Chapter 302 Arrival (Ch 302)

“What’s wrong? What happened?”
Urrutia and his friends’ speedboat also stopped, and Mirajane asked Noah.
“I think these two speedboats are too slow, so I plan to modify them.”
“How to transform it?”
Everyone looked at Noah with confusion.
Noah moved his speedboat behind Urrutia and his companions’ speedboat, and then magic power surged through his body.
The materialized light began to extend under Noah’s feet and soon enveloped the speedboat where Noah was.
At the bow of the speedboat, materialized light extended outward, connected to the stern of Urrutia’s speedboat, and then quickly enveloped the entire speedboat.
Now both speedboats are wrapped in Noah’s materialized light, and there is Noah’s materialized light in the middle connecting the two speedboats.
“That’s all.”
Noah looked at his work and said seriously.
“That’s it? Then how do we sail the boat?”
Kongno took a look at the current status of the two ships. She didn’t think it was possible to make both ships move now.
Everything is connected, how do I open it?
“Hold on tight, I’m going to start the boat!”
Noah shouted, and a golden magic circle appeared at the stern of the ship.
Then, light cannons burst out from the golden magic circle.
Under the action of reaction force, the two speedboats began to move forward and continued to accelerate.
“What a comfortable sea breeze!”
Natsu sat at the bow, feeling the sea breeze blowing on his face with a relaxed look on his face. He had never experienced such a comfortable experience of riding a boat before.
The others also felt the sea breeze and their mood became happy.
The expressions of Sorono and Yukino also became much more relaxed, not as tense as when they first heard about the Black Magic Cult.
But soon, they realized something was wrong. The speed of the speedboat was getting faster and faster, as fast as flying.
The speedboat split the surrounding sea surface like a sword, and the roar continued as it broke through the waves.
Everyone lowered their heads and bent their bodies as much as possible to avoid the strong wind blowing in their faces.
At the same time, they held on to the edge of the speedboat to prevent themselves from being thrown out.
Natsu, who was sitting on the bow of the second speedboat, held on for a while, but the strong wind blew on his face, even deforming it.
Soon he could not hold on any longer and followed the others in bending down to avoid the strong wind blowing in their faces.
“Too… fast…”
Lucy couldn’t help but shout loudly, because if her voice was not loud enough, the sound of the speedboat traveling at high speed on the sea would completely cover her voice.
“It’s better to be quick. Arrive early to avoid accidents…”
Noah’s voice rang out in everyone’s mind through telepathy.
“Will the people from the Black Magic Cult discover such a loud noise?”
Urrutia asked himself the question in his mind.
“No, I will slow down before I get close to them, so they won’t notice me.”
Noah answered her question.
“Noah, it’s too fast. I can’t catch it.”
Hobby’s voice was heard, and Noah saw that Hobby and Xia Lulu were both struggling to hold on to the side of the boat, and the whole cat was floating in the air.
“I’m almost there, I’m slowing down.”
Noah looked at the distance. Because he was driving the speedboat so fast, he soon arrived not far from his destination.
So he slowed down and gradually returned to the normal speed of the ship.
“call……”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and opened their hands at the same time.
“Ha ha……”
Both cats, Habby and Xia Lulu, collapsed on the speedboat. It took them a lot of effort to grab hold of the speedboat.
“Let me help you recover.”
Noah raised his hand, and golden light emanated from his body and fell on everyone, restoring the physical strength that everyone had just consumed and dispelling fatigue.
“You said there was a tower of paradise nearby, but I don’t see anything?”
Kong Na stood up and looked around, but he could not see anything except the sea breeze blowing in his face and the sparkling sky-blue sea.
“The tower of paradise is hidden, and normally we can’t see it.
This is also what the news I received told me.
Because if it was so easy to find, Laxus and I would have found the eighth tower of paradise when we followed the Council to destroy the towers a few years ago.”
Noah shook his head and said to them.
“You and Laxus helped destroy the towers of Paradise. There were seven in total, right?”
Erza asked Noah.
Noah cast magic on both speedboats, hiding the two speedboats and everyone’s figures, while preventing any sound from being heard.
Then he answered Erza’s question:
“Yes, the Council found only seven towers of paradise at that time, and Laxus and I, together with the Council’s army, destroyed them all.
