The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

“Not at all,” Lisette smiled faintly. “We’re just a group of students.”

"Could it be St. Freya Academy?" Doni asked tentatively, a hint of realization flashing in his eyes.

Even in a remote and chaotic place like Port Parebia, the name of St. Freya Academy is widely known.

Moreover, only in this way can we explain why Venerable and his group were able to easily contact the Holy Knights.

“Not bad,” Lisette nodded.

Now that they have already left the port, there is no longer any need to conceal their identity.

It would be better to have informed Doni in the first place, which would have put Doni at ease.

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The Yukikaze, dragged along by the Lord of Raging Waves, cut through the waves, leaving a straight white trail in its wake.

As the dominant species in the near-shore area, having it paving the way ahead certainly reduced a lot of trouble for everyone.

However, as it approached the deep sea, its movements became sluggish and eventually came to a complete stop.

This sea area seems to have an invisible barrier, separating the nearshore from the deep sea.

Humans can only make judgments based on experience, while monsters are more sensitive to threats.

The Lord of the Raging Waves trembled slightly, seemingly filled with apprehension about what lay ahead. It raised a tentacle and gently touched the hook behind the harpoon stuck in its head, as if begging for mercy.

"Why isn't it moving?" Felix asked, looking at the raging lord that had stopped moving forward.

"This means that what came before was even more terrifying to it than the Three-Day Blade."

Wiener stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the surging waves ahead.

"Further ahead lies the deep sea region," Doni confirmed Vena's statement. "The Lord of the Raging Waves dares not venture into the hunting grounds of the deep-sea monsters, so we'd better not be so ostentatious."

The so-called coastal overlords are nothing more than pitiful creatures bullied from the deep sea.

"Vina, let it go," Listy pleaded.

This was not out of pity, but out of reason.

If the Lord of Raging Waves were killed here, the bloody aura emanating from his corpse would attract even more monsters, only adding to the trouble.

Wiener nodded, then reached out and grabbed the hook, pulling hard.

The harpoon, which was firmly embedded in the body of the raging waves, was forcibly pulled out.

The Lord of the Raging Waves let out a pained howl, but immediately suppressed it, quickly turning its massive body around and slinking away into the distance.

"It's time for you to prove yourself."

Jessica looked at Donnie and stepped aside to give up the helm.

Although she had crammed a lot of knowledge about navigation, all the instructions she had issued since the Yukikaze set sail had been accurate and error-free.

But to truly sail into the unknown Kuroshio Strait, they still had to rely on Doni, their guide who had been to the Kuroshio Strait before.

Donnie took a deep breath and gripped the helm firmly with both hands.

Quickly compare the father's route from memory with the current location.

Although he had not been to sea for many years, he could still clearly recall those complex waterways, as if a small boat was floating ahead of him, guiding him.

"Six Flowers, reduce the speed to eight knots." Doni turned the helm and began to give instructions.

"receive."

Rikka nodded, neatly furled the sails, and at the same time rowed the oars in a very regular rhythm, slowing down the speed of the Yukikaze just right.

The deep-sea monsters have an extremely strong sense of territorial waters; crossing them will be seen as a provocation.

What Doni had to do was to find a safe passage by exploiting the gaps between these monster territories.

Under his control, the Yukikaze moved silently like a fish.

Chapter 533 The Emblem About to Awaken

"Hey, senior, don't you think Donny is...?" Lisette sat in the cabin, her gaze falling on Donny, who was calmly and methodically controlling the Yukikaze at the bow of the ship, with a hint of thought in her eyes.

“This is probably a sign of the awakening of the emblem.” Jessica guessed the same possibility. “Judging from his age, it’s about this time.”

"Awakening emblems have omens?" Vena, who was grilling squid skewers, couldn't help but look up and ask.

“Of course,” Jessica nodded. “The length of this process determines the final completeness of the emblem… Haven’t you experienced it?”

It took her a full half month to awaken the complete Chapter of the Realm.

It took Listy almost a month to awaken both of her emblems.

“Oh, I awakened Gondorav while I was forging iron,” Viner recalled.

“I’ve had the Sword Emblem awakened since I became conscious,” Felix said, raising his hand as well.

“That means you two are both freaks,” Jessica couldn’t help but say.

She was, after all, a once-in-a-century genius of St. Freya Academy, but after witnessing the breakthrough speed of the three of them, she almost doubted herself.

If Risty achieved such success because of the uniqueness of her dual emblems, then Felix possessed such terrifying swordsmanship talent because of the sword demon within him.

How come this guy, Vina, who has already maxed out his forging talent, is also progressing so quickly in the field of emblem mastery?

"Oh, it hurts me to hear you scold me like that."

Wiener handed the grilled squid slices to Felix.

"Thank you, Venus!" Felix immediately reached out to take it.

“I haven’t even said it’s for you!” Vena slapped Felix’s hand away and pointed to Doni outside the cabin. “Give this to Doni so he can get some nutrition. Yours will be ready soon.”

"Oh."

