CH.03 Fifty Years
After running for a while, Anrui closed his eyes and switched to the bee glasses, only to see that Medusa was still charging towards the southern tip of the island, quite close to the two stones.
If Medusa finds and destroys the two stones, it will surely return immediately, and there will be a lot of trouble then.
"Stop, stop singing!" An Rui immediately made a decision, grabbed the sound transmission stone and ordered.
The people in the flotilla received the order and immediately became quiet.
The Divine Comedy that reverberated across the island came to an abrupt end.
Medusa, who was in the middle of the charge, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that she could not hear the annoying singing.
If you lose your voice, you lose your purpose.
Medusa searched around for a long time but couldn't find the source of the sound, so she let out a roar of anger and left unwillingly. But when it was halfway there, the song suddenly began again, and it sang more merrily than the last.
"Ah......h
"Roar!" Medusa trembled with anger when she heard this spell-like song, and the snakeheads on her head danced wildly, and the picture was strange.
It rushed to the source of the sound again, but halfway through, the song was gone again.
In this way, it was played around by the sound that rang and disappeared at that time, and it tossed around the island several times.
An Rui took advantage of this time to return to the embrace of the fleet unharmed, and gently stood the stone statue on the deck. The crowd immediately gathered around and pointed around the stone statue, and many people were fascinated by the beautiful lines and outlines of the stone statue, and praised it.
Just in case. The fleet moved away from the Stone Statue Island and into the deep sea, so that it would not be discovered by Medusa.
An Rui ordered people to take all the 300 bottles of petrochemical detoxification potion they had purchased before. Placed next to the stone statue. He took out a vial, twisted the lid, and poured the steaming green liquid onto the statue's head.
A miraculous scene happened, the stone statue was like a resilient sponge, absorbing all the anti-petrochemical potions poured on its body, and did not let go of even half a drop.
But the stone statue was not unsealed as people expected, and it remained as it was. Stand still.
"What's going on, why isn't the potion working?" Alice wondered, "Could it be that the merchant is selling us counterfeit medicines?" ”
"It's not a fake. These are real medicines, and I checked them when I bought them. The reason why it didn't work was because the potion for one person was useless against the stone statue, and only two hundred and eighty-six potions were down. to remove the petrification on her body. Let her turn back into a human. An Rui explained calmly. Then he grabbed the second bottle of the potion, opened it, and poured it on the stone statue, and smashed the potion, which was worth more than twenty gold coins.
"Two hundred and eighty-six potions?" Alice was even more puzzled, "To relieve the petrification of ordinary people, only one potion is enough, why does she need so many potions?" ”
"Because she is not an ordinary person, but a second-class person." An Rui made a bad joke. Then the truth was revealed.
The statue was originally a priest named Hermione.
Fifty years ago. Hermin had heard that there was a Medusa wreaking havoc on the Isle of Statues, turning many people into stone statues. She was kind-hearted and took a boat to Stone Statue Island, intending to turn the victim back and bring her back to shore.
Among the many professionals, the priest's combat ability is considered to be the bottom, and Hermione has a gentle nature, so he didn't plan to kill Medusa completely, and landed on the island just to save people.
Hermione temporarily dragged Medusa through divine magic, then rushed to the group of stone statues and began to use divine magic to remove the petrification of these people. The power of her faith is very strong, and many of the magic she casts are large-scale, and if you throw it down, you can dispel the petrification of many people at the same time.
Originally, she planned to use the de-petrification technique, but due to a moment of nervousness, she used the wrong magic technique, and mistook the "negative transfer technique" for the de-fossilization technique!
The effect of Negative Transfer is to transfer the negative effects of other people to yourself, if the target is poisoned, the poison effect will be transferred to the Priest, and if the target is petrified, the petrification effect will be transferred to the Priest. This magic has always been tried and tested, and Tong Su is not deceived.
After Hermione used this magic weapon incorrectly, the negative effects on the hundreds of stone statues around her were directly transferred to her alone, making her an eternal stone statue!
It's a sad story.
