Chapter 799 – 790 Finding Adneville
80% of Jormunsen Island is made up of mountains and cliffs, and the mountains are also covered with trees and bushes, making it a rugged natural environment.
While approaching the island, Yurpa, who was looking around the island with her long-sighted secret technique, slightly frowned and said in a puzzled manner.
=The island is very large, but there are almost no herbivores.=
=No way.=
Anne looked back at her, saying that it couldn’t be so, but the scenery of her island clearly showed that it was as she said.
=If the island is covered with bushes that are half as long as the trees, not grass or small bushes, wouldn’t that be enough proof that herbivores don’t live there?=
=… After the carnivores ate all the herbivores, did they become extinct because they had no food? Did the island become like that after that?=
=I think there is a possibility that animals did not exist in the first place.=
After all, if the natural environment is suitable, plants can cover the land with migratory birds or seeds carried by the wind.
=Since there are many monsters in the sea that can come ashore, they might have eaten them all?=
=Among the animals that can move between water and land, are there any animals that move quickly on land… ?=
=Turtle, crocodile, sea otter, sea lion, hippo…=
= My sister is also true. It’s not a hippo.=
Anne, who was listing the animals she knew about, quietly shut her mouth. Something she didn’t even think about.
While the women were doing this, Hwanin looked at the island that was getting closer and closer and noticed her floating on the surface of the water near the island and narrowed her eyes.
“… ?”
I didn’t see it wrong. It’s too far away, so I can’t tell what kind of race it is, but that shimmering whitish thing must be a soul.
When Hwanin summoned Myeonglia and forcibly summoned the spirit seen far away, Baeknyeogang found something washed up by the tide and caught his arm in embarrassment.
= Oh, brother. The corpses of the Naga family are floating in the sea.=
=Huh?=
=What?=
Even the women clinging to the railings of the boat were puzzled to find it.
As she said, some of the fins and flesh with jade-green and turquoise scales. Like the split head of a jade-colored sea snake, or the head of a person with green scales attached to it, it was broken and washed away with white brain water.
= What is it Did a fight break out in the water?=
=… If you look at the cross section, it hasn’t been long since he died.=
He ordered a low-level water spirit to pull up the naga family’s arm, which was only below the elbow, and showed the broken cross section.
As she said, the part that looked like it had been bitten by something hadn’t exploded yet, and red blood was flowing out little by little.
= It’s strange. It is said that sea monsters do not touch the naga family at all.=
The Naga, who live in large groups, are treated as gangsters and bullies of the sea.
Among them, powerful objects of 5th or 6th grade appear, and when such naga families flock to them and release them, even 7th grade monsters spit and run away saying that they are dirty.
Only once in the past, an 8th-class Naga family of mutant level appeared, and at that time, even the Naga Kingdom was created, and history records that Merianol devoted all its efforts to subjugation.
At that time, it was said that there were about 1,000 workers of grade 7 or higher mobilized, so it is possible to guess how serious it was.
In addition, the west side of Jormunsen Island is a place where fjords are formed here and there.
The depth is so low that even a really powerful monster can’t even get there, but the naga family are dying in droves?
Just as Anne was about to ask her Hwanyeon what was going on, Hwanyeon came out of her coat just in time and said, “Hwanyeon.”
“It is peaceful in the water. Bodies are coming from somewhere else.”
= Different? Where?=
When Anne asked, Hwanyeon’s eyes turned to one side. The women also looked at it and each was bewildered.
It’s a beach with jagged reefs everywhere, but a large-scale bloody battle is taking place there?
In the meantime, Hwanin confirmed that the spirits that had come close to her were Na and her family, and she instructed Name Lia to corrupt them.
“… That’s too bad. Seongje-nim, these monsters don’t seem to be affected by corruption.”
Huuuuu, Lia, the name that gave off an eerie red energy even at first glance, she openly regrets that the murky souls of the Na family are not dyed red.
‘No animals, no spirits. Obviously, if not even intelligent humanoid monsters, then only humans are mixed.’
She secured about 70 red jade in Niamad and hit her approximate 100, but when she reached her target of 100, she again became greedy to collect a little more, but it is regrettable.
With the appearance of her name, Lia, the spirits who controlled her ship slipped away, and after thinking for a while, Hwanin looked at himself and summoned Lia, her name with a charming smile, and called her Norn.
“I will visit Norn and the island once, so don’t go any closer to the island and wait. Welcome is also waiting here.”
