"You foresaw it?"

Hill jerked his head back, remembering that the warrior had been looking at the sea before, and asked Joshua in a low voice, "You've been observing just now, but why didn't you say it?" ”

"Just because you foresee an attack doesn't mean you can see what it is. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Joshua turned his head and explained to the elven boy and the two-headed dragon, "A strange ocean current and black fog, the most I can do is to warn against possible dangers, and it is impossible to know what the consequences will be. ”

There is nothing wrong with the words of the fighters, such an attack is really unpredictable.

On the side of the ark, the dark waves shimmered with a glimmer of magical power, and although the white ark that had lost its power was not capsized by the upside-down tide under the protection of the holy light rune, it could only stay helplessly in place, bearing the invasion of the torrential rain and waves, unable to move forward.

"Go back to the inside of the ark first." In the end, it was Joshua who made the decision, and he entered the cabin with Black, and Ciel, after frowning and staring at the strange black water for a moment, entered the cabin with Fina.

Inside the cabin, Robzek, Saya and Lolanda were discussing.

"The magic furnace in the powerhouse is still running." The silver-haired paladin was not panicked by the unexpected situation now, he pointed to the light curtain suspended in mid-air, and calmly summarized the current situation: "But these magic powers can't be transmitted to the various engines. ”

In the light curtain was a diagram of the structure of a huge ship, on which every detail of the Ark was located, and at this time, except for the power room and a few cabins that were still 'working well' green, most of the hull had turned 'non-functional' red.

"Black dust in seawater is a strange substance...... I've never seen anything like this on the Mycrof continent, but it looks a bit like crystal? ”

In her hand, Saya carried a test tube filled with turbid seawater, which was full of black dust like sand, which spontaneously moved up and down without any external power, as if it were alive.

The Grand Nun looked at the test tube in her hand and seemed to be thinking, "I once went to inspect the magic crystal vein near the volcanic archipelago, and the magic crystal dust in it is somewhat similar to it. ”

But there is a big difference between the magic crystal, which carries magic power, and this kind of crystal absorbs magic power.

And Lolanda on the side didn't speak, he just frowned, staring at the test tube in Saya's hand, for the current situation, the blonde paladin had a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't find the source.

The ark loses its magic, and the crystal dust ...... In other words, crystals that have a very high ability to absorb magic.

With a little guess, Lolanda took the test tube from Saya and then tried to inject some vindictive energy.

The churning black dust was like a shark smelling blood, and immediately absorbed the fighting energy injected by the paladin, so that Lolanda could roughly determine that these crystal dusts had a high resemblance to the Aragami shell in the records of the Radcliffe family, and it had extremely high immunity to magic and fighting energy.

Hesitantly looking at Robzek and Saya, the blonde paladin was a little hesitant to tell them his guess - he himself felt a little ridiculous, it was clear that the goal of this trip was the abyss rift, but it turned out that the family of the famine evil god was blocking him one after another, which was simply inexplicable.

The Grand Nun and the Knight Master were still discussing, but they didn't care what the dust was, and the focus of their discussion was on how the next action should be accomplished.

"The Ark is less than a day's journey from the central maelstrom."

Robzek pointed to the light curtain, on which a map of the waters of the Abyss of Anos appeared, and there were two points of light flashing on the dark map: "The red point of light is the central maelstrom, because a current south of the far sea is impacting, it is constantly moving towards the northwest of the city, that is, where we are, and the white point of light is us, originally at the relative speed of the two, we can come to its edge at eleven o'clock tonight, but now it is not easy to say." ”

He mentally calculated for a moment, then continued: "If the speed of the Maelstrom displacement does not change, we will not be able to touch its edge until four o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow...... However, it is very unlikely that the impact of ocean currents will not be set in stone. ”

"Let's switch the backup energy source and sail with the energy of the Meltcore Star?" Saya pondered for a moment and made this suggestion: "These black dust are afraid of the power of the Holy Light, and it cannot penetrate the positive energy barrier formed by the energy of the Molten Star, as evidenced by the fact that the Time was stopped in place, but it was not propelled by the waves. ”

After hearing this suggestion, the silver-haired paladin thought for a while and nodded: "You can try...... But without the energy of the Molten Star, who will support the defensive barrier? It consumes a lot of energy, and we don't even know the enemy's true body, and it is easy to fall into the trap of the opponent if we rashly weaken the strength of our own combat power. ”

"No matter who the enemy is, if you stop us here, there will definitely be a move."

