Chapter 197: Polite Sea Otter: You? (1/3)
"The Shimmering Crystal Shells were collected by the natives and cultivated in this sea area - they are the highest level of magical beast ingredients, no matter what kind of magical beast they like to eat them, even the Zhanhai Crystal Dragon is no exception."
Looking at the sea in the distance, Ian withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the crystal shell in the instrument: "But in addition to this, there are many other magical beasts that have also been tamed by the natives...... They are the guardians of the seas and the eyes of the indigenous guards. ”
"Obviously, our process of collecting elemental crystal shells has been discovered, and the natives already know that we are here."
This is not surprising. How could there be no demonic beasts wandering around such a sublimated creature as the Glimmering Crystal Shell?
Both Gossai and Isengard were already prepared, and the explorers they had sent to the sea before were also ready for battle.
It's just that this place is actually an indigenous breeding factory, which is really a bit unexpected.
This also confirms Ian's previous speculation: the natives may have discovered the existence of the Zhanhai Crystal Dragon earlier than the Imperial side, so they have long been preparing to lure the other party to appear closer, and then try to 'worship' it as a totem spirit.
Compared to the high-level magical beasts with great potential such as the Zhanhai Crystal Dragon, any crocodile dragon and any moray eel are stinky fish and rotten shrimp - in order to achieve this scene, the Tenglan Department and the Mountain Tide Department, which have been almost split for a long time, may even join forces again!
Outside the cabin, the first mate's calm report soon came: "My lord, there are many more sea beasts in the Luminous Sea than we thought, they seem to be trained and are approaching us, and we are almost surrounded. ”
"In addition, the lookout has noticed that there are indigenous boats mixed in with the sea beasts on the far periphery, and we have reason to believe that they are driving the sea beasts to surround us."
Although it was all very nervous news, the first mate was not afraid - not to mention the encirclement of ordinary sea beasts, there was almost no threat to their specially modified exploration ship, even if it was mixed with demonic beasts and natives, there were cannons on the exploration ship.
Even if Master Gosai doesn't make a move, won't there be any sublimators among them?
"It's okay, it's not a big problem, I didn't feel the breath of those two-headed totem spirits."
Sure enough, Master Gosai stroked his beard lightly, and said unhurriedly: "Be ready for battle, the enemy is not strong, but we must not let them damage the ship's structure and instruments." ”
"Let the gunner debug the alchemy artillery. Ian, which direction are we going to break through? ”
At the end, the old man looked at the white-haired boy. Ian thought for a moment and said, "Southwest." ”
"Well, let's break through to the southwest."
Although Master Gosai has the ability to destroy all sea beasts, it would be a waste of time, physical strength, and energy, and the more things are delayed, the more likely they are to have accidents, so they can't waste too much time.
Ian set the direction, the old man set the tone, and Isengard stepped forward to take the lead in assigning the work, allowing the four good players who had entered the sea before to drink the physical potion to replenish the previous consumption.
The exploration ship was well organized, and everyone was in full swing.
Ian was idle again, this battle still had nothing to do with him in theory, no more than him, no less than him, a wave singer didn't have to join the battlefield, maybe he had to sing and speed up the ship at the critical moment.
However, he had no intention of fishing—he was also interested in what the natives had planned.
Moreover, the natives, who almost starved to death after the war, have been able to domesticate so many magical beasts recently...... How much aid Flying Flame Land had given, he had to estimate it with his own eyes.
"Besides, has Patrick reached an agreement with the natives in the past few days and started to report the news?"
Thinking of the rapid appearance of the natives, Ian couldn't help but mutter, "That's it, it's all a good thing." ”
When several groups of people with threats and ideas get together, it doesn't have the effect of one plus one being greater than two...... If Patrick and the natives had cooperated, the efficiency of both sides would have been less than two.
Glow-in-the-dark sea, in the wind and rain, next to a small frigate that was almost completely covered by a rain curtain.
The sea beast is near.
Ian pulled out his water cannon and walked out of the cabin.
Even in the cabin, you can feel the solemnity of the atmosphere, and after walking out of the cabin, the roar of the beast in the distance is indeed more and more clear, and there are even many voices that Ian himself is quite familiar with—reef-devouring sea otters, sea crocodiles, algae-perched light fish, giant sea anemones, and bunched dolphins......
