Chapter 339 The strange Hai
Kaoergeli is a large city that was established less than a century ago, but both its infrastructure and population density have far exceeded the current capital of the Principality of Kema.
Moreover, there are many novel things there that have never been heard of before. Even Captain Harry's airship is common there.
However, it is very difficult to settle there. You have to go through a series of reviews and pay a large amount of money, even for wizard apprentices.
Baidong College is only open to formal wizards and above for free.
"What if it's just a short stay?" Sol asked.
"Then you only need to hand in this number. But it needs to be reviewed regularly." Pound compared a number to Thor.
Thor immediately gave up the idea of going to Calgli as his next stop.
During the conversation, the city wall of Blue Water Bay was already in sight, but Sol had not seen the "Blue Water", nor the Black Water.
"Isn't Blue Water Bay close to the sea?"
"It used to be, but after the war a hundred years ago, the urban area of Blue Water Bay was moved away from the sea. The tide of souls has become more frequent in recent years, and even those who live near the water bay All the villages had to be moved away."
Pound opened the large car window and pointed the direction to Saul, "If you want to go to the beach, just follow that road and go south."
Pound listened. After the introduction, Thor slowly frowned, "Since the seaside has long been uninhabited, why are there still ships docked at the dock there?"
Pound looked bitter, "Because it is cheap, sir. But in the past two years, I am willing to dock at There are fewer and fewer ships in Blue Water Bay, and life is becoming more and more difficult."
Saul swept Pound's ten fingers, "Difficult?"
"Haha," Pound twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, "I'm not I don't do business in this area, I just come here occasionally to visit my wife and children who live here."
Saul naturally didn't care about Pound's personal life. He kept Pound mainly because he wanted to know about the soul tide.
"How much do you know about soul tides?"
"A lot, sir."
Pound's eyes lit up, and he knew that his chance to show off had come!
...
Saul did not enter the urban area of Blue Water Bay in the end. He asked Pound for a horse and silently turned onto the path to the bay halfway.
Although the wealthy businessman Pound regretted not being able to invite Sol to his home, he was more relieved that Sol left.
He told his men to hurry up and wanted to go home as soon as possible, but as soon as the carriage picked up speed, he saw a group of nobles waiting outside the city gate.
"Sir!" outside the car window, the slightly older attendant trembled and said: "Viscount Ellaf, Mrs. Shetterly, Mr. Odu, please come and sit down for a while." Pound was stunned for a moment, and then vomited out a long breath
. One breath.
On the other side, when Sol arrived at the beach, the sky was already gray.
Thick clouds came into view almost instantly. The sky is still clear on the shore, but there are dark clouds on the sea.
Just like a sharp blade, the sea and the land are divided into two worlds, with clear distinctions.
Only the waves, coated in white foam, occasionally crossed the line. They are like palms struggling for survival, trying hard to climb ashore, but in the end they retreat in despair because of the indifference of the beach.
What was just said was not entirely a metaphor. Thor squinted his eyes and saw that as the waves rose and receded, pairs of pale arms would occasionally appear, clawing at the shore with their knuckles ferociously, only to be quickly scattered by the waves.
"There is indeed a problem with the sea water here."
The sea in the previous life was refreshing and refreshing, but the sea in front of me always gave people a faint feeling of heart palpitations.
Just like you are not looking at the sea from the shore, but a drowning person, who will sink to the bottom of the sea forever at any time.
The farthest point where the sea and the sky merge is also distorted. The pale gray and the deep ink blue gradually merge together, but then swallow each other up.
The skyline is not a straight line but a distorted outline.
After just watching for a moment, Thor felt a little restless in his mental body. He lowered his head, no longer looking at the end of the sky, and only focused on what was in front of him.
"No wonder ordinary people would rather spend huge sums of money to move a city. If they really lived by the sea every day and looked at such a scene, 9 out of 10 people would go crazy." At this time, he was standing some distance away from the sea
. On the cliff, just as he was about to fly to the bottom of the cliff to observe the sea water up close, he heard other sounds mixed with the waves.
It was the sound of shoe soles rubbing against gravel and shells, and the sound of traveling against the waves.
Thor wanted to look around, and finally saw a dozen people on a flat piece of sand below the cliff.
There are men and women in this group, old and young. Each of them had a thick hemp rope tied around their waist, and the hemp rope was tied to a larger stone on the shore.
Their eyes were covered with black scarves, and their feet stepped on wet sand and sometimes knee-deep seawater.
After taking a step or two, they would stop and put their hands into the water or the sand to feel around.
They looked nervous every time they bent over, their knees slightly bent and tensed, ready to exert force at any time. It's like they're not about to bend over, but about to jump.
"Are these people... rushing to sea?"
Thor used flying skills to silently jump off the cliff, and then landed a hundred meters away from those people.
He took a few steps toward the sea and looked down at the spot where the waves had plowed the beach, but found nothing.
"There are very few shells and seaweed here. But there are no traces of human walking. This means that they were not dug up by people who drove to the sea. It is that this inaccessible place originally lacked animals and plants." At this time, Xiaozao suddenly took the initiative to leave
. The back of Sol's neck came out, looking left and right like a flexible little snake.
"What did you find again?"
Xiaozao immediately turned his head in the direction of the waves.
"Is it the smell of death?" Sol thought, and took two more steps towards the sea.
Suddenly he heard a horrified cry from the crowd.
He immediately turned his head to look and saw that one of the men straightened up suddenly, then turned around and ran in the direction of the rope without saying a word.
He didn't stop until he was out of reach of the waves. After only a few steps, I was already so tired that I was bent over and gasping for breath.
Clearly frightened.
Although Thor turned his head and looked over after the other party shouted, his quick reaction and excellent eyes allowed him to see clearly what scared the man.
They were a pair of pale hands, hidden in the same pale waves.
Those hands turned into substance in an instant, and instantly grasped the man's wrist that was groping in the sea water.
So the man fled ashore in terror.
After the man ran away, everyone else stopped and straightened up. They turned their heads covered with black scarves in the direction of the man, also very nervous. But after a few breaths, no one followed the man ashore.
They seemed to be hesitating, hesitating, and reluctant to give up.
It was quiet for another minute. The first person continued to bend down and fumble for something in the sand, then the second, then the third...
Everyone's face was numb, even the children.
The man who was scared away rested for a while on the shore with his knees up, and then stretched the rope again. After making sure that the rope was tied to the stone very well, he walked back to the sea.
"There should be something in the sea that can be sold for money." Thor simply walked over to those people's position, preparing to ask directly.
At this moment, something unexpected happened again.
A boy suddenly slipped and fell into the water. He struggled to stand up, but somehow managed to crawl two steps into the deep water.
After being choked by the waves, he hurriedly pulled the rope around his waist to determine the direction of the shore.
But when he straightened the rope and climbed two more steps in the direction of the rope, he found that the water was deeper.
The parts of his face that were not covered by the black scarf showed a horrified expression, and he obviously didn't know why this was happening.
(End of chapter)