Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 99 Mushroom Dip
In the thick fog that seems to be the border of the Sea of ​​Despair, whirlpools of various sizes are almost next to each other.

Among these whirlpools that were like crushers, a three-masted sailboat, completely black, broke free from the temptation of the whirlpools again and again with the constant swinging of its dragonfly fins on both sides. At the same time, it continued to move towards its destination little by little, pushed by the wind and the dragonfly fins.

“We need to hurry up”

The magic mirror urged, "A sea monster seems to be coming towards us!"

"Can Poseidon's blood increase the speed of the ship?" Cheng Lang asked loudly.

“I’m afraid not.”

The Silver Queen said apologetically, "I am not the sea."

Before the Silver Queen finished speaking, Wuying ran onto the deck and came to Cheng Lang's legs. She tilted her neck, stood on tiptoe, and stretched out a pair of dirty little hands and said, "Uncle Captain, please give me the blood of Poseidon."

"How much do you want?"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he squatted down, took out a box of Poseidon's Blood and opened it. There were ten bottles in the box.

"One is enough"

Wuying first gave Cheng Lang a kiss on the face, then picked up a bottle of Poseidon's Blood, grabbed the hissing neck of the pet snake at her feet, and ran into the cargo hold, which was like an amusement park to her.

"Captain, you dote on her too much." The Silver Queen, who was busy operating the Valkyrie, said helplessly but gratefully.

"It's just a cup of Poseidon's blood."

Cheng Lang said nonchalantly that he had left 10 cups for Yun Ji before entering the fog, and had just given another cup to Wuying. Even so, he still had a full 20 cups.

Such abundant reserves were enough for him to be generous to the youngest crew member on the ship.

While these "adults" were busy discussing countermeasures to deal with the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, Wuying had already picked all the poisonous mushrooms growing around the base of the mainmast.

However, this time he did not eat even one, but instead returned to the ventricle at the bow of the ship with these poisonous mushrooms.

"Wist Shadow, what are you doing?!"

Almost at the moment when the Magic Mirror and the Silver Queen realized something was wrong and suddenly started shouting, Misty Shadow had already dipped the end of a mushroom in the wine glass of Poseidon's blood and then threw it into the pool in the center of the ship.

"Om-"

Almost at the moment when the mushroom fell into the center pool of the ship, the nine pairs of dragonfly fins on both sides of the Valkyrie's hull also produced a strange noise as they moved.

At the same time, the Silver Queen's eyes turned into a dazzling bright white.

"Boom!"

Before Cheng Lang could react, the violent push on his back made him lose his balance and sit on the deck.

This thing is about to fly!

Cheng Lang almost subconsciously tied himself to the side of the boat with a whip!

He had experienced this scene before! When they accidentally entered Wu Ling's territory, they had encountered the same situation because of the small bucket of poisonous mushroom spores thrown into the center pool of the ship!

"Control. Control the course! Fold the sails!"

Cheng Lang shouted with difficulty, "Right rudder 10!"

Before he finished speaking, the Silver Queen, whose entire body had turned bright white and almost looked like a physical entity, glanced at Cheng Lang and then gently turned the steering wheel.

Suddenly, the dragonfly fin on the left side of the Valkyrie, whose waterline had dropped by more than half, began to swing a little faster. When the gorillas skillfully manipulated the Sea-Watching Vine to fold the sails, the speed of the Valkyrie also became faster.

As the dragonfish fins slid rapidly, the ship even rushed straight into a huge whirlpool, but then rushed out by inertia before being sucked into the seabed by the whirlpool!
Such a fast speed not only instantly threw the sea urchins behind him into the thick fog, but also angered them!

"Shhhhh-"

For a moment, huge sea urchin spines flew in all directions from all over the sea area. One of them almost brushed past the three masts of the Valkyrie and flew right in front!

"Back to normal! Back to normal!"

Cheng Lang, who was almost lying flat on the deck, immediately issued a new order, and the Silver Queen immediately turned the steering wheel.

"call out!"

Just at this moment, a huge sea urchin spine flew from behind, pierced through the Silver Queen's body, and then pierced through the rear mast and main mast with a "puff" sound!
"Cut the mast! Silver Queen! Are you okay?!"

Cheng Lang immediately issued an order, and the gorillas quickly retrieved the sails made from the sea monster's swim bladder, then cut off the two masts and let them fall onto the sea.

"I'm fine!"

Before the Silver Queen finished her words, her chest was filled with bright white again.

After losing two masts, the Valkyrie's own weight reduced its speed, but the two masts that fell into the sea were like signals, causing more sea urchin spines to fly towards them!
"Mist Shadow! We need to go faster!" The Silver Queen's voice echoed throughout the ship.

"Okay mom"

In the heart of the ship, Wuying picked up the second mushroom, brought it to her lips and kissed it, then dipped it in the small wine glass filled with Poseidon's blood and threw it into the heart of the ship that belonged to them alone.

"Om-!"

Amidst the faster and deeper noises, the nine pairs of dragonfly fins began to swing faster, and the speed of the Valkyrie also increased again.

But even so, the Valkyrie's stern was hit and pierced through again and again by those terrifying sea urchin spines.

"Cut the foremast too!"

Cheng Lang, lying on the deck, decisively issued a new order.

Soon, at the risk of being killed by the sea urchins' stings, the vine goblins retrieved the precious sails as quickly as possible, and then cut off the only remaining foremast as quickly as possible.

It was during this process that the vine goblins suffered casualties again.

Now, even though they have thick breastplates, those huge sea urchin spines can still easily pierce their strong bodies.

But their sacrifice was worth it. As the mast hit the sea, the speed of the Valkyrie increased again, and the ship was now almost gliding along the sea surface!

However, this high speed only lasted for less than five minutes, and the wings of the dragonfly fins began to flap slower and slower.

"Mist Shadow!" the Silver Queen called out.

"coming!"

Wuying immediately threw the two "mushrooms with sauce" that he had prepared long ago into the pool in the center of the boat.

Suddenly, the speed of the Valkyrie increased again, and the Silver Queen's body turned bright white again.

"The whirlpools on the sea surface have disappeared!"

The magic mirror brought good news at this time, but immediately afterwards, he delivered bad news, "Reef, I see the reef! Stop! Stop! Quick, quick, quick!"

"Oh!"

Before the magic mirror finished speaking, the rapidly flying dragonfly fin cut off a reef that was just slightly below the water surface.

But with just this little bit of obstruction, the Valkyrie, which was flying at high speed like a piece of wood, turned into a stone that kept skipping on the water!
"Make the dragonflyfin stop!"

Before Cheng Lang finished speaking, he had already adjusted the stern of the ship again through the center of the ship, causing the Valkyrie, which could capsize at any time, to sink into the water.

Amidst the frightening creaking noise of the ship's hull, the mastless Valkyrie still rushed forward a hundred meters underwater until the ramming horn of the bow smashed a black reef, and the already tattered ship finally stopped completely.

After exchanging a thankful glance with the equally frightened Magic Mirror, Cheng Lang glanced at the Silver Queen, whose body was still bright white, seemingly brimming with energy with nowhere to vent. He simply raised his hand and pointed in a direction, saying amidst the increasingly foul and disgusting smell, "No need to ascend, Silver Queen, head in that direction."

"As you wish, Captain." After the Silver Queen said this, the dragonfly fins on both sides began to flap rapidly again, and she rushed towards the direction of Cheng Lang's finger with the Valkyrie.

However, this time, they had only been running for less than half a minute when the Valkyrie's speed began to drop again without any warning, and even the dragonfly fins on both sides drooped limply.

"Mist Shadow."

"Mom, you can't feed him anymore."

Wuying said pitifully, "It has no strength left. If it eats any more, it will die."

"Who is it?" asked the Silver Queen, moving instantly into the heart of the ship.

"That's it," Wuying pointed to the center of the boat that belonged only to her and her daughter.

Upon hearing this, the Silver Queen, who had regained her light blue shadow, hesitated for a moment, floated to Cheng Lang's side, and briefly repeated Wuying's words.

"Then take a break."

Cheng Lang spoke before the other party could speak, and manipulated the heart of the ship to make the Valkyrie begin to float.

That's not all. To be on the safe side, he even used the Sea-Watching Vine to wrap around a reef not far away. Next, they needed to take a gamble, either that the sea urchins behind them would not catch up, or that the Valkyrie's heart could be repaired before those sea urchins caught up.

"Magic Mirror, are those sea urchins really sea monsters?"

Cheng Lang looked at the sea urchin spines still embedded in the hull and asked, "Are they too weak?"

"Respected Captain, I've been thinking about this as well."

The magic mirror said doubtfully, "Common sense tells us that if we provoke the sea monster, even with the help of those poisonous mushrooms, we will never be able to escape from it. They are the masters of the ocean."

“But we survived.”

Cheng Lang said, "And they haven't caught up for so long."

"It's not even as scary as that half-blood sea monster." The Silver Queen also joined the conversation.

“But they are indeed sea monsters.”

The magic mirror said, "I will not be wrong on this point, and I firmly believe that even if Saint Barbaya comes, she will agree with my judgment."

“We’re not questioning you.”

Cheng Lang soothed him, "Alright, let's put this currently unresolved topic aside for now. How many vine goblins did we lose just now?"

"17th Vine Mandrill"

The magic mirror replied, "It may take a long time for them to be reborn."

"As long as I can be resurrected"

Cheng Lang sighed worriedly, holding the metal bowl that only he could see as he walked back, saying, "I'll leave the repair of the ship and the surrounding situation to you. I need to take a quick rest now."

"Good night, Captain."

The Silver Queen, lifting her skirt to salute, and the Magic Mirror, touching its chest and bowing, sent their blessings at the same time.

After returning to the captain's room, Cheng Lang placed the metal bowl on the bow, then walked into the kitchen and took out a box of sweet pastries prepared by Yafuso and Gerta in advance to fill his stomach, then lay down on the bed and covered himself with a quilt.

Just as he tossed and turned, trying to fall asleep as quickly as possible, the small crabs that spread all over the ship began to produce dense bubbles, and a faint red mist filled the area around the ship.

