Main Volume Chapter 68: Deep Sea Riot
After hearing the positive rumors about the pirates and confirming the captain's thoughts, Zhang Yun and Lucina decided to give up on causing trouble for the pirates and did not consider exposing Hank, the undercover agent lurking on the ship.
After all, the moral character of these pirates was pretty good. Although robbing money was wrong, at least they paid corresponding rewards and won the hearts of the people, making the captains willing to speak for them.
As long as the captain does not hold them accountable and is willing to testify for their actions, this "robbery" can be considered not illegal in name. Even Lucina, who is a princess, does not have the right to arrest people directly.
Note that the captain must be willing to testify for them, this is the key...
After dealing with the pirate problem, Zhang Yun and Lucina returned to their room together. On the way, Zhang Yun suddenly said, "To be honest, I suddenly feel that your kingdom is really great. I envy it very much."
Lucina tilted her head, confused, "What?"
Zhang Yun sighed and recalled, "I mean the atmosphere, the friendly atmosphere. When Micot and I were stranded on a desert island, Robert invited me on board without saying a word and gave me food and water... I originally thought he was the only one there, but I didn't expect that there were many people like him on this land."
"For example, this group of pirates could have taken the money and left, or robbed the captain of all his money. But they only took the 'protection fee' for killing the sea monsters, and also gave him some information that could save lives. They didn't want any extra money..."
"And the pirate the captain mentioned not only saved the merchant's life, but also helped him get revenge, and even made the merchant with a good family background willing to join the pirates..."
"And the group of soldiers who fought bravely, who were willing to stand in front of the monster tide for the sake of ordinary people, and exchanged their lives for the safety of the rear..."
After hearing this, Lucina smiled and said, "That's because the people of our country, no matter what god they believe in, absolutely believe in one truth, that is, 'helping others is helping yourself'."
“The good things you do will eventually be rewarded to you…Although this may not be the case in many cases, if people are willing to believe it and practice it, this truth will be realized step by step.”
"It's just like many years ago, my ancestors didn't know how to build a ship and thought the ocean was scary, but they always believed that they could cross the ocean..."
"With this belief, they finally built the ship and successfully conquered the terrible ocean, even if it was only a superficial conquest..."
Zhang Yun sighed: "That's why I'm envious!"
Lucina tilted her head and said, "What is there to envy? There are good people and bad people everywhere in this world. You only see the good side of our kingdom now, and not the bad side. That's why you have the illusion that this place is beautiful."
"Once you have seen those dark things and understand everyone's dark side, maybe you won't think so anymore."
“No one is absolutely bad, and no one is absolutely good. The difference lies in his position and his thoughts.”
After hearing what Lucina said, Zhang Yun was silent for a moment, thinking back to her childhood experiences, and those who were indifferent to her, or those who helped her...
He sighed and exclaimed, "It is true."
Lucina asked curiously, "Why? Are you saddened by the scene? Are you suddenly so emotional?"
Zhang Yun said: "Almost..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. We still have more than ten days to travel. We should think about how to make it through."
Lucina said, "Eat something!"
Zhang Yun returned to her normal state and jokingly asked, "Why? Can you eat 24 hours a day?"
Lucina pouted, "No, I can't, but I can watch you cook ."
Zhang Yun chuckled: "How tiring is that? Well, I have something fun in my hand. I'll teach you the rules of the game, and then we can play!"
Lucina asked curiously, "What is it?"
"A lot! Poker, chess, flying chess, dice, Gobang! They are all good things to kill time!"
"Uh... I've never heard of it..."
“Now you’ve heard it.”
“…”
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Time flies, and a few days passed in a flash. According to the original schedule, we should have arrived at the target city of the first batch of guests.
It’s a pity that due to the whirlpool sea, the captain took a long detour, so now we are still on the sea and have to wait two more days to reach the city.
"It looks like it's going to rain ." Zhang Yun leaned on the railing on the right side of the boat, looking at the cloudy sky, and couldn't help but say.
"Heavy rain," Lucina added.
"In a rainy day like this, we should have some fried chicken and beer, it's very suitable for the occasion." Zhang Yun touched his chin, "What do you think? Or a little hot pot for a rainy day? The spicy flavor can remove moisture?"
