Make the dragon great again

Chapter 56 The Continental Barrier
At this time, rumors of the birth of giant dragons and "mysterious dungeons that allow people to gain powerful power" began to spread in the eastern part of the Sirias continent. Variables appear due to the return of the princess;
However, compared to the turbulent eastern part of the continent, the western part of the continent on the other side of the Roaring Mountains is still immersed in a suppressed calm...

……

A port on the west coast of the Sirias continent, in the Kingdom of the Holy Order.

Old Jack, the owner of the fishing boat, finished his prayers, left the church in the port, and returned to his medium-sized fishing boat.

Looking at the calm sea, old Jack knew that under the surface calm, it was actually full of various dangers.

Irregular underwater turbulence, storms without warning, sudden waterspouts, and even thunderstorms as if the sky was angry...

As long as you leave a safe distance from the coastline, countless disasters will appear out of thin air, preventing people from exploring the sea.

This safe distance is called "Havel's limit", which is said to have been determined by a Pope named Havel thousands of years ago at the cost of his life.

There have been countless people who thought they could conquer the sea and crossed the 'Havel boundary', but they were all buried in various dangers in the end.

It is said that even when the Theocracy calculates the "Havel's Limit" every ten years, there will be many priests who have been favored by God and will unfortunately die in the sea!
However, this situation will change from this year...

"Okay, girls, let's play a big game today!"

(Anti-pollution note in advance: When teasing subordinates, superiors sometimes use the term "ladies" to describe their slowness or lack of boldness.)
Old Jack raised his voice and said to several of his young male crew members:
"Today, I intend to sail the boat beyond the 'Javier Limits'!"

"Hey, look guys, old Jack's gone crazy again!"

"Old Jack is back to his adventurer fantasies that smell as bad as kippers."

"Oh my God, that's really bad!"

Old Jack was not angry about the expected reaction of the crew, he laughed a few times and said:
"Hahaha, listen up guys, today my old Jack is going to sail the boat beyond the 'Javier boundary'!"

The crew was silent for a few seconds, and then there was a collective uproar.

Old Jack remained unmoved. Amidst the yelling of the crew and the ridicule of other shipowners, he lifted the anchor and sailed with a smile on his face, and hung the new "Wind Amulet" necklace somewhere on the mast after being blessed by the priest. .

After Old Jack prayed devoutly to the "Amulet of the Wind", a sudden gust of wind blew and the sails bulged up, and Old Jack's boat sailed out to sea.

After going out to sea, a crew member asked Old Jack again with an exaggerated expression:
"Hey, boss, you were actually joking just now, right?"

Old Jack looked back at the direction of the port, and after confirming that those guys who were always fighting with him for fish at this distance could not hear his words, he said to the somewhat nervous crew:
"Of course it's true... oh, take it easy, guys, you know I ain't giving my life to joke around, don't you my little ones?"

After waving his hand to let the crew gather, Old Jack said mysteriously:

"You know, I have a cousin who went to the order to become a Templar, and I got a letter from him yesterday, and guess what? Now you can cross the 'Javier line'! I mean Yes, the 'Havel's limit' has retreated, retreating a few nautical miles to the deep sea!" (Note 1)

It turned out that old Jack learned from his cousin that the Theocracy's calculation of the changes in the "Havel's Limit" this year found that the "Havel's Limit" that has been maintained at a fixed position for thousands of years and is almost eternal, unexpectedly For some reason, it retreated a large distance to the deep sea!

In the Theocracy, some people think that this is a good omen that the gods are helping the believers to open the barriers that have blocked the mainland for countless years;

Some people also think that this is an ominous omen that some evil forces outside the mainland want to invade this "God-given Continent Sirias"...

But no matter how the elders of the Theocracy argue, for old Jack, the retreat of the "Havel limit" means only one thing to him-he can finally enter the deep sea that he has dreamed of all his life, and complete the work he has done for many years. The long-cherished wish of the "adventurer"!

After spending some time turning the crew's uneasiness into the expectation of becoming "the one who crossed the old Javier's boundary and came back alive", the old Jack commanded the crew and speeded up to the depths of the sea...

……

While Old Jack's boat was heading towards the southwest boundary of the 'Old Javier's Limit', in the depths of the sea, deep into the 'Havel's Limit', in a sea area that was considered a death zone by the people of the Theocracy, a scorched and dilapidated ship The metal ship was sailing with difficulty in an extremely violent storm.

Crackling, booming...

