From the Third Fleet's station in Gabred to New Haven where the Royal Naval College was located, the total voyage took about twelve days.
Although Faletis was only a small island country on the west coast of the continent, the world was too vast. It was better on the continent, but if they were in the open sea, even with the help of the seasonal currents, it was normal to sail for months at a time.
On the third day of Elvin's departure, the gloomy sky suddenly began to rain, and the sea breeze gradually became noisy, and soon the ship's flag was fluttering.
Fortunately, the supply ship that Elvin was on had been sailing in the coastal waters, and overall, it was stable. The unpredictable weather at sea was too normal, and even the most experienced navigator could not accurately predict its changes. Under the premise that it did not affect the navigation, the supply ship did not plan to stop and hide.
Maybe one moment it was raining, and the next moment it would be sunny?
But.
The situation did not develop as they had expected. Halfway through the voyage, the weather on the sea began to change, and there were some bad signs.
Woo woo woo …
Kacha!
Boom — Rumble …!
There was nothing on the side of the coastline, but the dark clouds were low, and the continuous wind and rain showed no signs of stopping. But in the direction of the open sea, layers of dark clouds accompanied by lightning and thunder continued to press down, and in the roaring wind and rain, the sky and the sea seemed to be connected together, and the ship kept bumping in the waves of several meters high, almost as if the sky and sea were upside down.
This extreme weather phenomenon clearly indicated that an extremely strong storm had begun to brew.
Boom —
"Captain, the situation at sea continues to worsen, I think we need to find a safe place to hide." The door of the captain's room was suddenly pushed open, and the navigator, who was dripping with water, wiped his face, and loudly asked the captain sitting behind the table for instructions.
When the navigator came in, Elvin was a guest in the captain's room.
The captain of the supply ship, Edlin, and Elvin had the same rank, and was also a major, but he was much older than Elvin, close to forty years old.
The long-term comfortable life on the supply ship made him lose some of the sharpness of a soldier, and he was more like a peaceful uncle next door than a navy. In the face of the navigator's rude behavior in front of the guests, he was not angry at all.
"My dear navigator, you have sailed this course a hundred times, and I trust you as much as I trust my own hands.
Go! Prove our professionalism to our customers, and I believe you will find us a perfect safe haven. "
His name was mentioned in their conversation, and Elvin smiled politely at the two who looked at him. Although the weather was a little bad, he was not nervous. Just as the captain had said, individuals were too insignificant in front of nature. It was enough to trust the experienced sailors.
"Yes, Captain." The navigator saluted the two majors in the captain's room and turned to leave.
Soon, the orders of the navigator were issued one by one.
The direction of the supply ship was slightly adjusted. Under the premise of maintaining stability, it sailed at the fastest speed toward a small island with a good shelter a few nautical miles away.
Elvin had been on many ships, and he found that every captain had their own unique way of getting along with their crew.
For example, under the command of Uncle Gör, every crew member on the Silver Wing was like a part of a machine, simple and efficient. However, this Major Edlin had boldly delegated his authority, allowing the professionals to fully display their abilities.
Elvin had always dreamed of being a captain, and although he knew that this goal was still a little far away, it did not stop him from absorbing the experience of other captains to enrich himself.
"Lower the sails! Lower the anchor! Except for the personnel on duty, everyone return to the cabin. "
The navigator of the supply ship was very reliable, and soon led the ship to the lee side of the island, lowered the anchor, lowered the sails, and stopped.
Pitter-patter …
Pitter-patter …
As soon as the supply ship stopped, the thick dark clouds from the outer sea came crashing down like a toppling mountain. The rain instantly became several levels stronger, and it even gave the illusion that even the waves were being suppressed by the rain.
However, the abnormal weather was obviously not that simple, and there were other strange "things" coming along with the dark clouds and rain.
"Moo-hoo … Moo-hoo …"
It was … like the strange roar of a giant sea beast.
"What's that sound?"
After stopping the ship, the navigator, who still had duties, could not rest like the other crew members, so he simply returned to the captain's cabin. The sudden roar made the three people in the room look out the window at the same time.
At this time, the strange roar was getting louder and louder. After listening carefully, the navigator, whose hair was already white, said with a serious face, "This is not a sound that any sea creature can make."
"Could it be … a sea monster?!" The three of them looked at each other and thought of a disturbing answer at the same time.
But as the captain of a supply ship, Major Edlin did not have the expensive alchemy equipment "Sea Monster Pointer", let alone an alchemy bomb that could kill sea monsters.
It could be said that if they really encountered a sea monster, this supply ship would be almost defenseless. Even the most powerful person on the ship, Captain Edlin, was just a normal official Knight, and it was hard to say how much power he had left after living like a prince for so long.
Major Edlin and his navigator's faces were a little pale at this moment, and the two of them kept drawing crosses in front of their chests with their right hands while muttering prayers to the goddess.
Elvin did not think it was strange.
The Church of the Iron Cross was the common belief of the entire Tulip Alliance, and worshipped one of the seven main gods, the "Goddess of Royalty and Navigation". The black iron cross with an anchor point at the bottom was her sacred emblem.
At least 70% of the people in Faletis were believers of this goddess, so as long as the word "goddess" was mentioned in public, it was a synonym for the "Goddess of Royalty and Navigation".
Because her clergy was in the field of navigation, her influence in the kingdom's navy, sailors, and fishermen was especially great. In the face of the harsh sea environment, the smaller one was, the easier it was to rely on the gods.
Elvin was not an atheist, but his reverence for the great existence did not affect his actions to find a way out. He had to be prepared for the worst outcome!
His eyes flashed slightly, and an invisible wave was instantly transmitted out. After receiving the order, the two swifts in the distance had already shot into the sky like arrows, and flew through the storm towards the direction of the roar.
.....
The place where the strange roar came from was far further than Elvin had imagined.
At present, the seabird scouts' real-time detection radius was about ten kilometers, and beyond this range, Elvin could no longer receive real-time images.
The two swifts that received the order flew to the edge of the detection radius, and finally found the anomaly in the turbulent sea. One could imagine how powerful it was to be able to easily transmit the roar so far.
When Elvin projected his sight to the sea through the eyes of the swifts, he was deeply shocked by the behemoth.
"Oh my god, what is this?!"
A giant sea monster that looked like a whale, with its head wrapped in a bony carapace, and thousands of tentacles on its body, floated in the sea like a small island.
Just by looking at it, it was already more than two thousand meters long. It was much larger than the largest giant among the small, medium, large, and giant sea monsters!
"This … can't be a Child of the Sea comparable to a human Level Four Transcendent, right?!" A slight tremor rose from the depths of Elvin's bone marrow, it was a biological instinct when facing the suppression of life.
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