novelraw Chapter 402: We Join Forces, Princess Yisha!
Chapter 402: We Join Forces, Princess Yisha!
Chen Qi looked up, thinking for a moment.
Undoubtedly, the Goldenfinch Kingdom’s most precious treasure was their beast-taming materials.
Their beast-taming materials were the very best in the world…… Chen Qi blinked, and smiled faintly at the little Golden Flower Fox behind Yisha.
“!!!”
Could this human like me? But I already have an owner! The little Golden Flower Fox snorted, turned its head, and flicked its fluffy tail.
However, besides that, there was one more thing that interested Chen Qi.
That was the Canary Caravan’s purpose in collecting sea beasts.
The Canary Caravan buying sea beasts at high prices within a short period had to mean they were hiding something.
And according to Chen Qi’s speculation, that secret might involve the deep sea, aligning with their search for the Sea God.
If their goal truly involved the deep sea, then the ultimate prize they sought might far exceed their imagination!Chen Qi thought for a moment and answered:
“Some intelligence.”
“Intelligence?”
Yisha blinked and understood everything.
At that moment, the elderly captain of the Canary Caravan immediately said:
“Lady Yisha, your brother specifically instructed that this intelligence must not be leaked, otherwise the consequences……”
“Old man, shut up!”
Yisha turned, took a deep breath:
“Thank you for your help. If you seek the legends of the deep sea, we can discuss it again in Moonstone City.”
The legends of the deep sea…… The Ice Witch slightly lifted her chin, revealing an intrigued look:
“No problem, Miss Yisha.”
Yisha extended her right hand and called out loudly:
“Everyone, return to port!”
After she spoke, the group left the sea and boarded the Canary Caravan’s ship.
On the return trip, the Ice Witch smoothed her hair, disordered from the fight, and said softly:
“Little Black Hair, not bad. On this sea, you truly are a rare talent.”
After saying that, the Ice Witch, like a teacher, gently patted Chen Qi’s shoulder.
Although because of Chen Qi, her adorable disciple Fen’s combat effectiveness had dropped considerably.
But Fen no longer needed to expend lifespan in battle.
At the same time, the Ice Witch discovered that whether in coordination with her or in raw power, Chen Qi was no weaker than the darkened Fen in the fate projections.
Chen Qi had completely replaced the darkened Fen in the fate projection!
More precisely, he even surpassed the darkened Fen in the fate projection!
The praise from Big White Hair…… Chen Qi leaned against the ship’s rail as the Canary attendant handed him fruit:
“Thanks for the compliment, Ice Witch. You’re as reliable as the legends say.
How did you know we would encounter danger?”
“The power of fate projections. This is the Lamp affinity’s rift power.”
The Ice Witch also took a bite of fruit.
Why are these two complimenting each other…… Fen stood at a distance, hands gripping her staff, watching the Ice Witch and Chen Qi, gently biting her lip.
For some reason, she felt an inexplicable ache in her heart.
She couldn’t join the recent fight at all.
The strength the Blood Hunter displayed far exceeded imagination.
And since her teacher’s resurrection, they had always coordinated with Chen Qi.
Now Chen Qi no longer coordinated with her, and her teacher did not, as the prophecy suggested, resist the pirate general during the calamity together with her.
Teacher and Qi……
She felt as if she had lost something.
At the root of it all was that her strength was too weak.
“Teacher!”
Fen stepped forward and used both hands to split apart the praising duo of Chen Qi and the Ice Witch.
Then she bit her lip and raised her voice:
“Teacher…… I…… I want to become stronger! By any means! Teach me greater power!”
As the Ice Witch had said, Chen Qi possessed the potential to rise to Saint!
If Fen didn’t grow stronger, she would always be a frail Alchemist, supporting from the rear with potions!
She didn’t want to become the kind of girl in novels who quietly waited by the sea for her beloved to return.
She wanted to be a witch who faced the great calamity with her teacher and Chen Qi!
The Ice Witch looked at Fen, momentarily at a loss for words.
In the fate projection, Fen had long overdrafted her lifespan through the Flower Witch’s techniques and was doomed to die.
Therefore, the Ice Witch had continued to teach Fen many lifespan-overdrafting techniques to exchange for power, and in the end, after burning all her life, Fen would gain power comparable to the Flower Witch.
But if she didn’t overdraft life, she didn’t know how to let Fen’s floral-affinity spiritual energy ascend in the short term, nor how to enable Fen to possess the capacity to hold a rift.
Not to mention, even with enough materials, her current energy would only suffice to craft one fifth-tier profession card.
As an ascetic, the Ice Witch’s understanding of the floral aspect was far less than her understanding of the Lamp and Ice aspects.
The Ice Witch said:
“First find a way to ascend the floral-affinity spiritual energy.”
