In the days that followed, the storm was rising over the Black Sea.

Cyrius secretly sent several expedition ships led by a third-order transcendent to hurry to the New World, and the exact whereabouts were unknown.

The countries with overseas colonies, taking advantage of the best sea conditions of the year, organized their last autumn voyage with some trepidation.

No one would be at odds with gold, let alone a time when all the countries on the mainland were heavily dependent on colonial blood transfusions, and it was impossible to miss any opportunity for large-scale navigation in a year.

It's just that.

Because no one knows what kind of far-reaching impact an additional goddess on the Black Sea will have on this sea, the specifications of the escort fleet are all beyond the past.

Even the fourth-tier battleships, which are usually used as the flagship of the escort fleet, are now mostly dispatched (no matter how much attention is paid to the warships of the escort fleet, the level of the warships will not be too high, and as frigates, it is not as fast as merchant ships, except for quasi-legends).

The kingdom of Pharytis is certainly no exception.

Signal flag waving.

"Pull the anchor!

As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, the window was too rare for Evan and the Stormhorn to return to Newinn for too long.

After a brief reunion with his family, the warship was repaired, and then with the organized merchant fleet, he marched non-stop towards the New World.

There is also a convoy composed of a fourth-class ship "Endeavour" and three fifth-class cruisers, as well as 25 merchant ships of all sizes, bringing the total number of ships to 30!

Even before leaving, Ambrus, who stayed in the Kingdom of Taylor to help the local church stabilize the people's faith, did not make it back in time, and the other friends in Newinn did not have time to get together.

And when their convoy arrives in the New World, it will be on duty with the last navy stationed there, and it may take half a year to return to Newinn Harbor, that is, next spring.

Whoa, whoa, whoa....

The seemingly connected white sails slowly sailed out of the harbor.

However, it is far from comparable to the "Treasure Fleet" of Cyrius, and without the strength of the overlord-level, they dare not organize too large a fleet to show off.

And because of the relative barrenness of the kingdom's colonization, the fleet was far inferior in quantity and value compared to the cargo that Cyrius carried back and forth with the ship (mainly precious metals such as gold and silver, and expensive ink tree dyes).

They will travel to the northern part of the New World in about two months before the end of the final window of the year, riding the Texgar Current, which turns back towards the New World in the "Trident Current".

It is also home to the colonies of Phaletis and most of the Tulip member states.

Because the direction of the current is from the relatively safe mainland to the New World, and the temperature of the ocean current on the return trip is much lower, there is little need to worry about too dangerous demonic creatures operating in it.

Of course, Evan didn't forget to load his "Storm Horn" with all kinds of goods, such as technical textiles and the most sought-after guns in the New World... Although it is blatant smuggling, it has the right not to expire and invalidate, right?

The other side.

After several urgent consultations with the high-level of the Kingdom of Taylor, Phaletis announced that he had returned most of the stolen goods recovered to the "Dutch Banking Group".

The actual amount of money secretly returned only accounts for 60% of the total number of losses, which is the result of the bank syndicate paying an unimaginable large amount of "security premiums".

But even so, the directors of the banking group, led by the "former chairman" Joel Sr., are already grateful to Dade.

Everyone is an adult, and the Kingdom Guardian is not the guardian of their home and courtyard, although the accident occurred on the territory of the Tailuo Kingdom, it does not mean that the Kingdom Guardian is a servant of the people who collects money.

is willing to trade a part, it is already for the sake of hundreds of years of "friendship".

For the current banking syndicate, the gold and silver that can be earned without it are trivial, but these unique things are the key to saving their credibility of the banking syndicate!

As for the remaining forty percent, of course, it has been divided between the two countries.

What is returned and what is intercepted, when it comes to them, of course, is up to them.

The banks are strictly neutral, but the two countries have their own positions.

The things of allies or close neutral forces are returned at a higher price, and by the way, they also earn a favor, and the ownership of the things still belongs to their own people. And like the hostile or competitive relationship of Hirius, Sak, Atlan... and so on, of course, they laughed at it directly.

Even the banking group itself can't say anything wrong with this situation, and when the Taylor Kingdom itself has been attacked by sea monsters and suffered heavy losses, this result is already countless times stronger than being looted by Huggins.

Even the latest board of directors of the banking syndicate has decided that after this breath of relief, the headquarters will be rebuilt in the Kingdom of Taylor.

By the way, there was a significant increase in investment in the kingdoms of Pharytis and Taylor.

The advantage of not having any political leanings of their own is that they can do business all over the world smoothly, but they also lack the highest-end combat power that only the secular ruling class can have.

After experiencing the catastrophic event this time, they learned from the pain and prepared to implement the first step plan to fight for the protection of the fourth-order title, using the means they are best at, money to open the way!

Wealth may not be of much use to the Fourth-Order Title, but the kingdom they are in will never be too much.

Even if it takes... The price of losing a part of your customers forever!

Besides.

