Chapter 105 (2/2)

Everyone began to make the preparations. Big objects like the carriage, the horses and the tent were sold while they looked for a boat.

While they did not manage to find any boat, an experienced old captain suggested they take a boat to White Pagoda Bay, then the Dhaka Trade Organization, then to Blue Moon Kingdom. When they arrived at Blue Moon Kingdom, they would find a boat to the Garth City.

“It doesn’t take too much time,” the captain said. “If you take the boat, it will only take seven or eight days more at most to arrive, and compared with a long distance journey, this delay is basically nothing.”

The captain was very right, and things were settled.

That afternoon, Ray and others took the boat and headed to the White Pagoda Bay.

Cloud Pagoda Bay was not that far away from White Pagoda Bay. This boat was sailing smoothly in the tranquil sea during the whole journey. Both the captain and the sailors had accumulated lots of experience, since they sailed between the two bays many times each year. They were familiar with the surrounding water areas, as if the region was the garden in the back of their house; they knew every rock and every undercurrent. For Ray and his team members, this journey was very easy and happy. It seemed like they were on vacation.

After they transferred to another boat at the White Pagoda Bay, their journey continued smoothly. In the east of the Mifata Federation, there was a small country called Dhaka Trade Organization. The sea transportation in this region had began to develop, and got better and better; then this country formed, and seafaring people of this country had been developing very well since then. All this time, only the boats from the Dhaka Trade Organization could manage to cross the dangerous Iron Cliff Mountains and safely arrive at Blue Moon Kingdom. In this way, they monopolized the trade in this region.

They had been sailing in the sea for almost twenty days and were in the tiny sailboat the whole time, so it was only natural for them to get tired. To kill time, Steele would shamelessly become a pig to happily play with young Nice.

Ray was rather different from them. He was learning seamanship from the sailors with great curiosity, as well as teaching Liv and Ranke to practice the martial arts. When he was free, he would sit on the ship board and fish. In a word, he never feel bored.

Liv was a bit lazy. Compared with her, Ranke was very diligent. Every day, he would practice very hard for about ten hours, and did not stop until he was feeling exhausted. Once he had a rest, he would start to practice again.

As the saying goes, ‘everything comes to him who waits.’ After the twenty days, Ranke’s swordsmanship had improved quite a lot. Ray said he finally looked like a man who knew how to use a sword. When he was practicing with Liv, he was able to make his attack or defend himself. Even if he was in a difficult situation, he would not get flustered. Now he finally looked like a real swordsman.

But after they transferred to the boat that sailed to the Blue Moon Kingdom at the Dhaka Trade Organization, things were not as sunny as before.

This boat was a standard passenger boat. Although the boat ticket was very expensive, the accommodation was top class. Apart from the small space, both the inner decoration and the utensils were as good as those in a ordinary hostel. While the captain was a very strict old man, he was very stubborn and always saying things like “The sea is very dangerous, no passenger is allowed to loiter on the deck.”

Even Ray could not stand being trapped in inertia for this long. As for Sui Xiong, he went into the sea and changed back to his original form, and happily swam in the sea.

Under Sui Xiong’s watchful eye, everything would be fine.

But Ray was being too optimistic.

When the boat was crossing the most notorious submerged reef, the “Hell Bay” around the Iron Cliff Mountain, the clear sky suddenly changed. Black clouds were gathering overhead, and the tranquil sea began to tumble. One wave came after another. Almost in the blink of an eye, they were sailing in a storm.

The captain was very surprised, and immediately ordered all the sailors to act while loosening the sails and carefully watching the situation on the sea. He managed to slow down their speed and was trying to dodge the submerged reef, or something more dangerous.

Since Ray and Madame Teague were very strong, they were asked to help the captain.

“Are we coming across a sea monster?” Ray was very excited and curious.

He had been a adventurer for so many years. He had killed a mountain spirit, fought with a huge dragon, and met a God, but he had never met a sea monster!

The captain wore a very serious face and was extremely worried. He said, “Yes; we have come across a sea monster, and it is not an ordinary sea monster. It may be the ‘Furious Tide,’ Heimsarah.”

‘Heimsarah?’ The creature as strong as the ‘Dark Tide’ Timsar?” Ray was stunned became more curious.

The Furious Tide and the Dark Tide were the most notorious monsters in the Main Plate. Not only were they very powerful, but there were also many legendary stories concerning them. Until now, no one really knew what they looked like.

Ray knew that he was not that strong enough to be able to see what it really looked like. But I have Sui Xiong! His Majesty would definitely have a closer look at it, and is sure to tell me later.

“I never thought I would have an encounter with a legendary sea monster during this journey!” He could not help but laugh. “Maybe I will become the first human who knows what the ‘Furious Tide’ really looks like!”

He told Sui Xiong what the captain had told him via telepathy. Sui Xiong was very curious about this, and went straight to the center of the storm to find out what was really going on there.

In the center of the storm, he saw a tumbling magic power, and the water around it was tumbling as well. Beside it, there was a small tornado encircling this tumbling water.

Looking carefully, Sui Xiong found that there was a God’s force in the core of the magic power. This force was steady and tranquil, which was totally different from the tumbling water and the tornado. It was still, as if it was sleeping.

“Hello; are you Heimsarah?” Sui Xiong tried to send a signal via telepathy.

When this signal touched that magic power, the God’s force shook a bit, as if it had woken up. Then Sui Xiong received the reply.

It was very ambiguous telepathic message, which probably meant Hello.