Chapter 186 Missing

When Linde showed an abnormal reaction, everyone on the Arrow also noticed it. Then Linde sounded a reminder, and before Halls gave the order, the bugler on the ship blew the horn.

Immediately afterwards, the sailor warriors on all the surrounding ships all picked up their weapons and stared at the dark and calm sea.

At this time, after having determined the location of the sea dragon and the target it was trying to attack, Linde did not think much. Under the gaze of everyone, he drew out the sword of the Homeless Knight and jumped directly from the arrowhead statue.

However, he did not fall into the sea as everyone thought, but flew towards a warship on the periphery like a sea eagle at high speed. At the same time, countless silvery-white arrows emerged from his body. The snowflakes and debris, illuminated by the moonlight, were like silver meteors floating in the air, forming a trail, which was extremely gorgeous.

"Seven Gods are on top." Bishop Joses, who was traveling with the ship, couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw Linde displaying his miraculous ability. At the same time, he also loudly sang the Seven Gods that were only sung at large church ceremonies. Hymn to God.

The other believers of the Seven Gods on the ship were all stunned by Linde's ability. After hearing the hymn of the Seven Gods sung by Bishop Joses, they were all inspired to chant prayers in unison. These prayers were mixed into the Seven Gods. The hymn to God does not destroy the rhythm of the hymn, but adds a harmony-like effect, making the hymn more solemn and sacred.

Other people who were not believers of the Seven Gods were also infected by this sacred atmosphere, and each of them silently recited prayers according to their own beliefs.

Linde was completely unaware of what was happening on the ship. At the moment, all his energy was focused on the giant beast that was rushing out from the bottom of the sea at high speed.

When he flew over the giant beast's target ship, he then fell from the air to the sea at a very fast speed. The moment his feet touched the sea, the sea immediately condensed into ice, forming a huge ice layer and moving towards the surroundings. , spreading downward.

Faced with the sudden ice barrier, Hai Long did not slow down its rising momentum. Instead, it used its wings to stir up the sea water. The accelerated momentum directly hit the ice layer, and the entire ice layer, together with the two warships sealed on the ice layer, was blocked. It was lifted up.

At this time, everyone on the other boats also saw clearly how huge the legendary sea dragon was. Only the part that emerged from the water was like a hill. The huge dragon head was almost the same as the Arrowhead, known as the fortress warship. It is so big and small that its open mouth can easily bite any warship present into two sections.

With such a huge sea dragon appearing in front of him, except for the extremely adoring fanatical believers like Bishop Joses, others, even Hols, couldn't help but have doubts about whether Lind could defeat such a giant beast.

At this time, Linde looked very small standing on the ice, as if Hailong could slap Linde to death with a casual wave of his front paw.

However, Linde did not show any panic, nor did he pay attention to the situation of the warship behind him. His eyes were always fixed on the huge sea dragon in front of him.

He has actually rehearsed the battle process countless times in his mind, and the current situation is exactly what he encountered during the rehearsing process.

He instantly found the most suitable option from the various plans he had prepared.

The whole person rushed towards the head of the huge sea dragon like an arrow. At the same time, the freezing cold air on his body dissipated instantly, replaced by thunder and lightning, and the Homeless Knight in his hand also turned into two sharp thorns. Hit Hai Long's right eye.

This sea dragon seemed to have extraordinary wisdom. When it saw Lind stabbing its eyes, it quickly closed its right eye, turned its head and opened its mouth, and bit the flying Lind.

Although Linde was flying very fast, he was still extremely flexible. He slightly adjusted the direction of the hurricane force around his body, and like a flexible bird, he avoided the huge dragon's mouth and stuck to it. The edge of the dragon's mouth fell on the huge dragon's head, and the sword of the Homeless Rider in his hand also pierced the dragon's forehead.

The dragon's skin had extremely strong defensive power as Lind thought. Even a sharp weapon like the Homeless Knight's sword still took Lind a lot of effort to penetrate.

And because the defense layer composed of the dragon skin and the fat under the dragon skin is very thick, even if the Homeless Knight's sword penetrates, it will not be able to directly cause much damage to the sea dragon, and it will only feel a little sting.

However, Linde had already anticipated this, and the power he used to deal with Hai Long was not the direct damage from the sword of the Lost Knight, but the power of the Thunder Dragon rune attached to the sword of the Lost Knight.

