Path of Light.

Chapter 693 694. Sea Beast Priest
The giant crossbow arrow obviously hit the Dark Faceless Man...

It began to rush around on the seabed, and in an instant the clear sea water became very turbid.

The whale-hunting crossbows could not aim at the faceless men on the seabed, and the half-elf guards could only watch the sea surface vigilantly.

Tentacles kept extending from the sea water, and the suction cups on the tentacles attached to the walls of the magic airship. They hid in the sea and shook the ship vigorously. At the beginning, the magic airship was only shaking slightly, but as the number of tentacles attached to the hull increased, the shaking of the three-masted sailing ship became more violent.

The sailors on the deck could no longer stand up straight. They had to hold on to the railings on the side of the ship, or simply tie safety ropes around their bodies to be able to work on the deck.

Almost all the supplies on the deck were secured with ropes, but many things in the cabin and the captain's room were not secured. Under the violent shaking, many things rolled out, making a mess on the floor.

Sabrina flew in the sky on a griffin, but unfortunately the Dark Faceless Men were hiding underwater and the sea became very turbid, making it impossible to figure out their location.

Seeing some half-blood elf guards falling into the water due to the violent shaking of the magic airship, they heard screams one after another...

Some tentacles wrapped around the bodies of the half-elf guard warriors and pulled them into the sea.

Almost all the captains ordered to turn on all the floating devices at this time. They wanted to raise the magic airship to a relatively safe altitude.

As each floating device ran at full speed, the nine magic airships began to slowly leave the sea.

The tentacles of the Dark Faceless also increased rapidly at this time. Their suction cups attached to the bottom of the ship, trying to pull the three-masted spacecraft back into the sea...

However, the bodies of these Dark Faceless Men are only three meters tall. Facing a large three-masted sailing ship that is sixty or seventy meters long, even if there are dozens of Dark Faceless Men on the bottom of the ship at the same time, it is impossible to drag the three-masted sailing ship to the bottom of the sea.

When the twelve floating devices are fully activated, they can easily carry a thousand fully armed elf warriors into the wind flow layer...

Now there are only half of the half-blood elf warriors on the nine magic airships. They slowly rise from the sea, with huge tentacles attached to the bottom of the ship and gradually floating out of the sea along with the hull. These tentacles are constantly wriggling on the bottom of the ship...

When these magic airships gradually left the sea, the dark faceless men were still stubbornly hanging on the bottom of the ship, twisting their bodies hard.

The captains stood by the windows, constantly urging the crew members who were operating the floating devices to maximize the energy efficiency of the magic pattern array.

At this time, we have to praise the manufacturing industry of the dwarves. These floating devices were purchased by the imperial merchants from the dwarven kingdom. All the floating devices are very strong and durable...

The magic airship continued to rise, and the dark faceless men hiding in the sea also exposed their bodies. They were like strips of meat hanging on the bottom of the ship, and quickly became targets in the eyes of the griffin riders.

Sabrina, who was riding on the back of a griffin, saw this scene and took out a longbow from her back. She rode the griffin and floated in the air...

The arrow was placed on the longbow, and Sabrina pulled the bowstring to its full length. As the arrow flew out, a feather arrow wrapped in a layer of white light quickly shot into the body of a dark faceless man. Of course, a feather arrow could not cause any damage to the dark faceless man...

But Sabrina was followed by nearly a thousand griffin riders, who also imitated Sabrina's movements and shot arrows at the dark faceless man...

'Whoosh whoosh...'

As a large number of arrows flew out in an overwhelming manner, the scene from a few days ago appeared again on the battlefield.

Roy's only request to these griffin cavalrymen was to pay attention to safety. He didn't care how many arrows would be consumed in this battle with the Dark Faceless Men.

These arrows poured out like a flood, causing great suffering to the Dark Faceless warriors hanging on the bottom of the ship.

They were covered with arrows and gradually rose into the air along with the magic airship.

Many dark faceless creatures were hanging on the bottom of the ship. After leaving the sea, they immediately had a lot of problems with their bodies...

