Chapter 53: Shoal Sea Area
On the coast of the East China Sea with thousands of blue waves and in the dark sand islands, fishing boats float above the sea.
After fisherman Sans sprinkled a net, he looked up at the nearby fishing boats and showed a puzzled look. The Sans family has lived in a fishing village for generations, but since the sea tribes landed invasion, more than half of the fishermen have been missing on the beach. Even Sans himself was forced to go into the sea to catch fish. Years of war have resulted in poor harvests, and fish goods have gradually become the main source of food for Norman soldiers.
Sans discovered that during this period, there were suddenly more fishing boats on the nearby sea, more than when large fish were crossing the border. Only a very small number of them were fishermen who were forced into the sea by Norman soldiers like him, and most of them were strangers. What made Sans puzzled was that although these strangers also cast nets under the water and even dived frequently, the fish caught were pitifully few.
"Those people are here to hunt treasures like you, right?" Sans suddenly murmured in a low voice.
"Yes, they are all here to hunt for treasures." Another voice suddenly came from the cabin behind Sans. A lazy black-haired young man was lying there, with his hands crossed under his head and enjoying the sea breeze.
"I have been fishing here for half my life, and I have never heard of the treasures in this sea. What kind of treasure is it that makes you foreigners not even afraid of the vicious sea tribes, and risk coming to find them?"
"A great treasure is more valuable than the crown of your King Frans."
"What kind of baby is that?" Sans's eyes also showed a longing light.
Sans asked Arthur again and stopped talking. Knowing that too much would be harmful to him. Arthur rushed to the nearby waters alone last night and rented Sans' fishing boat with a few silver coins. The trip to Synalol before was even smoother than expected. Strach was naturally very happy to learn that Arthur had advanced to the general and was willing to compete for the remnants of the artifact for the Kingdom.
Strach always believed that Arthur was a blessing general who could bring him surprises. Arthur's participation this time is likely to bring him the biggest surprise. As for the conditions proposed by Arthur, Strach agreed without hesitation, because the fief required by Arthur is still under the occupation of orcs, and Arthur promised in advance to take back this land for the kingdom.
Although the land area in the western border area of Isaac is vast, it has always been sparsely populated and cannot create much taxes for the kingdom every year. The kingdom of Isaac has regarded this land as a buffer zone for war with the orcs for many years. Now it is enthroned to Arthur, and Arthur blocks the first wave of orcs' attacks for the kingdom. For Strach, it is naturally a sure-making transaction for Strach.
After reaching the terms with Strach, Arthur went straight to the Norman Seashore. The only thing he didn't expect was that so many treasure hunters had gathered in the waters near the Sand Islands.
At least the top warriors or magicians who are qualified to compete for the residual blade of the artifact must be top warriors or great magicians. Most of these people on the nearby fishing boats are not strong, many of them are even the level of warriors. Most of these people are here to try their luck, and many of them are spies sent by a certain force in advance, like Arthur.
Arthur, who came to collect information, did not pay attention to the movements in the surrounding waters at this time. He lay on the boat thinking about things. Those guys outside were purely troublesome, and the powerful men who were really interested in fighting for the residual blade of the artifact would never appear so early. Only when the "Blade of Light" appears in the world will the old guys take action.
What Arthur was thinking was that all the strong people who were able to compete for the artifact and blade were extremely smart people. Whoever could get it in the end would definitely not rely solely on luck. If he was the layup behind him, how could he fight these people and maximize his own interests.
"The residual blade of the magic weapon is a bait. You can walk out the news, attract the strong men of all races, let them kill each other, and then hit them all in one go..." The dark-hearted Arthur completely entered the role and designed a set of plans to kill the strong men himself.
"Young Master, it's getting late, should we go back?" Sans suddenly interrupted Arthur's thoughts.
Arthur suddenly sat up, then flew into the air, looked around for a while, then fell back to the bow of the ship.
"Let's go to that island and reef to take a look." Arthur's finger was a big island and reef several miles away.
Sans's face changed, "My fishing boat can't go to that island."
"Why?"
"There are sea monsters on the islands and reefs, and you can't come back if you go up."
"There are sea monsters nearby, but you dare to come and catch fish?"
"The sea monsters on the islands will not leave easily. Although they are not far away, there will be no danger as long as they are not close."
Just like Arthur guessed, there are indeed secrets hidden on the islands and reefs. Those sea monsters were left on the islands and reefs to protect the secrets after being tamed by the sea clan.
"Since that's the case, you can go back first, I'll go over and take a look." Arthur greeted him, and without waiting for Sans to reply, he plunged into the sea, and then saw a white waterline slid rapidly towards the island and reefs.
Arthur arrived a few miles away in the blink of an eye. He shook the water on his body and swaggered onto the islands and reefs. At this moment, a huge sea demon bull was lying on the beach dozens of meters away.
The head of the sea demon bull is similar to that of the land rhino. It also has a hard horn on its head, but its body is a fish body. The sea demon bull, a monster with a high IQ and a relatively docile temperament, is one of the sea monsters that the sea tribe has relatively tamed.
Seeing Arthur walking straight towards him, the sea demon bull's huge head raised and let out a roar like a threat. Arthur had not stopped, and the sea demon bull's fish tail slapped the beach, and his huge body bounced up, and his hard horn slammed at Arthur like a gun.
Arthur rushed towards the Sea Demon Bull at the same time, and swung the Star Falcon Sword in his hand against the huge head. A thin line of fire flew out from the blade and slashed towards the Sea Demon Bull's head.
The fire line flashed by, and the huge body of the sea demon bull stagnated in the air, and then his body was divided into two.
Even the skills of the generals were useless. It was just the extremely compressed fire-attribute fighting spirit, so he killed the little lord-level monster with one sword. Arthur was so powerful after being promoted to the general!
In addition to the sea monsters that protect the island, there is also a team of sea warriors stationed on the island and reefs. Arthur and them killed them together.
Arthur easily discovered the hidden magic array on the island, and after recording the formation map, he began to destroy it.
Before the reinforcements of the sea clan arrived, the treasure hunters around were attracted by the battle here first. Looking at Arthur who swung his sword to destroy the magic circle, they felt that this person must be crazy, and some even took the initiative to stand up to stop Arthur from continuing to destroy.
Not only did Arthur guess that there was a magic circle hidden on the island, but many treasure hunters nearby guessed it. No one took the initiative to destroy it because it was probably the magic circle that the sea clan cracked the residual blade seal of the magic weapon, so the human race's strong men sat on the way to watch it build, just like the sea clan is now sitting on the way to watch the human race gather in the nearby sea.
Knowing that there is a conspiracy, both sides have their own thoughts. Before the artifact remains, both sides try to maintain a tacit balanced relationship.
Chapter completed!