Chapter 78 Where are the reinforcements?

White birds, unlike anything I've ever seen before, were floating on the sea surface, dozens of meters apart.

Its feet are transparent, it has four pairs of strange wings under its belly, and its crest on its head is forked. When it flaps its wings and flies away, it looks like a hot air balloon rising into the sky.

Not only birds, but I've also never seen another kind of sharp-beaked fish that splashes water.

It lay motionless on the water's surface, turned over, revealing its red belly, and lay on its back on a floating board that emerged from the water, appearing to be an amphibian capable of walking on land.

Since the sea submerged a third of the coastal cities, an increasing number of bizarre species have emerged.

Deep-sea fish and island birds, in particular, have a certain possibility of escaping disaster.

Billy and his companions sat in the warm covered wagon, occasionally sticking their heads out.

Whenever the caravan passed a very low, steep slope, Biris would think it had reached the next town, and then the caravan would immediately cross from the lowlands to the highlands. This slow, repetitive pace was enough to make one sleepy.

After discarding the excess equipment, the group decided to head north.

"Mia, are you sure our reinforcements are in Seagull City?"

Biris's words interrupted Mia, who was deep in thought. Normally, she would answer yes or no directly, but now she hesitated whether to tell Biris.

There are no extra staff at headquarters.

"There was an accident at an energy company on the West Coast, and headquarters sent their best agents there."

"Is there a more important task than dealing with Leviathan?"

"Headquarters believes that the tsunami and earthquake were not caused by Leviathan, but by the underwater magic path. West Coast Energy Company is the monopolistic enterprise that developed the magic path and is located in an area prone to underwater earthquakes, therefore..."

"Therefore, they believe that the Demon Path is the focus of the investigation."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have pointed fingers at you that day. I didn't expect headquarters to..."

"We don't need to deal with those people. With you here, I feel at ease."

Billis's words made Mia mistakenly believe that he was starting to pay attention to her again. He was the second person besides her father whom she could confide in, and also the person Mia felt extremely close to.

Not only did Billis not notice Mia's change in expression, but he also casually uttered some old-fashioned nonsense, such as which animal hides can be made into armor, and which fruits are suitable for humans to eat but not for elves.

Mia couldn't tell if this was beyond a partnership; seeing that enthusiastic face, she wished she could be Lisa.

Suddenly, the caravan made a sharp turn, lifting up all the sleeping bags and blankets inside.

Mia accidentally fell onto Biris, and the coachman's coarse voice came from outside.

"Damn it! Is this still Seagull City?"

Billis immediately pulled Mia away and left the caravan.

Outside, an archway almost the size of a giant brushed past the wagon. The archway was covered by thirty meters of seaweed, with one side extending into the water and the other broken.

According to media reports, the arch was originally just a man-made structure, a product of the major reboot, and a famous landmark of Seagull City.

But now, many patterns, gaps, grooves, and mysterious characters have appeared on it.

“I only see a door, but I don’t know what kind of history the inscriptions on it represent,” Billis asked.

The coachman covered the fallen blanket back up and said, "I thought you were asking something, sir. Isn't that an arched bridge?"

"A bridge? Are you sure this is a bridge?"

“Sir, there is indeed an archway here that looks very similar to this one, but that archway was destroyed by the tsunami, while this one is new; it rose entirely from the seabed.”

"So, there used to be a city on the seabed?"

The coachman felt he couldn't get along with Billis, so he quickly climbed back into the carriage.

The caravan drove into Seagull City, where there were very few pedestrians on the streets.

Soon, we saw two very different buildings. One was a huge pyramid with a diameter of over seventy meters, with openings filled with seaweed everywhere. On the north-facing side, there were many handholds and footholds for climbing, but they were all shallow, smooth, and narrow.

As for the other one, it was also a seaweed-covered dam, with two pairs of large footprints on it, much larger than human footprints, shaped as if someone had pressed a heavy and sharp agricultural tool twice in the snow.

Without a doubt, they also emerged from the seabed overnight.

Before Billy could ask another question, the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes.

"We've arrived at the Dopamine Tavern."

The group paid the bill and went into the tavern.

According to the intelligence provided by Mia, headquarters only sent one agent, who was already waiting at the Dopamine Tavern.

Yesterday's news is being broadcast on the wall-mounted projection screen.

