Chapter 57: Relics
The Tequila gradually left the reef circle, and the surrounding sea became open again.
Draenor and the two of them packed up the deck and prepared to play another "Prod card", but Vicilico stood alone by the handrail, stunned.
"You're not going to play a game?" Cooper grabbed a jug of liquor from under the cabin and sat down in front of the spread out chess cards and drank it.
"Huh? No, not that interest for the time being. ”
Without looking back, Vikily declined the invitation, looking at the crimson spear in her hand, and the scene she had seen in the vault of the Fort of Campana came to mind.
"Naulion......" she muttered silently, a name she had clearly never heard before, but yet so familiar. The woman in the relief seems to have been waiting for her arrival, waiting for her to awaken the spear in her hand with blood.
Vicheric turned and walked up to Cooper, spear in hand, his body already emitting the smell of alcohol.
"Since it's the 'relic' you left me, does that prove that I can use it with confidence?" She said to him, holding the hilt of her spear.
"Ah, it's okay to use it casually, but I don't know what abilities it hides, unless you find an opportunity to awaken it, it's just an ordinary weapon."
Cooper turned his head and said, gently pushing away a wooden card with his hand, his eyes half-hidden, and a hint of redness in his eyes.
Wishing not to disturb the chess-addicted drunkard any longer, Vikily turned and lifted a thick stack of shields from under the cabin, carefully swinging them out on the deck, and retreating to the other side of the deck.
Since graduating from Rivindry, she has not had the opportunity to try spear throwing, a sport that is popular in Nikanlos and seems to have begun to shift from combat to physical training from the beginning of the miracle.
The distance from this end to the shield is about twelve meters, and the effect of the wind direction is almost negligible, and the weight is ...... It was about a little over a kilogram, and although it was not visible from the outside, the spear was supposed to be hollow and relatively light.
Vicilia didn't think much about it when she encountered the siren worm and threw the spear, but used the worm's body as a target and habitually threw the spear out.
While reliable enough for melee combat, she knew that the weapon was primarily used as a ranged weapon.
Vickily adjusted her breathing, held her spear arm close to her ear, pumped, strolled, and fired, all in one go in less than two seconds, and the spear flew out with a flashing red light, piercing the far left round shield with a single blow.
"Hey, what are you doing? My dice are not accurate! Cooper was startled by the loud noise coming from behind him, and drunkenly turned his head and shouted to the deck.
"Sorry, I need to familiarize myself with how to use it." Vickily smiled wryly and comforted, turning and walking to the handrail.
The spear hit the bull's-eye, piercing the shield without leaving any extra cracks. Vikirico pulls out her spear, but this time it doesn't emit its previous red light.
It seems that as long as its name is not called, this spear is an ordinary weapon. Although she had exerted all her strength, she could clearly feel that the trajectory of the throw was a gradually descending arc.
On the other hand, the trajectory that threw it into the air before was much straighter, although it may be due to the adrenaline rush in his body in a hurry, but after all, it was contrary to gravity, and even the power of the Blood Sect could not throw the spear straight into the air at a height of 100 meters.
If it weren't for her own whim, there would have been only one reason to explain what had happened before - it was the spear that flew into the air on its own.
Vicilico discovered the hidden mystery of the weapon, and she put the rest of her shields together, turned around and walked to the projection point to enter the state again.
An iron shield was about three centimeters thick, and in front of it were four shields stacked on top of each other, and I wondered if a single blow could pierce the iron wall about twelve centimeters thick.
Her eyes widened, her left hand was aimed at the center of the shield, she took a deep breath and held her breath, the blood rushing into her right arm, the five fingers holding the spear contracted tightly.
"Thorn Bird ......"
The arm swung forward, and the spear flashed with scarlet blood and flew towards the shield, and Vikiriko got up and ran to the deck, only to find that the spear had pierced through all the iron shields, stuck in the rift and fading into the red light.
She raised her right hand, leaving a crimson blood mark on her palm. Although it was only for a moment, she was sure that the moment she threw the spear, the "thorn bird" flew out on its own as if attracted by a strong magnetic field.
She reached out and pulled out the spear that was firmly stuck in the gap, there was still a trace of warmth on the shaft, and it would not be wrong, this spear had a consciousness of its own, like a fifth limb extending from its own body, and as long as it heard its name, it could exert its hidden power.
Vicilico was staring at the spear when a slap slapped her on the waist.
"Thank you for your service, I lost miserably today!" Cooper scolded angrily, his brown beard shaking with his jaw opening and closing.
"Hmm...... I think the spear may have a consciousness of its own, and can hear me calling it. It was just a suspicion before, but now it can be basically determined. Vikily looked at Cooper solemnly, explaining to him the hidden powers of this "relic".
"Hiccup, huh? That's congratulations......" Cooper staggered back a few steps and looked at Vicilico with a half-believing look.
"My axe can also accompany me to drink and relieve my boredom! I've been on the ship for so long and I'm finally going crazy, whatever you want to talk to that broken gun, just don't bother me to play cards. With that, he returned to the two of them and began to shuffle the cards.
It was clear that Cooper didn't believe what she said, but it didn't matter, this powerful penetrating force was too terrifying to be easily awakened unless it was absolutely necessary.
"If it's not good to say anything at night, let's put it in a safe place first." Velkily wrapped the spear in a white cloth and turned to the stairs, placing it securely on the work table in the captain's room.
Muscle memory slowly revived, and with some familiarity with the spear, Vikirico clenched her fists, feeling more confident about the journey ahead.
She took out the nautical chart from her backpack while the three of them were still playing cards, and there was an archipelago in front of her that could be used as a comparison, and if nothing else, she would arrive at the Abel continent in less than three days.
"Vicky! If you're done with it, why don't you give it a shot? There's not much time left to rest! Draenor's voice came from his ears.
Also, it's rare to survive so many ups and downs at sea, and there's nothing wrong with taking a break. She put away the map and stretched out to walk towards the group.
"I'm willing to bet the first card in my hand will be 'Valkyrie', your jerky is gone!"