Another thick thunderbolt that did not seem to be formed naturally struck down, and a vague arcane barrier lit up on the metal ship, but within a short breath, it was overloaded and shattered by the lightning strike, turning into a scurrying sky. of waste magic.

The chants of praising the gods sounded, and many people on the ship, wearing standard priest robes, raised their hands high, and a thick scripture that was automatically flipped floated on their chests. As the chanting sounded, the scriptures lit up golden The holy light intertwined into a layer of holy light barrier, resisting the remaining lightning strikes. (Note 2)

Although withstood another thunder that was like a punishment from heaven, the priests suffered another casualty:
When the two young priests faced the thunderstorm, their faith was shaken, which caused the holy light on their bodies to dissipate, and turned into two piles of scorched black things on the deck after the lightning strike;
Even an old high-ranking priest was forced to endure more manic currents due to their mistakes, so that his entire left hand was roasted at high temperature and exuded an unpleasant banana smell...

A piece of gentle, almost pure white holy light shone down, slightly slowing down the deterioration of the old pastor's left hand injury.

"Your Highness, don't waste your limited divine power for me..."

The old pastor waved his uninjured right hand, rejecting the treatment of the "saint" in complex high-level priest clothes.

The "Holy Maiden" Aliya with long golden hair retracted the tin rod that was stretched forward, and the almost pure white gentle holy light disappeared with it.

Looking up at the vortex-shaped cumulus clouds in the sky, and the thunder jumping on the edge of the eye of the storm that seemed to lead straight to the abyss, Aliya sighed and said:

"According to our current situation, the ark will not be able to sustain it after experiencing lightning strikes of the same level as before five times. I don't know if we can reach the legendary [continent cursed by the devil] before the ark completely disintegrates... "

Aliya looked at the sky dazedly, and a strange expression flashed across the face of the old pastor with her back turned.

"A continent cursed by demons... This creature is described as a demon by the church. I don't know if it is the mythical creature recorded in that mysterious ancient book..."

After the old pastor slowed down a bit, he stood up and said to Alia:

"Your Highness, I still think that there is absolutely no need for you to join the expedition to explore [the Cursed Continent]. With Your Highness' talent for holy light and devotion to our Lord, you may even become an archbishop in the future. It is absolutely unnecessary. Take part in such a dangerous quest."

When the old pastor said the word "archbishop", Aliya's eyes were in a daze, as if thinking of a secret deep in her heart.

After a moment of silence, Aliya said:
"How can it be said that it is unnecessary to explore the continent cursed by the devil and spread the glory of the Lord to farther places?

"What's more, this time [the devil's curse] suddenly weakened, and this barely accessible 'crack' that appeared, I don't know whether it will disappear like the ones that appeared before, and I am the only one in this diocese during this period Episcopal pastor, it is my duty to seize this opportunity."

Speaking of this, the old pastor didn't say anything more.

On the turbulent sea, the broken metal "Ark" continued to sail towards the northeast with difficulty.

After experiencing many times of violent undercurrents on the bottom of the sea, abnormal multi-faceted tsunamis, and three times of thunderstorms, the metal "Ark", which was almost disintegrated and the crew was reduced to less than ten people, suddenly sailed into a peaceful state. the sea area.

"This is……"

Aliya and the old pastor, who miraculously survived until now, walked to the bow of the boat and looked at the calm sea ahead under the noon sun.

Looking back, it seemed that the storm that blocked the "Ark" for half a month had never existed, and the direction in which the "Ark" was sailing was actually a calm and peaceful sea area.

Alicia muttered to herself:
"... Just like before we entered the [Demon Cursed] area, did we turn around in the cursed sea area and return to the original place?"

At this moment, the old pastor suddenly pointed to the distance in the direction of the bow and said:

"Look, Your Highness, there is a fishing boat over there!"

……

To be continued.

Note 1: [nautical miles]

In reality, 1 nautical mile = the arc length of 1 minute of earth latitude (1 latitude = 60 minutes), which needs to be measured by a compass. Since the earth is elliptical, the standard of nautical miles in different regions is different, but they are all 1.851-1.856km Between, the speed "knot" is the speed unit for calculating nautical miles/h;

The use of "nautical mile" in this book is just that the author thinks that the word should be used in the sea, and it does not mean that the world is spherical.

Note 2: 【Father, Priest, Pastor】

Priest = Priest, is the priesthood of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church (Eastern and Eastern Rome, Jing Luo shed tears), and the priest is the priesthood of various Protestants after the Reformation.

In this book, priests and pastors respectively represent priests of two different religions, but the contrasting relationship and reality between the two churches are different.

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