"Did you foresee this?"
Hill turned around suddenly. He recalled the soldier's previous behavior of staring at the sea, and asked Joshua in a low voice: "You were observing just now, but why didn't you say anything?"
"Foreseeing an attack will happen does not mean that I can foresee what kind of attack it is." Joshua turned his head and explained to the elf boy and the two-headed dragon: "There is a strange ocean current and black mist. The most I can do is be on guard against the possibility. danger and it is impossible to know what consequences it will have.”
The soldier's words were correct; this kind of attack was indeed unpredictable.
On the side of the ark, the dark waves shone with the glimmer of magic power. Although the white ark that lost power was protected by the holy light runes and was not overturned by the rewinding tide, it could only stay in place helplessly, enduring Heavy rain and waves made it impossible to move forward.
"Go back inside the ark first." In the end, it was Joshua who made the decision. He took Hei into the cabin, and Hill, after frowning and staring at the strange black water for a while, also entered the cabin with Fina.
In the cabin, Robzek, Saya, Loranda and others were discussing.
"The magic furnace core in the power room is still running." The silver-haired paladin was not panicked by the unexpected situation. He pointed to the light curtain suspended in mid-air and calmly summarized the current situation: "But these magic powers cannot be transmitted. into each engine.”
In the light curtain is the structural diagram of a giant ship, and every detail of the Ark is on it. At this time, except for the power room and a few cabins which are still 'well-functioning' green, most of the hull has turned into 'Not working' red.
"The black dust in the seawater is a strange substance... I have never seen this kind of thing on the Mycroft continent, but it looks a bit like crystal?"
Saya held a test tube filled with turbid seawater in her hand. The seawater was filled with black dust like sand. These dusts spontaneously moved up and down without any external power, as if they were alive.
The nun looked at the test tube in her hand and seemed to be thinking: "I once visited the magic crystal mine near the volcanic islands to inspect, and the magic crystal dust inside is somewhat similar to it."
But magic crystal carries magic power, and this crystal absorbs magic power. There is a huge difference between the two.
Loranda on the side did not speak. He just frowned and stared at the test tube in Saya's hand. Regarding the current situation, the blond paladin had a familiar feeling, but could not find the source.
The Ark lost its magic power, and the crystal dust... In other words, it was a crystal with extremely high ability to absorb magic power.
With a little guess, Loranda took the test tube from Saya, and then tried to inject some fighting spirit into it.
The churning black dust was like a shark that smelled blood. It immediately absorbed all the fighting spirit injected by the Paladin. At this point, Loranda could roughly confirm that these crystal dust had the same relationship with the shell of the wild god in the records of the Radcliffe family. Extremely similar, it has extremely high immunity to magic power and fighting spirit.
Looking hesitantly at Robzek and Saya, the blond paladin hesitated to tell the two of his guesses - he himself felt a little ridiculous. The goal of this trip was obviously the abyss crack, but the Famine Evil God appeared one after another. The obstruction of his family members was simply inexplicable and strange.
The nun and the head of the knights are still discussing, but they don't care about what this dust is. The focus of their discussion is how to complete the next action.
"The Ark is less than a day's journey from the central whirlpool."
Robzek pointed at the light screen, and a chart of the Abyss of Anos appeared on the light screen. On the dark chart, there were two light spots, red and white, flashing: "The red light spot is the central whirlpool, because a distant sea The ocean current to the south is impacting, and it is constantly moving towards the northwest of the city, which is where we are. The white light spot is us. Originally, under the relative speed of the two, we would arrive at 11 o'clock tonight. It's on the edge, but now it's hard to tell."
He calculated in his mind for a while, and then continued: "If the displacement speed of the large vortex remains unchanged, we will not be able to touch its edge until four o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow... But the possibility is very small, and the impact of the ocean current cannot remain unchanged."
