Tides: Years of Dawn

The bottom of the sea is conducive to the habitat of the undead. Many people who died at sea actually took root after sinking into the bottom of the sea.

Their bodies rot at the bottom of the sea, and their souls lie near the bottom of the sea.

The undead who can surface either have extremely deep resentment, or have existed for many years, absorbing the essence of the ocean, so that they can escape from the small-scale confinement of their flesh and wander around.

So it was easy for Gao Wen to summon the undead at the bottom of the sea, at least it was much easier than in Haicheng School.

Leyle left the next morning. He didn't accompany Gawain in the summoning practice. He was hurriedly called back by Pei Di, leaving Gawain alone at the bottom of the old turtle house.

Therefore, only Gao Wen knew what happened.

Summoning the undead was very smooth at the beginning. He successfully summoned one and sent another away.After a short rest, he summoned three, and then sent three away smoothly.

Because the undead on the bottom of the sea haven't existed for long enough, most of the body decay is not that exaggerated. Some of them even maintain their human form, and they don't look so disgusting and scary.

For example, the little girl he summoned yesterday afternoon was still wearing a skirt, and it seemed that she had been dead for less than ten years.

Although the skirt had rotted away, leaving only some skeleton-like panniers, her face was still intact, she didn't even know what happened, and wanted to touch Gawain's fishtail.

Of course, she couldn't touch it.

It's also because she hasn't existed for long enough, and she hasn't learned how to manifest or dissipate.Her hand passed directly through Gawain's fishtail, her eyes widened in surprise.

Then, she said a few words.

Gao Wen couldn't understand what language it was, so he had to use the communication spell at the same time during the summoning process.

The common mantra is a way to transform one's own language ability.

The sea beast Leviathan is driven by the demons of hell, and the demons have the ability to understand the mother tongue of all spirits.This ability was given to Leviathan, and after years of exploration, Leviathan passed it on to the Sea People.

Gao Wen first tried to use the common language with the little girl, trying to make the little girl speak the native language of the sea people.But the spell directly penetrated the little girl's body and didn't work at all.

As a last resort, Gao Wen spoke to himself again.So he understood what the little girl said, and the little girl said—"Who are you, why are you holding the trident?"

The trident is the weapon of the sea monster family. It has no entity and is transformed by the magic power of the sea monster itself.

When members of the sea monster family want to cast more powerful spells or make precise attacks, they usually transform into tridents to increase their mana and concentration.

It was the same for Gao Wen at the moment.

Summoning is a very labor-intensive spell for him. He must transform into a trident in order to concentrate better.

"I am..." Gawain glanced at the fish tail that had become a prototype due to exhaustion of energy. He wanted to say that he was a sea dweller, but he paused, and simply smiled—"I am Leviathan, a sea beast."

The little girl tilted her head, looked at him curiously, then shook her head and said, "No, you are not Leviathan, I have seen Leviathan."

"Have you seen Leviathan?" Gawain became interested after saying this.

He has not seen Leviathan in person, because he has not yet participated in the blood sacrifice.Hua De meant to wait until he became an adult to participate, and next year, he will experience this sacred sacrifice for the first time in person.

The little girl nodded vigorously and laughed, "Leviathan doesn't hold a trident."

Yes, the real Leviathan doesn't hold a trident.

Because it can part the sea by vibrating its wings, it can rain down rain by opening its mouth, it can throw down lightning by raising its tail, and as long as it makes a cry, the thunder will rumble and last forever.

"Then what is it doing?" Gawain also laughed.He hadn't talked to the undead yet, and this new stimulus made him want to continue the conversation.

But the girl became worried, she fingered the petals on the skirt, and said in a low voice - "I don't know, I just saw it from a distance... It was howling one after another, like thunder."

Gao Wen understood.

Because the girl couldn't understand Leviathan's language, it was normal to hear wailing.

"It seems to want to talk to someone, it seems to be worried about something," the girl said again, she raised her head and pointed to the deep sea, "You can help it... You look so similar to it, you must understand How to help it."

Gao Wen wanted to answer something, but the girl became more and more transparent, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

Gao Wen knew that his mana could not last anymore, so he hurriedly sent the girl away, lest the undead would completely dissipate and cease to exist after being summoned for too long and he did not have a continuous supply of mana.

I thought it was just a girl's adventure. After all, living in the ocean, it is not impossible to occasionally be lucky enough to meet Leviathan who has been sleeping in the depths of the ocean all year round.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he used the summoning spell again after resting for half an hour, Leviathan's voice would reach its ears.

Yes, Gawain knew it was Leviathan.

Because he was obviously trying to summon more undead, but he recited dozens of lines of the summoning mantra, and finished it completely and smoothly, but there was silence around him.

He thought he had made a mistake in casting the spell, so he tried again.

But when the long guiding words were finished, the light from the successful activation of the summoning technique also quickly surrounded Gao Wen and quickly dissipated, and there was still nothing around.

The backyard of Haigui's house was empty, only a few stone turtles tied with iron chains stood in the distance, the light was not clear, and they were not very clear.

And just when Gao Wen was about to recite the mantra for the third time, a low, thunderous voice came from the deep distance.

It is like rolling thunder, and it is like a dark tide churning.It came closer inch by inch, but moved away wave by wave like waves.

