A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

This action completely contradicts what Bray just said.

“Since you wrote to me, why wouldn’t I come?” Bray sat calmly behind the crab and answered quietly.

“It’s not just that,” Dove said. “Our relationship with Mr. Bray can only be described as good…”

They may have a good relationship, but it's definitely not good enough for someone to travel across the ocean to help.

"You didn't come just because I wrote to you, did you?"

“…” Breton paused, organizing his thoughts.

He hadn't expected Dove to be so perceptive, and to think so much.

Perhaps it was because she had some wild thoughts when she brushed past Ye Shuang earlier?

“Your letter is half the reason.” Bray stopped sitting cross-legged and adopted a very dejected posture.

"And what about the other half?"

“The other half of the reason is that Redip wrote to me,” Bray answered honestly.

“Redip?” Dove froze, speechless.

Why did Redip write a letter to Bray? Was it before he left?

"What did Redip write?" Dove asked instinctively.

"It's nothing, just something I promised him I'd do," Bray said casually, as if it were just a simple task like helping someone transport goods.

"..." Dove didn't press further, but remained silent behind Bray.

She was curious about what agreement Mr. Bray had with Redipple, but she didn't ask.

"We'll see Redip soon."

"Huh?" Dove asked in confusion.

"..." This time it was Bray's turn to be silent. "Why did you stop?" After seeing the crab beneath him suddenly stop its chaotic rampage, Bray tapped its back.

Because the crab's shell is very thick, the mine is struck very hard.

Why did this crab suddenly stop running when it was running perfectly fine?

“Mr. Bray, this crab says it doesn’t want to go any further,” Dove said to Bray.

After speaking to the crab for a while, she noticed that the crab was terrified of what was ahead and dared not move forward.

"It said that although Mr. Bray was terrifying, the things in front of him were also terrifying." Dove acted as the translator.

“…” Bray touched his face.

He even began to feel the crab trembling.

Crabs tremble? Bray has really learned something new. Monsters really can't be viewed normally.

"It says it's just a little crab, please let it go." Dove translated with a very subtle expression.

In reality, the crab was even more cowardly.

“…” Bray sighed. It seemed that this convenient means of transportation could only go so far.

"Let's go down."

"kindness?"

Then Bray grabbed Dove and jumped off the crab.

"..." The crab froze for a moment after realizing that Bray had jumped off it.

Then came ecstasy.

Does this mean that Bray doesn't intend to continue using him?

The crab tentatively took a few small steps back, but those few steps were already ten meters away.

Bray glared at the timid crab with annoyance.

"Doffin, let it go." Bray waved his hand; he didn't need this crab as a henchman.

As for what the crab was afraid of, he had a good idea.

"You can go now, we won't catch you," Dove said softly, patting the crab's leg.

The crab's huge eyes first gave a human-like "Really?" look, then it retreated more than ten meters.

He looked like a thief, which made Dove laugh when he saw it.

“Really, so you’d better hurry up and go,” Dove said, waving to the crab.

Despite knowing that this crab is a ferocious carnivorous monster, for some reason, I found it surprisingly cute.

"Boom!!!" After confirming several times, the crab scurried away, its footsteps making a loud rumbling sound on the ground.

"He runs really fast." Bray shrugged. Was he really that terrifying?

As he spoke, he touched his face again.

"..." After seeing Bray's action, Dove really wanted to remind him that he should touch the eye patch.

“It doesn’t matter, let’s go, it’s not far.” Bray seemed to have given up on finding a convenient means of transportation and chose to walk obediently.

Although the crab escaped, it had already carried Bray a long way.

It should take about ten minutes to walk from where Redip is, assuming Redip doesn't move.

If Redip moves, Bray will have to use his ingenuity to find him again.

Honestly, since Redip asked someone else to do something, he shouldn't be doing something that would cause trouble.

"Will we find Redip soon?" Dove asked.

“Yes, very soon,” Bray said expressionlessly, without pausing his steps.

Marine life is truly diverse and colorful; you can see all sorts of colors on those rocks.

The fish that died on the seabed were scattered everywhere.

As they went deeper, Bray could also smell a stench of rotting wood, the kind of strange smell that wooden furniture emits on damp days.

These flavors come from countless shipwrecks.

