Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1257 The mysterious island

Fang He was startled by the impetuous female pirate. When he saw who it was, he couldn't help but sigh, "Ms. Catherine, you must knock before entering. I have told you many times."

"I'll remember it next time." She would usually answer like this, and brush her long red hair with her hand, looking nonchalant, indicating that she would make the same mistake again next time.

But Catherine had no mood for such witticisms at the moment.

The female pirate frowned and walked straight through the captain's room to him. As if she hadn't seen Alice at all, she put her hands on the desk, stared down at him, and said seriously:

"Remember the matter of the Overlord's Certificate? It has been figured out!"

"That mobile sky island?" Fang He was slightly startled. He certainly had not forgotten that Catherine had agreed to form an alliance with them, and he had promised to help her find the symbol of the Lord of the Seas if possible.

From Saint Hugh's to the Hill of the Giant Tree, this female pirate always kept her promise, and even when the Seven Seas Brigade was in the most difficult moment, she did not choose to leave them.

Now, it's their turn to fulfill their promise.

In fact, Fang He had already investigated the "Certificate of Overlord". There was no unified statement about its origin, and the description in history also seemed confusing.

One theory is that the island is a relic from the era of the Star of Misfortune and is itself part of the living continent.

Because of this, everyone who lands on the island will be cursed and will not have a good end.

But some people also believe that the sky island is a war weapon of the Numelin elves, with many powerful mechanisms left on it.

It is these organs that constitute the port with autonomous consciousness.

Fang He believed that both were possible. The Numelin elves left behind a large number of miracles during the War of the Star of Misfortune, but most of these miracles were lost in the long river of history when they left Etalia on the silver ship.

According to legend, most of their war weapons were destroyed after the war, but it is inevitable that a few survived. It is not uncommon for the Numelin elves to tame the star of doom and use the enemy's power to fight the enemy.

Even the Hailin Crown in his hand, the shining blue light, a large part of which came from the power of the origin of the disaster star.

Another piece of evidence is that every pirate in the Silver Chain Sea believes that this sky island exists.

They believed that their master once ruled all the seas, and as long as they obtained this port, it would be equivalent to gaining the recognition of all the seas and becoming the master of the empty sea.

This statement is a bit too idealistic.

Fang He didn't think that an empty island could decide anything, unless there was a possibility that the island itself was a powerful weapon from a certain era.

Then owning such an airport will indeed make it an important force in the sea area.

Catherine also believed in Fang He's judgment, which was different from her father - the pirate king of the Silver Chain Islands spent his entire life searching for the whereabouts of this sky island.

But Catherine viewed this "Certificate of Overlord" as something more realistic.

She lost the competition with the Blood Shark Pirates. It is difficult for pirates to make a comeback after a defeat, but if she can find this port with the help of the Seven Seas Brigade, she can use it to regain her prestige.

She didn't even want the mobile port itself, but just an agency right.

If the Nanami Ryodan appoints her as their agent, her will will be equal to that of the Overlord.

She knew that Fang He and others would not stay in the First World for long. The Second World was their final destination. They would not even think highly of a mere Silver Chain Islands.

"Someone saw it appear in the Sea of ​​Candlelight east of the Giant Tree Hill. I sent people to Ravenrill to inquire about the news and confirmed that the information was true."

Catherine said anxiously: "This port with its own consciousness will stay in a certain place for a short period of time, and then disappear for a long time."

"Ed, if you don't seize this opportunity, it will take a long time before you see it again."

Determined to go to the second world, Fang He had already studied the hydrology and geography around the Giant Tree Hill countless times in his spare time.

He didn't even need to open the map to know where the Candlelight Sea that Catherine was talking about was. Going east through Ravenril, there were some scattered elven cities scattered along the long coastline.

The winding coastline extends southward and connects with the broken corner of the southern continental bridge, which is the Candlelight Sea.

To the west is Heimwol, and to the south is the famous turbulent zone, the gateway to the second world, and the Bridge to Heaven is there.

However, Fang He still stood up, took out the map from the shelf behind him, and opened it.

