Chapter 216: Divine Revelation and the Demonic Ship (Additional chapter 33 for the leader's 'Open the Textbook to Page 34')
“This is coming for us.”
Corey narrowed his eyes.
Andrea said with a grim expression: "The deep-sea Nagas and the Sirens regard the deep sea area as their own territory and never allow outsiders to enter. Attacking ships is commonplace. Our three artificial islands under construction are also often invaded by them."
“I see.” Xie Man smiled, “It seems these neighbors don’t like us.”
Corey said indifferently: "Hit them hard a few times and they will naturally understand who they should not mess with."
Tatiana and Fleming on the side already showed eager expressions.
Seeing this, Xie Man smiled and said, "In that case, let's fight as much as we can. This will be a good opportunity to collect information about the Siren's strength."
The whole team was implicitly led by Sherman. Once he opened his mouth, the other four naturally had no objection and began to prepare for battle.
Andrea hesitated whether to call up the platinum golem in the cabin, but since Sherman and the other four didn't say anything, she didn't bring it up.
The headhunter shark moves extremely fast in the water and soon reaches the vicinity of the ship.
More than a dozen Sirens opened their mouths and sang. The melodious singing spread throughout the nearby waters in an instant, and strange waves enveloped the entire ship in an instant.
The remaining Sirens quickly climbed up the wall of the ship.
Their hands and tails seem to have abilities similar to those of octopus suction cups, making their climbing process extremely flexible and smooth.
This is a tactic often used by the Sirens against ships.
First use singing to make the creatures on the ship fall into an illusion and become unable to move, then take this opportunity to board the ship and deal with the creatures on it without any effort.
They have used the same tactics countless times, and each time achieved remarkable results.
But this time something unexpected happened.
When the Siren jumped onto the deck, what they saw was not the dull-looking prey as expected, but a few humans who were looking at them with interest.
The look in their eyes was as if they were the prey surrounded.
Before the Sirens could react, the humans raised their hands, and the next second, dense magic missiles swept over.
More than a dozen Sirens standing in the front were beaten into sieves in an instant!
Strange incantations followed immediately from the mouths of those humans.
At this time, the Siren finally came to its senses and pounced on the enemy with a scream.
The Siren's illusion has no effect on a third-level wizard apprentice.
Atil, Fleming and Tatiana had also taken the sobering potion in advance and simply ignored the singing and screaming in their ears.
The illusion that they were best at lost its effect, and the fighting power of this group of sirens was suddenly greatly reduced. They couldn't even get close to Sherman and his men before they were beaten to the ground.
In just three or four breaths, half of the nearly one hundred Sirens that rushed onto the deck were killed.
A siren who seemed to be the leader screamed, leaped up suddenly, dodged the oncoming spell missiles, and swung the trident to stab Sherman fiercely.
The sharp tip of the halberd tore through the air with a piercing explosion, the sound was quite shocking.
But in the next second, a gray giant claw appeared out of thin air and passed through the Siren's body like a ghost. The latter didn't even have time to scream before she fell to the ground, motionless and lifeless.
Seeing that the leaders had been killed, the Sirens finally became frightened and jumped into the sea, riding on the headhunting sharks and fleeing with their companions waiting below.
But soon, they were shocked to find that the wizard apprentices had caught up with them.
Either performing levitation or activating magic items, Sherman and his four companions flew high in the sky and chased relentlessly, constantly using spells to reap the lives of the Sirens.
It was not until there were only five sirens left that Sherman signaled everyone to stop, cast a sleeping spell to knock them out, and brought them back to the boat with the wizard's hand.
"Detain them and interrogate them when we return to the Gulf," Sherman said.
"Yes, sir."
Andrea lowered her head slightly, convinced.
Today she truly witnessed the power of the wizard apprentice.
Only five people defeated more than a hundred Sirens and almost wiped out their entire army.
This kind of power is really terrifying! No wonder Lady Carolina admires that gentleman so much.
Even the wizard apprentice is so powerful. How powerful would the real wizard who is said to be much more powerful than the wizard apprentice be?
After the battle, Sherman and his companions decided to end the field observation and turned the ship around to return.
The Star Alliance established a total of five city-states in Rainbow Bay, which are located in an arc shape on the edge of the bay and face the sea.
The White Bay City located in the center is the headquarters for coordinating the exploration of the Rainbow Sea, and is also the city-state under the jurisdiction of Andrea.
As soon as they returned to Baiwan City, Xie Man and his companions immediately interrogated the Siren.
