"Damn it, clean up the things on the deck. I don't want my ship to stink in the next few days of sailing." The captain of the Flying Fish loudly reprimanded the sailors on the ship, although the language was not good.

He made a nasty sound, but there was no smile at all on his face.

He restrained himself and looked at the prey on the deck with joy in his eyes. Being able to meet a lone adult hornwhale on the way to send a passenger to the Moissanite Continent, for sailors like them, who have been making a living at sea all year round.

, as if a money bag fell from the sky.

Before the Year of the Fog, the hornwhale was just an ordinary marine fish. Its meat was difficult to preserve and would become smelly after being stored for just one day. Although its bones were large, they were very soft and were not suitable for any bone carving materials. It was the only

The gallbladder will produce some kind of precious spices, which are of some value. Only

Big hornwhales are social sea animals. Once you encounter a big hornet, you will have to face a group of big horn whales. For any ship, even the steel ship of the Kingdom of England, it will face the siege of a group of big horn whales.

, the final result will only be sinking at the bottom of the sea.

Because the cost of catching a whale far outweighs the benefits, before the foggy years, few fishermen were willing to take the risk to catch a whale unless someone purchased its gallbladder spices at a very high price.

But this situation has changed since the Year of the Fog. Just like a large number of creatures on land have mutated, the creatures in the sea have mutated even more, some have mutated more fiercely, and some have mutated even weirder.

The great horned whale has mutated to become even more valuable.

Due to the mutation, the fish bones on the hornwhale have become denser and harder, and the whole body is golden yellow. The top-level fish bones even exude the luster of gems, and there are some mysteries hidden in the fish bones that ordinary people are not aware of.

It is so powerful that the fish bones of the great horned whale have not only become the most precious animal bone carving material in the world, but also become a rare material for making extraordinary objects.

In addition to fish bones, the fat of the great hornwhale is also very valuable. After the Great Fog Year, scholars in the United States and California discovered that the whale oil extracted from the fat of the great horn whale has unimaginable lubricating effects and can make machinery operate smoothly.

Wear is reduced to the extreme and the efficiency of mechanical operation is improved.

At the same time, scholars from the Kingdom of England also discovered that whale oil prepared through a special formula can be used as a fuel catalyst for steam engines. All steam engine fuels added with special whale oil can increase the temperature several times during combustion, and

Reduce fuel consumption by nearly double.

That is to say, the same type of ship can carry less fuel, carry more cargo, and sail faster on the sea using special whale oil.

In addition, some of the internal organs of the great hornwhale have also mutated and contain various mysterious powers. They are one of the raw materials that are in high demand on the market.

Only the meat of the whale is worthless, and the meat of the whale is very perishable. The rotten meat will quickly contaminate other parts of the whale. If a dead whale is left alone, it will be destroyed in less than a day.

Over time, this great whale will become worthless due to the pollution of carrion.

Various reasons have made the whale a mobile treasury. Any ship that goes out to sea can capture a whale, and the sailors on the ship are equivalent to receiving a year's income in advance, and the owner of the ship will gain even more.

However, just as the value of the great hornwhale has increased rapidly, the danger of capturing the great hornwhale has also increased exponentially. Due to the overall mutation, the docile great hornwhale has become very violent and aggressive, and the power of the great hornwhale has also increased.

The situation has reached a very alarming level. More than one large whaling ship has been capsized and torn apart by the whales, which makes catching whales one of the most dangerous things on the sea.

A medium-sized ship that focuses on speed like the Flying Fish is not suitable for catching large sea beasts such as hornwhales, but there are exceptions to everything. They did not expect that they would be so lucky to meet an injured divorced.

Naturally, no one would be willing to let go of such a good thing coming to their doorstep, so the captain temporarily changed his target and used the weapons on the ship to capture the bighorn whale.

Although the hornwhal had been captured and dragged onto the deck to begin decomposing, the captain of the Flying Fish did not relax because he knew very well that the trouble was not over yet.

