The dark blue has gradually turned into darkness, and the sunlight shining from above is difficult to extend deeper, but it is not completely dark here, and from time to time you can see glowing scaleless fish and crab-like sea monsters holding two colorful lanterns, etc., which embellish the deep sea in a dim and mysterious and eerie.
After Lucian and Natasha left Doris, they followed a strange ocean current that was completely different from other people, diving into the depths of the ocean, seeing this wonderful scenery that was different from the shallow sea, and feeling the increasing water pressure around them, as if they were about to crush themselves to pieces.
As a result, there were layers of slightly rippling light around Lucian, blocking the sea water and pressure, making him seem to be in another world.
And Natasha seemed to be surrounded by tiny and ferocious sword light, abruptly splitting into a mass of "territory" under her own control, and exchanging necessary things with the surrounding seawater.
After diving another hundred meters, Lucian suddenly stopped and said through a psychic connection: "I want to measure all the environmental parameters here, look around."
Natasha nodded slightly, a silver-gray unpatterned long sword was raised, and all fluctuations and swaying nearby stopped immediately.
At this depth, there were no more peculiar sea creatures that could glow on their own, and the surroundings were pitch black, without the slightest light or sound.
In such an environment, any intelligent life with a normal mind will have inexplicable fear, as if there are sea monsters lurking in this dark sea that brings great pressure, waiting for an opportunity to swim over at any time.
"Aren't you in a hurry to go to the 'Blue Gate'?" Natasha was very puzzled when she saw that Lucian was still experimenting at this time, "Whether it is really related to the weirdness in the depths of the endless ocean, at least it is the most important clue so far."
Lucian threw out the "Experimental Hut" and turned it into a complete laboratory, and then a faint silvery-white light wrapped it in a layer of silver-white light so that it would not be eroded by seawater.
"For me, collecting these environmental parameters is just as important, if not more important, than exploring the 'Blue Gate'. In arcane research, a large amount of comparative data is the key to solving the mystery." Lucian replied casually, and then his gaze shifted to the "experimental hut", and his expression quickly became focused.
Natasha didn't ask any more, after all, this was not her area of expertise, and at this time, she believed that authority and "expert professors" were the only options.
She holds the "Sword of Truth" and swims nearby like a mermaid to prevent sudden attacks from deep-sea monsters.
Although she is an epic knight, strong-willed and intuitive, in this deep sea where the water pressure is terrifying and the light disappears, all kinds of feelings about the environment will be greatly reduced, and the slightest carelessness will lead to omissions - even if Lucian blesses her with spells such as "Otherworldly Protection Bubble", it is only equivalent to land within a certain range and cannot extend further.
In the quiet deep sea, Lucian was engrossed in experiments, occasionally a sea monster that sensed the invasion of strangers attacked with tentacles or pincers, but most of them slipped away silently under Natasha's "gaze", while a few guys who were fainted by the desire to kill turned into countless tiny pieces of meat after a silver-gray sword light, cheapening the weak fish nearby.
In this way, Lucian continued to stop to conduct experiments and collect data while following the strange currents that penetrated deep into the seabed.
Grunt, grunt, Natasha, who was guarding next to Lucian, suddenly noticed a small movement, and it seemed that many creatures were rushing along another ocean current.
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One by one, the fish-headed human monsters covered in silver and gray scales carried elves with dark blue skin and pointed ears rapidly through the ocean current, with their strength, they could not withstand this deep-sea pressure, but there were priests holding staff in the team, and they joined forces to create a huge bubble that transferred the pressure to it.
"I don't know when I will arrive at the 'Blue Gate'?" A Kou Tao fish-man warrior asked the priest next to him impatiently.
As a place of miracles widely spread among the Sea Tribe, the "Blue Gate" has been praised by generations of Kotao Fishmen, Gypsis Fishmen, Sea Elves, Deep-Sea Wurls, Mutant Seahorses, etc., and is their long-awaited dream home.
The priest next to him couldn't hide his excitement: "According to Her Highness Doris's description, it will take about half a day to go."
The questioning Kou Tao fishman stared at a pair of glowing dead fish eyes, and slammed the sea elf captive he was carrying with his trident: "Swim quickly!"
The sea elf's eyes were so angry that they seemed to spew flames stared at the Kou Tao fishman, as if he wanted to fight it to the death.
"What are you looking at? You are prisoners, be careful I will eat you now!" Kotao Fishman's recipe undoubtedly includes sea elves.
The female sea elf's voice was crisp but sad and indignant: "Her Majesty the Empress will come to save us!"
