13 Mink Street

Light, shadow and sound are sluggish in the depths of the water, easily giving people the illusion that time is being slowed down. After the hot and dizzy white fades, it is replaced by red, an extremely unreal red.

Rational knowledge told Karen that even if the ship above was penetrated and blown up, and many people would die, red blood should not be the main color, at least not from the perspective of his current position. .

But in his perceptual knowledge, Karen knew that when this fleet faced such a terrifying blow, its destruction was only a matter of time. Many people would die, many, many people, and the blood red color was the clearest representation of this understanding. Direct representation.

Karen couldn't help but think of two scenes in her mind. One was when he was preparing to welcome Saraina, the Son of God, in York Harbor. He was sitting in a VIP car, the cup in his hand was broken, and the red drink juice fell on the white carpet. , quickly infiltrates and spreads around.

The other is in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Ankara Hotel, looking at the dark and dull clouds outside. The despair and depression that people instinctively want to escape do exist, and they are so relevant to the scene in front of them.

Karen didn't feel that he had predicted all this, he just thought that at the moment, it could correspond to his inner feelings that day.

War is cruel. This is a sentence that has been repeated countless times. Karen does not know whether he will become a peaceful person calling for anti-war after today. There is a high probability that he will not, but there is a greater probability that he will avoid it. Put yourself in a dangerous environment like this again.

Karen also wanted to have some noble, majestic, thoughtful and profound insights, but unfortunately there was none.

The only clear lesson this battlefield observation trip has taught him so far is not to observe battlefields again in the future.

An extremely thick magic crystal cannon beam shot into the sea. It should have been thrown down, not far in front of Karen, straight into the seabed, and exploded below.

Karen hadn't noticed the feeling of the explosion yet. He only knew that when the magic crystal cannon beam passed in front of him, he was like a moth being held close to a bonfire.

Although it was not burned by the fire, it was enough to be roasted to death by the heat.

The Poseidon Armor began to fall off quickly. Even though it was still trying to recover quickly, the recovery speed was far slower than the falling off speed.

At this moment, Karen is the moth about to be roasted to death.

He placed his hand on the hilt of the Sword of Arleus. The Dark Moon Blade blessed the sword, and a beam of red light extended out, stabbing the sea beast beneath him fiercely.

The sea beast felt the severe pain, which stimulated its potential, and its swimming speed was further improved at this time.

"hiss……"

Karen felt the hot burning sensation, but soon, this feeling was far away from him. When his consciousness was wandering around the hazy boundary, he forcefully bit the tip of his tongue to wake himself up.

He raised his head, looked at the direction of the battlefield, and used the sword pierced into the sea beast as a "rudder" to change the direction.

This sea beast was innocent, but it was also really smart. It understood what Karen meant and adjusted its swimming direction to avoid the location of the Samsara Cult fleet.

"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."

Karen could feel every beat of his heart. If it hadn't been for that magic crystal cannon, he would have been able to hold on for a long, long time, because he didn't feel the suffocation of lack of oxygen at all.

But it happened because he was injured, and the injury directly broke the Poseidon Armor's effect on his body, and Karen's physical fitness...

However, now is not the time to transfer, and any delay is not allowed. Only by leaving this area as quickly as possible can safety be ensured.

When Karen looked up for the last time and basically confirmed that he was almost out of the danger range, his consciousness fell into confusion again.

He originally wanted to use the divine robe on his body to bind the horns of the sea beast to fix it, but when he was about to do it, he found that there were only a few strands of the divine robe left on him...

When he collided with the magic crystal cannon, the divine robe on his body had already been "melted". So what should be the state of his skin and flesh?

At this moment, a bubble spit out from the mouth of the sea beast, and an agile figure swam over and grabbed Karen's hand. Karen's hand subconsciously grabbed her wrist.

It's very thin and soft, it should be a girl's hand.

It is impossible for Ashley and Blanche to come out at this time. Their physical fitness will not allow them to be sent out at this time, and that is Philomena.

Karen was completely relaxed and allowed her consciousness to fall into a long overdue slumber.

…

"Gu——Gu——Gu————"

A sound similar to a seabird came to his ears, and Karen felt that his consciousness was gradually returning to his body, and he was gradually able to control the slight movements of his fingers and eyelids.

But soon, he regretted it, because what followed was severe pain.

If I had to use an analogy to describe this feeling, it would be like being skinned from a living person, placed on the white particles accumulated in the salt field, and slapped repeatedly on the front and back.

However, Karen has experienced deeper torture of the soul many times. Although the physical pain this time was very uncomfortable, Karen quickly adapted to it.

He opened his eyes and saw the sun, the sea and the beach.

A small shed was built where he lay to shade himself from the sun, and there was a soft leaf cushion under him.

"Woof! Woof!"

Kevin's cry came from beside him, and soon, Pu'er's voice also sounded:

"Oh, my little Karen, you're awake."

"Are you all there...?"

"Don't worry, everyone is here and safe."

After receiving a reply from Pu'er, Karen closed his eyes again and fell asleep.