"Haha, that is, it was her own mistake that caused her to become a stone statue, not Medusa who turned her into a stone statue." After hearing this story, Alice burst out laughing, "This woman is really careless." ”
"yes." Anrui smiled wryly, realizing that he couldn't find an excuse to help Hermione wash the floor, which was indeed a very low-level mistake.
"She concentrated the petrification effects of so many people on herself at once, no wonder she needed so many anti-petrochemical potions."
"A petrochemical antidote is a drop in the bucket for her."
"Although this sister is a little stupid, she has saved so many people by herself, which is amazing." Amy leaned over and commented.
"Well, she's a good person." An Rui sent out a good person card, and then advised, "When she recovers, everyone remember to keep their mouths shut and don't fall into the ground." That mistake made her a stone statue for decades, which is already very pitiful. ”
Everyone nodded, indicating that they would not talk too much.
Anrui then refocused on pouring the potion, pouring vials of anti-fossil potion onto the statue.
The stone statue greedily absorbed the potion, and gradually showed signs of loosening.
After pouring more than 200 bottles of potion, the stone statue finally gradually turned back into a human under the eager gaze of everyone!
A light lit up from the top of the stone statue's head and slowly moved downward, and as the light moved, the rough surface of the stone statue gradually peeled off, revealing the human body below. It feels like peeling a lychee, and after removing the ugly skin, what is revealed is a tender inner pulp.
The first thing that came out was the long black hair, followed by the fair and delicate features. And then the proud twin peaks are revealed......
The light finally disappeared from the soles of her feet, and Hermione finally de-petrified and revealed herself to the people.
She was dressed in a holy white robe. Holding a staff. Looking at her age, she is also in her twenties, quite young, with delicate skin and vigorous youthful vitality. She is beautiful, the kind of beauty that is very relatable, not the beauty of being high. This kind of beauty makes people feel like a spring breeze and is as sweet as food.
Everyone present was stunned, and anyone with good ears could hear it. Many men's hearts are pounding.
This is really a heart-pounding beauty, and her beauty is no less than that of Alice, who is an elf.
"Oh no, I used the wrong magic spell!" After Hermione turned back into a human. There was a scream. He stumbled forward and almost fell.
After petrification, the human mind stops functioning and remains the second before it is petrified.
Hermione, who had just been depetrified, didn't realize what was going on with her, and still thought she was rescuing the stone statues in the manor.
After a few seconds, she realized that her surroundings had shifted to a strange-looking ship. It's no longer the manor in crisis.
"Where is this?" Hermione's hand clenching the staff slowly drooped, and she looked around. Asked blankly.
"This is a ship, we just rescued you and helped you get rid of the petrification." Anrui stood in front of Hermione, smiled reassuringly, and replied.
"I was petrified just now?"
"Yes."
"Well, it looks like I've used the wrong magic, which is terrible. I'm always guilty of this, and it's easy to use the wrong magic whenever I'm nervous, and the priest has taught me a lot about it, but I still can't get rid of it. Hermione smiled awkwardly, "Thank you for saving me this time, otherwise it would have been bad." By the way, what is the month of the month, and I want to know how long I have been trapped by petrification. ”
"Are you ready to accept this harsh reality?" An Rui didn't rush to answer, but asked a little cluelessly.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand what you mean. ”
"Well, I'll have to tell you sooner or later anyway, so I'll just say it." An Rui straightened his face and said, "It's the eleventh day of the month of brewing in the year 136 of the Voyage Year. ”
Hermione's expression instantly stiffened, as if it had been transformed back into a stone statue.
"You...... Say what? ”
"You heard it right, it's the eleventh day of the month of the year 136 of the nautical year. Do the math for yourself how long you've been petrified. ”
"When I landed on the Stone Statue Island, it was eighty-six years, which means ......" Hermione covered her mouth, almost unable to believe the answer, she realized what Anrui said before, this is indeed a cruel reality!
"A full fifty years have passed while you are petrifying." Anrui stretched out his hand, "Welcome to the world fifty years later. ”
……
Similar time, different place.
Somewhere in the Blade Sea, a fleet of White Eagle Nation ships sailed rapidly, led by the flagship of the Holy Son, Blake's ship.
