Chapter 517: Strange Fish

Philip was not as happy as the other crew members and passengers. He pushed Geqiya away, ignoring the pain in his back and palms, and ran quickly to the side of the ship's rail, looking out at the ocean within his line of sight.

He kept changing his position, looking for areas and objects that might have abnormalities.

Suddenly, he heard a dull cry.

He was stunned for a moment, distinguished the direction the sound came from, and ran to the bow of the "Flying Bird".

The dull cry gradually became sharp, and Philip saw flowers of blood appearing on the distant blue sea surface, and a relatively large shadow rose.

That shadow quickly became clear, turning into a four-eyed strange fish with gray-blue round balls replacing the scales on its body surface and a long, sharp mouth.

This strange fish was not small in size, twisting and struggling in the sea, frantically flicking its tail fins and water droplets.

Waves rose without wind around it, and the seawater surged to five or six meters high before falling heavily.

The sharp cry eased slightly, and this four-eyed monster dived back under the water with a feeling of fear that was almost tangible, swimming quickly toward the distance.

Its remaining kind followed closely behind.

At the window of Room 5 in the first-class cabin, Lu Mian, who saw this scene, then changed into dry clothes as if no one else was around.

It was precisely because he discovered that the "Hate Movement" had detonated the fear of that four-eyed strange fish that he directly "teleported" back, instead of "jumping" into mid-air again to take advantage of the opponent surfacing to give it a saturation firepower coverage.

Fear would make that monster flee, so it wouldn't stay in place, become fierce, and continue to stir up giant waves.

"Phew..." After the four-eyed strange fish completely left this sea area, Philip breathed a sigh of relief without hiding it.

"Fortunately, fortunately..." He whispered instinctively, opened his arms, and said devoutly, "Praise the Sun!"

"Do you know that fish?"

Suddenly, a voice came from beside Philip.

Philip looked over in astonishment and saw Louis Berry, with black hair and green eyes and deep features.

His lover Geqiya was standing at the entrance of the cabin, wanting to come over here but not daring to approach the ship's rail.

"It's a 'Strange Swordfish'. Hehe, this is the name given by scholars. At sea, they have another name, 'Death Navigator'." Philip pressed his hand on the ship's rail and answered Lu Mian's question.

"'Death Navigator', why haven't I heard of it?" Lu Mian said frankly.

To be honest, he didn't know much about extraordinary creatures; he had previously mainly dealt with Beyonders, evil god believers, and those who had lost control.

Philip glanced at him, exhaled, and said with a smile:

"This is a type of fish creature that has only appeared in recent years, and many sailors call it the devil in the sea."

Only appeared in recent years... Lu Mian frowned.

Such a description, for him, often meant it was related to the erosion of evil gods, environmental changes, or the occurrence of disasters.

"Did it only appear in the Mist Sea recently, or was there no legend of this kind of fish on the Five Seas originally?" Lu Mian interrupted Philip's narration and asked a question.

Philip thought for a moment and said:

"I used to serve in the Mist Sea Fleet. Except for the Mist Sea, I have only been to the North Sea. I don't know enough about the Berserk Sea, the Sonia Sea, and the Polar Sea, but I really haven't heard from those sailors, pirates, and colleagues in other fleets that there were similar strange fish until a few years ago."

Could it be a fish contaminated by an evil god? Lu Mian suddenly felt that not forcing himself to finish off the "Strange Swordfish" just now was a wise choice.

That would not only cause him to expose his extraordinary abilities in front of many crew members and passengers, but also hide other dangers, and it was very likely that there would be no harvest.

A pile of trash, only fit to be fed to Lu Dewei!

Seeing that Louis Berry was no longer entangled in this detail, Philip continued:

"'Strange Swordfish' will surface on nights without mist, standing vertically there, as if quietly looking at the starry sky. Many sailors and pirates have seen such scenes, scared into thinking they were summoning some kind of evil creature."

"Think about it, the sea surface in the middle of the night is pitch black, the red moon in the high sky is very faint, only starlight shines down, and one twisted and terrifying fish head after another silently pokes out of the sea surface, motionless, arranged in different patterns... Anyone would be scared!"

Looking up at the starry sky... Could it really be contaminated by the power of an evil god for some reason? Lu Mian pondered for a few seconds and said:

"Why call them 'Death Navigators'?"

Philip rubbed his cheeks:

"After looking at the starry sky, the 'Strange Swordfish' will stay on the water surface, arranged in two rows, forming an arrow, swimming toward a certain place in the ocean, as if giving directions to unknown creatures."

"Some pirates, adventurers, and treasure hunters felt that this might point to very valuable things or hidden treasures, so they tried to follow behind the 'Strange Swordfish' to see where they would eventually arrive."

"Not a single ship that did this returned, and the crew on board disappeared from then on."

"Therefore, we all call 'Strange Swordfish' 'Death Navigators'."

Speaking of this, Philip sighed and said:

"I once heard some sailors say that 'Death Navigators' seem to be able to manipulate waves. Now it seems that this rumor is very likely true, and much more powerful than I expected, much more."

