"Why are there so many sea otters!" Charles, who was standing on the edge of the boat, leaned out to look.
At this time, dense swarms of sea otters surrounded the entire Narwhal. They held various shellfish in their hands and smashed them against the hull, having a lot of fun.
The white paint on the Narwhal had begun to fall off in spots, which made Charles feel distressed.
"Feuerbach! Get your sharks to drive them away!! They are hurting our companions!!"
The green-haired Felba emerged from the dark sea, nodded, and then quickly dived back in.
A dozen red fins stood on the sea surface and swam quickly towards the sea otters.
But the otters seemed not to see it and continued to knock.
However, as a pool of blood quickly spread on the sea surface on the left side of the Narwhal, all the sea otters finally realized the seriousness of the matter. They began to flee frantically, and after a while, the very annoying knocking sound finally disappeared.
"Captain, these little guys don't seem to know sharks." Feuerbach, riding on the back of a shark, looked up at Charles and said.
Charles looked around at the terrified sea otters hiding under the kelp. "What's going on down there now? Are there any other creatures besides these sea otters?"
With a "splash", Dipper emerged from the water, holding a sea urchin the size of a durian in his hand.
"Captain, there is a huge seaweed forest below. It is rich in life. If there is a living island nearby, it would be a great breeding ground."
There is a lot of life? If there are so many sea otters, what is their superior predator? Especially since they don't know sharks.
"Don't worry about it. Let's get out of here as soon as possible. Our target is not this seaweed forest. Get ready to speed up!"
As Charles waved his hand, the speed of the Narwhal began to slowly increase, and the clumps of black seaweed on the surrounding sea surface quickly passed by the crew's field of vision.
But this sea area could not be so simple. Soon, there were some new things on the sea surface besides the seaweeds, those huge green lotus leaves as big as basketball courts.
Lotus leaves should not grow in the sea, let alone in a place like this, but they grew there anyway, and their numbers grew larger and larger, becoming denser and denser, until finally the Narwhal was about to ram them open. Fortunately, it was not difficult to ram them open.
The abnormalities around him made Charles stand next to the deck gun. As soon as there was any abnormality, he would immediately order the gunner to fight back.
The rats had huddled together at his feet, ready at all times.
"Pah!" The lotus leaf on the left side of the boat trembled violently, and a black toad as big as a house jumped directly onto it.
What was bulging on its back was not a bulging venom gland, but hundreds of densely packed yellow round eyes, which were staring at Charles and the others.
"Gu... Gugugu~" The scarlet belly expanded and contracted, and began to make loud croaking sounds.
"Kakaka~" The deck gun of the Narwhal quickly turned around and pointed the black muzzle directly at the toad.
"Wait a moment, don't attack rashly!" Charles said to the mice.
He didn't care what this thing was. At least so far, he had no direct conflict with the other party. He never forgot his goal, which was to find the huge key, not here. Don't waste time in such a place. "
Under the gaze of the giant toad's densely packed eyes, the Narwhal continued to move forward.
"Da~!" As another toad jumped onto another lotus leaf, the atmosphere became a little tense.
As everyone watched anxiously, more and more toads appeared around.
No matter what these toads are, judging from their hundreds of eyes and terrifying size, they don't seem to be something to be trifled with.
"If they decide to rush up, don't worry about things elsewhere, just clear a path first." Charles said to the mouse who was driving the deck gun nearby.
"Squeak~squeak~!" The mice responded quickly.
Everyone, including Charles, has taken out their weapons and is ready to fight a tough battle with the enemy.
But what no one expected was that the number of frogs around was gradually decreasing, and the Narwhal seemed to have passed through their habitat.
Just when Charles was about to breathe a sigh of relief, accompanied by a roar, the Narwhal, which was traveling at high speed, suddenly stopped.
His whole body was pushed by a huge force and fell directly towards the edge of the boat behind him.
Charles in mid-air remained calm, quickly raised his steel prosthesis and pointed at the deck. With a "dong!" sound, he was fixed in place by the steel spear hook.
"Attacked by that toad?" This thought flashed through Charles' mind and then quickly disappeared. The toad in the distance did not move, squatting on the lotus leaf and continuing to call. The Narwhal must have hit something.
When Charles stood on the bow and looked down anxiously, he found that Dipp and Feuerbach in the water had already gone to check.
"What's going on down there?" Charles asked loudly.
"Captain, we've hit a reef! There's a big dent under our bow!"
Hearing this, Charles breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a normal run-on reef and there was no danger that he could not foresee.
Charles, who was standing at the bow, turned around and quickly signaled to the bandage behind the cockpit glass.
After the other party gave a gesture of understanding, he began to slowly control the boat to retreat.
No one knew what was beneath the dark sea, so the Narwhal stayed where it was, waiting for information from the spies in the water.
As a deep diver, Dipper is like a fish in water in the sea. He moves several times faster than on land. He swings his body like a barracuda swimming through the water.
He poked his head out from underwater again, and the translucent eyelids slid down from his fish eyes. "Captain, good news! That's not a reef! We've arrived, and the island we're looking for is right in front of us."
"The island was half-sunk, half-unsunk, so our ship ran aground!"
"What?!" Charles was surprised to see clumps of seaweed and huge green lotus leaves in front of him.
My previous guess was actually correct. This island really exists in this seaweed.
"Is there a road ahead? Can our boat pass through?"
"Yes, I just checked carefully, and there are many gaps on this island that can be entered!"
Charles glanced at the toads not far behind the ship and pointed forward, "Move forward, we have reached our goal! If there is a key on this island, find it!!"
(End of this chapter)