"Hmph, if Your Empress can save you, she will save you at that time, although she relied on a dirty conspiracy to block Your Majesty, she has no spare strength to save you!" This Kou Tao fishman was annoyed when he thought of that battle that was almost won, how could the elf queen become so powerful?
The female sea elf's eyes darkened, and she said comfortingly: "Her Majesty the Empress wants to use you to find the 'Blue Gate', so she won't save her for the time being, maybe she is following you now!"
During this time, she heard these damn fishmen discussing the "Azure Gate" every day, and she was extremely curious.
"Haha, do you believe what you say? How could she know in advance that we were coming to the 'Blue Gate'!" Kou Tao Fishman pierced the small hope of this sea elf, making her have to think about her possible tragic experience, will the big bad guy Herkes be used as the material to open the "Blue Gate"?
Just in her despair, a silvery-white light suddenly appeared in the dark sea water in front of her.
It is bright and pure, and it is like a "heavenly mountain" descending into the world on the dark seabed at a depth of several thousand meters.
"That's ......" The sea elf's heart vibrated, and he looked there with a somewhat blank expression, vaguely seeing a metal house in the light?
Oh, metal houses?
There are metal houses in the depths of the dark ocean?
A strong hope surged in her heart, could it be Helks' enemy?
At this time, a small silver-gray sword light was suddenly reflected in her wide eyes, which quickly grew from small to large, occupying the entire field of vision.
The female sea elf felt that there were countless sword lights that cut everything around her, but there was only that indifferent and cold vast light in her sight, the bubbles shattered, and the Kou Tao fishmen, mutant seahorses, jellyfish and various sea tribes were shattered.
When the sword light disappeared, the female sea elf found that except for herself and other captives and a priest, all the other sea tribes had turned into tiny flesh and blood, and ferocious illusory sword lights were still wandering on them.
"Are you okay?" A pleasant female voice with a little care and majesty sounded in the ears of these sea elves.
The female sea elf came back from the shock and inexplicable, and saw a heroic purple-haired female knight floating in front of her, with a smiling expression and gentle eyes.
For some reason, her heart suddenly warmed up, and the grievances and accumulated despair she had suffered during this period of time surged up, choked up: "Are you here to save us?"
She felt that the female knight's left hand, which did not hold the sword, touched her head, so her tears flowed even more wantonly.
"I am Natasha from the Kingdom of Holm, an ally of the Elven Court, and I happened to meet you." Natasha simply identified herself, "Can you tell me about what happened to you?"
"That day, that big bad guy Helkes raided the sea area we control......" The female sea elf sobbed, recounting the matter as it was.
After hearing this, Natasha said to Lucian through the psychic connection: "It's basically the same as what Doris said, but there are a lot of details, it can be seen that Helkes is really seriously injured, maybe he brought the captives to the 'Blue Gate' to recover quickly?"
Lucian received a reminder from Natasha when the group of Kotao Fishmen approached, not because they were dangerous, but because there might be important information, at this time, he nodded lightly and said, "Don't rule out this possibility, ask the priest again."
The female sea elf had only now discovered that there was another man in the sea in the distance, his black double-breasted long dress was set off by the darkness and light of the deep sea, revealing a hint of mystery and darkness, and his handsome and gentle face was very familiar.
"Yi, Master Evans?" Although she didn't know much about things on the shore, as a music-loving elf, how could she not have heard of Lucian Evans' name or seen his portrait?
"The Great Arcanist of the Magic Council...... She completely relaxed, this time she was really saved, so she cried even harder.
After asking the priest, Lucian said to the sea elves: "We will go to the 'Blue Gate' to take a look, and if possible, we will rescue your people."
These sea elves were about to thank them with joy and emotion, but they heard Lucian say: "But before that, I hope you forget us."
"What?" These sea elves raised their heads, as if they had a hallucination that Lord Evans had suddenly arrived in front of them and the others, allowing them to see his eyes clearly, those deep and calm eyes like the deep sea......
The sea elves left in a daze, and Lucian said to Natasha: "My data collection is almost done, the 'Blue Gate' is not far from here, let's sneak over and take a look."
"Well, be careful." Although Natasha is a charge-type knight, she is still very cautious before fighting.
The two gradually went deeper, seemingly getting closer and closer to the bottom of the sea, and suddenly, a strange and huge hole appeared in front of them, a hole without a drop of seawater within a few hundred kilometers.
With a faint azure gate in the distance as the center of the circle, the surrounding sea water seems to be drained, and the sea water next to it is inaccessible, only strange reefs and loose sand and gravel prove that this is the bottom of the sea.
"I also plan to turn into a deep-sea fish and dive to scout first, it seems that I have to find another way." Lucian's expression became a little solemn.
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