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Chapter 1235 1233. The Bad Map, Navigating for You! -Monthly Ticket Update [110]

The speed of a ghost ship is much faster than that of an ordinary ship. Because it is a supernatural product, conventional physics cannot be applied to it. After all, a qualified ghost ship must be able to not only sail on the water, but also sail underwater.

If there is a qualified ghost captain, these wonderful supernatural vehicles can even have many wonderful uses.

Unfortunately, small players are clearly powerless in this area that requires professional knowledge.

They all learned a lot about the wonders of ghost ships from the chatterbox pirate Pablo, but unfortunately these guys neither had professional skills nor were they good men who could fight against the wind and waves, so it would be too difficult for them to change their careers to become ghost captains.

However, it is said that the Eight Demons, who also own a ghost ship, are planning to train the water demon Basha to become a real ghost captain. In reality, she is a senior seafarer, so this wave is a professional match. In addition, since she is originally a sorcerer, it is not a big problem for her to be a ghost captain part-time.

For this reason, Basha decisively changed her job to an undead, and her "professional attitude" is evident.

But that was the career plan of the Eight Heroes, and had nothing to do with the current escort group of 30 people. Therefore, after they boarded the ghost ship, they could only hand over the helm to the ghost sailors on the ship and let them steer the ship to Shardo Port to meet up with the cargo ship of the Explorers' Guild.

There were no major problems in this link, except that the ghost ship appeared from beneath the sea and scared the cowardly halfling staff half to death.

However, after learning that this ferocious-looking ghost ship was the flagship of the Transian escorts, the halflings were amazed again. If they were not afraid of the ghost sailors walking around in the ship, these noisy short men would definitely wave wrenches to try to dismantle the ghost ship to see what was inside.

The two sides met off the coast of Shardor Port, and then headed towards the Strait of Castilla along a fixed route. After entering the Storm Sea from here, they sailed north along the sea off the Elf Kingdom and reached the northwest of the Old Continent, which is the waters of the Plantagenet Kingdom.

But this is only half the journey. We still have to go through the inland sea and enter the Greenway to reach the Sachs area.

The entire route would take about ten days if there were no problems. Obviously, the budget-conscious players had calculated the time carefully. After they completed the escort mission, they could go to the Great Reef Province to participate in the anniversary celebration through astral teleportation and other means.

Unless there are any unexpected events, there will basically be no delay.

However, anything involving small players is impossible without accidents.

Just as the fleet was entering the border of the Plantagenet Kingdom on the third day of its sailing along a calm route, problems arose with the ghost ship that was in charge of navigation.

"Hey! Why are we off course?"

Little Rich, who was on duty at night, rushed into the stern of the ghost ship quickly. Facing his questioning, the band leader Leomon, who was "on duty" here, looked confused. Obviously, this big werewolf who had put all his attributes on melee combat could not even understand why Little Rich could judge that they had deviated from their course.

“Look at the stars!”

Little Fu Ge was a little mad at this moment. He pointed at the night sky outside the window and said:

“Although there is no Big Dipper here, according to the local people’s astrological experience, they use Ophiuchus and Sirius to refer to the north. Our route should be all the way north, which means Ophiuchus must be in front.

But if you look at the stars, the position of the snake's tail is biased towards grandma's house.

This must be a serious deviation!
Find someone and ask what's going on."

"Damn, you're awesome, bro. You're worthy of being the top summoner. You've even studied astrology."

Bancho Leomon didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this time, and gave a thumbs up to praise Xiaofu Ge, but when Xu Gou, who came in from outside, heard the noise, he immediately frowned when he heard about the deviation.

He took the rusty sailing bell that Maotu had used to summon the ghost ship and found the undead sailor who was steering the ship in an orderly manner, and asked:
“Why did it deviate?”

"Danger ahead. Avoid it."

The half-spiritual sailor in a tattered ghost sailor suit turned the steering wheel and spoke intermittently:
"Sea water warning. The war front is difficult to pass"

"what?"

This answer made the three players stare at each other in amazement.

They had already entered the waters of the Plantagenet Kingdom, so how could they encounter a war on the sea? And the ghost ship itself could sense the danger and choose to bypass it? In other words, this vehicle was a little too smart, wasn't it? It could even proactively change dangerous sections of the road.

Hey, is this not the alien version of the “Ethical Map”?

To be on the safe side, after a few people called on others to discuss, Xiao Fu Ge and Xu Gou rode the flying vehicle to scout ahead to see what was happening there.

It didn't need to be so troublesome. The players were hoping to encounter some "random events" to relieve their boredom during such a long journey. However, they were now on an escort mission, and considering that there were several cargo ships following behind, they had to be more cautious.

After the majestic scorpion lion and the cold skeleton night patroller flew forward along the sea surface in the night sky for more than ten minutes, Xiao Fu Ge and Xu Gou both saw the chaotic burning sea at night.

The good news is that the "evil map" that comes with the ghost ship is correct, and a naval battle really took place ahead.