"We switch to backup energy and use the energy of the Molten Star to sail?" Saya thought for a while and put forward this suggestion: "These black dust are afraid of the power of the Holy Light, and it cannot penetrate the energy formed by the Molten Star. The positive energy barrier is evident from the fact that although the Time Ship stopped in place, it was not pushed by the wave."
After hearing this suggestion, the silver-haired paladin nodded after thinking for a while: "You can try... but without the energy of the core star, who will support the defensive barrier? It consumes a lot of energy, and we can't even see the enemy's true strength. Without even knowing it, if you rashly weaken your own combat effectiveness, you can easily fall into the opponent's trap."
"No matter who the enemy is, if they stop us here, they will definitely take action."
At this moment, a voice came from outside the cabin door. Joshua opened the door. Behind him, Hei, Hill and Fina also entered one after another. Although the warrior's voice was not loud, it could reach everyone's ears. : "Since we are less than one day away from the central whirlpool, the enemy must have lost power at this time and want to finish us off where we are and prevent us from getting close to the abyss crack."
"Joshua." After seeing the soldier, Robzek nodded slightly and asked, "What do you think of the current situation?"
As the only two extremely powerful people on the ark, Joshua's advice was very important. Faced with the Paladin's inquiry, he was not polite, but directly stated his guess.
Just as Loranda guessed, the warrior revealed the true identity of the black dust - a crystal fragment originating from the evil god of famine. The reason why it can quickly dissolve the magic power of the Ark is precisely because of the desolate power represented by 'famine'. Now, The entire sea area has fallen into a situation similar to a forbidden magic zone, and any magic power will be quickly absorbed as soon as it appears.
This situation is exactly the same as the desolation phenomenon in the world of Kallis, and is also very similar to the doomsday caused by the appearance of the evil god of disaster in the world of Ilgona that Loranda has been to.
"Our enemy should be the Abyss Demon, or the corrosive sea beast like the Abyss Demon Dragon before... How could it be related to the Evil God of Famine?"
After listening, Robzek frowned, remembering the strange and powerful crystal monsters he encountered during his last exploration: "Well, if it's like what you said, the enemy is the Evil God's Familia, then what do we have? What to do?"
He asked the soldier sincerely.
But Joshua curled his lips slightly: "Wait."
Noticing the puzzled looks in everyone's eyes, the soldier had to explain again: "This is Mycroft Continent after all. The enemy cannot maintain this alien phenomenon forever. The battle will begin after the opponent cannot maintain this state." timing."
After saying that, he took a cup of tea from the table and drank it in one gulp. After finishing the drink, Joshua asked with some confusion: "Why does this taste...not the same as before?"
"This is the tea prepared by Nono for us. It is said to be a specialty of her hometown... But, is it that simple?"
Saya looked a little unbelievable, and she murmured in surprise: "Do you just need to wait?"
"No, it's not simple at all." At this time, it was Fina who was standing by and spoke. The human form of a sea dragon with a beautiful lady with long blue hair shook her head and said with some seriousness: "This is not the same as some sea beasts hunting for prey." The method is very similar - first use traps or other means to make the prey unable to escape and move, and then slowly wear down the opponent's strength until finally appearing to kill the prey."
"Next, the other side will definitely use various means to weaken Ark - that is, the strength of our group. 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 understanding, and Joshua nodded silently. This was exactly what he wanted to say.
His eyes were fixed on the light screen, but Robzek's thoughts were not focused on it. At this time, he was recalling the previous experiences when the Ark was close to the central whirlpool.
When exploring the Abyss of Anos for the first time, the Ark deviated from its course due to the impact of a large number of sea beasts, and finally returned due to insufficient supplies.
During the second exploration, an accident caused water leakage in the cabin due to running aground on a rock, so we had to return.
During the third exploration, they were attacked by a large number of wild flying dragons. They fought for three consecutive days, and the weather was too bad. Seventy percent of the crew suffered from extreme fatigue and physical discomfort, and had no choice but to return.
