Chapter XXIV: The Road to Exile I

"Rise fourteen."

"Half full sails."

The Seven Seas Traveler is staggering from the sea of clouds.

After two days and nights of sailing beneath the abyssal sea, they reached the edge of the passage, and the Elemental Detector detected that the wind element was decreasing ahead, which meant that the Seven Seas Traveler might be entering the Calm Wind Layer.

Even though the passage is perpendicular to the wind elemental layer, they can turn around or continue downward, hiding in the abyssal sea for a while. But Fang Yu didn't think it made much sense. They left Orenze and sailed south for four days, even if they were slow in the Wind Elemental Layer, and two days below the abyssal sea were enough for them to sail out of the Orenze's hunt.

Staying beneath the abyss does not make them safer, but rather dangerous. The Descendants of Flor and the rest of the guilds will be filled with fleets and eyeliners searching for them on the empty sea outside. They can think of entering the abyss to avoid pursuit, and others are not stupid.

Their pursuers may even end up looking for their tracks, and the Orenzeites may not be able to find a suitable ship or man for a while, but that doesn't mean that the Descendants of Flor can't do it either. They could always find a sailboat big enough and strong enough, and a seasoned captain and sailor who had also been beneath the abyss.

Although this abyssal sea seems to be deep, it is a small pond closed by the Calm Wind Layer on all sides, and when the hands of the Descendants of Flor enter, what awaits them is to catch turtles in urns.

Their only chance was to get as far away from Orenze as possible before the others reacted, and no matter how large the Descendants of Flor were, it was impossible for the hunting fleet to spread all over the empty sea. In fact, they can't even do it all over Nognes, unless they don't do anything else.

On a larger scale, the Electors can't do it, and neither can the Kalin-Ishurian Kingdom. The free Kukai is free enough because it is big enough.

Therefore, Fang Yu made a decisive decision to let the Seven Seas Traveler pass through the wind elemental layer again and return to the sea off Orenze once again.

After two days and nights of sailing, they didn't come across the legendary island, and it looked like it might have plunged deeper into the abyssal sea, or even through the Stillwind Belt.

But it may also be torn apart in the process of falling due to its own mass, and it will naturally collapse and disappear.

Fang Plover was only slightly disappointed by this, after all, there were too many legends and stories left on that mysterious island, whether it was the Battle of Byrne or the past of the 'Dawn Star'.

However, this disappointment was more of an expected disappointment, and the Cowlings and the Imperials, and even the Electors, must have explored this in the end, and the absence of a single word in history is enough to say a lot.

They don't think they're the chosen ones, and they can discover something that no one else notices. That kind of opportunity is not impossible, but it is destined to be rare.

The Seven Seas Traveler was still slowly rising, cutting through layers of mist.

The land is clearly visible on the left, and the distance seems to be very close but in fact very far away, looking like a towering mountain wall that hangs down and juts into the clouds, like the back of a giant, looming.

"Determine where we stand."

"We are located southeast of Orenze, the captain of the ship, the wind direction is southwest, the wind speed is seven knots, the sea conditions are good, the visibility is average, and there is a cloud wall in front of us."

Sylvid looked up from the star tracker, walked to the porthole, looked outside, and then replied softly, "Now that the ship is heading east, we should be below the mouth of the Great Rift Gap." ”

Fang Plover couldn't help but look in the same direction, and above the cloudy and misty ridge hung several bright bands of light, almost several kilometers long, which were waterfalls hanging from the edge of the land. Nognes is the richest area of the Kaulin-Ishurian water system due to abundant rainfall.

The river was eroding the rocks, forming gaps and rifts, the largest of which was in the middle of Nognes, the wall of the empty sea.

The huge cliffs cut out like an axe and a chisel cut straight into the clouds, then split from the middle, stand on either side, and gradually close to the center, winding and stretching beyond the sky.

The windboat sailed slowly through the center of the Great Breach, as tiny as a speck of dust.