The bad news is that this is not a two-way battle, but a three-way melee.

"I saw the murlocs. Holy crap! The murlocs rushed out from underwater and attacked both fleets at the same time."

Brother Xiaofu cast an Eagle Eye spell on himself, allowing him to look down from a high place, and said to the dog beside him:
"The two fleets at war should be the three warships of the Plantagenets and the four ships of Helms Island. These two sides have always been at odds with each other. When I was assisting the Helms Rangers in capturing the Twilight Followers, I heard Ms. Effie talk about their grievances with the Plantagenets.

It is said that after the Sealands annexed the Kingdom of Isa, those resistance fighters in the Kingdom of Isa who were unwilling to obey withdrew to the Island of Hermes. That place is now the largest gathering place of rebels within the Plantagenet Kingdom, and even the previous fleet of the Kingdom of Isa was split up because of it.

One third were accepted by King Louis, and one third went to Hermes Island as rebels.

The last third changed their jobs to become sea merchants and pirates in the Storm Sea."

"Damn! This place is really a mess. There are so many forces crammed into such a tiny area! No wonder the Explorers' Guild needs to find someone to escort them when they deliver the artifacts. I used to think Sir Ferdinand was making a fuss out of nothing, but now it seems that this Storm Sea is really not peaceful.

It looks just like the foggy sea where pirates are rampant. "

Riding on the Skeleton Nightwatcher, the Dog took a few shots of the fierce three-way naval battle below and prepared to return. He complained to Brother Xiaofu:

"It was already a busy scene between the rebels, the Royal Fleet, and the pirates, and now there are the murlocs. I think this place is going to become a troubled place in the future. But then again, do the murlocs reproduce so quickly?

They just started to spread inland from the Cato region a few months ago, right? Now they can cause such a big mess off the coast of the Plantagenet Kingdom. These dogs are really fertile. "

"Tsk, no matter what game or background, aren't murlocs known for their numbers?"

Xiao Fu shook his head and said:
"We Transians still have a long-standing relationship with the Helms people. Because of the heroic hunter sisters of the Helms Rangers, I actually have a good impression of these rebels and the Restoration Army.

If it wasn't for the escort mission, this wave of ups and downs would have been a hindrance to the Plantagenet Fleet.

Forget it, let’s go back and inform Sir Ferdinand that we will change our route and bypass this place.

There are so many murlocs here. If we don't take the opportunity to escape while they are fighting, if we are targeted, we won't be able to stop so many murlocs with just one ghost ship.

Mistake!
If I had known that we would encounter such a thing, I should have called more brothers to join us." "Yes, yes, this is all because of the wrong intelligence. It's all the fault of the four reckless guys in the artist team. They patted their chests and said that this trip would be easy. Who knew that they would encounter a naval battle of this scale in just three days."

Xu Gou shook his head helplessly and said:
"I'll go negotiate with the Explorers Guild. You go back to the ship and have your minotaurs and manticores guard the ship. I'll have Xiaotu send a message to the rear, asking Chenlong, that idiot, to organize people to be ready to support us via Boss Cuitan's logistics route.

Just the number of fishmen.
To be honest, this is a bit exaggerated. There must be a murloc lair nearby!"

The two of them acted according to the plan and quickly returned to the "Thousand Sunshine". After learning that a great naval battle had really taken place ahead, the players immediately sighed for the fact that they were on an escort mission and could not rush up to "enjoy the battle".

But the Explorers Guild is very open-minded.

When Sir Ferdinand heard that the war had broken out ahead, he immediately agreed to the suggestion of changing the route.

It can be seen that the leader of the Explorers' Guild really hates the topic of war, and he has no intention of getting involved in the dispute between the Helms and the Plantagenets.

However, faced with the new route "automatically selected" by the ghost ship, Sir Ferdinand was a little hesitant.

"This new route will bypass Hermes Island and go through the open sea, which will increase the total journey by about two days. Although it is also a mature commercial route, if we really follow this route, we will pass by Grammoor Island at the latest tomorrow morning."

The old knight drew a line on his nautical chart with his cane, pointed to one of the points, and said to the dog in front of him:

"If you go near there, I suggest you be prepared for emergencies."

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"what?"

Xu Gou is not a navigator, and he was a little confused by the old knight's reminder, but his advantage is that he is humble, so he immediately asked:
"Wasn't Gramo Island once a holy place of the Old Church? Even if the Old Church has collapsed, that place is theoretically a civilized area. Why do you think you will encounter danger here?"

"Because of some tips that I don't know whether they are true or not."

The old knight did not hide anything.

He took down some internal briefings of the Explorers' Guild related to Gramo Island from the bookshelf next to him, handed them to Xu Gou and explained:

"Since the fall of Gramay Island in the early years of the Ten Years' War, there have been reports of strange phenomena happening in this place. First, the plants on the entire island died strangely, and then many people claimed to have witnessed dangerous things wandering around the island, and strange lights would also be emitted from the island at night.

