The three dolphins followed the flying Zealander for a long time. When they left, one of the dolphins threw a small fish onto the boat, as if giving a gift.
——Then, night fell.
The torch on the Statue of the Maid of Liberty was lit, and the pirates also lit up lights around the ship. But even so, the visibility was still far lower than during the day.
"It's easy to be approached by spiny rays like this." Ella asked the officers in the army who were skilled in navigation, "Do you have any method to increase the visibility?"
"Generally speaking, you only need to hang a light on the mast at night to prevent collision with oncoming ships. As for ports and dangerous reefs, there will be lighthouses flashing." An officer replied, "But it needs to be
Actively search for things in the water... maybe we can put up a few more lights?"
"Lamps need to burn oil. Lighting the lamps like this is far beyond expectations." Amy said with some embarrassment, "If we install a few more lamps, the oil on the ship may not be able to last to Aztlan."
"I don't know what the animals in the sea are like, but animals on land are afraid of loud noises." Dast said, "Maybe we can make some loud noises to prevent the spinyback rays from approaching?"
"A loud noise?" Ella asked, "Like?"
"Like thunder, the explosion of ocean fire...and the sound of an orchestra playing?"
"Band! What a great idea!" Ella clapped her hands, "I got a military band from Andrea and have been carrying it on the ship! I'll let them play right now!"
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty... isn't it a bit overwhelming to perform for one night?"
"It's Captain Blackbeard." Ella corrected her seriously first, and then said, "I'll just divide the military band into a few more shifts and let them play in shifts."
"No, I mean, will this disturb the soldiers' rest?"
"For the safety of the ship, there is nothing we can do." Ella said, "Just do as I say and let the soldiers hold on for a few days!"
According to Ella's order, more than 70% of the people on duty should be on duty at each time period, so the soldiers rotated from duty to rest. Calculated, the average sleep time per person per day was less than five hours.
Not only that, but if it is unfortunate enough to have a rest at night, you will have to endure the sound of gongs and drums played by the military band to fall asleep.
Under this high-intensity vigilance, the Flying Zealander sailed for several days in the waters where spinyback rays were active.
"Why did the trumpet stop?"
The sudden silence suddenly woke Ella up from her sleep. Wearing pajamas and bare feet, she ran to the deck. When she saw the sea was calm and the soldiers were just huddled on the deck to rest tiredly, she relaxed.
She took a breath. She knew that the soldiers were tired, so she did not blame them, but encouraged them: "As soon as the trumpet stops, it's time for the spiny rays to approach us! Hold on, and when we leave this sea area, I will let each of you
Let’s all have a hearty meal of mutton!”
But only a few of those soldiers stood up. A soldier holding an Avros pipe cried: "Captain, we really can't hold on any longer! I have to blow it all night long every night for the past few days, and my cheeks are swollen.
It’s like an apple, and it hurts so much that I can’t sleep well at all!”
"What! Doesn't your military band only have to be on duty at night?" A pirate opened his eyes with big dark circles and looked exhausted. "I only slept for about fifteen minutes yesterday! The remaining few hours were all
Listen to you there, 'Ancestor! Grandfather!' Have you stopped playing now? The buzzing in my ears is still ringing!"
When the soldiers said this, Ella suddenly felt a sense of fatigue welling up - even though she had a contract with Drague, it was still difficult for her to get used to sleeping with the sound of the military band. At present, the spiny rays were out and about.
The sea was like a battlefield, and she had no intention of sleeping. The soldiers took shifts every few hours, but she had to go to the ship for inspection every half hour. After so many days, she really couldn't hold on, so she
I just squinted for a few minutes and suddenly woke up again.
She waved her hand a little tiredly and shouted: "Where is the navigator? Where is the navigator?"
The pirate who served as the navigator stared at a dark circle the same size as Ella's black beard and hurried over, opening the chart in front of Ella. He has been summoned by Ella countless times in the past few days.
When Ella asked, he pointed to a point on the map and said: "Captain, we are here now."
Ella moved closer to take a look and saw that the point pointed by the pirate was already at the tail of the spiny ray pattern.
"It seems we are almost out of the waters where spinyback rays roam."
Hearing Ella say this, the soldiers on the deck breathed a sigh of relief.
"But don't take it lightly. Danger always occurs when you take it lightly." Ella opened her eyes that were about to close and encouraged the soldiers on the deck at the same time, "Just hold on for one more night, just one night! I will accompany you.
!We will lift the alert tomorrow morning!"
This was the most tiring night. The military music became intermittent and feeble. Either this part or that part was missing, and the lights on the ship became blurry. Ella wanted to lean against the mast several times.
I fell asleep, only to be woken up again and again by the sea breeze at night.
When the sun rose the next morning, the Flying Sealander sailed intact over a peaceful sea.
“What a peaceful and peaceful day!”
Dast stretched out and walked out of the cabin. When he saw a group of people, including Ella, falling to the ground in pieces, he immediately shouted in panic: "Come on, come on! Come on! The King of Sweden has been attacked.
!”
"I-I wasn't attacked." Ella opened her eyes, "I just... accidentally fell asleep."
"Sleeping? King of Sweden, why are you sleeping here? Isn't it cold?"
"Master, why are you in such good spirits...? Isn't the music noisy?"
Dast shrugged: "It is also an important skill to fall asleep immediately in a noisy environment."
"It seems...my soldiers and I still need to repair..."
Ella's eyelids slowly drooped, and then opened suddenly.
"No, I'm going to take a nap... Give the order, lift the alert, recover, recover, recover..."
Ella's eyelids drooped again. Dast quickly directed the soldiers who came out of the cabin to take the shift: "Bring the King of Sweden back to her cabin quickly! Be gentle and put a few sponges into her ears.
! You heard it right, stuff a few sponges in! No matter what happens today, don’t disturb her sleep!"
"The King of Sweden...no, Captain Blackbeard! Come and have a look!"
Before Dast finished speaking, the soldiers on the observation deck shouted to Ella:
"There's something swimming towards us in front... It's a dolphin... There's a person sitting on it?"
"Human?" Ella raised her head in confusion.
"Looks like a sailor... a sailor from the Alemannic Federation!"
