Devil’s Sea Mist Belt, Uninhabited Island.
Calling this place an island is somewhat a stretch; it resembles more a relatively spacious reef area.
Usually, apart from some marine life washed ashore, this gray-black reef has almost nothing else.
But now, there are a few figures appearing on this reef that’s rarely stepped on by anyone.
"I kind of miss Butterfly Bar’s honey milk barbecue and Fragrant Leaf Melon Seed Wine." A large figure, wearing a red Wizard Robe that fits like a tight suit, looked at the grilled fish on the campfire, reminiscing sorrowfully.
"You’re the only one among us who’s the most gluttonous. I’m starting to doubt whether you’re a Fire Element Apprentice or a culinary Apprentice." said another Apprentice in a purple robe, also sitting by the campfire.
"Who told you having an appetite means you must be from the culinary realm? I just love eating, not cooking."
"If you don’t love cooking, then stop grilling fish, the smoke is making my nose hurt."
"Who told you to implant a dog nose?"
"Damn fatty, I’m warning you again, this is not a dog nose, it’s the nose of a plateau land owl! The sense of smell sensitivity is more than a level higher than a dog’s nose!"
"So what, I was using ’dog nose’ as a metaphor."
On the other side of the campfire, occasionally lit by crackling flames, the outline of a female Apprentice was revealed. With her hand on half her cheek, she looked helplessly at her arguing companions.
She couldn’t help but glance at the black-haired woman napping beside her on the reef: "Cindy went in there, no one to talk to in this damn place, so boring."
As she lamented, a buzzing sound came from the distant sea, the sound was long-lasting, like an eternal echo, accompanied by the surging tide, with a touch of prehistoric age feeling.
However, this resonant sound startled the group by the campfire, causing them to hurriedly extinguish it, restrain their breaths and surrounding warmth, disguising themselves as stones, waiting quietly for the sound to pass.
Yet, the sound grew closer, until it was deafening.
"What’s happening, why hasn’t it disappeared today and is swimming towards us?" The purple-robed Apprentice mouthed soundlessly, questioning the other two with lip language.
The fatty Apprentice pointed at the female Apprentice and then at the sleeping Cindy: "Is it Cindy’s problem?"
The female Apprentice shook her head: "I applied a concealment field to Cindy."
"If it’s not Cindy, what could it be?" The purple-robed Apprentice frowned, given Ferro wasn’t around, if that sound source reached the reef, the few of them couldn’t handle it.
Suddenly, the fatty Apprentice’s eyes widened, lifting his hand to point at a figure by the reef.
Everyone followed the direction of his finger.
At the edge of the reef area, a half-transparent male Soul glows faintly sitting dazedly on a protruding reef rock, staring blankly at the distance.
Even if the fatty Apprentice didn’t speak, everyone realized it, no need to think, that guy must have attracted the sound source.
"Damn, we forgot about him." They communicated silently.
"It didn’t happen in previous days, but the day this guy comes it does, is he a jinx?"
"Talking about it now is useless, think about what to do."
The female Apprentice pondered for a moment: "The sound is still some distance away, I’ll quietly go over and bring that Soul here, there’s a concealment field here, it might still be in time."
The purple-robed Apprentice nodded: "There’s no other choice now, hurry up and act."
The female Apprentice stopped talking, slowly stood up, bent over and dashed towards the Soul.
However, just as she was about to take the Soul away, a terrifying pressure suddenly enveloped the area, catching her off guard and sprawling her on the ground.
"What’s happening? Why did its speed suddenly increase! Bad, we can’t stay here anymore, let’s get on the vehicle and retreat!" The purple-robed Apprentice sensed the pressure too, reacting nearly instantly, pulling out a white feather-woven carpet, laying it on the ground, signaling the fatty to come up.
"I’ll go pull her over, you take Cindy to the flying carpet!"
"But..."
"No buts, just do it!"
With that said, the purple-robed Apprentice, enduring the pressure, quickly moved to the female Apprentice, ready to pull her up and run.
Just as he pulled the female Apprentice up, intending to leave, the faintly glowing Soul turned its head towards them: "What are you doing?"
"Now that you’ve come to your senses, follow us quickly, that thing is coming." The purple-robed Apprentice said.
"You mean the Mist Sea Beast?" The Soul stupidly turned its head, gazing at the distant ocean: "It’s already gone..."
Gone? The purple-robed Apprentice paused, sensing slightly, indeed the surrounding pressure began to weaken, he looked back, and saw the near-sea surface rolling, a faint giant shadow swam past, brushing the Reef Island, swimming towards afar.
Several minutes later, everything returned to normal.
The purple-robed Apprentice was stunned: "What happened? Why did the nearby sea dominator suddenly leave."
Though they hadn’t seen the shadow’s true form, they previously saw it when following Ferro. It’s a huge Sea Beast over a hundred meters long, strongly driven to attack humans, if Ferro hadn’t been there, they might’ve faced severe repercussions then.
Such a terrifying Sea Beast, almost approached the reef, yet they thought they were discovered, but the opposite happened.
This puzzled him.
"Didn’t it notice us?" The fatty walked over, questioning.
The female Apprentice pointed to the Soul: "Even if it didn’t notice us, this guy sat straight at the reef’s edge, without restraining his Soul’s aura, it should have noticed him, right?"
Everyone gazed at the Soul, who remained silent for a moment: "I don’t know what happened, maybe it’s because I was lucky?"
"I don’t believe in luck theory."
"But I do have good luck, hmm... or rather, I feel I’ve always been quite lucky." The Soul, face marked with "X" and "1", said earnestly.