Mediterranean.
The shallow sea, bathed in brilliant sunshine, has clear and transparent waters, sparkling.
If people come here, they can enjoy the colorful corals and small fish swimming leisurely.
In this area where sunlight can reach the lowest bottom, even the sea water appears a sapphire blue.
Therefore, along the coast of Holy Egypt, you can see beautiful scenery wherever you look.
However, as the depth of the sea increases, the light will gradually fade and the temperature will drop sharply.
When you reach the sea area below 200 meters, it feels like eternal night even at noon.
This is a restricted area that ordinary people cannot reach. The huge water pressure is enough to squeeze humans to pieces.
Even any land creature that rashly enters here will have its blood vessels reversed in an instant, bleeding from all seven orifices and die.
Of course, in this dark and silent area, the danger is not just the pressure from the ocean.
A gigantic fish swam silently by, its fang-filled mouth big enough to swallow a person whole.
In addition, there are several great white sharks patrolling in the distance, and their keen senses can detect the smell of blood from miles away.
What is even more terrifying are the giant octopuses lurking in the abyss.
Their tentacles are tens of meters long and can wrap around their prey in an instant and drag them into deeper darkness.
Even in the deeper oceans far away from the Mediterranean Sea, there are even larger creatures.
There are even some whose physical strength is comparable to that of higher gods.
However, this is the Mediterranean Sea, and there are even more dangerous things in this sea.
That is, the sea beast cavalry.
At this moment, an Atlantean sea beast cavalry quickly passed through this dangerous area.
He was riding astride a sea beast that was nearly five meters long. The muscles of this behemoth could be tightened like steel cables when swimming, and then relaxed.
The predators in the deep sea can clearly sense his presence.
So the sharks quickly turned around and fled, the octopus retracted its tentacles and crawled into the crevices of the rocks, and even the ferocious big fish kept their distance and dared not approach.
In this dangerous sea, the sea beast cavalry is the undisputed king.
However, the cavalryman riding the sea beast just frowned, and he seemed to be urging his sea beast partner to speed up.
"Quick, we must tell the Sea Beast Cavalry Captain about this immediately!"
The sea beast growled softly and swam faster again.
Not long after, deep in the Mediterranean Sea, he encountered a squad of sea beast cavalry who were on a routine patrol.
"Where is the Sea Beast Cavalry Captain?"
"My sensory organs haven't been very sensitive lately, and I can't find his location."
At this time, the patrol team immediately took him and set off, heading towards the direction of the sea beast cavalry captain.
"Captain of the Sea Beast Cavalry!"
"The cavalry in the southern waters reported that they were beginning to experience unusual symptoms."
"My whole body is paralyzed, my muscles are weak, and I can't operate my weapons properly. Even the sea beasts are showing the same symptoms."
The Sea Beast Cavalry Captain, a burly officer with tough facial features, was wearing tough armor made of Oriha steel.
He listened to the report without any expression on his face.
“How many people are experiencing this condition right now?”
The sea beast cavalryman continued, "There are currently seventeen confirmed cases, and there may be more unreported cases!"
The cavalry captain turned to another officer of the Sea Beast Cavalry and asked, "You are in charge of the central sea area. Have you encountered any similar situations?"
The other party nodded and said, "Nineteen cavalrymen had similar symptoms, but their conditions have improved today, so I did not report the situation."
The Sea Beast Cavalry Captain frowned. In his opinion, the situation seemed more serious than he had imagined.
The cavalry captain ordered the patrol to be suspended and gathered all the captains for an emergency meeting on a flat rock platform on the seabed.
More than 20 captains quickly gathered and reported the situation in their respective areas.
"According to the summary, a total of 63 sea beast cavalrymen have developed unexplained physical abnormalities, accounting for 8% of the total force."
“And all the cases occurred in posts close to the mainland coastline.”
"Is it an infectious disease?"
But at this time a senior captain shook his head.
"But this doesn't fit the normal pattern of disease transmission. If it's an infectious disease, it should first break out in densely populated camps, not at frontier outposts."
Another captain nodded. "That's right. The distribution of symptoms shows a clear geographical pattern. The closer to the coastline, the higher the incidence. This may be due to some environmental factor."
The cavalry captain looked around at everyone and raised his voice: "King Alsace's orders are to ensure the safety of the Holy Egypt coastline and prevent any forces from launching a surprise attack from the sea."
"But in the current situation, our frontline troops are suffering losses for no reason. Do you have any suggestions?"
At this time, everyone fell into silence.
Just as several captains were about to express their opinions, three sea beast cavalrymen rushed into their area.
Even the sea beasts they were riding seemed a little nervous.
"Captain! We have made a major discovery!"
"We've detected large-scale fleet activity in the northeast. Preliminary estimates suggest there are approximately a thousand longships moving southward!"
"The hull characteristics match the description!"
"It's the Vikings! They're heading towards the coastline of Holy Egypt!"
Everyone's expressions instantly became very solemn.
It just happened at this juncture that such a thing happened.
"How far are they from our waters?"
The three sea beast cavalrymen replied, "About forty miles. At the current speed, we may enter our warning waters within twelve hours."
Then, the Sea Beast Cavalry Captain decisively raised his weapon.
"Order all patrol teams to return to base and assemble on standby! Reconnaissance teams must continue to monitor the suspicious fleet and report their positions every half hour!"
As soon as the order was given, all the sea beast cavalry immediately became excited.
"Yes! Cavalry Captain!"
"Immediately recall all patrolling sea beast cavalry! We, we must..."
At this moment, the cavalryman who delivered the message blinked his eyes vigorously several times. He seemed to be a little unconscious, and even the hand holding the weapon loosened a little, and even briefly left his palm.
"What's wrong with you?"
The Sea Beast Cavalry Captain also saw this scene. In his opinion, the man in front of him might also be suffering from that "disease".
"Captain, I, I feel like I have no strength..."
At this moment, several sea beast cavalrymen also had similar reactions.
"Everyone hold on! The enemy is approaching the coast of Holy Egypt!"
"That is the benefactor's shore! We must never allow the enemy to set foot on the territory of Holy Egypt!"
"That's our shame!"
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