Ascend the floral-affinity spiritual energy? Yisha walked over, flicked the royal Thorn Body skill to Fen’s hand, and added:
“The promised reward we discussed earlier.
The king and queen’s skills are the pinnacle of the floral aspect. After learning these two skills, you can quickly complete the floral-affinity spiritual ascension.”
Two skill cards…… Fen looked at the two cards in her hand.
The Canary family was an extraordinary family of flower and heart aspects.
But because she had broken many of the elders’ rules, she rarely received genuinely useful transcendent resources from her family.
She hadn’t expected that with Chen Qi and her teacher’s help, she could again obtain royal resources in this way.
I must learn these two skills quickly and not become a burden…… Fen placed her right hand over her chest and slightly lifted her skirt with her left:
“Thank you, Sister Yisha.”
Sister Yisha? Yisha tilted her head, one hand on her hip, giving Fen a glance.
Soon after, the Canary caravan returned to the ship-street harbor.
Yisha arranged a fine banquet for the exhausted group.
……
Canary Caravan, banquet hall.
After a brief exchange with the Canary captain, Yisha came to stand before the Ice Witch and the Black Hunter.
Having eaten a small dessert to hurry her spiritual ascension, Fen returned early to the Nether Sea Ghost Ship with Water Spirit No. 2.
The Canary captain again warned:
“Lady Yisha……”
After Yisha fed Water Spirit No.1 some jelly:
“Witch Lady, do you still need to eat?”
This person loves pampering beasts so much? The Ice Witch took a small sip of wine:
“No more. Yisha, let’s talk business.”
In front of the Ice Witch, the proud Third Princess easily showed signs of fluster.
“Hmm!”
Yisha reluctantly left Water Spirit No.1’s side and returned to her main seat.
Then she pushed forward a photograph—
Chen Qi took it.
The photo showed stormy weather, and within it loomed an extremely blurred black giant beast, with hundreds of shining deep-sea eyes——
Beneath the giant’s body were endless waves, and below that were countless panicked humans and a city already utterly crushed.
Chen Qi asked in puzzlement:
“What is this?”
Yisha answered:
“The deep-sea beast Kraken, a creature that can traverse rifts, endlessly hungry and driven to seek treasure.
Once, it reached the Goldenfinch Kingdom’s waters, threatened the lives of one hundred thousand people, and swallowed a prosperous sea city whole.
To resist it, my brother released the Canary family’s guardian beast.
Although the Canary family defeated it, the guardian beast’s most important eye was swallowed……
It took that eye, traversed a rift, and returned to the deep sea.”
A deep-sea leviathan from beyond…… A glint of excitement flashed in Chen Qi’s eyes.
Yisha continued:
“To retrieve the guardian beast’s eye, we have been tracking its whereabouts.
Finally, with the help of the Soul Merchant, the Invisible Hand Hayer, we learned that two years ago it arrived at the Witch Sea and was taken in by the Sea God Pirates, treated as a worshipped deity……”
“After being defeated by the guardian beast, the Kraken only retained fourth-tier power, but the rift’s force can revive it, letting it regain fifth-tier strength.
Therefore, to reclaim the eye, we must enter the deep sea as soon as possible……”
Soul Merchant, Invisible Hand Hayer, a deep-sea leviathan beneath the waves…… Chen Qi rubbed his forehead and asked:
“A resurrected sea beast, how do you plan to defeat it?”
Yisha was strong, but she was, after all, a young princess and not yet capable of soloing a resurrected leviathan.
That beast’s strength should surpass the Blizzard Dragon King by a large margin.
Moreover, as a monster that attacked human cities, it would likely be far more ferocious than other placid deep-sea titans.
Yisha looked at the Ice Witch:
“Before we came here, my brother gave us a newly forged relic. Through this relic, the eye swallowed by the deep-sea beast can emit a brand-new power, killing the deep-sea beast in a single strike!
Of course, that depends on whether it hasn’t fully restored its prime strength.”
After saying that, she opened her hands and revealed a red, scaled dragon eye.
The eyeball in that dragon eye slowly lifted and looked toward Chen Qi and the Ice Witch.
The Ice Witch stroked her chin, nodded, and signaled to Chen Qi that Yisha was not lying.
Yisha took a sip of wine and said:
“For us, only by retrieving that eye can the guardian beast be made whole and surpass its current rank. That is a treasure even more important than a unique rift item!
In fact, our Disaster Messenger has already found some traces of the Kraken.
However, without a way to fight in the deep sea, we dare not rashly enter. That is why we have been collecting sea beasts.”
Yisha finished explaining their purpose for coming to the Goldenfinch Kingdom.
Chen Qi and the Ice Witch drank another glass in tacit agreement and looked at Yisha with fervent eyes.
