Mang Hou
Chapter 222 The Sea, It's All Water
As the title says, this is a transitional chapter, skip it~
It was the first time seeing a storm, the first time venturing into the vast sea, and no one knew how to steer the ship...
Because they were in a hurry to escape, the Sailing Wind plunged headlong into the chaotic wind belt.
Looking at the lightning-filled storm clouds in front of him, Suren could understand the helplessness of Mr. Black and the others when they said, "They don't even know where they are now, and they don't know where the ship is going."
Mr. Black and the others were capable, so there was no need to worry too much about their safety.
However, this situation brought a lot of trouble to Suren and the others.
With no one to meet them, his and Mr. Mirror's situation at sea was very awkward.
In his memory, apart from the nearby Black Fort Reef, there were no other islands or land to set foot on in this sea area.
And now there were thousands of pirates waiting for them to throw themselves into the net at Black Fort Reef, so it was naturally impossible to turn back.
The scope of the storm continued to expand, and the waves on the sea became larger and larger.
The originally starry night sky had been obscured by dark clouds, and the light dimmed.
The breeze filled his ears, and fine raindrops slapped his face, gradually wetting his clothes...
The wind and rain became more and more dense.
......
As the biological daughter of the demigod Sir Isaac, Mr. Mirror was a genuine heiress. Her every move revealed a gentle elegance etched in her bones.
Suren had never seen her display any impolite behavior in front of others.
Now that she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of turbid blood in front of him, Suren knew that she was seriously injured.
As Mr. Mirror herself said, her current strength had only recovered to around the sixth rank.
Fighting two enemies alone just now was not as easy as it looked.
Suren asked, "Senior Sister, are you injured?"
"Yes."
Mr. Mirror nodded, as if she wanted to say something, but she held back the bloody taste in her throat and didn't say it.
After a moment, she looked at Suren, who was being held in her hand, and then asked a strange question in a very calm tone, "Can you swim?"
Suren suddenly realized what she meant and nodded, "Yes."
Having extracted so many pirates' memories before, he wasn't just capable, he was practically an expert.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Mr. Mirror's brow: "That's good..."
But before she could finish her words, the arc of her mouth fell, and her weakness could no longer be concealed, and she slowly closed her eyes. She couldn't even maintain her transformation state, and the bat wings behind her disappeared instantly.
Suren immediately felt his body falling rapidly.
With two "splash" sounds, the two fell into the sea in free fall.
As soon as he entered the water, Suren swam over quickly like a flexible fish and found the unconscious and sinking Mr. Mirror.
At this moment, with her injuries unsuppressed, Suren felt as if he was not holding a person, but a piece of ice, so cold that there were signs of the surrounding seawater freezing.
He quickly brought her to the surface.
The waves were getting bigger and bigger, and in this stormy environment, even the best swimming skills would eventually be swallowed by the waves.
However, Suren was not completely unprepared.
Before preparing to rush the tower, knowing that the outside was the sea, he took the time to make himself an inflatable life raft just in case.
Now it came in handy.
Taking out a compressed package the size of a handbag, he pulled the rope, and the compressed gas cylinder inflated with a "hissing" sound. The shriveled leather bag quickly swelled, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into an oval life raft.
He threw Mr. Mirror onto the life raft first, and then jumped on himself.
The life raft had no power system. Suren had a steam-powered engine in his storage space, but it was useless in this kind of bad weather. He could only drift with the waves.
The good news was that he identified the direction of the ocean current, and the waves did not take them towards the "unknown sea area" to the west, but towards the land to the east.
So he didn't bother with it anymore.
Closing the waterproof cloth zipper, the life raft turned into an independent space.
This was designed to imitate the life rafts on cruise ships in his previous life. The life raft was wrapped in waterproof cloth, like a tent, which could greatly prevent rainwater and seawater from pouring in.
Suren was now a composite master craftsman in mechanical, engineering, forging... and related skills, so it was not difficult to manufacture this kind of small object.
.......
Looking at the unconscious Mr. Mirror, Suren frowned slightly.
At this moment, the life raft was as cold as an icehouse, and the seawater that had poured in earlier had already condensed into frost.
This was clearly the power of the high-level ice law of the Frost Giant, Ga'er.
Without Mr. Mirror's control, the cold injury energy in her body leaked out.
Even the aftershocks of the leakage made Suren feel icy cold, so one could imagine how serious the injury was.
He didn't hesitate and untied the golden-patterned cloak on Mr. Mirror.
Without the cover of the cloak's restrictions, that delicate and cold face was revealed.
He didn't know if it was because her face was already pale after transforming into a vampire, or because of the injury, but her skin had a jade-like paleness at this moment.
Suren checked and found that Mr. Mirror's breath was very weak, and her chest rose and fell very little.
