Chapter 438: World Scar
This is a magnificent warship made of tightly packed steel plates.
On the deck, one can see rough gun emplacements arranged in rows.
The gear representing the Church of the Holy Machine and the pupil in the center of the gear are printed on the side of the hull.
Soldiers wearing light chain mail can be seen patrolling on the deck, wielding powerful-looking rock-shaking guns.
The three steel warships from the Holy Machine Church slowed down and circled around the place where the two demon warships sank. One of them, which seemed to be the leading warship, slowly docked next to Alka and the others, about 10 meters away.
An ordinary-looking man with dark skin looked at the flag on the sail of Alka and his crew.
That is the logo representing Alka and his team.
With the ocean island as the background, there appears a precisely scaled compass and an eyeball lying horizontally in the middle of the compass.
"Are you the Eye of the Compass?" He asked puzzledly while looking at Alka and the others beside the boat.
Although he was not sure whether the flag with this pattern was what he imagined.
Hearing this, Alka and the others were a little surprised. Although they were somewhat well-known in the Twin Islands, they knew in their hearts that it was only in that area.
Although he was puzzled, Alka nodded: "Yes."
Hearing this, the captain-like character nodded and looked at Simon next to him.
She nodded at him as a polite greeting, since they were supposed to be members of the same church.
"So you are heading to World Scar, right? We have received similar news."
It seems that the news was sent here first by the Archbishop, Alka nodded .
Then a metal wheat ear ornament appeared in his hand.
Seeing the metal wheat ear decoration and the aura it exuded, as well as Simon next to Alka, the captain seemed to have confirmed Alka and the others' identities.
"Okay, we'll leave a boat behind to serve as your guide."
Without waiting for Alka's reply, the boat sailed to where the companions behind him were staying. After the three boats gathered, one of them stayed where it was, and the other two sailed away.
The ironclad ship that was parked in place sailed over.
The captain of the ship was a man with a crew cut and a square complexion.
"We will now lead you to the World Scar. Please follow us and don't fall behind."
After communicating with each other, the ironclad ship started to move forward, with the Sound of Dawn driving towards them from behind.
Following the ironclad ship, it wasn't long before we saw the ocean current ahead seemed to have undergone some changes.
As soon as the ironclad ship passed by, its speed increased immediately. Alka and the others followed closely behind, and the speed of the Dawn Sound was pushed by the sea current, and it immediately accelerated to catch up.
Following the current, the two ships gradually increased their speed, faster and faster. As they sailed, they could see other ships sailing not far from the current.
Aka could even see a demon warship similar to the one he had seen before, being chased and attacked by three ships that seemed to be made of vines and branches.
Soon, this demon warship sank to the bottom of the sea, just like the two ships Aka and his companions had encountered before.
The various patrol ships and ongoing naval battles all demonstrated to them that war was going on in this place at any time and anywhere.
"Is this some kind of fast current?" Jason asked, standing on the deck and feeling the fast speed.
He doesn't know much about this.
"This kind of current shouldn't exist in a place like this. It must be man-made." Lucilia said after observing the surrounding sea conditions.
Matlisa beside him nodded and said, "I can feel the breath of Poseidon in this ocean current. I even detected Poseidon's followers under the ocean current just now.
It should be operated and maintained by the Church of Poseidon."
After saying this, everyone understood.
The speed of this ocean current was extremely fast, and it took them only about half a day to reach the destination that would normally take two or three days, and they could already see the island in the distance that almost completely blocked their vision.
Perhaps a land of this size can no longer be called an island.
Following the ocean current, Alka and his companions soon discovered a port city on the shore.
The surrounding ships were densely packed and rushed towards that area.
When they arrived here, the warship leading them directly broke away from the current and left without any communication with Alka and the others.
When they got here, Alka and the others roughly understood what was going on, and they drove the boat directly towards the port.
As they got closer, they could see that the city was built against a mountain.
This is a high peak on the shore, and the city is located in layers from the hillside to the seaside.
On both sides of the city, you can see towering city walls and some protrusions on the mountain peaks, which combine to form two curved protective surfaces, surrounding the entire city in the center.
Alka and his friends could see at least six or seven airships flying in the sky.
"What is that?" Jason asked in surprise.
