Rupert looked at the report in front of him and laughed, his slender fingers flipping the pages of parchment at will, "So, in the end, they claimed to be the remnants of the Seneman and attacked the shipyard and took one of 'our' ships...... And firing at the batteries of Tansnil? ”

Bright and soft sunlight was shining through the tall stained windows and falling on the camel velvet lattice carpet, and in the spacious room, a long one alongside a smoky incense burner and a clump of emerald green dwarf palm bamboo.

Two people sit opposite each other.

Seychelle also showed a wry smile on his face, and shook his head: "Actually, you can't say that you can't fire, Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, it's a ballista." ”

Rupert looked at the report and read out the paragraph: "According to eyewitnesses, the bolt of the ballista fell into the sea of clouds a few hundred meters from the battery. In terms of casualties...... And only one young man broke his leg because he really thought that the blind followers attacked and were frightened? ”

Seychelle nodded, "That's right." ”

"Give the frightened lad a little compensation. So what do the Cowlings say? ”

Seychelle frowned, "Whether they believe it or not, we can't tell who the blind followers are, and Captain Ed has made up his mind." It's just that next, their path may not be so easy......"

"Will the Cowlings target them?" Celestia - no, Rupert, who was already the eldest princess of Istania at the moment, asked.

"The Cowlings are targeting Miss Sylvide, but it doesn't matter if they're the remnants of Seneman or not, the young king and the ambitious Prime Minister to the north will want Elder Ed anyway. But I mean, the Chosen One's side ......"

Rupert fell silent, his knuckles tapping lightly on the low table.

……

With one hand on her chin, Ravali Igna Aimuibn looked out the window at the unpredictable floating clouds, and she sighed and closed the thick history book a little boredly.

Bein's sky was always the same, unchanged, and as for those red rocks, she had been tired of looking at them for more than ten years. She closed the book, and suddenly she was curious about the green mountains and forests in the north that Miss Naturalist had told her.

Is there really such a place, an oasis as big as a silver sand sea, so where did Miss Kita go? Does she remember herself, did that nasty regimental commander say bad things about herself behind her back?

There must be, she thought.

Count Nurman pushed the door in, looked at his daughter's back, and sighed with a smile: "Lady Ainu complained to me again today, Ravali. ”

The Earl's daughter looked back at her father, "Hmph, that bitter old woman, what is there like Miss Kita?" Anyway, I don't want to go to her class anymore, Father. ”

"But it's hard to find a good history teacher around here."

"Father-Father-Father-Father-T

"Okay, okay, I'll change it for you." The Count, who had always been solemn, softened, "But I have one thing to tell you, Lavalli, Eddard, they may be in trouble. ”

Ravali was about to say what that person had to do with her, but suddenly she thought that Kita was also among them, and she couldn't help but stand up from her position, "What!?" ”

Count Nurman said in a serious tone, "They have provoked the Kaolins, and now they are also saddled with the name of the remnants of the Seneman. ”

After listening to his story, the earl's daughter said incredulously, "What do they have to do with Seneman, they obviously don't want us to get into trouble." ”

She anxiously left her position, took two steps back and forth, and looked at her father: "Father, you have to think of a way!" ”

Count Nurman was helpless, "What can I do about this?" ”

"Father—"

Count Nurman patted his daughter's head, "Okay, okay, the Kaulin people are too busy to take care of themselves right now, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess will find a way." ”

He sighed secretly.

"What an eventful time."

……

Go back three days.

Shortly after the Seven Seas Traveler took to the skies, a cheer rang out from the microphone. Fang Yu gently put down the communication crystal in his hand, raised his head, and exchanged glances with Sylvid in front of him.

There was also a congratulatory smile in the eyes of the ship's officer. Fang Yu looked at the maid who was cleaning up the house on the side, and said to her, "Miss Shesta, let's put aside this matter for a while, and go out with us to celebrate?" ”

But Shesta glanced back at him, and then turned away without saying a word, as if she hadn't heard.

Sylvide smiled when she saw this, "Shesta is like this, sometimes she doesn't even listen to me. ”

Shesta paused for a moment and said in a rare voice: "That's because what Miss said is not necessarily correct, especially under the premise of Miss Miss's safety and Miss's comfort as the first premise. ”

Fang Yu blinked, he didn't expect the maid to really refute Sylvide's words.

Sylvid winked at him with a smile and a little playfulness, as if to say: Look?

However, at this time, the door of the captain's room had been pushed open, and the air mixed with the fragrance of Kukai poured in with the wind. Then came the voice of Sky Blue: "Brother Ed, what are you still doing in the captain's room, come out and have a look!" ”

"By the way," said the little girl, whose tone was full of excitement, "Sister Sylvide, Miss Shesta, you should come out and have a look!" ”

Sylvide nodded with a smile, she glanced at Fang Yuan, who also left her place, took her slender hand from the ship's officer, and walked out with her.