Blake sat on a chair on the open-air deck, wiping the holy sword while blowing the sea breeze.
The last accident made him lose the opportunity to destroy Bai Ge, and he also lost three boats. This made him very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Winning or losing is a common thing in the navy, and even the most valiant admirals sometimes suffer defeat.
If you want to win a battle, you must first learn to eat defeat.
This is what an old officer said to him before. He couldn't understand this sentence before, but now he has to understand.
Just when Blake was thinking nonsense, a sudden change occurred!
On the originally empty sea, dozens of spatial whirlpools suddenly appeared, and the whirlpools were black, each more than ten yards wide. Ships emerged from it and landed on the surface. The whole process happened very quickly, and it only took more than ten seconds before and after.
The flotilla of ships that appeared out of thin air raised dozens of flags, embroidered with a radiant sun motif.
"It's the fleet of the empire on which the sun never sets!"
"Oh my God! They were as elusive as ghost ships, and all of a sudden they appeared. ”
"Hurry up and be on alert, each of them takes up arms, the relationship between the Sun Never Sets Empire and our White Eagle Country is not very good!"
There was a commotion in the fleet of the White Eagle Country, the other party came too suddenly, and the battle was huge, and the number of ships far exceeded them.
Blake frowned and stood up, gave several orders in a deep voice, stabilized the army's heart, and then walked to the side of the ship and looked at the other side.
The flagship of the Sunset Empire is next to the Holy Son, a ship with a black metal skin painted with a dazzling red sunset pattern, symbolizing the power and domineering of the Sunset Empire. At the bow of the ship, an antelope-shaped relief is engraved, followed by the name of the Antelope.
This is a famous special ship, with very powerful capabilities, and the reason why this fleet can appear here out of thin air is the handiwork of this ship!
On the starboard side of the Antelope came a figure of extremely tall man, with his hair standing on end like a pile of spikes. He was not young, he looked to be about sixty years old, but his spirit was not diminished, and he was even more majestic than most young people. He was promising. The upper body is exposed, showing off the angular muscles. On that rock-solid chest, there is a very special tattoo, and the tattoo is actually a half-open door.
Blake recognized the other party's identity at a glance.
One of the generals of the Empire on which the sun never sets, a space department specializing in wizards, and a jumper. Carlo!
"I saw the flag of the White Eagle Country swaggering here, and I deliberately ran over to take a look, but I didn't expect that it was you, a little cub, who led the team here. It seems that you haven't been mixing well lately, so you only brought a few ships, poor bastard. The corners of Carlo's mouth twitched, and he smiled boldly.
"Admiral Laucalo is worried. We in the White Eagle Country pursue pragmatism, hate extravagance and waste, and bring more boats for big things and less boats for small things. If you just go to sea to do some trivial things, you will not take dozens of ships to sea together. That's waste, shameful waste. Blake retorted without humility or arrogance.
"Haha, sharp-tongued boy, are you sarcastic that I do small things and bring a lot of boats? I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, my going out this time is not a small thing, but a big thing, a big thing enough to affect the pattern of the Seven Seas! ”
"I wonder what Admiral Carlo is going to do this time?"
"You don't need to ask knowingly, what big things are you doing in the White Eagle Country, what big things are we doing in our empire where the sun never sets, and the goal of our two countries this time is the same, which is to share the cake of the Blade Sea. Next, it depends on who is fast and who is fierce. A smile bloomed on Carlo's face, and there was a crazy look in his eyes.
Blake's face sank instead, feeling the pressure on the empire and the coming of a great war.
Two knives slashed at the same piece of cake, destined to clash.
"Little cub, count your luck this time, our two countries have not completely torn their faces, and I myself don't have a hobby of bullying the small, so I'll let you go this time. The next time we meet on the battlefield, I'll clean you up, haha......"
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding sea reappeared as the spatial vortex of the previous one, and the imperial fleet of the empire on which the sun never set burrowed into different vortex and disappeared.
Only the heroic laughter still echoed on the surface of the sea, and it lasted for a long time.
"The Sea of Blades is about to change." Blake looked up at the wide sky. (To be continued......)