Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 216 A Figure in the Poisonous Fog
On the desolate sea, the lone Valkyrie, guided by the Silver Queen and the Vine Demons, bravely battled the waves, continuing its journey in its original course.

Beneath the surface of the sea, or rather, on the calm and sunny surface of the Mirror Sea, the Thorn was slowly circling that pitifully small island.

On the exceptionally clean deck, a group of sailors sat around a long table that had been pieced together, sipping sweet fruit wine and discussing everything related to the strange bow-shaped statue.

Today, the Valkyrie still has a Valkyrie statue on its bow, while the Thorn has an additional Poseidon statue on its bow.

"So from now on we'll only have one boat on this side and one boat on that side?" Yavso asked, holding a glass of juice.

"That's true, but there's no difference."

Yun Lan, holding her wine glass, said regretfully, "It's a pity we can't store the goods here, otherwise..."

"Don't even think about such a good thing."

Cheng Lang picked up his wine glass. "Right now, they're all relying on the Silver Queen and Tengxiao. We should be grateful that we can live a peaceful life here."

This statement was undoubtedly agreed upon by everyone. This Mirror Sea looked boundless, but they were actually just circling around the island at an extremely slow speed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Sea of ​​Despair, the Valkyrie, jointly controlled by the Silver Queen and the Vine Demon, had already reached its maximum speed because it didn't need to consider the feelings of the captain and passengers.

The only thing that gave Cheng Lang a headache was that the metal bowl that only he could see was still unusable in this Mirror Sea. So every now and then, he had to go through the stairs of the lower deck to the other side to check the course.

After sailing for four consecutive days, they finally encountered a rare calm sea in the Sea of ​​Despair.

With another high five, the Valkyrie capsized on the surface of the Mirror Sea, and the Thorn, which had been resting for a long time, took over the job of sailing on the Sea of ​​Despair.

In order to achieve a higher speed, the cargo in the Thorn's hold and the young sailors led by Mist Shadow were also switched to the Valkyrie side amidst the busy work of the sailors.

After significantly reducing its load, the Thorn Ship's speed increased dramatically. It was during this high-speed voyage that Yavso once again launched the Fresh Fruit Undead Ship, fully loaded with spores and escorted by the Nightmare.

Unbeknownst to them, more and more ghost ships were rushing into the Sea of ​​Despair behind them, searching for them in various ways and successfully finding their approximate location.

Of course, not only them, but even the ghost ships chasing them were unaware that at this moment on the Starsea Continent, because of the strange spore specialty shops that appeared simultaneously in the Starsea Continent's countries and pirate cities, merchant ships and pirates alike had all joined the hunt for the ghost ships. Furthermore, because the Elf Duchy was far from the ocean, some people even turned the trade of spores bought from the Elf Duchy into a business.

Of course, there are also some apothecaries in the Elven Principality who try to cultivate these valuable spores.

Breeding is certainly possible, but the cost is terrifyingly high. Even after exhausting all methods, these elves, who no longer have silver hair and pointed ears, ultimately found that they were only worth less than one silver coin less than the selling price.

The price difference wasn't enough to cover labor costs, so the matter was dropped.

The people in the Sea of ​​Despair were naturally unaware of what was happening on the Star Sea. However, just as the sea conditions on the Sea of ​​Despair became rough again, the Thorn, which was still sailing, also observed several ghost ships approaching from the side and front, and even saw the undead messengers being released from the opposite ship.

Soon, Cheng Lang and the others, having received the news, also ran onto the deck.

"Why are these flies still following us?" Shenba muttered irritably.

"This shows that Yafuso's spores are very effective," Yun Lan and Yun Ji said in unison.

"No need to stop the ship, Yavso, do we still have spores?" Cheng Lang asked, yawning.

“There are many more,” Yavso replied immediately.

"Charge! Magic Mirror, notify Tengxiao to get ready," Cheng Lang said, already rolling up his sleeves.

Upon seeing this, Yun Lan immediately realized what was going on and, beaming with joy, rolled up her sleeve as well.

As the distance closed little by little, the ghost ship, which had already seized the T-position, prepared to open fire.

"Full sails! Full speed!"

As Yun Lan gave the order, the harp-tailed fish people on the Thorn began to play and sing.

With the encouragement of the song, the Thorn increased its speed. It was about to enter the enemy's firing range.

"boom!"

Just as the ghost ship opposite opened fire, unleashing headshots that emitted black smoke or flames as they flew towards them with a piercing shriek, Cheng Lang and Yun Lan clapped their hands together.

"Snapped!"

Amidst the clapping sounds masked by the artillery fire, the Thorn began to capsize rapidly.

