Phew——!

The sea breeze howls and fills the sails.

The year-round north-east winds prevail in the Bantaan Islands, providing a perfect side winds for every sailboat heading out to sea to continue their exploration to the south.

It's not a headwind, it's not a tail wind, it's a side wind.

For every captain, there is nothing better in the world than a smooth sail.

If there is, it must be this side afforder wind that can blow and blow all the time!

The world's fastest three-masted ship, the Golden Deer, headed south from the base camp Rapids Fortress, and the first stop arrived at the Santa Clara Lighthouse at the southernmost point of Yucatan.

This is the terminus of the land range of the Bantaan Islands and the boundary limit of the range of life of the Taya Empire for thousands of years.

Further south, you will go deep into the vast and deep sapphire sea, reaching the boundary of the "celestial circulation".

Santa Clara has no indigenous city-states, no outsiders' towns, just a towering lighthouse perched on a huge reef.

There is a perennial keeper of the lighthouse sequence, who lights a way home for all the brave explorers who rush to the sea.

Byron looked at the tall lighthouse behind him, and the deeper and deeper deep blue waters under the ship, and exhaled softly:

"The truly unexplored wilderness overseas has arrived."

In the right eye, the logbook lasts as well.

[Hidden: Prophecy, Kingship, and Wild Hunt God Woden's Prophecy of Racial Revival, Historical Influence 69] Density jumped from 20% to 22%.

The logbook has also begun to automatically record new adventure maps, marking the routes traveled by Byron and the Golden Deer, as well as the hydrological conditions along the way.

The last time this hidden solution was heightened by a voyage was when he had just set foot on the first circulation of the "Ekadena Triangle".

Dare to be the first, explore the unknown, and practice the motto: I am the pioneer, which is what he should do as a [Storm Knight].

Grabbing territory, recruiting troops, industrial construction, and going around believing henchmen are just side hustles.

"Command! From now on, the Golden Deer will enter the third level of combat readiness.

The crew of each post is rotated in three batches, and the warning taboo is compared with the first circulation.

We set sail from Iron Anchor Bay in the Old Continent last year, and today we only need to cross the sapphire sea in front of us to catch up with the exploration progress of those predecessors who have pioneered for nearly a hundred years. ”

Listening to Byron's clear voice in his ears along with the sea breeze, every member of the crew, regardless of their profession, was enthusiastic.

"Roaring ——!"

In particular, the transcendents who are backed by the sea of the collective human subconscious can clearly feel the infinite excitement welling up from the depths of their hearts.

That is the sense of mission and epicness to participate in the expansion of the entire known world of mankind!

The Age of Discovery is no longer an ethereal concept.

At the moment, it is not in the historical materials, in the textbooks, but in the steering wheel, in the cable, in the sail, and of course in the chamber of the flintlock pistol!

"Don't worry, Captain, the best 120 sailors of the nearly 5,000 people of the entire Vanguard Pilot Colonial Trading Company are here.

We have nothing to fear! ”

"The boys are all moving for me."

The daily voyage did not need to be commanded by Byron himself, but naturally there was Bruch, the first mate, who held the steering wheel tightly and led the singing of the pirate song:

"Riding the wind and waves, ten cannons; Not sailing, but flying.

Terror is a name, pirate is a surname; A hundred miles away, no one is surprised"

Jacqueline, who had gotten a tricorne hat and a black blindfold from nowhere, took the lead in a strange way, singing more vigorously than all the pirates:

"Sail forward, my warriors; There are no enemy ships, the wind is calm.

Selfless, fearless, invincible. Twenty slave girls, serve me"

"Hahaha"

When they heard the word slave girl, all the outlaws on the ship laughed wildly, and as they worked, they picked up their songs:

"A hundred nations, vassal to me. Warships are treasures, freedom is heaven, force is law, and the sea is home."

Byron was also infected by the atmosphere on the ship, pulled out the strange sword [White Frost], played the sword and sang:

"In the sea, I am the only one.

