After more than an hour, the Dreadnought finally docked in the harbor of Candlekeep.

And the two Candle Castle guards who had already observed them on the lighthouse also used the Sky Dance Technique to land in front of the port that docked with the Dreadnought, raised their hands and tapped them three times on their chests, and opened their mouths to the crowd:

"Welcome to the Candle Castle, the great prophet Orlando is watching us, and I beg you to inform you of your coming, travelers from the north. ”

'Good fellow, it deserves to be a gathering place for scholars, and even the guards are lawyers?'

Seeing this formation, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, as if he was quite interested in this mysterious sea fortress.

In this magical world, 'knowledge is power' is not a lie.

If those well-known scientists from the Blue Star crossed over collectively, it is estimated that eighty percent of them would be able to become a famous Arcanist in their lifetime.

For example, the magnetic storm demon king Tesla, the shielding Venerable Faraday, the five divisions extinguished Qian Xuesen, the solar demon king Galileo or something... Maybe we can't create another Arcane empire like Netheriel.

Xia Lanwei Luosi on the side seemed to see what Li Wei was thinking, and said with a smile:

"It's no surprise that this is a sacred place for scholar-type mages, and since the Prophet Orlando founded the Candle Keep, he has been trying to hold all the knowledge he can gather, and the vast library and the paid rules established by Orlando have also attracted more priests to this place with 'new knowledge' to form a virtuous cycle of growth. Because there are almost never finished books here, many mages choose to stay, but Candle Castle has his own rules, if you want to extend the stay time, you must go through the assessment, and continue to contribute to Candle Castle, and as a guard force, it should be the least cost-effective, but it has still become one of the few choices for many mages, after all, not all mages are good at studying magic and expanding on the original knowledge. ”

"I see. Levi nodded suddenly, and at the same time felt that this kind of rule was a little familiar...

Isn't this Bluestar's counselor qualification assessment?

And Charanvilos seems to be familiar with Candle Castle, has she ever been here?

At this time, I heard the other party look at the candlestick and said slightly: "In my early years, my teacher, Lettres Roznal, stayed here for a few years, and completed the foundation part of his work here. ”

"Oh, so I wonder what his research direction is?"

Levi couldn't help but be interested, as a time-traveler from the Blue Star, and to some extent a Nethriel inheritor, he knew too well the academic value of this scholar-type summary and study.

Hearing this question suddenly, Xia Lanweiluosi's expression froze slightly, and she pursed her lips slightly, as if she was a little hesitant.

Just as she was about to speak, the farewell voices of several juniors were heard, interrupting their communication.

"Death light... Dad, Levi's crown, then we'll say goodbye here. ”

Anna, who instinctively wanted to shout Fischer's nickname on the deck, seemed to finally remember the other party's plea of 'give your father a little face outside', and waved her hand to everyone like a good girl, and his brother Kevin was uncomfortable for a while.

Kevin only felt a warmth in his hand, and suddenly turned around, and saw that his grown student Alyssa boldly held his hand, staring at him affectionately and fieryly, and couldn't help but freeze.

"Teacher, when are you going to return to the Northland, do you need me to pick you up when I return?"

Alyssa asked in a 'soft voice', but the deliberately gentle voice still made people feel goosebumps rising uncontrollably.

And the shy appearance of the 'King of Sword Bay', like a spring girl, also made the crew of the ship on the Intrepid stunned.

In their usual impression, the image of their eldest sister is more manly than their group of men!

Then instinctively looked at Felix, who was also pale and in a trance, with a look of pity.

Although their captain is the object of affection of almost the entire chamber of commerce, they are self-aware, unlike Felix's enthusiastic and confident young man.

Even Kevin didn't expect his students to be so 'bold'.

In fact, during the journey, he had already sensed a certain determination on the part of Elisa, which made Kevin, who had just untied the knot at Levi's crown, a little flinching.

In his original plan, even if he took the initiative to reveal his heart and his identity secret to her, it should be in the dead of night when no one was around.

If you expose this secret to everyone... In his opinion, that kind of shame is no less than a public execution...

It's just that I didn't expect the speed of this dreadnought to be really fast, and it actually arrived at Candlefort before the sun set.

And Levi's crown is indeed 'very playful', which provokes the crew to be reluctant to leave the deck, and he has no time to find a chance to 'disappear' from everyone's sight with Alyssa.