Gao Wen tried to find the source of the sound, but after swimming for a few meters, he found that the sound came from all directions, but scattered in all directions.

He wandered on the empty platform, and had no choice but to shout into the dark distance—"Master, are you calling me?"

Gawain had never heard of Leviathan's summoning. Although the history books once recorded the story of Leviathan summoning the Sea People, Gawain thought it was just a story.

How did the mythical beast summon the sea people?Only Hai Min took the initiative to summon the divine beast and pray for protection.

So he doesn't know what to do when this happens, and he doesn't know the proper way to respond.

The rumbling thunder continued, ignoring Gao Wen's loud question.

Gao Wen went deeper again, he swam down to the platform of the turtle house, turned into a complete animal form, and continued to sink into the darkness.

"Master... is, are you calling me?" Gao Wen asked loudly again in Haimin's language.

But the ocean was deep, and it quickly swallowed his voice. Unlike shouting in the mountains, shouting in the depths of the ocean didn't even have an echo.

He continued to swim forward.

Without the protection of the magic ball, he left the range of the turtle's house.He swam deeper into the darkness, and soon the lights of the Turtle's house became a distant point.

And the thunder is still rolling around him, neither moving away nor approaching.

So he asked for the third time—"Master, are you calling me? I am Gawain Leviathan of the sea monster family, and I am at your command."

But still no response.

The muffled thunder kept ringing, and Gao Wen continued to swim forward.

Now, there are only some glowing fish and coral bushes around him. He doesn't know where he has swam, and there are no lights behind him, but he still doesn't want to stop.

Although there was no evidence that he was the only one who heard the thunder, there was a hand in his belly, stubbornly and persistently leading him into the deep sea.

After the hand brought him into complete darkness, Gawain finally stopped.

He looked around and could not see even the small fish now.He fell into a narrow and empty situation.

There is no real darkness like this.

And when he was about to open his mouth to ask a question for the fourth time, suddenly, the thunder suddenly increased.

The thunder suddenly exploded in his ears, as if someone stretched a giant drum and then tried their best to smash the drum surface.

After a loud noise, various sounds erupted from Gawain's ears.Crying, howling, yelling, roaring.

They use the language of the sea people, but it seems that hundreds of thousands of sea people are shouting at the same time.

Gao Wen immediately covered his ears and closed his eyes, but it didn't help at all.Those voices broke into his eardrums without any hindrance, as if speaking in his ears, but also like shouting in his mind.

They were crying—"I was wrong, I'm sorry...I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, please forgive me!..."

They begged for mercy - "They are our people, let them stay. They don't belong to the land anymore, let them be spared..."

They swore - "Let us go, we will sacrifice our lives and souls to save him, as long as we save him, I will always obey your orders..."

They also cursed fiercely—"Please remember what you have done today, and please also remember, I hate you to the bone!..."

Gao Wen shouted, those chaotic voices seemed to shatter the eardrums.

But he couldn't hear his own voice, only the chaotic and noisy accusations were deafening.

I don't know how long it lasted, when Gawain seemed to be completely captured by the boundless darkness, all the sounds - including the thunder - suddenly disappeared.

It was only then that Gao Wen realized that he had hugged himself into a ball at some point, curled up and lying on the platform of the turtle's house.

It seemed that everything just now was just an illusion, and Gao Wen never left.

"What's wrong with you?" A sea turtle attendant seemed to have heard Gawain's call for help, hurriedly opened the door and walked out of the platform.When he saw Gao Wen who fell to the ground, he hurried over.

He helped Gawain up, held Gawain's shoulders, and slowly used his own magic power to bring Gawain back into a human form.

"Are... are you alright? What happened?" The turtle attendant looked around the platform, seeing that Gawain had returned to his human form, he put him down, and ran to the edge of the platform vigilantly to look into the distance.

"Did someone attack you just now? Or—"

"Did you hear any sound?" Gawain rested on the ground for a while, stood up, and asked anxiously, "Thunder, shouting, crying, and, and..."

Gao Wen was sweating profusely at the moment, and even with the magical assistance of the turtle guards, the fish scales on his arms would not come off because of his high tension.

The sea turtle guard thought for a while, then shook his head, and said—"I...I only heard you shouting, I don't know..."

"Didn't hear anything?!" Gawain asked eagerly again, even grabbing the other's arm.

The guard was also stunned for a moment. He thought harder, but finally shook his head, "...I only came in when I heard your shout. Apart from that, I really didn't hear any other voices..."

Gao Wen let go of him and nodded silently.

Lemarlock seemed very dissatisfied with Gawain's decision, and kept trying to get out of the fish tank.He pushed back the lid covering the fish tank, and spat at Gao Wen fiercely.

"Gao Wen?" The bedroom door knocked and opened.Hua De came back, and he also heard from the attendant that Gao Wen went ashore from the turtle's house ahead of time—"I thought you would stay a few days longer, what's the matter, did you encounter any difficulties in training?"

"No, father..." Gawain collected his thoughts and said solemnly—"I heard Leviathan's voice, it seems...a warning."

After hearing this, Hua De's face froze instantly.

He stood by the door for a while, and motioned to Gawain, "Come out, and tell me what you heard."

Gawain poked Lemarlock's chest and threw him back into the fish tank.Then he stood up and walked out with his father.

TBC