Sir Chen, your wife is missing!

Feng Qingyu pretended to be calm, but the sword in her hand was getting hotter and hotter. She seemed to see the sword burning on the bottom of the sea. The smooth sword body was emitting faint blue flames. The flames slowly licked her fingers and palms, crawled along the lines of her skin, and ignited her clothes.

The flame was probably a spiritual Originium technique. Goletia just stood there quietly, indifferent. She couldn't see the blue flame burning, nor could she see the blue flame dancing freely on her companions.

It is said that this is a test of the magic sword.

If one cannot even bear such a "little fight", even those who have signed a contract with the magic sword cannot be recognized by the magic sword's guardian. When Feng Qingyu touched Astelan, some past scenes automatically emerged in his mind.

Even though it is a cursed object, it is still somewhat difficult to gain complete control over it.

"Don't worry about me. I'm communicating with this sword. It wants to give me a little test, so... no matter what happens later, don't get close to me. Give me a few more minutes."

"Whatever, I'll go take a walk around the side."

Gloria raised her spear, and her figure gradually walked away in the swaying dark blue light.

The flames burning on the body almost merged into the color of the sea water, burning the skin, turning it black and crispy, followed by the fat, flesh and bones beneath the skin.

Feng Qingyu tried his best not to think about what this evil fire would burn him into. He just closed his eyes, felt the pain of his body "melting" in the flames, and tried hard not to scream.

Astelan's laughter echoed in my ears, sometimes far away and sometimes near.

She was no longer in his field of vision, but Feng Qingyu knew that she was staring at him from somewhere. The Sword Guardian, who was already over four figures old, had a character that matched her age, innocent and beautiful.

The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. She would give the contractor all kinds of strange tests, such as the burning fire now. Just when Feng Qingyu thought he was about to be scorched by the fantasy source stone technique, this farce finally came to an end.

"Yes, last descendant of the Williams family, you are qualified to wield this blue flame. Your spell power should be outstanding, but because your blood is bound to this sword, most of your power has been taken away. Would you consider making a wish to me and taking back what belongs to you?"

The Agor girl wrapped her arms around her neck from behind. This time, Feng Qingyu felt the friction of the fabric and caught a glimpse of flowing pure white. Astelan was wearing a religious robe that wrapped his body tightly and was extremely conservative.

Such clothing was common in the Lateran, holy and reserved.

As long as she puts on her clothes, everyone can talk properly.

"I refuse. Making a wish is a scam. Just because I want to find the sword doesn't mean I want to make a wish. I have withstood your test, so you shouldn't stop me from taking the sword away."

"You win. Florence Williams, you are my master now. Please take me away from this dark place."

"My current name is Feng Qingyu."

Western names are too difficult to pronounce, and Feng Qingyu is not used to it at all. The name Yan Guo, which has been used for more than 20 years, suddenly became Victoria's name. People who are familiar with me will find it difficult to adapt, so it is better to keep it as it is.

"I like to call your family members by their last names, so I'll call you Little Williams. Yan Mandarin pronunciation is difficult, and I don't have the foundation in this area."

"I'm glad you like it. I have something else to do. See you later."

The burning sensation that had been plaguing the body completely dissipated, and the consciousness that had been dragged into the hallucination saw the light of day again.

The black sword became obedient, Feng Qingyu put it into the scabbard, and stuck it in the weapon buckle behind the belt. The position of the belt sank significantly, and the weight of the weapon gave the body a sense of falling.

It did not resist and accepted her as its master. Astelan's figure turned into a cloud of smoke and entered the sword. Feng Qingyu did not continue to talk to her.

Talking to himself in the empty underground palace really makes him look like a psychopath.

At this time, Goletia was still trying to find a place to sail the boat out. After many searches, she found that the entrance was blocked by humans, and the movable door could only accommodate normal passage of people.

"We are going to destroy this underground palace, unless you don't want this ship."

Gloria drew a rough diagram on the ground with the tip of her spear.

"The main tomb chamber, where the ship is located, has a loose top structure on the east side of the underground palace, making it easy to open a passage to the sea. The other directions are all solid mountains, so it's not very meaningful, and prying them open is a waste of time."