There is no royal law, no borders, no flags, only us.

Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die!

King of the sea, cruising here. All prey, I distribute. Average money, leave beauty"

A "Pirate Song" composed by the Castilian overlord of the sea, but it is very unexpected to fit the identity and mood of everyone on the Golden Deer.

Next to her, Violet didn't have any superfluous thoughts about Byron's singing of "Leave a Beauty".

Even her father, Whale Hunter Jack Harold, is usually so serious and busy, and besides his mother, he has a lover that he can't count on one hand.

Not to mention him, the last Lancaster?

If it weren't for the catastrophe of the Red Rose family, I'm afraid that Byron would have been in full swing by the royal family after the coming-of-age ceremony.

It is impossible for him to go to sea and venture without giving birth to offspring.

The girl just quietly looked at the domineering young pirate captain at this time, her eyes slightly misty.

I was convinced that he was destined to become the man of the Pirate King.

'As for my ideals?' Well, it's to follow in the footsteps of her father [Whale Hunter] and become the first female pirate king. ’

Of course, after singing, the business will not be forgotten.

For this team, whose average age is only in their early twenties, although they are young and energetic, they should not be vigilant at all.

There is a principle that all navigators know: "When the water is clear, it is shallow, when it is deep, it is green, when it is wide, it is blue, and when it is dark." ”

The sea of monsters in the Ekadena Triangle next door is as dark as the essentia sea at the edge of the collective human subconscious, as if it were a bottomless abyss.

For people who suffer from deep-sea phobia, I am afraid that they will be scared to death by just looking at it.

Although the Sapphire Sea here is far less dangerous than the Sea of Monsters, it is not a place where ordinary merchant ships with weak firepower dare to set foot.

At least not until the expedition ships establish new colonies and explore a relatively safe sea route.

However, if they can find spices on a par with spices, or specialties of higher value, in the New World, then no obstacle will cease to be an obstacle.

Even the fireballs and sharp knives in the sky will definitely not stop the colonists from going forward and succeeding.

"Look, there's a big whale there, and there's still a sucker on it.

A single suction cup is bigger than a carriage, what kind of deep sea monster left such traces?

Reality is simply more amazing than the limits of my imagination. ”

"There's a moving island there, no, it's a giant clams overgrown with barnacles and algae."

“”

After going deep into the Sapphire Sea, the further south you go, the more active the essentia tide becomes, and all kinds of monsters and sea monsters in the deep sea are frequently infested, and the danger level rises sharply.

Moreover, this place is already on the edge of the "World Serpent Celestial Circulation", and if the navigator is not professional, it is very easy to stray into it.

As we all know, the farther away from the Old World, the farther away the ecosystem is from the real world and closer to mythology.

According to the adventurers who were shot in the knee during the celestial circulation and had to retreat back to the Bantaan Islands.

The creatures that are active there are infinitely close to the mythical age of legends.

Creatures in the Old World that became extinct long before the Silver Age also appeared from time to time:

The beautiful [Kraken] that can confuse the crew and eat their flesh and blood through its beautiful singing;

The [Harpy] who likes to kidnap strong sailors in pairs, find breeding partners for themselves, and continue the population;

As long as you open your mouth, you can create a maelstrom in the sea and swallow everything in the mouth of the abyss.

Some even claim to have witnessed a dragon standing on top of a mythical creature!

The large sea turtles, large crabs, and starfish that can be seen everywhere in the Taiman Islands are not even worthy of carrying shoes compared to them.

However, the most dangerous thing is not these transcendent creatures that can be seen, seen and touched.

After going deeper into the Sapphire Sea and getting closer and closer to the location of the "Celestial Circulation" and Treasure Island, Byron routinely summoned his alternate officers in charge of passing on the bands to begin classes.

"Everyone knows that it was the Castilians who pioneered the Age of Discovery.

However, the name 'World Serpent: Celestial Circulation' comes from our Northland Bay people, from the earthly python that circles the world.