And at this moment, a voice came from outside the cabin door, Joshua opened the door, and behind him, Black, Hill and Fina also entered in turn, although the voice of the warrior was not loud, but it could reach everyone's ears: "Since we are less than a day's journey from the central maelstrom, then the enemy at this time has made us lose momentum, and must want to solve us in place and prevent us from approaching the abyssal rift." ”

"Joshua." After seeing the warrior, Robzek nodded slightly, and he asked, "What do you think of the current situation?" ”

As the only two extremely strong people on this ark, Joshua's suggestion was very important, and in the face of the paladin's inquiry, he was not polite, but directly stated his guess.

Just as Loranda guessed on the same side, the warrior pointed out the true body of the black dust, a crystal shard from the god of famine, and the reason why it was able to quickly dissolve the magic of the ark was precisely because of the desolate power represented by 'Famine', and now the entire sea area was in a situation similar to the forbidden demon zone, and any magic power would be quickly absorbed as soon as it appeared.

This situation is exactly the same as the desolation of the world of Karlis, and it is also similar to the apocalypse formed after the appearance of the Scourge in the world of Irgena where Lolanda visited.

"Our enemy should be the Abyss Demon, or the Abyssal Demon Dragon-like Erosion Sea Beast from before...... How can it have anything to do with the evil god of famine? ”

After hearing this, Robzek frowned, he remembered the strange and powerful crystal monsters he encountered during his last exploration: "Well, if the enemy is the Evil God Clan, as you said, then what can we do?" ”

He asked the warrior very sincerely.

But Joshua pouted slightly: "Wait." ”

Noticing the puzzled eyes of everyone present, the warrior had to explain again: "After all, this is the Mycrof Continent, and it is impossible for the enemy to maintain this otherworldly phenomenon all the time, and it is time to fight only after the other party cannot maintain this state." ”

After speaking, he casually took a cup of tea from the table and drank it all, and after drinking it, Joshua asked with some doubts: "This taste...... How is it not the same as before? ”

"This is the tea that Nono prepared for us, which is said to be a specialty of her hometown...... But it's as simple as that? ”

Saya looked a little disbelieving, and she muttered in surprise, "Just wait?" ”

"No, it's not easy at all." At this time, it was Fina, who was standing on the side, who spoke, and the sea dragon in human form was a beautiful lady with long blue hair shook her head, and said a little heavily: "This is very similar to the method of predation of some sea beasts - first use traps or other means to make the prey unable to escape and move, and then slowly wear down the strength of the other party, until finally it appears and kills the prey." ”

"Next, the other side will definitely use various means to wear down the Ark - that is, the strength of our group, and after a certain level, the enemy behind the scenes will appear and give us the final blow."

Although it was just a guess, Fina's statement was in line with everyone's cognition, and Joshua nodded silently, which was exactly what he wanted to say.

His eyes were fixed on the light curtain, but Robzek's mind was not focused on it, and he was now thinking back to the experience of the previous Ark when it was close to the central maelstrom.

The first time he explored the Abyss of Anos, the ark deviated from course due to the impact of a large number of sea beasts, and finally returned due to lack of supplies.

On the second expedition, the ship leaked due to an accidental reef and had to return.

On the third expedition, a large number of wild dragons attacked on the way, fighting for three days in a row, and the weather was too bad, 70% of the crew were extremely tired and unwell, and had no choice but to return home.