After carefully looking at the diagram she drew, Feng Qingyu knew she was right. Agor's technical archon sometimes participated in the design and construction of buildings, so it was not surprising that he knew the structure of the Iberian Ten Underground Palaces.

It is indeed a crazy plan to bring the ship back to the sea, and Feng Qingyu is willing to participate in it.

37. Concerns

"Then the question is, how do we split open this underground palace?"

After looking at the schematic diagram drawn by Gloria, Feng Qingyu discovered a problem - they had no explosives.

Explosives can destroy a large building in the shortest time possible and are the most efficient, saving at least dozens of times the time compared to using cold weapons to cut through solid walls one by one.

Explosives used on land cannot be used on the seabed unless they are specially made by Agor.

Of the two people present, only Goletia can get convenient and easy-to-use explosives. Kal'tsit said that some factories in Agor would mine the source stone on the seabed and use purification technology to make high-energy stone bombs. They are extremely powerful and have a wide range of influence. A high-energy stone bomb can easily blow up one-third of the area of ​​this underground palace.

"With weapons."

Gloria shattered Feng Qingyu's fantasy.

"Don't look at me expectantly. I haven't been back to Agor for a long time, and I don't have any materials to make explosives. A qualified explosive is the product of multiple processes, and we don't have the conditions to make high-powered explosives. Ordinary explosives can only make a small hole in the underground palace, and the lifeboats on this ship can't get out. We can't get explosives, so just accept our fate."

The thick gray stone wall was polished and transformed into a relatively flat wall by the craftsmen who built the underground palace. It would be impossible to destroy it just by talking.

Isn't there a better way than to split the rock wall with your bare hands?

It was impossible to make a wish to the magic sword. She didn't want to be bound to that strange sword and become a miserable slave. She might make a wish in the future, but it was just a possibility.

Holding on to a glimmer of hope, Feng Qingyu wanted to try his luck again.

"Let's go to the captain's room and take a look. Maybe we can find something useful, such as a map of this underground palace. What I regret most is that I didn't ask the old servant for more information. In the end, he didn't tell me anything clearly and he died."

Feng Qingyu pointed to the bridge of the Mini Fool. The bridge is the core of a ship, with the ship's wheelhouse. The captain's room is usually near the wheelhouse, closest to the core, so that it can be easily responded to emergencies at any time.

She believed that there were good things hidden in the captain's room, and she had no clear basis for judgment, relying on her intuition. Her intuition told her that there was something hidden there, and she followed her intuition and came there, it was that simple.

The mini boat, modeled after the Fool, was similar in size to the small passenger ship of Longmen Travel Company. The metal gangway leading to the upper part of the bridge, the smooth metal plate also had traces of seaweed and seaweed. The orange flame could not burn on the seabed, but the blue one could.

Without the need for others to explain to him, Feng Qingyu's limbs made the corresponding movements on their own. The blue fire danced in his palms, and flew towards the underwater plants that climbed onto the deck with the throwing action. The flames burned the plants to ashes, and the fishy and salty smell of burning spread around, leaving some fine ashes.

The flowing sea water washed away the ashes, and the gangway became as bright as new.

This ship had not been taken care of for sixty years, and the shadows of sea creatures could be seen everywhere. Feng Qingyu used magic to clean up most of them, and Gloria's long spear was not idle either, tearing up the seaweed and the traces of the sea.

"It was my mistake not to bring the 'little helper' down with me."

Swordfish gradually became bored with the repetitive mechanical cleaning work. Cleaning is a troublesome task that can easily wear down one's will. No matter how motivated one is before starting, as the cleaning work unfolds, the various tedious steps are enough to destroy all of one's motivation.

As an Agor Archon who has long relied on cleaning tools, Goletia is almost going crazy.

"Thank you for your hard work. Let me clean up the rest myself. You take a good rest."

Feng Qingyu cast a larger fire spell. The dark blue flames burned in the hall of the bridge building and spread, killing the crawling Minghen and Haisi hiding in the bed. Minghen seemed to be afraid of the blue flames and stopped growing after being burned.

Even Ming Hen, who was not burned, couldn't help but retreat.

Goletia had never seen flames of this color before, and her bloodshot eyes reflected the dancing flames. It was a color without temperature, but it burned so hot that even the seawater in the cabin was heated to warm water.