In this blood mist, the sea urchin spines embedded in the ship were used as emergency materials to make masts, and the damage in various places was repaired bit by bit by the little crabs.

Even the Sea-Watching Vine produced huge fruits in the lower cabin, giving birth to the fallen vine goblins again.

Also during this moment of respite, the dragonfly fins on both sides of the hull gradually became straight and full again from their originally drooping state.

When the captain of the Valkyrie was awakened by the magic mirror, the ship had recovered and was able to sail with the help of sails.

However, it was already late at night, and the surrounding seas were mostly covered with reefs. Even the sea fog was so thick that even the Silver Queen could not disperse it.

Because of this, the Valkyrie had no choice but to stay here, allowing the ship's heart to continue repairing the damage and recuperating.

However, when the thick fog around them became thinner, when the sky became brighter again, and when the Silver Queen was finally able to disperse the sea fog within a radius of 100 meters around her, Cheng Lang, Magic Mirror, Silver Queen, and even Mist Shadow and Vine Goblins on the boat were all stunned.

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They seemed to be back at the edge of the thick fog!
"Is that the thick fog over there summoned by the Honest Man?" Cheng Lang asked in surprise, pointing at a small ball of thick fog in the distance.

"Yes, Captain," said the Silver Queen, "We have been sent back to where we started."

"When did this happen?" Cheng Lang asked the magic mirror.

"I don't know, Captain. Believe me, I've been watching everything on board and around the ship all night, even that reef. By the Valkyrie! By Saint Barbara! Where's that reef? Where's that reef that's been entangled so tightly by the seavine?"

Hearing the magic mirror's exclamation, Cheng Lang and the Silver Queen subconsciously looked outside the boat, but at this time, the sea-viewing vines still maintained the angle and tightness of their entanglement with the reef, but what they were entangled about was not the reef, but just a piece of broken coral.

"Don't waste any more time"

Cheng Lang touched the sea urchin spines that served as a mast to make sure he wasn't mistaken. He lowered his head to glance at the metal bowl in his hand, then raised his hand and pointed in a direction. "Let's start again, through those seaweeds, through those whirlpools, and then through that reef. Let's see how far we can get before we're sent back."

"As you wish, Captain." The Silver Queen lifted her skirt respectfully and saluted, steering the Valkyrie back into the strange fog.

After all, they had previous experience, so this time, they took much less time to cross the seaweed area and didn't even disturb any large sea urchins.

Under the command of the Silver Queen, Wuying once again picked up all the poisonous mushrooms at the bottom of the mast and returned to the nacelle. Just like yesterday, he used the "mushroom dip" method to speed up the Valkyrie, and passed through the whirlpool sea in a dangerous but familiar way.

Fortunately, this time they set off early enough, so when they entered the reef area, not only was it not yet noon, but there were no big sea urchins chasing them, which was undoubtedly a good thing.

Leaving the heart of the ship, which could still accelerate at a mushroom speed, to rest temporarily, the Silver Queen carefully controlled the Valkyrie, which was pushed by the wind, to nimbly avoid the underwater reefs again and again, and approached the direction of Cheng Lang's finger little by little with difficulty.

By noon, the surrounding reefs finally became fewer and fewer, but the wind and waves were getting stronger and stronger.

Under Cheng Lang's decisive command, the Valkyrie used its hull to dive underwater to avoid the raging waves, and only relied on the movement of its dragonfly fins to move forward towards its destination little by little.

Amidst the increasingly foul-smelling air inside the ship, the Valkyrie slowly left the sea area and finally entered a calm zone again before it got dark.

"Retract the sails," Cheng Lang decisively ordered, "Let Wuying speed up."
Upon hearing this, the Silver Queen immediately notified her daughter who had been guarding the heart of the ship. The latter immediately dipped the poisonous mushroom that had made her drool in the blood of Poseidon and then threw it into the pool in the heart of the ship.

"Om-"

Amidst the low noise, the Valkyrie suddenly accelerated, using the few remaining minutes of high speed to continue moving towards its destination in this windless sea.

After a while, the dragonfly's fins drooped due to exhaustion, and the speed of the boat gradually decreased.

Fortunately, they could already see the waves on the sea in the distance. In other words, they might have a chance to use this last bit of momentum to leave this strange doldrums.

Amidst everyone's anticipation and prayers, the ship slowed down, and the weather vane on top of the mast gradually fluttered in the breeze.

"Sail!"

As the order was given, the translucent sail was gradually blown into a smooth arc by the wind. The Valkyrie, which was about to stop, began to move at a speed that was definitely not fast, while also accumulating power for the Valkyrie bit by bit.

However, just as the boat was about to be blown away by the wind and set off again, a gurgling sound of bubbles bursting was heard from the fog not far away.

A moment later, Cheng Lang also vaguely smelled a fishy smell that was different from the sea - a fishy smell very similar to that of the half-blood sea monster.

"call--!"

Accompanied by a foul-smelling gust of wind, the surrounding thick fog was dispelled for a moment, and Cheng Lang, Magic Mirror, Silver Queen, and Mist Shadow all clearly saw the monster appearing behind them on the right.

(End of this chapter)