Curiously, no naturalist or historian can say exactly who was the original name.

Let's not dwell on this issue today.

Instead, I want to ask you, what is the greatest danger in the area of the celestial circulation, apart from those monsters and evil spirits? ”

"Could it be the ghost ship responsible for transporting the dead to another world?"

"That's not right."

"Is it the elusive Blue Hole?"

"Not really."

"Ghost King Tide? Guillotine waves? ”

"Still not right."

While the young officers were still pondering, nature had already answered the question in their place.

The northeast winds, which used to prevail in this area all year round, suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The Golden Deer, which was sailing at full speed, had to gradually stop after losing the wind.

"What's going on?"

The crew didn't know why, and they leaned on the bulwark and looked around the sea, but they didn't find anything.

Only Byron, who has [weather intuition], expected it, clapped his hands, and very simply revealed the mystery for them:

"This is the most dangerous thing in the celestial circulation - the windless belt!"

The alternate officers chewed on the word:

"Windless?"

Compared with the scene that just happened around me, I immediately understood what kind of horror it represented.

"It's the windless zone.

Within 5° north and south of the equator at the center of the celestial circulation, there is an 'absolute windless belt', which is the grave of all wind-powered sailing ships.

There it is called that the heavens should not be, and the earth is not spiritual, and once you strayed into it, it means that you can only wait for death.

Unless it can fly. ”

Captain Byron, who could really fly at this time, showed no nervousness.

The [meteorologist] who turned into a tall tower sequence explained in detail the principle of the formation of windless belts for the crew members who were about to be scared to death.

"The windless belt refers to the narrow strip of land between 5° north and south latitude near the equator, which coincides with the celestial circulation and circles the world.

Because the sun shines almost directly all year round, it is the highest annual average temperature on the surface of the whole spherical world beneath my feet.

The horizontal distribution of temperature is too uniform, and the horizontal pressure gradient is very small, so there is no east-west, north-south wind necessary for navigation.

Rather, it is dominated by updrafts, so it is called: windless belt. ”

In fact, meteorologists have deduced that there is no wind in the range of 30 degrees above and below 5 degrees in both southern and northern latitudes.

Also known as the "Horse Latitude" or, more figuratively, the "Dead Horse Latitude".

This is because the earliest adventurers felt that it was too inconvenient for the Bantaan Islands to have no large livestock, and they would carry large animals such as cattle and horses with them on every voyage.

But once there is no wind on the way, other goods don't matter, but the cattle and horses that consume a lot of feed can't stand it at all, and they die in pieces.

Due to the old death of the cattle and horses in this place, this is why it has such a strange name.

It wasn't until they discovered the "First Gyre" that they were able to use this artery of sea communication that the effects of the wind were no longer so terrifying.

The name "Dead Horse Latitude" was gradually forgotten by the sailors.

But the equatorial windless belt is inextricably linked.

"The equatorial windless belt is probably one of the most tidal essentia in the world.

As a result, this windless belt not only exists absolutely, without gaps and voids, but also expands abruptly in certain areas from time to time, reaching up to 15°N.

Fortunately, this expansion lasts very limited, and it only takes an hour or two at most for it to revert to its original shape.

This time it should only last half an hour. ”

Now the sea is not completely windless, but a wide range of updrafts.

This is what Byron is not afraid of, as long as he opens the [Storm Child] to counteract gravity, he can ride the updraft straight up to the sea of clouds and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun.

As for the other sailing ships that dare to go deep into the windless zone and try to cross the "celestial circulation", they will find a way to get a sea monster anyway.

When there is no wind, you can let the sea monster pull it away, so you won't be trapped in the sea.

The location of Treasure Island is scheduled to appear on the edge of the "celestial circulation", and the risk is still under control.

However, just as the crew was infected by Byron's calm emotions and were about to wait in place for half an hour, they saw that their captain's face suddenly changed, and solemnly ordered:

"Level 1 combat readiness, all enter the combat position, assemble shells from each cannon, and start the deep sea jump!"