"Hmm, that 'Strange Swordfish' just now, even among all 'Death Navigators', should be a relatively powerful one."

"However, there has never been an incident where 'Death Navigators' actively attacked human ships before..."

Lu Mian laughed:

"Perhaps they attacked, but no one survived, and the news wasn't passed on."

Philip was stunned for a moment and said:

"Also, in giant waves like that just now, once a ship capsizes or is smashed, except for a very few people with special abilities, no one can survive."

He paused and said to himself:

"Was the attack of the 'Death Navigators' provoked by that major trouble?"

"It's possible." Lu Mian responded sincerely.

After waiting for a while, confirming that the "Death Navigators" had not returned, Philip turned his body and said to the passengers and crew crowded at the windows and cabin entrances:

"Alert lifted!"

"The weather is back to normal!"

Those humans who had just cheered, because they had received a definite answer, once again made noises and praised the gods they believed in.

Philip withdrew his gaze and said thoughtfully:

"Were the 'Death Navigators' eventually scared away by that major trouble too?"

"I feel it was very afraid."

"It's possible." Lu Mian was still as sincere as ever.

With such an interlude, the "Flying Bird" increased its speed and arrived at the capital of the Mist Sea Islands, Falin Port, before night truly fell.

The sun hung behind Shengtikedao, dyeing the distant ocean, large swaths of forest, and that dead, silent brown volcano a crimson color, magnificent and gorgeous.

"Falin" in the indigenous language of the Mist Sea Islands means fragrance and sweetness. Shengtikedao is rich in spices such as cloves, nutmeg, and pepper, and sugar-extracting plants such as sugarcane. Fruits are mainly bananas and grapes, and the rest are planted with cotton.

Looking at the buildings with white walls and red roofs on the coastline, looking at the masts, sails, and the large number of chimneys still spewing mist in the port, Lu Mian chuckled and said:

"Emperor Roselle, who named this city, probably didn't expect that 'Falin' would become the last remnant of the indigenous language."

Under generations of cultural erosion policies, the current islanders only speak Intis. For several generations, they have not known their mother tongue.

Among those primitive tribes living in the mountains and forests, there might still be elders who have mastered the indigenous language, but in all colonial cities and surrounding plantations, there is only one language.

That is Intis.

Of course, in the Mist Sea Islands, there will be some very rare Intis vocabulary. They are the product of the combination of Intis and indigenous languages. Outside of here, very few Intis people use them.

"Are you going off the ship?" Lu Jianuo asked Lu Mian.

The "Flying Bird" would not leave this port until tomorrow afternoon.

"Of course, having come to Falin, how can I not taste the famous 'Jin Suomu' here?" Lu Mian said with great interest. "Are you taking Lu Dewei with me, or staying here to look after him?"

The Mist Sea Islands have the best sugarcane in Intis, and the sugar wine brewed from their syrup is famous far and near, known as 'Jin Suomu'.

Lu Jianuo instinctively wanted to follow his employer, feeling that he would have more sense of security beside Lu Mian, who was both capable and decisive enough. But this "physician" thought for a moment and felt it was better to stay on the ship.

His employer was very powerful, but his ability to cause trouble was equally great!

After leaving enough money for Lu Dewei's dinner and two full late-night snacks, Lu Mian, in the image of a white shirt, black vest, dark jacket, and trousers of the same color, walked down the "Flying Bird" along the gangway.

It was already autumn in Trier, and the temperature was already cold, but the Mist Sea Islands seemed to still be in late summer. Heat was flowing in the air, and it was quickly blown away by the sea breeze.

Lu Mian strolled out of the port and saw an indigenous old lady with brown skin and wrinkles on her face selling yellowish straw hats across the street.

This was woven from a local plant called "Golden Leaf," which was very popular among the passing "Eternal Blazing Sun" believers. Buying one would give them the beautiful illusion that the sun was right on their heads.

Lu Mian felt that wearing a straw hat was quite interesting, spent 5 Rick to buy one, put it on his head, and strolled slowly to the nearby square.

In the center of the square was a sun obelisk, and multiple bulletin boards were erected on the edge, with a large number of wanted posters posted on them.

Lu Mian stopped, put his hands in his pockets, and while the sun had not yet completely set, his gaze swept over those wanted posters, noting down one reward amount after another:

"'Mystic Queen', one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 100 million Felkin."

"'King of the Five Seas' Nast, one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 20 million Felkin."

"'Star Queen' Cattleya, one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 11 million Felkin."

"'Undying King' Agalitu, one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 4 million Felkin."

"'Disease Queen' Tracy, one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 3 million Felkin."

"'Twilight King' Bratov Ivan, one of the Kings of the Sea... Bounty 2.6 million Felkin..."

An adventurer nearby saw Lu Mian seriously reading the wanted posters of the Six Kings of the Sea and couldn't help but make a joke:

"Why, do you want to hunt the Kings of the Sea?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 518 =====