However, before the Valkyrie could be righted, it sank rapidly into the seabed, using the momentum from its previous charge and the powerful propulsion of its fins to continue closing the distance between them underwater.

"Wow!"

Just as these ghost ships were also preparing to sink, the cannons on both sides of the Valkyrie, which had already rushed into the ghost ship fleet, began to roar.

Amidst the thunderous roar of cannons, shells shattered the hull of the ghost ship.

"Snap!" With another high-five, the Thorn, which was also ready, flipped back and fired a large number of huge arrows with spores from the ballistae on both sides.

"Snapped!"

After another high-five, the tough Valkyrie flipped over again and slammed almost brutally into the side of a ghost ship at the waterline.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Before the enemy could fire, glass bottles containing spores and nutrient solution flew out of the mist that the Silver Queen had just summoned and were thrown onto the opposite deck by the vine demons.

After this almost barbaric and haphazard barrage, the Valkyrie sank back underwater, and with the help of its dragonfly fins, seized the lead for the first time, firing its newly loaded chain shot at the two remaining ships.

"Snapped!"

After another high-five, the Thorn followed up with a volley of arrows studded with spores, turning the two ships into pincushions.

After this relentless and swift attack, mushrooms sprouted from the hulls of all five ghost ships that were blocking the way. Correspondingly, the Valkyrie, which had already capsized in the Mirror Sea, had its masts broken and its sails set ablaze.

"This style of play is too exciting!"

Yun Lan, who had rushed from the lower deck to the deck, looked at the scattered human heads and shell fragments on the ground and said with lingering fear.

"But it's perfect for when you're trying to escape."

Cheng Lang said this with great satisfaction, "The Thorn will continue running for now, and you will be replaced after the Valkyrie is repaired."

"Aren't we going to salvage the spoils of war?" Yun Ji asked.

"There's no time to waste on this kind of thing."

Cheng Lang made a decisive decision, saying as he walked down to the lower deck, "Keep moving forward and try to shake off all the tails before we reach our destination."

As the order was given, the Thorn bypassed the gradually disintegrating and sinking ghost ship and continued running in the direction indicated by Cheng Lang, leaving behind only a thick sea fog that may or may not be hiding danger, and the undead Xinweng that fell into the sea one after another.

Soon after, a ghost fleet of nearly a hundred ships approached from different directions, surrounding the sea fog and the waters beneath it with extreme caution and vigilance.

Soon, under the control of several captains, the sea fog was dispersed piece by piece. The captain of one of the ghost ships snorted disdainfully, "I told you long ago that those two ships had disappeared."

"What did you hear?" asked another captain who had just arrived from the same ship.

"Very strange"

The ghost captain who had just spoken shook his head. "It's been different since a few days ago. The heartbeats of the two ships keep disappearing. I can only hear the heartbeat of one ship at a time."

"No matter which ship it is, what direction is it going?" the arriving captain asked anxiously.

"Over there, Princess Rica's ship is heading in that direction," the captain said, pointing in a direction.

"set off!"

The captain, who had rushed over to inquire, immediately issued an order, and the massive undead fleet charged toward the direction where the Thorn had disappeared.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the waters near Iron Oak Island, shrouded in poisonous fog, Yun Hai's fleet was besieging a ghost fleet of roughly equal size.

With the roar of cannons, water-soaked wooden shells slammed into the ghost ship, shattering and spraying spore-infused nutrient solution into the vicinity of the impact point.

Compared to the almost reckless fighting style of the Valkyrie commanded by Cheng Lang, the encirclement and attack commanded by Yun Hai was undoubtedly more concise and efficient.

Often, the sailors only needed to fire a single cannon shot at the location indicated by the wreckage to accurately deliver the spores and nutrient solution to the vicinity of the ship's core chamber.

For this reason, the battle did not last long before it came to an end. The sailors from the pirate city began to board the ship amidst shouts and commotion, taking away the shriveled and stopped boarding ship before the ghost ship sank.

However, after completing this encirclement and annihilation, Yun Hai did not order the fleet to leave. Instead, he provocatively fired a shot at the small island that could be seen almost through a telescope.

Unfortunately, despite such provocation, the leader of the Ghost Fleet hiding on the island still did not respond to the challenge.

"Fleet Commander, shouldn't we deal with the fleet blocking the entrance?"

On the small island, a captain asked the chief sitting in the head seat.

"They're just worthless cannon fodder, let them keep killing."

After saying this, the robed leader yawned, got up and left the palace built for him, and rowed a small boat alone toward Iron Oak Island—into the poisonous fog that enveloped Iron Oak Island, a fog that even the pirate lord Panini could not evade.

In the end, all the shadows in that poisonous fog vanished without a trace.

(End of this chapter)