The mysterious R'lyeh sword caused incredible changes in her companions.

Disturbing changes.

"I wish I'd thought more about it."

Swordfish can’t stand their own neurosis, with an overly sensitive brain and heart, providing a strong sense of vigilance while making themselves vulnerable to spirals of crazy thinking.

Constantly thinking, constantly doubting, like a never-ending, high-speed spinning vortex.

Feng Qingyu's condition seemed normal, but no one could tell the real situation. There were too many unexplainable things in the Agor Deep Sea. Whenever she saw the black sword, Goletia would feel a chill down her spine.

Since it was someone else's relic, she couldn't say anything.

Even without the help of Goletia and the little helper, Feng Qingyu could easily clear it. The strength before and after was completely different. According to the power classification of Rhodes Island, before getting the sword, Feng Qingyu's level was at most average, four stars and no more.

This sword is equivalent to a prop for promoting special-level operators, allowing her to become a six-star operator in one go.

She was happy about Feng Qingyu's change, but she was also worried that the sword was a conspiracy of the Deep Sea Church or an unknown organization. She couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, so she had to stop thinking meaninglessly and focus on the present.

Gloria followed Feng Qingyu up the gangway and arrived at the second floor of the bridge tower.

The superstructure of the Fool is still the three-forest style widely used in early ships. The three-island main deck is equipped with a forecastle, bridge and poop that are relatively short and separated from each other, shaped like three islands. The three-island style was widely used in early ships, but it was gradually eliminated due to the inconvenience of transportation between the buildings.

It is rare to see a design like the Fool's on ships nowadays. It is no exaggeration to say that it is somewhat behind the trend of the times.

In Iberia at that time, the Fool was the largest ocean-going warship with the most complete facilities. Although its chief designer Breogan originally intended to build it into an exploration ship to deal with various crises at sea, the short-sightedness of the Iberian royal family and nobles laid the groundwork for the fate of Iberia.

The smell of burning continued, and the flames burned Minghen and Haisi, making crackling sounds.

The two of them used an efficiency more than ten times higher than before to clear out the Minghen and Haisi within their sight, and Feng Qingyu also roasted a few sea crawlers. Haisi, which looked like a surprise egg, could release a large amount of neurotoxins, causing ordinary people to fall into severe hallucinations in an instant, suffocate in the hallucinations, and finally die.

Feng Qingyu had long memorized the method of dealing with the Sea Crawlers. He first retreated to a safe distance of at least five meters, and then used long-range attacks to burn them. The blue flames quickly devoured the egg-shaped sea crawlers, burning the outer shell, and turbid smoke spread in the cabin.

38. Puzzle Blocks

The blue flames illuminated the entire cabin, and the dim space was filled with twisting light, filling every corner. The dark gold interior surface was dancing with vague light balls, and the cold sea water became hotter and hotter as the flames continued to burn.

If sweat could be felt, Goletia would have been sweating profusely.

The black magic sword significantly increases the strength of spells. Perhaps the person involved did not notice it. Being in the game, he naturally could not see the changes happening to himself.

Others see it most clearly, no matter how much things change.

It didn't look like the magic sword had increased its power, but rather that it had released the sealed power that originally belonged to the Williams family. What was used to make wishes and exchange wealth and status was not only the fortune of the heir of the Williams family, but also something else.

Terra is so vast that nothing is impossible to find, and Goletia would not doubt the truth of this incident. Strange and supernatural things often happen in Agor and Iberia, and the existence of gods and ghosts has been confirmed by some legends.

There are many things that the Agor Academy of Sciences cannot explain. Not every consul firmly believes that everything in the world can be explained by science, like her.

Messy thoughts tangled into a tangled mess in my mind, and excessive thinking made my temples swell.

Goletia yawned, trying to hide her tiredness. Lack of rest is fatal to deep-sea hunters, and so is continuous fighting. The process of searching for the magic sword is relatively boring, and it can be called a boring thing.

A life without fun is dull and boring. If we use the colors of paint to describe the state of life and attitude towards life, gray and white will definitely dominate. On the other hand, Feng Qingyu, who is burning the mark of the dark night to clear a path, can be seen in a variety of colors.