Along the way, they had already seen the wreckage of more than one ship.

However, this was the first time he had smelled such a strong odor of rotten wood in the secret realm.

It's not that it smells bad, but it's so unique that it's hard to like.

There must be many shipwrecks in this area.

"Boom!!!!" Suddenly, ripples spread across the water curtain around Bray.

Just like before, a marine monster was crashing heavily against the water curtain.

The monster was carrying the corpse of a member of the Mathematical Society in its mouth.

The blood polluted the surrounding seawater, but it could not conceal the monster's size.

Not only this monster, but other ocean monsters are also trying to breach the water curtain.

They tried to destroy this secret place time and time again because it was full of "food" and was a great temptation.

"Roar!!!!" A deep-sea monster resembling a crocodile opened its blood-red maw and tore at the water curtain formed by the seawater.

If it was as difficult as getting a piece of iron plate before, now it's as difficult as tearing plastic.

Due to external force, the water curtain twisted into the shape of a crocodile's gaping maw, making every single tooth clearly visible.

"Ah!!!" Dove staggered backward and hid behind Bray.

The crocodile's bloodthirsty eyes instilled a instinctive fear in Dove.

It was too close; it felt as if the crocodile could break through the water curtain and bite him to death in the secret realm at any moment.

However, if the water curtain is destroyed, everyone in the secret realm will drown in the seawater before they are bitten to death.

They had no idea how to swim to the surface of the sea from here, just as they had no idea how they entered the secret realm from the whirlpool.

"It's alright, you won't break through in a short time." Bray patted Doffin on the shoulder to calm her down.

Bray calmly watched the monsters outside eyeing the "food" in the secret realm.

They are mostly monsters that can eat people.

In the sea, the Black Iron type is indeed inferior to the ocean monsters in every aspect.

Having combat skills and equipment is of no use; monsters are not simple wild animals.

Normally, you rarely see requests to hunt monsters in the deep sea, because everyone knows that it is extremely difficult.

Even when fighting monsters in the ocean, they lure them ashore before killing them.

Among the intelligent species in the sea, only the sea creatures are the overlords of the ocean.

“This place is even more unstable than before.” Bray was not afraid at all; he even reached out and touched the cold water curtain.

The feel and temperature are undoubtedly those of seawater; it's just that the concept has been fixed.

There may be reasons for its weakening, but they are not the decisive ones.

This secret realm was created by Redip, and he was naturally the one who created the water curtain.

If Redip's water curtain becomes unstable, it means that he himself is also unstable.

This is not good news.

The collapse happened much faster than Bray had anticipated, as if something had accelerated the process.

According to Bray's thinking, Redip could hold out for a few months at the very least.

Bray placed his hand on the scabbard, his expression turning slightly grim.

"Doffin, run!" Bray said to Doffin.

"Run?"

"Yes, start running."

After saying that, he started jogging.

"Fisherman, please don't die before I get there!"

When exactly did Redup decide to leave Dove's side? He wasn't quite sure.

He didn't set a specific date for leaving Dove; he simply left when the time came.

It was night when he left Dove's side.

Darkness falls quickly in the North, and Dove went to bed early as well.

He still remembers that day when he was discussing the starry sky with Dove, and Dove still had an expectant look on his face until he fell asleep.

I've been to the Central Continent, I've been to the Western Continent, and now I've been to the Northern Continent as well.

But there's still the Eastern Continent left to visit.

It's a real shame that Redup originally wanted to take Dove, who came from the sea, to see the complete land world.

Dove was also looking forward to it. That simple picture book was like a treasure to her, and she would flip through it every day.

Even though she had almost worn out the picture book, she could still look at the maps with great interest.

Children should clearly prefer the more interesting pictures.

But no matter what Dove was like, Redip cherished the child.

It's not about love, but rather an inexplicable connection.

Just as Dove said, Redip and Dove both considered each other as family.

If that's the case, then Doffin is Redup's sister, and Redup is Doffin's brother.

Of course, Redip didn't have such a clear idea; he just felt that Dove was important.

Similarly, Dove couldn't live without Redup. She wanted to stay by Redup's side forever, even after seeing the whole world, she still wanted to remain with him.

Traveling is no longer the most important thing.

What Redip did for Dove went far beyond a sense of responsibility.