This sea lord is a bit strong

Chapter 157 Farewell, Entering the Skeleton Secret Realm

When Monica ran back with joy on her face, and showed him a butterfly that rested on her finger, which was very common in the jungle, Ji Chen finally couldn't help asking:
"Monica, haven't you seen a place like this before?"

Monica shook her head lightly, moved her fingers to let the butterfly fly away, put her hands behind her back, and looked around for a week, with a lonely expression, "I have lived in the palace since I was a child, and I need to learn etiquette and all kinds of things when I study. The skills are well protected by the father and have hardly left the palace."

"The only scenery I can see every day is the garden outside the window and the walls that are too high for me to climb."

"So I'm always behind the window on the top floor of the castle, standing on tiptoe trying to see what it's like outside..."

"Later I grew up and had the opportunity to go outside, but no one was there except when I was sleeping and picking flowers.

Besides, there are always guards and maids around me, surrounding me like a mountain. "

"Until now..." At this point, the loneliness on Monica's face suddenly disappeared, and she blinked playfully, "I can relax a little bit."

Ji Chen looked at the girl whose face suddenly changed, was slightly taken aback, and then smiled.

"Then we must cherish this hard-won time."

Monica smiled and pointed to the depths of the island, and said with anticipation in her eyes.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, I want to continue to go deeper, oh yes! I saw a towering mountain peak in your castle, and the waterfall there is so beautiful!"

"There, according to the legend circulating here, there used to be a giant dragon living on the mountain..."

For the next two days, Ji Chen accompanied the grand duke's daughter to visit various classics on the island. At the beginning, Ji Chen insisted on the idea of ​​killing time, but after the contact between the two, he couldn't help Infected by Monica's liveliness and cheerfulness, her senses have changed a lot, and she has a better understanding of her.

This girl with a strong and mature appearance released her nature a little during her unexpected stay in the Crescent Islands for a few days, leaving her laughter in many places.

But the so-called feast that never ends, with the news that Monica and others left was on the agenda.

In the lord's mansion.

hall.

"According to the news from the patrolling force, the pursuers seem to have given up on the idea of ​​searching for you, and have evacuated from the outside of the stormy sea area yesterday afternoon, heading northwest."

"This way, you can leave at any time."

Hearing this, Monica and the others all had a look of joy on their faces. It has been five or six days since they stayed in the Crescent Islands. Counting the time required for the return journey, this time it was delayed for at least half a month, and the time was quite tight.

Monica, the captain and others looked at each other, nodded, and Monica took a step forward.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, we don't know what's going on in the principality now, and it will be more dangerous a day later, so if possible, we want to set off in the afternoon."

Ji Chen nodded, "I understand your current mood very well, and I am also happy to fulfill our previous promise."

"There is already a ship loading and unloading the supplies you need along the way, and it is expected to leave on time in the afternoon."

"Besides, I will also send another battleship and an escort to help escort you back to the Principality of Reinhardt."

Monica beamed with joy, put her hands together and said.

"That would be great, my father might be waiting for us now!"

The captain and the chief guard also saluted together.

"Thank you for your help to us. Although there was some unpleasantness between us before, the Principality of Reinhardt will never forget that you bravely extended a helping hand when we were in trouble. Under the witness of the gods, we set up A bridge of friendship connecting each other."

"That's natural. I hope the friendship between the Crown of the Ocean and the Principality of Reinhardt will last forever."

in the afternoon.

in port.

The materials were shipped smoothly, and the battleship was ready to go.

A group of people started to board the ship.

Monica looked at the sailors and guards whose faces were full of joy because they could return to the Principality. When it was time to return, she found that she was not as happy as she imagined.

Instead, there was a faint sense of loss.

Is it because you don't want to live such a free life?

During the few days here, Monica seemed to have loosened all the shackles on her body. She didn't have to worry about etiquette all the time, and she didn't have to be surprised by people in the capital, for fear of losing the face of the Principality and her father.

Like a canary flying out of the cage, it flapped its wings and flew in the sky without restraint.

This period of time was one of the happiest times in her life so far.

Monica took a deep breath, but that was the end of it. As a woman of the Valencia family, she might inherit the position of Grand Duke in the future, so she had to abandon some things and bear heavy responsibilities.

"What's the matter, are you reluctant to come here?"

