Path of light

Chapter 95 96.Sea

Roy returned to the pier in the shallow water area. This row of piers was built with wooden boards. The waves kept hitting the pillars below, and the splashing water carried the salty smell of the sea...

The morning sun peeked out from the clouds. There was no fog on the seaside, and the sun was a bit dazzling.

The wooden planks creaked as he ran on it, and he jumped onto Boss Duke's fishing boat. Roy sat skillfully next to the flying wing, and called Jasper and Abbott to pick up the oars and sit on his boat. Front.

This kind of fishing boat is very similar to a canoe. It is made of a huge piece of wood cut into two pointed boat shapes, and then the middle is hollowed out and painted to make the hull.

After that, a steering rack needs to be made at the stern of the ship. The most special thing about this flying fish boat is that it does not have a main mast like a sailboat. Instead, two flying wings are installed on both sides of the ship.

In fact, this flying wing is just two small sails, and when there is no wind, it can be inserted into a wooden pole to become a paddle for paddling.

This kind of fishing boat is thin and long. When it sails from the dock into the sea, it needs to be paddled for a while.

Captain Duke stood at the stern of the boat and controlled the tiller. Roy, Jasper and Abbot used oars to row the fishing boat out of the port. After removing the berthing area, Captain Duke stood at the stern of the boat to identify the wind direction. At this time Roy will unfold the flying wings on the left and right sides of the ship.

The sea breeze blew, and driven by the flying wings, the flying fish boat flew out like an arrow.

This kind of fishing boat becomes amazing when pushed by the wind. It feels like riding on the top of the waves...

Jasper and Abbot had almost no experience of going out to sea on a fishing boat. They sat on the boat and shouted excitedly, watching the coastline getting farther and farther...

"Do you still have friends from the Dark Moon Elf clan?"

Although Boss Duke is also a mixed-blood elf, he is a silver-moon elf with only a quarter of the wood elf blood. Her grandma is a beautiful wood elf, so although his eyes are blue, There is still a green thread in the pupils, which is very cool.

Likewise, he doesn't like the Dark Moon Elves very much.

He believed that the Dark Moon Elves living in the Evernight Forest were the culprits that caused the complete split of the Elf Dynasty.

Roy adjusted the angle of the flying wings and tied the rope to the side of the ship.

"We just met a few days ago."

Roy smiled when he said this.

Thinking of buying a bag of oranges for the Dark Moon Elf.

Roy thought of the words again, 'The matter has come to this, there is no need to be sad, fortunately, there is no end to the road...'

Seeing that Roy was still in a silly mood, Captain Duke was a little dissatisfied with Roy. This kid had a strong learning ability and was smart enough. However, he was a little dissatisfied with his attitude towards the Dark Moon Elves. …

"It looks like he is a ranger and a Dark Moon Elf. He might be an assassin. So... be careful when you come into contact with him. The elf guards on the dock are not blind. Don't always try to challenge their patience." Captain Duke reminded Roy.

He knew Roy was a smart man, and you didn't need to say much when chatting with smart people.

"Oh, I see."

Roy stopped the faint smile on his face and looked at the sea in the distance.

The water here is extremely clear, like a magnificent sapphire. You can see the three-meter-deep seabed at a glance...

However, as the fishing boat travels deeper into the sea, the color of the sea will become darker.

When the weather is good, the biggest trouble on the sea is the sun overhead. Flying fish boats rely on sea breeze for power and there is no sunshade on the boat.

Under the exposure to the sun, people who go to sea for the first time can easily get sunburned by the harsh sunlight...

However, for the three trainee priests of the Temple of Liberty, this kind of minor injury becomes a bit irrelevant, because the sacred shimmer released by the low-light illumination technique also has a weak healing effect, which can just relieve the body. sunburn.

Although the sacred shimmer can heal sunburns on the skin, it does not provide sun protection. In just over an hour's flight, the three people's exposed arms and necks were burned like cooked shrimps by the harsh sun.

Captain Duke was completely covered in gauze, obviously prepared for sun protection.

After the fishing boat arrived at the fishing spot, Roy retracted the flying wing sails on both sides of the boat and drifted on the sea.

Jasper then ran to the bow of the ship, stood at the front of the ship, opened his arms and shouted: "So this is the sea!"

Roy reminded behind him: "No, this is just the offshore. After the elves signed a peace treaty with the Naga Sea Tribe, we elves can fish in the offshore."

Then Roy stood up from the boat, pointed to the dark blue in the distance on the sea, and said to Jasper:

"Did you see the deep blue sea over there? Starting from there is the territory of the Naga Sea Clan. If we trespass into that sea area, if we are lucky, we will be driven back by the Naga guards. If we are not lucky, we will be detained by them. , you may have to pay a fine to get out."

"If you see any resistance when Nagas are patrolling, they are likely to be attacked by Naga warriors... It is particularly dangerous." Captain Duke also began to popularize the knowledge of going to sea.

At this time, Abt asked a little stubbornly: "So, why can those slave ships on the sea sail unscrupulously on the endless sea?"

