Chapter 259: Shadows and Black Causeways
The eleventh day of Ivan and his entourage's arrival at Nisker Watertown was also the fourth day of the second cruise of the "Storm Point".
The second routine cruise was still calm and calm, and they had already begun to turn around and return after reaching the far sea limit.
Obviously, compared to life in Nissk Water City.
The days of cruising during this time are really a bit torturous, especially when you don't know when the enemy will come and if they will come!
"When is this kind of day when you can only passively wait for the enemy to come to the door?"
Milan hung herself on the railing of the aft building, watching the white wake of the battleship as it sailed across the sea.
"As a 'prophet,' are you embarrassed to ask us this question?"
Evan gave him a blank look, and he wanted to ask when it was a head!
Drifting like this all day, although it has little impact on the progress of his current research.
But always put in a bit of energy to guard against enemies that may come at any time, even the worst-case scenario - sea monsters!
It's a bit nerve-wracking.
Although there is not much pressure on his shoulders, if he can end this life as soon as possible, Ai Wen is of course very happy to see it.
"It is clear that there is an evil god behind Huggins who supports him, and the kingdom officials have not been able to get the slightest information.
Let me do divination? Let's not talk about whether I can do it.
Even if I could do divination, I wouldn't have to wait for the results to come out, and I might have been contaminated by the evil god from a spiritual perspective into a wriggling mess of rotten flesh.
Do you just want to see the tragic appearance of my heroic death?"
Milan turned himself over like a salted fish, and made a funny expression of sticking out his tongue and crooked eyes at Aven.
"Hmm...."
Milan had a point, but Evan had had a similar problem before.
This problem also exists when divining the "box of dead souls" in the hands of the "god of opera" Percell.
However, at that time, there was no need to worry about losing control or dying for its divination, because Percell, the source of power, was sealed.
It's just that the divination doesn't lead to anything.
However, the idea at that time can be used as a reference, that is, instead of directly divining the target with great power, but divining the object that may be affected by him.
Whoever walks through must leave traces, and unless it is strong enough to form a universe of its own, it must be inextricably linked with the world.
Just as humans cannot observe a black hole directly, they can do it indirectly through the various celestial bodies and microscopic particles that are affected in its vicinity.
Divination can naturally also be used in this way.
"Divining the future of the Storm Horn?"
Hearing Aven's thoughts, Milan fell into deep thought.
As a new "prophet", he has been striving to improve his level of witchcraft, but this kind of technical method that does not belong to the category of witchcraft is what he has always overlooked.
"That's right, we, as the defense force of the 'Leiden Valley', must be the first to bear the brunt of anything unexpected.
As long as we can determine when we may encounter unexpected danger, we can indirectly deduce the time when the enemy will strike.
Although it may be indirectly affected by the presence of a high position, it is good to only divinate to a few words. ”
Evan felt that his idea should still be feasible, at least it had been verified when the fate of the final "random host" Wacker Wells was determined.
"It's not that you can't give it a try, and it's not an option to wait passively all day.
It's just that the more objects of divination at the same time, the more difficult it is.
We can select ten representative people from the crew for each position, and the difficulty can be greatly reduced.
Moreover, even if the official 'prophets' do not reap, it does not mean that we will fail.
Divination is a matter of inspiration, and even an apprentice may make a shocking prediction.
Let Ben 'Prophet' try it!"
Touching his chin and thinking for a while, Milan clapped his hands and connected his joints, and even a little eager to try.
This kind of indirect divination is not very risky, and even if it fails, it will only be fruitless, and it will not threaten the caster himself.
However, there is a difference between actively making divination that may affect the life and death of hundreds of people, and passively receiving information from the spiritual world.
In a passive state, they can't choose the information they want to know, and can only be used as a signal receiver to passively receive information transmission from the spirit world, just like when they predicted the deadly danger of the "Silver Wing" being ambushed by the "Sharktooth Pirates".
Although he was passively prophesied, he was the last thing Milan wanted to see.
After becoming an official wizard (prophet), he already has the ability to fulfill the active prophecy, but he needs to do some more ritual preparations.
"Bring me seven candles, a pot of holly leaf oil, a piece of incense, three white crystal ornaments, and a larger silver container..."
Milan unceremoniously reported a series of materials needed, he knew that Aven's "magic pocket" must have a stock, felt his crystal ball, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to do a big job.
It's as if the problem of letting the official "prophet" return with a feather will be solved in front of him.
However, just as he looked up to confirm the current position of the sun, his movements froze!