Tracing this rift to the north, there is a long river that winds and shines, and it rushes down from the Crimson Mountains and the Peinan Valley; Its source water comes from the sparkling long lake, where the snow-covered mountains, the glorious white towers on the shore, and the delicate houses of the elves among the mangrove forests.

Farther north, the wind howls and melts a babbling stream from the 10,000-year-old frozen Eldron Glacier, flows through snow-capped meadows, and follows in the footsteps of dwarven explorers chasing snow monsters, from where among the pebbles emerges the longest river of Kaulin-Ishurian.

Shimmering Galaxy –

Among those memories of the past, he also recalled the beautiful scenery he had seen one by oneβ€”the silver snow of the Holy Bow Peak, the cheerfulness and tranquility of the fairy dwelling, and the towers standing in the dense forest, the sparkling lake, and the towns along the coast.

Fang Yu stared at this rift, and couldn't help but be aroused, and seemed a little silent for a while.

Until the next moment, the voice of Miss Naturalist from inside the microphone interrupted his train of thought, "Brother Ed, the detector has detected an air elemental reaction, to the southwest of us. ”

Fang Yu came back to his senses at this time, they had actually made a plan to meet other people, but they didn't expect it to be so soon. I don't know if it's because there are already too many fleets of the Descendants of Flor and other guilds nearby, or if it's just their bad luck.

"All ready to fight." Fang Yu ordered. He also put on his gloves and walked out of the captain's quarters. Sylvade removed her magic bolt from the wall and followed.

Although the reaction on the wind elemental detector may not necessarily be the person chasing them, it may also be a passing merchant ship, or a sea creature, but it is always better to prevent trouble in the current situation.

Fang Plover came to the deck, where Baggins, the Big Cat Man, and Pasha were already waiting for him, and the Big Cat Man had finally returned to his former majestic form, with a fiery red mane flying in the wind, wearing a heavy magic guide armor, and holding the big sword on the ground - since Luo Hao joined the team, he no longer played the role of a defender in the team, and his weapon was replaced by a two-handed sword.

Thanks to the improvement of Fang Yuan's craftsman level, this big sword is already a second-generation product. However, it is foreseeable that there should be no third generation, because Fang Yu is going further and further in crystal craftsmen, and his skills in other aspects are gradually unable to keep up.

"Is it from the Flor Descendants?"

"Like," replied the boatswain, "it's a three-masted clipper, a rare merchant ship of this type, either a pirate or a ship that has come to capture us." Unless we're lucky enough to run into someone who doesn't have anything to do with it. ”

The possibility of an unrelated person is very small, and even if it is really irrelevant, the ship coming from this direction must be from the port of Orenze. If you are a Draftee, it is difficult to say that you will not covet their points after looking at the community, and if you are a native, you will also be affected by the wanted warrant of the Kaulin-Ishurian Kingdom.

"What about the ship?"

"I'm in the clouds, I should be able to see it later."

The Wind Detector on the Seven Seas Traveler is very poor, and when it detects other ships, it often means that they may have already been spotted. There is little point in escaping, not to mention that the other party's speed is faster than theirs, and the detection distance of the detector may be much higher than theirs.

Even if they hide in the cloud wall like the last time, the people behind can notify the other fleets to come, and when the time comes, they can spread a siege net, or surround outside the range of the cloud wall, and it will be difficult for them to break through.

At this time, Luo Hao also walked up from the lower deck with Parker, Box, and Ai Xiaoxiao.

"But our ship is much smaller than the other side." Pasha said a little worriedly.

"Small can also be small." Baggins replied, "The key is to see how strong the opponent is. Generally speaking, your Chosen ones are of average level above Kukai, with a few exceptions-"

Generally speaking, in the same age group, under the age of thirty, the personal strength of the electees far exceeds that of the aborigines. But above the empty sea is a different scene, and even with the help of the system, the Electors are hardly as good as the veteran sailors in terms of ship management.