Felix pursed his lips, but still obediently picked up the plate and took on the role of a waiter.

"If possible, could we introduce him to the academy?" Lisette suggested to Jessica.

Of all the people, only Jessica had this right.

“It mainly depends on his own wishes,” Jessica paused and said. “If he can successfully complete this mission, I will write him a letter of introduction.”

“That kid’s clever; he’ll make the right choice,” Viner said, flipping the squid skewers on the grill.

......

Felix grabbed a skewer of squid and walked to the bow of the ship, handing it to Doni, who was at the helm.

"Hey, have something to eat and take a break. You've been watching for three hours already."

After he finished speaking, he waved to Rikka, "Rikka, you should stop too, give Donnie some time to rest."

"Is this really for me?"

Donnie looked at the fragrant grilled squid tentacles and couldn't help but swallow.

He never imagined that he would be able to eat a tentacle cut off from the Lord of Raging Waves.

"Eat it, it's not poisonous."

Seeing that the other person was still hesitating, Felix simply snatched a string of skewers and stuffed it into his mouth.

Donnie hesitated for a moment, then took a bite and was immediately captivated by the tender and chewy texture, a warm current flowing down his esophagus and throughout his body.

Not all monster meat is suitable for consumption, but the tentacles of the Lord of the Raging Tides are an excellent ingredient.

Not to mention Doni who is still developing, even a newly awakened emblem user would benefit greatly from eating it.

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Felix took another string of them from Doni's hand.

"Mmm!" Donnie was too busy eating to reply.

He had prepared himself to live on dry rations for half a month, but to his surprise, when Vina and the others boarded the ship empty-handed, they even had a grill and seasonings.

The two quickly finished off all the squid skewers.

Felix licked his lips, seemingly still savoring the moment, then paused as if remembering something.

"Ah! I clearly gave it to you to eat, so why did I eat more?"

"It's okay, I'm already full," Donnie said, both amused and exasperated.

“No, no, you’re still growing. This little bit isn’t even enough to fill a tooth gap. I’ll go ask Vena for some more,” Felix insisted.

"These are the tentacles of the Lord of the Raging Waves; it's too extravagant for me to eat them."

"If you go to St. Freya Academy, you can eat similar things every day."

"St. Freya Academy, me?"

Donnie pointed to himself in disbelief.

“Yeah, don’t you want to go?” Felix countered.

“But that’s an academy only Heralds are qualified to take, and I’m just a small-time hoodlum in the port of Parebia.” Doni lowered his head.

"Listy and the others said that you are currently in the process of awakening your emblem. If all goes well, you will be able to complete the awakening once this trip to the Black Tide Strait is over."

“If you work hard, Jessica can help you write a college recommendation letter.”

Felix revealed the entire discussion between the group.

“Then I…” Donnie’s eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again. After a moment of thought, he replied, “I would like to ask my father for his opinion.”

“Of course, of course,” Felix patted Donny on the shoulder encouragingly. “I’ll go get you some more squid skewers.”

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the cabin.

Just as Felix turned around, Donnie suddenly sensed something and abruptly looked up at the sky.

Several blinding flashes of light appeared as a row of silver-beaked eagles swooped down from the clouds, their target the Yukikaze.

"Enemy attack! Coming from the sky!" Doni shouted a warning in a hurry.

Viner rushed to his side instantly and raised her hand to make a shushing gesture.

Doni instinctively obeyed Wiener's instructions, but cold sweat had already quietly soaked his back.

Just as the silver-beaked eagle's talons were about to touch the hull, it suddenly stopped.

A hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of these magical beasts as they tilted their heads to examine the food, seemingly unable to understand why the food they were about to eat had vanished without a trace.

They did not leave immediately, but hovered at low altitude, coming as close as less than a meter to the Yukikaze.

The stench emanating from the grappling hook made Doni Doni's stomach churn, almost causing him to vomit up the food he had just eaten.

Fortunately, he held back.

Vina gave Felix a look, and then exchanged a few simple gestures with Rikka.

When the eagle got close again, they attacked together.

Viner and Felix stunned the nearest eagles with the back of their swords.

Liuhua then grew two more arms, and her micro-sword and hairpin stretched out and transformed, like a bird-catching machine, and caught the remaining sea eagles.

With just one glance, they captured all the eagles with minimal movement.

"Phew—" Donnie breathed a long sigh of relief.

"This will improve our meals."

Although Felix was puzzled by Vina's actions of capturing the eagles alive and then having Rikka twist their necks one by one, he still looked forward to the taste of these birds that had come to him.

"I'm afraid it's not that optimistic." Viner stared intently at the huge whirlpool that appeared ahead of the sea, her expression grave.

"This is—" Donnie immediately noticed this as well and quickly ran to the helm to take the helm.

The center of the vortex was bottomless, like a greedy maw ready to devour everything.

"Rikka, increase the speed to fifteen knots!" Donnie shouted. "It's too late to turn back, we have to go!"

Chapter 534 Riding the Wind and Waves