Roman had decided on a route, but this route had changed. This made Helen, who had been making a living on the sea all year round, extremely worried.
Roman had to give Floating Mech City an explanation in order to solve the problem of Angor stealing The Limpet's nightmare stone.
The combination of these two things made him uneasy.
"Sir, the other thing you mentioned …" Helen looked at Angor with a questioning look.
Angor considered for a moment and decided to tell Helen about Roman's plan. When Helen heard about this matter, her eyes were wide open. A chill rose from her tailbone and went straight to her brain. Her expression was filled with indescribable fear.
"The easiest way to make The Limpet's nightmare stone disappear on its own without alerting anyone in Floating Mech City …"
That was to destroy it!
Helen was smart enough to know what Angor was going to say.
Helen couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I just remembered something. Four years ago, the Golden Web Freighter fell into a sea monster's territory at Devil's Water and was lost forever. The only one who managed to escape was … Mister Roman."
Helen trembled. "Mister Wizard, Mister Roman isn't really going to do something to The Limpet, is he?"
He didn't answer. Instead, he stood up and looked at the calm sea outside. The surface of the sea was as peaceful as a mirror, and the sunlight reflected off the surface of the water, making it look like a glittering mirror.
"Helen, are there any dangerous places on this route? For example, how far is it from the sea monster's territory? "
Helen replied reflexively, "There are dangers. Every sea route has a certain amount of danger. Before we set sail, I did a rough estimation of the route. At first, I didn't think this route would be too dangerous. At least, this route isn't close to the nests of any large sea monsters, and it's far away from the sea monsters' territory. "
"Then the danger of this route that you mentioned is …"
"Weather, I guess." Helen was silent for a moment. "In the past, the probability of accidents on this route has been kept below 5%. It's the place with the lowest probability of accidents. When Mister Roman decided to take this route, Erwin and I both thought it was a reasonable choice. "
"Isn't it unexpected that something went wrong in a reasonable choice?"
"What should we do now?" Helen asked worriedly.
"How long until the next one? Can we change course?" Angor asked.
"We will arrive at Silver Palm Island in two days, where we will choose the next route." Helen continued, "There are only two days left until this part of the route ends. There's no way to change the route, and it's not even possible to turn back, because we're about to enter the middle of Cold Winter, and the ocean currents are even more fluid. At that time, the weather will be even more dangerous, and even giant waves over a hundred meters may appear."
"There's no way to change our course. We'll arrive at Silver Palm Island in two days, right? Do you remember the map?"
"I always carry the sea maps of the sub-regions with me. Please take a look, my lord."
Helen spread out the map and focused on the Silver Palm Isle, while Angor ignored the other sea routes.
"Looks like the weather is calm. Toby, go to Palm Isle and check it out. If there's anything up ahead, report back immediately. "
Toby nodded. He had been paying attention to the map as well. Toby nodded and flew away from the cabin.
It moved so fast that even Angor could not see it with his eyes.
"We're still a long way from Palm Island, sir." Helen looked worried. "Will we make it in time?"
"Is it? Don't worry. Toby will be back in half an hour at most. "
Half an hour? Helen looked out of the window in bewilderment, but Toby had already disappeared into the horizon. Not even his shadow could be seen.
He asked Helen to sit down while he returned to his desk and began to draw some patterns on a piece of paper. He also needed to analyze the combination of materials and runes, as well as the material and the appearance of the armor.
Soon, he immersed himself in his work.
Helen glanced at Angor and was surprised to see him drawing on a piece of paper. At the same time, she began to wonder why Angor wasn't worried at all about Roman's evil intentions and the possible danger to The Limpet?
If Angor could hear Helen's thoughts, he would probably say, "If Roman isn't worried, why should I be?" Even if something happened to The Limpet, there was no way he couldn't escape, even if Roman was able to do so.
Helen's expression was still deeply worried. At first, she didn't believe that Roman would do such a thing. After all, they shared common interests. But if Roman was willing to give up The Limpet for something bigger, such as using the nightmare stone, would he abandon The Limpet? The answer was yes.
According to Angor, Roman had reached the end of his lifespan, and the only way to prolong his life was to become a wizard. It was possible for Roman to do something crazy in the desperate situation where his lifespan was on the brink of death.