A bolt of lightning up to a thousand volts poured into Hai Long's head from the sword of the Homeless Knight. Hai Long instantly felt dizzy, and his body also fell into a state of numbness, and quickly sank into the sea.

However, when Hailong completely sank into the sea, the ocean shared the lightning attack on Hailong, causing Hailong to quickly wake up from the numb state, and the lightning just now also made it feel the approach of death, and fear instantly enveloped it. heart, and drove it to instinctively make an escape move, sinking to the bottom of the sea and fleeing towards its nest.

At this moment, Linde was still standing on top of Hai Long's head, holding tightly the sword of the Homeless Knight that had penetrated Hai Long's body with both hands. However, he had stopped activating the Lightning Dragon Rune at this moment, and instead used the power of the Frozen Dragon Rune to inject it into his body. A closed environment was created around it to isolate the sea water and preserve part of the air, and then sank to the bottom of the sea together with the sea dragon.

On the sea, everyone who had witnessed the brief battle just stood stunned, while the sailors on the ship ran to the edge of the ship, lit up all the lanterns, illuminated the entire sea, and were seriously looking for Lin. The figure of virtue.

Everyone saw how Linde, flying in the air, nimbly avoided Hai Long's devouring mouth, how he landed on Hai Long's head, and how he pierced Hai Long's head with his sword, causing a bolt of lightning to hit Hai Long. head, sinking such a huge sea dragon into the sea.

They all could see that Linde was not injured. According to normal circumstances, Linde should be able to surface.

However, what worried them was that as the search for Linde's figure on the sea became longer and longer, Linde still did not rise from the sea. Everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts, except for the pious Joses. The bishop believed that Linde, who had been blessed by the Seven Gods, would be fine.

The search continued until the early morning of the next day, and the scope spread from the sea area where the battle was located to the surrounding sea areas. They even searched near the coastline, but still found no trace of Linde, and Hailong did not appear again.

"What to do now?" In the early morning, Halls summoned the captains of each warship together with a tired look on his face to discuss together.

Someone said bluntly: "Continue the search. Even if something happens to the Earl, we should still see him..."

However, some people don't like to hear this kind of words. I saw Hols' deputy sternly reprimanding: "Shut up. If you can't speak, just shut up. The earl is the chosen one of the Seven Gods. We all saw it at the time." , that huge sea dragon is as fragile as a sheep in front of him, how could something happen to him who is like a god? "

Apparently Halls' deputy was a devout believer in the Seven and a fervent admirer of Lind, the Chosen One.

"I'm just making an analogy." The captain curled his lips.

"Okay, now I want to ask what to do next, not to listen to your quarrel." Halls said solemnly.

At this time, Bishop Joses said extremely calmly: "All ships are not allowed to dock now, and they are not allowed to contact other ships. All invited chamber of commerce directors and their guards are under house arrest. They cannot be allowed to leak any information." Mr. Halls, please report directly to the Midsummer Hall what happened here, and let the Midsummer Hall prepare the rest."

As he spoke, he looked at the people around him with an extremely serious expression and said, "I believe that the Chosen One will be fine, but he sank to the bottom of the sea with Hai Long and disappeared. There must have been some accident. If he stays for a long time, Failure to show up will inevitably cause quite a stir. The longer we stay on the sea, the more time it will take for Shengxia Hall and Tengshi Town to prepare for unexpected events, so I hope you can understand the current situation and don't Do something to disappoint the Chosen One."

Everyone in the conference room immediately responded: "Understood, Your Majesty Bishop, we will strictly guard this matter and prevent it from spreading."

Halls didn't say anything more and immediately followed Bishop Joses's idea.

The directors of various chambers of commerce were naturally unwilling to be placed under house arrest, but they could see that if they dared to make any move of resistance, there would be only death waiting for them, and they would not be given any chance to escape.

So, they all honestly put down their weapons according to Halls's arrangement, took off all the clothes on their bodies, and put on the clothes prepared for them, and then they were all put under house arrest in the bottom cabin. These cabins only had Bishop Josés personally delivered the daily food to an exit, making sure not to give them any chance to deliver the message.

Halls also passed the news that Linde and Hai Long were missing together to the Summer Hall through the kestrel.

Almost like Bishop Joses, everyone who knew how powerful Lind was knew that Lind would be fine, but they also had to be wary of the turmoil that would arise if Lind disappeared for too long, as well as the machinations of some well-intentioned people.

