Chapter 717: Go and invite Miss Aleister!
At this time, it is far from time for the passengers to go to bed.
Although there were not many people on the damp and dim deck, the bar in the cabin was bustling with activity.
The lizardman dealer was shaking the dice, and a large group of people gathered around him; in the corner were some card or chess players who looked like masters, and behind them were some people who were watching the fun with their hands folded.
The stern-looking half-elf bartender was shaking the shaker in his hand at the same rhythmic frequency, and behind him were small oak barrels.
At the bar, travelers who had never met before had wine and midnight snacks in front of them, chatting about their experiences, or bragging with red faces.
The only regret is probably that there are no dancers...but it is very normal to have no dancers on the ship.
"Let me tell you," said a bearded man, blushing, "this new Pope is quite famous in Avalon..."
Just as people were listening attentively to the gossip.
Suddenly, a sudden impact from external force caused the ship to shake violently, interrupting the man's words.
The swaying lights in the cabin went out or flickered. Someone, drunkenly holding a glass of wine, walked towards the card table. However, the sudden shaking caused him to lose his balance and drop the frothy dark beer in his hand, spilling it onto someone else's head and soaking the nearby card table.
"Hey, you—"
Suddenly, dissatisfied voices were heard, the crowd pushed and shoved hard, and the noise of quarreling suddenly became louder, drowning out the laughter and chatting.
The next moment, the ship began to shake violently again - but this time, it was not just a shake.
The ship suddenly tilted violently to one side, and the people and many small round stools and high chairs all slid to that side and piled up in the corner.
In an instant, terrified screams and confused rebukes rang out. Due to the violent collision and shaking, the safety-checked lights spontaneously extinguished, preventing the flames from spreading. Meanwhile, the wine glasses on the table all slid to one side, tipped over, and shattered.
All of the liquor was mixed together and splashed over the passengers piled at one end of the room, emitting a not-so-pleasant pungent smell.
Before people could react, the ship suddenly tilted violently to the other side.
Amidst a cacophony of screams, people tumbled and rolled across the room, constantly bumping into one another and into tables and chairs. The tables and some of the chairs were fixed to the ship, but some were movable. They slid, rolled, and even flew into the air, causing considerable damage.
Only the half-elf bartender swiftly grabbed the counter... but even then, barrels kept tumbling out, hitting his back and legs. During the second round of tilt, some lucky passengers managed to grab onto tables anchored to the ground, barely dodging the flying human projectiles in the complete darkness.
"vomit……"
Under the violent shaking, someone finally couldn't stop vomiting. In the complete darkness, it was impossible to see who was vomiting or how far away they were.
The vomit mixed with the alcohol on the floor became a stronger emetic and lubricant, making it difficult for people to get up... not to mention escaping from the crowded crowd, the completely dark environment, and the messy arrangement of tables and chairs... without hurting others.
"Don't use fire to illuminate—"
In this bar, the first person to react was the bartender.
Then the ship began to roll to the other side again.
During the second round of shaking, the half-elf bartender screamed anxiously in a voice that was almost broken: "Don't light the fire--"
Fortunately, there were many priests on the ship sailing from the Theocracy to Star Antimony.
Hand after hand was raised high, and one lamp after another of illumination magic lit up like a lighthouse, effectively dispelling the fear in people's hearts.
With the help of the lights, some nimble Transcendents were finally able to see the layout of the room, quickly unlocking the door and escaping the extremely smelly and chaotic bar. The rest of the people, illuminated by the lights, were finally able to cling to the tables and chairs anchored to the ground, and the situation seemed to improve slightly.
——And the next moment, an extremely huge tentacle fell from the sky!
It suddenly shattered the deck above, and broken wood and metal mixed together and fell towards the terrified passengers!
Some of the stubble stuck to the ground, and some landed on people. It wasn't immediately fatal... but in the constantly shaking cabin, it was as dangerous as using a grater to peel fruits and vegetables.
"Sea monster—"
Some people were screaming, while others were fighting back - it was a lizardman warrior, who suddenly drew out the scimitar from his waist, and a sharp blade of energy slashed across!
It was a sharp slash as bright as moonlight, dazzling in the dark space.
——That is the third level of [Ferocious Slash]!