The blood of hornwhales has a very strong smell, which is a great temptation for carnivorous fish in the ocean. Every whaling ship will carry some diluents to reduce the smell of hornwhale blood, but there is no such thing on the Flying Fish.

diluent, so they need to decompose the whale and clean the whale blood from the ship before the smell of its blood attracts unknown and terrifying sea beasts.

During the period when the whales are being dealt with, the ships cannot sail and can only park on the sea, which is also the time when they are most vulnerable to attack.

So after the captain loudly urged the crew on the deck to dispose of the dead whale's carcass, he immediately came to the Destiny's Webspider's prayer room in the center cabin of the ship.

In the prayer room, a senior priest of the Destiny Webweaver knelt quietly in front of the Destiny Webweaver's holy symbol and silently recited church scriptures.

After the captain arrived, he did not disturb the priest, but stood quietly aside.

Not long after, the priest stopped reciting the scriptures, turned to the captain and said: "The sea is not my lord's divine domain. The power given by my lord will weaken. With my current ability, I can only cover it for a period of time, and it will not affect those who are truly

Powerful mutated sea beasts don’t have much effect.”

After hearing the priest's words, the captain's face became much gloomier. The reason why he decided to temporarily change his purpose and take the risk of capturing the great hornwhale was because he felt that the senior priest of the church could solve the additional problems caused by capturing the great horn whale.

trouble.

However, now the priest clearly told him that his ability did not pay attention to protecting the ship, which immediately made the captain into trouble.

If he were rational enough, the captain should immediately abandon the dead whale carcass and sail away. However, such an approach would not only cause him to lose a large amount of windfall, but would also cause other crew members on the ship who did not understand the situation to understand the situation.

The sailor was dissatisfied with him, and if this matter spread, it would be difficult for his ship to recruit sailors with enough experience in the future. After all, no one would be willing to follow a man who would lose a large amount of income at any time.

The captain went to sea.

Just when the captain was in a dilemma, the priest of the Destiny Weaver suddenly reminded: "In fact, you can ask the gentleman on the ship, and you may be able to get some useful help."

"Is that your Excellency?" The captain was stunned for a moment. The figure of the only passenger on the ship appeared in his mind, and he also recalled some of the behavior of that passenger after boarding the ship.

Because this was the first time he had been sent off by a high-level church official, and he was only delivering one passenger, the captain couldn't help but be curious about the identity of this passenger.

However, the captain could no longer find any clues related to this passenger except for guessing from the special temperament exuding from this passenger that this passenger might be of extremely noble origin. Moreover, this passenger was also similar to those in his memory.

There is not even the slightest similarity between the big figures from various countries who can alarm the top leaders of the church.

This passenger's behavior on the ship was also very strange. He never left his cabin after boarding the ship. The waiter in charge of this passenger also mentioned that he saw this passenger every time when delivering meals.

The passenger sat at the desk near the window as if he hadn't moved.

Although the captain was a little confused about whether this passenger could help, he knew the priest on the ship very well, knew the priest's ability and his relationship with the church's senior leaders. Since the priest said that the other party could help, then

There is no need to doubt this matter.

So, he hurriedly walked out of the prayer room and came to the superior suite where passengers were accommodated in the upper cabin.

Although he was a little anxious inside, the captain still stopped at the door, tidied his clothes, and then knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?" a voice asked from inside the cabin.

The captain was stunned. Originally, he was going to enter the cabin and ask the passengers if they could help. But now it was obvious that the other party had no intention of opening the door, so he hesitated for a moment, and finally stood at the door and asked the passengers he met.

Please tell me briefly and quickly.

"Got it." After the captain finished speaking, the answer was quickly given in the cabin, but this answer did not satisfy the captain.

Seeing this, the captain didn't say anything else, turned around and left the cabin. On the way, he met the combatants on the ship who were watching the decomposition of the whale on the deck, so he yelled at these combatants and ordered the combatants to

Enter a state of combat readiness.