Looking again at the external wound on her chest, there was an obvious blood hole in her clothes where the wolf's tooth club had pierced through. At the manubrium of her sternum, cold air gurgled outwards. The overflowing blood did not flow down, but condensed into some red crushed ice.
The high-level ice law power was preventing the vampire's bloodline from healing itself.
Although Suren was not a professional medical professional, he had harvested a lot of medical skills.
Looking at this situation, he felt that he should help his senior sister treat the wound to prevent it from worsening.
Underneath Mr. Mirror's black robe, she was wearing a set of court hunting attire, a bit like equestrian clothing from his previous life. The upper body was a tight-fitting dark cyan suit made of very high-end fabric, dotted with pure silver buttons imprinted with ancient patterns; the lower body was figure-hugging white pants and long black boots.
Suren didn't hesitate and loosened her belt so she could breathe more easily.
Then he unbuttoned her tight-fitting suit. Looking again, his senior sister was still wearing the court style from a thousand years ago, and even had an ancient corset.
Suren didn't bother to study how to untie the corset, and a light blue thread appeared in his hand and cut it in half.
Then there was the base shirt, which was clearly visible under the black chest clothing after being soaked by the sea. There was nothing to avoid in order to save someone, so he cut it all open as well.
The wound and a large area of skin were exposed to the air.
After doing this first aid, Suren found that the rise and fall of Mr. Mirror's chest was obviously much smoother.
He carefully checked the wound. He couldn't deal with this kind of law injury. After thinking about it, he could only arrange a "Life Alchemy" formation to speed up wound healing and maintain vital signs.
But while he was busy, what was surprising was that Suren suddenly felt the surrounding cold air disappear instantly.
Turning his head to look, he saw Mr. Mirror opening her eyes.
He suddenly stopped what he was doing, "Senior Sister, you're awake?"
Mr. Mirror sat up, looked at her empty chest, and understood in an instant that Suren was treating her wound. She wasn't embarrassed and nodded lightly: "Yes."
The clothes were cut and couldn't be worn, so she took out a new one from her storage ring and changed into it, explaining casually: "That Frost Giant Ga'er's weapon has cold poison damage. I was in a hurry to get here and couldn't suppress it. The cold air attacked my heart and caused you trouble."
Suren shook his head with a smile. If he really wanted to talk about causing trouble, it was he who had caused her trouble.
The storm struck, and the life raft drifted with the waves, probably already in the center of the storm.
The waves were getting bigger and bigger, and the raft was rising and falling violently like a roller coaster.
Large drops of rain hit the waterproof cloth, crackling.
Because of the ingenious design, seawater did not pour in.
Mr. Mirror curiously looked at the enclosed inflatable life raft and said, "Did you make this raft? It's not bad."
Listening to this praise, Suren responded: "I was thinking about going to sea before, so I made a raft as a backup. I didn't expect to actually use it."
Most of the lifeboats in this world were still hard wooden boats. It wasn't a technical problem, but the design concept hadn't come in this direction yet.
He had been thinking about making a raft that could be stored in a storage space in case of emergency, so he thought of this kind of compressed dinghy.
Mr. Mirror praised, "You are very meticulous."
After a pause, she looked at Suren again, and a gentle arc appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Thank you for risking your life to help me. Mother has accepted a very powerful disciple."
When she said this, there was a very serious emotion in her eyes.
Listening to this spring breeze-like tone, Suren seemed to see his teacher, Seraphia.
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, "If I hadn't gone, Senior Sister, you would have been able to escape, right?"
He had thought he was going to "save someone," but now, recalling all the details, he also understood that his senior sister had shown a calmness from beginning to end.
Even when she was hit by that Frost Giant Ga'er's club, it was because the enemy predicted that she was coming to save someone that she was injured.
"I do have some means to leave. The blood clan is known as the 'immortal clan,' so it's not that easy to die. At least, two sixth-ranks wouldn't be able to push me into a desperate situation."
Mr. Mirror didn't treat Suren as an outsider and admitted it very simply.
After a pause, she changed her tone and said, "If you hadn't come, I might have forcibly used some [Divine Blood]. But in that case, I would probably have to return to the bottom of Old London to hibernate for decades."
Speaking of this, Mr. Mirror said in an approving tone: "The courage and wit you showed before... were very good."
Listening to these words, Suren shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, revealing an expression of "I knew it."
In other words, the previous action, which looked like a life-and-death situation, was actually something that his senior sister had the ability to turn around from beginning to end.
But everything was in the past, and both of them were still alive, which was the best ending.
Mr. Mirror said here, remembered something, took out a chain covered in gray mist, and handed it to Suren, saying, "By the way, this is your trophy."
Suren took the chain. Looking at it, wasn't it the [Tartarus Soul Lamp Chain] that could mark people's souls?
This thing can lock souls...
