Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 122 The Pirate Ship Dragon Song

Chapter 121

The gray rat held the Holy Grail Knight card in its hand and stuck it to its forehead, its entire body shrinking to the size of a rat before crawling into the mysterious skull.

It took a full half hour for the gray rat, whose spirituality was almost completely exhausted, to vaguely perceive the fragments of the mysterious skull.

The gray rat wearily crawled out of the skull, leaving behind a few spatial coordinates before falling into a deep sleep.

With only twenty-odd minutes left, Rosen channeled his spiritual energy into the skull to enhance his five senses as quickly as possible.

In less than half an hour, his five senses had been enhanced by more than 10%.

The entire enhancement process was as if the skull became his head, and then his five senses became the skull's five senses.

His sixth sense has also been enhanced, and his intuition for danger has improved significantly.

After Rosen returned home satisfied, he began to check the spatial coordinates that the gray rat had given him, specifically the location of the sea area.

The location is within the Blue Whale Kingdom's sphere of influence, approximately 8,000 nautical miles from the current location of the Void Blue Whale.

That's not exactly close, especially since the Void Blue Whale won't stop.

Therefore, it is necessary to actively go out to sea in order to reach the sea area where the mysterious skull fragment is located, as indicated by the spatial coordinates.

Eight thousand nautical miles is simply too far for a Sequence 8 Blade Rat Shark to cross.

Therefore, you need to hire a supernatural ship that can be piloted by a knight, and its level must be at least Sequence 6.

This was another considerable expense, and once they arrived at the destination, they would have to go out to sea alone to search for the fragments.

Rosen logged into the Blue Whale Guild City and quickly posted a quest in the Hunter Guild.

That afternoon, a Sequence 6 knight had already accepted the mission.

After both parties underwent contract certification by the Hunter's Guild, Rosen arrived at the port to prepare to board the ship and set sail.

Captain Anil of the Dragon Song was already preparing to set sail.

He instructed the crew to bring Rosen aboard and immediately got to work.

Rosen inquired about Anil's situation. He was an ordinary knight-series captain who did not follow the path of piracy or maritime trade, but rather the path of adventuring on the high seas in extraordinary ships.

Anil's methods are definitely not simple; he managed to obtain a Sequence 6 extraordinary ship all by himself.

Of course, Rosen wasn't worried about getting on a bad side; the Hunter's Guild's contract was quite binding.

After half a day of preparation, the Dragon Song departed from the Void Blue Whale and rose from the seabed to the surface.

With steam power combined with magical sail power, the Dragon Song reached an astonishing speed of around 1000 knots per hour.

It's about 8,000 nautical miles, and it takes about eight hours to get there.

However, after sailing two thousand nautical miles, the Dragon Song began to slow down to less than one hundred knots.

"Why is it so slow?"

Rosen, who was looking out at the sea from the deck, came to the cockpit and asked.

“It’s not safe.”

Anil casually explained, "The higher-order extraordinary sea beasts in the previous sea areas have all been captured and killed. The farther we get from the Void Blue Whale, the more likely we are to encounter extraordinary sea beasts. If we sail too fast, we will alert those extraordinary sea beasts with keen senses."

Rosen nodded calmly, not minding that the six-hour flight had turned into a sixty-hour journey.

The flight added two and a half days to the journey; such an important matter should have been made clear in advance.

When the bounty was offered, Anil repeatedly stated that the Dragon Song had a speed of up to 1,000 knots and could quickly travel to any nearby sea area. He never mentioned that the speed would drop to 100 knots, a tenfold difference.

After Rosen left the cockpit and returned to the luxurious cabin of the Dragon Song, his expression turned slightly cold.

The entire Dragon Song, except for the passenger cabins, was within Anil's spiritual perception. Although he didn't yet know what was wrong, he was certain that the speed of 100 knots was definitely problematic.

Rosen was certain that Anil was stalling for time.

Rosen closed his eyes and quietly probed the dreams of the nearby crew members.

The crew of the Dragon Song is divided into two shifts, one during the day and one at night, so even during the day, some crew members sleep and rest.

"So that's what happened!"

Rosen opened his eyes and sneered as he emerged from the dream of a boatswain.

This Anil didn't earn his Sequence 6 extraordinary ship through adventure.

Initially, it was indeed a risky venture that earned him his first pot of gold; however, since it was a risky venture, he was bound to encounter unpredictable risks.

After nearly dying once, Anil began taking on jobs hiring boats to go out to sea.

Then, they deliberately reduced their speed, giving another extraordinary ship the opportunity to reach the destination and explore the final sea area ahead of time.

The logic is simple: under normal circumstances, no one would hire a supernatural vessel to travel that far from the Void Blue Whale.

Since we're going there, we must be there to gain some benefit.

Due to the contractual agreement, Anil would not pose any threat to the personal safety of the passengers.

However, by using an extraordinary artifact, he successfully circumvented some minor clauses of the contract that revealed the coordinates of the voyage's destination.

Using this method, Anil and his accomplices repeatedly thwarted opportunities.

Of course, they don't always seize opportunities. If the benefits they find in the final sea area aren't particularly valuable, they won't even touch them, because Anil's reputation can't be ruined, otherwise no one will hire him to go to sea at a high price.

Only on exceptionally lucrative opportunities would Anil's associates intercept the opportunity and make a huge profit.

Rosen knew people were treacherous, but he never expected to fall into such a trap.

If he hadn't possessed the Nen ability to invade dreams, he would never have been able to see through Anil's true purpose.

Rosen took out his fishing rod, left his guest room, and went to the deck to prepare for sea fishing.

Moments later, Rosen's true form had already submerged into the sea, leaving behind only a self-portrait clone on the deck.

The painter's real self and his self-portrait clone, although remotely controlled from a great distance, are at most a few dozen miles apart.

So Rosen left the gray rat behind, temporarily letting the gray rat's spirit take over the self-portrait clone.

As for his true self, he was already riding the Blade Shark back the way he came.

Half an hour later, Rosen had already collided head-on with an extraordinary vessel that was traveling on a fixed route.

These are Anil's accomplices. Since this ship will reach the destination faster, why not switch to it and reach the target sea area? Using Shadow Cloak, they will run across the sea to approach the supernatural ship from a distance, and the moment they get close, they will open the door to the mysterious study on the ship's hull.

Rosen retreated into the mysterious study and began his journey on the ship to the destination.

As expected, the speed decreased after 2,000 nautical miles, but it still remained at 600 knots per hour.

That's equivalent to arriving in ten hours, saving a full fifty hours of advance exploration time.

Ten hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Lawson hadn't been idle during that time either.

Through his ability to enter dreams, he has learned the true nature of this extraordinary ship through the crew's dreams.

The ship owner is also a Sequence 6 knight, but from the Ocean Hunter branch.

Ocean Hunters are somewhat inclined towards being hunters. Although they are essentially knights riding extraordinary ships, they are actually more skilled at hunting extraordinary sea creatures. At the same time, extraordinary ships are also adept at transforming and reassembling into extraordinary sea creatures.

The hull of the Sea Shark was enveloped by Captain Marissa's spirituality, and in an instant, it transformed into an extraordinary sea beast, a bloodthirsty shark, and plunged into the sea.

(End of this chapter)