God's family

When Roger woke up from a coma, he found that he was in a cave somewhere on the seabed.

Colorful corals, seaweeds swaying with the sea water, and fish swimming in it make this sea area full of mystery and vitality. Fluorescent lights of unknown size illuminate the originally dark underwater world, although Not too bright, but just enough to allow the eyes to distinguish the surrounding situation.

Roger stretched out his fingers, moved them a little, took a timid breath, and finally admitted with astonishment that he could actually breathe freely at the bottom of the sea without suffocating.

With a very light body, Roger tried to take a few steps out of the cave, but found that his movements were as slow as if he had been hit by a slow spell, and he couldn't even control the distance of each step.The whole person floats up and down in the sea lightly, and falls slowly. Although this taste is novel, it is obviously particularly dangerous.

"You're finally awake." The weird sound wave came to his ears, but it was automatically translated into an understandable language. Roger quickly looked in the direction of the sound wave, and wanted to answer, but only came out of his mouth. There was a big cloud of bubbles.

"I'm sorry, please don't panic. You probably can't speak now. To my extent, I can only cast a small spell on you that allows you to breathe freely underwater and withstand water pressure. If there are more things, please Forgive me for what I can do." As the sound wave got closer and closer, Roger saw a figure—or was it a fish shadow? —— Gradually approached from outside the cave, and finally revealed his true face in the light of the halo.

That's what Gard the Bard, or more accurately, Garr the Sea Clan really looks like.

His long light blue hair floated around him like seaweed, almost merging with the sea water. His upper body still looked like a human being, except that there were fin-like stripes on both sides of his arms. He was naked, with only a few pieces made of shells, Jewelry made of coral and pearls, the lower body is the second half of a fish that is also blue, the thin and almost transparent exhaust is slightly swaying, elegant and lazy.Of course, he still held his golden lyre preciously in his hands.

Roger only remembered the fact that he was unable to speak at the moment after vomited a bunch of bubbles. He couldn't help feeling extremely helpless. He glanced at Gal and then turned his eyes around, trying to find the rest of the humans who fell into the sea like him. Unfortunately, But nothing.

"Sorry, with my ability, I can only save you alone... Those human passengers... If they haven't drowned, they are probably taken to the settlement of the Sea Clan." Roger understood What he wanted to express, Gal said silently, with a somewhat apologetic expression, "I didn't expect it to happen so suddenly, and that Fendro is too irritable, I can't appease it at all, and the Sea Clan... recently Humans are also a little unfriendly, but I think that as long as they don’t try to do bad things, my people should not easily harm humans.”

Slowly approaching Roger, putting his almost weightless hands lightly on his shoulders, Gal's expression was gentle and full of comfort.

"As for your companions... that elf is safe. Both the Sea Clan and the elves are races that uphold nature, and they have never had any conflicts with each other. He will be well taken care of, while the other three..." Gal paused for a moment, feeling a little helpless, "The red-haired swordsman and the businessman were both taken away by the Sea Clan, and should be put in jail, but they are not in danger for the time being, while the black-haired swordsman has not been arrested. Found, and I sincerely hope he is safe as well."

Roger blinked, knowing the whereabouts of the companion he cared about the most made him feel a little easier. As for the missing Lycent... For some reason, Roger always had a feeling that this guy would be fine. A feeling, perhaps a reluctance to accept that something has happened to him, or perhaps an unfounded trust in his seemingly mysterious and powerful identity.

And then... what should he do next?

"If you want, I can send you back to land." Reading the confusion on Roger's expression, Gal suggested.

Without even thinking, Roger shook his head resolutely.Although he has always been an egoist and doesn't know what else he can do if he stays, but letting him leave his companions alone and return to the land alone is completely inconsistent with his outlook on life.

"I knew it would be like this." Gal smiled, his deep blue eyes sparkled with friendliness, "Please don't worry, although I couldn't prevent this shipwreck before, I will try my best to help you save you Companion, it is my reward for helping you last time."

Roger spat out a string of bubbles, and silently made a "thank you" mouth. Anyway, it has become his deep-rooted instinct to go with the situation. Even if he can't find a good solution for a while, he will calm down first. Then think about it slowly.