The thick parchment was spread out on the desk. He slid his gloves over it and found the bizarrely winding coastline and the island chains scattered like debris on the coastline.

There is the mainland bridge, far south of Giant Tree Hill.

The Hill of Giant Trees looks like drops of wax falling on parchment, with roots spreading out around the wax drops, one of which is the Silver Chain Island.

It has been located in the northwest of the Giant Tree Hill for a thousand years.

The ugly scars of Nightingale Forest and Scar of Yasha almost divide the entire continent into two, and Silverwind Port is just west of this longitudinal line.

To the north is Sanshak, through the Oak Hills to Norishen, where you reach the outer edge of the Scar of Asa, and further north is Roshar, the Elven Court and the Silver Mountains.

After passing through the Trace of Yasha, you will arrive at Ravenrill.

There, Fang He found a place on that winding coastline that was similar to the Far South Continent of the Empire and the Treasure Coast in the north of Corin-Ishurian.

The empty sea tore the edges of the three continents apart, and the endless storms passed through the outer edge of the floating continent, which was originally a restricted area - a large glacier and a turbulent zone.

But it was not until a century and a half ago that someone found the waterway to the continental bridge and opened the door to the second world.

At this point, the restricted area became a rising channel of hope.

But even today, crossing this channel still requires great perseverance and courage.

Especially for individuals, only the most outstanding adventurers can pass through it and embark on the journey to the second world.

Therefore, this route is also called the Courage Route.

Fang He looked at the three similar coastlines on the map, and was thoughtful.

The torn coastline reminded him of a legend that Ms. Roman had once told him about the mythological era.

The world was enraged by the disputes and the pillars of the world broke, splitting it into countless worlds, and there was no longer a perfect world.

And Ataria is the most shining fragment among them.

The coastline south of the Giant Tree Hill seemed to be torn apart by a huge force, and the continent far south of the empire also had a similar shape. Both seemed to be caught in a huge whirlpool.

Something must have happened there in history that caused the entire continent to be disconnected, as if two worlds were broken off from each other, and the discrete island chains formed today's bridge leading to the door to another world.

Nowadays people use a vivid description to express it - the land bridge.

To this day, the elemental boundaries there have not yet stabilized, and the wind element flow passes through the narrow cracks in space, forming unpredictable turbulence.

If all this was caused by the breaking of the Pillar of the World, then it is not difficult to explain why the 'Door' is in this place.

But how do we explain the similar coastline to the Treasure Coast, and the large glaciers further north that are also like a forbidden area?

There are also year-round north winds and turbulent currents, which are even more dangerous than here.

The ancient towers of ancient kingdoms’ disputes have left behind countless legends, including ancient hunters, hunting in winter and wolves.

And there was the fleet that sailed out of the fog.

People once said that the army came from the glacier, extinguished the flames of the ancient country, and left only the monarch hunting in the cold forest.

That shadow-like enemy once swept across the land.

Now Fang He knew that those shadow-like enemies were probably the Shadow People. They had occupied a large amount of unknown space in the thousands of years of mortal history.

But are there really shadowy figures in the glacier?

Is there another door there?

Unfortunately, he was unable to return to Kaolin-Ishurian for the time being, so he did not know the truth about this.

In fact, there have been many people in history who have speculated about the connection, but no one has ever been able to get to the bottom of it, and the great glacier remains a forbidden zone for life.

However, in history, the mysterious sky island did appear near the Treasure Coast.

About a hundred years ago, it was close to the Great Glacier and appeared south of the Treasure Coast, where the glacial wind flowed.

Later, it last appeared more than ten years ago, and was discovered by Catherine's grandfather and father. She told them the story that the mysterious island appeared near Silver Chain Island, and it took another ten years to go around half the continent and reach the turbulent zone.

If it hadn't known that it had been to another continent, it would have been hard for the square plover to believe that this mobile port had such a large range of activities.

"Ed?" Catherine saw that he was still silent and became anxious. She was worried that she would miss the opportunity and she couldn't wait for another ten years.

