Episode 226 I love the sea! (7)
Ray rolled up his arms and put his hand into the sea.
Generally, water starts to freeze when it reaches 0 degrees.
However, in the case of the sea mixed with foreign substances, a phenomenon called freezing point depression occurs, so that it freezes at a lower temperature.
Water moving with waves does not come down easily even if you try to lower the temperature, so it does not freeze at a tolerable temperature.
Of course, it can’t be helped if it gets cold enough to exceed that.
He drew the mana from the air and concentrated it in his seawater-soaked hands.
A chilly air blows around and a chill blows in.
He exhaled and memorized the starting language.
“Frozen field.”
Kagaga River-!
In an instant, the surroundings froze, and the unique sound of ice barrier magic resonated.
The calm surface of the water hardens coldly, and the ruthless cold encroaches on the surroundings.
Circle 6 field magic that only those who have been given the title of great mage can use.
Among them, the ice barrier is the most difficult.
He was so good at mana control that everything except his stomach went cold.
To that, Ray said, ‘Oh, it’s cold.’ With a smile on her face, she took out her hand and blew on her breath.
“Ugh, it’s cold. It seems possible to freeze the sea.”
Iriel and the security guard were at a loss for words at his inaction that was not even human.
“…I knew it would be like this if you cast it to Meteor casually, but…” “
….”
“….”
He said to Iriel, who was dazedly tapping the sea.
“The important thing is from now on. No matter how much field magic it is, it’s impossible to freeze the entire sea. So in conclusion, the idea of walking through the frozen sea is a failure.”
“yes? Why is it a failure? If it’s frozen this much, I think it’s enough to walk around…”
She answers her question by shaking her head.
“The waves are so strong that the ice will break soon. If it takes time to put one foot on it, it must have endured a lot.”
“…”
“So the suicide attempt to cross the sea by freezing is dismissed. Any other opinions?”
“It’s me.”
“say it.”
Soyoung, who raised her hand and took the right to speak, spoke quietly.
“…how about freezing the sea like now and walking around on the ice fragments broken by the waves? I think we can do it, but…”
Heukyoung agreed with her words.
“That’s a good idea. As a result, it will shorten the time and pose less risk than moving in a boat.”
Looking at Soyoung’s twinkling eyes, Ray was lost in thought.
‘If you look at it simply, it’s better than riding a boat. Still, I can’t abandon the ship from the beginning.’
In the boat, there are various kinds of food, piles of blankets and hides, and clean cloths.
If you give up all of them and only think about the offshore, what will you do next?
Above all, thinking of a ship about to be torn apart by the waves already makes my heart ache.
So Ray added one idea there.
“You won’t be able to give up and hold out for long. So, at first, do as I said and make a hard breakthrough, and if you think it won’t work anymore, let’s do it.”
“I take orders.”
“That would be for the best.”
With everyone’s consent, the operation was set up.
Get on the boat and pass the sea in front of you as quickly as possible.
Then, if the ship is destroyed, freeze the sea with ice barrier magic and step on the fragments to cross.
Of course, you never know if it will work out.
No matter how many sword masters there were, it was quite difficult to step on only the floating ice fragments.
Besides, if you make one mistake, you will fall into the sea.
The difficulty level was really close to atrocious.
Ray added leather and wrapped the food and blankets as tightly as possible.
‘You only get one chance. Keep the ship as long as possible until it arrives.’
For the next 19 days, the ship is an indispensable element.
You can’t lose it here, can you?
As we moved in perfect order and got ready, we arrived at the boundary before we knew it.
Saliva gurgles and falls.
The strange thing about this offshore is that the boundary line is very clear.
It is divided into two parts: a fairly calm sea and a madly turbulent sea.
Iriel frowned uncharacteristically for her.
“It seems that no matter who sees it, don’t cross it.”
Looking at the terrible waves, even approaching them is reluctant.
It seems that the boat has already been swallowed up by the waves and they can see themselves jumping up and down on the sea.
So-young and Heuk-young’s thoughts were not very different, so they only grumbled.
“This is how it was…”
“It’s a little different from what I imagined…”
Ray pulled the oar and put it into the boat.
Soyoung asks him.
“Why are you putting the oars in?”
“From here on out, I’ll go with my monopoly.”
At those words, Iriel said with an uneasy expression.
“I’m uneasy about that strange name… I’m not the only one, right?”
“If you row, your stomach won’t last. No, it’s not a sea that oars can enter in the first place. If there was a wave like that, would it bounce right away?”
“…”
Iriel looked at the sea without a word.
Then I saw the sea, which was turbulent like a boiling teapot.
