Chapter 1: Storm Giant
Above the endless twin seas, a huge wooden three-masted schooner is sailing on the calm sea.
The ship was clearly a cargo ship, as its deck was littered with a large number of tightly packed wooden crates covered with rainproof tarpaulins.
However, these ships do occasionally carry out the transportation of people - as long as you have enough gold coins in your hand, you can ask the captain to temporarily build you a luxurious apartment on board.
Of course, Xue Hua and Kane are not so extravagant, although they can indeed afford this price, but this is not necessary, right?
The journey from the port of King's Harbour to the northernmost foreign trade terminal of the Howorth Islands adds up to about half a month, which means, of course, the ideal situation of not encountering high winds, sea fog and deadly deep-sea behemoths.
The Twin Seas are not as calm and docile as the Nobil Inland Sea, and they take their moody nature to the extreme.
The terrifying storm is enough to overturn any ship, and the occasional sudden appearance of the Eclipse can cause the ship to get lost if it accidentally enters it - it is said that if you stay in the Eclipse Fog for a long time, the whole ship will eventually be taken into the arms of the Fog Maiden, a legend that has been passed down among the local sailors of King's Port.
However, compared to these two, the threat of the deep sea beasts is more real and terrifying.
Wind and waves can be predicted and avoided by a good navigator in advance, and there is always a trace of the eclipse before it falls.
But those terrifying monsters from the abyss won't give you the slightest chance to notice.
Some of the giants of the deep can even swallow an entire large cargo ship!
They are swift and silent, often attacking directly from underneath ships.
Shipwrecks caused by deep-sea behemoths are always the most tragic, as their presence is often accompanied by a large number of scavenging fish that come to scavenge.
These sharp-tongued little monsters will completely cut off the shipwreck survivors from life, and with them chasing you, you will almost never be able to swim back to shore alive.
However, fortunately, the cargo ship that Xue Hua and the others were on would not go deep into the depths of the Twin Seas, and in the waters north of the Howorth Islands, deep-sea behemoths were still relatively rare.
The ship would go to Shartra for the first round of trading before heading to the home island of the Howorth Islands.
As long as the Twin Seas don't go against them, Xue Hua will be able to see the two small animals he thinks about day and night after half a month.
"Alright, Misty Girl bless... This is the first time I sincerely pray to God and worship Buddha~"
Xue Hua clasped his hands together and threw a gold coin down the side of the ship into the sea.
This is what the superstitious sailors in the port of Kings Harbour often do before setting sail β pay tithes.
He had never believed that the legendary "Misty Lady" was real before, but at least at this time, Xue Hua still hoped that she really existed and would answer his prayers......
"What are you doing?" Kane, who was standing next to him, was stunned by Xue Hua's action, of course he knew what it meant to throw gold coins into the sea, but the problem was that the misty lady was an illusory deity, and she was just a totemic belief like the Storm Goddess believed by the Amazon tribes on the Howorth Islands, not a real god.
Pay taxes to her?
Can you get a response?
"Uh... Ahem, it's nothing, ask for peace of mind, ask for peace of mind......"
"You......" Kane rolled his eyes and walked away with a helpless shake of his head.
Xue Hua's behavior sometimes really made him a little incomprehensible.
Kane always felt like he knew a lot of things, but sometimes the kid was very naΓ―ve......
"......" Xue Hua scratched his head, and suddenly felt that his behavior just now was indeed quite stupid......
If tithing really works, then why do so many shipwrecks occur in the Twin Seas every year?
Hawkers, forget it, isn't it just a gold coin?
Just slip into the sea with your hands......
However, before Xue Hua could finish comforting himself, he heard the observer on the mast shouting at the top of his voice.
"Five kilometers ahead! There are storm clouds! All unrelated deck crews! Return to the cabin immediately! β
At the same time, a hint of wet rain vapor also drifted along the sea breeze.
"Grass!!"
Xue Hua scolded, and his face was very ugly and he gestured his middle finger at the sea.
"Fog Girl! Even if you really exist, you're definitely a blue pool! β
He swore and rushed into the room and closed the door, as he pressed himself into the hammock, ready for the storm.
Storms at sea have always moved very fast, so after only five minutes, the sound of crackling raindrops hitting the ship's planks could be heard outside the cabin.
At the same time, the entire cabin began to shake violently, and streams of rain poured into the cabin along the cracks in the door, making the already dark cabin have an extra damp atmosphere.
"Damn it! I knew that I should have used the king worm directly......"
Xue Hua grabbed the wooden plank next to the hammock with some regret, and the violent shaking of the hull made him feel a little dizzy.
Before the trip, Isha had suggested that he directly use the king worm to fly over the Twin Seas, but it was because he thought that sailing should be fun, so he made this great death.
What's more, the Queen of the Storm told him in the letter that the promotion ceremony of the two little girls happened to be half a month later, and before the promotion ceremony ended, in order to allow the participants in the ceremony to adjust their physical and mental condition to the best, no one could see them.
If he travels through the king worm, he can indeed shorten the time a lot, but there is nothing to do when he arrives in the Howorth Islands early, so Xue Hua decided to take a boat to "visit" the "scenery" of the Twin Seas.
It turned out that the scenery was indeed visited, but it was not as wonderful as he imagined.
Especially the damn "fog girl", who turned her face and didn't recognize anyone after receiving the money.
His actions are even more ruthless and unrighteous than the worst sand bandits in the Aranok Desert......
The storm outside the cabin was still raging wildly, interspersed with thunderbolts that rumbled and thundered.
Xue Hua tilted his head and hung himself in the air on the wooden grille on top of the hammock, helplessly looking at the various small objects rolling around on the floor of the cabin.
Just as he was scolding the "Fog Girl" for her blue pond-like behavior in his heart, the frightened cries of sailors suddenly sounded outside the cabin.
"Oh my God! What the hell is that?! β
"The Fog Girl is on ......"
"It's coming towards us!"
"Blame... Monsters!! β
The shouts of horror grew louder and louder, even drowning out the howling of the wind and rain, and Xue Hua heard the sound of panicked footsteps on the entire deck of the ship, and even the loud pop of something heavy falling from the side of the ship into the water.
What happened?
What monsters?
Xue Hua frowned and confusedly connected to the mind of the main nest, and shifted his vision to a monitoring king worm that followed his actions.
Through the field of vision of the monitoring king insect, Xue Hua saw a huge black shadow on the surface of the sea shrouded in dark clouds.
The shadow had a human-like body, but had six arms on its upper body.
And this huge shadow is hundreds of meters high, its legs are submerged in the sea, and it is striding through the wind and rain, and slowly walking towards the cargo ship where Xue Hua is!