Chapter 194: What the Sharks Fear
Although Jaquia delivered the message in a very nervous tone, most of the team couldn't really understand what she was telling them to be careful. Because in the dark environment, neither Hela nor Peg can see like Kiri. Or rather, they could have done so, but because they couldn't use magic, they were no different from normal people in the deep water. Speaking of ordinary people, Lothar's consciousness has gradually awakened when he is on the surface of the sea, and his feeling is similar to his own brain sleeping, but his body has gone to run a marathon. Fortunately, Lothar was already familiar with this fatigue, and he knew how to deal with his current physical condition.
However, while the Count was sober and warned by the huntress, he also noticed something else. The tattoos on his body were glowing, and in his eyes, at least, he could clearly see the twisted tattoo on the back of his right hand glowing like a ghostly brown glow in the dim water. Lothar was already familiar with this light, the color of the Lord of Destiny. And with the strangeness of the tattoo, he also noticed that in his perception, the world became wider. Or rather, he was feeling the deep water with a sense that was not a five-sense.
It was indescribable, after all, people can only understand what they have experienced or can imagine, and what Lothar is experiencing now is beyond his comprehension. However, even if he could not understand the principle and operation of this strange sense, the Count could easily get the results of its feedback. The results include the trend of the flow of nearby water and the location of anything larger than a fist. This included, of course, the swarm of scimitar sharks ahead, and Lothar had heard of this ferocious shark from the mouths of sailors, and although the scimitar sharks did not primarily hunt above the water, they still followed the smell of blood to every sea banquet like any other of their kind, and their table manners were just as bad.
"Sharks, dangerous. The message from the Count surprised the rest of the team slightly, and they looked in the direction of Lothar behind them, of course the darkness prevented their eyes from noticing the Count's state. And those tattoos that seemed to Lothar to be glowing did not exist in the eyes of others.
"Scimitar sharks, can't see the top of their heads. We, must pass. Jaquia's tone was quite firm, the night was long, but God knows how much time it had just taken to pass through the whirlpool. Not to mention, the whole squad is now at the end of the crossbow, and it will only make the situation worse if you take a detour to avoid the sharks. Of course, she knew that the front was not safe, but it was a dangerous move.
Lothar didn't mean to contradict the other, he knew that the huntress was more familiar with the sea than he was. But perhaps it was instinct as a lord or warrior that he couldn't accept the team swimming over the heads of the hungry sharks so unprepared, "We're close, we look bigger." "It's not complicated, anyone who knows a little bit about the ocean knows that small fish tend to huddle with their own kind to make them look bigger, and even if this trick is recognized, it can make the colony much more survivable.
Jaquia scoffed at Lothar's offer, she was a hunter, and so were the scimitar sharks. "That only makes us look more timid. They've seen humans. In the Huntress's opinion, it is safer for the team to swim through the sharks at certain intervals, first of all, humans are not much smaller than scimitar sharks, and the spacing of group movements can also cause the sharks to wonder about their individual abilities. The weak will gather together, and in the sea, walking alone is the embodiment of their own strength and self-confidence.
"They've seen humans, but they've never seen creatures like this. Lothar swam behind Peg and spread the witch's freshly tied hair, which floated naturally in the water, like the tentacles of some large, mollusced creature. Hela and Peg are confused, they don't know exactly what the Count is talking about, while Kiri and Jaquia ponder the feasibility of his proposed plan while being shocked by Lothar's ability to move in the dark. Of course, Kiri would never resist such fun things.
"I'm going to pick the Earl, I've long wanted to try to get into her hair. Kirly's voice was so loud even as she passed by the Shell Man, and she swam towards Lothar and Peg, hugging the poor little witch before she realized what was happening. Under normal circumstances, this hug would only be regarded as excessive enthusiasm, but in the dark deep sea, Peg was almost frightened by the sudden touch and spit out the conch in his mouth! Fortunately, this physical contact mixed with intimacy and threat made Peg quickly realize who he was holding in the deep sea.
On the surface, Qili was only one member of a five-person team, and her vote only accounted for one-fifth of the total. Be warned, though, that the other four-fifths of the group together probably won't be able to convince the witch to give up what she's decided. So a moment later, a monstrous creature that had never appeared at the bottom of the ocean and probably never again appeared in the water in place of five separate humanoids. It has a large number of elongated, soft tentacles, two pairs of strong, thick claws, and more asymmetrically growing limbs. As the grotesque creature approached the sharks, the latter apparently began to back down. They really couldn't figure out what this thing was floating against the current.
The Count was not happy to see his plan work, partly because it was unsettling for her to shout in everyone's ears. On the other hand, it was his new perception that made him aware of the true intentions of these scimitar sharks to back down. They are probably not afraid of them. Something massive, the size of the hull of the Damned Lady, lurked underwater. Lothar knew what it was, and as early as the time he arrived in Heartless Bay, a large number of deep-sea monsters followed the expansion of the Misty Sea to the bay where they were not often seen.
"Below us, below the sharks. There is something, it's big. Lothar's words quieted Kirly. But then there were two questions almost at the same time, "Are you sure?"
This means that the Earl's perception ability at this time has surpassed that of the Siren and the Witch, which is an incredible thing in the eyes of the latter two. Not to mention the natural eyes of Qili, the perception that the Kraken has acquired after years of training in the sea is not as good as that of a human, even with the blessing of magic, Jaquia does not want to believe this. Not to mention that none of the current squads are using magic. So how did Lothar perceive something they couldn't even perceive?
But before the Count could figure out how to explain to his companion, his eyes snapped open, "Come on, it's coming." ”
This time, there were no more questions, because Kiri and Jaquia also sensed the oppression, a shadow deeper than the darkness, quietly rising from below.
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