"I will negotiate with my clansmen and try to persuade them to release your companion. I will also ask my friends to help find the black-haired swordsman. During this time, please wait here temporarily." Gal said. Roger's hand, leading him slowly back to the cave.

The inside of the cave is a little rough, just a huge sea clam shell that can accommodate a person to lie down in. The shell is covered with a layer of things beyond Roger's knowledge, but it looks soft and should be quite comfortable. .In addition to the sea clam shells that may function as bedding, there is a mess of things in the corner of the cave, some of which are piled up in a haphazard manner, and they don't seem to be very important.

"I am laughing at you. I travel most of the time. Although this is my home, the time I stay here is quite short, so I haven't tidied it up. It's too rudimentary." There was a bit of a smile in Gal's smile. She was ashamed, and then straightened her face again, "I will bring you food, and you are welcome to use this cave as you please, but when I leave, for your safety, you must not leave here, otherwise you will Detained by my people who mistakenly thought they had evil intentions—recently...the Sea Clan is not so peaceful..."

Hearing this warning again at this moment, Roger will not think that the "not peaceful" refers to pirates at all. It is obvious that there is something wrong with the Sea Clan, and this problem is very likely to be caused by humans. of.

A lone army deep into the enemy's base camp?It's not pretty at all.

Although he understands that Gall's warning is for himself, running around without permission will not solve the problem, and maybe even his own safety will be compromised, but Roger really has no way to nod and agree to his words—he doesn't want to just stay in this safe place obediently. In the same place, doing nothing, and then just pinning all hopes on Gal who should be a stranger.

Looking at Roger steadily, he found that although he didn't intend to strongly oppose, but there was no sign of compromise in those red eyes full of apology and helplessness, Gal sighed, also feeling a little helpless.He is gentle by nature and doesn't like to fight. He is only interested in things like music, history, and culture. He can't do things like forcing others, or even imprisoning them. What's more, the other party is not important. To the extent that he would go against his nature and use strong means to ensure safety no matter what.

"...Okay, I understand what you mean." Gal took the lead and took a step back, "You can come and go freely, but you have to know that hiding you here while I'm in trouble is already my limit, if you go out When I was discovered and detained by my clansmen, even if I wanted to rescue you, I would be powerless."

Roger looked happy and nodded again and again.He didn't want to embarrass this Sea Clan, and he didn't want to disappoint his good intentions, but he couldn't stay so obediently, even if he was caught and locked up with Leon and the others, he would probably feel even worse. Take it easy—this probably barely qualifies as "self-soothing for psychological satisfaction"?

Of course, if possible, he would try not to get caught.Roger pondered, if he went to save people in the Sea Clan group alone, it would be a brain twitch to die. The first thing he should do is to try to find Lacent, at least this is probably the only thing he can do at present something happened.Roger remembered that when the passenger ship was broken up by huge waves, Nexant obviously grabbed him and fell into the sea with him. It stands to reason that they should not be separated too far, right?

After making up his mind, Roger smiled at Gall, raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the hole, indicating that he wanted to leave.Gal nodded helplessly, turned his head to think for a while, and then nodded again on Roger's forehead, "I'll help you try to hide your aura as a human being, although my spells are not pure, maybe it won't help much It has a role, but it’s better than nothing.”

Roger smiled gratefully again, and after being repeatedly reminded by Gal about the surrounding environment and the creatures that needed attention, he finally jumped to the entrance of the cave with a slightly clumsy support on the cave wall.

According to Garr, his cave is still some distance away from the settlement of the sea clan, probably considered a suburb?Except for the Sea Clan guards who need to be on patrol at all times, the surrounding area is fairly safe, there are no dangerous sea monsters, and there are relatively few Sea Clan people.But he can't go east, that's the direction to the center of the settlement. According to Roger's current state of inability to move, if he goes there without authorization, he will definitely be caught.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Roger carefully observed the surrounding situation. After confirming that everything was normal, his legs slightly bent, and he straightened his body by kicking off the cave wall and rushed out. At the same time, he stretched his hands to the sides of his head, and then bent his legs , pulling his arms back, and smoothly swam a short distance ahead in a frog-like posture that he didn't know when he would try to figure it out.