In view of the fact that this incident caused a major accidental injury to the Kingdom of Taylor, and the most severely damaged water city of Nisker was almost razed to the ground, His Majesty the Pope, as the representative of the Tulip Alliance, issued a nirvana order against Huggins himself!

Anyone who provides a clue will receive a hefty bounty, and whoever kills them, regardless of whether they are Tulip League nationals or not, will receive the Alliance's hefty rewards.

Even the biggest victim of this incident, the Kingdom of Taylor, sent the "Lightning Halberd" in the prime of life to prepare to search the sea, vowing to make Huggins, who was lucky enough to escape from the "Rose Swordmaster", pay the price.

But.

For the rest of the day, Huggins and his pirates disappeared again after the Moby Dick massacre.

Everyone understands that just like the last time he was sheltered by the "Mother of Sea Monsters", it is almost impossible for Huggins, who was sheltered by the "Sea Witch" this time, to be found.

And in this case, the situation on the sea, as expected by the high-ranking of the various kingdoms of mankind, slowly rose up waves that could not be ignored.

........

The surface of the Black Sea, which completely separates the new, southern, and old continents, presents a huge and narrow S-shape.

There aren't many islands in the vast ocean.

But the most striking feature of this underwater landscape is that there is an S-shaped ridge that also runs from north to south, known as the "Middle Black Sea Ridge".

In other words, the Black Sea is not actually the deepest in the very center, but shallow and shallow from the land.

The nest of the "Mother of Sea Monsters" is also the most active place for sea monsters in the Black Sea, and many seafarers who sail to the sea are well aware of it.

Just northwest of the first turn of that S-shape, the Summers Trench, a triangle of at least 500 kilometers is an absolute off-limits area for humans.

Fortunately, it is not on the main route of the mainland interconnection, and a little attention will have little impact on human shipping.

But.

In the S-shaped "Middle Black Sea Ridge", in the north of the center, there is a huge "ocean basin" that suddenly descends into a low depression, and no one knows how deep that "sea basin" is.

I only knew that when I stood on the boat and looked down, it was as dark as a bottomless abyss, which was completely different from the sea at the other places at the middle ridge.

Because of this peculiarity.

After the Age of Discovery, the Cyrius explorers, who were the first to discover the New World through this place, gave it the name "Eye of the Black Sea" and "Source of the Ocean", believing that this place, which is almost in the center of the Black Sea, may be the ultimate source of the entire sea!

But they don't know.

In ancient times, it already had its own name: "Eye of the Storm"!

And it was its former owner who named it - the goddess of the Black Sea, Hipponoa!

This is also very normal, for ordinary human beings, three hundred years is enough to witness the rise and fall of a country, let alone a name lost in the pile of historical papers.

However, from now on, mankind will slowly remember this name.

Because, its owner has returned.

Whew... Whew..

Because the eye of the storm has been silent for three hundred years since the departure of its master, it has begun to gradually recover, although it is far from the fury that once made the sea and the sky change, but it is also growing unswervingly little by little.

It may not have much impact on navigation in the short term, but as the power of the goddess of the Black Sea gradually radiates out, no one will be able to ignore it in the future.

Just like the Summers Trench, which belongs to the "Mother of Sea Monsters".

Above all, as the route taken by Cyrius to discover the New World.

If you draw a straight line between the "Kingdom of Cylius" and the "Golden Sea", this huge "sea basin" called the eye of the storm is exactly at the center point.

It's like a deadly nail, nailed to the seven inches of the existing route of Sylius!

Deep in the ocean basin.

Grunt... Grunt...

A large white whale with a white glow swam behind a group of humanoid creatures with gills, scales and webbed as it swam past the edge of a magnificent city surrounded by a giant round blister dome.

Although this underwater city is only a ruined wall, the scale of the diameter of 10 kilometers can also be seen from the scale of the once prosperous place!

This is the sanctuary of Hipponoa, the underwater city of Heraclian!

After 300 years, it is finally populated again.

A large number of nine-fingered men who originally belonged to pirates, but are now under the command of the goddess and are preparing for the priesthood of the Angry Waves, are busy in the ruins.

Little by little, the original ruins were cleaned up, and the place was slowly restored to its original appearance.

But.

In addition to these humans, there are also a number of non-humans active here.

A sea fairy with long hair as thick as seaweed, ears replaced by fin leaves, sharp teeth, and a beautiful woman's appearance;

Tall, muscular whitewater fishmen with gills, scales, and webs;

The shortest is more than three meters, its cyan skin is covered with strange patterns, and there are electric glittering storm djinns all around it;

Or even... The body is translucent and dark blue, and it is dressed up in various eras, as if it is a drowning soul composed of fog or water.

Of course, there is also a group of wild sea monsters that are not under the control of the "Mother of Sea Monsters"!

As the earliest god of the Black Sea in human history, Hipponoa is obviously not a corpse vegetarian, and has just returned to subdue a large number of powerful and extraordinary creatures living in the unknown territory of human beings in the ocean.

And what was He calling these creatures for?

The answer is obvious.