In the midst of a dark ocean, a ship moves slowly.

The air here has a distinctive smell, like the smell of water, but it is thicker and thicker, and sometimes it is almost difficult to breathe.

This place is not an Etello.

This is the "Lost Sea" that belongs to the Norcaster realm, the passage between Shijie and Shijie.

In the darkness, only the ship's lights illuminated the deck, and the afterglow shone on the water.

The ship was forty meters long and twelve meters wide. The main material is the wood that the spell totem penetrates deep into the interior, and then covers it with magic paint. The boat is flanked by a huge, wheel-like paddle wheel. The wheels are loaded with a large number of paddles. Half in the water and half in the air, the paddle wheel rotates silently, driving the paddle blades to pluck the water and propel the boat forward. The paddle wheel on the left has a red bulb on the outside and a green bulb on the right.

It is a magical paddle steamer named the "Merger".

She is an otherworldly ocean-going fishing vessel.

The front half of the ship has a large main deck with two flaps on deck. There is a bow floor in the bow. The rear and stern buildings of the second half are connected together, and the chart room, captain's room, etc. are all in the rear building. There is a smaller upper deck on top of the aft building, which can be accessed from the aft building or by climbing the iron ladder from the main deck.

Rick stood on the main deck. The weather is cold, and white smoke will come out of your breath. He wore a heavy waterproof overalls and rubbed his hands incessantly. Behind him there were a number of people walking up to the deck, holding boxes of magic ropes and magic hooks in their hands.

"The bait is here, and it's all faked. Rick pointed to the box he had placed at his feet and said to the men.

"The bait chief let you do it alone? You're a quick learner. Looks pretty good. 」

"The bait grows in front. Today's bait was indeed made by me alone, and he has the results of the examination......

Xi Ke said as he walked with the others to the work area next to the boat.

"Rope on the port side, rope on the starboard side!" shouted the deck chief. People work in two groups. The rope retractor hummed and rolled back the long rope that stretched into the sea.

They use the "longline method". It is to release a very long main rope, on which floats are tied at intervals, so that the rope does not sink too deep into the sea. Then keep a fixed distance on the main rope and tie the branch rope, tie the hook and bait at the bottom of the branch rope, and hang down and wait for the fish to eat.

Rope release is to release the main rope, hook and bait. The reeling rope is to pull back the main rope that was previously released to see if any fish have been caught.

Rick is the ship's bait assistant and is responsible for making bait. The bait they want to catch is very special, and it takes a mage to deal with it. Knowing nothing about the fisherman's jishu, he crouched next to the starboard team and watched them do things. The fishermen neatly tied the rope to the main rope, hung the bait made of Xike, and lowered the water. The Magic Float dragged the main rope into the darkness.

Today's bait is to chop up fresh black shrimp, glow-in-the-dark squid and floating fire stingers that have been caught locally, wrap them together with their intestines, and cast a little spell to make it move and look like it's alive. The target they want to catch is very picky and needs to be dealt with with a lot of pain.

The hook they tie to the bottom of the branch rope is called a hook, but it doesn't have the shape of a hook, it's just a loop that can stick the bait on. When a fish eats bait, it triggers a magic trap to catch it.

Xi Ke watched for a while and put the rope, and saw that the bait was in good condition, and after hanging the bait, he was still jumping alive, so he turned to the other side to see the rope.

The trapdoor on the take-up side deck opens to the bottom of the aquaculture tank. When the fish is hooked, they untie the fish and push it directly into the tank to raise it.

So far, there has been no harvest, and the bottom of the line that has been pulled up is empty. Everyone was not impatient, and the whole operation was orderly.

"The guest is here!" shouted the veteran fisherman who was standing by and observing the rope reeling operation. He looked down from the main rope and judged that there was a fish on the line, so he shouted for everyone to prepare.

The main rope was pulled up by the rope retractor, and the rope with the fish was getting closer and closer, and when he reached the side of the boat, one person grabbed the rope and untied it, and the other four people grabbed the rope with him and dragged the fish up. The whole process is clean and neat, the rope reeling operation is not affected, and the rope retractor does not stop.

At the end of the rope there is a large ball of colorful light. There is a beautiful big fish with a body length of two meters, scales like pieces of gems, fins like shells, and eyes like two pearls of the night. The head of the fish is flattened like that of a catfish, the mouth is large, the body is trout-like, the tail fin is square, and the chin sticks out with a lot of whiskers, all of which are shiny and shiny.

The fish swam in the ball of light and turned around. The ball of light trapped it and protected it from being injured in the process of embarking on the ship. "The guests are in!" shouted the fishermen into the intercom.

The fishermen turn the magic hook and the ball of light detaches from the hook. The group pushed the ball of light into the trapdoor and fell into the sink underneath. The ball of light bursts and disappears after five seconds of hitting the water in the tank, freeing the fish and allowing it to swim slowly in the tank.

On the other end of the intercom, the companions who were working in the cabin sent back a report confirming that the big fish had been safely in the tank: "The guest has checked in!"

The bait that this fish eats is made by the magic bait. Nick hopes that the bait he makes will also be abundant.

The experience of his last job made him completely disillusioned with civilization. He didn't want to see those people again, especially some blonde paladin popping up at his place of work. He wanted to go far, to a place where he didn't have to deal with those guys. But the need for money to migrate, which was exactly what he lacked the most, and that's when he found out about the job.

