The reason why Lu Xi can still stand on the sea independently is of course not that he has realized some light skills of flying on the grass and flying a reed to cross the river, but simply standing on the back of a huge emperor swordfish, which is the mount that carried him over. This strange beast in the sea has spirituality, and it didn't leave at all after receiving the jerky, and has always been on standby under the sea, probably knowing that there will be meat to eat after Lu Xi.

Lu Xi stood on the back of the Emperor Swordfish, condescendingly watched Mr. Tacros emerge from the sea with a wet head, and said with a triumphant smile: "This is the so-called more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust. Mr. Tacros, this should be considered my win, right? ”

Although he was slammed by Lu Xi, the other party was not angry, but showed a rather happy smile.

"So, the explosive mechanism in the reef was also made by you, well, the new little buddy?"

"Where, this is an emperor swordfish after all, it's still unrealistic to do such meticulous work." Lu Xi beckoned, and another octopus floated on the sea beside him. He patted the other party's round head and said with a smile: "Although this kid is a little ugly, he is still very careful in doing things, and with so many dexterous tentacles, it is not difficult to insert a pyrider that has been engraved with a timed detonation rune into the reef pillar under you." ”

They can handle even the more powerful gaps! Lu Xi thought.

And Lu Xi is not worried that the other party will find out. After all, Mr. Tacros is a swordsman rather than a magician, and no matter how keen his perception and spiritual sense are, it is difficult to catch the movement in the sea through the waves, even if he really detects it. Simply thinking that it is the normal activity of marine life.

"Very rude! Mr. Tacros, if you fight in a wider area. I am definitely not qualified to use such a small trick either. Lu Xi stood on the back of the Emperor Sword Fish and bowed deeply to Tacrose: "If you want to rely on real skills. I am young and shallow, and I am by no means your opponent, so I can only make some cleverness, and I hope you are Haihan. ”

This is typically a bargain, and more or less mocking Tacros for being self-inflicted. You must know that it was he who chose this reef as the battlefield, originally to limit Lu Xi's spell casting space, but he didn't expect to achieve the other party's small calculations.

Tacros looked at Lu Xi, but he didn't hide his admiration. He was indeed an "honest man". Although he was calculated and lost his face, and he became a stupid X instead of pretending to be forced to do so, he didn't feel unhappy at all, and he even had a little appreciation for Lu Xi. In his view, a person's courage is naturally important, but wisdom is also very important. The former can determine the lower limit, while the latter can determine the upper limit.

I'm so stupid! A disciple of Orucello, a junior of Lord Derens, a caster born in such a famous family. Although he is young, he can actually be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles. However, I don't think he's the same type of spellcaster as Miss Wind! When I was still a mercenary. The kind of caster who doesn't pay attention to the sense of honor at all, and only knows that he has used all kinds of off-the-plate moves, is not a single one who has never seen it. Who can guarantee it. Lu Xi? Isn't Belencaster that type?

The narrower I choose the battlefield, the more I will give the other side a chance to get their hands on it. When encountering an unexpected situation, don't you lose the room to move around?

I'm so stupid! It's true. Takeros smiled wryly and shook his head and sighed, "I forgot. Miss Storm said that you are a narrow-minded person, and you seem to be witty and magnanimous, but in fact you are a person who will never suffer a loss. ”

Although he said this, his face did not show any unhappiness, but he was very much like the kind of good-tempered adult who was made to cry and laugh by the naughty mischief of the bear child.

"It's rude!"

This uncle is really a good person! Lu Xi thought as he bowed his waist even lower. It's no big deal to bow to an "old man" who is almost sixty years old, who called him such a modest and polite good boy with positive energy all over his body.

"That's it, if I don't want to give you the token, can I just swim back by myself?"

"Look at what you said, although the junior is a little chicken-bellied, he is not so rude. And ah, if you let the wind know, you'll throw me into the sea for days! Lu Xi couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly bowed while saying with a hippie smile.

Of course, if you really don't give me something, let the octopus play with you. Woo woo, just thinking about it, even I got goosebumps myself. Sure enough, I'm the kind of person who even scares me when I get serious!

Mr. Tucros certainly did not swim back on his own, nor did he ride a swordfish. He was very pleased to say that although this battle was anticlimactic, and it was not the kind of life-and-death decisive battle where life and death hung by a thread, it still had a considerable enlightening significance for him, and he was ready to find another island and reef to continue his retreat. Looking at the radiant appearance, not only did he not feel any shame after being teased by Lu Xi, but he seemed to really have an understanding, and he was going to lie in the middle of the sea for another ten days and half a month.

"At my age, if you want to break through, you don't want to find a way to advance from the abilities and experience you originally mastered, but to jump out of this circle and understand the world from a different perspective. However, I have always been an unimaginative person, and how to think outside the box and find new perspectives is really difficult for me. However, with today's battle, I seem to have grasped something, and this may be an opportunity to break through. Thank you very much, Your Excellency Lu Xi. He thanked Lu Xi sincerely, but made the latter feel a little embarrassed.

