To the eternal you

It's been ... days since the Trade Wind sailed. In the snow-capped sea area that everyone is worried about, the speed of the ship has to be slowed down because of the fog.

Although in principle it is indeed possible to bypass this area, after all, safety is the most important thing, but who makes Mond's flight route too long, if you add a section of itinerary out of thin air, not to mention whether you will be late, resources alone will be tight, after all The trade wind is not a big boat either.

The materials carried can only be said to be sufficient, even if you save some, it is enough to hold a small luxurious banquet every few days, but it definitely does not include the additional loss after the increase in distance.

The original plan was to import into Liyue's route, and then trade with Liyue to ensure that the nutrients needed by the human body are supplemented. These days, even the cooks who sit in the carriage for a long time in the large caravan have extra nutritional subsidies. , not to mention running at sea.

However, the materials are still abundant at the moment, and so is the time. According to Mr. Abedo’s judgment, if the voyage goes smoothly, maybe they can still catch up with the celebration party of the Liyue Sea Lantern Festival when they leave, and they can see the entire night sky. Great view of night lights.

Among the waves of obstructions encountered when driving across the snow-capped mountains, the more annoying ones are a group of elemental floating spirits. Like slimes, these little guys are pure elemental structures and have a strong affinity for elements of the same attribute. resistance.

If the holder of the God's Eye of the same attribute encounters them, most of them will consider using weapons to solve them. If they expect to use elemental power, there is a higher probability that they will charge the opponent, and then be beaten by a kite.

Therefore, it has a bad reputation among adventurers, even more annoying than the notorious baby dragon lizard.

At least those stone-headed stupid lizards have clear countermeasures. Even the close relatives of the floating spirits (not yet fully recognized academically) the slimes, they only have a low level of intelligence, and they will foolishly make up for themselves. Come up to be beaten, and the speed is slow.

But this group of floating spirits is different. Like the name of the classmate, there is something called floating crystallization nucleus in the floating spirits to provide them with buoyancy, and by turning the "blades" on their heads, they can be accelerated and ejected. Elemental bombs made of elemental particles.

Their ethnic characteristics will periodically appear and disappear in large numbers as the leylines change, and they have a higher level of intelligence than slimes, and they will make good use of their own characteristics.

If you see a large number of such things in the adventurous place, it is basically the blockage of the earth veins, causing the elemental force to overflow into the main world and form a crystallization nucleus.

Finally, after gathering enough elemental power, the group of guys born from the crystallization nucleus will rush out in large numbers along with the cracks in the ground, and places such as cliffs are their favorite places.

The main reason for its bad reputation lies in its floating characteristics. Logically speaking, most elemental life forms constructed by wind elements will have their own basic buoyancy. And the wind slime can be confirmed, but no matter which element these guys are externally inclined to.

They all have good buoyancy, that is to say, they have the characteristics of invisible wind elements, and because the elemental bodies are more resistant to similar elements, although they are small in size, they do not have good defense against physical attacks. , but it will fly.

This is doomed that as long as they fly high, it is enough to cause headaches for many adventurers, and even because the places where they appear are either on the edge of a cliff or in the wilderness, it is even more troublesome for adventurers who have not yet completed their background.

Especially since this group of little guys acted together as a whole group, they still have a long range to search for enemies, and their attack methods are also long-range. , its body will self-destruct, and the floating core that can be recovered in the end may not be complete.

Floating cores can be used in some commercial transport teams. Of course, some people hope to use this thing to replace the pumice stones produced by Liyue, but the conclusion seems to be that the effect is not good, because these floating cores are not as stable and controllable as pumice stones. the upward force.

After a few waves of hoarding merchants died, even the economic and trade value was lower. After all, it was troublesome to collect the material itself.

Therefore, a floating spirit with many annoying characteristics is completely unwelcome.

Especially the fact that they will actively attack humans is something that many adventurers hate.

And the group of floating spirits encountered by the Trade Wind, it is not known whether they migrated from the ethnic group or were blown here by a storm, in short, they appeared in this sea area, and it was these guys who were unlucky Somehow, they got into the vicinity of the ship, and after waking up from a deep sleep, they stared at the Trade Wind, and quietly raised the sail twice.

After being discovered by Yula, after giving away two chopped off floating spirits, they raised their floating height angrily, and continued to attack their sails condescendingly.

From the color point of view, most of them are floating spirits of wind elements and rock elements. Fortunately, there is a bunny girl named Amber on board. This fire elemental archer does not encounter the more annoying fire floating spirits, it is still very good He played his own strength as a long-range archer.

But the bad news is that after these little guys were shot by Amber, they landed on the boat and blew themselves up. After the self-detonation of the wind element floating spirit, a small-scale wind eye will be produced, while the rock element floating spirit will cause a cracking effect. fragments of rock elements.

This caused a small piece of sail that was attracted by the eye of the wind to be shot into a sieve on the spot.

Fortunately, there is the almighty maid, Noelle, and the sails are barely usable after mending, but the trade wind ocean effect attached to them is somewhat compromised.

Amber was still a little disappointed about this matter. As an archer, she failed to deal with these guys in advance, which was her negligence.

Although strictly speaking, the main reason is that there is no such thing in the Mond area, and when they are not close, they will fold the leaves on the top of their heads, and they look like some kind of fruit floating on the sea from a distance, and the sea is also Shrouded in mist, people who have never seen it generally don't know the danger of this thing.

For this matter, Yura took a lot of effort to appease this girl who had a strong sense of responsibility.

And Abedo collected the floating cores of these little guys, and is rubbing some props that can change the current situation. However, since Miss Sugar and Timaus are not on board, everyone is very concerned about Mr. Abedo's alchemy. He is also within the cognitive range of alchemy, which is probably magic, and no one bothers him.

It wasn't until the next day that Abedo took out a device that looked like the four large blades above the head of a floating spirit and inserted it into the stern of the ship, making the speed significantly faster, and Amber recovered from the sadness of the setback that day.

However, the level of patrolling and vigilance has not dropped back, but remains high as before.

A certain alcoholic poet who was eating and drinking on the boat also dissipated the breeze around his fingertips, and his God's Heart was gone. Although it didn't make much difference to him, after all, there was no drop of divine power in him. At present, the power he holds is only enough to break through the fog in this sea area, and then he has to pretend to be dead for a few days.

After all, most of his divine power was used by him to help Twalin restore the guardianship of the four winds and become a family member of the wind god again. His own power these days does not have the heart of God to store it, just like an hourglass with a hole, there is no way to save it. live.

Fortunately, there is still the idol lady Barbara on board, her presence has inspired everyone's spirits very well, even if he does not take action, the morale of the people on this ship will never drop.

But having said that, the increase in speed does not mean that you can sit back and relax. In most cases after bypassing the reef, the group of sea sharks will not waste their energy chasing them. The floating spirits also have special detectors made by Abedo Explore, and let Amber solve them one by one from a distance.

After walking out of the sea area of ​​the snow mountain in such a safe and sound way, the atmosphere on the boat was slightly elevated.

But the bad news is that, according to Amber's observation, there is a sunken ship on the way they must pass.

A flock of seagulls hovered in the blue sky, and they landed from time to time. Obviously, there were some things for them to eat, and this usually happened in the sea, most of which were sunken ship objects.

What is going on here?