Luc was still with Edwin. They were sitting in the ship's restaurant, listening to the artist playing the lyre and drinking light wine, very leisurely.
"Today's young people are too impetuous and cannot calm down to learn magic. If they achieve even a little success, they will never know how high the sky is." Luc sighed.
Edwin smiled: "That's right. There is also that young and beautiful girl. She always thinks that as long as she is beautiful, others should pamper her and love her. But she doesn't know that appearance is the most unreliable thing."
Luc agreed and sighed: "You are right. If a woman comes from a commoner family, the more beautiful she is, the more miserable her life experience will be. I think back then, the girl next door to me was so beautiful and warm, but I didn't expect that she would end up being a plaything of a noble.
There is no good death. He has been dead for forty years now."
They both sighed and took another sip of light wine.
At this moment, a voice came from the deck: "The wind is picking up!"
After a while, someone shouted again: "Get ready, the rain is coming!"
Luc and Edwin hurriedly got up and went to the side window to look out. They saw that the night with few stars and moonlight was suddenly covered with thick dark clouds, and the fishbill flag on the deck was blown by the wind.
The sound shows strong wind force.
Luc closed his eyes and felt it, with a look of shock on his face: "What a strong elemental fluctuation."
"Is there really a storm?" Edwin was also surprised.
While he was hesitating, a sailor came over and said, "Gentlemen, the captain hopes you can come over."
Luc and Edwin looked at each other and felt bad. They both hurried to the captain's cabin.
When they arrived at the captain's cabin, they saw the one-armed captain with a solemn face. He was calmly directing the sailors to deal with the coming storm.
When the captain saw the two magicians coming over, he didn't show any blame on his face and said, "The situation is not good. Rhodes was right."
"Where's Rhodes?" Luc asked. He no longer looked down upon him. On the contrary, he felt his face getting hot and feeling ashamed.
Edwin said nothing.
"I've asked the sailors to invite him," the captain said.
Rhodes successfully predicted the coming storm, which made his status rise like a rocket. The three of them waited patiently for his arrival.
After a while, the sailor came back alone.
"What's going on?"
"Mr. Rhodes said he was resting and didn't come over. He only asked me to bring a piece of news." the sailor replied.
The captain's face immediately turned gloomy. No one on his ship dared to neglect him like this, but now he was relying on the young magician. He asked patiently: "What did Mr. Rhodes say?"
"He said that this storm is not big and will last for about three hours. You can deal with it if you are prepared. After that, the storm will subside. There will be an eight-hour calm period. By seven o'clock tomorrow morning, it will be over.
Severe storms will begin one after another, which will last on and off for two weeks." The sailor looked a little unhappy.
When you go out to sea, you are most afraid of encountering such weather. If you are not careful, the boat will be destroyed and people will be killed. The better result will be that you will lose your direction, and the ending will not be much better.
"It's so accurate. Can he be sure?" The captain didn't believe it. It's not difficult to predict the storm, but if you can also add the accurate time, it's too awesome. It's so awesome that it doesn't look like a human being.
The sailor replied: "Mr. Rhodes said that if you don't believe it, just wait patiently for a while. Time will verify his words."
These words were so loud that Edwin, who had been silent all this time, muttered in a low voice: "Does he think he is the sea god who controls the storm?"
The old magician Luc learned his lesson. He looked at the captain and said: "Be prepared. I will now go to the bow of the ship to arrange a wind magic array to stabilize the ship."
The captain was pleased: "Thank you very much."
Edwin also said: "I will go to the stern of the ship to arrange a magic circle to protect the stability of the rudder."
"good."
Edwin also left. The captain continued to direct the sailors to prepare for the storm.
Soon, the rain began to pour down, and the wind began to intensify, whining loudly, like a ghost crying. It was originally a dark night, and with this bad weather, the sea suddenly became like the end of the world.
The Santa Margherita was even more ups and downs. In this sea, no matter how big the ship was, it was not big enough. It bumped up and down with the waves, shaking like chaff.
"Damn it, damn it." The captain cursed repeatedly and shouted at the same time: "Hold on, hold on, it will be over soon."
I hope the three hours Rod said are true.
In the cabin.
Sun Ran tied himself to the wooden bed with a rope, with a quilt rolled up around him. He just slept soundly despite the rocking of the boat.
Seeing him like this, Zhao Shan really surrendered to him. She was bored by herself, so she simply shook Sun Ran awake and asked: "What are you going to do when we get to the southern continent?"