However, it is too unscientific for you to find an opportunity to break through in such a battle, right? It can't be a feeling from soaking in the sea, right? Also, as I recall, your old plan was to return to Rhode Island today to reunite with your wife, so Firatil caught a redfin fish stew for you. But looking at people's expressions, they should have forgotten to be clean, right?

Well, at this time, it is quite hurtful to disturb people to feel the Avenue of Heaven and Man. Let's not remind him.

Lu Xi thought as he rode the swordfish and prepared to return. And this time. The system's prompt sound sounded in my head again.

(System: Obtain 4 amulet shards, gain 5000 experience points.) Mission completion 4/4. ）

Well? That's it? By the way, haven't we already collected all the amulets? Why isn't the mission complete? Is it because I haven't sent my things back to the city yet?

Although it had been expected for a long time, Lu Xi still felt quite unhappy when it happened. It was precisely because of his unhappiness that he kept a straight face until he returned to the Hope, and it was not until he saw the cute ****** of Madoka and Hemila that he was in a slightly better mood.

"If you don't come back, the ship will leave. We were just about to get off the boat to find you. Miss Madoka seemed to see Lu Xi's expression change for a moment. Slightly stunned, he asked very thoughtfully, "...... That, what happened on the shore? ”

"Well, the spirit behind me is starting to haunt me again." Lu Xi said seriously: "This guy will pour cold water on me every time I am most happy, so that I can't go up and down, and I will get depression sooner or later if I continue for a long time." “

"Behind the Spirit?" The two girls looked at each other, and for a moment they both felt that the other party was talking nonsense, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was something in the words, but they just didn't understand.

"yes. Half of my fate is in the hands of the character of the spirit behind me. Although the cooperation is still good so far, this guy's discipline is so outrageous, who knows when it will make my soul fly away. Lu Xi continued to talk nonsense seriously: "Fortunately, I have another fate in my own hands, and I can often meet beautiful girls." That's why I finally have the courage to live. Thank you, Goddess! ”

Even if the two girls were sluggish, they could hear that this "beautiful girl" was talking about them, and they couldn't help but blush. Immediately, quite mixed emotions floated in my heart.

“…… I don't know why, Miss Lucy. Every time I talk to you, I feel like I'm dealing with a frivolous prodigal. Hermilan sighed helplessly: "This feeling is so strange. If it's a boy at school. Even if I hadn't slapped me on the spot, I wouldn't have been willing to take care of it anymore. ”

"Because I'm a handsome and a beautiful woman, I have the qualifications to be willful! This is actually the heart of the other half of fate for me. Lu Xi gave a thumbs up, and by the way, he also showed his shiny teeth.

This is basically the same concept as "I'm super powerful", and once it is said, no one else can take it on. The two girls were speechless.

"Anyway, it's almost time to sail." After a few seconds, Madoka smiled dryly, "Let's go back and do it first, and we will enter the Gelbert waterway in a while, and we can also see the scenery there." ”

The so-called Gerbert Waterway is actually a fairly dense cluster of small islands and reefs in the southeastern corner of the Neosfia archipelago. The internal undercurrent is turbulent, the channel is complicated, and the water monster is rampant, but it is a bit of the taste of the 100,000 mountains on the sea. When the Dominion of Neosfia was first established, I don't know how many pirates and even pirate bandits hid here, and used it as a base to rob merchant ships in and out of Neosfia.

In order to get around the reefs, some small caravans and ships that could not be escorted enough had to make a detour, often taking an extra two or three days.

However, we all know that time is money when it comes to seafaring. However, we know better that businessmen can fight for money, and even completely drain the last drop of ****'s blood.

Thus, under the impetus of the true rulers of Neosfia, the Dominion's navy engaged in a rather long tug-of-war with the pirate groups here, which lasted for nearly a hundred years. It wasn't until 20 years ago that Gerbert, then Admiral of the Neosfia Navy, finally achieved a decisive victory. Not only did he wipe out the bandits in the entire reef group, but he also drew a complete map of the waterways in addition to the area. Some small and medium-sized ships can also walk here with nautical charts, which is equivalent to opening up a new shipping lane. In honor of the famous admiral, the government of the Dominion of Neosfia named the "Gerbert Waterway", which directly passes through the dense group of islands and reefs.

There is a very detailed map of the entire reef, and the naval fleet patrols it for a long time. After a while, perhaps because the pirates knew that the treacherous terrain here was not for them after all. Eventually, it all dispersed - the naval fleet that patrolled here for the next twenty years anyway. I didn't find any problems. The merchant ships that walked on this waterway also went from trembling at the beginning, to being cautious at the beginning, and then swaggering. Today, some people have even developed it into a tourist spot, and even the Hope, a half-bus, half-tourist ship, has placed a part of its own route in the Gerbert waterway.

Not to mention, if you accept some more curious aesthetic settings, this waterway actually has a lot of flavor.