Lucina raised her right hand: "I want them all!"
Zhang Yun coughed: "Ahem, being too greedy is not good..."
Before he could finish his words, raindrops as big as beans suddenly fell from the sky, hitting the two men on the head, and then fell on the smooth bow of the boat, making a "tick-tick" splashing sound.
Then, there was a violent wind, lightning and thunder, and the rain suddenly became heavier, making a "crashing" sound, hitting every corner of the ocean-going ship.
"Hurry! It's going to rain heavily! Go inside quickly!" The sailor shouted while pulling the sail, reminding the passengers who were still wandering around on the deck.
"Shorty, go get the magic stone and activate the storm sailing magic circle!" The captain also ran out from the captain's room, raised his hand to block the continuous rain falling from the sky, and gave orders loudly.
Soon, the magic circle attached to the ship was activated, and a transparent semicircular magic cover covered the hull, blocking the heavy rain and strong winds from the sky.
"Okay, the danger is over, brothers can go and rest." The captain stood on the deck, wiped the rain running down his face with his hand, and threw it onto the already wet floor.
This magic circle was created by a high-level magician. As long as enough magic stones are consumed, it can create a semicircular magic shield that can withstand strong winds and rainstorms. It can also automatically drive a sailboat, allowing it to move automatically in the direction set by the user.
However, the Philosopher's Stone was very expensive and difficult to buy, so the captain did not use it at the beginning, but waited until now.
After all, he is an old hand who has been in the maritime business for most of his life. As soon as the sky turns its butt, he knows what will happen - this kind of cloudy weather, raining and thundering when it is said to, is obviously a sign of a typhoon. If the magic circle is not activated in time, a huge wave may suddenly overturn the sailboat.
"Captain... something seems to be wrong... look at what's on the waves..."
"What?"
Hearing the sailor's frightened voice, the captain felt something was wrong and he hurried to the side of the boat, leaning on the railing and looking out to sea.
You don't know until you see it. You will be shocked when you see it. There are pairs of scarlet eyes in the rolling waves, like a pack of wolves staring at their prey in the dark forest.
"Warcraft!?"
"Quick! Go get the Master Mage! Let him handle it!"
At this moment, the captain suddenly remembered Zhang Yun and Lucina who said they were professionals two days ago, and immediately added: "There are also guests in rooms 7 and 8. Go and invite them over as well, and tell them that a monster is targeting us!"
But at this time, Zhang Yun and Lucina had already noticed the monsters around them and came to the deck.
And Zhang Yun also received a new task.
【New! 】
【Trigger a new task! 】
[Emergency mission——Deep sea riot.]
[Task Introduction: Something strange seems to have happened in the deep sea, causing all the monsters lurking in the deep sea to float to the shallow sea and attack all the creatures around them... Please deal with these rioting monsters immediately, defeat them, or drive them back to the deep sea to ensure that you can leave here safely.]
【Mission objective (Basic): Escape from here.】
[Mission objective (choose one of the two @1): Defeat all the rioting monsters. ]
[Mission Objective (Choose One @2): Drive the rioting monsters back to the deep sea. ]
[Task reward (basic): 30 dragon diamonds. ]
[Quest Reward (1): Dragon Diamond x10, Gold Coin x100, Magic Stone x10, Reinforcement Stone x10, "Wendini" Special Summoning Card.]
[Quest Reward (2): Dragon Diamond x10, Gold Coin x100, Magic Stone x10, Reinforcement Stone x10, "Deep Sea Electric Snake" Special Summoning Card.]
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Deep sea riot?
What did that bearded pirate leader say?
But didn't he say that the monsters were in the Whirlpool Sea? Why were there some here too? Could it be that the monsters had moved here during this period of time?
Zhang Yun didn't have time to think about it, because the group of monsters in the sea could no longer hold back and began to ram the base of the ocean-going ship and bite the rope that fell into the water on the side of the ship.
"Captain, leave this to us, you guys go back and take shelter first!" Zhang Yun greeted the captain, then leaned on the railing, glanced at the bottom of the sea, and activated the insight skill.
