Path of Light.

Chapter 782 783. Sea Storm

After the magic airship rushed into the clouds, the fog blocked the view.

What Roy was most worried about was a slither of electric snake rushing over at this moment.

The clouds were much thicker than Roy had imagined. After descending several hundred meters, he finally emerged from the constantly surging clouds.

The wind was strong, and the sea surface was surging with waves several meters high. Although there were thick cumulonimbus clouds, it did not rain...

The sea surface in the distance became pitch black, and the light became dimmer as it got closer to the center of the storm.

The strong wind prevented the magic airship from hovering in the air. Even if all the sails were retracted, the entire magic airship was blown southward by the strong wind. Fortunately, the center of gravity of the bottom of the ship was designed reasonably enough, and the other twelve floating devices were evenly dispersed. Although the entire magic airship was slightly tilted, it would not be overturned by the strong wind.

The magic airships built by dwarven craftsmen are indeed trustworthy.

At this time, Olive also came out of the room. She stood against the humid wind and leaned over to look at the sea.

Under the rolling waves, the islands and reefs are almost invisible.

She was somewhat unable to determine the area where the magic airship was located...

Soon, other magic airships descended from the clouds one by one and appeared in Roy's sight.

However, all the magic airships were blown by the wind and drifted uncontrollably to the northeast.

……

"Where is this? How far is it from Sangke Island?"

Roy asked as he faced the strong wind.

He had to hold on to the railing with both hands to keep his balance on the deck, and the dark clouds above his head brought a strong sense of oppression.

Olive stood beside him with difficulty. She looked at the sea for a long time. The entire sea was just waves. Not even an island could be seen.

"I need to go into the sea to find out the direction." Olive looked for a long time and finally said to Roy with a wry smile.

Rodhart on the deck immediately shouted:

"Boss, with such strong winds and waves, the magic airship is likely to capsize the moment it enters the sea. The magic airship cannot land in such strong winds and waves."

Obviously he was worried that Roy would get carried away and give the order to fall into the sea.

Olive frowned and let the strong wind blow her long hair away. The seaweed skirt on her body seemed to be about to fall off her body.

"I'll jump in and be your guide in the sea," she said.

Roy shook his head and said:
"With such strong winds and waves, even if you can identify the direction in the sea, we can't move in the direction you indicate. Now the magic airship can only go with the wind or return to the wind layer."

He looked at the surrounding clouds, turned to Rodhart and said:

"Then let's continue for a while. If there are islands around, we can probably tell where we are flying to."

Rodhart wanted to argue with Roy, but after thinking it over, he went back to the captain's room without saying a word.

The magic airship can only be blown by the wind and float towards the northwest...

Soon it began to rain heavily, blocking everyone's view. The magic airship floated in the air, and the sea surface could no longer be seen.

From time to time, flashes of lightning flashed through the clouds, and the exploding sounds above our heads made our scalps numb.

The great magician Grames came to Roy at this time.

"Let the magic airship rush above the clouds as soon as possible. If it keeps flying like this, it will eventually be captured by the electric snakes in the clouds. Then all the elves and sirens on the ship will be in danger."

Great Magician Grems said worriedly.

"But passing through the clouds at this time is a very dangerous thing in itself."

Roy felt a little regretful. If he had known the situation below the clouds was so bad, he should not have landed.

It's much safer up in the clouds than here.

"Perhaps I can disperse the clouds above my head, but I can only hold out for a short while, so that the other magic airships can also prepare to rise..."

Great Magician Grames rubbed his hands and glanced at Roy.

Roy immediately ordered: "Let the other magic airships prepare to ascend and follow us!"

"Yes, Boss Roy!"

……

Grems, wearing a magic robe and a black rain cloak, stood at the bow of the ship, looking up at the dark sky.

He held up a wand, and a water elemental suddenly appeared behind him.

The huge body of the water element was almost as tall as the mainmast. Raindrops fell on the water element's body, and the water element seemed to enjoy it very much.

When the great magician Grams was chanting the spell, the water element placed its hands on his shoulders. A large amount of water elemental aura poured into Grams' body, and a huge water bomb appeared above Grams' head.

The initial diameter of this water bomb was only ten meters. As a huge amount of water element power was injected into the water bomb, the diameter of the water bomb quickly grew to fifty meters.

As the spell of the great magician Grams ended, the water bomb actually crashed into the clouds in the sky.

The entire water bomb exploded immediately after rushing into the cloud...

Heavy rain fell from the sky, and the amount of rain was like the water from the Milky Way bursting its dam.

