I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 282 - 193: Penance Strait (Double-Length)

The Spirit Flame of the Spirit Flame Curse possesses flame properties, making it effective against these mycelium threads.

However, the level of the Spirit Flame Curse is clearly insufficient, with very little lethality against these mycelium.

"Fire!"

Mira also tried using fire, but its power was limited, only managing to burn off the mycelium on herself.

But this wasn't much of a problem for Rogel.

He pulled out a pile of previously stored Residual Spirits and quickly upgraded the level of the Spirit Flame Curse.

[Spirit Flame Curse lv1 → Spirit Flame Curse (Extraordinary) lv1.]

After the skill level was upgraded, Rogel made a gesture, and large swaths of deep blue-violet flames surged up around him.

"Hiss..."

Myriads of weak wails emanated from the surrounding mycelium, which quickly retreated.

Noemi was still grimacing and tearing at the mycelium.

"Don't move."

Rogel's steady voice came through.

With a boom, the massive flame consciously spread towards the mycelium. As the flame exploded, the mycelium shrieked incessantly and quickly shrank back.

The group finally freed themselves from the restraints of the mycelium.

Rogel withdrew his hand, looked at the retreating mycelium around them, and extinguished the flame.

At this moment, peace returned once again on the Gelin.

"Phew... Rogel brother, you're still the most reliable..."

Noemi breathed a sigh of relief, using her small hand to fan her cheeks.

Then she furrowed her brow.

Something's not right, there's a problem.

She sniffed around and detected a slight burning smell, like something scorched.

At first, she thought it was the scent of burned mycelium.

But Mira beside her was staring blankly at her head.

"Noemi, you..."

"Huh? Me? What?"

Noemi was a bit surprised, reaching to scratch her head, when she suddenly felt a searing heat.

Her gaze slowly moved upward...

"Ahhh! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! I'm on fire! I'm on fire!"

Like a little dog whose tail had been stepped on, Noemi shrieked repeatedly, frantically patting the flames on her head and ears.

Oops, the fire's a bit too strong!

Rogel's heart skipped a beat.

The Spirit Flame Curse had just been upgraded, and control over it wasn't yet that precise.

"Water! Get water, get water!"

Lina quickly ran towards the cabin to get water.

Rogel attempted to retract the flame but found it was a secondary product, an ordinary fire that resulted from Spirit Flame igniting Noemi's hair, which he couldn't control.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Mira beside him clumsily tried to blow out the flames.

But the fire grew even bigger.

Whoosh!

Fortunately, Lina was quick, pouring a bucket of water right over.

"Sizzle..."

Plumes of black smoke rose from Noemi's head, and she finally lay on the ground, letting out a big sigh of relief.

The rest of the group also breathed a sigh of relief.

A while later.

Noemi, with a charred patch on her head, stared resentfully at Rogel.

Lina and the others wore serious expressions, but the occasional twitching of their mouths betrayed them.

"Well... sorry about that, Noemi..."

Rogel said awkwardly.

At his words, Noemi could only droop her ears: "Forget it, Captain, you didn't do it on purpose..."

"But you have to make me rib soup! I want ribs!"

"Okay, okay, okay..."

Rogel readily agreed.

...

This little incident managed to loosen the heavy atmosphere on the ship a bit.

But the somber feeling brought on by the Penance Strait didn't dissipate.

After breaking free from the mycelium's restraint, Rogel and the others used Spirit Flame to burn through the mycelium ahead, slowly advancing.

Thankfully, there weren't too many mycelium; after two or three burns, the route cleared again.

Rogel observed the situation ahead while also monitoring Heisatan's condition.

By this point, Heisatan had been ascending for nearly an hour, yet showed no signs of reaching the water's surface.

Not even a glimmer of light was visible.

Moreover, judging from the pressure of the surrounding water, it seemed like the depth of water around Heisatan hadn't changed at all.

This suggested that Heisatan might be going in circles!

Many sea creatures that venture into the strait might be trapped this way.

"Never mind, let's just teleport back."

Rogel used the cave's teleportation function.

He wanted to see if anything would happen, but after so long, the only result was the pitch-black deep sea.

So he teleported Heisatan to the cave, then to his side.

However, when Heisatan was teleported beneath the Gelin, Rogel's eyes suddenly widened. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"This..."

Through Heisatan's eyes, the sea below still had no bottom, but at least they could see the Gelin above and the water's surface.

And not far in front of them, a large ship was sailing towards them.

What shocked Rogel, though, wasn't the large ship itself.

But rather, the ship's eerie posture!

It sailed completely contrary to the normal way ships navigate on the surface—this large ship sailed beneath the water!

The bottom of the ship skimmed across the water's surface in Rogel and his crew's view.

If 'one' represented the water's surface, then the structure of the word 'above' could perfectly describe the Gelin's maritime state.

Then the large ship corresponded to 'below'.

The scene before them was exceedingly bizarre.

Then, an even more absurd event occurred.

On the deck of this large ship, a person appeared, standing upside down, aligning with the inverted gravity of the ship.

Upon seeing Heisatan ahead, this person was struck with terror, collapsing on the deck before scrambling back to the cabin in a panic.