has really grown up and has her own secrets!
But I think that young man is not bad, what do you think?"
The Marquise looked at her daughter with a hint of meaning in her eyes.
"Mom, what are you talking nonsense? I'm just doing him a favor, help, don't guess!"
Daββ!
Like a little wildcat that had been stepped on by its tail, Olivia jumped down from the ladder and waved her arms in discontent.
As she moved, the golden butterfly on her crystal clear toe fluttered like a work of art, and it was obvious that the girl's mood might not be as light as she said.
"Oh, it turns out that it's really that young and promising, and... A rich commodore of the Navy.
Ah, I'm sorry I accidentally said what was in my heart. β
Nymph raised her hand to cover her rosy lips, but the smile in her eyes was obviously not sincere.
However, seeing that Olivia, who has been so strong and has a boy-like personality since she was a child, rarely shows this kind of girl's disgusted appearance, the Marquise also knows the truth of accepting it when she sees it, and chuckles:
"Okay, I'm not kidding you. The part related to the ship's head is on page 26, paragraph 3, page 72, paragraph 1, and the last page is a surprise!
He handed the tome back to his daughter, and gently clenched his fists to cheer her up.
The Nymph turned away as quickly as she could, walking briskly, and it was evident that the marquise was not only young in appearance, but also in mind.
"What? It's like your daughter can't get married, and she's rich?"
Looking at her mother's departing back, Olivia muttered dissatisfied.
Still, the body honestly opened the passages in the magic book that had been pointed out by a superior wizard.
......
Two days flew by.
After receiving guidance from Miss Moonstone in the spirit world, Evan has finally perfected his design and can't wait to bring it to life.
The totem poles that had been cut in two were all brought back by Aven.
Embedded in the upper half, it is most likely the crow-shaped blood-colored stone from the upper totem god, after being sealed by Aven in a lead box.
Along with the box containing the voodoo doll and Philip II's Thistle Crown, it was placed at the bottom of the magic pocket.
Then, the wood of the totem pole is softened with a special solution (the activation aura is temporarily ineffective against the supernatural equipment), and then it is reshaped and re-sculpted.
The ship's bow statue that Aven named [Cape Storm].
The base is an abstract six-eyed shark head, the upper part resembling a giant shark's dorsal fin, and also resembling a sharp horn.
From bottom to top, it is full of complex techniques composed of Ai Wen's knowledge of the "Living Chemical School" and the "Alchemy School".
From a distance, it looks like a shark's shield scales.
Four sapphires of the highest quality and two of the finest rubies were then set in his six eye sockets using the dotted emerald technique to act as his six eyes.
This is because Evan took Miss Moonstone's suggestion and borrowed the overall image of the creature shark to balance the internal and external energy sources while also obtaining another hidden benefit.
That is to "deceive" the remaining power of Ovig to the maximum, so that it thinks that its subject is still alive.
And then it's the same as the totem warrior who is promoted to the third rank, and randomly inherits one or three spell abilities from the totem god. When the bow image is finally spell activated, it can solidify the maximum and strongest ability.
It can also be said to be the ultimate in kung fu other than luck.
Aven, who deeply understands the importance of this ship's bow statue, even asked Milan to launch a ceremony to divinate the best time.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't let someone else do it for him, Evan would want Milan to open [Trickery] again and use his powerful luck to activate the activation ritual... Ahem.
However, no matter how much you try to increase the success rate, it is finally time for the launching ceremony.
The transcendent officers who heard the news rushed back one after another.
First mate Boris, boatswain Gary, and warrant officer Roddy all wanted to witness the birth of the shipwreck, which could make the "Stormhorn" leap to a quasi-legendary shipwreck.
In particular, Olivia, who has turned back into a little fat man, as one of the technical supporters of this ship's bow statue, is probably the second most nervous person in the group after Evan.
At this time, it is exactly the same as gambling stones, one knife is poor, one knife is rich, and one knife wears linen.
For this reason, Aven specially bathed and changed his clothes, and held a purification ceremony for himself to get rid of all the bad aura on his body.
Then he put on the "Lucky Talisman" provided by Milan with an unknown number of effects, stood in front of the bow like [Storm Cape], took a deep breath, and solemnly recited the last inspiring mantra:
actiββ
The next second, in everyone's nervous and expectant gaze.
Whoa, whoa, whoa....
Like the sound of the waves of the sea, a halo of ocean blue exploded from the base of the ship's bow, and then a second one exploded in the middle part.
Then, when the light slowly converges...
Just when everyone thought that this excitation ceremony was barely satisfactory.
Among the three pairs of red-blue gemstone eyes juxtaposed on the head of the shark sculpture at the base, a third color flashes slightly.
Smack-
Finally, a third blue aura exploded at the tip of the sharp corner.
Aiwen's heart skipped an instant: "It's done!"
Just like when a totem warrior is promoted, the more abilities he stimulates, the stronger he often becomes, and there is no such thing as condensation being the essence.
Hmmm-
When the three explosive auras slowly converged, the appearance of the bow image also changed significantly.
All the runic patterns carved on the surface had disappeared automatically, as if completely immersed in the interior of the wood, leaving only patches of beautiful patterns on the surface like waves and whirlwinds, and the bow of the ship looked like a beautiful wood carving as a whole.
A few minutes later.
A group of people saw Milan reopen his eyes after completing the [Spiritual Detection].
I couldn't help but ask nervously, "How is it?"
"Well, strong, very strong! Maybe we need a full-scale sea trial to appreciate the true power of this 'Cape of Storm'. β