Above the ocean currents, waves surged one after another.
Pitch-black clouds shrouded the entire sky. Although there was no rumbling thunder or coldly gleaming lightning, countless intersecting ripples rose across the sea, like a lake in a downpour.
The tremors and mist rising from the depths of the abyss lent the place an added air of mystery, like an enormous bowl overturned on the ground to seal people inside.
Even on international maps and nautical charts, this region was not regarded as a reference point for determining territorial or maritime boundaries.
Local fishermen familiar with the sea kept an even more respectful distance.
"So this is the Ship Graveyard?"
Looking down at the natural defensive barrier below, Roland spoke with interest.
With Teitoku Kakine, whom he had specially cultivated using magnetic field power, serving as a beacon, along with the traces left by both Ollerus and Gremlin, neither side's destination held any secrets from him.
A little process of elimination within the Blue Dream Company's territory was all it took to reach the conclusion.
These islands piled atop submerged reefs were the location Othinus had chosen to forge her spear.
He had to admit, it was a very clever choice.
Because the nearby waters were the meeting point of multiple ocean currents, there had never been much dispute over sovereignty.
Moreover, this region served as something like an ocean drainpipe. Not only did it contain submerged reefs with complicated terrain, it also trapped considerable amounts of drifting debris. With no economic value whatsoever, it attracted even less attention.
In truth, however, because of the speed and weight of the ocean currents, what gathered in places like this was usually the wreckage of all kinds of ships, unlike an ordinary floating garbage heap.
With metal and steel piled together and submerged