At a little past 10 am, Kaede Sato set sail on the speedboat that the dockworkers had built for him. This time, Kaede Sato's helmsman was an old captain who specialized in going back and forth between the docks and the volcano.
With decades of sailing experience, the old captain boasted that he could safely sail to the volcano at a fast speed even with his eyes closed. In fact, even if the engine's efficiency was at its maximum, the old captain could still sail fast and steadily.
According to Kaede Sato's conjecture, since the Lava team brought Marcus along, it was highly likely that Marcus was willing to lead the way for the Lava team due to the threat. In that case, according to the location of the secret passage that the old village chief had given him, the Lava team couldn't directly land on the volcano.
That was because the secret passageways leading to the top of the volcano were located on the cliffs behind the volcano. If no one led the way, it was almost impossible to find these secret passageways.
The old captain was indeed very experienced in sailing and knew the coastline of the volcano like the back of his hand. With Kaede Sato's description, he quickly determined a very correct landing location.
"It seems that the Lava team landed from here. Thank you so much, old captain. You've really helped me a lot. You can stop nearby and hide well. Next, your mission is to locate and guide the Alliance's rescue team."
After nearly an hour, Kaede Sato, who was standing at the bow of the ship, finally saw the Lava team's ships docked at the edge of the volcano's cliff through his binoculars. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Then, he walked into the steering cabin and said to the old captain and sailors, "Little hero, don't worry.
I'll listen to you. You must be careful. The Lava team is really inhumane. I'm already so old, but they don't have any sense of respect for the elderly and love the young. Besides, they think about destroying the world every day … "
The old captain was a chatterbox. After hearing Kaede Sato's words, Kaede Sato patted his chest and promised him. Then, he began to criticize the Lava team non-stop.
… …
"Come out, Swamp Monster. Take me there."
Kaede Sato quickly walked out of the cabin with a beaming face and released the Swamp Monster into the sea. Then, he jumped onto the Swamp Monster's back from the ship.
The Swamp Monster was now huge and could perfectly carry the burden of being Kaede Sato's sea transportation. Heeding Kaede Sato's instructions, it carefully carried Kaede Sato little by little towards the volcanic cliff where the Lava team's ships were docked.
The Lava team's awareness was quite on point. There were quite a number of sentinels on the Lava team's ships by the cliff. However, these sentinels were obviously not very perceptive. They gathered in groups of twos and threes, chatting or playing cards to relieve their boredom. Only a few of them still stared at the surface of the sea dutifully.
All of a sudden, a layer of white fog rose from the surface of the sea that was originally clearer. The fog spread rapidly and soon, the sea that was guarded by the Lava team's sentries was covered.
However, the sentries didn't seem to be suspicious of the white fog that suddenly appeared. Instead, they looked at the white fog that suddenly appeared in front of them with a look of misfortune. They muttered words like "unlucky" and "this place is really creepy" before gathering together nervously.
As mentioned earlier, the volcano would be covered by thick clouds and sea fog all year round. In this place, the sudden appearance of sea fog wasn't anything special.
Of course, the sudden appearance of the sea fog also meant that danger was quietly approaching. It turned out that the sea fog didn't appear for no reason. Most of the time, it appeared because some Water Fairies in the sea used a white mist technique to create it.
At the same time, when the sea mist appeared, the Specter Fairies in the volcano would become restless during the day. If they sensed the arrival of living beings, these Specter Fairies born from various dark factors would come over to satisfy some special needs of the Specter Fairies.
"Come out, Big-mouth Bat, Big-mouth Gull. Big-mouth Bat, lead the way for the Swamp Monster. Big-mouth Gull, keep a close eye on the surroundings and be on standby."
Kaede Sato looked at the sudden appearance of the thick fog and couldn't help but be vigilant. He immediately released Big-mouth Bat and Big-mouth Gull and watched their surroundings vigilantly.
All of a sudden, Kaede Sato saw a black shadow appear on the surface of the sea in front of him. In an instant, his hair stood on end. He realized that the color of the scenery around him rapidly faded and turned black and white. It was as if everything was frozen and the surroundings fell silent.
When Sato Kaede regained his senses, he immediately saw that the black figure in front of him was looking at him. It was an incomparably evil eye, and although it was just a glance, it made him feel a fatal sense of danger, and the aura of death spread around him.
Kaede Sato clenched his teeth and stared at the black shadow in front of him. He didn't lower his head because of the sudden sense of danger in his heart. Both of them stared at each other. After a second or a minute, the black shadow closed its eyes and suddenly disappeared before Kaede Sato's eyes.
"You're not bad, young human." When the black shadow was about to disappear, an old and cold voice appeared in Kaede Sato's mind. He couldn't help but shiver and quickly looked around.
After this sentence, the sense of danger in Kaede Sato's heart gradually disappeared. Then, the scenery around him changed color again. He could hear the sound of the waves and the wind again.
He looked nervously at the surface of the sea that was covered by the thick fog. When he found nothing, he asked Big-mouth Bat and the others, but there were no traces of other wild fairies on the surface of the sea. This made his heart beat faster.
"What is that black shadow? I can't be wrong. It must be a living creature. But why am I the only one who can see it? The Swamp Monster really didn't notice that black shadow. "
Sato Kaede's entire body was drenched in sweat, and his expression was extremely unsightly. Even though his heart was extremely tough and he did not fear looking into the eyes of the other party, the feeling of death at any moment caused his body to instinctively feel fear. It was as if the black shadow was the incarnation of death, the mortal enemy of all living beings.
Not long after, under Big-mouth Bat's lead, the Swamp Monster safely carried Kaede Sato behind a large reef on the edge of the volcanic cliff. Thanks to the thick fog, he was now less than 10 meters away from the Lava Party's ship.
Kaede Sato's mental strength was strong. He quickly adjusted his state of mind and temporarily forgot about what just happened. He quickly put on the Lava Party's uniform that he got from the Lava Party's captives on the back of the Swamp Monster.
After a long while, when the fog disappeared, Kaede Sato took out a pair of infrared binoculars and poked his head out from behind the reef to observe. With the help of this reliable device, he quickly found the secret passage that the Lava Party found on the cliff.
It was a cave entrance on the cliff. There was a long rope ladder by the side of the cave entrance, and there were six Lava Party members guarding below the rope ladder.
What surprised Kaede Sato was that the six Lava Party members and their fairies were all asleep and were now lying on the ground. However, their faces were abnormally pale as if they were in a nightmare.
Then, Kaede Sato looked at the Lava Party's ship nearby. The Lava Party members and the fairies were also in the same state. Seeing this, he could not help but break out in cold sweat again. He quickly remembered the black shadow just now.
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