And on the sea far above Sunken City, the special speedboat Edgar was riding was in a stalemate with the Ghost Ship, which exuded endless resentment.
Joseph's scarlet eyes were locked on Victoria, and the twisted smile on his face became more ferocious, "I never expected to meet you here, my dear Highness."
The zombie-like pirates behind him also started to commotion. They let out harsh and strange laughter, and their empty eyes flashed with greed and violence, as if they would pounce at any time and tear the small speedboat and all the people on board into pieces.
Edgar took half a step forward, quietly protecting Victoria behind him. His hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife. "Joseph Wilblood, your opponent is me."
"You?" Joseph seemed to have heard some big joke. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, like a well-educated gentleman. "Who the hell are you? You are just a lackey raised by the kingdom, and you are worthy of talking to me?"
The smile on Joseph's face suddenly faded, and only the cold murderous intent remained in his scarlet eyes. "I just killed your dear little Princess in front of you, what can you do?"
Edgar also knows that he is not his opponent. Now there are only two choices before him, either to abandon the ship and throw Victoria as bait, and others to use their own means to disperse and escape, so as to have hope of survival.
Moreover, their original mission was to assassinate Princess Victoria. If they made this decision, Princess would definitely die anyway. They could complete this difficult task without even having to do it themselves. It was really the best plan.
As for the other option, it is of course a fight to the death.
Edgar's brain was running rapidly, thinking about other feasible solutions, no... there was no need to think about it anymore.
The captain of Special Operations Team sighed, with realization in his eyes.
"I'll count to three. Everyone abandons the ship and flees. I'll take the rear. Philip, use teleportation magic to take His Highness to the direction of Leicester. Don't look back. Run as far away as possible." He no longer hesitated and quickly gave the order.
"Run away?" Anles stared at Victoria and glanced at Victoria a few times with obscure eyes. The meaning was obvious.
But Edgar just shook his head, "Listen to me."
He felt that using Victoria as bait was indeed the best choice, but people don't always choose the best. Edgar could convince himself to carry out the task of assassinating Princess on the pretext of maintaining the peace of the kingdom; but if he watched Joseph kill Victoria, even if it was "for the mission" as an excuse, Edgar would have no way to convince himself.
Anles shrugged, "Okay, I'll go with you."
"I'll stay too." Helena also said.
Edgar didn't know what to say for a moment. He thought that everyone should run away separately. The possibility of Princess Victoria being able to survive was at least slightly greater. Now that they were all staying here to die, Philip didn't know if he could escape from the pirates.
"Don't worry!" Joseph laughed wildly, "None of you can escape, I will let you all meet in hell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was ready to order an attack.
However, at this moment, a huge roar that was difficult to describe in words came from the unfathomable sea bottom beneath their feet without any warning. The sound was not an explosion, but like something ancient that had been sleeping for a long time. It finally woke up from its long sleep and let out its first heavy murmur that shook the world.
Immediately afterwards, the seawater under their feet began to surge violently in a way that was contrary to common sense.
A heart-stoppingly thick pillar of blue light, composed of pure magic power, soared into the sky from the depths of the ocean floor. It easily tore through the thick and viscous sea water, penetrated the surging fog, and under everyone's gaze, rushed straight into the gloomy sky that seemed to be collapsing.
Wherever the light beam passed, the seawater was evaporated, the thick fog was dispersed, and even the dark clouds in the sky were blasted open a huge hole, revealing the deeper darkness behind the hole, which was like the void of the universe.
"Then, what is that?" Anles's eyes widened, disbelief written on his face. Others at Investigation Squad also raised their heads and were completely shocked by the miraculous, yet full of destructive sight in front of them.
Edgar's face was extremely solemn. His hands were tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, and his knuckles were slightly white from the exertion. He could clearly feel that the magic power contained in that beam of light was far beyond what he could understand.
However, contrary to their horror, the moment Joseph saw the beam of light, all the ferocity and murderous intent on his face faded away, replaced by an almost crazy ecstasy that came from the depths of his soul.
"Master, great master!" He opened his arms, looked up to the sky and let out a hoarse and fanatical shout. The voice was full of excitement and expectation that had been suppressed for decades. "My Lord is about to wake up! He will break free from the despicable shackles and return to the world!"
His shout was like a signal, and the zombie-like pirates on Mist Devourer also started to stir. They turned around and knelt down in the direction of the beam of light that penetrated the sky, performing silent worship of the dead in an extremely weird posture.
The changes didn't stop there.
The huge whirlpool that originally swallowed up the Adventurer and Cult of Eternal Life ships now began to reverse in an incredible way. It is no longer swallowing inward, but repelling outward.
An invisible force rose from the depths of the sea floor, pushing the thick and viscous water crazily to both sides. The sea surface seemed to be split open by an invisible giant sword, and the surging waves were forcibly restrained, forming two magnificent high walls made of sea water hundreds of meters high on both sides.
A huge passage wide enough to accommodate several giant ships appeared out of thin air. It was like the Red Sea that was divided by divine power in myths and legends. It went from the storm-raging sea all the way down to the ruins on the seabed shrouded in endless sea water and darkness.
And below the passage, the scene of underwater ruins was clearly exposed to everyone's vision for the first time because of the receding water. The majestic ancient spire that stood quietly in the center of the city was emitting a faint light at the moment, looking both mysterious and full of ominousness.
In the square, Li Wen and others looked up at the forcibly separated sea above their heads in shock. Through the thin water curtain that seemed ready to collapse at any moment, they could clearly see the dark sky above the sea where the storm was raging and dark clouds were rolling.
This feeling was extremely strange, as if the whole world had been turned upside down. They were standing at the bottom of a huge fish tank, looking up at the world outside the tank.
"Oh my god..." The elf girl Sugar in the Fu Qingyan team murmured to herself, her legs feeling weak as she watched this unimaginable scene. The others were almost the same. Even Spade K had forgotten his greed for the artifact at this moment, and only pure, heartfelt shock and fear remained on his face.
At this moment, a dull creaking sound, like rotten wood rubbing against each other, came from above.
Li Wen raised his head, his pupils narrowed.
I saw the Ghost Ship - Mist Devourer, exuding endless resentment and the aura of death, sinking slowly but unswervingly along the seawater channel separated by magic. It was not sailing in the water, but seemed to be suspended, ignoring gravity and buoyancy, and descending towards the underwater ruins in a heart-stopping manner.
At the bow of the ship, the tall figure of Joseph stood quietly, his scarlet eyes looking down at everything below, like a god inspecting his own territory.
Finally, under the horrified gaze of Edgar and others on the sea, and under the solemn gaze of Li Wen and others in the ruins on the seabed, the ancient spire that caused all these changes, its magnificent door made of unknown blue stone that had been closed for hundreds of years, slowly opened inward with a heavy sound that was heartbreaking, like the friction of tectonic plates.
An indescribable, surging, cold, and absolutely oppressive aura poured out from the gap in the open door like a flood.