Chapter 127 (1/2)

Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Washed Up Omen <hr />

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The only stop we made was at the stable to pick out a few horses for our trip after going through the teleportation gate We needed to go a bit out of the way to find horses accustoates, which caused Professor Gideon to fidget with ihout the trip He said very little after going through the teleportation gate, only snapping at the reigns of his black steed to go faster Soon, we arrived at a rather thin trail with the Forest of Elshi+re to our left I could see the thin fog spilling over onto our trail, ht, there was a thin strea the border of the Elshi+re Forest and the edge of the Beast Glades

Emily sat behind Himes on a white stallion as I rode with Varay on a particularly gentle brown horse, leaving us with little else to do but talk However, we rode in silence most of the trip; it was hard to talk over the sound of our horses’ hoofbeats clicking on the ground

Eventually, the familiar, briny smell of the ocean filled the air I could al breezes that whipped against my face While the weather was cool, it was obvious that it was growingto rimy

“We’re almost here!” Professor Gideon yelled over the howl of the wind Soon, the trees thatapart, and eventually clearing up to a wide plain of wild grass and shrubs

The ocean ca froe of the shore The strength and speed of the winds grew stronger the closer we got to our destination, soon drowning out the sound of our horses’ gallop Large rocks began popping up rass that sandwiched us on both sides until we had stopped our horses on the edge of a rocky ledge that overlooked the shore

I had to shi+eld ainst the sharp, sand-filled winds that cut against my body I was about to ask if we had arrived when I spotted soous boat, or rather, as left of it As the waves lapped against its metal exterior, I couldn’t help but feel like I had seen it before, when it suddenly popped into asped, peeking out from underneath my cloak as I turned to Professor Gideon

“No,” he said, his voice barely audible against the wind “It’s worse”

“Wait, it’s not the Dicatheous?” I asked, taking another glance at the familiar shi+p to make sure

While I wasn’t able to see the departure of the monumental shi+p because it overlapped with the start of my second year at Xyrus Acade constructed I could still remember quite clearly the first time I had laid eyes on the mysterious craft that spewed black son To be able to carry hundreds of people and still traverse the unknown dangers of the ocean, it was hard to believe it at that time

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“What do you s, her hand resting firmly on the pommel of the thin sword strapped to her waist

“Leave the horses here We’ll need to go on foot if ant to get to that wreckage site” Ignoring us both, Professor Gideon swung his leg over his horse, dis!”

I opened ain, exasperated by how constantly the professor kept doing things at his own pace, disregarding everyone else However, with a consoling squeeze on the shoulder froh and we followed Professor Gideon The old inventor was alreadyhis way down the rocky slope to the shore rather nimbly despite hoet the rocks were Varay and Himes trailed closely behind, both of theer as they easily hopped fro to need the shi+p completely out of the water Can either one of you ladies do the honors?” Professor Gideon turned his head, switching glances between Varay and me

My hand shot up in the air

“Letwhat Master Aldir had constantly warned aveto work The task wasn’t hard for her; with a sih to reveal the whole shi+p, then she took a moment to conjure a wall of ice around the re back in

Varay h and alaze in awe

Perhaps it was because I had only seen the Dicatheous during its construction, but many of the features I ree metal frame and e contraption Regardless, neither of these twolike the wooden sailboats that I was accustoe craft led me to notice the reason why it had been stranded here, partly sunken, in the first place Apart from the more obvious dents that had deformed the base of the shi+p, there were rows of puncture marks as well

“Don’t those kind of look likebitetoward the side of the shi+p

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“Dang, i the monster was to have a hed

I couldn’t help but grow iant boat If it truly was not Dicatheous, then as it? Who had built it? For what purpose did it come to this continent?

Another observation I dreas that, while the thick es, it didn’t seens of rust that I knew happened to

“Well then, on we go,” Professor Gideon grunted, stepping into one of the larger holes that had punctured through the bottom of the shi+p

“Wait” Varay held up her arm to halt the professor Before he could respond, the lance sent a large pulse of ns of life,” she confir on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom