015. Shipwreck (2)
"Wear the tail armor, we probably need to rest on this island for a day."
Emma's familiar voice came to his ears, awakening Talos's not very awake spirit.
——When I came to land, the sudden disappearance of the sea pressure left Talos's body still in a state of adjustment, and his brain was dizzy.
"Oh well."
Talos climbed up from the ground, and his tail inevitably had a lot of sand, which made him swing very unnaturally. Then he took out a pair of exquisite tail armor while checking the surrounding situation.
A total of about thirty Naga survived the shipwreck—the fifteen Black Sea Knights lost two—men and women were helping each other to treat the wounds, mixed with a few depressing sobs, and the girls from the Misrell family were among them.
This is a veritable island surrounded by rocks and a small beach, dotted with one or two coconut trees, two small slopes in the middle, with lush shrubs, and occasionally a few clear bird songs.
If you don’t consider the scene on the sea, this place is a pleasant scenery and is a good vacation choice.
The sea not far away was the same as the girl from Mithriel's house just described:
The magic submarine they were riding was squeezed and twisted by invisible force into a pile of scrap iron, broken into three pieces, and the sea surface was dyed with flesh and blood, and floating with broken arms and limbs.
A group of corpse sharks attracted by the smell of dead bodies and blood were wandering around, swallowing flesh and blood in big mouthfuls, occasionally making a numb and chewing sound that made the scalp numb, turning the picturesque scenery into a shark beach horror movie.
Talos took his gaze from the sea, trying to ignore the very irritating smell of blood lingering at the end of his nose, and replaced himself with a pair of tail armor - in fact, it was a thin and thin armor designed to fit his personal scales on the part where his tail was rubbing against the ground.
As a humanoid creature that is half human and half snake, Naga only has clothes (tops) and no concept of pants in the long civilization.
Normally, Talos only wore a top that seemed to be long to humans. As long as the waist was covered slightly lower, the most primitive shy function of the clothes was considered to be completed, and the slender and powerful tail was exposed outside. Some women's Naga style would be more heroic. Sometimes they only had a pair of breastplate on the upper body, which was very cool.
——A little downward on the waist is an important organ of Naga, which is usually hidden under an extra tight and fine scale. When needed, the scales will separate, revealing the tools for the crime.
In fact, the same is true for mermaids. The important organs of the two major races are not exposed like humans, but are hidden under scales.
This unique structure may be to avoid accidental injury while swimming in the ocean, or to avoid accidental injury by dragging an organ that easily attracts fish's attention, or to avoid affecting normal actions, Talos once irresponsibly speculated.
After stepping on land, Naga (especially Naga from a large family or a multi-armed Naga with extraordinary strength) often makes some changes, put on tail armor, or use the advanced spell of "turning tail into legs" to turn a long snake tail into legs, and walk upright on land like a human.
——Bloodlines generally do not make such changes. After activating the bloodline, their natural scales are equivalent to a piece of leather armor.
Unfortunately, the most powerful caster of the few people present was only the second level of bronze, and there was one level away from the high-level magic turning the tail into the legs. Therefore, whether it was Emma, Quintu or Talos, they could only choose the most primitive method and put a pair of tail armor on themselves to protect the mage to protect the relatively "delicate" of the mage. They were used to the tail of the marine environment that could walk freely on land. Talos naturally had no chance to experience the feeling of walking on both legs again.
After swimming on the rough land twice, Talos was very satisfied with this private tail armor. Each of his scales perfectly fits the tail armor. While protecting the tail, it does not affect normal swimming at all. It can hold on to the ground and maintain the balance of the land that is not very friendly to the Nagas.
"What happened just now? Natural disaster or..." Talos asked curiously.
The ocean current high-speed channel has existed in the sea civilization for three centuries. It has rich technology and experience. In addition to natural disasters such as tsunamis, the problem of being overcome has long been solved. It is the most common mode of transportation for long-distance travel of the sea tribe and is very safe.
With the magical submarine twisted into a strange shape, Talos almost eliminated the option of natural disaster almost immediately.
However, Emma did not answer his question directly, touched Talos' head and said another thing: "The family mage led by Chast will be here in an hour, and they will find out everything."
Emma's full name is Chast Nepton, and is the husband of Talos' aunt Florence (Sandra's sister). His surname before marrying Florence was Heinrich. Like Quintou, he was born in the magic family Heinrich, representing the marriage between the two major magic families of the previous generation.
The difference is that Kuntu is the eldest son of the patriarch of Heinrich, while Chast's mother is just a family elder, which is related to the special background of the "clan leader" and "lord" of the Nepton family at that time.
"Okay, I'll go upstairs and blow the sea breeze, the smell of blood here..."
Since Emma did not intend to say it explicitly, Talos did not ask questions and crawled towards the top of the island. The four Black Sea Knights immediately followed him, two of them in front, holding long swords, and two of them behind, carrying a pair of bows and arrows.
Talos has no objection to this. He is now a vulnerable group who does not even have the ability to protect himself. He is the fragile stage in his life that needs protection the most.
According to physical instinct, Talos dragged his long snake tail and drew an "S"-shaped track on the ground with a rustling sound. He quickly climbed up the hillside and brought the situation around the island into his eyes.
Sitting cross-legged on a clean stone, consciousness sinks into the ring of the magic net, summoning the positioning function, a map unfolds in Talos's mind, and the huge red dot represents the place where he is at this time, Baffin Bay.
The name "Middle Bay" means that this is a bay close to land. According to the map, the other end of the coastline is the famous human kingdom, Saraphus, known as the Golden Empire.
"Show personal footprints...Show the traffic routes of the Naga Kingdom...Mark the distance..."
"With the location of the incident to the island where I am, regardless of the three-dimensional space distance, the magic submarine moved nearly 700 yards, and was completely thrown out of the current high-speed channel by that terrible force and thrown onto the sea."
The Naga where Talos is located is called Tide Naga, also known as the shallow sea Naga, which forms the Naga Kingdom together with the deep sea Naga. It usually lives in the depths of the ocean from about 700 to 1,000 yards. The high-speed ocean current channel is located at 200 yards deep - this is the best choice to balance "current speed" and "current safety".
In other words, the shipwreck just now caused the magic submarine Talos to move 700 yards horizontally and at least 200 yards vertically.
"There are no traces of natural disasters such as tsunamis around, so human attacks are the only answer, and at least a third-level bronze profession." Talos, wearing a seven-foot-long snake tail, thought hard, "First, two high-level mages from the United Kingdom sneak attacked, and then Ax's inexplicable attack, and now he has been shipwrecked again, is it to kill me, an ordinary man whose meditation space has been broken?"
"Or, this time it was just an accident, and the target was not me at all?"
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