Ji Chen interrupted the brewing emotions in her heart with a somewhat smiling voice.

Monica turned her head in surprise, and seeing Ji Chen walking towards her, she couldn't help but smile.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, you scared me!"

She didn't even feel it herself, and she was a little coquettish when she spoke.

"Haha, it's over, if Archduke Reinhardt knows that I scare her precious daughter, won't he ask me to settle the score?" Ji Chen immediately pretended to be scared.

This appearance made Monica laugh coquettishly while covering her mouth.

"Your Excellency, if you are like this, I will be angry!"

After some jokes, Ji Chen looked at the almost ready warships and said with a smile.

"Okay, it's almost time, Monica, it's time for you to get on the boat."

Monica also knew that it was time to leave. Looking at the tall and handsome Ji Chen in front of her, a trace of emotion flashed in her eyes, but she quickly hid it deeply in her heart, bowed her head and curtseyed.

"Your Excellency, if we get through the difficulties this time, then you are welcome to visit the Principality of Reinhardt. We will definitely treat you as a distinguished guest."

Ji Chen didn't say much, just nodded and said, "If I have time, I will consider going."

As the battleship slowly sailed out of the port, Monica waved goodbye to Ji Chen at the stern, gradually getting further away, until she disappeared on the sea level.

After standing on the port for a while, he shook his head and returned to the Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Alice and Anina, who had disappeared for several days, as well as Ben Boerba, Darrow and other heroes, were all standing in the hall.

"How's the situation with the secret crystal?"

"My lord, the secret crystal has been temporarily stabilized, but there is still a risk of being forcibly opened."

Hearing this, his expression became more serious.

Ever since he led the army to kill the skeleton army and skeleton heroes who invaded from the gate two months ago, and closed the gate of the secret realm in time, the secret realm crystal has been silent.

It wasn't until the second day that Monica and his party came to the New Moon Islands that the secret crystal suddenly fluctuated violently.

There are various indications that, at the other end of the secret realm door opened by it——in the skeleton secret realm, an attempt is being made to open the secret realm gate again.

As expected, it should be the masterpiece of Skeleton King in the secret realm.

Skeletron isn't dead on his ambition to invade again.

However, two months ago he might have been afraid.

But today, whether it is the quality of the army or the heroes of the Ocean Crown, it is no longer the same.

The strength is more than ten times stronger?
At that time, he was able to lead an army of hundreds of units to beat the skeleton army violently, and it is no exception now.

Since the Skeleton King is so ignorant, he just happened to solve this problem once and for all!
Thinking of this, Ji Chen's expression became serious, and he said seriously.

"Monica and her party have already left, and we don't have to hide it."

"Give me an order, the whole army will start preparing, I want to attack and conquer that secret place!"

"As ordered!"

One command.

The entire Crown of the Ocean started working again.

The army was assembled, and various supplies were transported to the front.

The battleship leaves the port and parks around the island where the secret crystal is located, providing fire support at any time after the gate of the secret is opened.

Ji Chen came to the arms recruitment camp and recruited all the arms accumulated in the past two weeks.

After this recruitment, the number of arms has jumped again, the number is as follows:

Naga Berserker 202 → 482, Tier 5 and [-] stars.

Dragon Blood Murloc 207 → 487, Tier 3 and [-] stars.

Elemental sea elves 224 → 518, fourth-order 3 stars.

Lobster Knights 210 → 490, 1th tier [-] star.

266 → 350 murloc swimmers, Tier 5 and [-] stars.

Self-exploding water spider 350 → 1400, third-order 3 stars

270 elite pirates, second-tier 4 stars.

20 → 40 deep-sea swimmers, 1th-tier [-] star.

Tidal Sea Spirit 3 → 5, 1th rank [-] star.

10 → 20 giant squid, 8 stars of the fourth rank.

There are 780 relic guards, with 8 stars in Tier [-].

Ocean Guard 2020, Tier 9 [-] stars.

There are 40 sky guards, 8 stars of the fourth rank.

1080 half-orc warriors, 8 stars in Tier [-].

A total of 7982 units.

This number is a lot, but according to Ji Chen's guess, it is very likely that there is a lack of water in the skeleton secret realm.

All this time only a part of the arms can go out.

