"Don't you wonder what happened to your son?" Mosa did not immediately answer the female mage's question, but turned to Muhati. "I forgot, you have a knack for mind reading, and if you wanted to know, you already knew. ”

"I don't abuse my abilities out of politeness. Muhadi explained simply. "You really know...... Something about my son?"

"You and Fatoumah's son, of course, I served as a Mamluk guard in the palace. He's a nice young man, you know that. The emir said to the Psychic Warlock. "As for your female companion's question, it will be a lot more troublesome to answer. ”

"We just had time. Sadiri said.

"Then let's sit down and talk. Musa sat down cross-legged. "You all know that there is very little land in this world. That's one of the reasons why I chose to come here. ”

"Almost, we glanced at it in the air. Muhati shrugged. "One continent, many islands. ”

"That's right, the climate here is humid, and the seeds brought from Atas don't grow well, so we rely on fishing to supplement our food. Hmph, fishing, originally I thought it was a profession only in ancient legends. I didn't expect to be able to witness this day with my own eyes. ”

"And I'm sure you'll see more of the saga come true, for now, keep telling us about the Kraken. Sadiri said to Emir Moussa.

"A fisherman who survived the catastrophe escaped back to the port one day and told an unbelievable story. Moussa said. "Listen, I don't make any judgment about what he said, I just paraphrase what he said. Got it?"

"Okay, let's listen. ”

It's not a long story. On an ordinary day, the water is calm and waveless. It is like an eternal green mirror between heaven and earth.

It was hot, and the sun was pouring down through the thin clouds studded with gold edges. The fishing boats of the fishermen are quietly moored on the sea, and the hull of the non-gold and non-wood boat is shining. On its deck are many bare-chested fishermen, most of whom are dark-skinned, native to Namibia, and only a few are Atas. Most of these dark-skinned people are new believers who choose to convert to the First Cause, and the believers of the First Cause strictly prohibit ethnic strife among themselves, so they can continue to earn a living under the rule of the new regime. Get about the same treatment as the Atas.

Large claw after claw of silt and seaweed are fished out of the sea, dripping with seawater, from which fishermen pick out edible oysters and shellfish and throw the useless parts back into the sea.

Suddenly, there was a riot. Some people began to run around in fear of the unknown. The others stopped what they were doing and looked around in confusion. There are also people who know nothing and continue to work. The emptied mud claw opened up again, swinging back above the water, submerged again, and another iron claw rose from the other end of the boat. More people started running. Two people collided and fell to the ground.

At this time, the first tentacle rolled up from the bottom of the sea.

It kept rising, it was longer than the mud claw, and the part of his tentacles that exposed the dark green ocean was as thick as the torso of a large man. and taper from the bottom to the top until the tip is the size of a human arm. The tentacles are white, soft and sticky white. Inside the tentacle is a brightly colored pink disc as large as a dinner plate. As the tentacles curled around the fishing boat, the disc twisted and grooved.

It continues upwards. Go over the hull and turn down to enclose the hull. Something was moving, a pale object tumbling under the turquoise sea, larger than a fishing boat. A second tentacle then appeared, followed by a third, then a fourth. A tentacle wrestles with the mud digging claw. The other tentacle was covered with fragments of a fishing net, like a veil. Fishing nets don't seem to be able to stop the sea monsters at all. Most of the fishermen were fleeing, except for those caught in the tentacles, and a few warriors who picked up axes and slashed wildly.

However, the axe's effect on the monster was almost limited to provoking it. Twenty tentacles intertwined with each other, and by this time the ship had tilted, and the survivors had slid across the deck and fell into the sea. The angle of the ship's tilt was increasing, and something was forcefully flipping the hull. Eventually, the water rushed onto the deck, and after a tooth-aching sound, the main body of the ship cracked.

"This is the story of the fishermen?" said Muhadi after listening to Emir Moussa's statement. "And then you all believed?"

"I also believe that someone can part the sea or feed 10,000 people with five loaves of bread and two strings of lizard meat, what's so hard about believing that there are sea monsters in the water? I think the sea is supposed to be where monsters live. Mousa said disapprerovingly. "What's more, this is not the first time that a sea monster has attacked, there have been many strange disappearances of fishing boats before, and this is the only time that a survivor has escaped alive. ”

"And then you declared war on the sea monsters?" asked Satili.

