Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

This is a glorious warship made of tightly packed steel plates.

On the deck, you can see rough turrets arranged on it.

The gears representing the Holy Mechanism, and the eye pupils in the center of the gears are printed on the side of the ship.

Soldiers wearing light chain armor can also be seen patrolling on the deck, using seemingly powerful rock-shock guns in their hands.

The three steel warships from the Holy Machine Church slowed down and circled around the place where the two demon warships sank. One of the warships, which seemed to be the leader, slowly docked next to Alka and the others, about 10 meters away.

An ordinary-looking man with dark skin looked at the flag on Alka's sail.

That is the symbol that represents Alka's team.

With an ocean island as the background, what appears above is a compass with precise graduations and horizontal pupils in the compass.

"Are you the Eyes of the Compass?" He looked at Alka and the others beside the boat and asked in confusion.

Although he wasn't sure if the flag with this pattern was what he thought it was.

Hearing this, Alka and the others were slightly surprised, although they were somewhat well-known in the Twin Islands. But they knew in their hearts that it was just in that area.

Although confused, Alka nodded: "That's right."

Hearing this, the captain-like character nodded and looked at Simon next to him.

He nodded to him as a polite greeting, because they should be considered members of the same church.

"Then you are going to the World Scar, right? We have received similar news."

It seems that the news came here first from the archbishop. Alka nodded.

Then a metal wheat ear decoration appeared in his hand.

Seeing this metal wheat ear decoration and the aura emanating from it, plus Simon next to Alka. The captain seemed to have confirmed Alka's identity.

"Okay, we'll leave a boat to guide you."

After speaking, without waiting for Alka and the others to reply, the ship sailed to the place where the companions behind them were staying. After the three ships gathered, one of the ships stayed in place, while the other two drove away into the distance.

The armored ship that was parked on the spot came over.

The captain of this ship is a man with a crew cut and a square face.

"Now we will lead you to the scars of the world. Please follow us and don't fall behind."

Communicating with each other, the armored ship moved forward, driving the Dawn Voice towards them in the rear.

Following the armored ship, it didn't take long to see the sea current ahead, which seemed to have changed differently.

As soon as the armored ship passed by, its speed immediately increased. Alka and the others followed closely behind. Dawn Sound's speed was driven by the current, and they immediately accelerated to follow.

Following the current, the speed of the two ships gradually increased, faster and faster, faster and faster. As you drive, you can see other ships driving not far away from the current.

Aka could even see a similar demon warship that he had seen before, being chased by three ships that seemed to be made of vines and branches.

Soon this demon warship sank to the bottom of the sea just like the two ships Aka and the others met before.

The various patrolling ships and the ongoing naval battles all demonstrated to them that wars were going on in this place anytime and anywhere.

"Is this some kind of fast current?" Jason asked while standing on the deck, feeling the fast speed.

He doesn't know much about this.

"This kind of sea current shouldn't exist in a place like this. It should be man-made." Lucilia said after observing the surrounding sea conditions.

Materissa next to her nodded: "I can feel that this ocean current has the aura of Poseidon, and I even noticed Poseidon's followers under the ocean current just now.

It should be run and maintained by Poseidon's church. "

After saying this, everyone understood.

The speed of this current channel is extremely fast, and it would have taken two or three days to reach it. It only took them about half a day to see the island from a distance that almost completely obscured their field of vision.

Perhaps such an area of ​​land cannot be called an island anymore.

Following the current, Alka and the others soon discovered a port city on the shore.

The surrounding ships were densely packed, rushing towards that area.

When they arrived here, the warship leading them broke away from the current and left without any communication with Alka and the others.

When they got here, Alka and the others roughly understood and drove the ship directly towards the port.

As they got closer, they could see that the city was built against a mountain.

This is a peak on the coast, and the city spreads from the mountainside of the peak to the seaside.

You can see that on both sides of the city, there are towering city walls and some protrusions of the mountain peaks, which combine with each other to form two curved protective surfaces. The entire city was surrounded in the center.

Alka and the others could see at least six or seven airships flying in the sky.

"What is that?" Jason asked in surprise.

