The whales were scurrying wildly in mid-air, but they couldn't get out.

The "glass tank" is a square area about 2 nautical miles long, and as soon as the whale swims to its edge, no matter how much it struggles, it seems that there is an invisible but impregnable wall blocking them, preventing them from advancing an inch.

At this moment, these dangerous behemoths are like a poor vat of goldfish.

When the "glass tank" rose to nearly half the height, the tank suddenly burst into golden light, and the desperate whale began to try to break the invisible confinement with whale breath. But the hundreds of beams rose only a kilometer before they came to an abrupt halt and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this, Summer Night suddenly understood why it had been so long since the whale chirped - because the sound could not be heard in that area at all.

The whales were like a pantomime, and although there was no sound, through those fierce struggles, the despair of the summer night as an audience could still be clearly felt.

In the blink of an eye, the "glass tank" had reached three-quarters of a height, and there were only five kilometers left from the pitch-black rift.

It suddenly stopped rising.

In the next second, there was a hissing sound from the depths of the rift, but this time when Summer Night heard it, he no longer felt confused, and the originally indescribable sound was now back within the scope of cognition.

"Squeak squeak ......"

It sounded like some kind of insect sounding disgusting, but at least it was much better than the crazy sound of the first time.

And then—

In the blink of an eye, dozens of slender tentacles suddenly stretched out from the rift, each of which accurately hit a prey, piercing all the whales in an instant!

These tentacles are extremely long, more than 5 kilometers just protruding from the rift, and their thickness is very thin compared to their length, and from a distance, they look like a thread.

But it was these extremely thin threads that easily penetrated the whale's body, and these behemoths died without even much struggle. Golden blood flowed out and deposited at the bottom of the "glass jar", and the strange shape resembled an abstract painting.

Immediately afterward, bulges rose along the slender tentacles, and all the whales' bodies dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Those tentacles are sucking whale oil?" Summer Night asked.

Yaha said in a deep voice, "Mostly. ”

In just ten seconds, the owner of the tentacle completed its "feeding", the slender tentacle shook slightly, and the shriveled whale carcass slipped off the tentacle one after another. The "glass tank" that imprisoned them disappeared at some point, and the huge body fell straight down until it reached a level height with the whaling ship, and then stopped because the buoyancy and weight reached a balance.

High in the air, the tentacle slowly retracted, and the owner of the tentacle did not reveal its true face from beginning to end, and had already completed the hunting of the whales.

The crack closed, and the sky dome returned to its smooth and flawless appearance, and the moth beast shaped like a "ribbon" disappeared without a trace.

"This is the 'not much danger' moth beast you said earlier?"

Xia Ye pointed in the direction where the tentacles disappeared and said with some teasing.

Yaha ignored her yin and yang weirdness, and turned to look at the first mate: "In one minute, everyone, as well as the whale oil that has been filled, will be on board." ”

"I know." The first mate answered and rushed out of the cab.

"In a minute, put the airbags away!" Ahab continued to give orders.

"Chief Engineer, start the thruster in a minute, and then enter ramjet propulsion mode as fast as possible."

"The main gun, the secondary gun, and the shielding shell are each loaded, and the muzzle elevation angle is adjusted to the maximum."

……

Just as Yaha uttered a barrage of commands, the voice of the second mate came from the microphone again:

"New Mothbeast found, from 6 o'clock, 20 nautical miles away!"

“……”

Jaha's half-spoken command came to an abrupt end.

“…… Is it the ribbon-shaped moth beast you just had? She asked after a while.

"Yes......" The second mate clearly knew what that moth beast meant.

"Report speed, how long do you expect it to reach us?"

"At least...... 300 knots, expected to arrive in four minutes. ”

"It's too late." Yaha muttered.

It would take a minute for the Moby Dick to retract its airbags and activate its thrusters, and even if it went into ram propulsion mode as fast as it could, it wouldn't be able to get far.

Just now, those whales ran away with all their might, didn't they escape?

"The ......"

"The ......"

Yahab and Summer Night said at about the same time.

Xia Ye smiled slightly, and made a gesture of please: "You speak first." ”

A hint of embarrassment appeared in Yaha's not-so-good-looking expression, and she hesitated for two seconds before she spoke, "That...... I mean...... Is your previous proposal still valid? ”

"Which proposal?" Summer Night tilted her head and asked with a grin.

Although she knew she did it on purpose, Yaha had to explain, "That's the ...... If I say yes, do you have a way to stop the moth beast from flying over? Or at least delay it for a while? ”

"Yes, but the conditions have to be increased, after all, this moth beast is much more troublesome than the whale." The summer night begins to bargain.

"What are the conditions after the increase?"

"Not just once, for the rest of the voyage, as long as I bring it up, you will have to change my socks." Summer Night smiled evilly and said, "...... But don't worry, I'm a very empathetic person, and I won't let you do this kind of thing all day long, usually just once a day~"

“……”

Yahab didn't speak, and she didn't know if she was hesitating or being speechless by the summer night.

"In every second you hesitate, the moth beast is getting closer and closer to us, boat, long, big, human~"

"I promise you." Yahab nodded.

"Hee-hee, that's right." Summer Night happily clapped her palms, "Oh yes, I have another request." ”

“？”

"Is there any way you can get me to a position 2,000 meters higher than here as fast as possible?" Summer Night asked, pointing in the direction above her head.

Yaha was surprised to find that Summer Night's expression was so serious when she said this.

……

"Ahh

The wind whistled past his ears, and in his ears was the almost roaring roar of Yaha, who sat on the broad shoulder armor of the summer night, holding the spire of his helmet in one hand, and looked at his "booster rocket" with some freshness.

This "booster rocket" is none other than Yaha.

She had transformed into the "Red Knight", and was even taller than when Summer Night first saw her - the red armor knight was over three meters tall, like a giant, and her shoulders were broad enough for Summer Night to sit on it.

Yaha was running into the sky on the summer night.

Summer Night finally figured out a long-ago puzzle - how the hell did Yaha carry the whaling cannon back from the Aether Sea?

At the time, Luca simply said that contracts like "Red Knight" had this ability.

Now, she's finally seen it for herself—though she's much lighter than a whaling cannon.

The ability to run freely in the aether winds in defiance of gravity without losing his magic by the aether winds is one of the abilities of the Red Knight.

It's no wonder that this pact has become an option for some whalers.

"Hey, I have a question for you." Summer Night patted her helmet and leaned over to Yaha.

(End of chapter)