"Damn, get me the deck clean, I don't want my ship to stink for the next few days. The captain of the Exocet reprimanded the sailors on board in a loud voice, although the language was vicious, but the smile on his face did not restrain at all, and his eyes were full of joy when he looked at the prey on the deck, and he was able to meet a lone adult bighorn whale on the way to the Moisan continent, which was like a money bag falling from the sky for those sailors who had been begging for a living at sea all year round.

Before the year of the fog disaster, the bighorn whale was just an ordinary marine fish, its meat was difficult to preserve, it would stink after only one day of storage, although the bones were large, but very soft, not suitable for any bone carving materials, only its gallbladder would produce some precious spices, some value. It's just that bighorn whales are social sea beasts, once they encounter a bighorn whale, then they have to face a group of bighorn whales, and for any ship, even if it is a steel giant ship of the Kingdom of England, facing the siege of a group of bighorn whales, the final result will only be to sink at the bottom of the sea.

Because the cost of catching bighorn whales far outweighs the benefits, few fishermen were willing to take the risk of catching bighorn whales before the year of the fog unless someone bought the gallbladder spices for them at a very high price.

But this has changed since the year of the fog, just as a large number of creatures on land have mutated, and the creatures in the sea have mutated more, some more ferocious, some more bizarre, and the bighorn whale has mutated more valuable.

Because of the mutation, the fish bones on the body of the big horn whale have become denser and harder, and the whole body is golden yellow, and the top fish bones even exude a gem luster, and there are some mysterious powers that ordinary people do not know in the fish bones, so that the fish bones of the big horn whale have not only become the most precious animal bone carving material in the world, but also become a rare and extraordinary material for making strange things.

In addition to fish bones, the fat on the body of the bighorn whale is also very valuable, because after the year of the fog, scholars in the United States found that whale oil extracted from the fat of the bighorn whale has an unimaginable lubricating effect, which can reduce the wear and tear of the machinery to the extreme, and can also improve the efficiency of the operation.

At the same time, scholars in the Kingdom of England also discovered that whale oil prepared through a special formula could be used as a fuel catalyst for steam engines, and all steam engine fuels with special whale oil could increase the temperature of the steam engine several times during combustion, and reduce fuel consumption by nearly double the time.

That is, the same type of vessel, a vessel that uses special whale oil can carry less fuel, carry more cargo, and sail faster at sea.

In addition, some of the internal organs of the bighorn whale have also been mutated, containing various mysterious powers, and it is one of the most sought-after raw materials in the market.

Only the meat of the Bighorn Whale is worthless, and the meat of the Bighorn Whale is very perishable, and the rotten flesh will quickly contaminate the other parts of the Bighorn Whale, if a dead Bighorn Whale is left alone, in less than a day, the Bighorn Whale will become worthless due to the pollution of the carrion.

For a variety of reasons, the Hornhorn Whale is a mobile vault, and if any ship that goes out to sea can catch a Bighorn whale, then the sailors and crew of the ship will receive a year's income in advance, and the owner will receive even more.

It's just that, just like the rapidly increasing value of the bighorn whale, the danger of catching the bighorn whale has also increased exponentially, because of the overall mutation, the docile bighorn whale has also become very violent and aggressive, and the strength of the bighorn whale has also increased to a very amazing level, there have been more than one large whaling ship that has been overturned and torn apart by the bighorn whale, so it has also made catching the bighorn whale one of the most dangerous things at sea.

A medium-sized ship like the Flying Fish, which focuses on speed, is not suitable for catching large sea beasts such as the Bighorn Whale, but there are exceptions to everything, and they did not expect that they would be so lucky to encounter an injured outlier Bighorn Whale, and this kind of good thing sent to the door will naturally not be willing to let go, so the captain temporarily changed the target and used the weapons on the ship to take down the Bighorn Whale.

