The increasing debris on the surface of the water drove the Tides Church crew into a frenzy, and he paced the deck several times, asking to return.

Naturally, the "Emperor" could not fulfill his wish, and continued the voyage through verbal and military threats.

This may also be regarded as one of the advantages of being at sea, the crew of the "thief ship" could not escape, and when the crew was tired of bouncing on the deck alone, the "emperor" stepped forward and asked, "The sky in this sea has always been like this?" ”

He had never seen such an eerie sky anywhere in the "outside world".

The scarlet sky, and the ball of light that never seemed to rise or set, made it impossible to tell if it was day or night.

However, he vaguely remembered that the unknown waters he had witnessed in the Lingguang Theater were not like this.

"No, of course not."

Even the crew's tone changed, and his gaze wandered back and forth on the ship in shock, "It's the master, he's angry!" ”

Even the members of the Tidal Church have never witnessed the appearance of the master when he is angry, or more accurately, the person who has borne the wrath of the master has long ceased to exist in this world, and they can only learn some deeds related to the master through the church's scriptures, which are said to have sunk a country to the bottom of the sea and completely disappeared their civilization in the long river of history.

"Before the master notices us, let's go back!"

The crew pleaded in a tone that bordered on a request.

Once again, the Emperor ignored his advice, and seeing that the crew was on the verge of a mental breakdown, he sent them back to the cabin to sleep.

This voyage is still a long time and is just the beginning.

Diego stayed at the edge of the deck, looking down at the objects that floated towards them from time to time on the surface of the sea, as the Father had given him instructions.

Through the floating wreckage, he could imagine how tragic the battle really was.

In addition to the pieces of flesh from unidentified creatures, many scattered mechanical parts can also be found.

The endless sea made it seem as if they could no longer feel the passage of time, Diego did not know how long he had been sailing on the sea, only that when the same scene had changed, it would have been hours before the dazzling ball of light was obscured.

Above the clouds, a behemoth loomed over their heads.

It appeared out of thin air, a strange steel airship standing above the clouds like a throne.

The roar and explosions were incessant.

It was as if they were engaged in a fierce battle with some unseen place, and the colorful beam weapons lit up the sky at one point, and Diego could see that even the fictional special effects in the movie could not replicate what he saw at the moment, and the scattered mechanical parts fell from the empty boat.

Further on, the sea surface has changed.

It was an endless array of tentacles, arrays of defenses.

Diego saw the true face of the enemy fighting the steel airship.

He just opened his eyes, and that eye was enough to cover the entire sky, and the Iron Throne that sat in the clouds in front of that eye was so small.

The Emperor also came to the deck and saw what was happening at the moment.

He saw what appeared to be striking the Iron Throne, and the seemingly impregnable fortress crumbled in an instant, and the dismantled mechanical parts smashed into the sea like a torrential rain, and with the parts fell a swarm of old-fashioned military robots.

Their bodies are made of metal and their bodies are loaded with weapons.

As they were about to crash to the surface, the wriggling tentacles caught them, secreting a corrosive liquid that dissolves the metal in seconds, and then dragging the remaining parts to the bottom of the ocean as if they were trophies.

The Emperor didn't know where the mechanical forces came from, but he knew they had been defeated.

The crumbling Iron Throne could no longer keep itself in the air, and the rest of it was falling downward under the pull of gravity.

This is the battlefield.

The tentacles that had emerged from the sea did not stop because of the fall of the Iron Throne, and the eyes of the tentacles looked at them.

That's how a predator looks when he sees his prey.

"It's over, it's too late, it's too late."

The crew had come to the deck at some point, and he sat down on it, despair taking over his eyes.

He knew himself, and what was going to happen to the ship.

These tentacles will eventually devour everything that falls on the surface of the sea.

"Stay on the ship and don't leave."

The Emperor had a word of advice to Diego, who had anticipated it as early as he had gone out to sea - the creatures that inhabited the uncharted seas would not let them through their territory so easily.

"I'll cover you through this sea as much as I can...... What are you doing here? ”

He was about to make a way for the boat, but found Diego in front of him, and he took a bag full of seaweed rice balls when he went out to sea, and poured all the rice balls into the sea along the side of the boat.

