Chapter 339 The Strange Sea
Kaolgri is a large city that was established less than a hundred years ago, but its infrastructure and population density far surpass the current capital of the Principality of Kerma.
There are also many new and novel things there that have never been heard of. Even Captain Harry's airship is common there.
However, it is very difficult to settle down there. One has to go through a series of audits and pay a large sum of money, and even wizard apprentices are no exception.
Baidong College is only open to formal wizards and above for free.
"What if it's just a short stop?" Thor asked.
"Then you just need to pay this amount. But it needs to be reviewed regularly." Pound pointed a number to Thor.
Thor immediately gave up the idea of going to Korgli next.
As they talked, the walls of Blue Water Bay were already in sight, but Thor had not yet seen the "blue water" or the black water.
"Isn't Blue Water Bay by the sea?"
"It used to be, but after the war a hundred years ago, the city of Bluewater Bay was moved to a place far away from the sea. In recent years, the soul tides have become more and more frequent, and even the villages living near the bay have been forced to move away."
Pound opened the large car window and pointed the direction to Thor. "If you want to go to the beach, just follow that road and go south."
Listening to Pound's introduction, Thor slowly frowned, "Since no one has lived on the seashore for a long time, why are there still ships docked at the pier there?"
Pound looked bitter, "Because it's cheap, sir. But in the past two years, fewer and fewer ships are willing to dock in Blue Water Bay, and life has become increasingly difficult."
Thor swept across Pound's ten fingers. "Difficult?"
"Haha," Pound pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly, "I don't do business in this area. I just come to visit my wife and children who live here occasionally."
Thor naturally wouldn't care about Bond's private life. He kept Bond mainly because he wanted to find out about the Soul Tide.
"How much do you know about Soul Tides?"
"A lot, my Lord."
Pound's eyes lit up, he knew his chance to show off had come!
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Thor did not enter the city of Bluewater Bay in the end. He asked Pound for a horse and turned silently onto the path to the bay halfway.
Although the wealthy businessman Bond regretted not being able to invite Thor to his home, he was more relieved that Thor had left.
He ordered his men to hurry up and return home as soon as possible, but just as the carriage sped up, he saw a group of nobles waiting outside the city gate entrance.
"Sir!" The slightly older attendant outside the car window said tremblingly, "Viscount Elaf, Lady Shetterly, Mr. Odu, please come over and sit down for a while."
Pound was stunned for a moment, then let out a long breath.
On the other side, when Thor arrived at the beach, the sky was already gray.
The thick clouds came into view almost instantly. The sky was clear near the shore, but the sea was covered with dark clouds.
It's like a sharp blade, dividing the sea and the land into two worlds, clearly separated.
Only the waves wrapped in white foam occasionally crossed the border. They were like palms struggling for survival, trying hard to climb onto the shore, but eventually retreated in despair because of the indifference of the beach.
What had just happened was not entirely a metaphor. Thor squinted his eyes and saw that between the rising and falling waves, a pair of pale arms would occasionally appear, with their knuckles clawing at the shore, only to be quickly dispersed by the waves.
“There is something wrong with the seawater here.”
The sea in my previous life was refreshing and relaxing, but the sea in front of me always gives me a vague feeling of palpitations.
It’s like you are not watching the sea from the shore, but a drowning person who may sink to the bottom of the sea forever at any time.
The place where the sea and the sky meet in the farthest distance is also distorted, with the pale gray and deep dark blue gradually blending together, yet devouring each other.
The skyline is not a straight line, but a distorted outline.
After just looking for a while, Thor felt his spirit becoming a little restless. He lowered his head, no longer looking at the end of the sky, but only focusing on what was in front of him.
"No wonder ordinary people would rather spend huge amounts of money to move a city away. If you really live by the sea every day and look at this kind of scene, nine out of ten people will go crazy."
At this time, he was standing on a cliff some distance away from the sea. He was about to fly to the bottom of the cliff to observe the sea water closely when he heard other sounds mixed in the waves.
That is the sound of the soles of shoes rubbing against sand and shells, and the sound of moving against the waves.
Thor looked around and finally saw a dozen people on a flat sandy ground below the cliff.
The group included men and women, young and old, and each of them had a thick hemp rope tied around their waists, which was tied to a large rock on the shore.
Their eyes were covered with black scarves, and their feet were on wet sand, or sometimes knee-deep water.
They would stop after every one or two steps and put their hands in the sea water or sand to feel around.
Every time they bend, they seem tense, their knees slightly bent and tense, ready to exert force at any moment. It's as if they are not bending but preparing to jump.
"Are these people...catching fish at sea?"
Thor used the art of flying to jump silently off the cliff, and then landed a hundred meters away from those people.
He took a few steps toward the sea, looked down at the beach where the waves had plowed, and found nothing.
"There are very few shells and seaweed here. But there are no signs of human presence. This means they were not taken away by people who came to the sea. Rather, this is a place where few people go, so there are few plants and animals."
At this time, Xiaozao suddenly took the initiative to crawl out from the back of Thor's neck, looking left and right like a nimble little snake.
"What did you find out?"
Xiaozao immediately turned his head towards the direction of the waves.
"Is it the breath of death?" Thor thought to himself and took two steps towards the sea.
Suddenly he heard a cry of terror from the crowd.
He immediately turned his head to look, and found that one of the men suddenly straightened up, then turned around and ran towards the rope without saying a word.
He ran until he was out of reach of the waves. Even though he had only walked a few steps, he was so tired that he bent over and gasped.
Obviously he was very scared.
Although Thor turned his head only after the other party shouted, his quick reaction and excellent eyesight allowed him to see clearly what scared the man.
Those were a pair of pale hands hidden in the equally pale waves.
The hands materialized in an instant and instantly grasped the man's wrist as he was groping in the sea.
That's why the man fled to the shore in terror.
After the man ran away, everyone else stopped and stood up. They turned their heads covered with black scarves towards the man, and were also very nervous. But after a few breaths, no one followed the man to the shore.
They seemed to be hesitating, wavering, and reluctant to leave.
There was another minute of silence. The first man continued to bend over and feel for something in the sand. Then the second, the third...
Everyone's face was numb, even the children.
The man who was scared away, after resting for a while on his knees on the shore, stretched the rope again, and after making sure that the rope was firmly tied to the rock, he walked back into the sea.
"There must be something in the sea that can be sold for money." Thor simply walked towards where those people were, ready to ask directly.
At this moment, something unexpected happened again.
A boy suddenly slipped and fell into the water. He struggled to stand up, but somehow crawled two steps into the deep water.
After being choked by a mouthful of water from the waves, he frantically pulled at the rope around his waist, trying to determine the direction of the shore.
But when he straightened the rope and climbed two more steps along the direction of the rope, he found that the water was deeper.
The part of his face not covered by the black scarf showed a look of horror, and he obviously didn't know why this happened.
(End of this chapter)
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