Sensing the serious atmosphere in the captain's order, the combatants and sailors on the ship also stopped playing, letting the relaxed mood become tense, and each returned to their respective posts, while also speeding up the decomposition of the hornwhale.

After the captain gave the order, he returned to the prayer room and told the priest about the passenger's reaction. It seemed that he was complaining to the priest, and he also seemed to want the priest to personally lobby the passenger.

However, after listening to the captain's narration, the priest just nodded and replied with the same words as the passenger, "I know," which also made the captain look confused.

The captain, who did not wait for the priest's explanation, could only leave the prayer room with full confusion and continue to prepare at his own pace to deal with possible attacks by sea monsters.

However, things seemed to go smoothly beyond expectations. Although when decomposing the dead whale carcass, several inexperienced sailors poured several barrels of decomposed whale meat and collected blood into the sea, which increased the number of attacks by carnivorous sea beasts.

probability, but so

Luck seemed to favor the Feiyu very much. Until the hornwhale was completely decomposed and put into the storage compartment, the ship started to leave the sea full of bloody smell. Not a single large carnivorous sea monster appeared, not even a small carnivorous sea monster.

Appear.

The reason why the captain knew so well that there were no carnivorous sea beasts in the ocean was because the whale meat that had been dumped into the sea by those stupid sailors was still floating on the surface and had not been eaten. This was obviously unreasonable.

Afterwards, the captain went to ask the priest of the Destiny Web Weaver, and the answer he got was that the matter had nothing to do with him, and he pointed upward.

The captain was obviously not suitable for guessing riddles. He didn't understand the meaning of the priest's gesture at first. It wasn't until he passed by the superior cabin that he realized it. He quickly came to the passenger cabin and knocked on the door again.

"What's going on?" Another simple question came from the cabin.

The captain thought for a moment and tentatively said some words of thanks for not being attacked by sea monsters just now.

"I know." The passengers in the cabin interrupted him before he finished speaking and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Although the passenger did not explicitly admit in his words that it was his fault that no sea monster had ever approached the Flying Fish before, the captain could already tell that it was related to him. He also heard that the other party did not care about the matter and had no intention of discussing it further.

So he thought of finding a random topic to ease the awkward atmosphere, and then left. In his opinion, since the other party didn't take this matter seriously, there was no need for him to do anything extra.

"I would like to inform you that we should be able to arrive in New Hakata County tomorrow," the captain chose a topic that the other party might be concerned about, and said, "However, the port of hope that we originally planned to dock at can no longer be docked, and we can only dock at Torch Harbor.

"

After the captain finished speaking, there was silence in the cabin for a while. Then the cabin door opened, and the passenger asked with an unhappy face: "I need an explanation."

Facing the unhappy passengers, the captain couldn't help but lower his head because of the aura on his face, and he was also complaining in his heart about why he wanted to find such a topic.

It’s no wonder that the other party is unhappy. Although Port of Hope and Port of Torch are both ports in New Hata County, one is in the east and the other is in the west. They span the entire New Hata County, and Port of Hope happens to be in New Hata District.

Next to it, it doesn’t take half a day to get there by horse-drawn carriage, but Torch Port needs to cross the Newsky Mountains that crosses New Bodo. If you don’t encounter any danger, it will take at least four or five days to reach New Bodo.

The captain quickly explained: "I just received news from the messenger bird that there is a large-scale sea monster tide in the waters around Hope Port, and all ships at sea are unable to approach that sea area."

After hearing this, the other party was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Does this kind of large sea beast tide appear often?"

"Most of them appear in the waters around the Velen Continent. They don't appear often in the waters of the Moissan Continent." The captain thought for a while and quickly gave the answer, and reassured the other party: "Don't worry, sir, the tide of sea monsters will only attack.

The approaching sea vessels will not land."
Chapter completed!