He thought about it, but in the end he didn't have the courage to tell the other party the truth in public, so he touched the top of the female captain's head and said:

"Then I'm sorry for you. ”

"You say this as if we're not going to sail back. ”

Alyssa smiled, "That's it." ”

"Well, definitely. ”

As soon as Kevin finished saying goodbye to Alyssa, he turned his head and saw his sister Anna's somewhat dangerous gaze, and couldn't help but ask:

"Anna... You listen to me. ”

......

After the departure of the juniors, Alyssa gave the order to set sail again, with no intention of staying.

Although there are two powerful beings on the ship, Crown Levi and Miss Charanvid, she still has a sense of urgency from the unknown for this operation.

After all, in her experience, even if there is a disparity in combat power, it is still dead...

Not to mention, there is a possibility that she will run into her fateful enemy——— the Luskan Arcane Brotherhood.

On the day he was about to die, John Sr. held her hand and told her what she really was.

The day she was born was also the day of the death of John Sr.'s only son...

She didn't know where her mother came from, where her true home was, she knew only that the Arcane Brotherhood was his eternal enemy, was, present, and future!

So in her opinion, it was good for Kevin to disembark at Candlefort.

That way, you don't have to see her bloodthirsty side on the sea.

It's just a pity that I still couldn't seize the opportunity to confide in him my feelings.

As the ship set sail, Levi watched silently from the deck as the six Kevin followed the Candlekeep guards towards the fortress of knowledge.

Just as the Candle Castle was about to fade into his vision, and he was about to turn back to the cabin for dinner, an inexplicable throbbing suddenly came over him.

At the same time, an ethereal and illusory voice seemed to blow with the sea breeze:

"Help... Help me..."

"Uh-huh???"

Levi jerked his head back.

But the voice never came again... It's like it's just an illusion of yourself.

it... Haunted?

"What's wrong? Levi?" asked as if she had seen Levi's strange appearance.

"You... Did you hear any strange noises before?" asked Levi, somewhat uncertain.

"Strange sounds?"

Xia Lanweiluosi's pointed ears trembled slightly, as if she was listening carefully to everything around her, but she found nothing:

"Nope..."

"Shhhh That's weird..."

Levi rubbed his eyebrows, but still gave up his plan to delve deeper.

Maybe you really ran into a female ghost, after all, on Sword Bay, every year because of all kinds of shipwrecks and even pirates, there are many lives that die in the sea, and there is no doubt that there is a professional with a slightly tougher soul who has turned into an undead?

It's just that... It's a little close to Candle Castle.

Could it be that the scholars of Candlekeep would be like the Arcanists of Netherre, who did some brutal human experiments, leading to the accumulation of resentment?

After thinking about it, I still discarded these thoughts.

After all, he Levi is not a holy dragon, and even if there is such a thing, he doesn't have the energy to act as a human rights fighter, isn't it...

He let out a long sigh of relief, turned and glanced in the opposite direction.

After Candle Castle, you will reach the range of the Sea of Swords.

Just continue sailing for about three or four hours, and you will reach the capital of Amm, Askatra.

It is rumored that the city-state, which has the title of 'Gold Capital' and a population of nearly three million, is the largest and most prosperous place in the entire Korrell continent.

Should... I won't let him down.

However, just as they were about to enter the cabin for dinner, there was a sudden panicked alarm from the crew above the mast:

"Report to the captain! Twenty-five nautical miles ahead, a group of small boats have been spotted!"

"At least... More than eighty ships!"

Suddenly hearing this alarm, even Alyssa, who had been mentally prepared for it for a long time, couldn't help but look at Levi:

"Levi's crown?"

Seems to be asking him what he's going to do next.

Levi turned his head to look at Fisher, "Did you appear?"

Fischer raised a square alchemy instrument in his hand and glanced at it, and replied:

"There is no movement at the bottom of the sea for the time being. ”

"That is to say... Are they still small trash fish? but there are more of them, is it out of caution, or is it a precursor temptation? Or is it both?"

Levi raised his hand and touched his chin, he didn't bother to think about it after thinking about it for a while, and waved his hand and said:

"Keep an eye on the bottom of the sea, and if the big fish don't show up, you drive them away, not even a big three-masted ship, and it's a waste of ammunition to use shipboard artillery. ”

After that, he got into the cabin, and everything was important to eat.

