Chapter 433 Sea Fog
Under the dark night, there is a vast ocean as far as the eye can see. The sound of waves can be heard as the sea breeze blows. The starry sky in the sky is obscured by thick clouds, and it is almost completely dark all around.
On this dark sea, there are several points of light that are arranged in a row and moving forward at a long distance. If you look closely, you can find that they are the lights of several ships. A large fleet is sailing on the dark sea.
This is the church's escort fleet for pilgrims. After leaving Navaha, the fleet has been sailing day and night towards its designated destination, Ivig. Now it is the first night since the fleet left Navaha, and they are not far from their destination.
In the central part of the fleet were three ordinary passenger ships that were escorted, carrying pilgrims who were visiting the Holy Land of the Virgin Mary. Most of these pilgrims came from countries such as Prit, Farajo, and Irmo. They were mainly devout believers of the Virgin Mary among the people. Because of their devout faith, generous donations, or noble character, they were rewarded by the local church with the honor of coming for pilgrimage through official channels. Almost all of them were representatives of the Virgin Mary faith among the people.
Of course, in addition to these folk believers, there is also a small number of pilgrims who are clergymen of the church. They are often allowed to participate in this pilgrimage because of their own initiative or rewards from their superiors, and Vanya is one of them.
In the cabin of the cruise ship, Vanya was praying devoutly as usual. After finishing her daily routine prayer, she opened her eyes and looked at the time on the wall.
"Is it this late already? It's getting late..."
After checking the time, Vanya slowly stood up and yawned, then turned her head to look out the porthole at the endless black sea, and at the stars and the bright moon in the sky that were often obscured by dark clouds.
"It's so dark... I can hardly see anything. I've read about fish leaping in the moonlight before, and I thought I'd see it once on such a long boat ride, but the weather has been bad most of the time recently..."
Vanya thought to herself with a little disappointment, then she stretched and looked at a pile of books and a small map on the table beside her. She focused her eyes on the map and examined it for a few seconds, then tried to confirm her position on it.
"We have been sailing on the sea for a while since leaving Navaha. According to the crew, we will reach Ivig soon. Although Sir Joad and his crew are not on board, the entire fleet is operating normally. Everyone is doing their job and nothing has gone wrong. My initial worries seem unnecessary."
Vanya thought so in her heart. She had to worry when she saw Joad and others had to leave the fleet because of the investigation officer. Now that she saw that the fleet could still operate normally even without the commander and nothing went wrong, her original worries slowly disappeared.
"I hope that Sir Joad and his men will be safe and sound in the end. May God bless them."
After muttering these words, Vanya tidied up the books on the table, washed up briefly in the bathroom of the cabin, took off her nun's uniform and changed into pajamas, and finally, after turning off the light on the table, she lay down on her bed and covered herself with a quilt.
Finally, amidst the gentle rocking and the soft sound of the waves, Vanya gradually fell asleep peacefully.
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When most of the passengers and crew members fell into a deep sleep, the escort fleet was still moving forward in the darkness. The sailors on duty ensured the course while also keeping an eye on the vast dark sea, watching for other ships in the darkness and paying attention to any possible situations.
As the night progressed, sleepiness gradually spread throughout the fleet. Even the sailors on duty yawned from time to time during their boring work. Along with the sleepiness, there was fog coming from the dark sea in the distance.
It was unknown when it began, but a light vapor gradually began to spread above the sea where the fleet was sailing. As time passed, the vapor gradually became thicker and slowly formed sea fog.
The sailors on duty noticed the formation of fog at sea at first, but they did not pay too much attention to it. Fog at sea is a normal phenomenon and there is nothing to be surprised about.
But as time went by, the fog became thicker and wider, and something unexpected happened. On the ships of the fleet, the shining lights hung everywhere suddenly issued alarms like alarm bells. The sailors nearby were suddenly startled by the alarms, and they rushed to the locations of the shining lights with their weapons ready. Then they found that almost all the shining lights discovered traces of abnormal spirituality at the same time, the abnormal spirituality of the "cup" and the "lamp".
Seeing the warning of the brilliant light, all the sailors immediately became highly alert and began to try to find where the abnormal spiritual traces were. After searching for a long time, they still couldn't find them. In the end, it was the temporary commander of the fleet who discovered all these abnormal clues.
"Fog, it's fog! There's something wrong with this fog, it's created by a Beyonder ability! It could be a waterbender!"
On the deck of the flagship Boone, the temporary commander activated his spiritual vision, looked at the thick fog around him, spoke loudly, and then immediately gave orders.
"We are under attack! All ships, be on alert! Use the Wind Calling Talisman to blow away the fog!"
Soon, the temporary commander's order was conveyed to the entire fleet. All the escort ships took out a kind of "shadow" talisman and spiritual storage in reserve. After using it, they summoned gusts of strong winds, and the sea fog that diffused between the fleet was blown away by the strong winds in an instant.
This is the Wind-Calling Talisman, which can summon strong winds to disperse sea fog and counteract severe natural winds. It has many uses at sea, so it is always kept in the church's fleet. Now is the time for it to come into play.
With the strong wind blowing, the sea fog that had been spreading was forcibly blown away, and the temporary commander standing on the deck mobilized his spirituality, using the black earth-level "lamp" vision that could see things clearly at night, and stared closely at the sea surface where the fog was gradually dissipating. He wanted to see clearly where the extraordinary people who used their abilities were? Were there other ships approaching without being noticed?
Then, no matter how the temporary commander observed, he did not see any other unusual ships approaching his side, which made him a little confused for a moment.
"No other ships are approaching... Where is this person with special abilities? Where are the attackers hiding!?"
Looking at the endless dark sea, the temporary commander was confused in his heart. At this moment, due to the exhaustion of spiritual reserves, the strong winds that had been calling out gradually began to stop. What the temporary commander did not expect was that not long after the wind stopped, water vapor began to gradually rise around the fleet. The light water vapor gradually rose from the dark sea surface, gradually becoming thicker at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then a round of sea fog gradually took shape.
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