Chapter 90: In the Dark
As Gami was able to see the scene in the darkness, he immediately controlled the rock-shaking cannon below and aimed.
However, before he could fire, the monster seemed to have discovered the danger and its huge body sank directly to the bottom of the water.
Seeing this scene, Jiami couldn't help but curse loudly: "He sank to the bottom of the sea! Damn monster, it's really cunning."
However, the others could not see the scene in the darkness at all and could not help much.
It should be night outside at this time, and even if the dark clouds above suddenly became thinner, they would not be able to let in the sunlight.
At this moment, Alka suddenly reacted, and quickly disassembled the lanterns around him, took out the lighting stones inside, and then took out a few stored lighting stones from his ring.
Stack them together.
Four cards immediately appeared in his hand and were thrown onto the deck by him. The cards emitted a transparent light.
Four tall mirrors emerged.
The mirrors changed shape under Alka's control, and he combined the mirrors together, refracted the light, and stacked them around the lighting stone.
The light was gathered and refracted to form a searchlight, shining onto the sea surface.
In an instant, a bright light appeared in the dark night, illuminating everyone.
The searchlight beam locked onto the tentacles emerging from the surface of the sea.
With the addition of this beam of light, everyone was finally able to play their respective roles.
Two more slender tentacles swung up.
Several silk threads condensed out, shot out and tightly wrapped around the two tentacles.
Andre jumped up suddenly, with blue light condensing on his right fist, and then he smashed it hard on one of the tentacles.
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, the place where it was hit broke directly, and the whole tentacle fell down.
Xia Daiti also used a whip kick to sweep across another tentacle.
The fluorescent light on the whip leg cut through the tentacles like a knife.
Turbid red blood spurted out.
The two tentacles used for attack broke directly when they met, and the broken tentacles were pulled onto the deck by Vanessa using silk threads.
"Ooooooooooooooooo!"
The monster felt pain, and the intense pain caused part of its body to come out and it screamed.
Seizing this opportunity, Gami immediately opened fire, and several shells were fired fiercely and hit the sea.
The splashing water enveloped the monster. When the water fell, the sea surface turned bloody.
Xia Daiti immediately reached out and pressed the side of the boat, and a faint wave of magic swept down.
He turned around and shook his head.
The monster was not dead, but had already sunk to the bottom of the sea and fled away.
All that was left were two slender tentacles that fell on the deck, still twitching slowly.
"Is this a sea monster?" Alka couldn't help but say as he looked at the two tentacles.
Andre nodded, looked at the two tentacles and said, "This should be the cub of a sea monster."
"Is this still a cub?"
Alka couldn't help but say in surprise.
This tentacle was not a whole one, but was split in the middle. Then this tentacle was at least as thick as half of Alka's body, and its length reached an astonishing four or five meters.
This is just the part that comes up to attack.
The total length of the tentacles is at least 10 meters. Such a huge squid monster is actually just a cub.
How exaggerated would that be for an adult? It's impossible that he could smash the sailboat into pieces with just two strokes.
"It's impossible. It's rare to see sea monsters attacking ships in the open sea, but in the Dark Territory, there are so many sea monsters, so it's not surprising to see such a thing."
While the two were talking, Gami drove his machine to the still twitching tentacle.
A steel tentacle stretched out, as if testing the broken tentacle.
"Unlike the sea monsters in the outer seas, these sea monsters cannot be eaten and can only be used as materials related to various spells."
Andre knew a lot and continued to talk.
After a while, Jiami also nodded.
"These two root tentacles are almost full of dark power. They will be very useful when used in conjunction with darkness-related spells."
The darkness here generally refers to spells related to night and shadows, darkness in the real sense, not in a negative sense.
"Alright, alright, let's clean up the deck. His blood is mixed with magic and is very corrosive. The ship's automatic cleaning system can hardly clean this stuff."
Andre said, and walked directly into the small storage room next to him and took out a bunch of brushes and buckets for cleaning the deck.
To be honest, this was the first time that Alka had seen this kind of tool, which he often saw on other ships, in the few months since he had been on the ship.
Each person was given a set of tools, and the level 4 members in the cabin also fetched several buckets of clean water from below.
Start cleaning the blood from the places where the battle took place on the deck.
At times like this, Uncle Hamomart and other secondary members can only help out from the sidelines.
In Andre's words, this blood is stained with darkness and is highly corrosive and can cause certain harm to humans.
Ordinary people who do not touch the virus and have no protection are likely to get sick if they are infected.
Although they may be just minor illnesses, it is better to minimize them if possible to reduce trouble on such a sea surface.
After doing all this, everyone cleaned the dirt on their bodies and returned to the cabin to rest. They were no longer in the mood to continue playing cards.
However, this not-so-powerful sea monster cub did relieve their depressed mood.
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September 10th, 456th year of the Blood Alliance Calendar.
