The stormy night was dark, and the sound of the surging waves roared.
The vagaries of fate had caused his eyes to exude an astonishing hatred all the time. This hatred had even turned into a cold that could affect others. As long as one got a little closer, one would feel a bone-piercing chill.
Therefore, he had to disguise himself at all times. Only the night could allow him to take off that layer of hypocrisy.
Keelrum sat at the top of the mast, letting the violent sea breeze blow wantonly, but he was indifferent. Perhaps his heart had long been fiercer and colder than the wind …
Compared to Grimm, an orphan in Bi Seer City on a remote island, Keelrum had a more twisted and bizarre fate.
Fifteen years ago, it was a peaceful night in an ordinary village on the Sorcerer Continent. However, on this night, a terrifying Black Sorcerer descended upon the village and wantonly slaughtered all the forces that dared to resist his will.
And the true purpose of this Black Sorcerer was to collect his own experimental materials … live humans.
No one could understand the psychological activities of a Black Sorcerer. They had gone astray on the path of pursuing sorcerer knowledge, and in order to achieve greater power, they would do anything to achieve it. Even to the extent that in their eyes, those weak of their own kind were nothing more than stepping stones on their path forward.
Little did they know that the most original purpose of the existence of sorcerers and sorcery was to protect humans from being plundered and enslaved by powerful beings from the foreign world!
In the dark cage, Keelrum had spent more than ten years without daylight. From the beginning when he was a child, he had witnessed his loved ones being taken away by the Black Sorcerer with irresistible power and forcibly subjected to cruel human experiments. Later, batches after batches of new "experimental materials" were locked in the cage.
Keelrum had seen too many people die, and even some of the deaths were too cruel and strange.
Until one day, his fate took a turn for the better!
Apart from himself, no one knew why he was able to miraculously survive time and time again on the experimental bench where there was only a one in ten thousand chance of survival. Even the Black Sorcerer could not believe this miracle, but Keelrum had indeed done it.
And after facing the fear of death again and again, his eyes gradually calmed down and became incomparably cold, like the black accumulated ice under the legendary Howling Abyss.
It was not until a few years ago, when the Black Isotta Academy's Demon-Hunter Sorcerers killed the evil Black Sorcerer and rescued all the civilians locked in the cage. Only after more than a decade did Keirrum truly regain his freedom.
For this reason, Keirrum made the Black Isotta Academy his home.
At the same time, under the concerted efforts of the many wizards of the Black Isotta Academy, the reason why Keirrum was able to survive on the test bench time and time again was also found. To the shock of the many wizards, they knew that the Black Isotta Academy had welcomed a true genius, a genius who had several chances of winning the Holy Tower Qualification Battle.
Soon, Black Iso Tower received news that two rare geniuses with innate talent had appeared on the distant Eastern Coral Island. However, that place belonged to another wizard academy, Lilith's Hut.
Driven by certain ambitions, Black Isotta Academy, whose code of conduct was competition, survival of the fittest, and natural elimination, launched a meticulous and detailed mission …
"Coo coo …"
In the dark night, an owl calmly landed on Keirrum's shoulder. Keirrum seemed to be prepared and was not surprised at all. His black eyes looked at the owl.
"At this speed, you'll reach the target sea area by about seven o 'clock tomorrow morning. At that time, sprinkle that thing in the cabin and you'll complete the mission."
The owl whispered in human language.
Keirrum said in a deep voice, "Got it."
With a violent sea breeze blowing, the owl swayed and flew into the distance. Keirrum was still sitting calmly, his cold eyes looking into the endless darkness in the distance.
"Keirrum? Sam? "
…
These days, Grimm's life seemed to have only two themes: studying magic books and fresh fish mushroom soup.
In the cabin, it was impossible to tell whether it was day or night outside. Only the burning candles continued the seemingly eternal light.
Rubbing his eyes, which were already starting to become bloodshot, Grimm closed the "Canine Olfactory Modification and Scent Atlas" that he had been reading for who knew how long.
Stretching, Grimm murmured, "Robinson hasn't been here for a long time. Sigh, let's go out for a walk."
Perhaps because he hadn't moved for too long, Grimm's bones creaked. Only then did he put away the magic stones and magic books close to his body and left the cabin.
"It's actually early in the morning?"
Grimm murmured with some surprise. In his sense of time, he thought it was late at night.
Boom!
All of a sudden, a deafening sound was heard. Grimm, who was on the fifth floor of the ship and was about to walk to the deck, suddenly fell down. For a moment, he only felt that the huge ship was turning upside down, shaking violently.
Grimm's first reaction was that he had hit the rocks!
Before they could recover from their shock, the cabin was filled with panic and noise.
"What's wrong, hit the rocks?"
"Help! Sea monster … "
Many sorcerer-apprentices walked out of the cabin in panic, trying to figure out the situation on the deck. However, at this moment, a giant creature with a height of 2.5 meters suddenly walked in from the exit of the deck.
This giant creature had the upper body of a human, but the lower body of a snake. At the same time, its whole body was covered with green scales. It was holding a shiny long metal fork in its hands, greedily looking at the group of sorcerer-apprentices who were dumbfounded.
Everyone gasped. Needless to say, this monster was definitely not something that a group of sorcerer-apprentices could deal with!
"What's wrong? What's wrong … "
A wooden door of a room next to the exit of the deck opened. A sorcerer-apprentice who was still confused poked his head out, trying to figure out the situation outside, and just happened to see the giant monster at the door.
"What the f * ck … Am I dreaming?"
The Sorcerer-Apprentice only had time to curse before the Kraken's huge metal fork pierced through the Sorcerer-Apprentice. The rough workmanship of the metal fork even pulled out a section of the Sorcerer-Apprentice's intestines. The thick smell of blood immediately filled the entire cabin.
"Run! Sea monster! It's a sea monster! A sea monster is killing people! "
The fifth floor of the cabin was suddenly in chaos. Sorcerer-Apprentices were fleeing in fear, pushing and shoving each other. The death of a sorcerer-apprentice had really shocked many people.
The sorcerer-apprentices on the fourth floor were in a state of confusion. They wanted to see what was going on, so they crowded each other and the whole cabin was in chaos.
"Grimm, come here!"
Chris called out to Grimm. Beside him was Anna York. Grimm was overjoyed and hurried over.
"Wait for me!"
For some reason, Lafite, who was in the next room, ran over as well. It seemed that she felt unsafe in the room alone. There was strength in numbers.
During this time, in panic, two sorcerer-apprentices temporarily hid in Chris's room. Everyone blocked the wooden door with all their might.
Everyone was in a state of panic. Grimm could clearly hear the cries and screams coming from the corridor. It seemed that there was more than one monster, and it was slaughtering people who did not have time to escape.
Chris moved the table, the wooden bed, and everything else that could block the door. The room suddenly became quiet. Only the sound of heavy breathing and rapid heartbeats could be heard.
No one knew how many sorcerer-apprentices were killed in the cabin, but judging from the screams, there were at least 20.
At the same time, the sound of people fighting and the unique hoarse roar of the sea monster gradually came. Everyone in the room was happy. They guessed that the strong sailors had come to rescue them.
For the first time, they felt that the dirty and rude sailors were very likable.
However, even if the sailors came to rescue them, there were still many sorcerer-apprentices screaming in the cabin.
Suddenly, after the sound of a door being broken, there was a burst of desperate cries. Everyone's heart sank. It must be the horrible sea monster that broke in and carried out a bloody massacre.
The people in Chris's cabin did not dare to make a sound. Their eyes were filled with despair.
"It's okay. We still have hope. As long as Wizard Dira is here, we can definitely kill these sea monsters!"
A male wizard apprentice who had escaped to Chris's room said in a low voice.
Everyone's eyes brightened. Yes!
Everyone was confident in the mysterious and powerful Sorcerers.
Boom!
All of a sudden, the ship shuddered again. The violent shaking caused everyone in Chris's room to pale. Behind them, there was a crisp sound of wood breaking, followed by a shower of splinters. It was as if a violent sandstorm had struck them.
Everyone curled up into a ball and closed their eyes. After a while, the bright sunlight behind them shone into the room.
They looked back in horror. A scene that could only be seen in nightmares appeared in front of them.
The ship was at least 20 to 30 centimeters thick, and there was a hole seven to eight meters wide. Chris's cabin was in the center of the hole.
Above the hole, a pitch-black creature that looked like a "sea snake" was slowly crawling up. Its diameter was more than two meters. One could imagine the terrifying size of this "sea snake."
"Ah …"
A female apprentice screamed. Everyone looked down and saw that the female apprentice was one of the two strangers who had been hiding in Chris's room.
At this time, a wooden stick had pierced her abdomen. Half of the stick was sticking out, and blood was flowing on the floor.
The female Sorcerer-Apprentice showed an expression of despair and looked at the crowd imploringly. However, everyone had a helpless look in their eyes.
Glenn also felt that something was wrong with his feet. He looked down and saw that his leg was actually dyed red with blood. It turned out that when the wooden debris hit him just now, a piece of wood had scratched his leg.
Although the injury was not serious, it affected Grimm's movement.
"No!"
Chris was heartbroken. He covered Anna's eyes with his hands, looking crazy.
It turned out that the branch not only scratched half of Anna's face, but also stabbed into her eye. Although it wasn't fatal, the injury was too cruel for a girl like her.
"Hiss …"
Lafite's face was also pale, sucking in a breath of cold air. Right now, her left shoulder was already drenched red, a bit badly mangled.
In the blink of an eye, only Chris and the male Sorcerer's Apprentice were left unscathed.
However, it seemed to have sensed the movement in the room. A long metal fork was inserted into the door with a bang, and its bloodshot eyes looked at everyone through the gap.
A look of despair appeared on everyone's face …
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