Evan was still keeping his head down and following Milan's instructions to take out what he needed from his "magic pocket", and since he had the portable space, he felt like he had a lot more to do.
Not only did he have all kinds of witchcraft supplies, weapons, food, and drinking water, but he also threw two boxes of alchemical bombs that he was already eligible to receive as the captain of a battleship.
He once complained about Milan's small heart, but he is actually not inferior at all.
Smack!
Evan suddenly felt Milan tap him on the shoulder, looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I feel like we're in trouble!"
Milan's face stiffened, her tongue trembled, and she slowly raised her hand to the sea not far away.
"How can it be so fast...."
Halfway through Aivan's doubtful words, he realized something, and his body instantly bounced up, and he followed Milan's fingers to look at the sea not far from the right front of the "Cape Storm".
The sea surface that was calm just now has changed color suddenly!
Grunt...
A large ink-like shadow had spread rapidly beneath the surface of the water, and the water was constantly churning with snow-white foam as if it had been boiled.
Then the churning sea water formed a wall of water three or four meters high, and roared out with the shadow as the center.
The waves crashed against the side of the ship, and the splash was already on the deck.
Whoa... Whoa...
Wave after wave, as if something behemoth was about to float up from the bottom of the sea... When the Great White Whale came out of the sea to attack the whaling ship, it was like a firefly to the sun and the moon.
There is no comparison at all!
As a fourth-tier battleship, the "Storm Horn" is also similar to an insignificant bug by the side of the black shadow.
"It's so big! it can't be...."
Change doesn't just come from the bottom of the sea.
Whew-
Whew-
At the same time, there was also a strong gale that seemed to blow directly from the void, and the normal sea breeze at sea was directly canceled out.
The direction of the swell then changed, and the waves blown by the inexplicably strong sea breeze and the waves that swelled out from the bottom of the sea formed an intersecting interference on the surface of the sea.
Then, two waves three or four meters high in the front and back quietly merged into a huge wave as high as seven or eight meters, carrying a terrifying momentum, surging towards the "Storm Horn" that was almost close at hand!
In Aven's "Digital Vision", the wind speed at this time is like an explosion.
Almost instantly, it strengthened to 21.8 m/s, pushing the 8.53-meter-high wall of water over the sea.
And the dark shadow beneath the surface of the water has stretched for at least 6 kilometers!!
"Vader lowers the mainsail!
Unable to observe what was going on, Aven frowned, and after quickly giving an order to the sail chief, he snatched the steering wheel himself, turned the bow of the ship and rushed up to the wall of water.
When encountering a huge wave and turning around and escaping, it is looking for death, and rushing up against the peak of the wave is the safest choice.
"Goddess bless!I just hope this encounter is not a sea monster!"
This size is not long enough even for the 'Son of the Sea God'! Isn't it ....'The Mother of the Sea Monster has killed it herself?!'
The experience of a super storm in the open sea has long been experienced by the crew of the "Cape Storm" in dealing with such situations.
When encountering sudden changes, they did not panic, and they performed their duties and controlled the battleship in an orderly manner.
Bang –
The bow of the ship split the wall of water, and the waves splashed. However, despite this, this fourth-class battleship, the pinnacle of human shipbuilding technology, was pushed far away by the howling wind and waves.
Whoop -
It was only because of the optimum attitude that the wooden hull was not hit hard and there was no damage.
But.
Just as the crew was ready to adjust their attitude to meet the uninterrupted impact of the next huge wave, the wind direction on the sea surface made another 180-degree turn!
The huge waves in front of him disappeared like a phantom.
Behind them, a huge wave, no smaller than the one in front of them, had formed in the blink of an eye.
Bang!
This time, there was no time for the "Storm Horn" to dodge, and the huge kinetic energy threw the battleship fiercely, and after a short period of clouds, it fell heavily on the sea.
From the crest of the wave more than 8 meters high, it suddenly rushed into the trough with a gap of about 10 meters.
A huge amount of seawater flew into the sky and turned into a heavy rain that turned the crew of the "Storm Horn" into chickens.
At this point, the huge waves and strong winds have completely disappeared into the sea like a phantom.
The crew scrambled to their feet.
"Your Excellency, look! we seem to be trapped!"
Before Evan could breathe a sigh of relief, he was drawn to the exclamation of Vader, the sail chief.
When Ai Wen looked at the thing that suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea and had completely surrounded his "Storm Horn", he gasped:
"It's .... Black Causeway?"