It was getting darker and darker, and now it was hard to see the sun shining through the dark clouds even during the day.
If it weren't for these possible encounters, the light shining through the clouds would be a reminder, and there would be complete confusion in the perception of day and night.
Moreover, the Dark Realm is much more dangerous than I thought. Everything here is extremely deadly to ordinary humans.
But judging from the bustle in the southeast corner, there are countless ordinary people sailing in the dark realm hoping to make huge profits.
Wealth can really blind people to reality.
As we get closer to the dark outbreak point, the surroundings become more and more dangerous.
———
Alka stopped writing in her journal and closed it.
"Have you been writing your diary these days?"
Lucelia asked as she sat on the edge of the bed, her whole body tilted on the bed.
Alka nodded.
"So are you going to continue learning the ancient Buddhist language today?"
"I've been studying all morning. Let's stop here today. I'm going to go out and get some fresh air."
Alka stood up and when she heard that Alka was going out, Lucilia got into the necklace without hesitation.
As they got closer to the dark outbreak point, they went deeper and deeper into the dark realm.
Now Lucilia would not be anywhere except in her room.
Because there are protective spells in the room, and it is airtight.
The dark elements in the air that came with the sea breeze made her feel uncomfortable all over.
In Lucelia's words, it was as if she was walking through a desert, with the scorching sun burning her skin madly.
Although the injury is certainly not fatal, it will definitely make people feel irritated, and it will become more and more uncomfortable as time goes by.
As Alka arrived on the deck, it was still extremely dark even though there were several lighting stones hanging on the deck.
Their destination was in the middle of the entire dark realm, quite a distance away from the core area of the dark outbreak point.
Judging from the sailing speed, they are now basically in the middle position.
The darkness here is so great that even the lighting stones are difficult to dispel.
A card appeared in his hand.
As the card emitted light, a mirror appeared on the card. Under Alka's control, it turned into a ring and different refractive surfaces appeared.
Alka lit the lighting stone and placed it in the middle, and a simple flashlight was made.
The light refraction of the mirror is quite useful in such a dark area.
"Alka, you're here."
Jason, who was on simple alert in the watchtower, spoke up as he watched the beam of light form.
"Come down, I'll take over your guard duty."
A lantern appeared in the lookout tower on the main mast, and then the light source quickly slid down the zipline.
The light source moved over, and Alka also saw Jason at this time.
Jason now looks a little listless, his hair is a little messy, and even his beard has grown long but he hasn't taken care of it.
He looked a little sloppy. After all, he had been sailing in the dark for such a long time that he began to pay less and less attention to his image.
He came over and patted Alka on the shoulder: "Okay, you go up, I'll go take a rest."
"have a good rest."
Alka said this and climbed up the rope ladder.
The observation tower on the main mast has relatively spacious space, so it doesn't feel crowded when moving around here.
There is a small copper bell the size of a human head on the top.
Once you find something wrong, you can ring the small bell to pass on the warning.
Normally they seldom come to guard.
But not now.
Secondary members cannot even come up to the deck now, as the spreading darkness will cause damage to their bodies.
So the main members began to take turns to be on guard.
Although nothing can be seen in the darkness, one can feel something strange about the ship from the watchtower. There is such a spell set up here.
In particular, it is also able to sense danger within the range of the ship.
"The darkness really makes people exhausted." Alka couldn't help but say to himself.
"It's okay. It's like being in a mirror."
Lucelia's voice came.
In order to kill time, the two began to chat slowly.
Darkness and loneliness can drive people crazy if there is no one to talk to.
As the two were chatting casually, a beeping sound suddenly came from below.
A flurry of footsteps appeared on the deck.
Alka immediately shone the mirror flashlight that he had been holding downward.
Matt and Lipoca were seen trying their best to carry Hammer towards the infirmary.
Vanessa heard the noise and came out. When she saw the two men's actions, she immediately ran over, hugged Hamo and walked into the infirmary.
Hamer, who was being hugged, was still struggling frantically.
He was saying something with his mouth open, but since Alka was some distance away from the deck and there was a howling wind in the darkness, he couldn't hear it clearly.
"He's saying stop singing, stop singing."
Lucelia's voice came from the mirror, whose hearing was not affected by the sound of the wind.
"Don't want to sing anymore?"
Alka was confused, what did this mean?
"Didn't your captain say before that darkness would cause people to become mentally abnormal? Perhaps that's what's happening to him now."
After hearing Lucelia's reminder, Alka finally remembered and nodded.
Yes, it seems that it has been said.
But isn't it safe on the boat? This problem may only arise when we have to leave the island.
But on second thought, this warning itself is for those who touch it.
Ordinary people with weaker constitutions and no active magic power for protection might also be affected in this way on the ship.
But now Alka was on guard, so he could only suppress his curiosity and wait for someone to take over.
