Chapter 90: Razor Strait
On the rough waters of the Nobil Sea, a large three-masted passenger ship is slowly moving forward.
The ship, called the "Starfish", was chartered by Xue Hua in the harbor of Shartra and used as a means of transportation for his honeymoon trip to the sea with his two sisters.
It was now forty days since the ship had left the port of Shartra, and on the way, they had passed through the almost rebuilt seaport of Rugoin, seen the new vitality that Rayhein's enlightened rule had brought to the pearl of the desert, and passed by Kurast, which was still in ruins, and the twin sisters, who had not participated in the war, saw the city of Kurast, which was almost in ruins.
They then followed the coastline to the port of Krsh in Kegistan, where they made one last round of travel and replenishment.
Immediately afterwards, the Sea Star left the port of Kersh in the early morning of the thirty-ninth day, heading straight for the Razor Strait, the only passage from the Nobil Inland Sea to the frozen sea.
The Razor Strait gets its name because it is extremely long, the narrowest part of the entire strait is only enough for a large ship to pass through, the east side of the strait is the beginning of the thousand-foot high East Continental Barrier Mountains, and the west side is the end point of the West Continental Barrier Mountains.
The entire strait is as if someone has used an incomparably sharp razor to split the barrier mountain range in the middle, and this narrow and long strait is the shortest distance from the Twin Seas to the Frozen Sea.
Continuing through the Razor Channel, when you see the Cape of Despair towering high above the northernmost point of the Dreaded Wasteland, you will arrive at the perennial Frozen Sea, where there are no longer barrier mountains to protect it, and endless ice winds blow from the farther north of the North, making the frozen sea often drift with huge ice floes.
It is rumored that the mage's holy land, Xiansai, is hidden in the sea mist directly east of the "Desperate Corner" in this cold wind mixed with frost, snow and rain, but this rumor has never been verified in any favor.
Xue Hua just wanted to verify the truth of this rumor himself, so he hired the best navigator and captain to prepare to cross this strait that few people walked.
Although it is the shortest passage between the Nobel Inland Sea and the Frozen Sea, it is unlikely that a ship will pass through it for more than a decade.
One reason is that there is basically nothing on the other side of the Razor Strait, except for the unreachable Sensai, which is the sacred land of the druids, Tower Dura.
These two places are the holy places of professionals, how can ordinary people run to such places?
Add to that the notoriety of the wasteland on the other side of the strait and the extremely unfriendly weather conditions on the frozen sea, and even professional explorers prefer to travel by land rather than by water.
What's more, the mention of the strait is not a good place to live if you think about it.
Because the strait connects two of the warmest and coldest seas in the entire First World, the strait has turbulent undercurrents and frequent whirlpools.
Coupled with the narrowness of the passage, the ship could not turn around, and once inside the strait, it was impossible to even turn around.
If you want to cross the Razor Strait, first of all, the ship itself must be of excellent quality, and secondly, the crew on board must also be proficient in navigation - especially the captain and captain, who must be at least 20 years old sea wolves, otherwise trespassing in the Razor Strait will only end up with a shipwreck.
At the entrance to the Razor Strait at the end of the Nobil Inland Sea, a large number of shipwrecks lie deep at the bottom of the sea.
These ships are the victims of trespassing in the Strait without being prepared, and their presence is the best warning sign for those who come after them.
The cold currents of the Frozen Sea will act like a plumber who dredges the pipes, pushing all the wreckage of ships trapped in the channel back to the Nobil Inland Sea, which is the secret of such a narrow razor strait for so long.
However, although the road ahead is difficult, Xue Hua is not worried, the navigator who is now standing next to him has successfully crossed the Razor Strait with a ship when he was young twenty years ago, and the captain of the Starfish himself turned out to be the captain of a battleship who retired from the Grand Fleet of King's Port, and in terms of crew, such strength is almost impeccable.
He was now talking to the navigator named David Kohler, about the voyage of the ship, and David told him that they were very close to the Razor Strait, and at this rate, the huge and majestic Barrier Mountains would be visible almost tomorrow morning.
Xue Hua nodded, not bothering the navigator to make a sailing plan, he glanced at the chart on the table, and then turned around and walked out of the drawing room.
The sun was still shining in the sky, but Xue Hua looked at the sunny weather, and the corners of his mouth quietly hooked up a sneer.
Still following?
The port of Kersh was already the last treaty port on the Nobil Sea coast, and normal merchant ships should have returned with a full load of goods traded along the road at this time.
But the medium-sized merchant ship that had been following the Starfish was still following them and continuing to head north.
What are they doing there?
Could it be that the captain of this ship actually has a trade relationship with the mages of Xiansai?
The ship was tracked so far away that even the sisters, who had been keeping watch on the mast, did not notice it.
If it weren't for Xue Hua being accompanied by the supervising king worm, I'm afraid there would be no way to notice that he actually had a tail that followed him all the way.
Since the merchant ship was following him, the problem arose.
Who is the guy on the ship?
The Bard Clans Amazon on the Howorth Islands?
Xue Hua shook his head, it shouldn't be.
Chant Queen Fina is now busy with her "big plan", where is the spare time to take care of his little trouble?
Is that the Church of Evolution?
It's not right, it's too late for the ground rats of the Evolution Church to hide from him now, how can they find the door and send the head to the door by themselves?
Apart from these two sides, the remaining goals are clear.
Hell, Diablo!
The Evil Pact Fellows who belong to the Three Demon Gods are the most fanatical, such as the Spencer family, who had always been subordinate to Mephisto before, and are the famous hell loyalists.
And there is more than one Spencer family in hell, each of these guys who have been brainwashed for hundreds of years are willing to "sacrifice" everything for the demon god.
To put it simply, it's a group of crazy terrorist believers who tie bombs to themselves without blinking an eye.
Xue Hua had already suffered a loss in Shartra before, and he definitely didn't want another suicide bomb attack on his ship......