315 Second Dynasty Combat Vessel Part 1 (2/2)
”Yes, do not spread word about the sunken ship unless Master Jason is here. Now, with the three kings around, I cannot promise that they will not have any ideas,” Nailisi reminded him.
”Understood, I do not think those pirates are reliable either.” Truman nodded vigorously. Suddenly, he had another request.
”Nailisi, give me some of these materials. I want to research them.”
”Research?”
”Yes, I have only seen such things in books. All the properties I know are from books as well. I'm sure there are some differences.” Truman eyes shone.
”No.”
Hearing Nailisi reject him, Truman became a little disappointed before Nailisi said, ”You cannot use spatial equipment right now. If I gave this to you, you would not have anywhere to hide it. If you want to conduct research, come to the temple and find me every day when no one is around. I won't be on the ship from now on.”
Nailisi had a feeling that Truman would be of great use to Saleen and hence had played a joke on him. Truman was overjoyed as he nodded fervently.
”Nailisi, are we still looking for that ship?” the winged skeleton asked. From the rewards they had obtained, this ship was definitely of greater value than Irene's ship. With this ship, Saleen would likely be satisfied.
”Search for it. If we find that ship, we might be able to find some clues on the ship's route. Hey, Soldier, if you are following Master, you need to learn to be smarter. If you are too useless, I will eat you up,” Nailisi threatened.
The winged skeleton did not rebut. If someone else had said that, he would not have thought too much of it. What was there to eat? However, Nailisi was a demon and any demon would have done some research on spirits. The winged skeleton was worried that Nailisi really had a way of dealing with him.
”Okay, we have been out for over a day. Truman, go rest. The winged skeleton and I will continue looking for the sunken ship. If we haven't found it in three days, we will go back,” Nailisi commanded. Truman was tired beyond belief. Hearing Nailisi's words, he quickly went to rest in the cabin in the rear.
If a mage did not get enough sleep, it would affect the stability of their focus.
”Soldier, set the ship on its fastest speed. We need to expand the search radius.” Nailisi's focus was on overdrive. When she had been evolving, she needed sleep badly and would sleep for days without waking up. Now that her evolution was complete, she had become someone who did not need sleep. The winged skeleton was a spirit and did not need much sleep either. So long as they had nourishment from death flames, any spirit could quickly restore themselves to their original state.
The winged skeleton did not dare disobey Nailisi, as he was almost like Nailisi's contract creature now. The bone spirits had all been released and they searched within a two mile radius of the alchemy ship. The ship was moving at full speed and was already much faster than most combat vessels that travelled on the surface of the sea. This expended a great deal of energy, and the bone spirits could only allow the alchemy ship to move along slowly to prevent the wasting of any magic nuclei. However, to achieve such high speeds would require the expenditure of many magic nuclei.
They sailed in the sea for another day. If it had been anyone else, they would have been too tired to do anything. Only with the combination of a demon and a spirit could they continue working in such a boring environment.
After almost fifty hours, Nailisi found Irene's sunken ship. It was in an odd location, in the ravines at the bottom of the sea. This ravine was not deep, but with such a ravine under the sea, unstable sea currents would naturally form. Since the Williams clan had gone by this route, it was their mistake for choosing this path.
The sunken ship of the Williams clan was not anything unusual. There was a large crack at the hull of the ship that had been left when it smashed into a mountain of ice. This ship must have been sunk about ten days ago. The corpses on the ship had been nearly eaten clean by the living creatures in the sea, and what were left were just the skeletons. Shell-like creatures had adhered to the surface of these bones, making them their homes.
Nailisi entered the ship. Finding the wares, she took everything inside and went to find the ship's log, at the same time taking the magic compass.
With a powerful mage, one could look at the elemental vibrations left behind by the magic compass to determine the route taken by the boat. When this boat sank, the mage controlling the ship had not destroyed the compass. They must have thought that no one would retrieve it from the ocean floor.
Of course, the things on Irene's hunting ship were decent too. There were large numbers of grade-4 magic nuclei and some grade-6 ones as well. Many sea creatures had legs stronger than metal. There were shells, scales, bones, and tendons of the magic beasts living in the sea. There were also some sealed boxes and bottles, and these were filled with special blood. Nailisi took a whiff and knew this blood could be used to create high-grade magic medicine.
The wares onboard were not plentiful, but the value of the wares on a boat could not be measured in gold coins.
The owner's business had been decent. A pirate ship had been enough in exchange for leads on this sunken ship. The value of a pirate ship was less than ten thousand gold coins and Irene had taken a loan from her owners. The rewards from this sunken ship now exceeded a million gold coins.
Nailisi calculated that they had been out at sea for four days. In these four days, the pan's turtle alchemical boat had used up several grade-6 magic nuclei, and the cost was to be counted in tens of thousands of gold coins. Even if they did not discover the Second Dynasty combat vessel, with this sunken ship of the Williams clan, they would have earned back everything.
The one who had lost everything was Irene. She had gone out to sea and spent hundreds of thousands of gold coins, only to have her ship sunk in the end.