…

The next time he woke up was at night or in the morning, because Karen couldn't tell whether the sun in that position in the distance was rising or setting.

The pain in his body was still clear, but after being mentally prepared, it was nothing. His strength had recovered a lot. Karen wanted to get up on his own strength. As soon as he raised his hands, a pair of hands stretched out and pulled Karen Helped him to sit up.

It's Philomena.

"I'm keeping watch," Philomena replied. "Shall I wake them up?"

Karen saw Pu'er sleeping soundly on the mat beside him, shook his head and said, "Let them rest."

"Do you need some water?" Philomena asked.

"Um."

Philomena took a cup and began to give Karen water.

Karen felt that Her Royal Highness Ophelia was more caring and considerate than Philomena. At least Ophelia would not raise the cup to the water and cover the nose of the person being fed when feeding someone. .

Nodding, indicating that it was okay, Philomena took the water glass away.

"Where is this?"

"An island, an island that does not exist on the charts."

"How long? Here."

"Soon, there are less than two days. Don't worry, we are staying here, firstly because you need to stay and recuperate due to your injury, and secondly to observe the situation. Your cat is very confident in taking us out of the sea. "

"Our current location is not too far from the battlefield."

"It's not far. Judging from the sailing speed of the warship, it can be said to be very close. However, there is no trace of any Samsara warship passing by in the past two days. They should have gone to the Wenroth Islands immediately after the battle. Cleared."

"Um."

Karen responded, it seemed that he and others were indeed safe.

"You were seriously injured, but you're feeling much better now."

"Thanks Blanche." Karen smiled.

"No, it's because your body doesn't show the slightest sign of infection. This gives her, as a priest, more room to perform. The most important job she does is to help you recover from your wounds and restore your appearance."

The most feared thing about burns is infection. Karen's body should have been burned over a large area, but because his body has been modified by Ranedar, he can withstand even more terrifying pollution, and wound infection... can only be regarded as the lowest level. .

It's such a pain, you still have to eat it, but after eating it, there are no side effects. Overall, it's worth it.

Wait, restore your appearance?

Karen lowered his head and saw a piece of tender skin on his chest, with blood scabs beginning to form.

Philomena said: "It was your cat who said you don't need to bandage your wound, otherwise when you remove the gauze, you will tear off another layer of skin and endure the pain again."

Karen nodded. This is right. Since there is no risk of infection and there is a priest around, everything can be done simply and directly.

However, Karen still raised his hand and touched his head, but did not touch his hair. He then came down and touched his forehead, but did not touch his eyebrows.

Philomena closed her eyes and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly.

Karen sensed that she was suppressing a smile.

After a long while, she took a deep breath and said, "These hairs will grow back soon."

"I'm quite interested in how I look now. Do you have a mirror?"

"No."

"My sword."

Philomena helped Karen stand up the Sword of Areus, and let the blade of the sword face Karen. With the slightly dim light at this time, Karen saw himself reflected in the sword.

There is no hair or eyebrows. It looks a little too clean, but it is not ugly.

Philomena said: "In that case, if you weren't piloting the ship, we would all have died."

"This is what I should do."

"Do you need something to eat?"

"No, I want to sit for a while."

Philomena got it wrong. She stretched her legs behind Karen while she was squatting, and put her knees against Karen's back.

"Hel me to sit in front of a tree or help me raise the cushion behind me."

"OK."

Philomena raised the cushions around her so that Karen could half lie down and half lean on them like a quilt on a bed.

Next, Karen would open and close his eyes for a while. His body needed him to continue resting, but he was already full of sleep and had a good supply of energy, so he couldn't fall asleep anymore.

As the sun rose, everyone woke up one after another and came over to greet Karen. Because Karen woke up once before, everyone knew that the captain's life was not in danger, so no one showed any excitement.

What everyone needs to do next is "ship building", not to build a ship that can sail on its own, but to consider the possible long-distance sailing, and the position in the mouth of the sea beast is very uncomfortable, so everyone If you want to build a "house" on the back of a sea monster and use the sea monster as a boat, you and others can stay in the house.

Although the area of ​​​​the island is not very large, it is still rich in materials. The "house" has already begun to take shape. After it is completely built, just design a buckle to fix it on the back of the sea beast.

At noon, the sea beast surfaced, spat out a large amount of fish and shrimp towards the shore, and then dived down again. Not only did it catch its own food, it also helped provide for the people on the shore.

Pu'er was very satisfied with its performance, but it already had Aceros, so she didn't plan to take it back to Wien. She decided to disarm it after she and others arrived in a safe area with a teleportation circle. The prison gave it freedom, and at the same time gave it some good things as a reward. As for what to give, Karen didn't know, and Pu'er didn't elaborate.

At dusk, everyone stopped building the "house" and prepared to have a seafood barbecue dinner. During the barbecue, something unexpected happened. First, the sea beast spit out big bubbles underwater, and then the vigilant Muri on the shore came. Got the signal.

It's not a signal of approaching danger, it just means there's a situation.