After interrogation by the council members and the collection of various information, the eighth tower of paradise was not found.
The council members searched the sea surface several times and retreated only after finding nothing.
I also searched on my own for a few days and found nothing.”
“Now how did you know there was an eighth tower of paradise?”
Mirajane asked, and everyone looked over.
Since the Council and Noah spent so much time and failed to find the eighth tower of paradise, how come Noah now says there is an eighth tower of paradise?
“I learned this from an informant.”
“Is it reliable?”
Urrutia asked.
“It’s OK. There are no mistakes in the clues provided before.”
“That’s fine, let’s look around.”
Erza said to Noah.
“Okay, we will search separately on our two ships. I have cast a spell so that you can’t see us or hear us from outside.
If you find it, just call me and I will pull everyone in to chat through telepathy.”
Noah said to everyone.
“That’s good, let’s go this way.”
Urrutia pointed in a direction, and the materialized light connecting the two ships had been taken back by Noah.
Urrutia drove the boat in the direction he pointed, and Noah drove in another direction.
After searching for a while, no one found it.
“It’s not found. Noah, is the information you got wrong?”
Sorano complained.
“It should be correct. Let’s search again. After all, according to the news, that place is hidden.”
Noah said to comfort her.
“Okay, let’s continue searching.”
Urrutia agreed.
Everyone continued searching for a while, and suddenly Wendy’s voice came:
“Brother Noah, here, we found it!”
When Noah heard her voice, he turned the boat around and headed towards where Urrutia and the others were.
After passing a certain position, a small island appeared in front of Noah. They were very close to the island.
The island is not small in size and has continuous rock protrusions on it.
The most obvious building is the spire in the center of the island that reaches into the sky, winding upward and extending straight into the sky.
“Is that the Tower of Paradise?”
Everyone looked at the tower in surprise. The height of the tower was terrifying. They had never seen such a tall tower before.
“It gave me a very bad feeling. It was very dangerous.”
Natsu said with a serious look.
“Indeed, I felt a wave of discomfort from there.”
Mirajane also looked towards the island with a serious expression.
“So it’s this kind of magic that’s used to block our perception. No wonder we didn’t notice it at first.”
Noah felt the barrier surrounding the island. It was a very sophisticated barrier that could not be discovered without a special investigation or extremely high knowledge of magic.
This barrier can make people unconsciously stay away from this place, and at the same time, when looking from the outside, you can’t see the island, only the sea surface.
The Council’s search team was not very strong at the time, and Noah’s own strength and magical knowledge were not enough, so they could not find it.
It is rare for a powerful wizard to pass by this location at sea, so naturally it has not been discovered for all these years.
If Noah hadn’t been notified in advance, it would have been very troublesome for him to find it on his own.
“The air here smells so disgusting.”
Wendy tasted the air and couldn’t help but cover her mouth. She felt like vomiting.
“Well, how are we going to get there?”
Urrutia asked Noah.
“Let’s go over quietly first and take a look at the specific situation.”
Noah spoke up.
Everyone agreed, so they drove the speedboat slowly towards the island.
With the help of Noah’s magic, the speedboat arrived at the shore of the island silently.
Everyone quietly went ashore, and Noah’s voice rang in everyone’s mind:
“From now on, we will communicate through telepathy. If you need anything, just say it silently in your mind. Everyone will hear it.”
“What should we do now? There are quite a few guards here.”
Urrutia’s voice echoed in everyone’s mind.
When we arrived at the island, we found that there were many guards. They were wearing uniform clothes and had magical beasts around them. There was a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, guarding the roads on the island.
And from their expressions, you can see that they are all very nervous.
“Judging from their expressions, the island must have reached a critical moment.”
Erza’s voice echoed in everyone’s heads.
“Indeed, if what Noah said is correct and this is the Tower of Paradise, they should be almost finished.
After all, judging from the appearance, the tower should be almost completed.”
Mirajane’s voice echoed in everyone’s heads.
“Let’s break through by force! Don’t worry about those guards!”
Natsu looked excited and wanted to rush in.
“No, we don’t know if there are any innocent people inside, so we can’t just rush in blindly.
Besides, this place is still some distance from the tower, we need to find a way to get there.”
Sorano rejected Natsu’s idea.