Large and small reefs and isolated islands are scattered across all the seas as far as the eye can see. The jagged strange rocks reveal a corner in the waves, and the grandeur is secretly exposed. The wrecked ships that ran aground in turbulent times are still scattered among the sea and strange rocky shoals, and at a glance, it seems to tell the truth of the Age of Discovery from another aspect. Coupled with some fortresses and water villages left by pirates back then, there are also many shipwrecks under the seabed, and abandoned caves left by sea bandits, this group of islands and reefs surrounding the Gerbert Waterway is really a good place to find treasures...... In other words, at least it can satisfy the ordinary people's longing for ocean exploration.

"It seems. It's like a cemetery of boats and water. Lu Xi looked at the scenery on the sea through the window on the side of the cabin, and couldn't help but say, "I don't know if there is a legend of a ghost ship and a ghost sailor." ”

"Really, Miss Lucy. Please don't say such horrible things! Hemila said helplessly: "Every time we go home, we will pass by here on this kind of outer loop cruise, and nothing has ever happened." And along the edge of the waterway. Indeed, there are some explorers who try their luck here. Of course, it's mostly for fun. ”

"Hmm. The Gelbert waterway has been cleaned several times, and even the priests and adults of the temple have come here to observe it back then. Even if there is a ghost ship. It's been purified. Madoka smiled and said, "I've heard that someone came here to salvage the gold ship that was sunk that year, and made a lot of money." ”

"In the waterway?"

"No, outside the waterways. In order to clear a passage for cargo ships, Admiral Gerbert not only drew a complete chart of the islands and reefs, found a passage without undercurrents and reefs, but also cleaned up all the sunken ships inside. Adventure games are simply a dive in the waterways or a visit to the nearby shipwrecks that have been explored many times. If you really want to make a fortune from this kind of salvage, you can only risk your life to enter the interior and try your luck. Hermila shook her head: "Leaving the waterway area and entering the depths of the reef area, safety cannot be guaranteed. Even the strongest ships can run into reefs at the bottom of the ocean and be silent. Such examples of crashing headlong into a reef area and never returning, are actually common in Neosfia. ”

"That's pretty pathetic." Lu Xi feigned a moment of silence and said, "However, this place looks quite interesting. Even if you just look at the edge of the waterway, it's quite emotional. After all, it's a boat and a water-walled grave or something......"

"So, it's really ...... to describe it as a grave" Hermila looked at Lu Xi helplessly and sighed: "Moreover, the Hope will not stop here." If you're really interested, you can rent a small yacht in the city and play as long as you want. It's just that don't leave the confines of the waterway. ”

"A small yacht?" Lu Xi shrugged: "Then if you really encounter pirates, you won't be able to fight back at all." ”

"Don't worry, the naval forces of Neosfia have already established a military port on the islands further southeast from here, how could the pirates come here. Moreover, patrol warships also patrol the waterways once every two days. Except for those explorers who leave the waterway and run into the islands and reefs, the interior of the waterway is actually the safest place in Neosfia. Miss Hermila's words were somewhat sarcastic.

Lu Xi was slightly stunned, and then understood that this girl was actually complaining about the security of Neosfia. However, this is not surprising, any world-class metropolis with a large population, mixed accents, and mixed cultures, this law and order is really not good even if you want to do it.

"After all, there is an underworld." Lu Xi smiled and said, "I've heard that the underworld of Neosfia is very powerful, and almost all of them rule the city from behind." Compared with them, pirates are at least visible enemies, but the high-level people of the Black (Meow) Road are not producing, but by oppressing ordinary citizens, they live more luxuriously than the princes and nobles on the mainland. The so-called intersection of heaven and hell is the reality of Neosfia, right? ”

The two girls looked at each other again, and Ka smiled awkwardly. The other party's accusation is obviously their hometown, but they don't even have room to refute.

"I didn't think Miss Lucy had even heard of these rumors? Actually, it's not that serious. As long as you don't wander around some of the old neighborhoods or alleys at night, safety is guaranteed. Madoka said.

"But you have to keep an eye on it, too. A girl like you, who travels alone, and is so beautiful, is the most prone to accidents. Hemila added.

"What you're saying is that I'll be pretty careful when I get to the city when I'm done dealing with the situation in front of me." Lu Xi spread out his hand.

What's in front of you? The two girls were stunned and wanted to say something, but suddenly felt that the space they were in, as if it had been subjected to an earthquake, swayed violently.

"This and this ......" Even if they are the main members of the school's swordsmanship club, they are ordinary citizens who are amateurs after all, and the girls who have never seen this kind of scene suddenly lose their faces.

And the passengers in the entire cabin were also startled by this sudden impact, and the frightened froze for a few seconds, and suddenly turned into a panicked noise.

"Obviously, Miss Hemila, Neosfia's navy is actually quite disrespectful." Lu Xi, the only one whose face did not change, sat in place and shrugged his shoulders so indifferently. (To be continued.) )