After a while, Muri helped two people over. They were both familiar people. One was Ansi, the captain of the security team of the observation group, and the other was Mota.

The two people looked haggard, Mota was a little exhausted, and Ansi was injured, but they were still conscious when they were rescued.

Ansi sat there with a somewhat numb expression.

Motta took the initiative to start the exchange. The result of that naval battle actually did not need to be said. The Luna Cult fleet suffered a disastrous defeat, and the flagship ordered a breakout, which failed;

In the end, the flagship was sunk, and except for a few warships who were able to escape in the chaos, most of the ships were blown into pieces and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Motta cleverly avoided the fact that Karen and others chose to escape at the beginning of the naval battle, because it was pointless to discuss it at this time. Besides, they were able to escape successfully and float here holding the plank. , obviously not someone who fights until the last minute.

"Alas." Mota sighed and smiled bitterly, "Now we can only go back to the Mipos Islands first."

Karen said: "I have two questions to ask you."

"Speak, Captain Cullen."

"First, which person or item in my team did you leave a sensor mark on?"

Karen doesn't believe that Mota floated to the island where everyone is now by chance. He must have a clear sense of direction.

Motta answered honestly: "I gave Mr. Mas a formation stone."

"This..." Mas blushed angrily, "The rough stone is in my backpack, and you actually..."

Karen raised his hand and signaled Mas to stop talking. He would not blame Mas for this because Motta gave away many gifts.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mas." Mota apologized to Mas, then looked at Karen again, "Captain Karen, second question?"

"The second question is, why do you think that the Mipos Islands are still in the hands of the Luna Cult?"

…

"Wow..."

Neo stood up from the waterbed and touched the location of his previous penetrating injury with the palm of his hand. At this time, the place had been filled with new blood and flesh. It seemed that except for the skin of the area as large as the mouth of the bowl, which looked a little white and tender, there was nothing else. abnormal.

"Do you know the side effects of always moving your heart out of position?"

"What, Captain?"

Richard also sat up from the bed. He had been itching for a few days, and now the wound was almost healed.

Neo said: "The beating position of the heart has changed, making it easier to lose sleep."

"Then why don't you change it back?"

"Forget it, I won't change it. I finally overcame this problem. If I change it back, I'll lose sleep again. Just keep it fixed like this. It will confuse the opponent and there is one less weakness to be restrained."

"The leader is wise."

"Why are you recovering so slowly?"

"I don't know, maybe Jerry was frightened by Karen after that heat, and fell into a deep sleep for a few days, and he just woke up now."

"You should communicate more with it. It's best to make an agreement with it. You can eat some bugs to replenish it regularly."

"I understand, Captain."

"Okay, get up. Alas, it's a pity that I didn't make it to the battlefield."

"No." Richard also looked regretful, "I still want to go back to my grandfather and father to brag after I go to the battlefield."

"They don't know that you didn't go up but were lying here incubating eggs."

"Um?"

"What I mean is that you can still brag to your father after you go back. Believe me, your father will definitely look at you with admiration. After all, you are now a person who has seen the world."

"What you say makes sense."

Neo put on the divine robe, yawned, and looked at Richard: "I really want to drink some hot blood to replenish my body now."

Richard shivered.

"Just saying, I'm a bloodthirsty monster. It's normal to want to drink human blood, although I can't help it."

"Captain, do you think it's strange? I don't feel anything when I'm lying on the bed. I want to feel more comfortable as soon as I get out of bed."

"Then you go."

"I want to go outside to release my bad luck."

"Um?"

"The location of the palace where we are now is the highest point of the Mipos Islands. I want to stand there and release, so that I will have the pleasure of the holy land developing excellently under my water."

Neo picked up a pack of cigarettes left by Karen, took out one and lit it, blew out a smoke ring, and said to Richard:

"If I were your father, I would also want to beat you."

"You mean you think it's too vulgar?"

"No, I mean... together."

The two people walked out of the room and came to the back garden of the palace, which faced the sea. The guards and servants could be seen outside the green belt in the distance.

After Neo came out, he felt that the monitoring array here was still open, and there were two eyes on the top of the palace looking at this place. Obviously, the people of the Moon God Cult had not given up monitoring the two injured people left behind.

Richard is ready to take out his own performance art,

Seeing that Neo didn't move, he said doubtfully:

"Captain?"

"I need to brew it, you can water it first."

"Okay, Captain. Hey, hey, look, Captain, the fleet has made a triumphant return. Let me tell you, I need to get rid of the bad luck. Now good luck comes. As soon as we got up, Karen and the others came back. .”

On the sea level, a fleet appeared, heading towards the main island.

Neo put his palms on his forehead to block the sunlight from interfering with his vision, carefully observed the fleet, then pulled out a dagger from his boot and threw it towards Richard, who reached out to catch it.

"What's wrong, Captain?"

"The fleet is flying the flag of reincarnation. Let's cut off the source of your bad luck."

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I'm not in a good state today, so I'm writing slowly. You can read the next chapter tomorrow morning. I'll write it slowly and slowly.