Chapter 232: Chapter 219: A Viking’s Reconnaissance Albatross?

Renior once said that although a navigator is a thrilling and adventurous job, it is equally a tedious and boring one. For most of the time, the sailors face nothing but the endless, empty sea day after day. Various symptoms of homesickness, phobias, and anxiety emerge.

Luckily, it seemed the system wouldn’t let Da Fei feel bored.

On the 7th day of the voyage, another unidentified red dot approached the fleet. Nothing else to say, Skira transformed and set off–scram! Successful, obtained 100,000 experience points.

On the 8th day of the voyage, a strange and vague song drifted over the ice ocean. Still, nothing else to say, continue to transform into Skira and let out a roar! The song abruptly stopped, and another 200,000 experience points were obtained.

On the 9th day of the voyage, another unidentified sea monster passed by, continued to drive them away.

Da Fei couldn’t figure out whether these sea monsters were sent from the S-level Chamber of Commerce commission missions or from the resurrection mission of the Chamber of Commerce, but anyway, in front of Skira, they were all cowards ready to flee! He never imagined that his greatest enemy would become his Guardian God; this truly was a fickle world, making Da Fei sigh endlessly.

And each time Skira’s phantom appeared, the blackness on Skira’s body increased a bit, getting closer and closer to the appearance of Skira’s true form. This gave Da Fei infinite anticipation for completely replicating Skira’s true form to promote God-level Magic!

Now it was the 10th day of the voyage, it’s 3 a.m. in real-life time, and Da Fei had been sleepless for more than 24 hours, with his eyelids constantly at odds.

He wanted to sleep but dared not! Oceanic voyages were such a tormenting task! Da Fei felt like time was unbearable as if staying up all-night gaming was nothing compared to this! In the end, the Deputy Officer was underperforming! If Catherine were on board, he could barely wrap himself in his helmet and sleep comfortably.

Well, wait! Actually, should he leave it to Anlicia? Before entering the ice ocean, there were concerns that Anlicia’s skills were insufficient, failing to meet the flagship navigation requirements, and she would fall behind. But now, it was different. In this endless floating sea of ice, the fleet’s speed couldn’t be slower, and in any case, they wouldn’t fall behind, right?

Da Fei called Anlicia over, “You have performed exceptionally well; it’s time for you to single-handedly take over the ship. Do you have confidence?”

Anlicia sighed, “Just say you want to rest! Go ahead with peace of mind!” Finishing her sentence, she enthusiastically shoved Da Fei from the helm and tinkered with the steering wheel like a child driving a toy car at an amusement park.

Da Fei couldn’t help but laugh, “Alright, alright, you’re a genius, don’t mess things up!”

Anlicia snorted, “If anything happens, it’s not my fault! It’s the Captain’s poor judgment!”

–System Prompt: You have changed Anlicia’s Deputy Officer position to First Officer.

Da Fei was greatly relieved, sighed deeply, set the alarm, and had his game avatar wrapped in a blanket, nestled in the corner of the cockpit to nap. Of course, he was ready to be awakened every hour or two.

Thus, Da Fei drifted between sleep and wakefulness, nodding off until dawn, ordered a steak and egg noodle takeout, wolfed it down in two bites, then fell back asleep until lunchtime, only to be woken by a sea monster alert and ordered another lunch box takeout, squatting on the toilet while balancing a helmet and eating simultaneously, then sleeping again.

In summary, he groggily muddled through until 5 p.m., finally freshening up and recuperating. At this time, it was already the 16th day of the voyage. Perhaps another night and by noon tomorrow, they’d arrive?

Damn it, playing this game was too hard! Even long-haul buses have two or three drivers taking turns, who could switch out with him? Tch! He didn’t trust player partners, he’d have to hold on and train Anlicia into a navigator to take over!

On the 17th day, the overcast clouds that hovered for days disappeared without a trace, revealing a clear sky, with sunlight illuminating countless icebergs on the ocean, reflecting dazzling brilliance. In the sunlight, the icy wind seemed to carry a hint of warmth.

The sailors unconsciously began exercising on deck. Anlicia, tired from several days of duty, also napped wrapped in winter clothes on a sunlight-laden windowsill.

It was a rare beautiful sunny day, the last thing he wanted was for a sea monster to spoil it.

Suddenly, Da Fei noticed a small yellow dot on his radar! Yellow dot? On the radar, green dots indicated friendly creatures, red dots indicated hostile or aggressive creatures, and yellow dots indicated neutral creatures, typically animals, which meant this animal was quite large if visible on the radar.

Da Fei gazed in the direction of the yellow dot, unable to see it! A submerged sea monster? Da Fei confirmed the Z-axis of the yellow dot again, the sea surface Z-value is 0, sea monster Z-values are typically 0 or negative, but this yellow dot wasn’t negative and even had a large value, in the sky?

Da Fei looked up, the sunlight dazzled his vision, where was it? This meant the yellow dot was flying rather high? Perhaps just aligned with the sun, making it undetectable?

