Chapter 339 The Strange Sea
Kaulig City is a metropolis that has been established for less than a hundred years, but its infrastructure and population density already far exceed that of the current royal capital of the Kema Principality.
Moreover, there are many novel things there that have never been heard of, and even Captain Harry's airship is commonplace there.
However, settling there is very difficult, requiring a series of reviews and a large sum of money, even for wizard apprentices.
Byton Academy is only open to formal wizards and above for free.
"What if it's just a short stay?" Saul asked.
"Then you only need to pay this amount. However, you need to be reviewed regularly." Pound held up a number to Saul.
Saul immediately gave up the idea of going to Kaulig City for the next stop.
During the conversation, the walls of Blue Water Bay were already close at hand, but Saul had not yet seen "Blue Water," nor had he seen "Black Water."
"Isn't Blue Water Bay by the sea?"
"It used to be, but after the war a hundred years ago, the urban area of Blue Water Bay moved to a place far away from the sea. In recent years, soul tides have become more frequent, and even the villages near the bay have had to move away."
Pound opened the wide car window and pointed Saul in a direction, "If you want to go to the seaside, just follow that road and go south."
Listening to Pound's introduction, Saul slowly frowned, "Since the seaside is already uninhabited, why are there still ships docked at the pier there?"
Pound looked bitter, "Because it's cheap, sir. However, in the past two years, fewer and fewer ships are willing to dock in Blue Water Bay, and life is becoming more and more difficult."
Saul scanned Pound's ten fingers, "Difficult?"
"Haha," Pound awkwardly twitched the corner of his mouth, "I don't do business in this area. I just come occasionally to see my wife and children who live here."
Saul naturally didn't care about Pound's private life. He kept Pound mainly to learn about soul tides.
"How much do you know about soul tides?"
"A lot, sir."
Pound's eyes lit up, he knew his chance to perform had come!
… …
In the end, Saul did not enter the urban area of Blue Water Bay. He asked Pound for a horse and silently turned onto the path to the bay halfway.
Although the wealthy businessman Pound regretted not being able to invite Saul to sit in his house, he was even more relieved by Saul's departure.
He ordered his men to hurry up, wanting to go home as soon as possible, but as soon as the carriage accelerated, he saw a group of nobles waiting outside the city gate entrance.
"Sir!" Outside the car window, a slightly older servant said with a slight tremor: "Viscount Iraff, Mrs. Shetley, and Mr. Odo invite you to come over for a while."
Pound was stunned for a moment, then let out a long breath.
On the other side, when Saul arrived at the seaside, the sky was already getting dark.
Heavy clouds instantly caught his eye. The shore was still clear, but the sea was covered with dark clouds.
It was as if a sharp blade divided the sea and the land into two distinct worlds.
Only waves wrapped in white foam occasionally crossed the line. They were like hands struggling for survival, trying hard to climb ashore, but ultimately retreating in despair because of the indifference of the beach.
What he had just witnessed was not entirely a metaphor. Saul squinted his eyes and saw that between the ebb and flow of the waves, pairs of pale arms occasionally appeared, their knuckles ferociously grabbing towards the shore, only to be quickly scattered by the waves.
"There is indeed something wrong with the sea water here."
The sea in his previous life was pleasing to the eye, but the sea in front of him always gave people a faint feeling of palpitation.
It was as if you were not watching the sea on the shore, but a drowning person who could sink to the bottom of the sea forever at any time.
The junction of the sea and sky in the farthest distance was also distorted, with pale gray and deep dark blue gradually merging together, yet devouring each other.
The skyline was not a straight line, but a distorted outline.
Just by looking at it for a while, Saul felt that his spiritual body was a little restless. He lowered his head and stopped looking at the end of the sky, focusing only on what was in front of him.
"No wonder ordinary people are willing to spend huge sums of money to move a city away. If you really live by the sea every day and look at such a scene, 9 out of 10 people will go crazy."
At this time, he was standing on a cliff some distance away from the sea, preparing to fly to the bottom of the cliff to observe the sea water at close range, when he heard other sounds mixed in with the waves.
It was the sound of soles of shoes rubbing against sand and shells, as well as the sound of moving against the waves.
Saul wanted to look around, and finally saw a dozen people on a flat sandy area below the cliff.
This group of people included men and women, old and young. Each of them had a thick hemp rope tied around their waist, and the rope was tied to a larger stone on the shore.
Their eyes were covered with black cloths, and their feet stepped on the wet sand, sometimes stepping into knee-deep sea water.
They would stop every one or two steps, reaching into the sea water or sand to grope.
Each time they bent over, they seemed very nervous, their knees slightly bent and tense, ready to exert force. It was as if they were not going to bend over, but were preparing to jump.
"These people... are they beachcombing?"
Saul used flight magic to jump silently from the cliff, and then landed a hundred meters away from those people.
He took a few steps towards the sea, lowered his head and looked at the area of the beach plowed by the waves, and found nothing.
"There are very few shells and seaweed here. But there are no traces of people walking. This shows that they were not dug away by beachcombers. Rather, this deserted place originally lacked plants and animals."
At this moment, Little Algae suddenly took the initiative to emerge from the back of Saul's neck, looking left and right like a nimble little snake.
"What did you find again?"
Little Algae immediately turned its head towards the waves.
"Is it the aura of death?" Saul thought, and took two more steps towards the sea.
Suddenly, he heard a terrified scream from the crowd.
He immediately turned his head to look and saw one of the men suddenly straightening up, then turning around and running towards the rope without saying a word.
He didn't stop until he reached a place where the waves couldn't touch him. He was so tired that he bent over and gasped for breath even though it was only a few steps away.
Obviously, he was quite frightened.
Although Saul only turned his head after the other party screamed, his keen reaction and excellent eyesight allowed him to see what had frightened the man.
It was a pair of pale hands hidden in the equally pale waves.
The pair of hands materialized in an instant, instantly grabbing the man's wrist as he was groping in the sea water.
That was why the man fled to the shore in terror.
After the man ran away, everyone else stopped and straightened up. They turned their heads covered with black cloths in the direction of the man, also very nervous. But after a few breaths, no one followed the man ashore.
They seemed to be hesitant, reluctant, and unwilling to give up.
After another minute of silence, the first person continued to bend over and grope for things in the sand, then the second, the third…
Everyone's face was numb, even the children.
And the man who had been scared away, after resting on the shore with his knees for a while, actually stretched the rope again, and after confirming that the rope was tied firmly to the stone, he walked back into the sea.
"There should be something in the sea that can be taken to sell for money." Saul simply walked towards the people, preparing to ask directly.
At this moment, another accident occurred.
A boy suddenly slipped and fell into the water. He struggled to stand up, but somehow crawled two steps towards the deep water.
After being choked by a mouthful of water, he panicked and tried to pull the rope around his waist, trying to determine the direction of the shore.
But when he stretched the rope straight and crawled two steps in the direction of the rope, he found that the water was even deeper.
The expression on his face that was not covered by the black cloth revealed horror, obviously not knowing why this was happening.
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