Many sea merchants passing by saw it clearly. They said that it was a terrible curse caused by the massacre of Grammar Island by the soldiers of the Plantagenet Kingdom. But in fact, according to our understanding, King Louis did not brutally massacre the residents of Grammar Island. Those priests who laid down their arms and surrendered were transported to the mainland of Green Island for detention.

During the two months when the holy city was besieged by the Plantagenet fleet, there were no more than four battles. The most tragic one was the final battle of burning the city. But the fire was not set by the Plantagenets. It was the fanatical believers of the Old Church who set their holy city on fire, taking the innocent people in the city with them.
Alas, it’s all the damn tragedy caused by the war!
In short, I don't believe in the curse. It was once the holy place of Avalon, and the majesty of the God of Nature is still there and he will not allow his holy place to become a devil's den.

But there is no doubt that there are some dangerous supernatural forces on the island that was left unattended for the next eight years.

If I had a choice, I wouldn’t want to go there.”

"So that's it."

After being cleared up by the boss, Xu Gou nodded immediately and said:

"But now if we don't cross Gramaw Island, we can only take the old route, which means we have to deal with the murlocs blocking the way ahead. We are not afraid of fighting murlocs, sir! My companions and I have killed hundreds of thousands of murlocs on the coast of Cato, and I have a lot of experience in dealing with them.

But your cargo is quite valuable, so let's not take any risks, right?"

"Yes, let's go, but it's better to get as far away from Glamour Island as possible."

The old knight gave a warning, and Xu Gou made a promise. Then he rode his skeleton night watchman back to the ghost ship, and told the undead sailor who was driving the ship to be a little careful. Then he went offline to go shopping with his wife. A group of single brothers were envious and jealous, and at the same time, they cursed Xu Gou for being an old bootlicker.

After a few hours of this, the other players also chose to log off.

Although it is still broad daylight in the real world, there is really nothing much for them to do in an area as large as the ghost ship. They can't just play "Cyber ​​Mahjong" all the time, right?

Since Xiao Fu Ge is not from the working class, he can only lie down in his mansion after logging off. He might as well stay here to accompany his scorpion lion and minotaur war spirit. He sat on the deck of the ghost ship and counted the stars, but he closed his eyes while counting.

Logically speaking, players do not need to sleep in the game unless they encounter special circumstances. After all, no matter how awesome a person is, he cannot fall asleep in a dream. However, this time, Xiao Fu Ge encountered this strange phenomenon.

Almost at the moment he closed his eyes, he heard a strange sound in a daze.

"Leave, don't get close! It's roaring at the reckless living. Get away from here."

It was an unreal female voice.

With a hint of anxiety, he seemed to want to convey some kind of message to Xiao Fu Ge in this way. However, Xiao Fu Ge in the "dream within a dream" was also confused. His consciousness seemed to be restrained by some force and his reaction was quite slow, as if he was pulled into a time lag.

But he had already realized that something was wrong, so he asked in a hoarse voice:
"Who are you? Tell me clearly, sister! Who is seeking revenge?"

"Filthy things. Black Holy Grail. Leave! While you can still turn back, go to the Castilla Tree. Find Master MacAfell. Find all the allies you can find. The Punisher and the Red Knight are here. The filthy singularity will explode in the nightmare. Don't get close!
Danger!"

"boom"

Before Little Rich could come to his senses from his "dream within a dream", a loud noise woke him up from his sleep. Then he felt the ghost ship, which was traveling at high speed, flipped over and hit the overturned waves hard, causing Little Rich to be thrown into the sky while screaming.

He danced and rushed down towards the chaotic sea tide below, but his scorpion lion grabbed his legs from mid-air.

The scorpion lion flapped its wings and flew towards the nearest island with Little Fu Ge in the chaotic night, while Little Fu Ge looked back at the Thousand Sunshine in an upside-down posture in the air.

The good news is that the ghost ship seems to have simply run aground on a reef and has not sustained any serious damage to its hull.

The bad news is that something is clearly not right with that ship.

Those undead sailors who were supposed to obey orders were now standing on the shaking deck like controlled shells, all facing the direction where Little Rich flew away. To be honest, this scene looked extremely creepy.

"Where are we?"

Little Fu Ge screamed, and the Scorpion Lion could not answer him, so he could only take him away from the danger zone. However, when Little Fu Ge turned around and saw the island behind him getting closer and closer, filled with gloom and deathly silence in the dark night, he immediately reacted.

Glamour Island!

Blanch!
There is indeed something wrong with this island!
Even just getting close can trigger such supernatural events. And who is that "cyber ghost" who has been reminding him to leave?
Judging from the information revealed by the latter, she seemed to be an elven druid. She mentioned the Castilla tree and Master McCaffrey, both of whom were important supporting characters in the main quest of the Elf Kingdom that had just ended.

There are also things like the Black Holy Grail that sound incredible!

Gee.
How come elves have a role to play in the fall of the old religion?

(End of this chapter)