Simon looked there with bright eyes, a building similar to a lighthouse on the shore. But an extremely thick and long barrel protruded from the top of the building, like a giant cannon.

As the lighthouse got closer and closer, they gradually realized how exaggerated and huge the lighthouse was.

It can no longer be described as a lighthouse. This is a circular and towering fortress.

In addition to the thick and long gun barrel they saw in the distance, there were dense shooting holes and protruding gun barrels around the circular stone wall.

Here it no longer looks like a fantasy style, but more like an Iron War style.

As Alka's ship gradually approached the port, they clearly felt that something was targeting them.

Not sure if it was because they were unfamiliar ships or a warning.

Following the mess of ships, Alka and the others parked the sailboat at one of the berths in the port.

As they stopped, something had scanned their ship, and no port personnel came to collect the fee, leaving them to dock at will.

"Want to go down and take a look?" Alka turned to look at everyone and asked.

Everyone nodded at this, and everyone was a little curious about this place.

"Then let's wander around the city and get to know the situation here."

After saying that, Alka jumped off the ship.

Everyone jumped down one by one.

Xia Detti and Lucilia followed Alka towards the port.

The port seemed a bit noisy with people coming and going. But among the people coming and going, whether they were civilians or workers, there was an aura of toughness.

They all seem to be able to fight.

Alka looked at the humans here, and they all had some degree of mutation.

Some have orange-red eyes, some have slightly pointed ears, and small bone spurs have grown in some areas of their bodies.

You can also see demi-humans of different races that you have never seen anywhere before.

"You don't have eyes, do you?"

There seemed to be a collision not far away, and a box of goods fell to the ground.

Looking at the goods that fell to the ground, they turned out to be all kinds of materials ripped from the demon's body, but most of them seemed to be the head, horns and tail of the imp.

With the noise.

A group of soldiers walked through the crowd.

"What's the fuss about? What happened?"

When Alka and the others looked at them, they saw that these soldiers were wearing heavy armor, and the armor was pure black. But it doesn't look like metal, but rather like some kind of pure black hard stone.

In his hand was a spear with an exaggerated tip like a sword blade.

Alka blinked. There were five soldiers in this group, and they were all in various stages of the three stages.

You can also see what looks like some kind of mark on the armor.

An ax struck the devil's stick figure.

After watching for a while, the three of them walked towards the city.

"Have you noticed? The goods shipped out seem to be devil materials, while the goods shipped in are all various supplies."

Xia Detti has been observing the goods here and said.

Alka nodded, and he also saw many goods with the marks of the Four Gods Church.

The biggest thing you see across the harbor is a building that looks like a pub.

You can see some small groups wearing simple weapons, holding various weapons in their hands, and with some blood scars on their bodies walking back and forth on the streets.

Some people even had trophies-like materials hanging on their bodies, materials from various demons.

Looking carefully, Alka found that it was not just demons, but also some completely unseen creatures. The materials were ripped from unknown creatures.

The buildings here are all low and made of heavy stones.

They were all made of various gray-white-brown hard stones, and Alka had never seen a building higher than three floors.

It looks very solid and thick.

Various languages ​​can be heard in the noisy sounds coming from the ears, but the most common language is the language of the Four Gods Sea.

Alka blinked slightly.

Look at these people walking up and down the street.

Among the people coming and going like this, Alka saw four beings with the aura of treasure.

Even ordinary residents, women wearing linen clothes, are in the second stage of strength.

"The Church of Our Lady?" When Alka and the others passed by the street, they saw a building similar to the Church of Our Lady. The reason why it is said to be similar is because this building looks a bit like a war fortress.

They did see the statue of the Virgin and the Holy Symbol at the door.

Looking inside, both priests and guards were wearing armor.

There was a man at the door wearing heavy armor, holding a book wrapped in a steel shell, and seemed to be using some kind of healing spell.

In front of him was a row of wounded people. He could see mercenaries, civilians, and the soldiers wearing black stone armor that he had just seen at the port.

The armor on this priest's body is not the same, and you can see some minor scratches and slight dents on it.

There was a flail hanging on his waist, and there was dried blood on the hammer head of the flail.