Led by Sabrina, the griffin riders swiftly passed under the ship with long swords in hand, leaving wounds on the dark faceless men.

The dark faceless ones were horrified to find that the griffin knights were the main force in this battle...

Many Dark Faceless Men loosened their suction cups and fell into the sea after being injured.

The sea in this area became extremely turbid. The Dark Faceless Men hid beneath the sea and dared not show their heads at all.

There were several dark faceless creatures floating on the sea that were killed by the griffin cavalry...

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At this time, the sirens hiding in the caves by the sea opened their eyes wide and looked at the battlefield outside the caves.

When they saw the Dark Faceless Men being defeated by the elven army, the hatred that had been accumulating in their hearts was immediately released, and many sirens cried out in surprise.

But they didn't even look at the sirens standing on the beach to help...

Some sirens even mustered up the courage to walk out of the caves. These sirens were generally very young, especially young women. After coming out of the caves, they did not transform into legs, but used their snake-like lower bodies to crawl at high speed on the soft sand.

They twisted their slender and soft waists, wearing shark skin armor and holding sharp needles in their hands, and dived into the sea one after another.

The body length of these sirens is far more than three meters...

When they crawl, their upper bodies lean forward, creating a sense of oppression.

As soon as they entered the turbid sea water, the water in the fjord suddenly became like a boiling pot. The sirens fought fiercely with the Dark Faceless Men in the sea. At this time, occasionally the tentacles of the Dark Faceless Men appeared above the sea, and they would immediately become the target of the magic airship's concentrated fire.

There would even be griffins that would bravely fly over the sea, grab the Dark Faceless Man's tentacles with their claws as hard as iron, and then flap their wings violently to pull the Dark Faceless Man out of the sea.

Two griffins can easily lift a Dark Faceless Man high into the sky. They flap their wings and peck at the Dark Faceless Man's eyes with their sharp beaks.

The Dark Faceless will also fight back...

They are extremely powerful and covered with thick tentacles. Once they wrap around the griffins, the griffins' flight will be affected.

However, there were elven cavalrymen sitting on the backs of these griffins, and they used their sharp swords to cut off the tentacles of the Dark Faceless Ones...

Soon this naval battle with the Dark Faceless Men turned into a teaming up of the Sirens and the Elves to fight against the Dark Faceless Men.

The broken bodies of the Dark Faceless Men fell into the sea, and then floated lightly on the surface.

As more and more corpses of the Dark Faceless Men emerged from the sea, the Sirens who were fighting with the Faceless Men in the sea also suffered casualties. The injured Sirens also became the targets of the Dark Faceless Men's pursuit.

At this time, the griffin cavalry in the sky will also take the opportunity to lend a helping hand...

Sometimes they would take the opportunity to drag the dark faceless men chasing behind into the air, and sometimes they would drag the injured sirens out of the sea and send them to the beach. The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and in the end, the battle ended with the annihilation of nearly two hundred dark faceless men.

After the battle, Roy simply cleaned up the battlefield, which included collecting the magic cores from the bodies of the Dark Faceless Men. He left the corpses of the Dark Faceless Men that were floating on the sea and rotting rapidly to float on the sea.

Neither the crew on the magic airship nor the griffin riders communicated with the siren at all during this process.

Finally, the griffin riders escorted nine magic airships across the mountains and returned to the original sheltered fjord...

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"My God, there are so many Dark Faceless Men here. It seems that you really guessed it right. There are also a large number of Dark Legions invading the Partington Plane. However, since they are a group of Dark Faceless Men, they have to occupy this sea first, so the first enemy they face is the sea beast priests in the sea."

Sitting on the railing of the ship's tower, Woods gave a comprehensive analysis of the battle.

Moira and Sabrina were still huddled together, sitting in the same chair, chatting quietly.

During the day, Sabrina participated in the naval battle and she performed very well riding a griffin.

"So this is also the main reason why you decided to help those sirens?"

Woods asked Roy.

