The shadow beneath the sea moved swiftly, stirring up waves.
The sound of the splashing waves and the roar of the sea beasts converged at this moment. This force grew along with the reverberations, intensifying.
"What kind of creature is this, why is it so big, I feel it’s even bigger than Gulada!" Dangross secretly poked its head out, overlooking the shadow drifting beneath the water.
At first, Angel didn’t realize who Dangross was referring to by Gulada; after a while, he recalled that Gulada was the magma giant whale from the Fire Territory.
Upon closer comparison, the shadow below did indeed seem larger than the magma giant whale. Ignoring the external light and refraction influences, the shadow alone was at least over a hundred meters in length.
However, compared to an Island Whale or a Cloud Whale, it’s still quite lacking.
"No need to be so surprised, creatures exceeding a kilometer in length exist in the Devil’s Sea as well," Angel whispered.
A kilometer? Dangross’s drooping eyes instantly widened with astonishment; such a large creature had never been seen even in the Tidal World.
"The Barbarian Cave has a Cloud Whale over a kilometer long, one day I’ll take you to see it." After Angel said this, he didn’t linger any longer and turned toward the coordinate point. As for the giant beast under the water, it was unnecessary to engage with it.
Since their target point wasn’t far, Angel was too lazy to bring out the Gondola and simply had Speedy fly him over.
About two minutes later, Angel vaguely saw a vortex bifurcation appearing on the sea surface below.
According to Cindy’s description, the vicinity of the Reef Island they were on, due to the scouring and circulation of ocean currents, was filled with vortices of various sizes. Seeing the whirlpools signaled that the destination wasn’t far.
Sure enough, flying towards the center along the vortex belt, within seconds, black and gray reefs protruding from the water at different heights came into view.
On the largest piece of reef among them, Angel saw the glow of a bonfire.
Without hesitation, Angel directly landed on this reef.
As soon as he landed, several figures welcomed him.
Standing at the forefront was Cindy. However, Cindy looked at Angel with a puzzled and guarded expression and after a moment spoke, "Who, who are you?"
Angel consistently used the image of red hair and golden eyes, and it was Cindy’s first time meeting him, so she didn’t recognize him.
Before Angel could answer, a familiar laugh came from behind Cindy: "Who else could it be, coming over at this time, besides an enemy, it’s only Angel."
Cindy and a few companions glanced at each other, then bowed in unison with respect, "Lord Pat."
Angel casually nodded and then walked past Cindy, looking at the lazy gray-haired old man not far away.
"Why is Wizard Nis here too?" Angel asked, puzzled.
It was Nis who had reminded Cindy and the others that "the visitor was Angel."
Nis waved his hand, looking listless: "I didn’t want to come, but you had just gone offline, and then Dororo came online."
Dororo had come online initially to help Jon’s tree group development team with an update forecast, but because the last time he went offline was at Nis’s attic, he reappeared right in front of Nis again this time.
At that time, Ironclad Granny hadn’t left yet; she decided to inform Dororo about the situation in the Mist Belt, to see if Dororo could prophesy anything again.
"And then? What did Dororo see?" Angel inquired curiously.
Nis sighed deeply: "He didn’t see anything, but he said one thing to the granny."
Pointing at Nis, Dororo told Ironclad Granny, "Perhaps he should go take a look."
And so, Nis came.
"I asked him why he wanted me to come, but he couldn’t say a reason," Nis looked at Angel, his eyes suddenly brightening, "Why don’t you come online and ask him for me?"
"He might not have told you simply because he doesn’t know the reason either," Angel said. "But I suspect he wouldn’t tell you to come for no reason; maybe there’s something here you need, an opportunity for you?"
"Granny guessed the same, which is why I came." Nis muttered softly, "If this guess is wrong, I’m going to ask Dororo for compensation."
Compensation? Angel looked at Nis with a puzzled expression.
"Don’t portal corridors cost nothing? I funded all the consumables for opening the plane corridor myself." Nis said, full of heartache. Angel was close to the Devil’s Sea, so he could fly straight over. But not for Nis; to get here quickly, the plane corridor was the only option.
Watching Nis’s act, Angel smiled and shook his head, not bothered to respond.
"Let’s not talk about this, where’s Reynaud?" After a brief greeting, Angel got to the point.
Nis stepped aside, revealing the campfire not far away: "Over there."
The light of the campfire illuminated a glowing soul sitting cross-legged on a stone, back facing the group, silently gazing at the distant sea.
Recognizing the familiar silhouette, Angel was sure it was Reynaud.
No one knew what had happened; the joyful Reynaud they had seen at Fangling Hall before now appeared dispirited and dejected.
Angel approached Reynaud, preparing to talk to him.
But even before reaching Reynaud, a buzzing sound came from the distant sea.
"It’s that Mist Sea Beast!"
"Why is it here again? Quick, quick, get down."
"Why lie down? It’s not like yesterday, when there were only four of us."
"Yeah, with the two lords here, what’s a Mist Sea Beast?"
The apprentices were all ready to extinguish the bonfire and lie down on the ground, but realizing the situation had changed with Angel and Nis present, they immediately pulled their buried heads out of the sand with newfound arrogance.
Ignoring these wizard apprentices, Angel and Nis turned their heads to the source of the buzzing.
"Didn’t expect it to be so persistent, still chasing us," Angel said quietly.