As he said, it doesn’t look like he can really do it.
Ray shouted with one hand submerged in the sea.
“Hold tight! depart!”
As soon as the words are finished, she shouts the starter word.
“Blast! Air hand!”
Kwaaaang-!
The ship, which had been protected by strengthening magic, was fired as if it were bouncing while receiving a mad acceleration.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Wait a minute…! Slow down a little…!”
Even when told to slow down, the speed did not slow down at all.
No, on the contrary, if it was faster, it could be said that it was faster.
His interest was only in the state of the ship.
Wasn’t it cracked or splintered by the waves?
Although the lower part of the boat is protected with an air hand to reduce friction, it is unlikely that the waves will break only at this rate.
‘I can’t go for a few minutes like this. I need to speed up a bit.’
I gathered mana and added a little more power.
Whoops-!
The already fast ship got faster.
At this point, it was more correct to say that half of them were flying in the sky.
As the speed increased, the body swayed like crazy as it hit the waves.
When the strong spray hits the boat, it seems that it will capsize at any moment.
As expected, the boat tilted sideways in the big waves.
“The boat is overturned!”
At her frightened words, Ray hurriedly picked up the paddle.
As I hit the surface of the sea with an aura blade overlaid so as not to break, the leaning ship regained its balance.
There was no time to be safe.
To make matters worse, this time a wave crashes in from the front.
When the waves, which were stronger than ever before, came crashing in as if they would not forgive the intruder, So-young stepped out.
Taking a small dagger from her thigh, she shreds the waves.
The old saying of “cutting water with a knife” was cut to the point where it was colorless, and thanks to this, the boat was able to move forward without any obstruction.
“Everyone, take a good look around! Aren’t there any islands?”
At his words, the three of them each look around.
All that could be seen was the vast expanse of the sea that stretched far beyond the horizon.
“I can’t see anything!”
“Open the map and check it out!”
Aside from fighting the waves, the three looked at the map.
What do you do when you look at a map?
The island they are on isn’t even listed on the map!
Ray said as he hit the surface here and there.
“Where are we now!?”
“Here it is! I think half way through!”
Iriel’s answer frowned.
Did it fly at this speed and only got halfway there?
Watching the ship burst into the waves, it would be difficult to go even half a half, let alone halfway forward.
He looked at the food with wistful eyes.
‘Is there no choice but to give up the ship?’
Thinking so, he abandons the ship at any time and prepares to run, but he can see the island very faintly from afar.
My mind flashed.
Because that place is definitely the sea where there is nothing on the map!
If in doubt, there is only one!
Even if it is impossible to get out of this Crayan coast, it seems that it is possible if it is to that island.
That would be pretty daunting, though.
Ray steers again before the ship is completely wrecked.
Twist the oars to make a rudder and twist it to rotate the boat.
Iriel took care of the balance by grabbing the oar as he noticed.
“Heh heh….”
He checked the condition of the ship from the beginning, paid attention to whether food and blankets had fallen into the sea, and even searched for the island.
Rey, who was obviously mentally exhausted, steadily closed the distance to the island.
Now, the image of the island comes into the eyes of the receptionist and Iriel.
‘How could this be so far away…’
The foggy island was not something one could find while rowing on this crazy sea.
The figure of him rowing again seems reassuring.
“Just a little more!”
As if responding to her support, the waves grow stronger.
slam-!
The ship, properly hit by the waves, began to tremble like an epileptic patient.
Ray hurriedly gathered mana.
“Frozen field!”
The sound of the waves is so strong that even the noise of field magic is buried.
The surrounding sea begins to freeze and it breaks up shortly after.
At the same time, the stomach split open.
If you’ve come this far, you’ve endured a lot.
From now on, it was time to jump.
“run!”
* * *
The pale-looking man yawned.
“Why on earth do I have to stand guard…”
“What kind of crazy guy could cross this kind of sea?”
“yes? If the corpse came over, it came over. How could I come to a place like this?”
The two of them sat down in the bushes complaining.
It’s a sea that hasn’t had any problems for hundreds of years.
I have never been out of the world, but I can bet that no one can enter.
In the meantime, screams began to be heard from the sea.
“What is this sound?”
“…I wasn’t the only one who heard it.”
As they all cast their gazes toward the sea, the two could only breathe in vain.
“Huh!”
“Huh!”
On the sea, four people were approaching while jumping wildly.
Unaware of the situation, they couldn’t believe that they were running carefully stepping on shards of ice.
“They are crazy people! No intruder!”
As he spoke, the other one stopped talking and spread the sound.
Beep-!
An ear-piercing, sharp tone echoes all over the mountain.