Simon looked at it with shining eyes. There was a building similar to a lighthouse on the shore. But there was an extremely thick and long gun barrel extending from the top of the building, like a giant cannon.
As they got closer, they gradually realized how exaggerated and huge the lighthouse was.
It can no longer be described as a lighthouse, it is just a round, towering fortress.
In addition to the thick and long gun barrel they saw in the distance, there were also densely packed shooting holes and protruding gun barrels around the circular stone wall.
At this point it no longer looks like a fantasy style, but more like a steel war style.
As Alka and his crew's ship approached the port, they could clearly feel that something was aiming at them.
I don't know if it was because they were strange ships or if it was a warning.
Following the mess of ships, Alka and his men moored the sailboat at one of the berths in the port.
As they stopped, something had scanned their ship, and no port personnel came to collect fees, so they were allowed to dock at will.
"Do you want to go down and take a look?" Alka turned around and looked at everyone and asked.
Everyone nodded in response, and everyone was somewhat curious about this place.
"Then let's walk around the city and get to know the situation here."
After saying that, Alka jumped off the boat.
Everyone jumped down one by one.
Xiadeti and Lucilia followed Alka towards the port.
The port was bustling with people coming and going, and it looked a bit noisy. But among the people coming and going, whether they were civilians or laborers, there was a sense of toughness.
They all seem to be very capable in fighting.
Alka looked at the humans here, and found that they all had some degree of mutation.
Some of them have orange-red eyes, some have slightly pointed ears, and some areas of their bodies have tiny bone spurs.
You can also see sub-humans of different races that you have never seen before in other places.
"You don't have eyes, do you?"
There seemed to be a collision not far away, and a box of goods fell to the ground.
Looking at the cargo that fell to the ground, it turned out to be all kinds of materials stripped from the demons, but these seemed to be mostly the heads and tails of the little devils.
With the noise.
A group of soldiers came through the crowd.
"What are you arguing about? What happened?"
Alka and the others saw that the soldiers were wearing heavy armor that was pure black. But it didn't look like metal, but rather like some kind of pure black hard stone.
In his hand he held a spear with a tip that looked like a sword.
Alka blinked. There were five soldiers in this team, and they were all in various stages of the three phases.
There seemed to be some kind of marking on the armor.
An axe struck the stick figure of the devil.
After looking for a while, the three of them walked towards the city.
"Have you noticed? The goods shipped out seem to be all devil materials, and the goods shipped in are all various supplies."
Xia Daiti, who had been observing the goods here, said.
Alka nodded, and he also saw that many of the goods had the logo of the Four Gods Church on them.
The biggest thing you see when you cross the harbor is a building that looks like a tavern.
Small groups of people wearing simple military uniforms, holding various weapons and with blood scars on their bodies could be seen coming and going on the streets.
Some people even had materials hanging on their bodies that looked like trophies, all of which were materials from various demons.
After a careful look, Alka discovered that there were not only demons, but also some creatures that he had never seen before, and he didn't know what creatures the materials were taken from.
The buildings here are all low and made of heavy stones.
All of the buildings were made of various gray, white and brown hard stones, and Alka had never seen a building higher than three stories.
Looks very solid and sturdy.
There were a variety of noisy sounds coming from my ears, and I could hear various languages, but the most common one was the language of the Four Gods Sea.
Alka blinked slightly.
Look at the people coming and going on the street .
Among the crowd of people coming and going, Alka saw four beings with the aura of treasure.
Even the ordinary residents, women dressed in linen clothes, are at the second stage of strength.
"The Church of Our Lady?" Alka and his friends saw a building similar to the Church of Our Lady when they passed by the street. The reason why they said it was similar was because the building looked a bit like a war fortress.
They did see the statue of the Virgin Mary and the holy emblem at the door.
Looking inside, both the priests and guards were wearing armor.
At the door, there was a man wearing heavy armor, holding a book wrapped in a steel shell, and seemed to be casting some kind of healing spell.
In front of him was a row of wounded soldiers, including mercenaries, civilians, and the soldiers in black stone armor that he had just seen at the port.
The armor on this priest is not just for show. One can see some tiny scratches and slight dents on it.
There was a flail hanging around his waist, with dried blood on the hammer of the flail.