Just by glancing from afar, Ian could see these familiar figures, some of them were monsters, some of them were ordinary sea beasts, but the number was truly terrifying.
"When I go back, I have to remind the lord...... Well, it doesn't feel like he needs to be reminded, after talking about Flying Flame Land last time, he must have noticed something was wrong very quickly. ”
Ian is still relatively confident in Viscount Grant's ability, although the other party does not know anything about the professional field, but he will not give some layman's orders, and the lord is very proficient in all of it.
Outside the ship, everyone was ready for battle, their harpoons and steel hooks in their hands, and the sea-descendant swordsman was wiping his long sword, and the rippling blade became stronger in the rain, almost like breathing, swallowing the water vapor around it.
Faintly visible, a line of inscriptions visible to the naked eye flowed on the body of the sword.
And the other three sublimators all chose the bow and arrow.
"Woo woo————"
The sound was very close, and there was already a low chirp overlapping in the sea near the exploration ship, and in the rough sea, it was faintly visible, and there were shadows moving rapidly under the surface of the sea, trying to catch up with the ship that had begun to turn.
"Start attacking."
It was Isengard who was in charge of giving the order to attack, and after hearing this, Master Gosai nodded in satisfaction, then raised his hand and made a circle in the air.
The white shock waves visible to the naked eye converged into a cluster in this circle, and the air that fluctuated at high speed shook the water vapor, turning it into a cloud-like form—and then, with a scream, a long white 'flowing cloud' turned into several invisible spears, stabbing towards the water.
Airplanes! Only a shock could be heard, and then, the three largest shadows in the sea stalled, and immediately after, a large cloud of red and blue blood gushed out wildly, staining the surface of the sea red.
Whirlpool squid, bunched dolphins and scaleless iron snakes...... These few monsters that were easy to affect the ships and instruments were killed as soon as possible.
The rest of the battle was just a pure warm-up.
Noticing these details, Ian nodded, and then continued to move forward with his high-pressure water gun.
"Wizard...... You don't have to fight this time. ”
When the captain who led the team saw Ian, the thin man was a little surprised, and after noticing the cylinder in the young man's hand, he mistook it for the alchemy firecracker, so he smiled kindly and said: "Although the alchemy firearm is very powerful, it will be difficult to use in rainy days, and the electricity spilled by the pancrystalline sand gunpowder will make people hurt." ”
"It's fine." Ian smiled and responded, "I'm not a firebolt. ”
The captain was a little surprised: "What's that?" ”
The sea beast approached.
Ian didn't reply immediately, his eyes lit up with water, and he easily locked onto the familiar figures—giant fish in stone armor, giant squid, iron-skinned sea otters, and all sorts of strange things.
He raised his gun, took aim expertly, and entered essentia.
The pressurized chamber was running rapidly, and the visible water essentia glow condensed on the cylinder of the high-pressure water gun.
Immediately after that, the trigger is pulled.
A tiny, straight column of water broke through the rain curtain and waves, straight into the sea, shooting into the shadows under the surface of the sea, and a terrible howl of pain could be heard when you landed, and a reef-devouring sea otter was hit in the lower half of the body without even noticing, and the intense pain instantly destroyed the will to fight of this beast that was close to the demonic beast.
“Aieeeeee——————”
The indescribable scream resounded throughout the sea, and even the surrounding monsters and beasts heard it, and their speed began to slow down, and their movements began to hesitate, and even some of the beasts suddenly came to their senses, they looked at the sea otters, then looked in the direction of the exploration ship, and then reversed the angle in awe.
At the same time, the sea otter fled, did not look back, and brought up a red wave.
Because he didn't estimate the impact of the waves on the water column, it didn't penetrate the other person's heart, and Ian was not annoyed, after all, the effect was the same.
The young man turned his head, looked at the captain who was a little dull and subconsciously put his legs together, and said with a smile: "This is a water gun." ”
"Yes."
The captain looked in awe at the cylinder in Ian's hand that released a dangerous aura: "This is the water gun. ”