The fourth exploration was the closest to success. Because the previous explorations had killed a large number of sea beasts, and all the mad dragons had gone to seal off the Holy Mountain, the journey was very smooth, but when they were about to approach Arnold When they were in the maelstrom at the center of the Abyss, they were attacked by three strange monsters with close to extreme strength. Due to the sudden unpreparedness, the Ark was almost sunk. In order to protect the Ark, Robzek and others fought with those monsters. field, and finally managed to escape by relying on self-destruction of the Wheel of Holy Light.
The fifth time, this time, the exploration went very smoothly. With the participation of Count Radcliffe, the Abyssal Dragon, which was originally a big trouble, was also eliminated in less than half an hour. After killing them, even if they encountered the three strange monsters again, everyone would still be able to fight, but now this situation was beyond everyone's expectation.
"Are we going to fail again?"
Robzek murmured unwillingly. The decisive battle between the Church of the Seven Gods and the Five-Colored Dragon Clan is coming soon. By that time, if the mission of the Time Ship has not been completed, their actions will be very embarrassing, even for Igor. Pope Paul supports their continued exploration, and the church has no extra resources.
What's more, the silver-haired paladin is not the kind of person who can still explore the Abyss of Anos with peace of mind when the church is in trouble. Even if he is scolded by the Pope, he will return to the Holy Mountain and fight the mad dragon with his comrades. .
The fifth exploration was the last for him. Even if the church repelled the five-color dragon tribe, the Holy Mountain would definitely need a long period of repair and reconstruction after the war. At that time, the exploration of the Abyss of Anos would undoubtedly It has been put on hold indefinitely and will not be restarted until at least ten years later.
Suddenly, outside the cabin, the uneasy screams of the crew were heard not far away. The sound did not decrease with the passage of time, but became louder and more nervous.
"There's a situation." Hill frowned. He who was closest to the door immediately opened the door and walked towards the Ark where the sound came from: "I'll go take a look."
Fina followed closely behind the elf boy, and Joshua also walked out of the door with an expectant look on his face. Behind him, the three church members looked at each other, packed their equipment, and walked out together.
Outside the cabin, on the deck of the Time Ship.
Many crew members who were trying to 'repair' the inoperable magic facilities were screaming and running back to the cabin. They did not understand magic and did not know that the magic facilities stopped operating only because the energy was sucked dry. They thought it was some The structure was damaged. As those who were carefully selected and finally came to the Time Ship, they were undoubtedly full of courage. Otherwise, they would not have braved the huge waves and heavy rain to come outside the cabin to try to repair it. But now, they are obviously Terrified.
Everyone passed through the panicked crew members and came to the deck. They quickly understood why the crew members were so scared.
Amidst the heavy rain, strong winds carried huge waves, beating back and forth on the holy light runes on the giant ship. Dark fog enveloped the entire giant ship, imprisoning the immobile temple ark like a cage.
And in the black mist, there was a strange cry, and countless gray shadows came galloping out of the mist. With howling through the sky, the gray shadows revealed their true bodies. They were extremely thick and full of sharp teeth. Tentacles, they broke through the fog and slapped hard at the Ark - and as the magic circle on the top of the Ark moved, a barrier composed of white hexagons accurately blocked each tentacle, making a dull collision sound. .
After these tentacles collided with the barrier, they immediately disintegrated and turned into black dust all over the sky, melting into the mist. The white barrier immediately dimmed a lot, as if a lot of energy had been taken away.
"What the hell are these?"
Robzek crossed the crowd, frowned, stretched out his hand, and a silver holy light shot out from his fingertips, cutting off a tentacle - but after the tentacle was cut off, it immediately disintegrated into dust in the sky, There is no doubt that these tentacles are composed of crystal dust that can absorb magic power.
Joshua didn't recognize these things either. Although they were undoubtedly a type of Aragami, he was not an encyclopedia. How could he know about such an enemy he had never seen before
However, warriors have systems.
[Desolation Predator]
[Chaos Monster]
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