The fourth exploration, the closest to success, because the previous explorations killed a large number of sea beasts, and the wild dragons have all gone to block the sky above the holy mountain, so the journey was very smooth, but just when they were about to approach the maelstrom in the center of the Abyss of Anos, they were attacked by three strange monsters with close strength to extreme intentions, and because of the sudden lack of defense, the ark was almost sunk, and Robzek and others fought with those monsters in order to protect the ark, and finally relied on the wheel of self-detonation of the holy light to barely escape.

The fifth, that is, this exploration, was also very smooth along the way, with the addition of Earl Radcliffe, the Abyss Demon Dragon, which was originally considered a big trouble, was also killed in less than half an hour, even if they encountered those three strange monsters again, everyone had the power to fight, but now this situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Is it going to fail again?"

Robzek muttered a little unwillingly, the decisive battle between the Church of the Seven and the Five-Colored Dragon Clan is coming soon, and at that time, if the mission of the Time has not been completed, their actions will be very embarrassing, even if Pope Eagle supports them to continue exploring, the church will not have extra resources.

What's more, the silver-haired paladin is not the kind of person who can explore the abyss of Anos with peace of mind even if he is reproached by the Pope, he will return to the Holy Mountain and fight against the dragon with his comrades.

The fifth expedition was the last for him, even if the Church repelled the Five-Colored Dragons, the Holy Mountain would inevitably need to be repaired and rebuilt for a long time after the war, and the exploration of the Abyss of Anos would undoubtedly be put on hold indefinitely, and it would not be possible to restart it until at least ten years later.

Suddenly, outside the cabin, there was an uneasy exclamation of the crew not far away, which did not decrease due to the passage of time, but became louder and more nervous.

"There is a condition." Hill frowned, and the closest to the door immediately opened the door and walked towards the ark where the voice came: "I'll take a look." ”

Fina followed closely with the elven boy, and Joshua also walked out of the door with a look of anticipation, and behind him, the three church members glanced at each other, also sorted out their equipment, and walked out together.

Outside the cabin, on the deck of the Time.

Many of the crew members who were trying to 'fix' the inoperable magical facilities were screaming and running back to the cabin, they didn't know that the magical facilities stopped working only because the energy was drained, and they thought that some structures were damaged, as they were carefully selected, and finally came to the time without doubt full of courage, otherwise they would not have braved the waves and torrential rain to come outside the cabin to try to repair it, but now, they were visibly frightened.

The crowd made their way through the panicked crew to the deck, and they quickly understood why the crew was so terrified.

In the midst of the rain, the wind carried huge waves, slapping back and forth on the runes of holy light on the hull of the giant ship, and the dark mist enveloped the entire giant ship, imprisoning the immobile temple ark like a cage.

And in the black mist, there was a strange chirp, and countless gray shadows galloped from the mist, accompanied by a whistle in the sky, the gray shadows revealed their true bodies, which were extremely thick and full of sharp tentacles, they broke through the fog and slapped fiercely towards the ark - and as the magic circle on the top of the ark operated, a barrier composed of white hexagons accurately blocked each tentacle, making a dull collision sound.

After these tentacles collided with the barrier, they immediately collapsed, turning into black dust in the sky and dissolving into the mist, and the white barrier immediately dimmed a lot, as if it had been robbed of a lot of energy.

"What the hell are these?"

Robzek crossed the crowd, his brow furrowed, and as he reached out, a silver light shot out of his fingertips, severing a tentacle - but as soon as the tentacle was severed, it collapsed into a cloud of dust, no doubt made of crystal dust that could absorb magical power.

Joshua didn't recognize these things either, although they were undoubtedly a type of Aragami, but he was not an encyclopedia, how could he know about such an enemy that he had never seen before?

Still, there is a system for fighters.

【Desolate Predator】

【Chaos Monsters】