Chapter 314 Entering the Sea of Smoke
The sailor's cry was like a thunder in the flat, making the quiet cabin and deck in the early morning instantly lively.
bang bang bang...
All the adventurers who were resting in the cabin ran out, and the dozing sailors on the deck suddenly shuddered and became more energetic.
"what?"
"Has the sea of smoke arrived?"
"Is this the 'land of the devil'?"
Many people on the big ship poured onto the deck and looked into the distance.
Although Volantis is very close to this ancient and mysterious lost civilization, and they have all heard of such a name, almost everyone present is only the first time to come to this vast sea of smoke, and the fleet is usually very far away from here. Far away will be quickly bypassed.
This is a sea of smoke and lava.
Legend has it that before the apocalypse, the Sea of Smoke used to be a land linking the continent of Essos.
However, the catastrophe of the 'wrath of the gods' shattered the Valyrian Peninsula, smashed the continent into pieces, and the sea water poured into the sunken earth, forming the current sea of smoke.
The sea water here boils all the year round as if it were boiled. There are spewing volcanoes and smoking rock reefs everywhere under the sea water. There may even be demons and sea monsters in the legend.
Viserys and Mia naturally ran out, but the two men and women did not live in the same cabin. Viserys and the other three male adventurers stayed in the same cabin to rest, while Mia and the few The female adventurers got together.
For the boring and boring life at sea, such a division can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles.
Yesterday, a mercenary who couldn't control his lower body sneaked over to the woman's side. However, these female mercenaries were naturally not vegetarian, and were directly caught and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
"So this is what the sea of smoke looks like."
The ships were lined up and continued to sail forward, and after a while, they got closer, and they could see clearly even without binoculars, and then some adventurers sighed.
Viserys also looked into the distance with his hands on the board.
There is a place that is clear and turbid from the sky, and the gray fog is constantly rolling, like a huge monster is breathing heavily, making people shudder.
You can even vaguely see the shadow of lightning and thunder in the gray fog.
"The sea of smoke is too big, I'm afraid it will eat us in one bite."
And the red-haired girl standing beside Viserys couldn't help but sigh with her hand on the railing.
Her voice was a little low and depressed, and she said what all the mercenaries around her were saying.
This continuously rolling gray fog is like the abyss opened by the devil, and the expedition team of 1000 people on 20 warships looks mighty.
However, in front of the constantly rolling gray fog covering the sky and covering the sun, it was as small as a small ant, and the other party could swallow them all without any effort.
"Gods bless, I hope this time I can come back alive!"
Then someone started to pray for the first time, and then all kinds of voices rang together.
"Great Lord of Light"
"Weeping lady, you."
Some prayed to the Lord of Light, some prayed to the Weeping Lady of Rhys, also to the Black Goat God, and even to the Seven Gods.
However, the believers of the Lord of Light accounted for the vast majority of them.
R'hllor's belief is extremely popular in Volantis, and it is generally in the middle and lower classes. Most of his followers are poor or slaves, and even half of the tiger robes are followers of the Lord of Light.
But the red-haired girl is not included, she is not religious.
Because she has experienced hardships since childhood, she prayed to the gods countless times, but she never got an answer.
From then on, she knew that she had to rely on herself for everything, and it was impossible to ask the gods to get any response.
That's why she fought back at that time, cut off the other party's thing and fed it to the dog.
Twenty warships are still constantly approaching the huge mouth of the abyss filled with gray fog, and the sunlight above everyone's heads is slowly being blocked, and the light is gradually dimmed.
"It's getting closer."
The voices of the people's prayers became hurried.
And there are many people on the deck who regret not wanting to die, and they strongly demand that the fleet turn around and return to Volantis.
However, the Tiger Party is very generous when it comes to spending money as an employer, and this action can almost be regarded as a waste of money.
Such a huge expedition was organized without hesitation, the money was spent in place, and the mercenaries also took the money, so naturally they would not be lenient at this time.
The slave guards on the ship first warned a few adventurers who were making trouble, and then grabbed those who didn't listen to the warning and threw them off the big ship.
Below the boat is the gradually boiling dark sea water. The mercenary who was about to be thrown off the boat kept begging for mercy, but he was indifferent, and was finally thrown down by several guards, making a shrill scream.
Then it was quickly submerged by the sea water, and disappeared without even fluttering a few times.
Everyone on the boat witnessed this scene and their expressions changed slightly.
It was only then that some people finally realized that the rich rewards given by this expedition were not so easy to get.
That bought their lives in advance.
And Viserys frowned slightly as he looked at the place where the man who was thrown into the sea disappeared, the ship was still moving forward, and the surroundings had become gray.
Viserys looked behind, the lavender light in his eyes surging, his eyes were very good, because he saw that there seemed to be a head there, and he was staring blankly at the direction the ship was leaving.
"Is that the person just now?"
Viserys clenched his fists, but his inner vigilance suddenly increased.
No one noticed this little detail, except himself.
He had already sensed the dangerous breath of the sea of smoke.
Just now that person was like a ghost, with a head exposed on the sea.
A ghost lurk on the expedition's boat?
Or did he die when he fell, and then transformed into an inhuman creature for a short period of time?
The thoughts in Viserys' mind twitched, imagining what the man looked like when he was thrown off the boat, but he couldn't find any flaws.
"Varyrian ghost?"
Viserys suddenly thought of the legend he had heard earlier.
The people of Elia and Toros claim that Valyria's ghost is bound to the land, and they seek vengeance on those who dared to trespass.
"Bellerion."
The silver-haired young man suddenly felt a sense of unease in his heart, and then softly called his black dragon in his heart.
"Ho-"
In his consciousness, the black dragon quickly replied to Viserys' call.
It rested now on an island not far from the Sea of Smoke, and flew in to rescue him whenever Viserys summoned it.
After receiving Bellerion's response, Viserys breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the gray fog had not blocked the special perception ability between them.
"You don't need to pray either, Aemon."
At this moment, Mia's voice rang in Viserys' ears.