Chapter 1133 Tide of Shadows

At the same time, the Whirlpool Sea East Region.

A large fleet was arranged in five columns, floating outside the Shadow Islands.

One of the most eye-catching ships is the Yukikaze. Whether it is the black steel hull or the billowing black smoke coming from its head, it is clearly distinguished from other sea ships.

At this moment, the deck of the Yukikaze was busy.

Sailors rushed back and forth, making final preparations for entering the islands.

Lei Lei explained the precautions to everyone in the bridge, "You are all the best explorers in the fjord. This is not the first time for many of you to come to the Shadow Sea, so I won't say more nonsense. The islands are The position is erratic, and heavy fog will rise at low tide, so we can’t take it lightly at any time, do you understand?”

"Boss, don't worry," an adjutant said, patting his chest. "We have been with you for so many years. When have we ever made a mistake? But the four major chambers of commerce insisted on sending a big ship to follow. If something goes wrong, it will happen." On them.”

"That's right, just a few small boats are enough. If you want to travel through the waters full of reefs, a three-masted ship is not a good choice."

"They probably think that their ships are as nimble as the Yukikaze. Don't expect us to turn back if they hit the rocks!"

This remark caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

"If you are worried that we conceal our discovery, wouldn't it be enough to just let the captain take our downwind ship?"

"Those chambers of commerce clearly want to have a greater say in this expedition."

"I just said it's hard to get their funding."

"But if you want to go further east, you can't do it without a large-scale fleet. There is no other way."

Looking at the noisy crowd, Carmilla Darry sighed slightly. During the nearly month-long voyage, she had a basic understanding of the Shadow Sea. This seems to be the center of the Whirlpool Sea. Every rise and fall of the tide starts from here, and it is also the sea area with the most obvious rise and fall. The gap between the front and back can even turn thousands of underwater reefs into an archipelago, and Sleeping Island is nothing compared to it.

What's even more incredible is that it has been more than ten years since the Shadow Islands were discovered, but there is still no accurate chart. The reason is that the reefs here are not fixed - all objects hidden underwater seem to be It is constantly moving, and even the huge ruins are no exception. If you want to cross the sea, you must wait until all the rocks are exposed out of the water. Because of this, it can be imagined how difficult it is to navigate in it.

But the group of people in front of them didn't look like well-trained professionals at all, but more like a group of... brave and fierce bandits. The identity of an explorer does have a good reputation in front of the people in the fjord. However, she does not see this at all among her peers. Except for a very few people like Lei Lei who can convince others, most of them go their own way.

For Carmilla, who was once a noble, the nature of such a chaotic scene made her feel disgusted. If it weren't for Her Highness Tilly's request, she really didn't want Joan to act with this group of people.

While sighing, she found that she actually missed the First Army of Neverwinter City - at least they would not make a fuss like monkeys when performing tasks. They would always stand upright and energetic at any time. Delightful for the eyes.

Holding back the discomfort in her heart, Carmilla left the bridge command room and came to the back deck of the steel ship.

At a glance, she saw Joan playing at the stern of the boat, and Lady Margery accompanying her.

Seeing her appear, Qiong immediately shrank behind the businesswoman and looked at her with only half of her head exposed.

Mingming heard that while in Neverwinter, Joan was able to get along with many witches normally, and even made friends with Maisie and Lightning. Carmilla couldn't help but think a little discouraged, is it so difficult for her to be recognized? If the time of acquaintance is compared, she can be regarded as the second person with whom he has had the most contact, besides Margaery.

The businesswoman smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?" She pointed to the corner of her mouth, "It's all on her face."

"No," Carmilla was stunned, "I just..."

"You don't like the atmosphere in the command room, do you?" Margaery seemed to have read her thoughts, "I've told you before, let those men worry about exploration and other things, while you concentrate on admiring the scenery on the sea. Just think of it as a journey.”

"How can that be done?" Carmilla frowned, "If you stay out of everything, wouldn't it be equivalent to putting your lives in their hands?"

"Don't you trust Thunder?"

"I……"

Margaery took her hand and walked to the fence, "Your sense of responsibility is admirable. I don't think Lady Tilly would have handed over Sleeping Island to you to manage if it weren't for that. But sometimes, if you trust others more, you can Not bad - not only Thunder, but also Lady Tilly..."

How could I not trust Her Majesty Tilly? Carmilla thought to herself, but found that she could not easily express her objection. She had always disagreed with the witch's move to Neverwinter.

"Besides, if you stay on the sea for a long time, you will easily drive yourself crazy if you are tense all the time," Margery continued. "Although they are usually just like a bunch of uncultured bandits, they are still very good at navigation technology. of."

Carmilla finally found a place to speak, "I have to declare that I didn't say that..."

"But that's what you think, right?" The businesswoman's words quickly left her speechless. "Hahaha, it's nothing strange. The nobles of the four kingdoms look at us like barbarians, so they look at Mo Jinsha like us. The people are like barbarians. To be honest, I have only seen one nobleman who does not discriminate at all, or whose reason for discrimination has nothing to do with his origin."

Roland Wimbledon.

Although she didn't want to admit it, this was the only name she could think of.

After all, that person had publicly extended a helping hand to the witch four years ago.

If I thought he might have hidden evil intentions before, this excuse no longer existed, because the rescued witch had become the queen of Graycastle.

A little more...trust?

Just when Carmilla was silent, a faint muffled sound suddenly came from the distance of the sea, like a huge wave sweeping towards them, or like countless schools of fish rolling and restless on the sea surface - but she knew it was just her. The illusion is that the sea is still calm as far as the eye can see at this moment.

"The tide is beginning to ebb," Margaery whispered.

"Acridine... acridine..." Qiong grabbed the businesswoman's clothes nervously.

A quarter of an hour later, Carmilla saw a change.

A sharp stone emerged from the sea... then a second, a third... rather than an archipelago, it would be more appropriate to say it was a stone forest. They were slowly rising from the water, and soon they occupied a large area. sea ​​areas. When the water surface dropped more than five meters, the stronger islands and reefs under the stone pillars gradually revealed their true form.

Carmilla couldn't help but hold her breath.

This was the first time she had seen such an incredible scene - because the entire sea area was falling, the sea line at the end of the field of vision "floated", as if it had risen above the islands. But that is just an error caused by vision. The correct term should be "slope": the original sea line has become the top of the slope, and the shadow sea area has become a slightly inclined slope.

However, even so, there are still no waves visible on the sea. If you block your ears and look back, it can still be described as calm.

After this strange scene lasted for about an hour, water mist appeared between the islands and reefs, and the Shadow Sea finally took on its true appearance.