Chapter 171 The Noble Lady Who Escaped at Night

The sails on the steamboat were stretched out and creaked in the sea breeze.

Behind the bow of the Ronan is a wooden statue rising from below the deck - it is a beautiful lady with neatly combed hair, eyes inlaid with blue gems, a straight nose, plump lips, and a beautiful face. The whole thing doesn't lose its perseverance.

The outline of a set of light armor was carved on her body, and a half-moon scimitar hung from her waist. Her overall appearance was more like that of a pirate.

Wei En leaned on the observation deck and looked at the statue condescendingly.

The image of this storm lady is indeed in line with the perception of pirates on the Cordo Sea.

All that's missing is a three-cornered hat. Well, if there is a scar at the corner of the eye, it will look more like...

Thinking of that image, Wei En laughed unconsciously. If the lady knew what he was thinking at this time, she would probably immediately impose divine punishment.

He moved his eyes away from the statue and looked up at the clear night sky. The silent and dark deep sea around him made the red moon shine far more magical and gorgeous than in the city-state.

The red moon, which never wanted to be blocked by anything, was only pure blood color, with three circles of light gradually becoming lighter in color on the outer circle, like three extra moon coronas.

"If there weren't those weird pollutions, it would be quite beautiful..."

In the memory of the predecessor, there are some interesting legends about the three halos.

The inner crimson is the sacredness of dawn, resisting the darkness of the red moon.

The apricot in the middle is the richness of the earth, carrying the malice of the red moon.

The orange in the outer circle represents the power of the storm ocean, which is used to weaken and disperse darkness and malice.

Use the power of the three gods to weaken the pollution of the red moon, prevent it from destroying the world, and barely allow the world to retain a limited order.

Such a legend with an obvious tendency of belief obviously makes people more grateful for the greatness of the gods.

However, whether the legend is true or not, the pollution of the Red Moon is real.

On the surrounding dark and silent sea, the fish that jump out from time to time will be polluted by the red moon and turn into terrifying deep-sea aberrations.

"Roar……"

"Gugu..."

Wei En's mental perception did not penetrate into the sea, but the ferocious terror of those aberrations emerged in his mind, and his ears could hear their desperate and crazy roars.

In comparison, the Ronan, which was sailing under sail at this time, seemed unusually quiet.

At this moment, he had to admit that the existence of the four righteous gods indeed maintained the most basic order for this world.

Just like the storm lady in front of me - under the illumination of the red moon, the sapphires in the eyes of the statue emit a layer of blue halo to resist the brilliance of the red moon. Even though she is just a wooden statue, the power of the gods is still evident.

Guard the Ronan?

No,

That should be the force that protects order, and protects the order of the sea.

[You step into the place where unknown existence contains endless killing intent. Because your spiritual level is greater than 5000, you successfully resisted the erosion of spiritual power... Special reward: Survival point +10. 】

Wayne: "..."

Of course, there are places that cannot be protected...

But from this point, he can see how terrifying the being who has arranged countless murderous places in the sea is - he/she can actually bypass the protection of the power of Lady Storm's faith.

Or are you using a trick?

According to common sense, if the origin of the existence that arranged all this is stronger than the storm lady or the red moon, then why did he/she come secretly?

It's obviously much easier to rob in the open than in the dark. At least you can use your time during the day, right?

Thinking of this, Wei En shook his head. The man behind the generosity was too far away from him, and it was not something he could handle now.

The only thing he could do was to stay vigilant so as not to be pulled into that dreamland unprepared.

"...Haisha, are you sure you want to escape? At night?" A deliberately low voice, like a crisp bird song, broke the tranquility on the deck.

Um?

Someone comes out at this time?

"Well, listen to me, Wei An. That lady with a thousand faces is definitely not a kind-hearted person. Ever since she appeared in the Eastern Continent, she has been taking pleasure in destroying people. If she doesn't escape while she's gone, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble in the future. There’s no way to escape.”

"But she saved us before, and it's still night, so we..."

Saved?

Wei En raised his eyebrows, thinking that Ronan had mentioned the two new guards that Claire had found during the day. Are they them?

Haha, interesting.

I wonder how Claire would feel if she knew that the escort she had found was going to escape that night.