Running a boat is heavy labor, which is hard and dangerous, and there is also the problem of seasickness to overcome. Young people usually do not want to do this kind of work, especially mages who generally sit at desks, and there are almost no people who are willing to do physical labor work. There is a serious shortage of people in this industry, and there is a shortage of mages. So after Xi Ke said that he was very hard-working, he got the job.

The place of work "Lost Sea" is in a different Shijie. They had passed through the wormhole door and over multiple shijie to reach the fishing grounds.

No matter how haunted that guy is, it's absolutely impossible for him to come out again this time!

"Here comes the guest, this big tail!" shouted the veteran fisherman.

Everyone cheered up, and Rick stared.

This time the rope was heavy, and the float was almost completely dragged into the water. After untying the rope, seven people worked together to successfully drag the boat. The moment the ball of light flipped onto the deck, everyone fell silent. The senior fisherman, who was about to shout for the guests to enter the room, was also stunned.

Instead of a fish, the ball of light was a cylindrical metal fifty-gallon gasoline drum. Let's not mention how can Shijie have such a familiar thing, their fishing hook did not sink to the bottom of the sea, how could they catch something without buoyancy?

No one knew what to do, they could only exchange glances with each other, but no one dared to act. At least this thing must not be pushed into the sink.

As one of the only four Illuminated Mages on the ship, and the only one on the scene, he should be the first to act at this time. He stepped forward and poked the ball of light with his sacrificial knife, and the ball of light broke and disappeared. The gasoline drum spun around twice and stood firmly on the deck. Wick stared at the upper part of the gasoline drum and saw that it was filled with cement that had hardened.

Cement-filled gasoline drums – I have to say, this reminds him of news that can be found in the social section of newspapers and needs to be investigated by the police.

It can't be that a fellow boat runs halfway and thinks that his companion doesn't look good, so he sinks someone else into the bottom of the sea, right?

Rick continued to stare. Cement is a opaque thing, but the sealed cement faintly reveals a golden shimmer. There's something unusual in this.

"Would you like to take a look?" asked one of the fishermen.

"Let's go. He raised his sacrificial knife and slashed vertically from top to bottom, spewing out a string of sparks. He made another cut at a different angle, and cut through the barrel with cement, but it didn't hurt the inside. The place where the two knives were cut was cracked and poured onto the deck. A strong golden light radiated from inside, and Xi Ke covered his eyes with his hands, and for a moment he could not see anything. When the golden light was gone, Rick saw a man pour out of a gasoline can, lying on top of the broken concrete. His blonde hair was stained with blood and his blue-gray knight's uniform was covered in cement chips.

Feeling a chill in his body, he crouched down and straightened the man, measuring his breathing with the back of his hand. Miraculously, the man with his eyes closed was still breathing, and being sealed in cement and sinking into the sea did not kill him. Rick saw the shield badge of the Knights of the Holy Shield pinned to his left chest, which now glowed slightly golden, perhaps because of his survival. Rick also saw a bulge under his chest under his clothes. He was about to reach out and lift his clothes to look, but the man opened his green eyes, grabbed Rick's hand, and said, "I—will—go to the courthouse. 」

"What's wrong?" the fishermen gathered around.

Xi Ke rubbed the back of his neck with his ungrabbed hand, and the man who came out of the cement bucket collapsed again after speaking. It took a long time for him to find the right opening line: "I'm here to introduce you, this man is Serenne Nicol Lafayette. A member of the Holy Shield of the Royal Order of the Knights of Sarafayi. 」

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When Seren's eyes were opened again, he saw a starless night sky. He turned his gaze to the horizon and realized that he was lying on his back on the deck of a boat, covered with a blanket. Rick sat cross-legged a little next to his shoulder, holding a cup of white smoke in his hand.

"Wake up, do you want to drink ginger tea. Rick handed the cup to Seren. A large pot of ginger tea is steaming next to it. Seren could feel the cold wind carrying a little warmth.

「xiexie。 Seren pushed away the blanket and sat up, took a sip of ginger tea, felt better about his frozen body, and took another big sip.

Xi Ke sat in place, getting up from time to time to add ginger tea to the fisherman who had stolen the air.

After coming back to his senses, Serene asked Rick, "Why are you here?"

"Don't steal other people's lines. Nick frowned and glared at Seren, "I'm working! It's strange you're here!"

"Not strange. I was on my way to the courthouse, by the river—the river—" Serene looked around, just in time to see a beautiful big fish wrapped in a ball of light and come aboard. That's not an Etello species. "Where is this?" asked Selen with a stiff face.

"'Lost Sea', you can also simply understand 'Otherworld'. For the knight, it should be about the same distance as the Demon Realm and the Elemental Plane. "This ship is the 'Elemental Crystallization Ship,' and I don't know if you've ever heard of this industry. Elemental crystals are high-level spellcasting materials and are valuable. It is the brilliant fish that gather in the intestines when they are foraging in the sea. We trap the brilliant fish in the lost sea, keep them in the tank, and when they expel the crystals, make a mark that will fade over time, and then let them go. In the future, if you come across a marked fish and there is a high chance that there will be no crystals in the stomach, you can consider letting it go. A long time ago, there was no habit of marking the boats here, because there were many brilliant fish, and the chance of catching them again was very low, but now it is not only getting harder and harder to catch, but the probability of catching them again is also getting higher and higher.

Seren's face was completely white. It was the first time he had seen Seren.