If its power were to land on a human, it would be enough to cut a strong man in light armor in half at a distance of more than ten meters!
However, the slash landed on the tentacle, but couldn't even make it bleed.
The huge tentacle didn't even break the skin, but instead fought back with great anger - the warrior was instantly positioned by the eyeless tentacle that fought back like a conditioned reflex, and was slammed into the wall!
Someone also had an idea. When the sea monster's tentacles retracted, he jumped high and grabbed the tip of the drooping tentacle, intending to use the force of the retraction to escape from the room directly!
His plan succeeded perfectly.
As expected, the sea monster ignored him and took him away through the crack. The silver moonlight outside shone through the crack and fell into the cabin, appearing so bright.
But the next moment, the passengers in the cabin heard an extremely terrified and shrill roar: "So many, so many tentacles—"
His screams stopped abruptly.
Blood, as wet as drizzle, dripped from the cracks.
Because of this big hole, people can also hear what is happening outside.
"--fire!"
The captain's voice rang out.
Immediately afterwards, exciting artillery fire rang out one after another.
However, just after the first round of cannon fire, the sea monster seemed to be enraged and shook the ship even harder, tearing the hull apart. From the deck, the sound of its tentacles smashing the deck continued to be heard, along with the screams of the sailors.
Fear, like the smell of alcohol on the ground, permeated the passengers, making the vomiting more intense. Even the most tidy people no longer cared about maintaining their decency - they were all worried that the ship would be torn apart or overturned by the angry sea monster.
But at this moment, the captain's hurried voice suddenly came from outside:
"Professor Laxmi... please help me!"
"I know...but I can only hold out for a while."
Another voice, which seemed a little cold but now sounded rational and reliable, rang out immediately: "Go and invite Miss Crawley!"
"But, Dimitri..."
A frightened and hesitant young boy's voice sounded.
"I'm watching, nothing will happen—go quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dim light bathed the ship.
The wine and vomit on the ground seemed to have turned into a mass of yellow mud. The smell instantly faded, and the ground became less slippery. Meanwhile, everyone inside the cabin was pinned to the ground by a mysterious force, like mice stuck to a mousetrap... no matter how the ship rocked, they couldn't slip.
Saved...
This voice emerged in people's minds at the same time.
In another room, the necromancer apprentices of the Ziggurat Tower breathed a sigh of relief and cheered excitedly, "Professor Laxmi has taken action!"
"Professor, there will be no problem!"
"Maybe the professor can even capture the sea monster..."
However, outside, Professor Raxmi's expression was far more serious than they had imagined.
He half-knelt on the ground, his hands pressed against the deck. The dim yellow light almost covered the entire ship. This made him sweat profusely... and the hemispherical dim yellow shield that emerged from his body seemed so precarious under the sea monster's attack.
...Damn it!
He cursed the military intelligence department in his heart - there was a sea monster passing through this route, why didn't they warn them!
As a professor at the Spiritual Tower, he naturally knew the secrets of the Twilight Path...
Just as the Path of Authority preceded the Path of Power, the Path of Dusk also had a predecessor. Although he didn't know the name of that path, he at least knew... it was a path closely related to the deep sea.
All the sea monsters and sirens that emanate from the deep sea originate from that path. They serve as the template for the many monsters created by the Path of Beasts and the Path of Love.
Dark, deep, terrifying...even impossible to look directly at.
Just trying to decipher that power is enough to drive a person crazy.
Because of this, even the Psychic Tower does not have a deep understanding of them.
...But Professor Laxmi has already guessed why this sea monster suddenly appeared.
It must have been the corpses soaked in preservation fluid that lured it over here!
Professor Rahimi considered the possibility that the bodies would be eaten by passing sharks, which was actually part of the plan. Otherwise, if the bodies washed up on the shore and were caught by fishermen, it would be bad.
However, this concentration of preservative solution is lethal to sharks.
After eating these corpses, they will soon die from "twilight", and their corpses will return to the sea and become food for other fish.
But if there happens to be a sea monster nearby, the situation will be different——
For sea monsters on the same journey, both the corpses soaked in preservative fluid and the preservative fluid are sweet nutrients.
This sea monster didn't look very large... it was probably relatively young among sea monsters, probably less than a thousand years old. It was shaking the ship now, not out of hostility - otherwise, the sea monster would have easily destroyed the ship.
