Chapter 401: XXXVI. Level 1 Murder
Holy Spirit Calendar 2690, May 2.
The Black Sail Fleet turned right from the South Sea and sailed in an upward arc until they saw the symbolic landmark of the Narrow Sea, the "Giant Sculpture."
The deck erupted into complete chaos, bursting forth with shouts of revelry.
Kai Deng was jolted by the cheerfulness; he found the excitement of these country hicks quite amusing.
The so-called Giant Sculpture.
Historians suggest that it has some connection with the great rift barriers in the western part of Beima Duchy, and it might have been constructed during the mysterious Ancient Era, when the Western Continent erected numerous colossal military structures to fend off invaders due to the convergence of the Heavenly Sphere or other reasons, but this remains mere conjecture.
Despite being called the Giant Sculpture, the carvings were not actually of giants, but rather these huge stone structures spanning across the sea, and even breaking through the deep sea to almost touch the sky, could only be constructed by creatures like Mountain Giants, beyond the capabilities of humans.
How exactly they were built has become impossible to verify, but under the assault of sea winds over the millennia, those stone sculptures had long lost their original appearance, and now were just giant, oddly shaped rocks eroded by wind plastered across the sea.
Indeed, it was a picturesque scene.
At this moment, Liszt was also standing on the deck, his first time at the Narrow Sea, gazing towards the distant magnificent scenery. The horizon was filled with towering rocks that even overshadowed the sunlight at two in the afternoon, their shadows swallowing hundreds of nautical miles. They were about to pass through the gaps between those rocks and enter the Narrow Sea.
Throughout this part of the journey, they encountered several scattered merchant vessels and disguised pirate ships, but none dared to provoke them.