It doesn't seem to be of much use.
But since his senior sister gave it to him, he wouldn't be polite.
At this time, the wind and waves outside were getting bigger and bigger, and the raft was swaying more and more in the wind and waves.
Fortunately, the materials and enchantments used in the production were top-notch, so it was not torn apart by the storm.
Suren managed to stabilize his body with difficulty to prevent himself from falling around. Looking at the opposite side, Mr. Mirror was calmly healing while cross-legged.
He asked, "Senior Sister, what should we do now?"
They were now very far from the Sailing Wind, and Mr. Black and the others didn't know how to steer the ship, so they couldn't count on them to come and pick them up.
"Wait for the storm to pass."
Mr. Mirror was very calm and said, "The weather in this sea area has been so bad for a thousand years. Storms will come at any time and leave suddenly. The ocean current will give us a ride."
Listening to her calm words, Suren didn't worry too much: "Oh."
Thinking of something, Mr. Mirror added, "You should restrain your aura. Although this is near the coast, there shouldn't be too many powerful sea beasts, but I'm not sure if there are any new Sea Kings or Sea Emperor-level magical beasts here after a thousand years. If this raft is swallowed, we'll be in big trouble."
"Okay."
Suren had extracted some related memories from the pirates' memories before.
He knew that in this ocean, there were terrifying sea beasts that could swallow whales in one bite, and octopuses whose tentacles could easily pull a large ship into the seabed...
He was also curious and asked, "Senior Sister, what is the highest rank of sea beasts in this sea?"
Mr. Mirror: "The highest level of creatures in this plane can only reach the ninth rank. The laws are missing, and they cannot break through to the god rank. But marine creatures are very special. They grow in the deep sea, and some have very large bodies and some very special abilities. Therefore, combat power cannot be measured by rank. My father once encountered a terrifying sea beast in the depths of the West Sea that almost prevented him from returning..."
"Oh."
"What was the surface world like a thousand years ago?"
"At that time, there was a powerful alchemical kingdom called . At that time, the aristocratic system had already been abolished, and my father's knighthood was just an honorary title..."
"..."
Suren restrained his aura and sat down to meditate.
He could multitask, chatting while meditating and breathing.
Obviously, Mr. Mirror could too.
The two chatted casually.
.......
Just as Mr. Mirror said, the storms in this sea area came and went very suddenly.
A few hours later, the outside suddenly became calm and calm.
The clouds and rain dissipated, and Suren, who was meditating, felt some light in the darkness, so he opened his eyes.
He opened the rainproof cloth, and the fresh sea breeze blew in.
Looking into the distance, the sky was already a dark blue, and dawn was approaching.
It was the first time Suren had seen the sun in this world, and his eyes gradually moved away.
The sense of oppression that had been in the underground world for a long time disappeared in an instant.
In just a moment of daze, the blue clouds in the sky began to brighten, and the sun emerged from the sea horizon.
The light shone early on the sea surface, and a breeze blew across it, like ten thousand golden scales, and a silver light shone into his eyes.
In the distance, there were a few large fish, probably dolphins, playing on the sea surface, occasionally leaping out of the sea, and their tail fins brought up a string of crystal clear water droplets.
The light also shone into the raft, and Suren suddenly saw Mr. Mirror's brows furrow slightly.
He then realized that his senior sister was a vampire and hated the light.
He was about to pull up the waterproof cloth.
But Mr. Mirror opened her eyes and said softly, "It's okay. It's nice to open it up and blow the sea breeze."
After a pause, she explained, "Sunlight is only very harmful to low-level blood clans, and it has no effect on me. It's just that I haven't been to the surface for a long time, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it."
Hearing this, Suren remembered that his senior sister had said that she had a very high blood clan rank after transforming her bloodline.
Seeing a vast sea, Suren identified the ocean current and direction, and roughly determined their current position in his mind.
Originally, sailing east and south from Black Fort Reef for several days would reach the nearest land, which was the territory of Grand Duke Raphael.
But their current course was east by north, which was very different.
But it was still good that the course was closer to the human territory.
Mr. Mirror sensed the position of the Sailing Wind, which was already very far away.
It would be difficult for those people to come back and pick them up because they didn't know how to steer the ship.
Moreover, Black Fort Reef had encountered a pirate attack, and Grand Duke Raphael's support fleet should also be at sea, so they might run into them.
Mr. Mirror was injured and not in a hurry to rush on, so she let Mr. Black and the others go ahead and find land to land on.
She and Suren continued to float in the raft, slowly and leisurely...
Finally, after several days.
The two encountered a passing merchant ship and were picked up.
ps. My lumbar disc herniation flared up, and it hurts when I sit down. In order to keep updating, I stood and sat and wrote a chapter. It feels a bit watered down. I'm sorry, I'm sorry if you subscribed.