After four or five gesticulations like this, although the speed is still slow, the movements are at least proficient. Roger was a little complacent just now, but when he turned his head to look back at the cave, he found that Gal was silently stopping at the entrance of the cave, looking at him with a tangled expression. action.After meeting Roger's eyes, Gal was stunned for a moment, then squeezed out a polite smile that tried his best to hide the meaning of teasing, then turned around, flicked the slender fish tail gracefully, and disappeared gracefully and quickly into the coral in the bushes.

Roger silently covered his face, and repeatedly comforted himself that he would be full to compare his swimming movements with those of the sea people! ——As a person who grew up inland and has never seen deep water all year round, being able to splash a few times in the water is already considered great!

From the distance from the entrance of the cave to the largest coral clump next to him, Roger basically mastered the way of moving in the water. Although both the movement and the speed are terrible, it can be regarded as a crucial step first step.

Carefully hiding in the coral bushes, Roger knew that with his own strength, if he just searched around like this, it probably wouldn't take long for him to successfully meet up with Leon and Uncle Canum in the prison of the Sea Clan, and now Without any news from Lacente, he may only be able to rely on one thing...

Roger silently cast his eyes on the bracelet on his wrist. This recent experience made him think that there should be some unknown connection between Nexant and the bracelet. Maybe the bracelet can satisfy his wish and serve him well. Guide the way to Lycente.

Raising his left hand to hold the bracelet on his right wrist, closing his eyes, Roger tried to recall the state when the bracelet responded to his thoughts a few times before, repeating his wish at this moment over and over again, trying to convey what into the bracelet within.This was the first time he had actively and consciously asked the bracelet to give him something, and to be honest, Roger really felt that such a move was a little silly and a little unreasonable, but he had to try to believe it wholeheartedly at this moment.

Then, whether it was an illusion caused by his too strong obsession, Roger really seemed to feel that there was something answering his call not too far away or not too close.The response was not strong, but it was very clear, and it gave Roger a sense of familiarity.

Opening his eyes in surprise, he looked in the direction of the response, and moved his left hand away from the bracelet. Although the feeling of the response was weaker, he could still clearly distinguish it. Roger silently said, "This should not be a hallucination, no The hallucination" continued to hypnotize myself, and then I gritted my teeth and swam out of the coral grove, watching all directions, listening to all directions, and walking cautiously towards the direction of response.

I avoided two teams of patrolling Sea Clan guards on the way. I don’t know if the hidden spell Garr placed on Roger really worked, or most Sea Clans have lived in the dark environment of the seabed for a long time, and their vision is not very developed, or Due to many factors, in short, Roger succeeded in getting closer and closer to the place where the response came from, and finally stopped at about the location where the instruction was, and began to search for it.

It was a thick patch of seaweed, each seaweed was about two meters long, making it impossible to see what was hidden inside, and the vague sensing could only allow him to judge the approximate direction, which was not accurate at all. So Roger had to try his best to lower his body, carefully peeled away the seaweed, and stared hard to find it.

There are a lot of messy things in the seaweed, which are probably carried by shipwrecks on busy routes, or things dropped by passengers inadvertently.Roger found a set of broken tableware, a soaked and tattered hardcover book, a rusty iron box, and even a black armor that was badly damaged but looked quite expensive!I just turned over and over, but couldn't find anything humanoid, dead or alive.

...There must be something wrong... I knew that the wristband and sensor were not reliable at all!Roger angrily yanked the seaweed swaying with the waves, and looked up sadly and speechlessly.Is there anything more tragic than coming with hope only to find out it was all an illusion?

Roger sighed inwardly, fluttered his hands and feet and floated up a little bit, and finally looked back at the seagrass bushes that indeed had some sense of climate, and planned to continue to find a safe place to re-evaluate—although this thing This time it was proved to be unreliable, but Roger, who was in a hurry to go to the doctor, felt that at least it was better than wandering around like a headless chicken.

Just as Roger was about to leave in frustration, something grabbed his right ankle suddenly.

——? ? ! !

The startled Roger instantly remembered a series of legends about water ghosts catching dead ghosts, and waving his hands and feet in fear to break free, but he was dragged into the seaweed bushes completely helpless, leaving only A large string of bubbles was released, silently floating and rising in the seaweed...