So it's not for nothing that Baggins looks down on the Chosen One. What's more, he is not an ordinary sailor, he used to be one of Ma Wei's deputies, if it weren't for the decline in strength due to injury, it would not even be possible to appear here.

In other words, he has probably seen more storms than many of the Chosen have traveled.

The big cat man picked his paws and squinted his silver eyes, "There may be a little different smell in the wind today, Ed, but don't worry, victory always belongs to Lady Marlan's side." ”

"Here you go again, Mr. Red."

"It's no joke, little one."

Fang Yu shook his head.

Only Ai Xiaoxiao asked curiously, what does today's wind portend?

Parker was shouting that the Lion Paladin was nothing more than bragging. Luo Hao looked at the three-masted sailing ship that came out of the clouds in the distance, and turned around and asked him, what are you going to do?

The wind on the empty sea gently swept the clouds, Fang Yu looked at the cloud wall that was being generated in the north, and after being silent for a while, he made a decision, "Go behind the cloud island in front first." ”

Regardless of Ms. Marlan, he decided to fight.

The other party sees them as a reward for walking, but he has to let them know that there is a price to pay for taking the points. Today's Seven Seas Brigade is no longer the adventure squad that had no ability to resist between the Grand Guilds.

They also have the ability to fight back.

"You decided to teach them a lesson?" Luo Hao asked.

"Let's see how strong they are." Fang Yu was still cautious.

Guilds and groups that can come to Kukai will not be novices, no matter how bad they are.

But everyone knew in their hearts that this could be the first battle between the Seven Seas Travelers, and indeed the Seven Seas Brigade, and the Flor Descendants and the Alliance.

Fang Ou gently placed his hand on the side of the ship, as if he had seen the Dawn Star, the night in the elven ruins, and the moment he had made a promise to Miss Scarpet.

Now that promise is gradually becoming a reality, some memories are long-lasting, but some accounts will always come to be settled.

The side hatch of the air combat deck below had opened a gap, and the silver clockwork elf was fluttering out of it, flying off into the distance under his gaze until it turned into a faint silver light.

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When the faint source of the reaction first appeared on the Osin Silverfire's wind element detector, the people on board didn't realize that they had won the jackpot at first.

The nearby empty sea was littered with windboats that had come to hunt down those people, and yesterday they had met the ship of the Descendants of Flor twice, and three more times with people from other guilds, and even a ship belonging to the Rainbow Alliance.

The 120,000 points should be the vast majority of all mission points balances in the alliance in the fourth quarter of this year, and they have been invested in this gray notice. It seems that this year, the league at least doesn't have to worry about spending points before the end of the season, but I don't know if it will be stretched when there are unexpected tasks ahead.

This is also the reason why the local guild of Nognes is so crazy, at the current market price, almost 50,000 points can buy a place to the second world.

Of course, a guild with average strength would not rashly train a few Electors to go to the second world alone, but 120,000 points are really enough to do a lot of things.

For example, it is enough to increase the guild's ranking in the alliance by several places, and its strength will increase a lot.

The captain of the Orsin Silverfire is called Elan-Radwell, and he is a native of Aborigine. However, the ship did not belong to him, nor to any native forces, but to a nearby Elector's Guild, who had only been hired to serve as the ship's captain. According to the current fashion, it is called 'selling a life'.

Sailboats need experienced professionals to serve as captains, and the average guild doesn't have the strength to train their own Elector Captains, so hiring reputable locals has become a popular choice.

Elam had twelve years of experience sailing on the empty sea, and even more so before he became captain, and the Chosen offered him a price he couldn't refuse to bring him to this ship, which is why he was here.

He estimated that there were at least seven other ships with the same purpose as the Orshin Silver Fire in the nearby open sea, including a large ship of the Fleur Descent. And if the scope is expanded to the entire sea off Orenze, the number of ships that will be hunted will be even greater, and the Orenzes alone have sent two fleets of twelve ships.

Therefore, when he went out to sea, he actually didn't have much hope of finding those people, the Orsin Silver Fire was a good ship, but it was a little too far from the people of the Flor Descendants or even the Rainbow Alliance ship he had seen.