Moreover, this priest is wearing a priest's robe underneath the armor, and his body shape does not look strong, which is the standard for ordinary adults.

A guard from the Holy Mother Church standing nearby saw Alka and the others coming over.

After walking over, he crossed his hands and saluted.

Alka and the others also returned the gesture.

Apparently, the guard saw the aura of the Virgin on them.

"Saints, is this your first time here?"

It seems that for members of the Holy Mother Church, identifying the saints is all too easy.

Looking at the man in front of him who was wearing a helmet and visor, with only his eyes and lips slightly visible, Alka nodded.

"Yes, we have just arrived here and don't know much about it yet."

At this time, it seemed that the priest behind him had completed his treatment and was walking towards them.

After walking over, he patted the soldier on the shoulder, and then stood in front of Alka and the others.

"I'm Purvis, a marching chaplain of the Marist Church."

"Alka, captain of Compass Eye." Alka looked at him, shook hands with him and said.

The strength of the priest in front of him was around the mid-level of the fourth stage, and he did not possess any treasures, but the book seemed to be a sacred weapon.

For the believers of Our Lady, it can be regarded as a treasure.

"Alka? Eye of the Compass... I seem to have heard this name somewhere." The priest in front of him couldn't help but think after hearing Alka's introduction.

Then he seemed to remember: "I remember, I received news a few months ago that a saint and his team would come here. It's you."

"If there is no one else named Alka, it should be me." Alka said with a smile.

"Funny, please come with me."

As Purvis said, he led Aka and the others into the fortress-like interior of the church, where they were still greeted by the oncoming prayer hall.

However, there seemed to be no one in some of the narrow prayer halls, so Purvis took Alka and the others to find a place to sit down.

"This is Jushan Harbor. It is the gateway between World Scar and the outside world. It is relatively safe here."

As he spoke, a map appeared in his hand.

"I don't have many maps here to give to you, but you can take a look at this one first." He said and handed it over.

Alka took the map he handed over.

This map is quite clear and straightforward.

The shape of the scar in the entire world resembles a very irregular rhombus. There is a long gap in the center of the diamond shape, which leads all the way to overseas.

Alka looked at the divisions on the map.

The place where the devil is is the gap in the center of the diamond and the direction in which the gap extends.

Three sides were occupied by the order side, and the seaport of the gap was the devil's only area connected to the outside world.

There is also a sea channel outside, which should be the current that they just passed through and can sail quickly.

These currents are spread around the sea surface like blood vessels, but you can see that the channel almost circles around the devil's outlet.

Obviously, it is to prevent the devil's ships from carrying the devil out of this area. Coupled with the extreme weather that Alka and the others encountered outside, it can be determined that these extreme weather are also part of restricting the devil from going out.

Looking at the map, Alka couldn't help but blink.

I don’t know if this map is a world map or a regional map?

Thinking this, Alka blinked and looked at the map.

It is not a world map, but a regional map.

Points of light one after another appeared in front of Alka.

It was so densely packed that it almost completely covered the entire continent. The main reason was that this continent was already very large, and the scale of the map in Alka's hand was too small.

So it looks like there are treasures all over the map.

The amount of golden light spread reached hundreds.

Alka even saw a dozen orange beams of light.

On top of this, Alka discovered six more red light pillars.

Four of them are in the devil's realm.

As we knew before, after the destruction of the empire, which was once considered the top empire in the entire world, and was destroyed by demons, a large number of legacies were left in the entire region.

It has not been cleaned up for so many years simply because this place is indeed too dangerous.

"This map is not the latest version. It was 10 years ago. Some areas have also changed now, but the terrain has not changed much. Let's just take it as it comes."

Purvis explained a few words from the side.

Generally speaking, the area occupied by the power demons of the entire continent probably accounts for about one-third.

However, the alliance of the Four Gods Church does not seem to occupy the other 2/3, and there are still some areas occupied by other unknown forces.

Alka looked at the demon's circle of protection, and the names of various fortresses were densely packed around it.

The human side almost built a fortress wall there, blocking the demons firmly in the gap to prevent them from rushing out and harming the entire world.

After getting to know the area, Alka put the map away and handed it to Purvis.

"grateful."