Fifty tributaries suddenly appeared on the east coast of Leviathan, each teeming with deadly piranhas. The Fa'an Provisional Government, together with a large number of brave individuals, went to the area to disperse the citizens.

Billis believes that the so-called "vast number of heroes" must refer to the agents of the Hero Alliance.

A werewolf bartender walked by, his breath condensing into white mist, which looked extremely terrifying in the dim light.

The bartender brought a barrel of liquor to the shadowy figure sitting on the sofa; yes, that customer had ordered a barrel of liquor.

Judging from the shadow, he looked like a half-reincarnated being. But when the guest stepped out from under the light, his face was as white as snowflakes skimming over a glacier, his skin was like steel, and his nose and mouth were wide open like a living dead.

He was indeed a half-reincarnated being, but he was also the most ferocious-looking half-reincarnated being that Billis had ever seen.

"I ordered the naughty one," the customer said, glaring fiercely at the bartender.

The werewolf bartender glared back at him: "What I gave you was a naughty devil."

"I know it stinks even without drinking it."

"Oh, you still want to drink fresh piranha? Go to the sea and beg for it, squeeze it from the mouths of piranhas."

The guest emerged a little more from the shadows; he was dressed in a sailor's uniform, wearing a pirate hat, and his riding breeches were wet.

Was he a sailor or a pirate?

Both of them looked fierce and seemed quite daring.

"Aren't you going to change the wine? Useless bastard."

No sooner had the guest finished speaking than the werewolf bartender unleashed a deafening roar at him.

The remaining guests thought it was another earthquake and scattered in fear.

Once everyone had disappeared from sight, the bartender raised his head slightly and said confidently, "All you need to do is shout like me, and the other person will tremble! Unfortunately, you can't do it because you're a half-reincarnated being."

"When the opponent is a fearless pirate, you can't defeat him with just words."

The guest, who claimed to be a pirate, had absolutely no tolerance for werewolves.

The two initially kept a certain distance, but later, the werewolf took a small step back, then a big step, as if he had woken up from a dream, covered in sweat, his body and limbs were ice cold.

The opponent is clearly not the type to remind their opponent before casting a spell, especially when they dislike them, their spellcasting speed will increase exponentially.

Mia could tell that the pirate had used a bit of cleverness and was definitely not the kind of simple-minded creature who only knew how to use his fists.

He just used the Fear spell.

The fear-inducing technique is most effective when there is eye contact.

Werewolves generally don't understand magic, and this bartender was no exception. He quickly succumbed to fear and agreed to exchange the pirates' barrels of wine.

Taking advantage of this moment, Mia walked over and said a code: "Heroes on earth and gods in the sky, the red sea and white lightning."

Unexpectedly, the guy stared at her thighs with disdain, looking up at only a part of them like a cat with a silkworm's beak.

This infuriated Billis, who stormed over and snatched the glass from him.

"Hey, rude sir, this lady is asking you a question. Are you deaf?"

The pirate stretched his neck and raised his chin, saying, "My eyes are on my face, it's none of your business how I look at myself. What? Is she your little lover?"

"Mia, stay away from me, let me take care of him!"

Billy rolled up his sleeves, ready to unleash his true skills on the pirate.

Unexpectedly, the pirates first used a slowing spell on Biris.

Slow and Fear spells are both negative energy spells that affect the mind, so it seems this guy is very good at using these kinds of spells.

Billy's movements became extremely slow, his feet seemed to be stuck in mud, and his hands moved as if in slow motion.

Elsa used a cleansing spell on Bilis to break the spell.

"Ah, I like you, but I don't like your friends."

After the pirates used the Slow spell on Biris, they lowered their guard and tried to flirt with Mia.

As a result, Billy grabbed his arm from behind and used the same over-the-shoulder throw that Mia had used on him to slam the pirate hard against the liquor cabinet.

"Good heavens! When was it deactivated?" The pirate scrambled up from the broken glass.

Billis didn't want to waste any more words with this guy, so he picked up the empty bottle and threw it in his face.

The pirate used the force of his arms to push the bottle away, then grabbed Billy by the back of the neck and pressed down hard, forcing him to bend over and lower his head.

"Don't rush to make a move. I suddenly remembered the second half of this lady's sentence. Pour the rest of the wine into the brazier and pay homage to the shrine in the ice tomb."