"The human Empire's Magic Crystal Cannons are immensely powerful. Find a way to guide the Imperial Fleet into bombarding the Abyssal Gate, and the Dark Tide will surge forth from Devil's Throat. The Great Sovereign's divine might will engulf the entire world.
"Several Chosen will descend soon to assist your operations. Shadows are our disguise, and clovers are our mark. Long live the Viscera Ripper."
Bai Pu read through the cipher.
"The Naga are plotting something... The question is, where is the Abyssal Gate? Kossasis, do you know?"
Kossasis shook his head blankly.
That made sense. A location involving such a major strategy for their race was beyond the clearance of a captain like Kossasis. Perhaps only a leader-level Naga General was qualified to know.
However, Bai Pu tried to make deductions based on the information already available.
"First, guiding the Imperial Fleet to bombard the Abyssal Gate means it should be near a body of water, one capable of allowing Imperial battleships to pass through."
Bai Pu recalled the map of part of the New Continent that he had seen earlier in Karamango's conference room in New Ironmelt City.
That map was incomplete. Many regions remained unexplored and could only be marked with black mist.
"Along both sides of the Black Algae Mountain Range... from Tefra Giant Claw Mountain all the way to Tidal Sea Cliff in the far west, any of them could be where the Abyssal Gate is located."
The Black Algae Mountain Range, which the Naga called Demon's Ridge, was a magnificent range that jutted out prominently on the map.
On either side of the Black Algae Mountain Range lay two trenches. In terms of both width and depth, they could potentially accommodate battleships.
"The intelligence we have is still insufficient. We need to make a