125. Sea Pursuit
125.
It was a little later in the afternoon when I noticed the singularity, when I moved from lunchtime to dinnertime.
Now, the few days of sailing were quite familiar to the Death Knight and the saint. The saintess, who at first heard the words of the Death Knight and was afraid that the Holy Knights would immediately pursue her, soon regained her stability. The reason was surprisingly simple.
‘…… What if they follow us?’
‘I really want to, but there are parts of me that are more innocent than I look, lady. No, is it pure? How the hell does he know where we are in this vast open sea and come to him?’
‘Uh… uh… …. But they got to the West Continent first and voila! And attack us…….’
‘Likewise, do they know which port city we are going to? There isn’t just one port city on the western continent.’
‘Uh… ….’
Erben Ong, who very simply disarmed her saintess’ worries, continued her voyage giggling.
Ong Erben showed a distinct difference from Ong Panbano in the way he sailed. Perhaps there was a racial difference between elves and gnomes, but putting that aside, Erben was quite laid back. Of course, the saintess and Death Knight did not intend to disparage Erben, but to put it in a bad way, they could be said to be lazy.
If Ong Panvano worked diligently to handle everything by himself and occasionally entrusted death knight with auxiliary tasks, Ong Erben had no room for the death knight to intervene.
While lying on the deck, he moved the ship with the wind by snapping the ropes connected to the sails. It was the pinnacle of efficiency, the pinnacle of laziness.
Of course, no one can deny the fact that he is an excellent captain and navigator. It’s not normal to lie on the deck and ride the wind with so little movement.
After sailing at full speed for a while with a favorable wind, the time for the sun to fall asleep gradually came. When the death knight and the saintess were watching the sun lying down in the sea burning the last light of the day, Erben Ong said this.
“Haam – It’s already evening again. Then I’ll take a deep breath, so wake me up if anything happens.”
Then the old gray-haired elf covered herself with a blanket and fell asleep snoring at her on the deck. At first, it was a puzzled look, but there was a reason Erben was doing that.
Most of the seas located between the southern and western continents are composed of gentle and windless areas. Also, the time zone that changes like that is mainly in the evening.
Because of this, Erben’s strategy was to sail as much distance as possible during the windy daytime with the most favorable wind, and save as much energy as possible in the evening as it turns into a gentle windy zone.
…… As expected, it could be seen as the height of efficiency and the height of laziness at the same time.
After Erben fell asleep, it was the fate of the Death Knight saint from then on. Breakfast and lunch were solved with the food Ferien and Freigate gave, or the seafood that Erben kept from before.
However, unless food was supplied indefinitely, they had to prepare separately. Furthermore, the food prepared by Ferien and Frigate was something that could be stored for a long time, so it was difficult to waste it recklessly. There is no guarantee that food will be readily available when you reach the western continent.
Because of this, both men and women had to work hard to prepare food in the evening. Erben, like an aged elf, enjoyed news, so it was because he didn’t eat anything else except for snacks at breakfast and lunch in the first place.
Even that day, the saintess and the Death Knight, especially the Death Knight, were making full use of the fishing skills they had learned from Panbano.
Although it is far away from the continent, the surroundings were as quiet as strange. The sea was calm with no wind blowing. The inside of the body of the blue sea showing off its heaviness with occasional fluctuations was so clear. To the extent that the fading twilight light shattered into his body.
Death Knight didn’t like it. Originally, this scene would have provided comfort to the mind and body, but now it was just a very clear indication that there were no fish to catch.
Under these circumstances, it might not come as much of a surprise that the Death Knight found something in her. It would be even more strange if it was rather invisible in the open sea without obstacles.
‘…… ?’
When Death Knight first saw it, she thought it was a sea monster. A dark-colored dotted object boasting a considerable size that can be seen with the naked eye to some extent even though it is clearly from a distance. His conjecture was valid, for such a thing was rushing toward them on the surface of the water.
Death Knight glanced at his side for a while. Erben Ong was still snoring on the deck, and Esilia too, waiting for the fish he would catch, fell asleep under the warmth of the twilight sun. Death Knight slowly raised his body.
‘It just went well. I can worry less about food.’
After slicing his thigh and gently laying Esilia next to her, the Death Knight pulled Partizan out of the shadows. To throw that sea monster as soon as it comes a little closer.
Suddenly the object took a sharp turn in the other direction.
The direction the object was rushing was in front of it, so now Zerfied could see the side of the object. Several elongated objects were running and moving along the edge of the object.
‘Fins…… ?’
Death Knight tilted his head.
‘What creature has so many fins?’
But that was short-lived, and Zerpied took up preparations again to throw the Partisans. It was more important to catch it quickly and secure food than to deduce the identity of that creature. Zer Pied slowly pulled his arm back.
At that moment, Zerpied stopped throwing his arm.
It occurred to me that this is the distant sea between the western and southern continents, and that sea monsters are the most numerous in the waters near the central continent. On a calm day like this, most of the sea monsters are in the deep sea.
First of all, there is no creature that swims with its fins fully exposed above the water like that.
It wasn’t fins.
No.
