Captain Alvar was someone who was sailing through the waters of the Northern Ocean Area for entire decades and he was a very experienced and knowledgeable captain.
If not for his previous experiences and also some parts were attributed to his personal strength, he wouldn't have been chosen for the position of Captain of Samiel's ship.
Samiel had to admit that the route was well-planned and contained a lot of pirate crews. If they were lucky, it won't take long before he would complete the Advancement Quest and depart from the 11th Floor.
"Good job Captain Alvar."
Samiel praised Captain Alvar, who was in charge of the ship.
"When can we sail?"
He asked as he went through the last of the plans that Captain Alvar presented him.
"Within one hour, everything should be prepared. Right now, the engineers are checking on the engines of the ship for the last time and after they give us the green light, we can go."
Nodding his head, Samiel decided that it was time to check out the quarters that he shared with Yvraine while he left the competent people to do their job.
Security and protocols were above everything else and because the ship was functioning on the Magitek Engines, they needed to be properly checked before every usage. The explosion of such an engine was rather dangerous.
Even though this was only a lower-graded engine, its explosion could still kill the average Silver-Professional.
Samiel didn't object to anything and just looked at Captain Alvar before he exited the captain's quarters and went with Yvraine to their personal chambers.
Their quarters were huge enough, constructed with Samiel's favorite gothic style... probably Yvraine ordered this for him as he smiled seeing the black-colored bedroom, with notable green colors among it.
Approximately after one hour, the ship started exiting the port and was finally heading toward the open sea. Because they were still in the vicinity of the Skr?n?ti?, they would need to spend some good time on the seas before they would encounter the first pirate crew.
Not even Pirate Kings and the most powerful ones among them dared to enter the territorial waters of the Skr?n?ti? because that was certain death on the spot.
Most of the pirates valued their very own lives dearly and they would never do something that suicidal.
Skr?n?ti? was a war-like nation and Skr?n?ti?ns liked to fight anyone who was out there.
Because of that, the various pirate crews didn't dare to enter their territorial waters to cause chaos and even if some of them entered, they would always adhere to the rules and act as proper citizens, which was sometimes rare sight.
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Several days later, the Northern Ocean Area.
For the past four days, they have been spending their time in peace and sometimes freezing due to the extreme conditions of the Northern Oceans, which were really, like really cold.
Luckily the ships manufactured by the Skr?n?ti? were specifically adjusted to withstand extreme cold and frost, not to mention they were armed with battle rams to destroy and break glaciers that were all around the entire Northern Ocean Area.
Traversing through the Northern Ocean Area was dangerous not only thanks to numerous pirate crews, because in this area, only the strongest of the pirates gathered, but also due to the environment.
The entire area was filled with countless glaciers and enormous ice constructs that seeded the oceans of the north.
Frost storms of extreme cold were common as clouds on a rainy day and one could be easily swept by some random frost storm and be frozen to icicle.
And for whatever reason, the cold waters of the Northern Ocean Area were very attractive to a plethora of powerful and mighty mari-type magical beasts that preferred this environment.
So any sane people that were traversing through the Northern Ocean Area needed to be extra careful not to attract the attention of something powerful, but there was also always the aspect of luck.
And luck was sometimes undeniable.
Fortunately for their little expedition, they had enough luck not to be targeted by any powerful magical beasts that dwelled in the depths of the oceans.
Samiel was peacefully spending time on the seas by studying Magic as he always did.
It became monotonous to the point where Yvraine called him boring as hell because he wasn't doing anything else aside from studying ancient tomes and practicing spells whenever he had some time for it.
While Samiel and Yvraine were in their chambers, Captain Alvar was in the commanding deck, directing the ship and managing all matters related to it.
"Captain, the radar has registered a powerful Silver-Tier magical beast approaching the ship at a fast pace."
andasnovel.com Suddenly the first mate of Captain Alvar notified him of the situation as Captain Alvar grimaced upon hearing that.
"Species?"
He asked with a grave tone in his voice because the Silver-Tier magical beast approaching wasn't good news. Though truthfully, it depended on the species of the magical beasts; some were easier to deal with while some were harder to deal with.
"Some sub-species of Kraken which I don't recognize... probably some mutation. Should we activate the defensive protocols?"
The first mate of Captain Alvar asked as the berserker viking nodded and issued orders to take out the Kraken. As soon as he gave out the command, suddenly, from the bottom of the ship, a small Magitek device was released.
In a split of a second, it transformed into a small rocked and shot directly at the kraken, which was approaching the ship at a fast pace, as it exploded into a violent explosion when it his tremendous huge creature.
The kraken shrieked in pain before it turned around and unexpectedly fled.
Seeing that the enemy could injure it rather easily, kraken didn't dwell on attacking the ship at any cost but opted for retreat and decided to search for a wooden ship.
Even though most of the magical beasts that were of average lineage didn't belong to the smartest one walking the Material Plane of the Cosmos, it was smart enough to recognize the threats to its life.
When it realized that the resistance was futile and there was nothing to gain from attacking the steel behemoth of a ship, it fled and it was done with it.
Captain Alvar sighed in relief when the scans showed them that the magical beast had fled because they were safe. Some of them, even while in lesser tiers, due to their humongous size, could cause big problems for ships.
Especially for the krakens, they were very problematic magical beasts to deal with, as their most common strategy was to envelop the ship with their tentacles and then pull it down to the depths of the ocean, where it would be crushed into countless pieces by high pressure.
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