"Fighting monsters is a specialty of Starr and Spencer's Druids, so we sent the Chicken Thief to investigate these sea monsters. The results were astounding. Moussa glared at the Coral Witch. "These sea monsters are unlike any sea creatures they've ever seen before. They told me that these sea monsters weren't like the ones they were familiar with -- they called them giant jellyfish giant octopuses or something. The monster looked like a mix of several different creatures, with a hard shell protecting the body of the torso and teeth in the suckers on the tentacles - it's true, I've seen a dead sea monster corpse. The outer lip of those suction cups is a hard, fleshy flange. At the slap, they will spread out and bite their victim tightly. And each suction cup is a mouth, and inside the flange is a piece of pink tissue, and when it shrinks, the teeth slip out - there are three rows, jagged, sharper than you think. ”

"Starch Spencer sent the druids to capture some sea monsters alive and vivisect them - I won't describe how disgusting the scene was. Musa took a sip of water and continued. "The main torso of the thing resembles a water bladder, centered around a large circle of bones and muscles that support the tentacles. The water bladder swallowed the sea, and the monster rose and fell in the sea. It can even squeeze seawater out of its tentacles and mouth if necessary to flood the ship more quickly. So those tentacles are arms. It's the mouth, it's the eyes. It can also be turned into a living water pipe. ”

"Believe it or not, these tentacles still have eyes. Druids call this a photoreceptor organ. So they can see their prey without having to grope for themselves. ”

"As I can imagine, giant sea monsters are not conducive to the thriving fishing industry. Sadiri commented.

"Your body is shaking. Mosa said directly to the Psychic Warlock. "I never imagined you would tremble, I hope it wasn't the story of the sea monster that scared you. Or are you sick, or you have injuries?"

"Maybe I think it's too cold here," Muhati said he wasn't doing. "A few more robes will solve the problem. But a few more clothes can't solve the problems in your world, you can't fish, and clothes can't fill the stomachs of those fishermen. ”

"It's much worse than that, not only have more than half of our big fishing boats been destroyed. The rest are hiding in the harbor and are afraid to go out. The same is true of merchant ships. We can't trade, and many of the islands are struggling to be supplied, and the people on them are starving to death. We simply sent warships to hunt down these sea monsters, which was successful at first, but the number of ships was too small to fight a protracted battle with the huge sea monsters. ”

"And the battleship can't breed itself. Coral Witch added.

"That's right, so the druids came up with a new strategy, and they brought in a lot of terrible sea predators from other worlds, trying to kill those sea monsters with these invasive species. The result was not successful. The plague they created also failed, and some of the sea monsters died of illness, but soon their numbers recovered. ”

"There were even new sea monsters that appeared from the depths of the ocean, at one time. When a magic ship with a hundred people on board patrolled the skies over the ocean. A black island suddenly appeared in the middle of the sea, surrounded by two dozen tentacles fluttering. And then what? The island slowly rose and actually flew. Dark and tough, huge and friendless. Then the sea monster entangled the magic ship. Crushed it alive. Hot air balloon jellyfish octopus -- the druids gave it a name for what it could do with bioelectrolysis. Seawater is used to create a very light gas. It's slow, tough-skinned, and can hide in the clouds for ambushes. Plus, they reproduce fast enough. ”

"I sound a little clear. The Psychic Warlock nodded. "No wonder you're declaring war on these sea monsters. ”

"And it's not just that. Moussa replied. "The Starch Spencer druids are very clever enough that if they were to destroy any species completely, they would look at the whole ecology of that thing and find out where it was in the food chain - at least that's what they themselves say. ”

"As a result, the Starch Spencer sent the druids, and the chicken thieves among them, found that these Namibian sea monsters actually have no place in the ecosystem! they don't occupy any link in the food chain! And what makes them even more puzzling is that although they have caught a lot of adult sea monsters, they have never found the larvae of this thing, and they don't know the breeding pattern of sea monsters. At the same time, these ghosts are not related to all the other species in this aquatic world. ”

"It sounds impossible. Coral Witch Evaluation.

"There is only one type of creature that exhibits similar characteristics - the monsters that the Starch Spencers created themselves. There are no juveniles, they mature directly, they are incompatible with the original food chain, and they are also wreaking havoc. Moussa said. So they came to the conclusion that these sea monsters were not natural products, they were created at all. There must have been a Stach Spencer who had sent druids to mutiny, and those traitors had created these sea monsters. This is the uncompromising signal of a declaration of war. ”

"The renegade Starch Spencer sent a druid. The Psychic Warlock said as he pondered the current situation.

"Honestly, I think it's incredible. Everyone knew that the Starch Spencer Druids were infinitely loyal to Master Camilla, and had never heard of a druid mutiny before. Moussa admitted. "But then again, what do I know about those druids? They're secretive, sneaky. Fools and fools think that their lizards don't lay eggs or mare's milk stinks, which I don't think thinks so, but I've never had a crush on the druids. ”

"We're not very interested in getting involved in the war between the Starch Spencer Druids and the Krakens, and I have more important things to attend to in Atas. So I want to ask you, what is the way to get out of this world now?' the Great Portal?' the Psychic Warlock said.

"I'm guessing you'll do the same. The schism of the clergy. And your wife and children are waiting for you, a lot of trouble. But you'll have to wait a while. Moussa said. A smile that seemed to be mocking hung on his face. "No magic portal is powerful enough to reliably teleport between worlds - at least not with our Atas spells, which consume too much life force. As for the magic ship. They were forbidden to take to the skies, and it was for their own good. ”

"Why do you say that?" asked the Coral Witch.

