Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 867 - 745: Trouble Ahead
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Crash...
The sky above the sea east of White Swan Castle exploded into a myriad of fireworks, with a dazzling display enveloping half of Saint Aiven City. A fountain, light rain, and peacock tail... a riot of colors.
Even Calvin, Jacob, and others used [Activated Spiritual Light] to control the giant dragons, thunderbirds, unicorns... engaging in lively battles and pursuits in the night sky.
Providing all citizens and guests with a stunning spiritual feast.
For this, the "Wedding Preparation Committee" specially dispatched a duchy fleet composed of forty cruisers to coordinate and launch the display at sea.
Anyway, having captured a large number of ships from the Hilus Invincible Fleet, the Galliot Duchy's conventional fleet has already become the best in the New Continent, wealthy and willful.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the last firework forming the "Thorny Crown Sea Serpent Emblem" finally disappeared completely with the wind.
"Wow, it was so beautiful, I'd love to see it again. Elante, don't you think so?"
Standing in the courtyard of White Swan Castle, a girl with deep blue wavy long hair flushed slightly, still marveling.
"Yes, yes, it was so beautiful."
Beside her, a young man in a Kingdom Major's uniform awkwardly nodded repeatedly while looking at the beautiful girl in front, though it was unclear whether he was agreeing about the fireworks or...
With their special status at this grand wedding, Elante, as Aiven's kin, and Irina, serving as Olivia's bridesmaid, perhaps due to their similar ages, coincidentally ended up talking together.
After the fireworks display, they didn't return to their quarters but instead strolled in the exquisitely designed gardens of White Swan Castle under the moonlight.
Hearing about Elante's upcoming itinerary, the girl couldn't help but exclaim:
"Oh, you're going to the Peacock Islands under the tightest control of the Hilus Empire? Isn't that dangerous?"
Elante patted his chest, unconcerned:
"No worries, really, it's the same everywhere when fighting, and my brother said he would arrange a ship's figurehead for me. It should be fine for saving my life at critical moments."
The majority of the raiding fleet consists of windfall Level 3 ships captured from Hilus, refitted into heavy cruisers based on "Venus".
The personnel setup involves one main and two deputies, with three Official Knights serving as captain, first mate, and boatswain, all elite drawn from the Kingdom Navy.
Elante, having already been an Official Knight for several years, with his [Venom Armor], [Bloody Lake Light], and three-year service experience on a Quasi-Legendary Battleship, while not currently fit for more demanding roles like captain or first mate, is more than qualified as a boatswain.
In addition, he's equipped with the [Ship's Figurehead: Eight-Clawed Ghost Lizard] that Aiven and the others temporarily made from the [Clock Tower], endowed with [Stealth], [Fire Cannon Enchantment], and [Water Jet] skills, providing ample offensive and defensive capabilities so he needn't worry excessively about his safety.
"Is it a witchcraft ship's figurehead? Was it made by His Majesty? My long-term goal is to create my own ship's figurehead and sail the world with it."
Engaged in a topic of interest to the girl, her big eyes suddenly lit up.
"Eh? Are you also a wizard, Miss Irina?"
Elante was somewhat surprised, having always thought the girl, like himself, was an Official Knight.
The girl bashfully stuck out her tongue:
"Unlike my brother, I belong to the Alchemy School's 'Alchemy Tools and Enchantment Engineering Branch', but I'm just an apprentice."
"That's quite impressive..."
"Not really..."
As night deepened, watching the girl wave goodbye, Elante couldn't help but feel a little lost.
With the lavish banquet and grand fireworks display ended, the wedding that lasted almost all day finally came to a close, with distinguished guests gradually returning to the National Guesthouse.
Apart from the busy dignitaries, many of them will remain in the duchy for some time before gradually returning home.
There will be site visits, tours, negotiation of trade... Many aren't just here for the wedding. Taking advantage of this opportunity, many collaborative projects that could have far-reaching implications for the New Continent and even the entire world might be achieved in Saint Aiven City.
The hubbub that lasted all day in White Swan Castle gradually subsided, and with a "Tower Spirit" from the Vitalist School stationed, much cleaning didn't require the "Night Spirit" maids to do.
However, it wasn't until the latter half of the night that the vague and somewhat annoying sound in the luxurious master bedroom belonging to the newlywed couple finally completely subsided.
In the Spirit Realm, under the eternal indigo sky and the ring-shaped Spirit Realm Sun.
A vast desert stretched out with dunes hundreds of meters high that flowed like giant waves, with scorching winds drifting across the dune tops, taking golden sands with them and piling them onto the next dune.
Whoosh—
Amid the dunes lay a flourishing oasis, where a clear spring flowed gently in its center, pure as air.
"Yay! The trees in this oasis bear candy; what a paradise for children."
Wearing a white beach dress, looking ever more realistic compared to her initial 3D cartoon character form, Olivia rode a Wild Wind Steed down to the spring.
Plucking a candy from the tree and popping it into her mouth, she kicked off her delicate sandals and dipped her gem-blue painted toes into the spring water.