Name: Sharman fish
Race: Deep sea fish
Title: None
Level: 21
Experience: 32
Health: 3100/3100
Stamina: 501/501
Attributes: Strength 11, Agility 7, Stamina 5, Intelligence 1, Spirit 0, Charisma 1
Overall qualification rating: one star (maximum two stars)
[Introduction: A fish that lives in the deep sea. It has an extremely hard horn on its head. Its main attack method is to use brute force to hit the enemy and use the advantage of the horn to stab the opponent to death.]
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Are there any other monsters?
Zhang Yun carefully scanned the turbulent waves and found that the monsters besieging the sailboat were only sandman fish, a total of more than 30 of them, and the strongest sandman fish leader was only level 25, an ordinary BOSS that was not even at the elite level.
"OK!"
"That's easy!"
Zhang Yun turned around and looked at Lucina, who was dressed as a man, and said, "Yutiel, protect the captain and the others and don't let them fall into the sea. I will deal with these monsters."
Lucina quickly agreed: "Okay!"
Zhang Yun turned to the right again: "Brother Zun, you go too, be careful and alert to prevent some enemies who I haven't noticed from sneaking onto the boat!"
Brother Zun understood what Zhang Yun meant, and immediately drew out his special weapon from his waist, and whispered, "Yes!"
Then, Zhang Yun stretched out his hand, aimed at the rolling waves, activated the inherited skill "Summoning", and called out Lily, who had been in charge of the warehouse for a long time.
He ordered: "Lily, destroy them. Remember not to call Leviathan. Solve them with your own abilities!"
Lily said nothing, and fell gently into the sea like a blue petal. Then her two white and tender feet stepped on the waves and rose up again. She took out the magic wand called "Dragon Scepter Sea Vortex" and released magic directly at the place with the most monsters.
"Ice crystal flower!"
The sea water quickly condensed into ice, forming a huge flower-shaped ice crystal, freezing the three gathered sandfish and killing them instantly.
Then the ice crystal flower exploded with a "bang", blasting the two surrounding sandman fish and deducting two-thirds of their health.
"Ice Thorn!"
Lily released the second spell, summoning dozens of ice spikes, which flew towards the two crippled sandman fishes and killed them. At the same time, she separated eight of the ice spikes and killed the other three sandman fishes nearby.
"Water Waves!"
Lily's third magic came out of nowhere. It was a blue water column as thick as three people's waists. It gushed out from the tip of her staff and pierced through the bodies of the four sandmanfish like a high-pressure water gun, flushing them from the bottom of the boat to five meters away, and deducting a quarter of their health bars.
"Giant wave tornado!"
Lily shook her staff, and immediately, the sea water around the four sandmanfish that were washed away began to rotate. In just two seconds, a visible tornado vortex was formed, which sucked them in and continued to deduct their blood.
Not long after, the four Sharkfish that were sucked into the vortex were crushed to death by the strong water pressure. The blood bars on their heads were emptied, but the huge wave tornado continued to rotate.
Lily ignored the continuous casting skill and turned around to face the remaining group of sandman fish rushing towards her, her blue princess dress fluttering in the wind.
"All of you stop right there!" She opened her cherry-like mouth and spoke in a childish voice, but full of seriousness, making people feel particularly cute.
However, this lovely state only lasted for a second before it was broken by the system prompt...
[Hint: Lily activates the passive ability of the title "Ocean Monarch", triggering the "Submission" effect. The seven Sharman fish choose "Submission" and obey Lily's orders.]
Well?
The passiveness of Ocean Monarch?
Oh, yes, I almost forgot, Lily has a 30% chance of directly subduing marine creatures that are lower in level than her!
I was wondering why there is an option in the mission to return the rioting marine creatures to the ocean?
So it's up to Lily to do it?
Uh...that's not right. Lily's surrender probability is only 30%, and she cannot ensure that all the sandfish will obey her orders.
Unless she could hit the target with one strike and make the sandman fish leader choose to surrender, and then issue a second command from it, it would be impossible to make all these monsters listen to her obediently.
Therefore, such an unstable solution will definitely not be the main direction of this mission. There must be other ways to make these monsters voluntarily return to the deep sea...
"What could that be?"
"Um."
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it. Anyway, the two rewards are almost the same, so I can just kill them all!"
After thinking about it, Zhang Yun made up his mind. He shouted to Lily: "Go on, get rid of them all, don't give them another chance to attack the sailboat!"