=We’ll protect the ship, so don’t worry.=
To Anne’s story, Hwanin replied by riding on the back of Norn, who had returned to the divine form.
“I saw a document in the records room of Yeongdo that the Habby people were sighted several times near Jormundsen Island. Nine times out of ten, it will be a territorial battle between the Habit and the Naga, so you won’t have to worry about the appearance of monsters or essences.”
= Huh? I see. =
It was a story from the time when the trade route between the west of Nionebreth continent and the main island of Merianol was still alive, so it wasn’t too far in the past.
Flutter — flutter — As Norn flapped her wings to start the engine, Ah-young hurriedly waved her hand and shouted.
= Oh, my brother! When you meet the Heavi people, you should call them Harin people, not Haevi people! Because they really hate being called the Sabi clan!=
“Why? The origin of the name Habby is the beautiful sea, so wasn’t it Haebi?”
=Yes. However, the Sabi people are more famous than the Haevi people, and they look similar, and even their names are similar…=
Heavy people? Isn’t that like a cousin of the Sabians?
Weren’t the Haevi people the servants of the Sabi people?
The Sabi people who live in the sea are the Haevi people. Huh? No?
… The same perception spread, and when the Haevi people protested against it, there were many people who saw it as if they had scales, whether it was the Xavi or the Haevi.
The problem is that even the Sabies do not belong to the continent’s mainstream race and are treated as sub-species. From the Habby point of view, it must have felt like the status of the race was very downgraded.
Hwanin thanked her for telling her because he did not know much about such a secret story, stroked her hair, and flew up into the sky on her yolk.
Looking down from the sky, Jormunsen Island was quite different in shape from the east to the west.
While the west coastline has many canyons and fjords, as well as many strangely shaped rocks and reefs, the eastern coastline has long, straight white sandy beaches like a crescent moon.
The shape of the mountain also differed greatly between the east and west.
The east side is gentle like a sand dune blown by the wind, and the leaves are sparse, and the trees grow long and straight.
In the west of the water depth, the continental shelf, which is about 20 to 50 meters wide, spreads quite widely, starting with the island, and shines in jade color.
Taking a picture of the northern tip of the island in a counterclockwise direction and heading south along the coastline at 6:00, Norn looked back at Hwanin on his back and said,
「Hwanin. I can feel the gaze from the other side of the sea.”
“How far is it?”
“I don’t know. It’s very far.”
The current emergency altitude is 10,000 meters above sea level. The height at which an airliner flies.
The distance the horizon can be seen from here is approximately 350 km, but the horse is 350 km, and from there neither you nor the yolk will look smaller than a speck of dust.
“…”
I scanned the entire sea with the eyes of a new-style soul, but I couldn’t find anything suspicious or strange.
Hwanin, who thought for a moment, fully spread the glow of Asinwi without suppressing it.
The usual hazy haze-like glow suddenly changes into a brilliant radiance that sprinkles holy golden light, covering several meters.
As if surprised by its presence, the feathers on the back of Norn’s head stood up like bristling fluff.
Asked Hwanin, who calmly stroked the feathers that seemed to be bristling upside down and restored them to their original state.
“Can you still feel their gaze?”
“No! When Hwanin did that, he disappeared in an instant.”
“I didn’t feel it with my naked eyes, but with my senses…”
Considering that Norn felt it but he did not, Hwanin thought that it was highly likely that he was a divine being who used the sea as his domain.
If the god of the sea senses the existence of a person entering and leaving his territory and sees a naked being like this, his mouth fits.
“A god like geode?”
“Okay. Because you are a believer too.”
Hwanin, who answered while calming Asinwi’s glare, turned his gaze toward the island again.
Is it because he just showed his majesty? Flocks of birds can be seen flying dizzy over the island.
I thought it would be okay to be close to 10 km away, but do the sensitive animals feel a sense of pride even at this distance…
Anyway, if the gaze disappeared, there is a high possibility that Norn was regarded as a companion animal that Asin took with him, as he had aimed for.
But this is only a temporary measure. If you go back and return to the eastern shore with Norn and the ship, the sea god will most likely regard it as hostile.
‘I don’t even need to come back.’
If the other side of the sea was dominated by an unknown divine beast, there is a 100% chance that Adnevila, whose spirituality has been broken, would have settled in the waters between Dorwain Island and Jormunsen Island.
There is no reason to go around the island and come out to the eastern sea.