In particular, the wind element detectors on the ship are very old, which is crucial in the search work, and the air and sea are so large that a visual search is basically like looking for a needle in a haystack. But their wind elemental detector is actually not much farther than visual distance.

So when someone came to tell him that there was a faint reaction on the detector, Elam's first reaction was that they had met their peers again. Actually, the Chosen One thought the same thing, but based on the experience of the air and sea, they had to rule out whether it was a creature of the air and sea first.

It's simple, just like the Seven Seas Traveler, because the Wind Element Detector is so embarrassing, when something is detected on it, it often means that the target is almost visible. Although the detector on the Orshin Silverfire was slightly better, it was about the same, and after about ten minutes, Elan and the others saw the source of the signal through the telescope.

Then everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"It's them!"

I don't know who shouted first.

There was almost instant chaos on the ship, but fortunately Elam was experienced and immediately gave the order for the Orhin Silver Fire to be back behind the clouds at once.

Although the other party may have seen them, he may not be able to distinguish their ship shape at such a distance, and he has heard that the wanted people are just a group of young people. What rich experience can a young man, or the Chosen One, have in sailing on the air and sea?

If the other party hesitates slightly, they will be given a chance to get closer. And even if the other party is alert enough, hiding behind the clouds can hide their intentions and buy them enough time.

The leader of the guild to which the Oxin Silver Fire belonged almost immediately approached Elan, who even said to him with some excitement, "Mr. Elan, you are definitely the most outstanding captain we have ever found, and it was almost certainly a wise move for us to choose you in the first place. But can you tell us what we should do next? ”

Elan Radwell was also a little excited, because the other party had already agreed with him that they would not ask for the bounty on the royal family's wanted warrant, as long as those people were caught, the bounty would belong to him.

"The other party's ship is small, and according to eyewitnesses, it is almost unarmed," he said, taking a breath, forcing himself to calm down, and maintaining a cautious attitude, "They should not be able to outrun us, the only thing to guard against is that they escape into the cloud wall." ”

"Can it be done?"

"It's not a big problem, our ship is bigger and well-armed, we can fire guns to stop them, but it needs to be close to a certain distance," he said eloquently, "Now let's get the magicians on board into the air, we are behind the clouds, they can't see us, but we can't see them either, we need eyeline." ”

Although the leader knew nothing about naval warfare above the Kukai, he was not a novice after all, so he immediately replied, "I had already lifted the magicians into the air earlier, Mr. Captain, but now there is news from the front that the other party is sailing the ship behind Cloud Island to the north. ”

"Northside?"

"Yes, north."

"Then they must be trying to use the cover of Cloud Island to descend below the clouds, and then enter the cloud wall," Elan's tone became a little excited: "But they made a mistake, "Because of the direction of the wind, the cloud wall will retreat to the northeast, they are delaying their own time, we can definitely catch up with them!" ”

The president's eyes lit up, "Mr. Captain, you are the most experienced person on this ship, then you can say okay, and I will leave it to you here." Asking for a live opening, we will go and prepare for the battle. ”

Elan thought for a moment and nodded, but also reminded his collaborators: "I'm an expert on the empty sea, but you know better than me how to fight, but I've heard that those people are not simple, I heard that they fought with dragons when they were in Doriffin." ”

"It's just the Dragon's Shadow, and they were lucky at that time," the guild leader laughed, "Half a year ago, their average level was only about twenty, so we can deal with it casually." Rest assured, as you said, Mr. Captain, it is convenient for us to be experts. ”

The Chosen One has been in this world for so many years, and Elan probably understands what level it is to be in the early twenties, and he knows the general level of the other people in this guild, so he also bows his head with confidence.

It's just that apparently neither of them knew that as the Osin Silver Fire passed through the clouds, a silver fusiform flying object was maintaining the same speed above the ship's head, and with the pupils of the lens, silently watching everything that was happening below.

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