Chapter 187: What is a Kraken
To be honest, in the process of searching for his own biography, it is not surprising to see some strange mutated versions, 700 years of years of changes are enough for those imaginative historians to arrange any ancient character strangely, and Gawain Cecil is a golden sign known to the whole continent, about the legendary life of this pioneering hero for 35 years can be said to be a long-lasting topic among the population of all classes, there is a good saying - high fame and early death, where to find such a good subject?
Gawain was even a little glad that the world was backward at this time, and that the cultural industry in this world failed to usher in explosive development because it was in the hands of the upper class, if this place was as developed as the earth, he could see that the pioneers seven hundred years ago were replaced with vertical paintings one by one and hung in the game store, Charles I logged in and sent them, Grand Duke Wild needed to sign in for seven days, and Gawain Cecil was in the first rush package......
And every month this gang will have a new skin out, and his two granddaughters are very likely to throw the family's money into the Kryptonite, so as to lick the new painting of the old ancestor - and he, the person who unveiled the coffin, will maintain the embarrassment of more than two hundred plus signs throughout the process, and he can't wait to destroy himself......
Gawain slapped himself on the head and forcibly retracted the ideas that had begun to run wild, and he sighed and looked at the absurd "popular book" in front of himβeveryone knew that the story was false, but it was the favorite pastime of the ladies and ladies of the central and southern kingdoms, which fully proved the vigorous vitality of popular literature, and how boring the daily life of people in this day and age was.
But as a party, Gawain saw some hidden facts in those nonsense love stories - not all of them are fake.
In addition to the confidantes who have been cobbled together, there are a number of adventures related to Gawain Cecil, which do not appear in any official biographies, and when outsiders see them, they may be classified as some second-rate family along with those confidants, but Gawain knows that at least half of those unknown adventures are true.
Search the ruins of the tomb in the wastes of Gondor for clues to the elemental spirits; Lead a handful of soldiers to find safe passage while traversing the "Scorch of Magical Energy", and accidentally discover the Magus of Gondor turned into crystals; When Cecil led the grass to the mountains, communicate with the elements and receive blessings......
These are the other sides of Gawain Cecil as a trailblazer, and it can be seen from these experiences that he really lives like a hung man with a halo open...... Of course, it doesn't matter whether he is a coercion or not, the important thing is that these untold stories appear in a ridiculous knight, which is intriguing.
This book has been circulating for a long time, and the original author is no longer verifiable, probably because he was worried that he would be beaten up when he wrote the book, so the only clue left by this author is the pen name "Mr. C. C", Gawain doesn't know how this Mr. C knew these stories, but it must be a patient enough, a door-to-door guy, he interviewed I don't know how many people who had contact with Gawain Cecil or their descendants to sort out this information, and in all these adventure stories, There is a chapter that mentions the story of Gawain Cecil's challenge to the deep sea.
The story goes that after assisting the great Founding Father Charles I in establishing his kingdom, Gawain Cecil was deeply concerned about the monsters that were constantly roaming the wasteland of Gondor and the corruption of the demon tides that were still spreading, so he turned to the elemental spirits of earth, water, fire, and wind, and the four princesses of the four elemental planes (that thing also has princesses?). Impressed by the young heroic knight, he offered his advice, and Gawain Cecil eventually accepted the inspiration of the water elemental and set out to the ocean in search of answers.
Although there is no Storm Priest to act as a guide to the seas, Gawain Cecil is aided by the Sea Elves (who, of course, in Mr. C's pen, the Sea Elves break another princess in the process), who steer the fleet through the storms around the continent and guide the team all the way east.
After many days and nights of sailing, the sea elves suddenly fell into a panic and dissuaded Gawain from moving forward, because the sea area further east was the territory of the "Kraken", and it was impossible for any land race to compete with the powerful Kraken in the ocean, but Gawain Cecil was not afraid, he insisted on moving on, so the sea elves had to leave the team, and most of the ships in the fleet also left with the sea elves, only Gawain Cecil and a few loyal guards continued to sail the ship, and it was not long after, Then they met the Kraken.
The clever reader Gawain immediately realized that there must be a princess in the Siren......
But the story is a bit anticlimactic here, and Mr. C only scribbled on the fact that Gawain Cecil had gained the trust of the Kraken and was directed to a "sacred and beautiful" place, where the group drank wine for three days and three nights, and then was thrown back to Loren by a storm.
This is clearly to fool the reader.
Intuition told Gawain that the story was missing from Gawain Cecil's memory of the voyage to the open seas.
But there is a peculiar race in it: the Kraken.