The moment he realized that, slowly the object, not the huge sailboat, turned towards them. The large sailboat began rowing faster and closer as if it had set them as targets. And the Death Knight could see it clearly. The shape of the sailboat getting bigger and bigger, and the pattern of the Holy Knights of Purity growing together.
“Damn it.”
A curse came out of his mouth. Fortunately, his vision was much better than that of others, and so far ships were generally located at a distance of ‘far’.
“Esilia! Erben Ong!”
The two people who were asleep at his roar-like cry woke up in a daze.
“Hmm? Ugh… ? Uh, what is it… ? Is it morning already? The sky is too red for that…… ?”
“Eh…… ? What… ? Kraken Roast… ? I’m a knight… ? Where is my Kraken roast… ? Apparently, the driver baked a whole leg…… ?”
Wiping a drop of clear saliva dripping from her mouth, the Death Knight shouted again in a loud voice to the saintess who licked her crimson lips.
“Esilia! I’ll eat the whole Kraken once I get out first!”
“Yeah…… ?”
“The ships of the Order of the Holy Knights are chasing them!”
At the death knight’s thick voice, the saintess of innocence jumped up and raised her body. Her platinum feet swayed wildly and obscured her vision, but she could see clearly. It was clearly the pattern of the Holy Knights of Purity.
“What?!”
“What?!”
When she heard that she was chasing her, Erben, who had been almost slumped, also raised her body as if it would jump up. With a movement so fast that it is hard to believe that he was an old man who was lying on the floor and only pulling a rope, he climbed up to the main mast – which is practically the only mast to say it – and focused his gaze.
The old elf muttered his curse words in a trembling voice.
… !”
“Uh, how did you find out where we are…… ?!”
“Noda!”
“Yes?!”
The old elf giggled for a moment, then lightly came down from the mainmast, teasing his long arms and legs. Then he opened the hinged door on the deck and went in. He started searching for something. In the dark cellar of the ship, the voice of an old elf sounded resounding.
“No!! We’re in a breezy area, so we can’t go forward, but they have oars! It doesn’t matter if there is wind or not! I ran without rest day and night! Keep searching for areas where we might be!!”
In the end, the saintess was unable to say anything. She didn’t know how to react to the will of the General Church beyond her imagination. Meanwhile, the sailing ship of the Holy Knights was getting closer and closer.
“Damn it…… ! Where the hell are you!! Shit… I wish I could tidy up…….”
The Death Knight listened to Erben’s swear words and squeezed her spear while letting out a low breath like her moaning.
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“…… Erben Ong.”
“Why the fuck!! Don’t tell me! Because I am busy right now!!”
“…… You are almost there.”
“What?! Already?! Shit…… ! Hey Sir Hooch! Can you wait some time?!”
Death Knight let out a drool. I could say that it would be enough if it was like any other place, but this place was in the middle of the open sea. Even if his powers were limited, they were too limited. You can’t go into the sea. It’s also funny when a non-living person swims. He won’t drown, but he will keep trying to sink. The Death Knight glanced at her saintess.
The saintess was trembling.
After staring at the figure for a while, Zer Pied put strength in her hand holding the Partizan.
“I will do my best.”
“Okay!! Then leave it to me!!”
“I found it! The ship that took the saint was right!”
A paladin operating a telescope on deck shouted in a harsh voice. Upon receiving the report, Ah Event held out his hand to the paladin. The paladin immediately understood the meaning and handed over the telescope he was looking at to the captain. Confirming with his own two eyes that the ship was right, Aevent’s tightly closed lips opened.
Like,
“Open the door.”
Like a gun gate that slowly opens.
“Yes?!”
Hearing that, the paladin looked at him in surprise. And that wasn’t all. The ‘shadows’ watching from behind were also surprised.
“Fire.”
“Oh, no… ! Captain… !”
“Ah, the leader of I-Event… Isn’t the saintess riding there… ? If he gets injured…….”
In the end, Benyago had to speak while clearing his trembling voice during the worse ‘shadow’.
“I know. Don’t fire directly at the ship, hit the surrounding sea. To imply that we can hit it anytime.”
“But…… If you ever get hurt…….”
“What are you worried about, Benyago?”
“You can save it.”
“Yes?”
“It just needs to be healed. Previously, you ‘shadows’ had to capture Saint Esilia and transport her to the General Church, but now there is no need for that. It means you don’t have to worry about getting hurt. Because we came How many paladins are there in all? In the worst case, even if one arm falls off, it can be attached.”
Benjago was speechless. I felt like I would be crushed by the eyes and other words of I-event that continued if I spoke now. It was late in the evening when the temperature dropped, but sweat was beading on his forehead.
“So, open fire.”
Zerfied looked at the sailboat, which suddenly stopped moving after approaching, with a suspicious look. He gave strength to the Partisans so that they could prepare for an attack whenever small ships disembarked from the sailboats. However, the sight he saw was beyond expectations.
Because it was the kind of thing I couldn’t imagine.
He quickly jumped up and hugged Ecilia.
“Get down – !”
A shout like a roar covered the ship.
“I found…… ! What? What did you just say…… !”
Tuguaaaaang – !
And an even louder roar-like explosion shook the ship.