Whether it is long-range spell casting, creating whirlpools and tsunamis, or directly freezing them, it can be done.
Or it can just use its tentacles to smash the ship...which is not difficult for it.
Now it smashed the same hole in the ship and shook it desperately - in the simple brain of the sea monster, this was actually to squeeze more "noose potion" out of it.
It obviously didn't understand what a "ship" was, but instead saw it as another strange sea monster. After all, sea monsters come in all shapes and sizes, and having a wooden shell on the outside is not surprising.
Therefore, the sea monster thought that the dripping rope potion was the ship's body fluids or excrement... Now, according to its habit of hunting other sea monsters, it planned to shake it up and pour out the body fluids... or "frighten the ship" and excrete more excrement.
But sea monsters cannot communicate, they are true monsters - that's the trouble.
After transforming into the Dusk Path, their power, like the former Transcendents of the Power Path, dropped half a level and became far weaker than other Transcendents of the same power level...
There is only one possible situation that could bring such pressure to Professor Laxmi, who is close to the peak of the fourth energy level.
——This seemingly younger sea monster is actually a powerful enemy from the fifth energy level!
Even if its power was weakened by half, it was still no match for Professor Laxmi...
On this ship, there can only be one... or a group of fifth-level extraordinary people.
That was "Aleister" and her housekeeper.
Now I can only hope that she is willing to take action... If she doesn't take action, the ship may fall apart!
Not to mention how many people would be eaten by the angry sea monster for not achieving their goal - even if they managed to survive from the sea monster's mouth, they still had a whole night's journey to Xinganti!
Swimming for about eight hours straight while holding onto a piece of driftwood... and that's without getting lost and taking the shortest possible distance. This is something that only a third-level transcendent could possibly achieve.
At this moment, something else suddenly emerged from the ocean.
——That is the "head" of the sea monster.
It looks like a huge reef, and on it there is a beautiful girl wearing a "white gauze skirt" wet by water.
She clasped her hands together as if praying, and after leaving the water, she began to sing a melodious song.
Professor Laxmi finally identified the species of this sea monster -
——This is the "Bride of the Sea"!
It looks like a girl trapped in the ocean, but this is actually just a predatory camouflage. Its real head is actually under the "reef", and the reef is actually just its "hat".
If anyone is tempted by the beauty or comes closer out of curiosity after hearing the singing, they will be torn to pieces in an instant by the tentacles lurking beneath the sea surface!
It's common knowledge that sea monsters are soul-eating monsters. For them, transcendents and other extraordinary beings are their proper food. Ordinary fish can only fill their stomachs, but cannot soothe their restless souls.
If the hero is killed by a sea monster, he will not be able to go to the dream world to become an apostle... although this actually has little to do with most people.
In reality, most people are simply recycled, becoming material for new souls. However, many believe in reincarnation and long for eternal life in the dream world, so they fear these sea monsters. Even heroes who make a living hunting monsters rarely venture into the deep sea to do so.
When Professor Laxmi heard the song, he felt something was wrong.
Almost instantly, he felt a strong urge to sleep. This was because Dusk Path was resistant to mental abnormalities, otherwise he would have fallen asleep like those sailors.
In an instant, only two people were still conscious on the deck.
One was him, and the other was the captain, who was struggling to hold on. The captain tried to plug his ears, but found it was useless, and he gradually knelt down and curled up into a ball.
"This is the power of the path of corruption and self-beauty—"
Professor Laxmi couldn't help but say, "This is a song that directly affects the soul... There's no point in blocking it."
"--Yeah."
At this moment, a cold and reserved childish voice sounded: "I don't think so."
The next moment, the singing sea monster suddenly let out a sharp scream.
As if it saw something terrifying, it immediately loosened its tentacles wrapped around the boat... and tried to escape in a panic!
And in an instant, a scorching flame rose from the ground—
Night turned into day in an instant.
The sky-high flames lit up the sky!
Several lasers instantly cut the sea monster into several pieces!
But at this moment, strangely... the sea monster was suddenly no longer afraid, and turned around angrily to fight back.
And immediately afterwards, an incomparably huge flame condensed into a pillar and came crashing down - directly landing on the head of the sea monster!
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