Chapter Twenty-Four: The Source of Faith in Piraeus! Soul Eater Night!
Under the traction of the left pool, giant rock spikes with a diameter of several meters rushed towards Notilus above!
Although Notilus's body rose rapidly, the rock spikes rose a little faster.
Just as Notilus' big hand was about to grab Zuo Chi's legs, the rock spikes that rose from all over the bottom of the sea also came to Nautirus!
"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”
There was a muffled sound, and the gray-white film of light on the surface of Notilus's body was punctured in an instant, and the rock spikes pinned him to the middle of the sea.
Zuo Chi turned his head to look at Natilus below, and then his body quickly floated up, swimming towards a fragment of a small boat.
Floating on the surface, Zuo Chi did not have the slightest reservation, holding a large piece of hull fragments, and rowed forward with all his strength.
Before leaving, Zuo Chi did not forget to search all over his body.
After some fumbling around, he found a piece of dried meat that had been left over from his clothes and threw it into the sea.
"I'll get gold coins, please eat jerky from the sea..."
The moment Zuo Chi recognized Notilus, he already understood why he had been pulled to the bottom of the sea.
Now that he has finally escaped from the water, he naturally has to make up for the tithes he owes before.
However, Zuo Chi specified that there would be no Golden Siren Coins, so he could only replace it with that half of the jerky......
Zuo Chi still has a little understanding of Notilus's experience.
Notilus used to be arguably the most capable salvage man in Bilgewater, always able to salvage countless treasures from the depths of Bilgewater.
Until one day, a foreign captain hired Notilus to go to a certain sea area to salvage treasure for him, and in order to carry out the salvage, the captain also prepared a set of extremely thick and strong diving armor for him.
However, just as Nautirus put on his diving armor and was chained under the surface of the sea by his companions, he was horrified to discover that the foreign captain had not titheed the sea before going out to sea!
In this way, just as Nautirus was sent under the deep sea, cyan tentacles wrapped around his body, as if trying to pull him under the abyss at the bottom of the sea!
Notilus struggled violently, clutching the chain in his hand, for it was the only link he had to the sea.
However, just as Natilus was barely able to break free from the shackles of these tentacles, the chains in his hands were broken!
His companions, in order not to be affected, cut off his only hope of survival.
He could only wear heavy armor, little by little by those tentacles pulled into the deep sea, little by little to watch the shadow of the big ship disappear from his sight.
Since then, there has been one less ace salvage man named Notilus at the port docks, and one more terrifying legend called Notilus in the deep sea of the port!
The shadow of Natilus will punish everyone who has not titheed to the sea with a huge anchor in his hand.
If you don't pay tithes, the sea is boiling and the mountains are shaking!
This sentence has become the consensus in the hearts of almost every Bilgewater.
At this moment, Zuo Chi really experienced this terrifying legend.
As for why he should pay tithing, then Zuo Chi has a different understanding from others.
Bilgewater arguably has the highest concentration of faith in the entire Runeterras, as there is only one god here!
Every Birgewater person will dedicate his most sincere faith to the terrifying demigod who exists in the deep sea of Birgewater.
The god who represents life, growth, and eternal movement - Naga Kapolos!
Naga Capolos strictly controls all the faiths throughout Piraeus.
That's why she's so powerful, even among the strongest demigods in the entire Runeterra!
And tithing is one of the means by which Naga Capolos controls the faith of Piraeus!
Throwing the Golden Siren Coin into the sea is not really paying taxes to the sea, but offering faith to Naga Capolos!
Natilus, the most devout and conscientious devotee of the gods, was in charge of overseeing whether passing ships were paying tithes.
Of course, this is just Zuo Chi's own inference based on his understanding of the background story of Notilus in his previous life, and it is unknown whether this is the case or not.
Finally got rid of the entanglement of Notilus, and Zuo Chi was finally able to move forward safely.
What Zuo Chi didn't know was that not long after he left the sea, turquoise tentacles slowly rose from the bottom of the sea, clinging to the rock spikes he had summoned, and approached Notilus little by little.
Immediately after, these cyan tentacles exerted a slight force, and those rock spikes were completely shattered in an instant, and the light in Notilus's eyes also lit up again at this moment!
Freed from the rocky spikes, Notilus' large hand caressed the tentacles, glanced up at the surface of the sea, and then turned into a shadow and sank beneath the abyss.
On the sea, after some entanglement by Notilus, the sky that was already late in the evening became darker and darker.
On the surface of the sea, which reflected the sparkling waves, Zuo Chi lay on the plank and paddled forward with his arms.
While paddling forward, Zuoike was still keeping an eye out for boats fishing in Piraeus.
After all, Zuo Chi's ascension power was not complete, so he couldn't do it like Aatrox and other ascendants.
If you release the power of ascension for a long time and walk on the sea, it will be more energy-consuming.
So if you want to cross this vast sea, you still need to take a boat.
But Zuo Chi has not seen a single ship on the sea since the afternoon, until now.
Not only the boats, but also the seabirds and sea beasts did not see a single one!
This kind of abnormal phenomenon also lifted Zuo Chi's heart.
He carefully observed everything around him, trying to see some clues in the clues.
However, Zuo Chi reluctantly found that there was really nothing around him except for the endless sea!
It seems that all the living have disappeared at this moment!
After a long search to no avail, Zuo Chi had no choice but to continue to ride the plank and row forward.
Time passed little by little, and before you knew it, the night had completely fallen.
"Woo woo~~~"
I don't know if it's an illusion or what, Zuo Chi's suddenly sounded a wail!
Zuo Chi quickly turned his head and looked around him.
The power of ascension gives Zuo Chi strong vision, so he can see everything around him clearly.
Just as Zuo Chi looked directly behind him, his entire face completely collapsed.
"No, don't be so unlucky!"
At this time, Zuo Chi finally understood why there was no living creature in this sea area.
In front of that thing, I'm afraid that any living thing will be eroded into an undead spirit that only knows how to kill in an instant.
Without any further hesitation, the power of the ascension in Zuo Chi's body exploded, he picked up the plank under him, stepped on the sea with both feet, and ran forward like crazy.
And not long after Zuo Chi's figure disappeared in place, a blue-gray mist slowly obscured the place where he had just been.
The fog came from the southeast of Bilgewater and spread all the way to the north.
The wails that Zuo Chi heard just now were also coming from this black mist.
On the other side, in the port of Birgewater, the sound of gongs and drums sounded.
"The night of soul erosion is coming, if you don't want to die, hide quickly!"