Chapter 27: Crispy Seaweed
"What...... What's that?!" Luka's voice began to tremble as well. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The flames on Nora's handle increased slightly, but the boundaries of the wooden wall were still not visible.
She threw it upward, and the flame flew softly, floating up the wooden wall a full two stories high. As far as the firelight could reach, the fog temporarily drifted away, but the wooden wall still couldn't see the border.
The flames turned left in mid-air and flew forward for more than ten meters, the wooden wall still extending.
Seeing that the flames were out of control, Nora waved her hand back, and the flames turned back the way they came, reaching out to the right again. All that could be seen was the huge planks on the verge of decay.
Nora sighed, intending to recall the Living Flame.
"Wait, that place, three meters down. Crete said suddenly.
Nora controls the flames to float to where he says they are.
"Anything?" Luka's eyes widened, and he didn't see anything.
"Roast the algae attached to the plank. Crete continued.
Nora's living flame power is not very large, not because she lacks fuel, but even with the help of the necklace attached to the magic circle, it is still very difficult to control the range of flames perfectly. Without igniting herself, a fist-sized living flame was the limit of Nora's control.
It took some time for such a small flame to be cleared of the seaweed that obstructed the view, as Cretan had requested. The taste reminded Luca of his favorite snack before the crossing: crispy seaweed.
There are some uneven marks on the wooden wall.
"It's words!" Lukka held up his binoculars, "auspicious...... What the...... Number. ā
Crete nodded: "The Xiangrui is the legendary silent Grim Reaper. ā
"Huh, ghost ship?" Ollie's eyes widened, "shouldn't the ghost ship be a ship, how could it be a wall?"
"This wall should be the bottom hull of the Silent Death. Crete replied.
As if to test his claim, a flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the gloomy sky, reflecting the hill-like silhouette of the "Silent Death".
"It'...... Is it going to eat us?" Nora was already crying.
"I don't see this. Crete shook his head.
"Actually," Lukka laughed suddenly, "it just came over on its own, and it saved us a lot of trouble." ā
"Why?" even Crete didn't understand what Lukka was thinking.
Lukka held up the magic map, the point of light that represented the source of the mana, which now almost overlapped with the Peregrine Falcon.
Crete took a closer look, took out a small ruler and measured it carefully, then raised his head and said, "The position is fifteen and six meters south of us." ā
The four of them looked up at the huge ghost ship at the same time, each estimating the specific location of the source of magic power in their hearts.
Luca thought for a moment: "I'll just go myself." ā
"What a joke!" Ollie's sword slammed on.
"You stay here," Luca's voice was small but firm, "I've decided, it's the captain's orders. ā
"Idiot, did you know that in ghost stories, the worst thing is that those stupid people have to go their separate ways, and they will definitely be killed one by one!"
"Can you say something nice?" Lukka grabbed his shoulder and handed it to Crete, "help me keep an eye on it." ā
Then, he tucked the map away in his holster, slung it cross-body to his chest, and carried a leather backpack full of all kinds of expedition and emergency tools that had been prepared. Finally, he carried the Amethyst Staff on his back as well.
Crete grabbed the struggling muzzle with one hand, and passed the grappling hook to the rope with the other.
Lukka picked up one end of the iron grappling hook and shook it a few times, but instead of throwing it out, he held the heavy iron hook in front of Ollie with a smile on his face: "I can't throw it that far......"
Ollie puffed up the grappling hook, and there was a "click" in the distance, and the iron hook hung accurately on the side of the towering side of the "Silent Death".
"Can you climb up there? Nora asked, worried.
Lukka pulled out a scroll from his shirt pocket, "I should still be able to sustain this magic." ā
As he spoke, he unfolded the scroll, and the handwriting on it read: Weight Loss Technique.
This is not some advanced magic, it belongs to the introductory course of trainee mages, that is, if it is used in the way of blood magic, the backlash to the body will not be too great.
As the scroll burned, Luca lost weight to such an incredible degree that it could be blown away by almost a gust of wind. He reached out and grabbed the rope that hung down, and without much effort, he sprang up to the height of a man.
Watching his figure fade away in the thick fog, Ollie frowned and asked, "Did we really just watch him go alone?"
The eyes of the three people who had been left behind and a bird met each other, and neither of them spoke again.
......
The edge of the shell of the Silent Grim Reaper.
The effects of the blood magic were more severe than Lukka had imagined, and when he was still about two meters away from the top deck he could climb, the effects of the light loss spell faded and his body became heavier and heavier.
Luca was not very strong in the first place, and at this time he was about to reach his limit. He gritted his teeth and tugged at the rope inch by inch, focusing all his energy on the alternating movements of his hands and feet, even ignoring the sound of "click" not far away. The effort paid off, and while the spell failed, Lukka finally climbed over the guardrail.
Then he felt his legs go limp, and he almost fell to the watery deck.
A warm hand reached out from behind his side and held him up.
Is there anything more terrifying than being caught in the arm by a hand sticking out from behind on a ghost ship?
Lukka's heart tightened, and he quickly turned back.
Behind him, Ollie, Crete, Nora, and Shut up stood in a row, smiling.
"Didn't I let you stay on the Peregrine Falcon?" Lukka's heart warmed, but his words were tinged with resentment.
"We've been there," Ollie said with a smile, "for three seconds." ā
"Look at the map. Crete said.
At this point, Lukka couldn't drive his companion back. He smiled wryly and pulled out the map, and the location of the light point was on the huge ship.
"I don't know how many decks this ship has......," Nora said, looking at the creaking wood beneath her feet.
"There are five floors in total. Crete answered her questions.
Ollie studied the points of light on the map for a long time and said, "This map doesn't indicate the altitude, so we can only look for it layer by layer." ā
Crete hung his head, staring at the deck beneath him without saying a word, and after a full minute, he looked up, "No, it's on the bottom layer, in a Mithril box, I see." ā
After a pause, seeing that everyone was still looking at him, Crete had no choice but to add: "This ship tried to interfere with my view, but it failed. ā
Lukka nodded: "Everyone be careful, I'm afraid there are a lot of weirdness in this ship." ā
"Idiot, what everyone knows, do you still need to say?" shut up and flapped his wings and flew back to his shoulder.