However, Helen's thinking was still incomplete. She said that Roman was crazy, but was he really crazy?
There was no plan in the world that could be flawless. Of course, Floating Mech City would find out that Roman stole the nightmare stone from Floating Mech City. Even if Floating Mech City did not notice it yet, they would find out in the future.
However, if Roman had already become an official Magus by selling the Nightmare Stones, then even if he was discovered, the chances of him being punished would be minuscule.
There was no such thing as fairness in the wizarding world. One's own strength was the only thing that mattered.
Roman knew this, which was why he made such a decision. It seemed that he had already crossed his bottom line, but he still had a way to go back.
The prerequisite for all of this was for him to become a true Magus.
Before he could finish his drawing, he heard the sound of fluttering wings coming from the window.
Helen immediately turned her head and looked outside. The bird that was flapping its wings outside the window was the seabird that the wizard had called "Toby".
Helen looked at the clock on the wall and muttered, "He's back in half an hour …"
Toby began to chatter with Angor as soon as he came back.
Helen didn't know what they were talking about, but Angor and Toby could easily answer each other's questions.
Angor frowned as he listened to Toby's explanation. At the same time, he took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote down a black-and-white drawing.
Helen moved closer to Angor's drawing and saw a small island in the middle of a vast ocean.
"This is the Silver Palm Island. Its mountain peaks are indeed undulating like stairs." Helen thought to herself, but there was one thing that was strange. Why was the island drawn so small? Silver Palm Island was an uninhabited island at Devil's Water, but it was still quite big compared to the other reef islands.
Angor kept drawing. Soon, more scenes appeared under his pen.
As the drawing zoomed out, Helen's expression slowly turned into one of fear. A giant shadow was quietly standing in front of Silver Palm Island.
Silver Palm Island was ten times smaller compared to the giant shadow.
Even more frightening was the fact that only a small part of the shadow was above the water. There was something else under the water.
According to Toby's description, the shadow was a gigantic sea monster that was about the size of an adult cloud whale.
It had a snake neck with spikes on its back, and the part above the water looked like a crocodile covered in scales. However, the part below the water looked like a whale.
"What … is this? Is The Limpet going to run into this monster again? "Helen's voice was shaking so hard that she couldn't even speak properly.
"Before Toby approached Silver Palm Island, it was still hiding under the water. But when it heard noises coming from above, it slowly floated up. If The Limpet keeps moving forward, we'll run into it.
"As for its name … I do know about it," Angor said in a small voice. "There's a wizard market in the Empire of Revelation called Ancient Beach. It's famous because of a magazine publisher who published two popular periodicals in the wizarding world, 'Where Are the Magical Treasures' and 'Where Are the Magical Beasts'.
"In the tenth anniversary edition of 'Where Are the Magical Beasts', there's a picture of this sea monster. It's called … Leviathan."
Leviathan. Helen repeated the name repeatedly as if this was the only way to relieve the pressure in her heart.
"An adult Leviathan is as strong as a truth-finder wizard. But this one is already an adult, "Angor explained.
"Will it tear The Limpet apart?" Helen asked.
"Of course. Leviathans are no pushovers."
"Then what should we do? We're still some distance away from Silver Palm Island. Can we go around it?" At this point, Helen was already carefully thinking about the route to take. "There are restricted areas on both sides of Silver Palm Island. If we don't go through Silver Palm Island, we can only change our route now and take these two paths. One is the Storm Demonic Sea, and the other is the Gear Sea Abyss. We can't enter the Stormy Demonic Sea during this month. Entering it means certain death. As for the Gear Sea Abyss, it's rumored to be the graveyard of all gears. A portion of ships that pass through it will sink into the endless sea abyss. However, there are also a large number of ships that have passed through it. Although it's risky, at least there's a chance of survival. We can try going through the Gear Sea Abyss.
Angor checked the map again. Gearwheel Abyss was already very far away from Silver Palm Island. He shook his head. "No need. We'll take Silver Palm Island."
"But …"
"Don't worry. The Leviathan has a strong body, but it also has obvious weaknesses. As long as we don't get too close to it, I'll find a way to avoid its attention." Angor's eyes glinted. "More importantly, Roman is the one who led you down this path, right? Why don't we let him have a taste of what happened to The Limpet in the first place?"
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