Chapter 73: Distress at Lingang
Chapter 73: Distress at Lingang
Penny said with a dark face: "I said the direction is wrong."
No one noticed anything wrong last night, and now no one knows how far the route has deviated from it. Who knows where the ship will be taken by the iron-edged giant turtle? If she could beat the giant turtle, she would definitely pull this troublesome guy out and give him a good beating first.
Ivan thought for a while and expressed his opinion: "According to Joe's character, he would not lie, so it just changed its route and its destination is still Flying Fish Harbor."
After thinking for a moment, Penny nodded, agreeing with what he said.
After hearing this, Jiushi felt relieved. As long as she could return to Flying Fish Port, she would be happy.
Two hours later, the Lar slowed down and a small island appeared not far away.
The three people on the boat noticed the movement and did not bother to cause trouble to the giant iron-edged turtle. They all stood on high alert, alert to possible dangers.
The iron-rimmed giant turtle was not affected by the three people at all. It pulled the boat directly to the reef island, stretched its head and bit underwater. A transparent jellyfish was bitten into its mouth, and the tentacles of the jellyfish swayed, splashing waves.
The giant turtle then sucked hard, and the jellyfish was sucked into its mouth like jelly.
"That's probably why it secretly changed its route."
Looking at the giant iron-rimmed turtle eating happily, Ivan didn't know what to say.
Purney asked, "Didn't you feed the nutritional potion?"
"It wouldn't look like this if it was hungry."
"Just wait. When we get to Flying Fish Harbor, I will definitely treat it with carefully prepared food."
Penny is a person who holds grudges, and Ivan doesn't think she will really do it unless she can defeat the Iron-rimmed Giant Turtle.
After eating and drinking, the iron-rimmed giant turtle continued on its journey.
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A new day in the morning.
At the Flying Fish Harbor port, a visit from a small group of vandals broke the peace on the dock.
Silver rays, a type of ray-like sea beast with bone blades on both sides, live in groups of three or four. They like to demolish docks and ships, and every visit causes Flying Fish Port to suffer certain losses, especially when there are merchant ships docked at the dock.
The silver-bone ray jumped out of the water, and a small boat was immediately chopped into pieces, with wood chips flying everywhere.
"put!"
On the shore, two teams of guards took out powerful crossbows and strong bows and shot arrows at the silver-bone rays.
The silver ray is an intelligent and cunning creature. It will become alert when it hears the sound of bows and crossbows, and will quickly dive into the water when it sees arrows being shot at it.
Due to the obstruction of sea water, it is difficult for arrows to hit the silver-bone rays in the water.
To deal with this kind of hunter from the sea, fighting in the water is definitely the stupidest way. With those two bone wheel blades, the silver bone rays are not afraid of ordinary iron wire fishing nets, so it is not easy for the guards to capture them.
In Flying Fish Harbor, the silver-bone ray is also called "Silver Blade Boat Cutter" by fishermen.
"Captain, there is a ship heading this way on the sea."
On the watchtower, a sentry spotted a ship on the sea heading towards the dock and hurriedly reported to the captain.
Captain Pierre thought to himself that it was bad. Due to the recent arrival of a wizard at the port, all the ships on the dock had been cleared. At the moment, the swarm of silver-bone rays had not caused much damage. If a merchant ship came over, the situation would be unpredictable.
He quickly gave orders to the sentry tower: "Hurry up and keep the ship away."
At this time, another sentinel reported: "Captain, that is a wizard ship. I saw the sea beast pulling the boat. Oh no, the silver rays are surrounding it."
Upon hearing this, Pierre was both happy and uneasy. He was happy because the mysterious wizard would have no problem dealing with the silver-bone ray, but he was uneasy because if any of the nobles got hurt, he would be to blame.
It was the Lar that was approaching the Flying Fish Harbor. The three people on board had already noticed the situation ahead. They didn't encounter any sea beasts on the sea, but encountered a lot of trouble near the Flying Fish Harbor. Penny found that the silver rays had already set their sights on the Lar and were swimming towards them from time to time. She cursed anxiously, "Joe, you big fool, don't you know how to get out of the way for a while? What kind of magic do you have?"
Ivan said truthfully: "It's just a vine."
Perni said, "I know ground spear skills, which can only be effective on land. I also have a frost breath, which can't deal with silver bone rays. What do you think we should do?"
Without bows and arrows, the two had no good way to deal with the silver-bone ray. As for Jiushiti, she just had to stay in the room and take care of herself.
Ivan was speechless: "I've never seen you so worried on the sea before."
"It's different. There would be no choice. The worst that could happen is to fight to the death."
"It's the same now. Anyway, the boat belongs to Toins. You can swim back in a while. Don't tell me you can't swim. Are you still afraid that your subordinates will see you in such a mess?"
"You are such an ungentlemanly person."
Seeing that he looked indifferent, Penny rolled her eyes at him.
The two men's expressions became solemn.
After a while, a silver-bone ray approached, and it was about to swim around the iron-edged giant turtle to the back and launch a sneak attack. A black branch accurately shot over it, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a black vine that wrapped around it and tied it up.
On the right side of the boat, the sea water around another silver ray suddenly froze, making its body stiff.
The iron-rimmed giant turtle walks on the sea all year round and has a strong sense of combat. With one claw to the left and one claw to the right, the silver-bone ray's iron bones were immediately severely damaged, and the nearby sea water turned red.
There were still two silver rays left. Seeing the death of their companion, they were a little afraid and cruised around the boat, not daring to approach.
Ivan and Penny each guarded an area, keeping a close eye on the movements on the sea.
"This dead turtle."
The boat beneath her feet shook violently and the bow turned, causing Pernie to almost fall down. She cursed in her heart, and when she stood firm by holding the pillar at the back, she heard a loud noise coming from the other side.
Then something fell heavily onto the rear deck. Looking back, I saw a silver-bone ray tightly entangled by a black vine.
Ivan took a big step forward and smashed the fish's head hard with his fist wrapped in black fighting spirit, knocking the struggling silver-bone ray unconscious.
"How did you do that?"
Penny stared over, eyes full of surprise.
Ivan smiled complacently and said, "What luck! It just jumped up when the stern of the boat passed by, and I tied it up."
This was not just his modesty. It was indeed a lot of luck that had to do with it. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the vines to pull up the nearly three-meter-long silver-bone ray.
The other silver-bone ray was scared away by the giant iron-rimmed turtle. The severely injured silver-bone ray in the sea became the food of the giant iron-rimmed turtle. After eating its snack, it pulled the boat to the dock.
"It's Miss Purney."
"The wizard captured a silver-bone ray alive. I didn't expect it to be much longer than it looked in the sea."
Purney is the niece of Earl Hobson. The two captains of the guards know her. From how respectful they are, one can guess how favored Purney is.
The guards were more interested in the silver-bone ray. This was the first time they had seen a silver-bone ray captured alive, the famous "Silver Blade Ship Cutter" in the sea.
Captain Pierre was the most excited. He ordered his men to find a long cart for hauling heavy goods. After asking Penny and Ivan, he asked the guards to lift the silver bone ray off the boat, tie it to the cart, and pull it out to the dock.
Pernie tugged at Ivan and whispered, "This is the first silver-bone ray caught alive in Flying Fish Harbor. Can we go to the government office first and let my uncle take a look? I can introduce you to my uncle."
(End of this chapter)