Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 88 The Dangers of the Sea

Chapter 87

On the balcony of a cabin on the Anthem of the Seas, Rosen sat comfortably in a deck chair, enjoying the sea breeze and sunshine.

All I could hear were the sounds of waves and seabirds. When the seabirds stopped calling, it meant trouble was coming.

Nowadays, wild seabirds can no longer be seen in the ocean; almost all wild seabirds have been polluted by ash and turned into ash creatures.

Only ships like the Ocean Anthem can allow the ashes to dissipate, leaving seabirds some space to survive.

Compared to land, it is easier to see sunlight at sea.

Because the ash layer on land reaches a thickness of a kilometer, only cities can disperse this kilometer-thick layer of ash.

However, the ash on the sea is at most a hundred meters thick, and a few ships with a lot of people are enough to disperse the ash.

The difference between land and sea is that most of the ash in the ocean has already been incorporated into the surface layer of the seawater.

So even though the Principality of Blazing Shadow is an island nation, seafood is more expensive than meat.

Because the ocean is covered in ash, there are no sea fish and no way to farm them. If you want to eat sea fish, you can only catch them from the spirit realm where there is a sea.

The weather at sea is unpredictable; one moment it may be sunny and clear, and the next it may be pouring rain.

Rosen felt the sunlight disappear, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a torrential downpour falling from the sky.

If it were just rain, that would be fine. The problem was that his enhanced vision, which allowed him to see sea fish falling from the sky during the downpour. These sea fish had gray eyes and their bodies had undergone varying degrees of distortion.

As Rosen was preparing to return to his cabin, the Ocean Anthem's loudspeaker came on.

"Urgent notice... Urgent notice..."

"A Sequence 5 extraordinary creature, the Fog Whale, has appeared ahead of the Ocean Anthem. The Fog Whale's spouting has caused a large influx of Ash Creatures, accompanied by an impending downpour. The Ocean Anthem's escort crew has been dispatched to drive away the Fog Whale. All passengers, please return to your cabins immediately..."

The repeated broadcasts informed Rosen, who had returned to his room, of what had happened.

Fog whales are not to be trifled with. Back then, a Sequence 9 Fog whale near Blackrock Harbor forced a dozen pirate ships to join forces to hunt it down. Now, if this Sequence 5 Fog whale were to attack the Ocean Anthem, the entire ship might sink.

However, it soon turned out that Rosen's worries were somewhat unnecessary.

After the Ocean Hymn cleared away the ash creatures that fell from the sky, the entire ship was suddenly shrouded in a white mist, then disappeared into the sea and entered the spirit world. It eventually traveled dozens of nautical miles in the spirit world before returning to reality.

If Rosen hadn't been able to enter the Spirit Realm through the Divine Domain, he would have had little chance of noticing that the Ocean Hymn had intruded into the Spirit Realm.

It seemed the ship was more powerful than he had imagined, but he instinctively felt that things weren't over yet.

Sure enough, not long after the Ocean Anthem returned to the real sea area, several pirate ships flying the skull and crossbones flag appeared in the ashes a kilometer away. The moment these pirate ships appeared, the main guns at the bow of the ships locked onto the Ocean Anthem and launched a salvo.

The seawater around the Ocean Hymn seemed to come alive, rising up to form walls of water that blocked the damage.

Several knights riding griffins took to the air and swooped down toward one of the pirate ships.

Rosen had expected a major battle to break out, but the situation quickly calmed down.

Finally, the Ocean Anthem released a small cargo ship loaded with goods. Several pirate ships inspected the contents of the small cargo ship and turned away. Several pirate ships, no higher than Sequence 6, actually hijacked the Ocean Anthem, which was at least Sequence 4?

Rosen seemed thoughtful. He suspected that the Fog Whale's appearance earlier wasn't accidental. Rather, it had been deliberately lured into the Ocean Anthem's course by the pirate ships earlier. While the Ocean Anthem could indeed defeat those pirate ships, the time it delayed and the commotion it caused were enough to attract the Fog Whale and unleash its carnage.

Those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to wear. Faced with the threat of the Sequence 5 Fog Whale, the Ocean Anthem had no choice but to compromise.

However, things won't end so simply. The Ocean Anthem has suffered such a great loss, and the Principality of Blazing Shadow will definitely find a way to retaliate. Those pirate ships dared to use the Fog Whale to threaten the Ocean Anthem into submission, and they certainly wouldn't have dared to do so without some kind of backing.

Seeing that there was no real danger, Rosen turned on the TV to watch the videotape.

The cabins on the Ocean Anthem are well-equipped, with TVs and VCRs being Sequence 9 Alchemical Wonders.

Many of these videotapes originated from blockbuster films directed by directors from the Blue Whale Kingdom.

Watching these extraordinary videos would give him an immersive sense of realism, and through the movies stored on these videos, he could also learn more about the Blue Whale Kingdom. Rosen's small goal was to watch all these movies before the voyage ended.

However, after Rosen put the videotape away, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The gray mouse, who loves watching movies, was so engrossed in watching the outside world that it was perched on the windowsill.

Gray Rat is the name of the ancestor of the Gray Rat People, and his reaction immediately made Rosen, who had been relaxed, become wary.

"what happened?"

Rosen walked to the gray rat, looked out the window warily, and asked.

"I still instinctively sense danger."

The gray squirrel squeaked solemnly.

Without any hesitation, Rosen returned the gray rat to the divine beast pen and opened the mysterious study.

He wouldn't let the gray rat into the secret study, but he also trusted the gray rat's senses.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Gray Rat was once a Sequence 3 demigod. Even though he has only recovered to Sequence 8 now, he still possesses some special abilities beyond Sequence 8. Since he feels danger, then there really is danger.

Rosen stood by the window of the mysterious study, looking out. Several hours passed without incident.

However, just as he began to doubt whether Gray Rat was imagining things, the seawater around the Ocean Anthem suddenly began to collapse, and the Ocean Anthem began to spin in the sea and fall into a huge whirlpool that appeared out of nowhere.

Just then, a large number of octopus-like tentacles fell from the sky.

The suction cups of these tentacles firmly adhered to the Ocean Anthem, and then Rosen saw the Ocean Anthem rise vertically from the spot. After he released the Hunter's Eye out the window, he saw a giant octopus pulling the Ocean Anthem into the air like a hot air balloon.

However, the attack was not just a simple whirlpool; a huge shadow in the deep sea began to rise to the surface.

The Hunter's Eyes only saw a giant, extraordinary life form resembling a jellyfish. Countless translucent tentacles emitted blue light in the seawater, freezing the ocean wherever they passed and completely encasing the Ocean Hymn.

The Hunter's Eye shattered instantly, and the glass in the guest room also shattered from the cold.

If Rosen were still in the guest room at this time, he would definitely be frozen solid and his fate uncertain.

As the Ocean Anthem was severely damaged, a loud and passionate pirate war song suddenly echoed from the Ocean Anthem to all around.

A blue sea giant rose from the ocean, lifting the Ocean Hymn with one hand and pulling the entire ship out of the sea, while reaching into the water with the other hand to grab a mysterious jellyfish in the frozen sea. However, the mysterious jellyfish vanished into thin air like a phantom.

(End of this chapter)