But Fang He shook his head, indicating that he just thought of more things.

He looked at the area on the map. Starting from the south of Giant Tree Hill, there was a land bridge connecting to the depths of the turbulent zone.

The bridge was of astonishing length, but it was not continuous. It was made up of a series of coastlines and islands. One of its arms extended into the deep sea, where the elves had marked a word with beautiful words:

'Sea of ​​Candlelight'

"Mr. Ed, the Blood Shark Pirate." Alice reminded at the right time.

She listened to Catherine's description, but she felt that it was too coincidental. The Blood Shark Pirates were plotting revenge, while Catherine got news about the "Proof of Overlord"?

She just mentioned that they were relatively safe in the Hill of Giant Trees. Even though the Elf Court and the Parliament were in a state of disrepair, the pirates did not dare to challenge the Elf Fleet.

But soon a message came that they would have to go out to sea and go deep into the turbulent zone. Although the Candlelight Sea was not on the continental bridge, it was already on the edge of the Route of Courage.

"Besides, the Seven Seas Traveler is still under construction, and Miss Sylvie and the others will have to stay to oversee the installation of the Fairy Heart."

"In this case, both the old and new Seven Seas Traveler cannot be deployed, and we must leave some personnel behind to guard the situation here."

Alice also pointed out another reality that the Seven Seas Brigade is facing.

"It will take at least until June next year for the Seven Seas Traveler to be completed," Fang He certainly hadn't forgotten this matter, "If we want to set off, we can only borrow your Seven Seas Storm."

Although real problems exist, Fang He does not intend to make excuses to delay.

This female pirate kept her promise and helped them a lot during the entire Gray Disaster, so the Seven Seas Brigade naturally had to return the favor.

Besides, he himself was also concerned about the mobile port. If it was really a war weapon of the Numelin elves, a miracle from the previous era, if there was a chance - he naturally planned to find out.

For the Seven Seas Travelers, if they had such a home port, then in the future, whether it was replenishment or further upgrading and maintenance of the Seven Seas Traveler, they would not have to be as troublesome as they are now.

They now have to stay in Silver Wind Harbor for eight months waiting for the new Seven Seas Traveler to be completed, and if there is a mobile port, everything will naturally be much simpler.

As for the Blood Shark Pirates, Fang He was not particularly worried. When the Pirate King was around, they didn't pay much attention to them. What's more, now that the Pirate King was gone.

The pirates on the Sky Sea have never been good people, especially the Blood Shark Pirates, who are notorious abroad and are equally ruthless to their own people.

They could be suppressed when the Blood Shark Pirate King was still around, but right now there is no one prestigious enough to step forward, so it would be good enough if they don't fight among themselves.

There's nothing to be afraid of when pirates are a group of disunited people.

Besides, the Seven Seas Brigade is no longer what it used to be.

The Gray Disaster was naturally also a world event, and a world event of a relatively high level. They resolved this event perfectly - although the outside world did not know it, in fact everyone gained considerable benefits from it.

The first is the event experience, which is actually distributed by the Star Gate to all the Chosen Ones who participated in this event in the entire Ataria.

Even if you are not in Giant Tree Hill, you can gain this experience as long as you participate in the Gray Disaster in some way - such as revealing the prophecy or indirectly participating in the quest.

World events in Ataria are happening all the time, such as the North-South Civil War in Corin-Ishurian and the war between the Empire and the Great Rain Forest.

Elpashin's battle in the north, and even the storm surge that swept across the northern border of the empire, were considered part of regional or world events.

However, this was the first time that the Seven Seas Brigade was involved in a world event of such a scale - a world event that affected the entire continent and was closely related to the Star of Disaster.

World events of this magnitude are rare in the entire Sky and Sea world.

Not to mention that the Seven Seas Brigade was also the main participant and solver of the Gray Disaster, and Fang He, as the decision maker and the one who traversed every time backtracking line, directly gained a three-level rank increase from it.

Next are Mia and Sylvie. The Sea Witch gains influence over the fate of the world, which is the only way for the power of law to grow after the Golden Level.