Although the Bighorn Whale had been taken down and dragged to the deck to begin to decompose, the captain of the Flying Fish did not let this relax, for he knew very well that the troubles were not over.

The smell of bighorn whale blood is extremely strong, and it is a great temptation for the carnivorous fish of the ocean, every whaling ship will carry some thinner to reduce the smell of bighorn whale blood, but there is no such thinner on the Flying Fish, so they need to decompose the bighorn whale before the smell of bighorn whale blood attracts unknown terrifying sea beasts, and wash the body of the bighorn whale blood.

And during this period of dealing with bighorn whales, the ship cannot sail and can only stop at the surface, which is also the time when it is most vulnerable to attack.

So the captain, after loudly urging the crew on deck to dispose of the carcass of the bighorn whale, immediately went to the Destiny Weaver's Prayer Room in the central cabin of the hull.

I saw that in the prayer room, a high-ranking priest of the Destiny Weaver quietly knelt in front of the Destiny Weaver's emblem, silently reciting the church scriptures.

When the captain came, he did not disturb the priest, but stood quietly aside.

After a short time, the priest stopped reciting the scriptures, turned to the captain and said, "The sea is not my lord's divine domain, and the power given by my lord will be weakened, and with my current ability, it can only be covered for a while, and it will not have much effect on those truly powerful mutant sea beasts. ”

Hearing the priest's words, the captain's face became a lot darker, and the reason why he decided to change his purpose and take the risk of catching the bighorn whale was because he felt that the high priest of the church could solve the additional trouble of catching the bighorn.

However, now the priest had told him that his abilities did not pay attention to the protection of the ship, which made the captain immediately troubled.

If he was rational enough, the captain should immediately abandon the carcass of the Arctura and sail away, but such an approach would not only be as simple as losing a large windfall for him, but would also make the other uninformed crew members on board dissatisfied with him, and if this matter spreads, then it will be difficult for his ship to recruit a crew with enough experience in the future, after all, no one would want to go to sea with a captain who would lose a lot of income at any time.

Just when the captain was in a dilemma, the priest of the Weaver of Destiny suddenly reminded, "Actually, you can go to the ship's Excellency and ask for some useful help." ”

"Your Excellency?" the captain was stunned for a moment, thinking of the only passenger on board, and some of the passengers' actions when they got on board.

Because it was the first time he encountered a send-off mission assigned by the church's higher-ups, and it was only one passenger, the captain couldn't help but be curious about the identity of this passenger.

However, the captain could not find any clues related to this passenger except for the special temperament that exuded from this passenger, and he could not find any clues related to this passenger, and this passenger did not bear the slightest resemblance to the great figures of various countries who could alarm the upper echelons of the church in his memory.

The passenger was also very strange in his behavior on the ship, he had not been out of his cabin since he got on the ship, and the waiter in charge of the passenger had mentioned that every time he delivered food, he saw the passenger sitting at the desk near the window, as if he had not moved.

Although the captain was a little skeptical about whether the passenger would be able to help, he knew the priest on the ship very well, knew his abilities and connections in the upper echelons of the church, and since the priest said that he could help, there was no need to doubt the matter.

So, he hurried out of the prayer room to the superior suite where the passengers were housed in the upper cabin.

Although he was a little anxious, the captain paused at the door, straightened his clothes, and then knocked on the door.

"Is there anything wrong?" asked a voice from the cabin.

The captain was stunned, originally he was going to enter the cabin and ask the passengers if they could help, but now it was obvious that the other party did not seem to have any intention of opening the door, so he hesitated a little, and finally stood at the door and said the trouble he encountered simply and quickly.

"Got it. After the captain finished speaking, the cabin quickly gave an answer, but this answer did not satisfy the captain.

Seeing this, the captain did not say anything more, turned and left the cabin, and on the way he met the fighters on the ship who were watching the dismantling of the bighorn whales on the deck, so he shouted a few words at these fighters, and ordered the fighters to be put into combat readiness.