The corners of Fisher's mouth twitched, but he still bowed away:

“...... Follow your will. ”

How does this feel like his fireball doesn't need money...

However, after the spell slot of the Magic Net was updated in the early morning, he would be able to memorize it again.

That's the math... It seems that it is indeed more expensive than ship-based artillery...

When I thought that in the boss's heart, his firepower alone was comparable to that of a dreadnought...

It's a little exciting to think about.

......

Located on the west side of the Cloud Mountains on the Amm border, the Sea of Swords was faintly floating at least eighty small and medium-sized ships at this moment, and they were separated by some distance from each other in small groups.

Most of them were sloops, and there were only seven or eight two-masted ships, usually the ships of some pirate leaders.

In fact, pirates are not without three-masted ships, but because such large ships tend to set sail slowly, once they encounter hard stubble or official warships, they can easily become live targets due to lack of maneuverability, so pirates who are active in Sword Bay prefer this kind of small and medium-sized ships with strong mobility.

At this moment, the sun has just set in the ocean, and only a faint light is still in the sky, so that the light on the sea surface is not too dim.

According to the pirates' estimates, there was still some time before Elisa's ship arrived, so the pirates on the pirate ship were eating black bread with worms and dried salted jerky on metal plates, while the better ones were eating roasted rat meat.

Some aristocratic ladies tend to yearn for the romantic and exciting sea after reading some of the pirates of Sword Bay, but only the pirates themselves know that their days are not as good as they imagined.

Oops, exactly.

The pirates didn't have the most advanced fishing tools like Levi, and they didn't have the time to go fishing.

Their daily work is extremely tedious, in addition to regularly cleaning the deck, solving the problem of water seepage on the ship, maintaining the aging of the wooden structure and rigging, polishing and repairing the canvas of the alchemy artillery, and finally having to take care of their weapons.

Being able to eat unspoiled dried bacon on time is already a pretty good meal.

But at this moment, the continuous sound of messages accompanied by expletives and whips suddenly interrupted their eating:

"Waste, get up for me! The target has reached the expected sea!"

"Get back to your place! Get ready to board the ship!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

As messages were passed between the pirates, the pirate ships approached the Dreadnought like swarms of flies smelling meat.

"Aha! The news is correct, the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel have already disembarked at Candle Castle!"

One-eyed Addison threw away a burned [Eagle Eye] scroll, knocked on the 'Red Devil' and 'Gorgon' on both sides, and said with a disdainful and hideous smile:

"Don't wait for them, give the order! After reaching the shooting distance, bombard him with alchemy artillery first, and then jump directly to the gang!"

"Yes, boss!"

Just as they were approaching the firing distance, before the pirates could light the artillery, they saw a figure in black robe suddenly soar into the air from the target ship.

"Mage, it's a mage!" a pirate exclaimed in a sudden and uneasy voice.

In their eyes, the Sky Dance is basically the hallmark of the mages, but the mages who generally dare to do it on the sea, in their eyes, if they are not the first time to go to sea, they are not afraid of crossbow arrows.

The person in front of you... It seems to be the latter.

Because as the other party lifted into the air, the pirates instantly felt a sullen feeling that the air had become condensed, like the prelude to a storm...

"Didn't they leave at all?" even the one-eyed Addison had a bad feeling.

At that moment, the muscular figure took off the hood that was in the way, revealing a large bald head like him, and a wisp of scarlet at the collar...

The next moment, I saw that the other party's kind big bald head became dazzling and dazzling like a guiding light in the night sky, revealing an incomparably crazy complex pattern.

As the bald mage spread his hand, five fireballs were born almost instantaneously, hovering around his fingertips and exploding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The night sky, which was originally due to the setting of the sun, seems to be back to the evening dusk again.

In that person's hand, it was like holding a miniature version of a small sun.

Everyone seemed to have the illusion that the humid air on the deck was rapidly evaporating.

At this moment, Addison the One-Eyed seemed to finally remember where he seemed to have heard of this unique spell-casting feature...

That's the mentor of Chief Anna of the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel!

The red-robed Fisher with titles such as the Five-Ball Silent Archmage, the Humanoid Mage Tower, the Red Dragon's Roar, and one of the Three Pillars of Zelandia!

"it!"

"Eric! !

As soon as he turned around, the ships of the Red Devil Eric and the others were all fleeing in all directions...