This kid ...... Isn't it trying to bribe these tentacles through these rice balls?

"Father told us to get out of here quickly, and if we stay in this kind of place any longer, he's going to have a deep sea phobia."

Diego earnestly conveyed the latest instructions from the Father.

Abyssal phobia?

Diego's explanation was once again unexpected by the "emperor", who always felt that the father described by the other party did not seem like a high god, but like a living person.

"Did he tell you to throw all these rice balls into the sea?"

"God the Father says these are tolls, and this is their territory after all."

The Emperor looked down and saw the tentacles emerging from the bottom of the ocean dragging the rice balls into the bottom of the sea, but they didn't seem to be satisfied, and greedily wrapped themselves around their ship.

The jolting sensation under his feet lasted only a few seconds, and then the tentacles turned into powder and drifted into the air at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Emperor also observed other visions of the sea and the sky.

The mechanical parts that fell like rain froze in the air, the rolling waves also stopped, and the eyes on the tentacles were still staring at them, but they only maintained the status quo and did not squirm again.

Only this ship still sails in this still world.

He was in a similar situation when he was in District 1.

"The Father also said that it would be too much to hunt us down after the tolls."

"What the hell is this...... Well? ”

When he finally got used to the sight in front of him, he realized that the ship had docked at some point.

The fog obscured their vision, and as its name suggests, the island was forever shrouded in an endless mist.

There was no harbor on the shore, and not even the shadow of a single creature could be found except for them.

The already desperate crew bounced off the deck, rolled to the edge, flipped over desperately, let his body hit the ground hard, staggered to his feet, and then stumbled into the fog ahead.

This is the Misty Isles.

The Emperor was in a trance, he never imagined that he would be able to reach the other side of the uncharted sea so smoothly.

"What does your Father say?"

He looked at Diego, curious about the real reason why "Father" had left the orphan alone in the Misty Isles.

"He said let's find a place to settle first, he's going to be away for a while."

"Leave? Why? ”

"Because ......"

Diego suddenly fell silent, looking a little unspeakable, and under the questioning gaze of the 'Emperor', he finally said in a slurred voice, "Because Father God is bent on his waist, he needs to move his body and slow down." ”

Then, rather tacitly, the two fell silent and stopped talking, and they walked side by side, heading towards the depths of the mist.

It's been ten minutes since I met someone again.

Deep on this deserted island lies a small town, all of which are simple wooden huts built by people, and the structure of the buildings is extremely loose, and from a distance it looks like a makeshift camp built by a group of survivors who have been stranded on a desert island.

Although the townspeople were surprised by the arrival of the Emperor and Diego, they welcomed them warmly.

According to the townspeople, there are many settlements like theirs on the outskirts of the Misty Islands, and the Church of the Tides refers to these outlying settlements as "meat".

When the Emperor asked for the names of the residents, they said they did not have names and did not need them.

"Meat" is a collective term for these people, and it also represents their identity.

From the moment they were born, they existed to be sacrifices to the Lord of the Tides, and when necessary, they were tied to fishing boats and sent to sea as sacrifices.

In return, the Lord of the Tides will protect the inhabitants of the Misty Isles from pirates and sea monsters, as well as the freedom to navigate between the Misty Islands and Silvermoon Harbor.

"But...... Isn't the sea monster the Lord of the Tides who brought it here? ”

Diego's eyes widened in surprise.

In his opinion, this is not asylum at all.

This straightforward rhetorical question caused the townspeople to fall into horror, and they reflexively corrected, "No, we have all survived to this day under the protection of our masters, and we should be grateful." ”

……

When the residents were gone, Diego said with mixed feelings, "They are like fish that have been raised in the harbor." ”

It was hard for him to imagine what it was like to be born without a name and treated like a sacrifice.

However, looking at everything in the town, he suddenly understood the true purpose of his father for him to cross the unknown sea to this island.

His gaze was firmly fixed on the door, "God wants me to liberate them." ”

Thanks for the 20,000 starting coins that Ovo rewarded!

(End of chapter)