"What do you think the war of the Starch Spencers was like, and what would they do with the sea monsters?" asked Moussa.

"From what I know of the Starch Spencers, their methods of warfare certainly do not include sending a group of men armed with harpoons and going to sea. The Psychic Warlock said. "Eighty percent of them are to breed some new monsters, and then let them deal with sea monsters. ”

"Yes, but you can't imagine where they've chosen to breed those monsters this time. Emir Moussa said like a third-rate bard on the verge of revealing the mystery. "You see, after the last failure, they thought that the existing monsters were too weak and too few, and they were put in batches. So give those sea monsters time to react. The druids planned to breed a large number of monsters in a secret place at one time, endure all kinds of extreme environments, and then release them in one go. ”

"It's not a secret place, because everyone can actually see it. Moussa said. "When you go out at night, you can see it when you look up. ”

He couldn't be talking...... Muhati was a little surprised, and before he could open his mouth, Sadiri first shouted out the question in his heart for him. "The moon?!The Starch Spencer sent druids to use the moon of this world as their monster breeding ground?!"

"That's right. It's the moon. The moon of this world is a little more animistic than ours of Atas, less barren and can allow some tenacious mongrels to live. And it's close enough to this world. When the time comes, the Starch Spencer sends the druids to unleash those beasts of the moon. Solve the problem of the sea monster. Moussa continued. "They call it the Tears of the Moon, and when the time comes, countless moon-faced monsters will be frantically gathered together by the power tendencies engraved in their instincts. And then. They will come down from the moon...... Needless to say, in this process. There will be countless monsters scattered around the tracks, so the magic ship will not be able to sail. ”

"Those Starch Spencer druids...... When are they going to release those monsters on the moon?" asked the Psychic Warlock.

Mousa looked up. He looked at the hourglass on a low cabinet on the side of the wall. "Probably when you go outside the house, it starts. ”

The Psychic Warlock immediately got up and rushed outside the Emir's house, and Satili was faster than him and teleported out. A flash of blue light flashed, and the Coral Witch appeared in the courtyard in front of the house.

It was already dark, a huge bright moon hung in the sky, and the dark night was dotted with unfamiliar constellations. The moon appears to be much larger than the twin moons of Atas combined. Either because it's really big or because it has a very low orbit.

The moon has dark areas on it, and its edges are moving. What Muhadi couldn't see clearly was that on that moon, roaring beasts were galloping and gathering. They were completely under the control of the Druids of the Starch Spencers, moving in the same direction, even if they trampled on each other.

These monsters are so numerous that when they come together, they form a mountain, a mountain made entirely of flesh and blood. The mountain grew taller and taller until even those on the ground could see a slight bulge on the edge of the moon.

Immediately afterward, the psionic clerics and the blasphemer mages joined forces to reverse the moon's already weak gravity. From the ground, the tiny bulge on the edge of the moon grows larger, but the tail that connects to the surface of the moon shrinks, like a droplet of water in the process of forming. Immediately afterward, the droplet broke away from the surface of the moon and fell to the earth.

This is the Tears of the Moon, and a single tear contains thousands, countless terrifying monsters. They were created for one purpose only, to kill for their own Starch Spencer Druid masters.

Then, the second drop, the third drop.

"To solve a problem, you shouldn't create a new one. Muhadi heard a voice behind him.

"You don't support the approach of the Starch Spencer Druids. The Psychic said to Satili, his eyes still fixed on the Tears of the Moon, which was slowly falling. "They have a way to control the beasts they have created, and they can force them to kill themselves. ”

"Haven't these practices ever bothered you?"

"Is this a question you want to ask the Psychic Warlock?" Muhadi said. "We have so much to deal with right now. You and I are both, don't you want to go back and see how Tyr is doing, what will the tyrant do in your absence? and I have to find a way to heal the divide between the believers. Not to mention......" He stopped suddenly.

"Not to mention anything?"

"Lyra, my Master and Initiator, Great Psychic Warlock. The Psychic Warlock stopped looking at the Tears of the Moon and said to Satilly. "She used Aisha to steal a trace of the essence of the wise man. I don't know what she's going to do with those, or what experiments she's going to do with them. But now that more than ten years have passed since the outside world, no matter what she plans to do, there must have been some results now. And I'm going to find out what it is. ”

"If you're already more than a decade late, waiting a few more days won't make much of a difference. Coral Witch proposed. "I don't advise you to go straight back to the center of power, no one knows who is the hidden enemy there and what has changed. As the old adage goes, if you're going to step into a piece of quicksand, try the depth with one foot first. ”

"Anyway, the magic ship can't sail during this time......" Muhati thought for a moment and agreed. "Then we'll wait for the druids to finish their war game before we leave. (To be continued......)