The Siren is good at illusions and is highly resistant to [Charm Human] and [Hypnosis].
In the end, it was Andrea who took action personally and tortured the five Sirens until they were on the verge of death and their wills were almost collapsed. Then Corey and Sherman took action and successfully tortured the desired information out of the Sirens.
"How's it going? Did you find out anything?"
As soon as Sherman and Corey returned to the meeting room, Atil couldn't wait to ask.
"I did find out what I asked." Xie Man looked a little strange. "Those Sirens said that the reason they were able to learn those combat skills and improve the power of illusions was because they received divine inspiration?"
Divine revelation?
Artil and Fleming looked at each other.
Tatjana's face changed as she recalled what happened in the Demon Spider City.
"Does this mean that the Sirens are also favored by the gods?" Atil frowned and pondered.
Sherman shook his head: "I think there is something fishy going on here."
"Although it is a revelation from the gods, those sirens have never seen a miracle with their own eyes, nor have they received a decree from the gods."
"Among the entire Siren tribe, the only one who has received the so-called divine revelation is their tribe leader. All combat skills and illusion training methods are also conveyed to the tribe members through the tribe leader's mouth."
"This is indeed a bit strange." Atil frowned slightly.
Generally speaking, the more devout and fanatical the believers' faith is, the greater the benefits the gods can gain from it.
The best way to enhance the faith of believers is to show miracles and empower them.
But not only had the Sirens never seen any miracles, even the so-called empowerment was just to teach them the methods of practicing combat skills and illusions, leaving them to practice on their own.
This is a rather unpretentious way of giving power.
"If it's not a real god, then someone is pretending to be a god." Corey suddenly spoke.
Everyone was stunned.
Pretending to be a god?
What is the purpose? Just to control the Siren? Tatjana suddenly asked Andrea: "Why did the Siren attack the deep-sea Naga? To fight for territory?"
Andrea was stunned for a moment, then she shook her head and said, "The Rainbow Sea is extremely vast and rich in resources. There is no need to fight for territory. What they are really fighting for is the Heart of the Sea?"
"Heart of the Sea?" Xie Man thought about it carefully. He had never heard of anything like it.
Andrea explained: "The Heart of the Sea is the essence of the sea. It inherits the tranquility of the ocean and has the power to drive away sea monsters and calm storms and tsunamis. As long as a Heart of the Sea is placed in the center of a sea area, this sea area can become a settlement where people can live and work in peace and contentment without having to worry about being attacked by sea monsters or disasters."
"Generally speaking, the more sea hearts a marine tribe possesses, the larger the living area it occupies, and the easier it is for the tribe to grow and develop. Therefore, the Deep Sea Ghana and the Siren often attack each other in order to snatch each other's sea hearts."
After listening to Andrea's explanation, everyone couldn't help but marvel at it.
“I didn’t expect there were such magical things in the world.”
Fleming couldn't help but sigh, and his expression suddenly changed.
"If we can get the Heart of the Sea and put it on the boat, we won't have to worry about wind and waves or sea monster attacks!"
Andrea smiled and said, "That's the theory, but if that happens, all the ocean tribes will desperately attack the ships to snatch the Heart of the Sea. The ocean tribes can all sense the Heart of the Sea."
"Don't underestimate the appeal of the Heart of the Sea to the marine community."
Fleming smiled awkwardly.
After discussing for a while, no one could figure out the solution.
Seeing this, Xie Man made the decision, “I will report the matter of the divine revelation to the teacher. How to deal with this matter will be decided by the teacher. Our top priority is to help City Lord Andrea build three artificial islands as soon as possible and open up the situation in the Rainbow Sea.”
Everyone looked at each other and expressed that they had no objection.
Half a month later.
The support ships and puppets finally arrived at Baiwan City.
In addition to the accompanying golem army, the Magic Rune Knights also escorted the supplies.
What surprised Sherman was that the leader was Sheen, the current leader of the Magic Pattern Knights.
"Xien, why are you escorting him personally?"
"Master Xieman, long time no see."
Sheen bowed to Sherman, then explained with a smile: "There is a special team among the support team this time. I followed them to see the situation."
Xie Man immediately became interested: "Which team needs you, the leader, to personally take action?"
Sheen turned around and gave an order, and a knight immediately turned and ran away.
Not long after, accompanied by the sound of orderly footsteps, a team of knights trotted up to Sheen and Sherman and lined up to wait for orders.
