Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 722: 230. Nail Clipper Box_2

He vaguely sensed the fluctuations in the sea water caused by the corpse explosion and looked back, asking:

“Jarvis, was there an explosion just now? Did you feel a subtle energy fluctuation?”

Noland Lee shook his head:

“No.”

Hadley Grant scratched at his liquefied beard:

“Alright. It seems that I was overly nervous as it was my first time bringing someone into the Blue Cave.”

Hadley maintained the water stream behind him and led Noland through the cave.

Their figures were quickly obscured by the dense blue-glowing moss and disappeared after the first turn.

Noland looked back at the entrance that was blocked by the cave wall and chuckled inwardly, figuring out the sensing range of a Five-ring Deep Sea Wizard in the water.

Increasing the “Spirit” attribute value does indeed improve the range of energy perception, and there is no mistake in that.

However, in the water, all wizards experience a reduction in their energy perception range due to the change in the energy transmission medium.

Hadley was a perfect example of this.

According to the deconstruction result, his “Spirit” was 160 points, and his energy perception range on land was 1,550 meters.

Underwater, if not aided by “Subordinate Deep Sea Detection,” his perception range would be reduced to around 200 meters.

Just now, the “Evil Blast” triggered by Noland was about 200 meters from Hadley, just at the edge of Hadley’s perception range.

That’s why Hadley had the misconception that an explosion might have occurred just now.

“My energy perception range has also been weakened by the deep sea environment, but I still have ‘Mental Beacon’ and ‘Mind View’ to accurately lock onto casting targets through magic vision. From this standpoint, the high-level spell ‘Deep Sea Detection’ seems even more valuable than I expected. Only deep-sea wizards with this spell can have a comparable energy perception range underwater as on land.”

Noland silently praised ‘Deep Sea Detection’ in his heart.

He searched in his magic vision but did not find any other Tide Spies.

That was in accordance with the “Surveillance Plan Book” deconstructed from Tide Spy Wesley Dagon. During the day, there was only one Tide Spy, Wesley Dagon, guarding the Cave of Spreading Moss.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Later in the evening, another Tide Spy would come to take over, replacing Wesley Dagon to monitor the Cave of Spreading Moss.

The Dread Sail Pirate Nation currently only knows that there’s a group of Merfolk near the Cave of Spreading Moss but is unclear about the location of their settlement.

Two Tide Spies are on two shifts here at the Blue Cave, surveilling the entrance 24 hours a day to find the Merfolk group.

About a week ago, the day when Noland killed Dickler Fegan’s private housekeeper, a Patrol Wizard from the Charnel Family discovered traces of Merfolk in the Cave of Spreading Moss during a routine inspection of the seabed.

At that time, it was night, and the lighting conditions were poor. The Charnel Family’s Wizards couldn’t confirm the accuracy of the information but still reported it to the family’s principal.

This news was eventually overheard by a Tide Spy hidden in the Charnel Family, leading to the current monitoring operation.

Just based on Noland’s deconstruction result alone…

The number of Tide Spies in the Charnel Family is exceptionally numerous.

However, the situation of the Charnel Family is different from that of the Pangula Family.

Dickler Fegan Pangula was the one who actively sought cooperation with the Dread Sail Pirate Nation.

The Charnel Family, a wizard family that started in trade, despises pirates and spies, and only has the thought of killing those who belong to the Dread Sail Pirate Nation swiftly.

The Dread Sail Pirate Nation places spies in the Charnel Family to grasp firsthand trade information and precisely plunder trade fleets on the deep sea.

Previously, when Noland efficiently dealt with bounty tasks, he helped the Charnel Family find many spies and was warmly welcomed by them.

Later, Noland’s wild and unrestrained behavior at Dickler Fegan’s banquet made the Charnel Family’s local principal cautiously postpone the meeting with him.

To this day, Noland has not met with the Charnel Family’s local principal.

The principal’s name is Lape Charnel, the first heir and head of the Charnel family, who is personally managing the most critical transportation hub of the deep sea trade – the Suman Archipelago.

Befriending Lape Charnel is part of Noland’s plan to control the Suman Archipelago.

Having already eliminated one Tide Spy surveilling the blue cave, Noland was prepared to follow this clue and, based on the “Surveillance Plan Book,” clear all Tide Spies related to the cave.

This operation would serve as a gift for when he meets Lape Charnel in the future.

Noland formulated an action plan in his mind, then settled his thoughts, closed his “Mind View,” and dispersed the magic vision observing the outside of the Blue Cave.

He focused his attention on the cave where he currently was.

Hadley led him through several turns, from the vertically downward descent into the cave to swimming horizontally along the rugged tunnel.

The ground of the tunnel was uneven, with slippery stones covered by many blue-glowing moss, on which he saw many Dragon Clan relics soaked black by the seawater.

Because of their poor quality and minimal energy points, Noland didn’t signal Hadley to stop to inspect things in detail.