‘Even so, it doesn’t change the fact that we have to scour the area that extends to the Gulf of Mexico.’
Hwanin took the Norn to the southernmost tip of the island and flew to the place where Rijina Lake was located, organizing his thoughts.
It is not shocking that Adnevila was not found despite the pursuit of core power and divine power. Adnevila must have worked with Merianol’s pursuit in mind.
On the contrary, if he had found it easily, he would have suspected that it might be a trap.
Then, how should I find Adneville?
Should she contact Jiha Yul or contact the great saintess and ask if there is a way? She should consider asking Lillice again to search for Adne Villa with the spirits…
A group of creatures were caught by Hwanin’s eyes as he searched the west side of the island, thinking of a way to find Adneville.
At first glance, the naked upper body of a woman with seaweed-like hair, and the lower body of a fish.
They are a member of the Haerin, which looks like mermaids in modern novels.
「Hwanin. There’s a fish man over there.”
“Did you find it too?”
“Shall we go closer?”
Thirty Harin tribesmen with small wounds here and there, probably from the battle, are swimming quickly in the shallow waters of the fjord shining cobalt blue.
It is underwater and far away, so it is impossible to confirm the aura. But it’s certain that everyone is a professional.
“No. You’ll be surprised when you get closer.”
I’m watching where they’re going, so I stick to the wall of the fjord. Then, it went under the thick leaves that hung towards the sea and disappeared after a while.
‘Is there an entrance to the underwater cave of the Harin people over there…’
… The sea is the territory of the Haerin tribe, so much so that most people think of the Haerin tribe first when it comes to the different races of the sea.
‘The Harin tribe knows best about the situation off the coast of Jormundsen.’
After remembering the location, Hwanin returned to Regina.
=Ah, as expected, the Harin tribe fought against the Naga family.=
=The only race that can fight with the family out at sea is the Harin tribe.=
When I went back and told him about the discovery of the Harin tribe, the women nodded, saying they knew that.
=But little is known about the ecology of the Harin tribe… Is there a joint in the island?=
“It is very likely that there is an underground sea cave. If you search the foot of the mountain over there, there will be a place connected to that underwater cave.”
Hwanin’s gaze points to the smaller mountain on the left of the two large mountains standing like twin mountains.
“First of all, contacting the Harin tribe is a priority. The sea must be no different from their front yard, and since it has been raining on the front sea for over half a year, the Harin must have investigated the reason…”
=Are you saying they might know where Adneville is, or at least the suspicious place?=
“Okay.”
Hwanin, who nodded her head to Anne, called Sarah to retract the sails, and she told Hwanyeon to slowly move her boat to the other bay.
According to his request, Hwanyeon attaches a mid-level water spirit to the bottom of the ship to slowly move the ship, and the women disperse to strengthen surveillance in preparation for an attack by the family.
Kim Chul-soo and Kim Young-soo, who have turned into deadpan faces like zombies, now that the waves have subsided, are slightly cheering up and adding strength to surveillance.
As the ship was slowly heading towards the bay, Hwanyeon let out a short exclamation.
“Why?”
“The few remaining Harin tribes found a high-level water spirit here and fled. It looks like he’s starting to look out for us, but what should we do?”
“Never mind, just slowly drive the boat into the fjord as usual.”
It wasn’t even that Hwanyeon acted aggressively. I just placed two high-level water spirits to keep an eye on the sea.
Rather, thanks to you, I got some good information.
Seeing a higher-level spirit and running away means that, like the Fleurs, he can see the spirit and has enough spirit power to measure its strength.
As a profession, a high-level spirit sergeant who commands a high-level spirit is considered to be around 7th grade.
In other words, two 7th grade workers are escorting the ship, but if you think of the Harin tribe who were injured while fighting with the 2nd to 5th grade Nagas, you can guess how strong this side is.
As long as this side does not take a hostile stance, there is no doubt that trouble will arise.
= I have no family. Did all the Harin people eat sashimi?=
=I think so. If the naga family had escaped alive, they would have been caught by the illusionary spirit…=
While Anne and Isilite were exchanging small conversations, the Regina entered the bottle-shaped entrance of the fjord, and the women gave a small exclamation at the scenery unfolding inside.
= Wow…=
= How could there be such a beautiful place…=
= I feel like my head is clear…=
The fjord, as wide as the sports complex, was filled with transparent cobalt blue water, and colorful corals decorated the bottom of the fjord.
