Tilly injected magic power into the flying magic stone and jumped into the air, overlooking the entire deck.
Most of the crew of the Pretty Beauty were experienced sailors. After the initial panic, they took up the weapons around them and fought against the evil beasts, and gradually moved closer to the poop. Obviously they also knew that they could not defeat such a large number of enemies on their own, and their only hope was the witches on board.
The situation quickly turned as Ashes joined the battlefield.
She was like a gust of wind, and everywhere she went were the screams and wailing of monsters. Any evil beast that dared to face the giant sword would be cut in two, and the stumps and arms would fall all over the deck.
Andrea is not far behind, her magic longbow can shoot any object that can be called as an arrow, with amazing power and accuracy. Therefore, she rarely prepares regular feather arrows, but a bag of glass beads. The evil beasts hit by her didn't even cry out, and they all twitched, and the hard marbles were enough to pierce their heads in twenty steps, churning the insides of their heads into a mess.
He Feng and Sha Wei walked back and forth on the deck to rescue the injured sailors. With the protection of the invisible barrier, the evil beast could not get close to them at all.
Seeing that the evil beasts were quickly slaughtered, Tilly still did not let down her guard.
These fish-shaped monsters are obviously not enough to cause the violent shaking of the Pretty Beauty at first, which feels like a huge monster hitting the bottom of the boat underwater. Without the protection of Moriel's servants, the ship would probably turn into a pile of broken wooden boards floating on the sea if there were several more such collisions. The witches can barely protect themselves, and it is estimated that few sailors in a boat can escape the fate of being buried in the belly of the fish.
As she expected, when the last evil beast was smashed by the ashes sword, a huge shadow appeared in the sea water in front of the left side of the hull. It was definitely not the shape of a fish. Pretty Beauty hits.
"Be careful!" she yelled.
Before the words fell, the shadow passed under the boat, and the sailboat shook violently again. The two masts made a series of frightening noises, as if they were about to collapse at any moment. Fortunately, the shadow did not make any other attack actions, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the sea. Probably it was trying to use its back to smash the Pretty Beauty, and then have a good meal.
Tilly fell back to the deck and briefly recounted the situation.
"It must be forced out of the sea, or this damn monster will sink the ship sooner or later." Ash frowned.
"I'll try it," Sha Wei said. "Since it's coming from the bottom of the boat, as long as it's close enough, I can block its impact with a barrier."
"Poseidon above," Old Jack wiped the sweat from his forehead, "If the opponent is as huge as Mr. Tilly said, ordinary attacks will probably not work. Even if they are forced out of the sea, how can they kill it? ?"
"Leave it to me," Andrea pulled the tip of her hair behind her ear and smiled confidently, "Within ten steps, no enemy can take my full blow."
The shadow soon appeared, this time it changed direction, charging from the stern towards the Pretty Beauty.
Tilly, who was monitoring in the air, immediately issued an early warning signal. Sha Wei ran to the position and jumped out of the chord. The other end of the hemp rope was tightly tied around her waist and held in Ash's hand, stably controlling the opponent's descending height.
When the shadow hit, Sha Wei instantly opened the barrier, and a gap suddenly appeared in the gray seawater, as if it was separated by something invisible.
The monster slammed into the barrier, and the huge figure suddenly stagnant, Sha Wei let out a groan, and her hands drooped softly, as if it took a lot of effort. I saw the shadows under her feet expand rapidly, and the sea water suddenly rose.
"Pull her up!" Tilly swooped down and shouted.
Ashes lifted her up with one hand, and just as she pulled Shawei onto the deck, a huge sea beast rushed out of the water with a roar. The rising waves made the Pretty Beauty sway from side to side. At first glance, it looks like a mix of a toothed shark and an octopus, with several tentacles sticking out from the top of its triangular head, slapping straight at the deck.
Even listening to the sound, it knew that it was extremely angry at this inexplicable impact. The tentacles, which were as thick as an adult's thigh, swept the railings to pieces, but it still couldn't break into the defense that Sha Wei was trying to hold up.
"Andrea!" Ash bent down, put her fingers together, and put her hands into a bowl shape.
"Come on," the latter stepped on Ash's palm, "Leave everything to me!"
The superhuman threw her hard, and the witch Andrea turned into an arc, and in the blink of an eye, it flew above the monster's head.
She summoned the magic bow, pulled the full string, and a dazzling light suddenly erupted between the bow and the string. This group of rays of light is like the sun poking out of the clouds, reflecting the sea surface into a golden color.
"Go!"
Lightning flashed, and this arrow made of pure magic made a piercing roar, habitually entering the monster's body like a thunderbolt. The gray-brown skin of the monster swelled up immediately, golden cracks spread all over the body, and rays of brilliance emerged from the body, and then shattered with a bang.
The huge explosion caused a circle of ripples on the sea. The black blood plasma was like ink, dyeing the sea black, and the shattered internal organs fell like rain. The tentacles that were originally wrapped around the ship shrank. The giant beasts with their open heads sank to the bottom of the sea together.
Andrea plunged into the sea with a thud.
"Ah... help, help, I can't swim! Gulu, who... who will give me a hand!"
Ashes glanced at Sha Wei, who had a tired face, and sighed helplessly. "What an idiot who can only play handsome," she untied the giant sword behind her, plunged into the sea, and swam towards the other side.
Tilly finally breathed a sigh of relief, the threat of the sinking ship was lifted, at least she didn't have to worry about having to swim to Border Town.
Suddenly, she felt a cold on the tip of her nose, raised her head, and couldn't help but froze in place.
I saw snowflakes floating in the gray sky at some point, like elves flying all over the sky, filling the entire field of vision.
"This...is it snow?" He Feng stared at the melting ice crystals in his hands, "Will it snow in the autumn of Graycastle?"
"Oh, I said that the further west you go, the colder it gets." Jack One-Eyed took out his pipe and lit it again. "It seems that you are really living in a dire place."
Tilly did not answer, but looked solemn. The breeze comes from the Kingdom of Dawn, which is like spring all year round. Old Jack is a native of the fjords. Even in winter, it is difficult to see a heavy snow. But for the western part of Greycastle, the snow has a special meaning.
The court tutor once said that this snow is endless, and it comes with the horn of the devil's invasion. It symbolizes the beginning of the evil moon, and it will not subside until the end of the evil month.
Although the Moon of the Demons has never had a fixed end date, it usually begins in winter. Could it be that Border Town is already under the attack of evil beasts? Moreover, the water ghosts in the sea basically only haunt the east of the Burning Fire Island, and now they are even found in the extreme southern cape. I don't know if the merchant ships going to and from the kingdom will be attacked by these monsters.
Tilly became more and more worried.
After two days of sailing in heavy snow, they finally saw the hazy coastline.
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