Even several magic airships were hit by the rain and fell several meters down. The rain on the deck poured out through the drainage holes around it. The griffins lying on the deck could only shiver under the tarpaulin.

This kind of rain only lasted halfway up the sky.

When the rain stopped a little, Roy saw through the glass window of the captain's room that there was a hole in the clouds in the sky, and even a beam of light fell down.

It's still raining, although not too heavy...

Great Magician Grams walked in from outside the deck in a panic and said to Roy: "We can rush up now!"

Under the control of Captain Rodhart, the magic airship took advantage of the hole and flew into the sky.

When passing through the clouds, dark clouds rolled around, and the hole could be filled at any time...

A row of magic airships successfully rushed into the clouds.

The magic airship flew above the clouds, but did not rush into the wind layer. Instead, it floated in the clouds for a while.

Several magic airships performed some safety checks before re-entering the wind layer.

Then we flew towards the edge of the sea storm for a while, and only landed again when we saw the clouds below became thinner...

……

The sky here is just gloomy, the sea breeze is not that strong, and there is an island not far away.

The magic airship flew towards the island.

Olive finally determined the location of the fleet in the western waters. This was already the southwest corner of the western waters. The sirens named that island "Rang", so the island was called Rang Island.

The island has a sheltered fjord.

The magic airship can just land in the sheltered fjord.

……

Twelve magic airships were anchored in the sheltered fjord. The sea breeze was blocked by the mountain ridges, and even the waves in this sea area were much smaller.

The waves hit the rocks and immediately broke into white foam.

The sea water was very cold. When a wave hit, the deck of the ship was immediately washed by the sea water. The half-elf crew members guarding the deck were wearing cloaks to keep warm, and they shivered in the cold sea water. The direction of the Xinghai Islands in the distance was still as dark as ink, and the fleet could not go there.

Although it is impossible to reach Sangke Island from the sea or the sky, the seabed below twenty meters is not affected by sea storms.

Zeina sat by the window of the captain's room, looking through the glass window toward the northern sea, and said to Roy:

"I can feel... there should be a war going on over there."

The cabin door was opened from the outside, and the cold sea breeze and salty rain squeezed in through the gap in the door.

Olive walked in from outside, all wet.

She saw Roy in the captain's room and immediately came over to him and said:

"The fleet can't sail on the sea in this weather. I can go to Sank Island to bring our Siren Warriors over. It's not too far from here to Sank Island..."

"That's fine. Be careful on your way. The fleet is waiting for you here."

Roy agreed.

Olive didn't hesitate at all. She strode out of the captain's room, propped up the corridor railing with one hand, and jumped onto the deck. Her legs were very long, and she ran to the edge of the ship in a few steps. Then she tore off a shell necklace from her neck. The moment the broken necklace was tightly held in her hand, the magic that sealed her body instantly burst into a light blue magic glow, and countless magic patterns emerged. Her body returned to the appearance of a mermaid in the blue light.

Then she leaped into the sea with all her might, and her light blue snake tail drew a graceful arc in the air.

The wind and waves were quite strong, and when Olive jumped into the sea, she didn't even create a wave.

Rodhart held the steering wheel, looking a little absent-minded.

Roy patted him on the shoulder and said to him:
"In this kind of weather, let the crew on duty on the deck rotate more often. Everyone has to come in and warm up."

"Okay, boss."

Rodhart came to his senses and immediately agreed.

Jie Zena said to Roy: "I won't accompany you to suffer on the boat anymore. I want to sleep on the bottom of the sea."

After saying that, Jie Zena slid out with her shoulders swaying. The scales on her snake tail made a rustling sound when they touched the metal parts on the hatch. Every time Roy heard this sound, he couldn't help but get goose bumps on his body.

Then we saw Jie Zena also jumped off the edge of the ship and disappeared into the sea.

The three thousand Siren warriors of Jie Zena's Siren Assault Regiment are now resting on the seabed near the sheltered fjord of Rang Island. They have been staying in the narrow cabin of the magic airship for five days and four nights, and without coming out to move around, their bodies are almost stiff.

The Siren warriors were active on the seabed and were not affected by the sea storm. If they had not been waiting for the fleet to act together, the assault group would probably have already approached the battlefield.

The ones most affected by the sea storm this time were the griffin riders. In such stormy weather, the griffins liked to hide in their nests, but now they could only lie on the swaying deck of the magic airship.