What surprised Sherman was that the knights were riding neither black rock leopards nor dragon antelopes, but a kind of sub-dragon with shining bright blue scales.
"Is this... Water Dragon?" Xie Man looked surprised.
"That's right." Xien smiled. "According to Lord Sunan's order, Longlin has newly opened up the Water Dragon Ranch, Pterodactyl Ranch and Storm Dragon Beast Ranch. These Water Dragons are the latest batch of sub-dragon species released from the ranch. They are equipped to the Magic Pattern Knights to form a special naval force, that is, this Water Dragon Knight Corps."
"However, because it was formed not long ago, the Water Dragon Knights are currently small in number, with only over a hundred people."
"That's pretty good too." Sherman exclaimed.
Like the Dragon Antelope Knights, the Water Dragon Knights were also obviously ace troops with single legendary combat power! More than a hundred people meant more than a hundred legendary combat power! The arrival of such an army could greatly enhance the Star Alliance's combat power in the Rainbow Sea, which was a timely relief.
What else could he be dissatisfied with?
Sherman then went to the Gulf port to inspect the supporting ships.
Atil, Tatiana and others were already at the port, looking at the ship curiously.
To Sherman's surprise, he thought the magic ship developed by Starlight Academy would be extremely large, but when he actually saw it with his own eyes, he found that the ship was only slightly larger than an ordinary ship.
Barely catching up with some large sea vessels.
The difference is that the ship is made entirely of metal, and its surface is covered with mysterious enchanted runes, shining with a cold metallic luster in the sunlight. It looks like a giant steel beast entrenched at the port.
Andrea was already dumbfounded.
It was the first time she had seen a ship made entirely of metal.
Sheman and the others were fine. After all, they had seen magnificent buildings of the same level as the Dragon Skeleton Tower, so their acceptance of magic ships was naturally greatly enhanced.
Everyone then entered the cabin.
After entering, they discovered that there was a different world inside the ship and the actual space volume was much larger than it appeared from the outside.
"So that's how it is. It uses space expansion technology." Fleming was shocked. "How many gold coins does it cost to build such a magic ship?"
Xien grinned and said, "The student from Starlight Academy who was responsible for delivering the ship to me said that this is a Level 2 Class C Magic Ship, and it costs about 150,000 gold coins."
"One hundred and fifty thousand gold coins!" Fleming gasped.
Sherman, Corey and Arthur looked calm.
They had participated in the war to unify the underground world, and had seen many high-cost puppets, so they were used to it.
Fifteen thousand gold coins are roughly equivalent to three adamantium golems, which is less than one-third of the cost of the secret doll.
Sheen said, "That student said that there are a total of ten magic cannons installed on this magic ship, which are powerful enough to kill a first-ring legendary creature in seconds. There is also a spell turret as the main gun, which can kill a third-ring legendary creature with one shot."
"So amazing!" Fleming was shocked, "No wonder one ship costs 150,000 gold coins."
Artil laughed and said, "It sounds like it would consume a lot of magic stones."
Tatjana suddenly asked, "You said this is a Level 2 Class C Magic Ship. Does that mean there are higher level Magic Ships?"
Sheen nodded and said, "Yes, there are three levels of magic ships."
"The lowest level of magic ship is a small ship that focuses on maneuverability and is mainly flexible and fast."
"Upwards are the second-level magic ships, which are all medium-sized ships with powerful long-range strike capabilities and can carry a certain number of troops."
"The highest level is the third-level magic ship. Well, the Starlight Academy hasn't built a specific one yet, but according to them, the most notable feature of this level of magic ship is its ability to fly."
The ability to fly!
The eyes of several wizard apprentices present lit up.
If they could fly, it would be much more convenient for ships to move at sea, and they would basically no longer have to worry about being attacked by sea monsters.
If it is supported by powerful long-range strike force, it will be an invincible sea fortress!
"What a pity! If we had three level-three magic ships and placed them above the three artificial islands, we wouldn't have to worry about the deep-sea Nagas and Sirens. We would kill as many as came!" Fleming sighed.
Everyone agreed with this.
Xie Man asked, "How many magic ships were supported this time?"
"Twelve first-level magic ships and three second-level magic ships."
Sherman nodded secretly.
With the support of this batch of magic ships, both the guarding of artificial islands and sea exploration and navigation will be much easier and will no longer be as passive as before.
While visiting and chatting, they unknowingly arrived at the door of a cabin.
Sheen pointed to the cabin and said, "The new type of support puppet is inside."
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