The Admiral of Hogwarts

The weather in the North Sea in December was terrible, with low-hanging clouds. Coupled with the polar night unique to high-latitude regions, the entire sky appeared gloomy, merging with the iron-gray waves of the sea.

However, even in these harsh weather conditions, several TBM torpedo planes painted with blue paint howled southward at a speed that no propeller aircraft could possibly achieve.

"My dear Admiral, can you hold on?" Hugo, sitting in the bombardier's position in the center of one of the planes, heard Enterprise's voice in his headset.

"Don't worry, not sleeping for one night is nothing to me, especially since Illustrious gave me a bottle of magic potion beforehand," Hugo replied spiritedly.

Yesterday, after finding some clues at that abandoned Saint base, Hugo and the others took off overnight, heading straight for the two target points to begin their search.

The first place they went was the fjord because it was the closer of the two points to Hugo and the others.

Unfortunately, when they arrived, they found that the fjord was very ordinary. At least, the water depth didn't seem deep enough to hide a giant monster like the Kraken of the North Sea.

Later searches also proved this point. The ship girls took turns diving into the water and thoroughly searched the area, but found no traces of any giant creature activity.

After eliminating the point that was too close, Hugo and the others could only turn their attention to the point located in the North Atlantic.

However, considering the harsh weather conditions in this area and the potential dangers in the deep sea, Hugo and the others decided to go to Iceland first to summon the supply ship Odin.

That way, even if they encountered any accidents at the point located in the deep-sea area of the North Atlantic, they would have the confidence to deal with those accidents with logistics personnel present.

Although Enterprise was able to make her Avenger torpedo planes fly at supersonic speeds because Hugo had equipped her with the Eagle 302乙.

Even so, the journey to Iceland to recruit Odin and then head to that destination still took Hugo an entire night.

This was why Enterprise was so concerned and asked Hugo about it, because she was worried that Hugo might be a little lacking in energy after not sleeping for a night.

In fact, this concern was unnecessary. After obtaining multiple avatars, Hugo's body was now better than most young and middle-aged men, and with Illustrious' magic potion, not sleeping for just one night was nothing to him.

"It's 10:00 AM now. If there are no accidents, we should be able to see the target location in five minutes," Enterprise's voice came from the headset. "I hope the deep-sea salvage work that follows won't be too much trouble."

After Enterprise finished speaking, Hugo immediately heard the rustling sounds of the other ship girls organizing various items through the headset.

Considering that they might encounter the Kraken of the North Sea face-to-face this time, the ship girls were all starting to organize their own equipment and prepare to enter the battle at any time.

"— What's going on?" Just as everyone was preparing for battle, Hugo suddenly heard Enterprise's soft exclamation in his headset, and then he heard a crackling sound from outside the plane.

Turning his head to look at the side of the glass canopy, Hugo was surprised to see small sparks constantly bursting out on the wings and fuselage, as if they were being strafed by a machine gun.

"Is the plane okay?" Feeling that the plane was only shaking slightly, Hugo felt much relieved. But even so, he still asked Enterprise behind him somewhat nervously.

"Everything is normal. It's just that some of the magic defenses that Illustrious prepared on the plane before coming have failed." Speaking of this, Enterprise paused for a moment, and then continued. "And I feel that the magic environment outside is now undergoing some changes."

"This is a chaotic magic zone," Illustrious, who had stronger professional skills in this area, said at this time, stating her observations.

"So, those magic protection runes that I casually placed around the outside of the plane have basically all exploded. This is because the surrounding variable magic turbulence caused those simple and unprotected magic runes to directly overload and become scrap —"

"And now the biggest problem is that the difficulty of casting spells in a chaotic magic zone is several times higher than in ordinary areas. Even for most ordinary wizards, they will lose their ability to cast spells here."

Saint George also joined the conversation at this time. "Fortunately, with our level, the environment here doesn't have a big impact on us. At most, we just need to pay a little attention when using our power."

"That's good," Hugo sighed softly, and just at this moment, a dark-looking island appeared on the sea below them.

"Chaotic magic zones not only disrupt the spellcasting of all spellcasters, but also form various obstacles locally that prevent ordinary people from discovering them. That's why our previous nautical charts didn't mark this place."

Enterprise, who also saw the island, introduced to Hugo. "Moreover, the Witches' Society who discovered this island back then also concealed the information about this island, so we can't find this island on the maps of the wizarding world either."

"That's good news. At least, if there really is some treasure hidden here, the probability of others getting there first and making us run in vain is obviously much smaller," Hugo said with a smile.

While Hugo and the ship girls were talking, the plane had already crossed a distance of tens of kilometers and arrived near the island, and then they all landed on the island.

However, the plane that Hugo was currently in did not land, but continued to circle in the air.

Because according to the plan that everyone had discussed in advance, Hugo, as the admiral, could provide various tactical bonuses to the surrounding ship girls, so he should stay around everyone to prepare for possible battles.

But considering Hugo's current fragility in front of the ship girls and the potential dangers below, it was obviously a very stupid idea to let Hugo directly enter the battlefield.

So, after a brief discussion, everyone decided to let Enterprise fly the plane in circles over the battlefield to buff everyone.

Of course, this does not mean that Enterprise will not participate in this battle. She just opened the cockpit cover above her head and released all of her carrier-based aircraft squadrons.

"Everything is normal below," Saint George reported, deploying her ship equipment and walking on this black island, which was about ten soccer fields in size.

"The only problem now is that the stench in this place is really too strong. If it weren't for the consideration that some clues might come from the smell, I would definitely block out my sense of smell now."

Because this island was not large, the ship girls quickly searched the entire island roughly.

This wet, rugged, and almost lifeless island was a masterpiece formed after an underwater volcanic eruption. Because after approaching, everyone clearly saw that the entire island was a caldera.

At the same time, due to this reason, the entire island was composed of basalt from volcanic eruptions and a small amount of obsidian, looking pitch black.