Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 185 - 184 Drifting Bottle

Chapter 185: Chapter 184 Drifting Bottle

Following the direction pointed by the crowd, Richard looked over and saw in the distant night, small flickers of fire that were clearly spells being cast by wizards. However, because it was too far away, it was impossible to gauge the progress of the battle, and one could only wildly guess.

At that moment, the crowd let out another gasp.

They saw a column of fire, more than a meter high, suddenly burst out in the distance where the battle was taking place. From the size of it even from the deck, it was feared that on the actual battlefield, the column of flames rose up to a hundred meters high.

This giant pillar of fire flashed and then disappeared, leaving absolute darkness in the distance. For a long time, no light shone through.

There was a deadly silence on the deck, and a slight unease began to grow in everyone’s hearts, not knowing if they had won or lost.

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In this state of agony, after a long wait, suddenly the sound of cutting wind arose, followed by three “thuds.” Siv, Louis, and Quinton, three wizards, flown from the sky and landed on the deck. All three had grim expressions, and their clothes were somewhat tattered, looking quite disheveled, as if defeated.

The unease in the hearts of the onlookers intensified as they glanced around and did not see Dempsey. They could not help but speculate: Could it be that he had really been defeated? Had Dempsey been eaten by the giant squid? And were they now preparing to flee for their lives?

Just then, another sound of cutting wind arose, with a “thud,” Dempsey’s body fell heavily from the sky, his body bending slightly to dissipate the force before he slowly stood up. He then threw something in his grasp onto the deck, causing the entire deck to shudder.

What lay on the deck was a large hunk of flesh, weighing several hundred pounds, and it clearly was not a tentacle, but rather an important part of the squid’s body.

With such a large piece of flesh brought back by Dempsey, the outcome of the battle was self-evident—they had clearly won.

The mouths of those on deck fell open, and a wave of excitement surged through their hearts, an uncontrollable urge to cheer and admire the prowess of Dempsey and the others. But seeing that the four wizards were not in the best of moods, they forcibly restrained themselves.

After tossing the chunk of flesh aside, Dempsey did not speak of the battle nor boast of his strength. Instead, he glanced at a lean wizard apprentice to the side and said in a stern voice, “Potter, use a spell to deal with this piece of meat, freeze it in the storage hold. I want to take it back to the academy—as a trophy.”

“Yes.” The lean wizard apprentice nodded, his face serious, “Instructor, I will definitely do it right.”

“Good.” Dempsey continued, “After you’re done with that, you and the other wizard apprentices maintain some order and try to repair the broken deck. Beyond that, don’t disturb me with anything trivial—I need rest now, understand?” Dempsey said.

“Understood.”

“Good.” Dempsey said, and then he walked towards the cabin, with the other three wizards following him.

“Bang!”

The cabin door closed, and there was a slight stillness on the deck. The skinny wizard apprentice named Potter’s eyes flashed, and he began to direct operations swiftly.

He first had the students move the chunk of meat into the storage hold, and then they began to attempt repairs to the damaged deck, as one of the giant squid’s tentacles had caused a large number of cracks during the battle. The remains of two bodies blasted into bits of flesh and blood by the tentacles of the giant squid were also on the deck, needing to be cleaned up.

Thus, everyone got busy, and it was only after a long while that they had the chance to return to their cabins to sleep and rest.

…

“Creak, bang.”

In the third deck below the ship’s deck, Richard walked in and casually closed the cabin door.

Richard didn’t rush to rest; there was no hurrying it—Pandora had been occupying the bed all this time, so getting a good rest was out of the question. According to the rules, each cabin was meant for one person, but to prevent any accidents from befalling Pandora alone, he had kept her in his cabin.

The advantage of doing this was that though Pandora was on the great ship, she was like an unregistered resident, unnoticed by the wizards. She had been sleeping through numerous tests without being detected. But the downside was that it made sleeping difficult for him.

Looking at the peacefully sleeping Pandora, Richard sighed and decided not to think about resting anymore. Instead, he tidied up the table in the cabin, preparing for work.

After all, he hadn’t had a clear look at what he had taken from the giant squid’s tentacle tissue.

If the giant squid had placed such importance on it, going as far as to battle with wizards for it, then it must be something significant. He hoped it wouldn’t turn out to be some odd trinket that would leave him disappointed. Of course… if it really were disappointing, it wouldn’t matter much; after all, it was found effortlessly, with hardly any effort expended.

With these thoughts, Richard took the item out of the Space Iron Ring.

On the table lay a piece of flesh, several pounds in weight, with a hooked claw attached to it—a part of the squid’s tentacle tissue. Wrapped around the hook was a thin white thread, difficult to spot without close observation. At the end of the white thread hung an object of odd appearance, covered in blood and bits of flesh, making it hard to discern its specifics but vaguely recognizable as a cylindrical shape.

Richard got to work, first removing the white thread from the hooked claw and carefully treating the portion of the squid’s tentacle tissue with a spell to preserve it by freezing.

Then Richard began to study the white thread.

The white thread appeared to be made of some special fiber, very sturdy, hard to corrode, and difficult to break. This durability was likely why it had remained intact for so long within the squid’s tentacle tissue.

After a brief study of the white thread, Richard turned his attention to the main event—the cylindrical-shaped object covered in blood and flesh.

He took a small knife from the Space Iron Ring and cut into the surface of the cylindrical object, carefully scraping away the blood and flesh to reveal the true face of the item, which was, astonishingly, a… bottle.

Hmm, a bottle, a glass bottle.

Its shape was similar to a modern Earth beer bottle, but with a slightly thicker neck. The color was semi-transparent, allowing one to vaguely see something inside, though it was impossible to tell what exactly was contained.

The entire bottle was as sturdy as the white thread, likely containing a special additive that made it akin to tempered glass, very hard to wear down and difficult to destroy. At the mouth of the bottle, a stopper was tightly fitted, surrounded by a thick, hard layer of red sealing wax, like stone, used to prevent liquid from entering the bottle.

“Hmm…”

Gazing at the bottle, Richard’s mind wandered briefly as he fell into thought.

Come to think of it, this object seemed somewhat similar to… a drifting bottle from modern Earth.

Yes, a drifting bottle.

A drifting bottle, one from the Wizard World, safeguarded within the tissue of a giant squid’s tentacle, from the Wizard World.

Well, this was… a bit peculiar.