"You can wait until you are caught by the Naga patrol and ask them face to face to get the answer to this question..."

Roy responded with a smile...

"forget it……"

Abbot immediately became shy.

Everyone took out the prepared hooks, fishing lines and baits and sat on the boat to catch sea fish.

In fact, sea fishing does not require any skills. As long as there is an experienced veteran on the boat, it is easy to find the fish, register the bait on the hook, and just throw it into the sea, and the fish will bite the hook immediately.

Of course, how to pull up the fish that bites the hook requires some experience.

The teeth of most carnivorous marine fish are very sharp, and it is easy to cut through lines using brute force...

Roy's luck was pretty good, and he soon caught a fish similar to a mackerel weighing more than ten kilograms.

Although Jasper had no interest in fishing, it was his first time to go out to sea and he learned how to do it with a fishing rod.

Only Abbot was sitting cross-legged on the bow of the ship. There was a chart on his legs that he didn't know where he found. He stared at the area about Castletown Port on the chart very seriously and started. Find the specific position of the fishing boat currently at sea.

Occasionally, he would run to Roy with a map in hand, point to a certain area on the map, and ask Roy: "Roy, are we here?"

It has to be said that Abut's sense of direction is extremely poor. Even though there is a slight piece of land in the distance as a reference, Abut still can't figure out the position and direction...

After struggling for a long time, I could only sit on the bow of the boat and stare in silence.

Obviously the sea in reality is far different from the one imagined...

"I knew the Endless Sea was big before, but I never thought it would be this big." Abt sat on the bow of the boat, the map in his hand crumpled.

Jasper put down the fishing rod in his hand, ran over to him and comforted him:

"So, listen to Roy and I's advice... you are right, we have to wait patiently for a good time to go out on a boat. This plan may take many years, but it doesn't matter, we still have a lot of time..."

Abt sighed and did not respond.

Apparently he still misses Captain Ralph's treasure.

A few people had a simple lunch on the fishing boat. Jasper and Abbott only ate two fruits, and only Roy and Captain Duke ate some sashimi.

In the afternoon, everyone did not continue fishing. Captain Duke took the three trainee priests for a circle in the sea area.

It wasn't until the sun was about to sink into the sea that Captain Duke took everyone back in a hurry...

…

In the evening, Roy pushed open the courtyard door with a mackerel and walked a few steps into the courtyard, but did not see Moira.

Then I looked up at the terrace, and sure enough I found Ms. Belinda in her nightgown lying on the wicker chair on the terrace and falling asleep...

Roy carried the fish to the kitchen, then climbed up to the second floor, took out a thin blanket from the bedroom on the second floor, and covered her quietly.

Ms. Belinda was wearing a silk nightgown, curled up on a chair, her hair spread out, and there were even some beads of sweat on the tip of her straight nose.

During this period, Ms. Belinda devoted almost all her time and energy to placing her stone sculpture in the art exhibition hall. However, Roy heard that Master Claire Latin was so ill that she was bedridden...

For an 837-year-old Silver Moon elf, he has lived longer than most elves.

This art exhibition has also been postponed repeatedly due to the illness of Master Claire Latin.

Roy tiptoed downstairs and started to process the mackerel. He was going to make a pan-fried fish steak tonight, and he was going to report to the Elf Academy with his bow tomorrow morning. It was said that this outdoor practice activity would last about four weeks.

Put the marinated fish fillet into the hot oil pan.

With a sound of "sizzling", the unique fragrance of sea fish spreads out...

When Roy put the fried fish fillet on the plate and was about to bring it to the table and come back to make a pot of black tea, he turned around and found Ms. Belinda leaning at the door of the kitchen, holding her hands on her chest, quietly staring at his background.

"What's wrong?"

Roy walked into the restaurant carrying a plate and placed the fried fish in the middle.

"The art exhibition may be put on hold indefinitely, and my work may not have a chance to be exhibited..."

Ms. Belinda said sadly.

"Don't be too sad. There will always be opportunities in the future. It just so happens that you can take this time to have a good rest." Roy said to Belinda.

After speaking, he helped her pull out the chair in front of the dining table and asked Ms. Belinda to sit down. Roy took out a dinner plate and placed it on the dining table, made another pot of black tea, and then sat across from Ms. Belinda.

Ms. Belinda smiled, the disappointment on her face was beyond words...

Roy stood up and walked behind Ms. Belinda, squeezing her shoulders gently.

"Starting next week, we will start outdoor practical classes, and I may have to stay outside for a while..." Roy said.

Ms. Belinda asked curiously: "Where will the college arrange for you to go?"

"Malaga Jungle."

Roy replied.

Ms. Belinda thought for a moment and then told Roy:

"Later, remember to go to the magic potion shop at the corner of the street to buy a bottle of grass ointment. Although the monsters in the Malaga jungle have long since disappeared, there are a lot of poisonous insects, mosquitoes and ants in it. You need to take good protection in this regard..."