A colorful life and a positive attitude towards life...really enviable.

Gloria was also surprised that the Archon would envy a land dweller.

"Zizi-"

The sound of burning flames came from another room, and before they knew it, they had reached the third floor of the bridge. The captain's office was connected to the study, and the office was not small, with enough space for several huge bookshelves that reached the ceiling.

The books on the bookshelf were not waterproofed in any way, and there were no waterproof measures or partitions. Sixty years had passed, and not even a few scraps of paper were left, leaving only an empty book shell.

The title on the book cover and spine was also unclear, the words and colors were blurred. The scene in the office was quite distressing, Feng Qingyu glanced through it roughly, but did not gain anything for the time being.

"No way, nothing?"

She turned on the lighting and searched the bookshelves in the office again, but still found nothing. The search was very quick, and everything was soaked in seawater and was unrecognizable, so no matter how much she looked at it, she could not come to a conclusion.

Then, Feng Qingyu found a beautifully crafted metal chair in the office, which was a set with the desk in the office. Items made with Agor's low-temperature alloy processing technology are relatively durable and can withstand the test of seawater erosion.

The Mini Fool had no captain, and she was the last blood of the Williams family. To put it in a rounded way, she, Florence Williams, whose real name was Feng Qingyu, was now the captain of the ship. It was reasonable for the captain to sit down in the chair in the office.

Goletia was tired of the repetitive searching. Places with high concentrations of seaweed would make the Agor people's skin itchy and uncomfortable. Even dry land would be more comfortable than here.

Once upon a time, the Deep Sea Hunters and the Haisi’s troops, as well as their gods, had an extremely fierce and tragic battle. That action was called the "Haisi God Beheading Operation."

Goletia also participated in that operation and witnessed countless deep-sea hunters gradually losing themselves in the process of fighting with their blood relatives. Amid the horrible whispers, they began to devour the flesh and blood of their dead companions, and their skin gradually grew scales, eventually becoming a monster to be conquered.

At the end of the operation, Skadi, a member of the Deep Sea Hunters, successfully killed the target, and the Sea Si group retreated. After this operation, the Deep Sea Hunters were attacked by unknown forces, and a large number of members were killed and injured. Some of the survivors went to land and lost contact with Agor.

The three deep-sea hunters today are the survivors of that battle.

The concentration of sea urchins around the ship was too high, and Goletia had to recall the unpleasant past. Although the Deep Sea Hunters won that battle, the huge sacrifices often made the survivors fall into deep thought, and the faces of their dead companions often appeared in their minds.

She swung her spear, tearing the phantom before her eyes.

"If you can't find it, just split it open. I don't think you can find anything more useful than this pile of junk in this empty office."

"Wait, I have a faint feeling, shh ...

Feng Qingyu raised his index finger, asking Gloria to be quiet.

"Do you hear the sound of mechanical gears turning? Even though it's very faint."

This ship is somehow connected to this underground palace, and the switch to open the exit of the underground palace is on the ship. Whenever Feng Qingyu touches an item on the ship, he has this feeling, no matter what the item is. His perception ability is greatly improved, and even the tiny sounds that the ears cannot capture become clearly audible.

"No, I only heard the sound of the fish scratching the deck and portholes. Do you want to leave quickly? Once the underground palace is submerged by the sea tide, it will be difficult to take your boat away."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm almost there."

Faced with the deep-sea hunter's urging, Feng Qingyu remained unmoved.

She closed her eyes, shutting out all distractions, and focused on capturing the sounds of the machinery. Those sounds formed a complete path, like the veins in the body. The end point of the sound was the metal relief painting embedded on the right wall of the captain's room of the ship.

To be precise, it is a metal puzzle mechanism made into a relief painting.

A common puzzle in puzzle games is to move the scrambled puzzle pieces back to the correct position continuously. The pieced-together picture either contains important clues or can open a switch or secret door.

The content of this puzzle is the complete structural diagram of the underground palace. After the order was shuffled, no clue could be made out. Feng Qingyu immediately set about restoring their positions.

One of the squares was empty, used to move the misplaced puzzle piece. Goletia found a secret compartment behind a water-damaged painting, opened it, and found the missing piece inside.