Why are they looking at me like that? Our goals aren’t bad either…… Yisha pursed her lips.
Chen Qi rejoiced.
Perfect!
Yisha’s goal perfectly overlapped with theirs!
The Kraken was worshipped by the Sea God Pirates, and now their target was the Sea God Pirates!
That was equivalent to the two of them gaining a huge allied force!
The Ice Witch set down her cup. A pink floral-aspect glint crossed her eyes as she said in a gentle voice:
“Yisha, to be frank, our goal is also the Sea God Pirates. We might be able to cooperate.”
The Ice Witch triggered the Witch’s Temptation again and briefly conveyed their purpose to Yisha.
The more Yisha heard, the more excited she became!
“The Witch Sea is on the verge of a cataclysm!”
“That edge whale force even threatens the coastal lands of Beiguo. No wonder the Soul Merchant Hayer has been searching the seas for information.”
Yisha’s expression turned to utter shock.
So much had happened in these barren waters!
No wonder such a desolate place could birth horrors like the Blood Hunter!
She glanced at Water Spirit No.1 and showed a resolute look:
“Witch Lady, Black Hunter, you saved my life.
If you have people or beasts that cannot be left behind, I will protect and treat them well in the Goldenfinch Kingdom!”
Don’t worry, your kingdom’s world-ending disaster is coming soon too…… Chen Qi stifled his urge to retort.
“And?”
The Ice Witch’s mouth curved slightly.
Yisha rested her chin on her hands and hesitated for a moment.
In truth, reclaiming the eye had always been extremely dangerous in her mind!
If she could obtain the Ice Witch’s help, their chances would increase dramatically.
Given the Ice Witch’s character, she would never swallow the guardian beast’s eye on her own.
Yisha placed both hands on the table and straightened her back:
“Witch Lady, I, Princess Yisha, am willing to search for the Sea God with you.
And I swear by my grandfather’s life, I will never betray you.”
In the Canary family, “grandfather” was an existence above the clan leader, the true director of the family, a status even above the Earth Mother Goddess among Canary relatives!
The Ice Witch smiled slightly:
“Under the Thorn Goddess’s gaze, I swear with my life that I will not betray.”
Then she added:
“However, I have another plan for infiltrating the deep sea.”
“Another plan?”
Chen Qi and Yisha both showed puzzled expressions.
The Ice Witch replied:
“Yes. Yisha, you do not understand the depths of the Witch Sea. That ocean is far more dangerous than you imagine.
You are not the Black Hunter;
even with sea beasts, you cannot smoothly infiltrate the deep sea.”
The Ice Witch glanced at Chen Qi.
Using sea beasts to infiltrate the deep sea was far too risky.
Not everyone shared Chen Qi’s talent.
Even a fourth-tier legend, without protection, would face countless dangers entering the deep sea.
Those who can ride beasts and move freely in the deep sea, besides the undying few of the Sea God Pirates, only Chen Qi could do it.
Yisha hurriedly asked:
“Witch Lady, how do you plan to infiltrate the deep sea?”
The Ice Witch stood and made a hushing gesture:
“Secret.”
Secret…… Yisha swallowed.
Tricky riddle-slinger…… Chen Qi took a gulp of wine and shook his head.
He almost forgot the Ice Witch was one of the Witch Sea’s most famous enigmatists.
“You’ll know soon enough.”
Then the Ice Witch rose:
“Alright, we have resisted the pirate coalition this time, and Madame Oli and the Navy Marshal should already be aware.
With the Steam Hand’s important weapons having arrived in Moonstone City, I have many matters to handle, so I will leave for now.”
The Ice Witch patted Chen Qi on the shoulder hard, signaling him to stop spreading the nickname “Big White Hair,” and left the banquet hall.
After the Ice Witch left, only the Canary captain, Chen Qi, Yisha, Water Spirit No.1, and the Golden Flower Fox remained in the banquet hall.
Yisha, who had become familiar with Chen Qi and the others, drank another mouthful of wine and handed the promised Goldenfinch pet enhancement tincture to Chen Qi.
She asked:
“Mr. Black Hunter, are you planning to strengthen your Water Spirit? It does have talent, but it lacks the close instruction of a true Beast Tamer……”
This is a chance to let Water Spirit No.1 experience the joys of a real Beast Tamer…… Yisha schemed silently.
She had not given up her main goal of buying Water Spirit No.1!
With her pet-charming allure, if Water Spirit spent more time with her, it would completely forget its owner.
Chen Qi declined:
“No, not for it.”
“Not for the Water Spirit!”
Yisha’s eyes widened.
She hesitated a second then said:
“Black Hunter, could I have a look at your primary pet?
I might be able to offer some suggestions.”