Gawain was very unfamiliar with the name of this race, and there was only a slight impression in the memories he inherited, but they all pointed to bizarre myths and strange tales, which were not enough to collect evidence.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the study, and when the door opened, Druid Pitman walked in: "My lord, I heard Amber say that you are looking for me?" β
Gawain nodded, let the old druid into the house, and asked straight to the point, "Have you heard of the Kraken?" β
"Kraken?" Pitman touched his chin, "I've heard a little bit of a legend about them. β
Gawain's eyes lit up: Druids are the profession that knows the most about the races in the world, even if Pittman only knows the legends and stories related to the Siren, it must be much more detailed than the average person knows!
"Tell me about it!"
Pitman twisted his beard and said unhurriedly: "The legends of the Siren are mostly concentrated in the eastern and southern parts of the continent, and few people mention them on the Ansu side, and even if they do, they will only appear in thriller stories or similar anecdotes. The Kraken is said to be one of the world's oldest intelligent creatures, most likely as old as dragons, having ruled the seas for thousands of years long before the rise of humans.
"The Kraken is a female-only race that lives in the depths of the oceans of the Far East, and almost never communicates with the intelligent races of the continent; They all have beautiful faces, but only the upper half of their bodies are human, and the lower half of their bodies are all kinds of sea monsters......
"In addition to these, there are also legends that mention that the Krakens do not actually communicate with humans, but because they have the ability to transform into human forms, when they come ashore, they immediately blend into the crowd...... Yes, the ability to change, many legends point out that the Krakens have a kaleidoscopic form, they are as amorphous as water, so they can change into various forms, and most of the legends of the sea monsters in the far sea are their masterpieces.
"In addition, there is also a legend that the Krakens will visit the land in a planned way, because of their long lifespan, so they will observe the development of this short-lived civilization of mankind as a pleasure, and every time the human civilization has ups and downs, they will run to watch it curiously; It is also believed that the Sirens visited the land in search of something, and some of the Silver Elves' texts swore that they had made contact with the Sirens, and that the Sirens would communicate peacefully with the intelligent creatures of the land, and that they would sometimes turn to the 'Land People', and that as long as the Land People could fulfill their wishes, they would be rewarded very handsomely - sometimes in the form of rare jewels in the depths of the sea, sometimes in strange and incredible magical devices, and it was said that the Sea Elf royal family had a trident that could unleash thunder and lightning, It was a gift from the Kraken to them thousands of years ago.
"However, there are also legends that the Krakens don't seem to know the value of the gifts they give, and that they just give things to the land-based people as they please, sometimes if you show them the way, they will give you a box of pearls, and sometimes if you do them a great favor, they will only give you a piece of fish - and there are tooth marks on it. This is also the record left by the Silver Elves. β
Gawain interrupted Pittman's narration, "If they encounter a Kraken while sailing into the ocean, what will they do to the people who 'invade the ocean'?" β
Pitman raised an eyebrow: "You've touched my blind spot - but according to most legends, encountering a Kraken in the far sea is very, very dangerous. β
"Very dangerous?" Gawain frowned, "Aren't there many legends that mention that the Kraken will communicate peacefully with people on land?" I even gave gifts or something......"
"But that's on land," Pitman's expression was serious, "in the ocean, they seem to be very aggressive, especially when the Treks enter some undesirable seas, and the Krakens will immediately turn into terrifying sea monsters to drive away and even pursue, they are the families of the sea, and they have unimaginable power at sea, even the thunder and lightning summoned by the most powerful magisters cannot match their storms - there are so many horror stories about ocean voyages, but not all of them are groundless." β
Gawain frowned: "Is that so......"
At the same moment, in the eastern abyss, far from the continent of Loren, some graceful and slender figures were rapidly crossing the dark and deep seabed, their snake tails or fish tails swinging in the water, making these beautiful and intelligent creatures move as fast and inscrutable as phantoms in the deep sea.
Little did they know that they had been discussed by two humans on a distant continent, and that there was still a lot of work to be done for these deep-sea saltwater fish.
A kraken crossed a "mountain" on the seabed and watched the scene in front of her as it meandered along the seabed, and her special "deep-sea vision" allowed her to see far away from the dark seabed.
A terrifying tendrel stretched across the ocean floor in front of it, covered with layers of coral and deep-sea plants, and a large number of fragments of flesh scattered around the tentacles, completely lifeless, but showing no signs of decay.
And farther away, at the end of the tentacles that stretched out like a small mountain range, a more colossal shadow could be seen, which was a much larger body of flesh and blood, in the direction of the "First Excavation Site".
The long snake tail of the digging team leader flapped on the seabed beach, and then the tip of the tail was raised high, swinging quickly like a flag in the water, and she gave a loud order to her teammates: "Dig here today!" Come on, everyone! β
The Krakens responded in unison: "Come on, everyone! β
"Don't go overboard with Squid, don't waste time!"
"Don't waste time!"
"Don't steal engine fuel!"
"Don't steal engine fuel!"
"Dig!"
"Dig!"