A heavy sailing ship like the Houyi would definitely not be faster than ten knots on Earth, but everything would be different in this magical world, and the propulsion provided by the spar power, coupled with the diversion circle developed by the bow and bottom according to the hydrodynamics, increased the speed of the Houyi to about twenty knots. This is already beyond the level of many ironclad ships on the planet. This speed also surpasses that of most ships in this world, except for those smaller ships that are also powered by magic. The other ships simply couldn't reach it. Therefore, Xiao Chen was not worried at all about those guys who secretly inquired about their news, because they couldn't catch up at all.

On the first night after departure, Lin Lichuan, a high-ranking mage in charge of monitoring, and Huang Zheng, the colonel commander of the Marine Corps, came to report to Xiao Chen: "My mage's eye has found that something in the sea seems to be following us all along. ”

"When did you find out?" Xiao Chen asked.

"It was about evening, and I noticed something in the sea, it had been lurking below the surface of the sea, but for a while when the waves were strong, it showed a part of its body, which was probably not much bigger than a human. Lin Lichuan replied, "Because I observed it through the eyes of the mages suspended above the fleet, and I couldn't see it very realistically at that moment, I later asked Huang Zheng to help, and the two of us observed for a long time, and saw that thing two or three times before the sky was all dark." It changes position all the time, sometimes in front of our ship, sometimes behind our ship. ”

"That is, it was able to catch up with our ship. This speed should not be that of any human. Xiao Chen said.

Huang Zheng said: "Look at this." ”

He projected an image in the air, a light gray shadow floating in the dark brown sea at dusk.

Xiao Chen said: "Let Jerez tell the difference." ”

A few minutes later, Jerez came into the room, stared at the image for a long time, and said, "This thing, it looks like a dolphin." ”

Huang Zheng was surprised: "Isn't it actually a spy of the Sea Clan?"

"Our ship is as fast as flying, and the average sea clan can't swim that fast, and they can't catch up with us without a boat, unless the merfolk mage makes a move to control the water to increase the speed, but the magic fluctuations caused by that should soon be noticed by the adults. Jerez pondered, he walked into the screen and looked at it more closely, and said, "However, some sea tribes have the ability to communicate with animals, and they may be able to control dolphins. Dolphins usually live together in several strips, but it's strange that there is only one here. Maybe some sea tribe is lying on top of this dolphin and following us. ”

"If there is a sea tribe hiding under this dolphin, is it possible to catch him?" asked Huang Zheng.

Jerez said: "I don't think it's likely. According to your description, the dolphin didn't bother to come out two or three times throughout the day, but we didn't even see what it looked like, and if there really was a sea tribe spy hiding under the dolphin, and as soon as he saw us moving, he just had to hide under the water, and we couldn't do anything about him. There is an old saying in the southern city-states: never go underwater to fight the Sea Clan. You can't imagine how flexible the people of the Sea Clan are in the water, and it is very dangerous to fight in the water, even if they are one level higher than the other party. ”

"It's a nuisance. Huang Zheng touched his chin and said. If it was on land, the enemy would be invincible in front of a great magician like him. But in the sea with depth, the way of fighting has changed significantly, and the blocking power of water against magic attacks is obviously greater than that of air, and the effect should not be ideal, "Maybe you can try it with a mental blast." ”

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "No matter what the other party wants to do, there will definitely be other actions, we just need to be careful and wait patiently." There's nothing good to be gained by scaring the snake now. ”

The Houyi and Xingtian sailed day and night for three days without stopping, and the two ships had already left the confines of the Crescent Peninsula and began to enter the territory of the Pearl Islands. Then Lin Lichuan and Huang Zheng on the Yi, and Crete and Wu Qi on the Xingtian took turns on duty, and found that the dolphin still appeared around them from time to time. Dolphins are animals that breathe with their lungs, so they often have to protrude out of the sea, and it is easy to spot when magicians try to look around.

The dolphin approached the fleet three times a day in the morning and noon, staying for only a few minutes each time, but then disappearing into the distance, as if it knew that the people on board were watching it, so it kept its distance from the fleet as much as possible.

At noon on the fourth day, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling were chatting with Umeda Tian on the deck of the Houyi, and the three of them had been studying and discussing how to inflict more effective damage on the underwater enemy in the past few days. Umeda is now twelve years old, and his height has risen a lot, and he has reached the position of Xiao Chen's neck. Since she harvested the memory fragments of another world, her realm has improved by leaps and bounds, and she is now the smallest great magician in the Tower of China. At that time, when Xiao Chen, Liu Yisheng, and Lorenzo assigned personnel to find the Seven Towers, she simply gave up the task of staying behind and insisted on joining Xiao Chen's fleet.

Originally, Xiao Chen refused her to join on the grounds that she was too young and the trip was too dangerous, but Umeda privately challenged Xiao Chen. The outcome of this challenge was unknown to no one except for the two parties and the referee Luo Ling, but the next day Xiao Chen withdrew his objection and agreed to Umeda to join the fleet.

Umeda was now slightly closing his eyes, recalling something, "In those memories, there is basically nothing about fighting at sea, and in the world I experienced, we basically had nothing to do with the Sea Clan. So there is no experience in this area.

But while your new attempt at ultra-wide ice magic yesterday seems good, I don't think it's a good idea. ”

"Why do you say that?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Ice is still water, but it changes the temperature of the water. If the other mermaid mage is good at water magic, he can make the water flow violently to interfere with and destroy the magic. Then it becomes a battle for water magic. From my combat experience, it is most unwise to fight with the enemy for control of the same kind of magical power, because it becomes a hard fight of mental power. ”

"Then what is your opinion?" asked Luo Ling.

Umedada smiled: "Why don't you use electric magic? I remember that in that world, the simplest and crudest way to catch fish was to use high-voltage electricity to catch fish." ”