So a letter crow flew out from the crow's nest in the meeting hall of Redemption Town, and instructions fell into the hands of the local supervisors, garrison commanders, and army commanders of Shengxia Hall. People from various places began to mobilize frequently, even those stationed in the Shenxia Hall. The stone giants in the Temple of Miracles were also transferred back to the Temple of Redemption.

Those who were very politically sensitive realized that something was wrong, but they did not connect this matter with Linde leading the fleet to hunt sea dragons. Instead, they felt that Linde might have a big impact on the southwest section of the Crimson Mountains. Action, because there have been rumors a long time ago that Lind planned to take the southwest section of the Crimson Mountains into his hands and complete the unification of the Dorne Frontier in the area east of Prince's Pass.

Half a month later, the military mobilization in the Midsummer Hall territory ended. Nymeria Fudley, the lord of Tengshi Town, led the subjects of Midsummer Hall to appear in the Redemption Temple, and announced at the Redemption Temple that she was pregnant with Midsummer. The child of Hall Lord Lin De, this child will also be the heir to Midsummer Hall and Tengshi Town in the future.

In the sept, Bishop Hullen announced the legitimacy and sanctity of Nymeria's unborn child.

This news immediately caused a huge sensation in the territories of Summer Hall and Tengshi Town. Everyone was extremely happy about the news. Various celebrations related to this were held in various towns and villages, and the entire territory fell into a sea of ​​joy.

After receiving the news, the lords from various places sent people to congratulate them. The one from the West was Kevan Lannister, the one from the South was Garlan Tyrell, the one from Dorne was Princess Arianne, and the one from the Stormlands was Duke Renly. He came to congratulate him in person. The one from the Riverlands was Edmure Tully, and the one from the Vale was the Lord of Runestone City, Bronze Yohn Royce. Although no one from the North was sent to congratulate him, they also sent a gift, a book. An extremely rare slate book from the ancestors.

What makes people feel strange is that King Robert, who has always had a good relationship with Linde, did not send any gifts. He only sent Sir Petyr Baelish, who had just become finance minister. The gap between the messengers present in other places is really huge.

In addition to secular lords sending people to congratulate, churches from all over the Seven Kingdoms also sent people to congratulate and offer gifts. Among them, the bishop of the High Seat Cathedral and the Stars Cathedral was personally present, and Hu Lun of the Redemption Cathedral was present. Like the bishop, he declared the legitimacy and sanctity of the fetus in Nymeria's belly.

So many dignitaries from the Seven Kingdoms were present to attend the banquet held by Nymeria for her unborn child, but the only missing host was Lind, which made many people feel a little uncomfortable.

But thinking that Linde was currently hunting sea dragons at sea, they felt there was nothing wrong with him.

"Nymeria, do you really plan to announce this news now?" Moroya asked seriously.

Moroya has been by Nymeria's side during this period. Although the relationship between the two has not gotten better, it is not too bad. Her role is mainly to guard against someone drugging Nymeria.

"We'll find out sooner or later. It's better to announce it now, lest they discover the problem themselves and use it to create rumors." Nymeria said calmly.

Moroya hesitated for a moment and said, "Have you ever thought that Linde is really..."

"No." Nymeria said with absolute certainty.

Then, she turned to look at Moroya and said, "What about you?"

"No." Moroya shook his head and said, "Even if everyone in this world dies, he will not die."

Hearing Moroya's words, Nymeria smiled, while the seven Redemption Sisters guarding the side frowned. Although this sentence sounded like saying that Lind could live a long time, they I always feel a little awkward.

However, they had no time to think, because Nymeria, who had put on a suit of armor, walked out of the room and walked towards the banquet hall. They followed closely and guarded Nymeria with the seven silent monks standing outside. around Leah.

And Glory, who appeared out of nowhere, followed behind and followed Lind's instructions when he left to protect Nymeria.

When Nymeria arrived at the banquet hall, everyone was a little confused as to why Nymeria put on armor.

Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Nymeria said loudly: "Everyone, I have some not-so-good news to announce now. My lover, the Lord of Summer Hall and the Chosen One, Lynd Tyron, passed away a month ago. While hunting Hai Long, he disappeared together with Hai Long. "

After Nymeria's words fell, the entire banquet hall fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at Nymeria in stunned silence.