Hearing Tianlan's words, Shesta hesitated for a moment, and followed. "Wow," Sky Blue looked very happy, and her little mouth seemed to be smeared with honey, "Miss Shesta, you look so beautiful today." ”

The maid lady glanced at her, curled her metal fingers and flicked her forehead lightly, "Don't be poor. Sky Blue hugged her head with an 'ouch' and tears in her eyes.

Fang Yu walked out with the hand of his ship officer, a snow-white sea of clouds slowly unfolded in front of him, his chest was filled with the breath above the empty sea, and he took a breath lightly, which was actually a little intoxicating.

It wasn't that he hadn't sailed on the empty sea, and even more so the rest of the ship, but on their own ship, it felt very different. His steps were light and fluttering, and there was a sense of unreality, as if he was really walking on floating clouds.

At this moment, the mood of everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade on board is more or less similar.

The big cat man leapt down from the mast, glanced at his fingers tangled with Sylvid, and smiled, "Our captain, this is a good name." ”

Fang Yu was a little embarrassed, and there was only a smirk on his face.

Sylvide watched with amusement and pursed her lips.

The shipyard was getting smaller and smaller behind the Seven Seas Traveler, but you could still see the tiny crowd of people slowly pouring in from outside the shipyard walls.

But they no longer had the slightest threat to the Seven Seas Traveler in the sky, and the mystics in purple robes could only tilt their heads and watch the ship spread its white sails and fly higher and higher.

Fang Yu also saw the people who came out of the shipyard.

Among those people must be Lady Elna, the lovely Dwarven Master, and the boatmen they knew who had played a role in the birth of the Seven Seas Traveler.

But I can't tell everyone's face anymore.

People look up in this direction, and their eyes may be the last goodbye.

"Farewell, Istania."

Fang Yu said silently in his heart.

His eyes saw the towering white spires of the lighthouse in the clouds, the Tansniel Artisan Guild suspended in mid-air, and the city's busy airport built on the cliffside of the mainland.

All kinds of flying pack beasts, pterosaurs, large and small wind-winged fishing boats, airships, are coming in and out.

There, two port authority boats, hoisting silver sails, were heading in this direction, as if to inquire about their intentions, but having gone a short distance, they seemed to have received some instructions, and turned a new corner.

Fang Yu raised his head and looked in that direction, and naturally understood in his heart that this was Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess's last help to them, and at this time, in the microphone on the side of the ship, there was a soft voice from Miss Naturalist——

"Brother Ed...... No, no, Captain, there is a wind element reaction in the northwest......"

Fang Yu turned his head and looked at the cloud wall hanging in the northwest, there was a small wind element detector on the ship, this thing was not a question of whether it was expensive or not, but it took up too much space. This was the only pocket-sized detector they had brought from the Cuestac Artisans' Guild, but it also took up nearly a third of the size of the pod.

But because of its compact size, the function is of course extremely limited, and the detection distance is only more than 30 nautical miles, and in the case of good visibility, even the naked eye can see this distance. Therefore, it can only be used when there is a field of vision, bad weather and night.

Moreover, not to mention determining the coordinates, it is impossible to determine the approximate number and distance of the reaction sources of the wind element, and as for the relative velocity, it is impossible to talk about it.

But as long as this thing rings, it at least means that there is a windboat or flying creature that is close to it.

There is no fixed route to the northwest, and the only thing that can appear in that direction is the fleet of the Cowlins, except for the air pirates and creatures cruising on the empty sea.

In fact, Fang Yu looked far away, and saw three wind ships with pointed bows and silver sails, from which they broke through the clouds and appeared at full speed at five o'clock on the Seven Seas Traveler.

He recognized it at a glance as a sixth-class frigate of the Kaurin-Ishurian Alliance, the Swordfish-class, an old ship that had been in service thirty years earlier, but in terms of performance alone, it was not comparable to the Seven Seas Traveler.

It can reach speeds of fifteen knots per hour when it sails at full speed, and it is almost impossible for the Seven Seas Traveler to outrun the other party when it is downwind, but at this moment there is also a cloud wall south of Tansnil - and as long as the cloud wall is more than ten miles thick, it can block the wind element detection, and the Seven Seas Traveler can avoid the pursuit of the other party as long as it enters the cloud wall.

But until then—

Fang Plover came to the other side of the Seven Seas Traveler, and at this moment Sylvid let go of his hand and walked after him. The windboat was passing parallel to the air harbor of Tansnir, and the silver fort built on the rock wall in that direction was coming into view.

Fang Plover pointed in that direction and ordered, "Fire at the Tansnir Battery, but don't aim at it, just aim at the cliff below." And make it clear to them that we are here to avenge Seneman! ”

"What!?"