The bottom was full of clean, white sand, reflecting the light of the water surface in the shape of waves, and colorful tropical fish were swimming quickly between the corals, creating a picturesque southern seascape.
The highlight of this fjord was the small white sandy beach in the back.
A white sandy beach that looks like it came out of a fairy tale book, large and small rocks, and straight cliffs and strange pine trees that grow in places on those cliffs.
As a spotless, pure white boat enters such a fjord, it feels like it is naturally melting into the scenery.
The pine trees swayed slightly in the wind and the surface of the water was lightly swaying, so Hwanin’s mind was filled with the impression that if there was a resort in a southern country, this would be it.
Ah-yeong, who was looking down with her head on the railing, looked back at Baekryeo-gang, who approached her, and said,
=The water doesn’t look very deep, but the keel doesn’t reach it.=
=If the water is too clear, it is said that the perspective in the water becomes strange.=
=Hmm.=
Ah-yeong, who looked around her for a moment, took out her pebble from her pocket for throwing and dropped it on her fondant.
And Ah-young, who calculated the speed at which her pebbles were sinking and read her depth of water, stuck her tongue out in surprise.
= Wow, it’s really deep. It will be over 10m.=
= You too… What if I accidentally throw her pebbles here? Now.=
Baek Ryo-gang, who retrieves her pebble thrown by Ah-young by moving her water, returns her pebble to her.
Upon receiving it back, Ah-young bit her tongue and laughed.
=It’s the sea anyway, so a small pebble wouldn’t matter.=
=The Harin tribe might consider pebbles from other places as trash.=
=… I’m sure I just picked up some stuff lying on the side of the road.=
While the two were talking, Hwan-yeon, who placed the boat in the middle of the fjord, asked Hwan-in.
“What are you doing now?”
“You have to wait.”
His gaze was reaching the entrance to the underwater cave where the Harin tribe had disappeared earlier.
The cave is so inconspicuous that it is exquisitely hidden in the shadow of the pine trees and difficult to find unless you look closely.
Hwanin turned his head and began to give instructions to the women.
“Hwanyeon, do not disturb his surroundings with spirits and only guard the area around his stomach. Isilite prepare lunch, and Anne drop anchor.”
=Yes Master.=
“Lunch will be barbecued on deck.”
=Bar!=
=Be!=
=Q!=
It was a barbecue for the first time in months, so while the women were excitedly preparing a meal, Hwanin retrieved the souls of Sarah and other knights who had driven the boat this far, and ordered five scouts from Argentea and five Elwidris knights to monitor the surroundings.
“Survey meticulously the entrance to the fjord and the top of the fjord cliff.”
“Yes, Seongje-nim!”
“Four!”
Hwanyeon, who was watching the scene from the side, raised her eyebrows slightly and asked.
“Can’t we make the heroic spirits invisible and send them into the cave to spy on them?”
“If the Harin were demon beasts or monsters, it would have been, but they are also human. First of all, it’s to avoid creating a situation where you’ll lie, so understand.”
「Huh~. … What is it, why are you asking me to understand?”
Hwanyeon, who was about to accept his story and move on, suddenly felt a strange nuance in the language and glared at him.
Then, Hwanin smiled and said, “Do you know everything?”
“Doesn’t peeping go beyond the level of fun and consider it as a business?”
“What? Yah! That’s what you did until now because you ordered me to keep an eye on the surroundings!”
“But it was fun. I remember you spying on people’s private lives and snooping on their sleeping quarters even before I asked you to.”
“… They attack with facts in a mean way.”
Hwan-yeon, who had no words to refute his words, flew away to the place where the women were preparing a barbecue while snorting.
Hwanin also looked there.
The women spread flame-retardant leather, took out a grill on top of it, piled high-quality charcoal next to it, set various bowls, plates, tongs and scissors, and then, with Hwanin’s permission, took out low-alcohol alcohol.
Then I looked back toward the cave of the Harin tribe.
Should I say it inside the cave or under the mountain connected to the cave? I can feel the presence of a soul from the inside of the cliff on the sandy beach…
Hwanin, who can now accurately detect the location of the soul even when it is covered by a wall and can even force it, pondered for a while, but literally, the worry was short-lived.
‘Come this way.’
Seeing and hearing the circumstances of the soul for the sake of attaining Buddhahood is both the right and duty of the soul master.
It is not a bad thing to call a spirit and get information from it, as talking to a spirit is as natural and natural as a seafarer swimming.
