Chapter 0526 dragon disaster and shadow of death(1/4)
“Hurry up!!”
"If you don't want to die, just row hard and use all your strength! If you don't have the strength, it's the turn to change to the next group. From now on, don't stop the oar for a moment!"
The bearded captain shouted loudly at the sailors sitting on the deck paddle positions with a ferocious expression, shaking the paddle handles in a group of two people. At the same time, he turned his head and stared at the increasingly larger black shadow that appeared at the end of the sea level in the east, and estimated the speed and direction of the other party's ship in his heart.
However, the more he estimated, the more desperate he was...
"Hurry up! Hurry up!"
"Whoever goes to put away that damn sail for me first, yes, that's it!"
When six long oars stretched out on both sides of the sea boat and began to slide, the speed of the boat suddenly increased. At the same time, the sailors on the deck also began to be busy under the command of the captain. They used their own speed to untied thick cables, or climbed up the mast to quickly put away the sails on both sides!
Because the sea area can almost be said to be windless now, the effect of sails is very small! At this time, since the paddle has been used to accelerate, after the speed of the boat has passed the light breeze that cannot even blow even the waves from north to south, the sails will become an obstacle to their progress, so it is right to close them early.
However, it is obviously impossible for a medium-sized sea ship to accelerate to a certain level without wind, relying on a total of twelve oars to slide.
"Bastard! They are all those Saxon sluts!"
After all the orders were issued, the sailor crew members took their positions and did not need him to command again. Only after the bearded man looked ugly and walked to the left of the ship, supported the edge of the ship, grew up and stared at the dark shadow whose outline had become very clear.
That’s right, the other party... is the legendary evil and filthy ghost ships!
The hull that was almost about to collapse, the decayed wood chips were broken into two pieces, and even the water line was large holes... It clearly had no sails or oars, but it could still maintain a strange high-speed wooden rack that rushed towards them. What was it the legendary ghost ship that made sailors extremely scared?
"Captain Bearded, what is the ghost ship? Why are you all so scared?"
Gares, who was wearing a half-breasted bracelet on her upper body, a half-closed helmet on her head, and holding a shield that was huge compared to her body, squeezed over from her brother curiously and asked.
She has never heard of ghost ships and so on, so she is really curious.
"I looked at them and it seemed that there was no one on them..."
Gareth looked at the ship in the distance for a long time and always felt a little confused.
You know, her eyesight is very good. She could even find the black shadow in the distance before the lookout hand on the mast. So, when the other party got closer, she could easily see the broken strange ship clearly, and she saw that there was not even a figure on it!
"Precisely because no one is scary!"
After looking at the black ship that was getting closer and closer, and judging the approximate time it would take for the other party to catch up with his ship, the bearded captain turned his head pale and looked at the little princess Orkney who was asking about him and the Prince Gaowen who was also looking at him with confusion.
"Think about it, a strange ship full of holes but can float so high on the sea, with no sails or oars on the mast, but can still rush towards us at such a fast speed. Is it scary?"
"Ghost Ship..."
"That is the ominous ship that is legendary on the sea...for, on those ships, it is not humans like us, but a group of evil undead!"
"You wait. With the naked eye of us ordinary people, we cannot see what is on them. When we get closer, it will be too late!!"
Staring at the shadow of the black ship in the distance, they could now gradually see the overall outline of the ship... Although they looked at it at this time, there was no one on the deck or in the cabin, but the bearded captain would not think so naively!
Just now, after he ordered the sailors to start paddling and accelerate to flee south, the black ship almost at the same time abandoned the direction of the Saxon pirates and turned directly to the southwest. If it weren't for trying to intercept them, would it be the current that changed the direction?
I'm afraid he won't believe this if he says it!
"The Undead..."
"What does the undead look like, and how terrible are they? Is there any evil witch who is terrible?"
Never seen a ghost before, the most terrifying thing I have ever seen is Gareth, the witch mother of Morgan, in his family. He first looked at the black ship in the distance, which seemed to be still without anyone, and then continued to turn around and ask the bearded captain beside him.
In her opinion, Gareth herself, how could there be a bad witch in her family who can perform all kinds of evil witchcrafts?
"They are much scarier than witches!"
"Once we are caught up and approached by them, all of us will die! Then... we will not be at peace after death, and will become another ghost ship. We ourselves will also be transformed into evil spirits like them and wandering on the sea. Is this scary?"
"Damn it, you guys hurry up and beat hard, didn't you eat today?!"
After reluctantly explaining this to the young and a little ignorant little princess, the bearded man couldn't wait to turn his head and shout at the two groups of sailors who were shouting slogans and sliding their oars hard.
However, his voice was a little hysterical at this time, and anyone could hear the inadvertent fear and helplessness.
Because, he estimated the maximum speed his ship could finally reach, and then estimated the enemy's current speed, and then he sadly discovered that the opponent's ghost ship would probably catch up with them before they passed through this quiet sea!
Then……
He didn't dare to imagine what happened now, and even thinking about it would make his heart feel weak and endless panic... Because, it is said that no one can go back alive if the ship caught up by the ghost ship!