Moreover, this priest was wearing a priest's robe under his armor, and his body did not look strong, just the standard of an ordinary adult.
A guard from the Church of Our Lady standing nearby saw Alka and the others approaching.
After walking over, he folded his hands and bowed.
Alka and the others also returned the greeting.
Apparently, the guard saw the aura of the Virgin Mary on them.
"Saints, is this your first time here?"
It seems that for members of the Holy Mother Church, the identification of saints is all too easy.
Looking at the man in front of him, who was wearing a helmet and visor through which only his eyes and lips could be seen, Alka nodded.
"Yes, we just arrived here and don't know much about this place yet."
At this time, it seemed that the priest behind them had completed the treatment and walked towards them.
After walking over, he patted the soldier on the shoulder, then stood in front of Alka and the others.
"I'm Purvis, a marching chaplain for the Church of Our Lady."
"Arka, Captain of the Compass Eye." Arka looked at him, shook his hand and said.
The priest in front of him was at the middle level of the fourth stage and did not possess any treasures, but the book seemed to be a holy weapon.
For the believers of the Virgin Mary, it is also a treasure.
"Alka? Eye of the Compass... I seem to have heard this name somewhere." After hearing Alka's introduction, the priest in front of him couldn't help but think about it.
Then he seemed to remember something and said, "I remember now. A few months ago, I received news that a saint and his team would come here. It must be you."
"If there is no one else named Alka, it would be me," Alka said with a smile.
"Excuse me, please follow me."
Purvis said as he led Aka and the others into the fortress-like church, and they still saw the prayer hall in front of them.
However, there seemed to be no one in the narrow prayer hall, so Purvis took Alka and the others to find a place to sit down.
"This is the Giant Mountain Harbor, which is considered the entrance between the World Scar and the outside world. It is relatively safe here."
As he spoke, a map appeared in his hand.
"I don't have any extra maps to give you, but you can take a look at this one first." He handed it over.
Alka took the map he handed over.
This map is fairly clear and straightforward.
The shape of the scar of the entire world is similar to a very irregular rhombus. In the center of the rhombus there is a long gap that connects all the way to overseas.
Alka looked at the divisions on the map.
The devil is located in the gap in the center of the diamond and the direction where the gap extends.
The three sides were occupied by the Order, and the outlet to the sea was the only area where the demons were connected to the outside world.
There is another sea channel outside, which should be the current that they just passed through, which allows for fast navigation.
These currents are spread around the sea surface like blood vessels, but it can be seen that the channel almost circles around the Devil's outlet.
Obviously, it is to prevent the demon ships from carrying the demons away from this area. In addition, the extreme weather that Alka and his companions encountered outside can be confirmed that these extreme weather conditions are also a factor in restricting the demons from leaving.
Looking at the map, Alka couldn't help but blink.
I don't know if this map is considered a world map or a regional map?
Thinking of this, Alka blinked and looked at the map.
It is not a world map, but a regional map.
One after another, dots of light appeared in front of Alka.
It was so densely packed that it almost completely covered the entire continent. The main reason was that the continent was extremely large, and the scale of the map in Alka's hand was too small.
So it looks like there are treasures all over the map.
There were hundreds of golden lights everywhere.
There were even orange beams of light, Alka saw more than a dozen of them.
Above this, Alka discovered 6 red light beams.
Four of them are in the demon realm.
As we all know before, after the destruction of this empire that was once considered one of the top forces in the world, which was destroyed by demons, a large amount of heritage was left behind in the entire area.
The reason why it has not been completely cleaned up over the years is simply because this place is indeed too dangerous.
"This map is not the latest version. It was made 10 years ago. Some areas have also changed, but the terrain hasn't changed much, so just bear with it."
Purvis explained a few words on the side.
In general, the areas occupied by demonic forces account for about one-third of the entire continent.
However, the alliance that the Four Gods Church belongs to does not seem to occupy the other 2/3, and some areas are occupied by other unknown forces.
Alka looked at the circle of defense of the demons, and all around it were densely packed with the names of various fortresses.
The human side almost built a fortress wall there, blocking the demons firmly in the gap to prevent them from rushing out and endangering the entire world.
After learning about the area, Alka put the map away and handed it to Purvis.
"grateful."