Sensing the solemnity of the captain's order, the ship's combatants and sailors also stopped frolicking, allowing the relaxed mood to tense up, and each returned to his or her respective posts, while also speeding up the decomposition of the bighorn whale.

The captain, having given the order, returned to the prayer room and informed the priest of the passenger's reaction, as if he were complaining to the priest, and as if intending to want the priest to lobby the passenger himself.

However, after listening to the captain's account, the priest only nodded and replied with the same words as the passenger, "Got it", which also made the captain look dazed.

Without waiting for the priest's explanation, the captain left the prayer room with a bewildered heart, and continued to prepare at his own pace for a possible sea beast attack.

However, things seemed to go unexpectedly well, although several inexperienced sailors poured several buckets of decomposed whale meat and collected blood into the sea during the dismantling of the carcass of the bighorn whale, increasing the chance of a carnivorous sea beast attack, but luck seemed to favor the Flying Fish very much, until the bighorn whale was completely decomposed and stored in the storage compartment, and the ship started to leave the blood-filled sea, and not a single large carnivorous sea beast appeared, not even a small carnivorous sea beast.

The reason why the captain knew so well that there were no carnivorous sea beasts in the ocean was because the whale meat that had been poured into the sea by those stupid sailors was still floating on the surface of the sea and had not been eaten, which was obviously unreasonable.

Afterwards, the captain went to inquire about the priest of the Weaver of Fate, and was told that the matter had nothing to do with him, and pointed upwards.

The captain was clearly not fit to guess the riddle, and he did not understand the meaning of the priest's gesture at first, until he passed the superior cabin, and came to his senses, walked quickly to the passenger's cabin, and knocked on the door again.

"What's the matter?" said another simple question from the cabin.

The captain thought for a moment, and tentatively said some words of thanks for not being attacked by sea beasts just now.

"Got it. The passenger in the cabin interrupted him before he could finish his sentence and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Although the passenger's words did not explicitly admit that he had not been the cause of the Sea Beast approaching the Exocet before, the captain could already tell that it was related to him, and he also heard that the other party did not care about the matter, and did not have the intention of further discussion.

So he thought about finding a random topic to relieve the awkward atmosphere now, and then left, in his opinion, since the other party didn't take this matter seriously, there was no need for him to do anything extra.

"I would like to inform Your Excellency that you should be able to reach New Porta County tomorrow," said the captain, choosing a topic that might be of interest to the other party, "but the port of hope that was originally going to dock cannot be docked, and can only dock at Torch Harbor." ”

After the captain's words fell, there was silence in the cabin for a while, and then the hatch opened, and the passenger asked with a displeased face, "I need an explanation." ”

In the face of the unhappy passengers, the captain couldn't help but bow his head because of the momentum on the other party, and he was also complaining in his heart why he was looking for such a topic.

It is no wonder that the other party is displeased, although Port Hope and Torch Port are both ports of New Porta, but one is in the east and the other is in the west, and the two span the entire New Porta County, and Port Hope is right next to the New Port of Hata District, which can be reached in no half a day by horse-drawn carriage, but the Torch Port needs to cross the Nusky Mountains that cross the New Porta District, and if there is no danger, it will take at least four or five days to reach the New Port District.

The captain hurriedly explained: "I just received news from Shin Bird that there is a large-scale sea beast tide in the waters around Hope Harbor, and all ships at sea cannot get close to that sea area. ”

When the other party heard this, he was silent for a while, and then asked, "Are there many cases of this kind of large sea beast tide?"

"Most of them appear in the waters around the Vilun continent, and there are not many occurrences in the waters of the Moissanite continent. The captain thought for a moment and quickly replied, and comforted the other party: "Your Excellency, don't worry, the sea beast tide will only attack the approaching sea ships, and will not go to land. ”

The passenger didn't say anything, just nodded in response, and closed the door again.