Only a few lucky enough guys can escape in advance in various ways... For example, those hateful Saxon barbarian pirates just now?
"Are the undead?"
"Captain, you don't have to be so scared. There are fifty of our most powerful knights and cavalrymen in Orkney County. Even if they come up, they may not be our opponents."
Gao Wen stared at the strange black ship in the distance for a while, but he couldn't see anything special, so he tentatively comforted the bearded captain.
When he was in Orkney County, he had killed all kinds of monsters on the sea, whether it was the rare Naga or the sea snake! He even killed a powerful descendant of Hydera under the training of his witch mother Morgan!
At that time, he had to rely on his own ability to cut off nine of its heads with only a holy sword that had no power, and successfully killed it, or them? Therefore, for the undead, although he himself did not know the specific strength of the other party, he believed that he, the Sun Knight, would definitely be able to defeat his opponent.
"it's useless!"
"In legend, ordinary weapons are useless to those monsters!"
Speaking of this, he subconsciously looked at the sword in the other party's hand that had exaggerated strength, but unless the other party can defeat the entire ship of undead alone, otherwise...
"Although I have only heard of it and don't know whether the rumors are true or false, I definitely won't try to get the broken ship close!"
"Damn it, this mission is really weird! No wonder I just said that this sea area is abnormal. I felt that the fish on the bottom of the sea were scared away. It turned out that this was the case!"
The bearded man couldn't figure it out. Why did he encounter so many unlucky and troubles when he went on a voyage this time?
They first fought off a group of harpies who were entangled, and then broke through the more violent and dangerous Howling Fjord than usual. However, when they finally thought they could take a breath, they bumped into an evil and terrifying ghost ship here?
"Is there no other way?"
"I believe you can see the captain, too. It shouldn't be difficult for the other party to catch up with us."
Now the problem is in front of everyone, either running or bravely facing the enemy... But Gao Wen doesn't really believe that the bloated sea ship can run faster than the previous Saxon speedboats!
"Other way...just!"
"His Royal Highness Gao Wen, is there any way for you to contact your mother now and let the extremely powerful Princess Morgan come to help? For example, some kind of strange witchcraft can you directly summon Your Royal Highness?"
Suddenly, the bearded man who remembered something, quickly turned his head and asked Gao Wen again expectantly.
In this situation, I'm afraid that only the powerful princess who almost everyone knows in Orkney County can save them? After all, that powerful existence can even directly protect the entire Orkney County with witchcraft! Of course, at the same time, she also covered the sky with her own hands and directly controlled the entire country. Even the king was killed many years ago!
However, these things are housework of other people's royal family, and they do not have the ability and dare not talk nonsense.
"I am a knight of light, not that kind of wizard!"
Gao Wen instantly turned cold and shook his head firmly.
There is also some kind of strange witchcraft. How could the witch mother who directly summoned them have such a strange thing? Even if she has learned some AG rules for black magic, she probably doesn’t have that ability, right?
"Then I have nothing to do!"
"Your Highness, I suggest throwing all unnecessary supplies, food and war horses into the sea to reduce the weight of the ship, otherwise we will be finished if we are caught up later!"
After thinking about it, hesitating for a while, the captain finally gritted his teeth and thought of a solution that was not a solution, which was to reduce the load on the hull!
If the load is reduced to the greatest extent, you should be able to escape from this windless belt before the other party catches up, right? Of course, he is not sure about this matter, but what can he do except to try and see it? He claims to be an old seaman who has sailed for more than 20 years and has overcome countless dangers. This is the first time he feels so desperate.
“…”
"No! The war horses must not be lost!"
"Bastard, that's our Knight's companion, you dare to lose them?!"
"¥%@¥! Kill you with a hammer!"
"This useless captain should be thrown down and reduce the weight!"
"Ha! Great idea! This suggestion is reasonable!"
"We would rather fight to the death with the enemy than abandon our war horses!"
"That's right!"
"There is the man and the horse are there!"
“@#%¥##!!”
Before Gao Wen made a decision, the knights and cavalrymen who were preparing for battle on the deck held up their weapons and started to clamor. Other methods were all fine, but it would be better to throw the war horses that they regarded as their other half of their lives into the sea, that would be nothing to think about!
"Captain, is there any other way?"
Obviously, Gao Wen himself doesn’t want to do this kind of thing!
Although he never liked his fairy, Magrin Gret, who was fooling around with other mares in the cabin, asked him to throw away the other person's words... he would never be able to do it if he asked himself!
After all, it was the best war horse he had ever seen, no doubt about it!
"There's no other way!"
"Your Highness, with our current speed, you can't imagine running out of this quiet sea before dusk! If we can't get rid of them before nightfall, then we will be dead!"
It is said that those ghost ships are even more terrifyingly fast at night!
The only way to get rid of them is to completely get rid of the enemy before dark! Or... pray that the dark clouds in the sky will disperse sooner and the sun will shine sooner, and then dispel the damn evil? But obviously, the strange dark clouds above their heads are very stubborn and will definitely not disperse before dark.
So much so that they can't count on sunshine or something.
To be continued...