"Increase your power and become a legendary magician as soon as possible." Sun Ran opened his eyes and answered, and then asked via voice transmission: "The fragments of the world are in your hands. How are you realizing it?"
"It's not bad. The information in the world fragments and what you taught me have been confirmed one by one, allowing me to reach a higher level. Now, I have the confidence to fight against that Frigga."
"Oh, that's the Da Luo Jinxian who has become the thirteenth level. Not bad." Sun Ran smiled.
"Then when will you teach me to condense the eternal godhead... Oh, no, it's the immortal soul?" Zhao Shan asked. What she is most interested in is having the immortal soul and completely breaking away from the shackles of the physical body.
"The immortal soul." Sun Ran smiled: "This is the biggest breakthrough since the virtual network. It is very precious. I never teach others at will."
"Oh~ just teach me, just the last bit, hide it and tuck it in, you won't be afraid of choking." Zhao Shan begged.
"Let me think about it again." Sun Ran smiled, this Zhao Shan, as long as she is allowed to achieve immortality, she will definitely be a wild horse running wild.
"Okay, hurry up then. I'm waiting to learn." Zhao Shan said.
"Yes, yes. Stop arguing. I have to continue repairing my body. The rules in this damn world are too strict. You must let me repair it bit by bit." Sun Ran couldn't help but complain.
"You deserve it. Who asked you to cast the forbidden curse?"
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Two hours have passed, and the storm is getting worse and worse, showing no signs of weakening.
"Captain, brothers can't stand it anymore, this wind is really terrible!" The first mate rushed in and shouted as loud as he could. The wind was so loud that it was impossible to hear him without shouting.
"How's Luc?" asked the captain.
"He's stabilizing the ship. If he and Edwin hadn't been there, the ship would have capsized long ago," the first mate shouted.
"Okay, hold on a little longer, and then go tell your brothers. After a while, the storm will weaken." The captain remembered Rhodes' words.
"I hope so. May the sea god forgive us." Of course the first mate also knew the magician's prediction, but looking at the current situation, it was really unreliable that the storm would pass in three hours.
bow.
Luc was presiding over the operation of the magic circle. He had been doing it for two hours and his energy was already running low. Seeing this situation, he felt exhausted both physically and mentally.
He is really old.
But he must hold on, otherwise the boat will capsize and he will be doomed. He is only a three-star magician. Although he can fly, he has no ability to fly out of this vast sea.
Time passed little by little, and just when Luc felt that he was close to running out of fuel, he suddenly felt relieved.
"The wind has weakened." He was delighted.
Then, the strong wind that was still running wild just now weakened quickly, as if someone had driven it away. The speed of the change seemed very incredible.
After more than twenty minutes, the strong wind turned into a breeze, the pouring rain turned into drizzle, and everything calmed down.
Luc took out the pocket watch made by the dwarves from his arms, opened it and looked at the time. It was two minutes to three hours off.
'Hiss~' the old magician took a breath: 'How can the weather forecast be so accurate?'
He absolutely couldn't do it, he had never encountered it in his life, it was unbelievable.
Edwin also appeared from the stern of the boat, with a look of shock on his face. Apparently, he also discovered this: "Now I kind of doubt that he is the God of Poseidon."
Captain's cabin.
The one-armed captain looked at the calm sea again, pondered for a while, and then said to the second officer on the side: "Go and make arrangements. Give Mr. Rhodes and his sister the best treatment, food, and shelter."
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"Yes, Captain." The second mate nodded without any objection. This was the first time he had seen such a magician in so many years at sea. Knowing that he had encountered a strange person, how could he dare to neglect it?
Not long after the second officer left, the pilot sailor, who had been looking for the direction, turned his head in frustration and said: "Captain, we have deviated from the course and been blown to the Sea of Death by the wind. The compass has lost its function."
The Sea of Death, the legendary cursed sea area. Here, even the most loyal friend of the sailors, the compass, will be betrayed.
Basically, any ship that enters the Sea of Death is sentenced to death.
The captain suddenly turned pale. He looked up at the sky. The sky was full of dark clouds, covering the stars and the moon, making it impossible to determine the direction.
He recalled what Rhodes had said before, that in eight hours it would be a storm that would last for nearly two weeks, and he suddenly shuddered in his heart.
He couldn't stay any longer, so after much deliberation, he decided to go see Rhodes in person and ask for his opinion.
Maybe it was useless, but this young magician had become the only life-saving straw he could see.