"I have just checked in the cockpit. From where we are now, we can reach Darkman Island in half a day. With the help of that rune equipment, if everything goes well, we can get ashore from there tonight."

"I'm still a little worried... The Cordo Sea at night is full of deformed monsters. What if..." The soft voice was still worried, but did not refuse, "What should we do?"

"I'll go down first later, and you can come down again after I use that piece of equipment to contract a reliable deep-sea species."

"...Well, then, well, please be safe."

As two gentle figures came out of the cabin, Wei En could see their appearance clearly.

Although the general outline of the two people had been drawn in his mental perception, when he actually saw them, Wei En had to lament that some people's appearances were just embellishments, and their outstanding temperament was their charm.

One of the ladies with blonde hair and blue eyes looked like that transcendent person. She had firm eyes and a resolute face, and she seemed to have good strength.

There was another lady with long dark green hair. She was obviously much softer, with a delicate face, a well-proportioned figure, and exuded a different kind of nobility. She must be one of those aristocratic ladies from a big family.

"Don't worry, Wei An. I have been on the Cordo Sea for twenty years. I have followed my father back and forth between the Northern Continent and the Eastern Continent almost since I can remember. I will be fine."

The blonde transcendent comforted in a low voice. She held a harpoon-like weapon in her hand. The three spikes shone brightly under the red moon. It was obviously not an ordinary thing. "Give me that piece of equipment."

The noble lady with long dark green hair hesitated for a moment, then took off a necklace from her neck and handed it over, "Haisha, you must be careful, there are too many monsters in the deep sea..."

"Yes, I will!"

The blond transcendent took the necklace and put it on his neck. A layer of black light flashed around his body, covering the necklace, as if he was activating the necklace...

Hmm, extraordinary power, runic array?

Wei En watched her movements with interest. A rune necklace that could be used in the deep sea at night?

Don't know what the effect is?

"Roar--"

[You are targeted by the murderous intent of the deep-sea abnormal mutants. Rating: A deformed creature with bad eyesight but extremely sensitive to extraordinary powers. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

"Ah... um!" The noble lady heard the terrifying sound coming from the sea, she screamed and quickly covered her mouth, looking at the blond lady with slightly horrified eyes.

"Wait for me, it will be soon." The blond lady gave her an encouraging look, took a deep breath and jumped off the side of the ship, causing a circle of waves.

Under the light of the red moon, I could faintly see countless aberrations swimming in the direction of the waves——

Um?

Wei En's mental perception has been observing the blond lady, and he only noticed a red light flashing from the sea, reflecting the crimson color of one side of the ship's hull, and also covering the surrounding aberrations.

At the same time, he was surprised to find that the mutants stopped instantly.

Even though the blond lady was right in front of them, and even the twisted tentacles were about to wrap around her body and tear her apart, they slowly dispersed as if they had discovered nothing.

Can you avoid the pursuit of the mutants?

Is that the power of the rune array?

He became interested. Such a rune array was very useful in the deep sea.

If he had had such a necklace when he went deep into the seabed to investigate the place where murderous intent was stored, he probably wouldn't have been discovered by those aberrations, right?

"Be careful..." The noble lady clasped her hands together and looked at the dark sea with worried eyes.

Wei En took it seriously and said casually: "You should indeed be careful."

Even with that special rune array, he had to admire the blonde lady's courage if she dared to jump into the sea late at night.

"Hmm...huh?!" Upon hearing this voice, the noble lady froze, turned around in a daze, and looked at the deck in horror.

nobody?

The noble lady looked around and saw that no one was there. She couldn't help but wonder: "Is it an illusion? Or am I too nervous?"

Wayne: "..."

Why do you feel like she's not very smart?

"Haisha, hurry up and find a suitable deep-sea species. I have some..." The noble lady's eyes lit up when she saw the statue on the bow of the ship, and she ran over quietly, "Praise Lady Storm, please protect your devout believers. .”

Is she still a believer of the Church of Storms?

While feeling the movements of the blond transcendent in the sea, Wei En looked at the noble lady in front of him, "I don't think that lady would protect an ungrateful believer, right?"

"Huh? Who?"