However, as long as it wasn’t a hostile creature, it should be manageable. Generally, birds were rarely seen in the deep ocean; their presence usually indicated proximity to land.

Da Fei took out his Sea Chart to check the route, seemingly still in the open ocean with no nearby land or notable islands. Could there be undiscovered hidden islands waiting for players to find? Damn, he was a busy man, not that free to wander.

The fleet continued forward, and by afternoon the sunlight grew warmer, and the sailors’ morale soared.

Fire Dragon Island remained icebound for ten months a year, and now was the two-month thawing period, and these icebergs littering the ice ocean were naturally thawing products. Yet Da Fei found it strange; since the thawing period was so short and crucial, why didn’t the Alliance massively organize fleets for concentrated transport of supplies? Otherwise, why was his fleet the only one along the way? Did Little Coltner speak the truth about Fire Dragon Island being so troublesome that no fleet wanted to take on the job? Or was the island’s status within the Alliance unimportant? But the fat Military Department officer said it was where the Evil Dragon was sealed, it’s supposed to be significant, right?

Suddenly, Da Fei realized he had made a huge mistake by not gathering more information about Fire Dragon Island!

At this moment, Da Fei noticed the yellow dot still on his radar. What was going on? That yellow dot was still following him? Although some dolphins and seagulls like to follow ships, such a large unidentified organism preferring to follow his ship was concerning, right?

Da Fei was instantly alert, pulling out binoculars to look skyward again, still invisible! The sunlight was blinding!

Da Fei felt a shock in his heart! There was an issue! If it had been in the sun’s location this morning, that made sense, but it was afternoon now, and it still hovered at the sun’s location? More precisely, it stayed between the fleet and the sun so that whenever viewed, the sunlight blocked the sight! This was definitely not a normal animal, right?

In the Northern Ocean, what dangers were there aside from floating ice sea monsters?

Da Fei hurriedly shouted for the Order Flag Bearer: “Notify the flagship, something’s flying overhead, does anyone know what’s flying? It’s been following us since morning!”

Before long, the flag bearer quickly returned to report, “Captain, they didn’t see anything flying!”

Damn it all! Da Fei quickly climbed up to the lookout, temporarily serving as the Sailing Captain, allowing the entire fleet to share his god-level vision!

“Did you see that!? I know you still can’t see it, neither can I, guess what it is!”

The Order Flag Bearer immediately said, “Captain, the Whale Hunter sent a message, it might be an Albatross!”

Albatross? Indeed a large seabird! But the question is–

Da Fei urgently shouted, “The question is, is there such a powerful Albatross, one that always blocks the sun?!”

The flag bearer replied, “Captain, the flagship sent a message; it may be the legendary Viking Pirates!”

Da Fei’s eyelids twitched, Viking Pirates!? The official game materials introduced major pirate factions: Desolate Island Pirates, Innocent Pirates, Blood Sail Pirates, Blood Raider Pirates, and the New World Pirate King’s Caribbean Pirates. But indeed, there were no Viking Pirates! To some extent, the Vikings, as believers of Odin in Nordic Mythology, had long transcended the mortal realm!

Being an expert, Da Fei perfectly understood that every word an NPC uttered had some basis, reflecting the system’s disclosed information. In short, if an NPC said something existed, then it did! Skira’s phantom works well against sea monsters, but not necessarily against pirates.

Da Fei yelled, “Meeting! Meeting!”

Now, Da Fei’s vessel and Spielberg’s boat approached the Radiant Wings.

At this moment, Little Coltner hurriedly came to the helms, anxiously shouting, “Captain, it’s said the legendary Viking Pirates have the ability to train Albatrosses as scouts! An Albatross strategically using the sun to conceal itself must be specially trained, likely by the Vikings! This is exactly the sea area where Vikings are rumored to appear!”

Spielberg frowned, “But the Viking Pirates exist only in legends! No one has seen them for a thousand years.”

Little Coltner anxiously replied, “That’s because those who saw them are all dead!”

Spielberg said gravely, “Do you have any basis?”

Little Coltner was instantly silent, “All I know is the Northern Ocean is dangerous.”

Enough said! Better believe there is than not, if an NPC says something exists, it exists! Da Fei said sternly, “If they’re Vikings, then what’s their next move?”

Little Coltner said hesitantly, “Of course, intercepting us in the direction we’re heading or pursuing us from behind! After all, there aren’t many islands nearby; it’s hard to believe there’s a Viking base, so they too must’ve traveled a long distance to track us.”

Spielberg frowned, “In legends, the Viking combat strength is unbelievably strong. This area of floating ice is perfect for their renowned oar-driven dragonhead assault ships to ambush. If encountered, we will surely lose!”

I see! After all the hard work till now, there’s absolutely no turning back!

Staring at the gradually setting sun, Da Fei decisively commanded, “Once night falls, our fleet will change course and proceed around them!”

I refuse to believe that in this vast ocean, I cannot both evade and escape! (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (wuxiaworld.site) to cast recommendation and monthly votes, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.wuxiaworld.site.)