As for Sylvie, after receiving the blessing of the earth, she also obtained the Dragon Rider system, and after further strengthening by Youbulaya (Narsui), she actually also gained the ability to contract the dragon soul.

"I left you a dragon soul."

"It was once my follower, but it is still sleeping now. If you have the chance in the future, you may meet it."

But as to what it is, Ublaya has not revealed it to them yet.

Goddess Elaine told them not to worry too much about this matter, because it was a reward from the God of Storm and Naga.

What surprised Fang He was that Narsuwei also had the priesthood of Naga?

As for the entire Seven Seas Brigade, the average level has reached above level 37, with only a few such as Tian Lan and Luo Hao whose levels are slightly below the average level.

The average level of the second group also increased to over 20.

Some, such as Forest Tribute, have even caught up with the end of the group.

This is also the reason why Fang He is confident. The main problem of the Seven Seas Brigade has always been that its level is too low. In terms of equipment, because of him and Cui Xisi, it has actually not been too bad.

Even though we can't compare with the top teams, we can still be at ease above the first and second tier teams, so that's totally fine.

Now the shortcomings in level have been largely made up. When the main members of a group begin to awaken the power of laws and step into the threshold before the silver rank, the Seven Seas Brigade will have the confidence to become one of the top groups in the future.

Only then could they be said to have the authority to follow the same path as Loofah.

The top free travel group——

Fang He planned to leave half of his men in Silver Wind Harbor. After all, the safety of the Seven Seas Traveler was the top priority. With the level leap, he wouldn't have to worry too much about being short of manpower when taking the remaining half to the Candlelight Sea.

Alisa must go, because Alice must stay with him as a contact person.

Then a sufficiently reliable person would have to stay on the Seven Seas Traveler's side. He originally planned to keep Luo Hao, but in the end he chose the big cat man and Miss Attila.

Firstly, Miss Elf and the Holy Maiden Society’s affairs had to be handled in Silver Wind Harbor, and secondly, Luo Hao’s level was already somewhat lagging behind.

If he stayed in Silver Wind Harbor any longer, he would probably be unable to catch up with the main force.

For the same reason, Tianlan must be brought along, and Luoyu must also join the team.

In this case, Jita can only be left in Silverwind Harbor, because at least one qualified spellcaster is needed here, and similarly, Cui Xisi must also stay.

He planned to leave the Paparars behind and take the box with him, because he had troubled Ms. Ina too much before, and he had to give the 'new couple' some time.

Finally, it was May, Shesta, Daryl and Miss Mia.

Miss Knight might have to stay in Silverwind Harbor as a liaison for the Knights of the Ancient Order, so Shesta naturally couldn't leave Sylvie.

Daryl originally planned to stay in the Shadow Tree Temple, but the new god had been born, and Miss Attila and the big cat people also persuaded her to stay in the Seven Seas Brigade.

After weighing the pros and cons, she agreed to the proposal. In fact, Fang He could see that Daryl had no intention of going back from the beginning, he just agreed to it.

However, in this way, the expedition team will have one more general, and Miss Catman's strength will at least be ranked in the top five within the Seven Seas Brigade.

As for Mia's plan to go back to Corin-Ishurian with the military, Alice also brought the news. Mia agreed to cooperate with the military, but the matter of Covenant Mountain still needed an explanation.

Because of this incident, Shang Wangyou will soon arrive at Yinfeng Port again and take her away.

After hearing Fang He's arrangements, Catherine seemed a little excited.

Fang He did not give a perfunctory response, which made her feel that she had not trusted the wrong person, so she also behaved very positively.

"It's not like we're borrowing the Seven Seas Storm. It's originally a ship of the brigade. I'm just worried that you think it's not enough."

"As for the Blood Shark Pirates, there's no need to worry. They haven't received any news yet."

Catherine naturally never let down her guard against these old rivals, but she still added: "But we have to leave as soon as possible and seize the time."

Fang He agreed with this opinion.

So the departure time was set for two weeks later.

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