Tian Lan, who was walking out of the captain's room with a red forehead, only listened to the second half of his words, and almost thought that his regiment commander had lost his mind and went crazy, "Brother Ed, did you say something nonsense?" ”

But Baggins understood what he meant, the sailor was a native of Istanya after all, and understood what the kingdom of Cowlin meant to Idania.

He slid down from the mast and said, "Actually, it's not so troublesome, the artillery in the back didn't have time to be installed, and the Seven Seas Traveler only has one front ballista, this distance and range are not enough at all, just fire a shot." ”

Fang Yu nodded: "Then do it." ”

Baggins and the big cat man were already walking left and right towards the ballista, one was in charge of winding it, and the other was removing the bolt from the shelf and placing it on it. After Kita sent three notices to the Port Authority, the Seven Seas Traveler opened fire in the direction of the battery in a pretended manner.

But as if a joke, the bolt flew crookedly out of the ground for a few chains, and when it was at least twice as far from its target, it plunged into the clouds.

Sky Blue watched this scene a little blankly.

But Fang Yu patted the back of her head and said, "Don't be in a daze, go to your own place." ”

After that, he put on his tricorne hat, straightened it with his hand, looked back at the three sixth-class frigates that were shining brightly above the sea of clouds, and then gave the order:

"The Seven Seas Traveler is all on order."

"To the south, inside the Cloud Wall, we go to the Misty Fjord."

"Everybody, say goodbye to Istania."

……

There was silence in the darkness, except for the occasional sound of dripping water.

The people of Rotao, on the other hand, believe that evil things sleep in the darkness.

Therefore, after the Finn Plague, they left the earthly hall under this rocky cavern, where there is a tall and heavy wall, and under the intricate patterns, a piece of history belonging to the Mad King is sealed.

People still don't want to talk about that bloody past, about the death of rebels and tyrants, how empires collapsed, how a prosperous king was reduced to ruins overnight, sinking into this dark underground.

For many years, guards were sent to guard the place, but they were all insane, chattering about what lurked in the darkness. At first, people remembered everything, but over time, no one wanted to go anymore, and after many years of peace, people gradually forgot many things.

I also forgot what was hidden in the darkness.

Sidor Milenko watched as the rubble slid down from his feet and rolled into the darkness, the sound of the silence in vain was creepy enough.

He gripped the rock wall tightly with one hand, and the pickaxe he held in the other was inserting into the crack between the rock walls—the crack seemed unnatural to him, like a huge claw mark.

In fact, he had always believed that the dark legends of the Rotao people were true, the old tales of tyrants and the madness, the sensational old rumors that an ancient empire was on the verge of collapse.

But his nervousness only elicited a chuckle.

His companions crouched on the top of the cliff and looked at him, and teased, "Sidore, are you so frightened that you can't walk, climb up quickly, and look at you like that." Just a few pebbles can scare you like a frightened little squirrel. ”

The warrior with his sword on the ground straightened up and looked at the darkness in the distance: "This place has been explored before, and there is a ruin underneath, and the most valuable thing in it has been taken ten years ago. ”

"But if we can get through this cliff," he said, looking behind him, "we might have a chance to make a fortune if we reach places where no one has been before." ”

"But it's true that the locals never come to this place, and only those we have chosen to come here."

"That's because it was once connected to the Pillar of the Stars, a sacred place for the Rotao," the warrior replied, "I heard that there was a bloodshed on the ground more than ten years ago, and a knight of Tanro, who guarded the Pillar of the Stars, escaped......"

"What does that have to do with us?"

The warrior was about to say something more, but suddenly frowned.

He looked at Sidor, who was still hanging on the cliff, and said impatiently: "Sidor, how long will you hang there, if you don't plan to continue, then we won't wait for you." ”

Sidore trembled all over, and only looked at him with a pale face.

"What's wrong?" The warrior was slightly stunned: "Do you have a fear of heights?" ”

But he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and when he looked back, he saw a slight 'click' and 'click' sound from the rock wall above, and the ground seemed to shake slightly, and the rustling stones were hanging down from the sharp rocks.

Fell at his feet.

For a moment, he even felt the rock moving under his feet, and with a soft 'boom', Sidore below finally couldn't grasp the rock protrusion in his hand, and rolled down with the broken rock.

Let out a scream.

"Sidore!" The warrior shouted, but the shaking ground made him almost unsteady, and he lay down to hold on to the ground, "What's the matter, is there an earthquake?" ”

But before the words fell, a pair of golden eyes suddenly opened in the darkness in the distance.

The heavy stone walls are crumbling—

The huge black shadow was slowly coming out of the darkness, and its cold, golden eyes were almost as high as the cliffs, but it didn't look at these humble creatures on the cliffs, and only gently shook off the gravel and dust on its body.

The warrior opened his mouth wide, looking at this scene, he only felt chills all over his body, and involuntarily made a gurgling sound from his throat -

"Interesting ......"

“…… The little one. ”

A deep voice was coming from the darkness.

……

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