It is scheduled to be Naga Berserker, Dragonblood Murloc, Elemental Sea Elf, Self-Explosive Water Spider, Murloc Wanderer and Orc Warrior of all macho men.

A total of 4317 units.

Although the number of skeleton monsters in the skeleton secret realm must be much more, Ji Chen believes that these troops are enough to deal with them.

Two days later.

Ji Chen led the army and a group of heroes to the secret crystal. As time went by, its energy fluctuations became more and more intense, which meant that the skeleton secret realm was trying to forcefully open it.

This secret door is two-way, so after the crystal is repaired and opened instantly, as long as it is not damaged, the door will always exist.

Therefore, he specially dispatched hundreds of relic guards to station here after they entered to prevent scattered skeleton monsters from running out.

After everything is ready.

Ji Chen came to the secret crystal and began to repair it.

"Ding~ It takes 3000 units of crystals to repair the secret crystal."

A mere 3000 units is nothing to him now, so he invested in it without a moment's hesitation.

The solid crystal gradually turned into a liquid state and merged into the secret crystal, and the damaged surface began to repair visibly with the naked eye.

Half an hour later, all the crystals were completely absorbed, and the surface of the secret crystal became smooth and recognizable, and the inside was transparent and flawless.

"Ding~ The restoration of the secret crystal is complete, and the door of the secret can be opened."

Seeing this, Ji Chen didn't waste any time, and stretched out his hand to caress her with a thought.

The secret crystal trembled suddenly, and even the ground trembled slightly.

He took a few steps back.

A stream of red energy shoots out from the secret crystal, and condenses into a slowly growing red vortex at a distance of tens of meters.

Perhaps because the secret crystal has been completely repaired, this red vortex is much larger than the previous one, with a diameter of 50 meters, and there are faint flashes of lightning on the surface, brewing somewhat terrifying energy.

"All march!"

The army that had already been lined up bypassed the secret crystal and walked towards the gate of the secret in unison.

When it came into contact with the red vortex, it disappeared behind the door in a flash.

Ji Chen and a group of heroes were sandwiched in the middle of the entire team, and walked in without stopping.

I saw a flash of white light.

The environment in front of him has changed dramatically.

The black-red sky revealed a somewhat strange color.

Layers of red gravel spread from the foot to the distance, not even a single stone.

There are still some dark leafless trees growing among the gravel, but the strange shape of the crazy dance makes people feel chills when they see it.

With a slight sniff through the nose, a strong rust smell suddenly poured in, making people uncomfortable.

gloomy, gloomy.

It is the first impression of this secret place.

Ji Chen sighed, it really deserves to be a secret place where undead like skeletons live, it is not suitable for human survival at all.

Look around.

Where they are now is on a high ground, and they can easily observe the situation for several kilometers around them.

But at first glance, apart from the red gravel and unique trees, there is no skeleton to be seen.

Didn't it mean that Skeleton King is working hard to open the gate of the secret realm?

Logically speaking, there should be an army of skeletons standing behind the door to invade at any time.

Ji Chen was puzzled for a while.

After a while of thinking, a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

Could it be that the door to the secret realm opened by the outside world was randomly generated in the secret realm?

If this is the case, it would give them a chance to rectify.

Our own troops were still coming out of the gate of the secret realm continuously, and under the command of Ji Chen, they re-arranged in a valley below the high ground.

Although the gate of the secret realm is not small, it will take a lot of time to pass through thousands of troops.

It took half an hour for more than 3000 troops to pass through.

What to do now is to find the Skeleton King.

Skeletons are a magical race with abilities similar to hives.

The higher-level skeleton monsters will lead the lower-level skeleton monsters.

For example, a skeleton vanguard leads dozens of ordinary small skeletons.

A skeleton captain leads dozens of skeleton pioneers.

A skeleton captain leads dozens of small skeleton captains.

By analogy, the control of all skeletons will be concentrated in the hands of the most senior skeleton king.

So as long as the Skeleton King is killed, most of the Skeleton monsters below will lose control and become a mess of loose sand.

Ji Chen looked left and right, and was surrounded by endless, uniform red gravel.

Only the rocky mountains in the distance can attract some attention.

Just like the desert, running around like house flies here is undoubtedly wasting one's energy in vain.

After thinking about it, he decided to go to the rocky mountain to check the situation first.

(End of this chapter)