This time the noble lady heard clearly. She hid behind the statue and looked around. Once again she didn't see anyone. Her body was trembling and she asked in a trembling voice: "Please, who are you, the sea on the ship, a pirate?"

It seems that she is not unintelligent, but a little stupid.

Wayne shook his head, holding a lantern and ducking behind the noble lady. The orange candlelight at dawn illuminated the side of her face with a hint of warmth.

"Is there anyone on this ship who is not a pirate?"

The noble lady's body froze, she noticed the bright light next to her, and turned around suddenly to look over.

What caught her eye was a handsome man with black hair and red eyes. He was wearing a black formal suit with a unique Eastern Continent style, with a red shirt underneath, and a golden watch chain exposed around his neck.

Especially his calm and deep red eyes, coupled with the smile on his lips... made him look very gentlemanly.

"You, you are... a pirate?"

"Of course, um, gone?"

Wayne looked down and then noticed that the time for the transfiguration was up, and he was no longer looking like Marco's coquettish and handsome appearance.

No wonder she had doubts. Anyone who saw a man in formal attire would not associate him with a cruel pirate.

"Wha, what?"

Wayne shook his head and chuckled: "I mean, of course I am a pirate. No one rules that pirates can't dress neatly, right?"

"No, no, I just...well," the noble lady leaned against the statue of Lady Storm, lowering her head slightly, not daring to look directly at the pirate in front of her, "Are you going to capture me and send me back to the bottom of the ship? "

"Under the boat? Oh, you mean Claire's side? That's right, I can't let you run away, otherwise..."

Otherwise you two are 100% dead!

Wayne's mental perception has already sensed that Claire has just walked out of the bedroom and is walking towards the depths of the cabin. It is estimated that she will soon discover the lack of people in her Queen's escort team...

Gee, I don’t know what she will look like later?

Maybe he will directly turn these two people into puppets...

When the noble lady next to her heard his words, her face turned pale and she muttered: "Mr. Sea Pirate, it's all my fault. Yes, can you please let her go?"

"oh?"

Wei En was a little surprised that she would say such a thing. Is there such a kind and simple lady among the nobles?

Thinking about the several nobles he had met before, the grumpy Lacey, the delicate Lydia, and the funny Marco. Although they did not show the aloofness of the nobles, they were definitely not so simple and kind that they would sacrifice themselves for others. .

"It's all what I ordered her to do," the noble lady said tremblingly, "Please, please arrest me alone..."

"That's not something I can decide."

Wei En smiled, but he had a pretty good impression of the kind-hearted lady in front of him.

"I, I know, I will ask that Lady Claire..."

"Well, maybe the request will have some effect."

Wei En grinned when he thought about Claire's temper. It would have been nice if she didn't directly turn the person into a puppet. How about letting her go?

I'm afraid it's a little difficult.

"Let's not talk about it for now. I have a question to ask you."

"You, you say." The noble lady bit her lip, her eyes full of panic and fear, obviously worried about what would happen next.

"I want to know, what is the necklace you just gave to the blonde lady?"

"Xiang, necklace?"

"Well, yes, that's it. I want to know what the rune circle on it is?" Wei En nodded, feeling that the blond lady seemed to be controlling a large fish swimming towards this side. Come.

"That, the rune array of the mist necklace... I don't know. I only know that it is a relic of the era. It was found by the family from a ruins a long time ago."

"Mist necklace? A relic of the era?"

Wei En was a little disappointed, but it was normal to think about it. If it were made in the current era, it would have been regarded as standard equipment by all fleets.

Relics...

Wei En thought for a few seconds and made a decision in his mind.

Since there is no such thing in this era, let's try to research and imitate one. If it can be reproduced, it will definitely be a great help for his voyage in the next year.

"You, you..."

Before she could finish her words, Wei En interrupted: "Wait a minute, your companion is coming back."

"Go back..." The noble lady turned and looked outside the ship, feeling even more frightened inside, "Haisha, don't come back!!"

"oh?"

So brave?

Wei En glanced at her in surprise. At this time, it took a lot of courage to shout out to remind others to escape.

and……

"I thought they counted it wrong~ It turned out that two guards actually sneaked out~"

PS: This is just one chapter today. Hey, I don’t dare to stay up late today. Will update more tomorrow.