"Captain, there is a merchant ship with all its masts broken!"
"I know, it's expected. After all, they're just pirates. They take the bait when provoked."
Janus took out his handkerchief and wiped the rain and sweat from his face, then breathed a long sigh of relief.
"It's time to cut off all the ropes connected to the mast!"
The sailors followed Janus's instructions and struggled to climb to the ship's rope amid violent shaking. This work was only halfway through, when all the thirty masts of Lübeck's ten merchant ships were broken in the wind. When the ship's rope was completely
When they were cut off, all these masts fell into the sea.
——No, not “all”.
Actually, only "half" of these masts were broken off. The upper half.
The pirates didn't know that Lübeck's fleet had been modified under the instruction of Janus, and the mast was divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part was specially designed to be not very strong. As long as the wind is strong, it will easily break.
Broken. After half of the mast is broken, the remaining half of the mast can be preserved in the storm.
In the cabin of every merchant ship, there are spare upper half masts and spare sails. When the storm passes, the new sails can be flown quickly.
The first mate on the ship looked at the flying Zealander from a distance and saw that the masts were still well on the deck. He couldn't help but admired: "What a solid hull."
"But this is fatal in a storm. A tall mast will greatly reduce the stability of the ship, making it easy to roll over. The other side didn't even furl the sails." Janus wiped the water that fell on his face again.
Rain, "Hermes, thank you for the coming of this storm."
He walked to the side of the ship and leaned out to see the situation of other merchant ships. A wave of waves rose, and he vaguely saw his own shadow imprinted in the water. Suddenly, he let out a strange scream and hugged him in fear.
Get your own hair:
"My hair...why is my hair messed up like this? It doesn't matter if I'm a man, this face is already so ugly, but now even the hair...don't, don't!"
In the astonished eyes of the sailors, he held his hair and ran back to his cabin.
The sky became darker and darker, and huge waves hit one after another. Lübeck's merchant ship was quickly hidden in the storm.
On the flying Sealander, Ella had already grabbed the pirate officer angrily:
"Need to cut off the mast? Why didn't you tell me about this earlier..."
The voice stopped suddenly - she suddenly realized that the officer had indeed advocated reefing the sails, and it was her suggestion to follow Lübeck's approach. But after a while, another anger arose:
"Why don't you dissuade me? I haven't experienced a storm at sea, but you know the consequences of not reefing the sails, right?"
"I...I don't know that King of Sweden you don't know, because King of Sweden you are so knowledgeable! And King of Sweden, you said you want to learn from Lübeck, which makes sense to me!" The officer replied with some fear, "King of Sweden
You always give some strange orders, but they work every time. If I don't support them, others will think I'm stupid. So I...I can only try my best to show that I understand this order!!"
Ella was stunned for a moment. Then, she stared with blood-red eyes, pointed at the masts on the ship with trembling fingers, and ordered: "Cut it down...cut it all off...cut it off all these masts!"
As soon as Ella finished speaking, the ship's hull shook again. She held on to the mast tightly to prevent herself from being thrown to the other side of the deck. But when she raised her head, the scene in front of her made her feel...
Terrified——
In the storm, the same towering trebuchets were also squeezed heavily like masts. One of the trebuchets left the position where it was fixed and slowly, slowly slid down.
Ella once again realized that someone had also warned her about this danger before going to sea——
Yes, someone had warned her about the potential dangers of this trebuchet, whether it was the sea worm that would bite through the bottom of the ship or the sail that would break the mast.
But those reminders were so vague. And after she rejected it, for some reason, no one raised any objections at all.
She turned her head and faced the soldiers huddled together on the other side of the deck, shouting at the top of her lungs: "Get out of the way!"
The trebuchet moved slowly and solemnly towards the other side of the deck. In the desire to survive, the soldiers on its sliding path desperately crawled to both sides, one, two, three... Ai
rice.
Amy was on the path of the trebuchet. Her limbs fell down due to the shaking. At this time, she was in an extremely uncoordinated position and could hardly exert force. She realized that the trebuchet was pressing towards her, and she fought for her life.
She moved aside with the backs of her hands, knees, belly, cheeks, and every body part in contact with the deck. But the heavy rain made the deck too slippery, and the effect of her efforts was almost zero.
Aphrodite's protection had no effect at all in front of the trebuchet. A ball of flame ignited on Amy, but was quickly extinguished by the heavy rain. The falling trebuchet was like a life-threatening
Death, even if it has been noticed, is destined to be unavoidable.
At the critical moment, Dust stretched out his hands from behind and grabbed Amy. Taking advantage of the moment when the boat was tilted at a huge angle, he threw Amy into the sea with his hands. Then, he spat dissatisfiedly and followed her.
He looked up and let his body fall into the sea.
In the wind and waves, Dust emerged with half of Amy's head in his arms, and swam forward with difficulty with the remaining parts of his body, ensuring that his body would not be swept away by the fierce waves.
"Here's a rope!" He shouted towards the boat, "This maid has a lot of sea water in her belly!!"
Almost at the same time, the trebuchet pressed against the side of the ship, easily destroying the wooden planks blocking it, and fell down after Dust.
"Damn it!"
Dast cursed and dived back into the sea again. The trebuchet fell into the sea. Under the too violent wind and waves, its fall into the water did not cause any noticeable waves.
The boat leveled off. Ella rushed to the edge of the damaged ship's side, trying to find where Amy and Dust were. But this time, Dust didn't surface for a long time.
The rain was pouring, the thunder was rumbling, but the deck of the flying Sealander fell into a deathly silence.
Until Ella's roar came——
"Why?"
Her eyes were already bloodshot.
"I have little experience in voyages, but you are all experienced sailors, right? Why didn't anyone remind me directly? Why didn't anyone directly oppose me? I am the kind of person who will cut off your heads if I tell the truth.
Tyrant? Ah?"
And from the awe of the soldiers, she got the answer——
She is not a tyrant.
She is a god!!!
The things she had looked forward to when she was Baselisa now made her run into a cold sweat on her back!
Suddenly, a pirate pointed behind Ella and shouted happily: "King of Sweden! Look, they are floating again!"
Ella turned around with a trembling body, and with just one glance, she saw Dust and Amy floating on the sea in the distance. However, Dust had his eyes closed tightly and was already unconscious. The person who brought the two to the surface unexpectedly
It's Amy.
"Amy...? When did she become so watery?"
An even worse chill surged from Ella's back - she was keenly aware that Amy's eyes had completely changed.
