"The wind is blowing!"
“What a strong wind.”
The harbor of Constantine was crowded with people from inside and outside the city. They flocked to a high stand, tiptoed and looked up at the ships that they could see. Some people also looked up at the sky and muttered to themselves, as for some reason the wind suddenly became stronger.
All to witness the legendary Siren with their own eyes.
In the middle of the huge sea of people, on a high stand, the emperor, wearing a golden satin robe and a laurel crown on his head, sat majestically on a large chair with a golden back cushion, overlooking everything.
The sound of the wind whistled past his ears, and he nodded slightly to the guard on the side. The latter understood and bent down and walked to the edge of the stand. He opened his mouth and shouted hysterically towards the dark crowd below and even around him.
"Quiet!!"
"—Your Majesty, I have something to say!"
The sound drifted through the crowd with the wind and spread above. The originally noisy voices gradually became quiet. Everyone turned their heads to look at the platform, only to see the emperor in full dress rising from the throne, holding a cross-shaped scepter and walking to the edge of the platform. He stood among countless intertwined gazes, while the people below bowed their heads.
Phocas raised his head slightly, satisfied with the people's respect for him, and spoke slowly.
"My subjects, Constantine's warriors have returned from the sea and presented me with the evil sirens. Their enchanting songs have caused countless brave sailors to die in the sea, broken up many families, and left parents, wives and children without sons or husbands. I listen to the whispers of the gods. Evil will eventually bow down to the gods and Constantine, your emperor!"
His robe fluttered in the wind. Phocas took a deep breath, stretched out his hands and slowly raised them up, his voice rising and roaring.
"The gods are on the side of Constantine, your emperor. He told me to tell you that God will always bless his believers, my people. Today, we are here to witness together the gift God has given us, an evil Siren. We are all responsible for judging and executing her!!"
After hearing these powerful words, countless people and soldiers of Constantine raised their weapons and fists.
“Hooha!”
“Hooha!”
Amidst the thunderous shouts, the view suddenly became cloudy. Someone stopped shouting, raised his arms and looked up at the sky. More and more people around him noticed something was wrong and raised their eyes. Emperor Phocas on the high platform originally enjoyed the shouts that came like waves, but suddenly the shouts around him gradually became weaker.
"What happened?"
Phocas slowly opened his eyes. Countless people below were looking up at the sky. The emperor instinctively raised his face and what came into view was the sun hanging high in the clouds with black spots moving on the edge.
"This is… "
Amid the soft murmurs, the black spots quickly swallowed up the sun like a floating cloud, and the sunlight gradually shrank. Darkness surged in from afar like a tide, as if someone reached out from behind and covered their eyes, instantly shrouding everyone's vision.
"My eyes saw it!!"
"The sun was eaten..."
“I can see again!!”
Panicked shouts rose and fell in the crowd. The emperor on the high platform forced himself to calm down. After a long while, he adjusted to the darkness. The sky and the earth seemed to be covered with a layer of gray sand, mixed with the blue sky, and there seemed to be a strange long shadow moving across the sky.
"Your Majesty! The wind... the wind has stopped."
The guard on the high platform stretched out his hand and touched the air. The strong wind that had just blown stopped unexpectedly, and the fluttering double-headed eagle flag hung on the flagpole without any movement.
Phocas felt vaguely uneasy, but as an emperor, especially one who had usurped the throne, he was somewhat frightened. He subconsciously tightened the hilt of the sword at his waist, his beard standing up, and yelled at the Byzantines below.
"My people, don't panic. This is a test from the gods and the Siren's final struggle. She is using this to scare you and make you succumb to fear, my people..."
The loud voice resounded, however, the crowded people of Constantine below had not yet recovered from the shock and stared blankly at the sky that suddenly darkened. At this moment, someone suddenly noticed that on the cliff on the other side of the strait, there was a light blue light revealing a human figure.
“What is that—” “It looks like a person!”
"There is a light shining on him..."
More and more people around looked over, even the emperor who was shouting passionately on the podium raised his head. The words seemed to be cut off in his throat and stopped abruptly. Countless people and countless shoulders felt an inexplicable pressure at this moment, as if the air around them had become weighty.
The wind started to blow again.
Whoosh whoosh~~~
On the cliff where huge waves were hitting, Toad Taoist jumped down from the bookshelf, sat on a rock holding the dried meat that he had hidden for who knows how long, and looked at the sea in the distance. Four scholars huddled together and squatted on the edge of the cliff, looking at this height and the figure beside them in fear, with their hair flying. Lu Liangsheng slowly opened his eyes, stretched out his arms, curled his palms into fists, and clenched them.
Boom—
The dull thunder passed through the sky, the clouds were low and dark, the strong wind blew up the waves several feet high, and several large ships on the sea made creaking sounds. The deck was already in chaos. They had already seen the figure emitting light blue light on the cliff. They shouted in panic and frantically asked the helmsman to steer the rudder!
"Don't look, we're almost ashore!"
"We'll be safe once we reach the shore. Get the Siren ready!"
Just as someone ran over to carry the Siren off his shoulders, the ship suddenly shook violently, and a low humming sound was heard on the bottom of the sea. When the person turned his sight, he saw that the sea surface on the outer side of the escort warship bulged up, forming a huge bubble that kept rising and stretched out a huge long shadow.
Gradually, it was more than ten feet higher than the mast of the warship. The huge water column suddenly parted and took a step like a human thigh.
boom!
The splashing waves directly overturned an escorting warship, and the soldiers and sailors on it were lifted high into the sky, and then fell into the water one after another, splashing water. The next moment, a second thigh of water came over and overturned another nearby warship full of chaos, panic and screams, and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The cylindrical upper body also separated into arms, palms, and flat shoulders. The sea water surged up and formed a head with facial features, and it roared towards the madly fleeing ship over there.
"roar!!"
He stretched out his legs and ran wildly on the sea. The splashing sea water pushed up huge waves, which made the ship go a little faster. The captain on the deck looked at the sea giant as tall as a mountain and was so scared that his mouth couldn't close. Instead, Sanders, who had been beaten before, untied the small boat hanging on the side of the ship and fell into the sea.
He turned around and shouted, "Stop looking, let's go!!"
His voice startled the young man named Uka, who hurriedly followed with Siren on his shoulder, jumped into the boat together, and then paddled desperately towards the harbor.
As they approached the dock, people on the shore came to meet them in a slightly larger boat and threw out a rope. Then several people paddled and towed the small boat to the ferry bridge. When Sanders and Uka dragged the mermaid onto the land, they subconsciously looked back and saw the giant chasing after the ship, with one arm raised high.
“Ahh—”
On the White Pearl, the captain, the first mate, and the crew members who had not had time to leave or were busy untying the ropes of the small boat raised their heads almost at the same time, with wide eyes, watching the giant hand that seemed to cover the sky and the sun descending from the sky.
One could even see fish swimming in the giant palm, and then… With a loud bang, the sea water rushed up into the sky, and in front of the horrified sight of everyone on the shore, the entire boat was shattered by the palm and disappeared in the surging waves.
The next moment, huge waves rose up from the sea and spread towards the port like a white line.