The magic airship hid in the sheltered fjord for a day and a night.
In the second half of the night, Roy was sleeping soundly in the cabin. Someone knocked on Roy's door, waking him up suddenly.

When he opened the door, Olive was standing there, soaking wet. Her seaweed and shell dress was gone, and she was wearing a magic rune necklace around her neck. The light in the corridor was dim, but Roy was not blind...

He was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Olive had just returned from the sea, but she didn't have the mermaid pattern dress like Miss Tiffany, so...

All Roy could say was that her skin was so white.

"I brought the Siren Warriors from Sangke Island here..."

Roy hesitated for a moment, then took out a linen robe from his magic waist bag and handed it over.

The main function of this loose cylindrical robe is to serve as the lining for heavy armor. Before the half-elf guards replace their soft leather lining with heavy armor, they must wear this linen robe when equipped with heavy armor.

"How many sirens are here?"

Roy asked as Olive was putting her robe on.

"7500 Sirens."

"Are you planning to change your clothes here?"

Roy put on the magic pattern suit and walked out of the cabin.

In such a dangerous place, it is better to wear armor when sleeping...

For Roy, it was really uncomfortable to curl up on a narrow bed wearing a magic pattern suit.

In order to have a good sleep quality, he changed into pajamas.

Unexpectedly, I was woken up by Olive in the middle of the night.

……

Roy walked out of the deck and found that the rain had stopped.

But the sky was still dark and the stars in the night sky could not be seen.

The sea breeze was very strong, and the sound of waves hitting the rocks came into my ears continuously.

The sound of waves in the dark makes people have a deep fear of the sea.

Roy felt a little cold, but on the deck, a group of griffins were awake. They were lying on the deck and constantly combing their feathers, but no griffin made any sound.

Several half-elf cavalrymen came out from the stairs of the cabin below the deck, carrying iron buckets filled with sea fish. They stuffed the fish into the griffin's mouth one by one.

The Ring-Type Siren Armor was not on this ship, so he could only take a small boat to transfer to another magic airship.

Climbing down the grid rope ladder, there was a small boat waiting below. The waves were very big and the small wooden boat was shaking violently on the sea.

When Roy jumped onto the small wooden boat, it became stable inexplicably. Roy glanced into the sea and saw countless figures in the dark sea water, and those figures were all around the boat.

Olive followed behind Roy, wearing a very close-fitting linen robe, with nothing underneath...

Roy came to the magic airship loaded with the Ring-type Siren Armor and climbed up to the deck along the rope ladder. The crew members here were already waiting on the deck.

"Now use the slings to lift these wooden boxes into the sea, one by one. Tie the ropes tightly and don't let them drop suddenly, as it may easily hit our Siren brothers in the sea!" Roy instructed the half-elf crew members on the deck.

A group of crew members immediately took action, pushing the wooden boxes to the side of the ship and then lifting them one by one onto the sea.

As soon as these wooden boxes touch the sea surface, they will be unloaded by the Siren Warriors waiting below, and then pulled up with a hook with a rope...

Two magic airships unloaded the wooden boxes into the sea at the same time.

When it was almost dawn, all 7500 boxes of Ring-type Siren armor were unloaded from the ship.

The Sirens completed their costume changes in the sea.

As for the wooden boxes, they were pushed onto the beach by the waves. A large number of broken wooden boxes and planks were piled up on the beach of Rang Island. Unfortunately, the space on the ship was very limited, and these wooden boxes were not worth taking back, so they had to be abandoned on the island.

The crew members, griffin riders and human priests ran out of the cabin early and lay beside the side of the ship to watch the excitement.

Olive was also in the sea. All the ring-type Siren armors had been delivered, and she waved goodbye to Roy in the sea.

A large number of armored sirens swam towards the north, and very clear shadows emerged on the sea.

At this time, Jie Zena also found Roy and said to him:
"Captain Roy, the Dark Faceless Army and the Siren Alliance Army are fighting in front of us. I am going to take the Siren Assault Regiment to join the battle!"

"But the waves are so big right now that the magic airship can't get out for the time being."

Roy finished speaking and looked up at the cloudy sky with a frown.

"This time we are going to try what will happen when facing the Dark Faceless Warriors without the blessing of the priests. After several battles, these Siren Warriors have long been aware of the weaknesses of the Dark Faceless Warriors. We want to give it a try." Jie Zena said sincerely.

"Be careful. If the enemy is too strong, you must retreat and wait for our fleet to support you or simply lure them to Rang Island."

Roydo asked Zena and warned her.

(End of this chapter)