Roy nodded and said:

"I heard some news from the Empire merchant Darwin. Once these dark legions gain a foothold on the plane, the destructive power they will cause to the plane will be quite terrible. They will destroy the original ecology of the Partington plane and slowly transform the plane into a dead place in the dark world."

"Next, I may provide more assistance to these sirens. I hope their line of defense can stop the Dark Faceless Man."

"This is also one of the reasons why I am eager to explore the Partington plane. I have always suspected that the Dark Army may have appeared in the Partington plane. Now it is finally confirmed that they are here..."

It was hard to tell whether Roy's expression was distressed or relieved...

"Should we return? They could emerge from the seabed at night and attack our fleet. We would be in a very passive position..."

Sabrina said with some concern.

"Go a little further..."

Roy said somewhat unwillingly.

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In this battle, the mine guards collected more than two hundred black magic cores.

The Dark Faceless Man has no valuable magical materials on him, only a piece of black magic crystal in his skull. It is said that this kind of magic crystal is extremely valuable in the Grimm Empire.

After daybreak, the magic airship did not stay in the fjord any longer, and Roy prepared to go somewhere else.

So I didn’t go to contact the sirens hiding in the caves of the fjord on the other side of the mountain...

The nine magic airships all suffered some damage during the battle, but the damage to the three-masted sailing ship's hull was not very serious, and there was no need to stop for repairs.

When the tide rose in the fjord in the early morning, the captains received Roy's order that the nine magic airships should sail out of the fjord before the tide receded.

Soon, the magic airships lined up in a long line and sailed out of the fjord, continuing along the edge of the coastline to the northwest area...

Now the coordination between the three-masted sailing ships and the griffin cavalry is getting better and better, and the fleet's combat power has been significantly improved. In Roy's eyes, these three-masted sailing ships are like miniature aircraft carriers. When combined with the griffin cavalry, their powerful combat capabilities are immediately demonstrated.

Accompanied by waves of beautiful melodies, the fleet broke through the wind and waves...

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After a night's rest, the sirens planned to go to the elven fleet in the morning to express their gratitude for the elves' help.

But when they arrived at this safe haven along the waterway of the fjord, the entire fleet disappeared, leaving only a messy beach on the shore...

"They just left without a word. They didn't even give us a chance to thank us!"

Several sirens emerged from the sea, looked at the beach, then at the sea, and said in a daze.

"The elves are really as the rumors say, they love freedom and peace... If we are recognized by them, we may be able to get some help. I think we should take the initiative to find some forces that can help us. I will report the news here to the lord."

"Oya, I agree with you, but before that, I think we should move to a safe place. It's no longer safe here." Another siren said.

They stood on the shore and discussed for a long time before turning around and swimming back into the sea, then disappeared beneath the surface of the sea.

This sea area has always been the home of the sirens. Every siren tribe will have a powerful sea beast priest, who is actually their chief and their king.

Each sea beast priest owns a territory, and they are also called lords or commanders by the sirens.

After becoming sea beast priests, the sirens will also increase their strength. When they become stronger, they will search for sea beast priests weaker than them in this sea area, and then challenge this sea beast priest to a duel. The defeated sea beast priest will leave this sea area alone.

The victors will stay and enjoy the fruits of victory...

The sea beast priest Lattimore is a complete loser. He was defeated by other sea beast priests and suffered the backlash of dark magic, which led to him being trapped on this small island.

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At this moment, on a battlefield deep in the western sea, tens of thousands of mermen and monsters gathered in a trench. They were packed tightly together, looking like a light green coral reef.

Behind these fish-men and monsters, a huge sea beast lying on the sand shook its body slightly. Suddenly, an undercurrent spreading outward appeared on the seabed, and then the entire trench began to shake.

A sea beast priest stood at the edge of the trench, looking at the hordes of dark faceless men on the opposite side of the sea.

Behind this sea beast priest covered in magical armor, some sirens stood quietly, looking at the overwhelming dark faceless men opposite, with extremely solemn expressions on their faces.

The naval battle is about to begin...

(End of this chapter)