The ghost ship was swallowed by the whirlpool, and the sea surged in. The waves beat the hull, and the entire ship began to shake violently under the impact of the huge waves.
When Shirley returned to the deck, she almost fell down. Rolf picked her up in his arms in time and quickly flew into the cabin with her in his arms, locking the door.
The two held hands and stared out the window cautiously.
After a while, Rolf suddenly heard a high-pitched, hysterical cry of fear coming from the box.
Shirley immediately opened the box and saw Niles in her pajamas, stumbling out of the stairs. She asked with horror on her face:
"What happened?!"
"The waves are receding," Rove explained, "the ghost ship is being sucked into the eddy."
In the turbulence, Nailishi held on to a table, but the table had long since rotted. She fell to the ground, screamed and said:
"Then why not ride a broomstick and fly away from the ship?!"
Shirley grabbed Luo Fu's collar with one hand, held up Nellie with the other hand, and said loudly:
"It's too dangerous outside now, we can't get out."
Nelisi hugged Shirley, and at the same time turned to look out the window, and saw an extremely terrifying scene:
Spider-web-like lightning split the sky and danced above the deck. Bright lightning illuminated the cabin through the windows, brighter than the sun.
Looking at the lightning all over the sky, Nelisi was dumbfounded. Riding a broomstick like this was like a living target, it was indeed very dangerous!
So, the three of them had no choice but to hide in the cabin, watching the skeleton captain and a dozen inferi kneeling on the forecastle facing the storm, raising their hands above their heads, and praying loudly.
The storm raged for the rest of the day and lasted for more than ten hours before the turbulence finally subsided.
Rolf, Shirley and Nellie return to the deck.
At this time, the sea gradually calmed down and the whirlpool disappeared, but what I saw in front of me was not reassuring:
The ghost ship seemed to be covered under a giant bowl. Regardless of the southeast or northwest, dark clouds rose from the ground like black mountains, and blue and purple electric light spots illuminated the surrounding steep cloud cliffs and rugged cloud slopes.
"Rolf, look there!" Shirley suddenly pulled the boy's arm. "Did you see it? There!"
Luofu turned around and looked at the distant horizon. He saw a row of rocky ridges rising suddenly from the end of the sea. On the steep slope, stood a mermaid statue.
She has three heads, with faces facing three directions, and six arms extending in all directions, holding:
A cross, a box, a sickle, and three torches emitting blue light.
Luofu didn't expect to see this hundreds-meter-high mermaid statue again, and this time it was obviously not... a mirage!
Under the command of Captain Skeleton, the Inferi sailors changed the course. The ghost ship raised its tattered sails, split the gray-green water, and sailed towards the giant statue.
As the ghost ship gradually approaches the ridge where the waves are lapping, the body of the mermaid statue becomes more terrifying and clearer.
Rolf stood on the deck, looked up, and found that the statue was covered with marks:
There are marks from fire, cracks from magic attacks, and scratches from long swords. Even the three faces are marked with deep, shiny dents...
It's like being attacked!
The mermaid's twin tails fell on both sides of the gap in the ridge, each holding a mountain.
The wind and waves drove the ghost ship with all its strength, quickly passing under the twin tails of the mermaid statue.
Luo Fu, Shirley and Niles were crowded in the bow of the boat. They held their heads high and stared at the statue intently.
As it passed through the statue, the ridges on both sides gradually receded, the wind weakened, and the ghost ship sailed into a large lagoon, and an island appeared in front of it.
Looking from a distance, we can see traces of human habitation on the island:
Terraces cover the slopes, and there is a huge wooden windmill on the hillside, with paddles made of wood and canvas, slowly turning in the breeze blowing from the bay.
There are many buildings near the coastline, but those houses are half submerged in the sea water.
Half of the buildings have collapsed, either unable to bear the weight of the thick gray moss or being pulled down by thick black vines in the water.
The ghost ship finally stopped at a broken bridge. It was a wooden bridge. The wide wooden bridge body had long since decayed. On both sides were thick white bridge piers with layers of gray moss hanging on them. The river roared angrily around it.
At this time, Captain Skeleton came over and said respectfully:
"The voyage is over, Your Majesty the King. Just walk along the road and your people will come to pick you up soon."
Luo Fu was silent for a moment and asked: "Is this Avalon?"
"I don't know the name of this island either." Captain Skeleton shook his head and said, "You can call it whatever you want."
Luofu thought for a while and asked again: "Are you leaving?"
"Yes." Captain Skeleton nodded: "We can't go ashore, we can only sail on the sea forever."
"If you want to find me, just blow this and I will drive this ship to pick you up."
The skeleton captain stretched out his hand and handed over a gray conch. The conch looked very ancient. The edge was inlaid with bronze and had a two-tailed mermaid engraved on it.
Luofu took the conch and climbed to the shore along a set of white marble steps.
The ghost ship moved away from the broken bridge and sailed into the distance. Soon, only the light at the stern of the ship gradually faded away, and finally disappeared completely.
Rolph stood on the shore and silently watched the ship disappear.
At this time, there was a slight and dull thunder in the sky. He looked up and found that the dark clouds above his head had dispersed.
There was a hint of shock in his eyes.
It's already dark, but the night sky is so bright, because...
There are three moons hanging in the sky!
There is a full moon, a half moon, and a crescent moon. They are distributed in the sky. The pure moonlight shines freely between the sky and the earth, shining so hard that the sea surface seems to be covered with thick snow.
Luo Fe thought he had seen it wrong and blinked. The other two moons did not disappear. They were not hallucinations.
Apart from this, there is not a single star in the sky. The three moons float in the dark sky, half hidden in the mist, like peeping eyes behind a silk curtain, looking down at the earth.
"Rolf, come and see..." Shirley suddenly shouted loudly.
Luofu turned around and saw the ponytail girl standing under a tree, waving to him.
Looking at the girl's expression, Luofu had already realized something. He ignored the moon in the sky, carried the box, ran over quickly, and came to Shirley's side.
It was a leafy oak tree that sprouted from the solid rock. Its twisted branches formed a dense and towering treetop overhead.
Luofu raised his head and saw a bloody human face on the tree trunk. The face was blurred and his appearance was unclear. A pair of blood-red eyes, deep and melancholy.
As he looked toward the forest farther away, his scalp suddenly became numb.
because……
On the trunk of every tree, there is a human face.
