Chapter 28: Departure in the Ice Ocean

At 5 p.m., on the icy ocean north of Pantolaken.

In late autumn in the subarctic zone, it gets dark very early. It was still late in the evening, and it was already dark.

Under the cover of darkness, a reconnaissance ship sailed quietly in the thick fog. This is not a naturally formed fog, but a phantom fog created by the reconnaissance ship using magic. In this way, the ship was able to avoid the eyes and ears of the Vikings and reach its destination safely.

In the cabin, a group of knights discussed in a makeshift operations room. The cabins are well soundproofed, and the knights can discuss strategic deployments with impunity.

"This is an undersea temple from a month ago. Tactical Staff Officer Jack spread out several photos on the table, "Then, this was taken from yesterday's patrol boat." The photograph was magnified to the size of a palm, and the print quality was not high, and Arthur could only faintly see the outline of the underwater temple:

The ancient stone structures that sleep at the bottom of the sea have long since been eroded by a large number of sea creatures, turning them into reef-like existences, and the intricate carvings on them are no longer recognizable. The overall shape of the building is square, only the columns are cylindrical, and there are few spire-shaped roofs of modern buildings. These ancient structures are said to have been reinforced with photons mixed with stone, making the materials as hard as the enchantment of physical weapons, allowing the core of the building to stand still in the face of thousands of years of continuous ocean currents.

Compared to the old photo, the new photo of the underwater temple seems to have been badly damaged, and there is some kind of dark shadow around it. This is obviously not a mistake in the shooting, but the result of some kind of human factor.

Kai let out a funny smile and jokingly asked, "What the hell is that?'s octopus ink?" "How is that possible, stupid." Arthur scoffed with disdain.

The rocking of the boat made him feel irritated, and the fishy smell of the sea breeze made him even more annoying, and he couldn't help but want to relieve his stress by making fun of others: "Do you think there really is a sea monster hiding at the bottom of the sea?" "No, sea monsters exist. Zach, the black-armored knight, crossed his arms and leaned back on the bench, as casual as a holiday.

"What?" "Don't you know that the main duty of the Western Knights is to deal with the krakens of the Western Sea? "Some scholars have hypothesized that the concentration of photons in the depths of the ocean floor is hundreds of times higher than that on the ground, and that the creatures affected by the high concentration of photons there will become enormous."

"No, not that much at stake. The appearance of epic level is subject to very demanding conditions. Strictly speaking, though, those Krakens are indeed [photon-adapted creatures]. The captain said, "Second only to epic existence." "On this shijie, humans are just the lowest level [non-photon adaptation creatures], and if you use magic, you will be punished by petrification, and you have to worry about your own safety if you use magic.

Slightly higher levels of [Photon Adaptation Creature], such as Orcs, can adapt to photons physically and will no longer be punished by petrification when using magic*.

(*Note: However, orcs cannot perform any other magic except for [Frenzy] and other form-changing magic.) The types of magic they use are strictly limited by their own genes. The most advanced [epic photon creature] is even capable of accumulating intrinsic photons in the body. By consuming the Innate Photons, they are even able to unleash the most powerful magic in an instant, which is the huge power gap between humans and these [epic].

Arthur came back from his contemplation and said nonchalantly, "That's not what we should be concerned about right now - so, this mission is to repel the sea monster?" "No, it's trickier, we're going to secretly investigate the underwater temple." We suspect that the Vikings are secretly training sea monsters as weapons, and if that is the case, it will be a great threat to Pantoraken. "Vikings, ha, those imbecile riffraff know how to train sea monsters, they can't even drive cattle!" said Kay scornfully.

Vikings know how to fight except to fight, they are pure mindless fighting machines. Kay said this, and I am sure that no one will object.

"Tut-tut, you're thinking too one-sided. Jack spun the shaft of his pen and said disapprehrovingly, "-The Vikings don't, but their allies do." Have you forgotten who the real king of Iceland is, oh no, [the queen]?" Arthur frowned slightly. He finally knew where his uneasy premonition was coming from.

The only thing that came to his mind was the image of a beautiful creature with a woman on the upper body and a fishtail on the lower body, which he had seen in his childhood drawing book.

On the icy sea, a thick fog wraps around the tiny islands. The painted mermaid, elegantly singing on the reef, is backed by a sunken ship. No one knows how the ship sank, but most people believe that the merfolk are to blame for the ship's sinking.

Feel that this creature is beautiful and terrifying, both seductive and deadly. Arthur wouldn't want to deal with these beautiful merfolk if he could.

Jack's words interrupted Arthur's thoughts: "That's right, merfolk. Lovely young ladies who are proficient in hypnotism and photon-adapted creatures. Their hypnotism might be able to harness the beasts. Indeed, the use of hypnotism to deceive the sailors and cause the ship to run aground and sink is the usual trick of the legendary mermaids. Arthur had little understanding of hypnotism and had difficulty making judgments without confronting this peculiar magic head-on.

However, if the merfolk are able to harness the Kraken and form an army of Kraken Knights, it will be a great threat. The Krakens are huge in size and most of them have various powerful magical talents, and it is not easy to fight these big monsters.

The war between humans and orcs is already on the verge of breaking out, and now there are merfolk to join in, and this autumn of Pantoraken is indeed an eventful season.

Kai's mind turned, and unlike Arthur, the red-haired knight always had an optimistic expectation: "Great, I wanted to see a living merfolk a long time ago." "Muscular idiots like you, beware of being hypnotized by mermaids!" Arthur sarcastically said, his mouth vicious and merciless, "They specialize in hypnotizing stupid men who are weak in willpower and seduced by beauty, and then drag them into the sea of ice and drown—" The werewolf boy winced.

"That's not bad!" Kai let out a lewd laugh, "Peony flowers are dead, and ghosts are also romantic, do you kid understand?" Tactical Staff Jack added mischievously, "They also cut off a part of the loot and froze the bodies of the remaining men in the eternal glacier to laugh at the stupidity of the men." It is said that the frozen men are actually still sentient, and they will always feel a certain part of the pain forever!" "This" Kai's face turned pale, and his lower body felt an inexplicable soreness: "It's not funny at all. As if to dispel the sense of unease, the knights on the ship took advantage of this unfunny joke to daxiao.