Wow! Wow!

Two assault boats, one in front and one in the rear.

The bow of the forward boat was a lightweight, six-pounder cannon, filled with shotguns, and sand bags at the back.

Behind the cannon sat Acharin, and in addition to him, Lorraine, Henna, and Noya sat on board, and two oarsmen sat in the stern.

Compared to the loose front boat, the rear boat is much more crowded.

Fourteen carefully selected sailors sat in the boat, swords in their heads and tails, and four oars in the middle.

The two boats slid into the gorge one after the other, and returned to the sea cave along the cliffs of the sky, Lorraine stood up, raised his hand and shouted: "Slow down! Ignite the torch! ”

He and Acharin each lit a torch, and two sailors stood up, each holding a torch, to illuminate the waters in front and behind the boat.

The expedition slid into a deep sea cave.

This sea cave is tortuous, deep, and wide, like an endless wave-shaped bend, which brings people into the heart of the island through repeated changes of direction.

There was pungent ammonia everywhere, and there were strange rocks that protruded from the waterway all around.

Halfway through the journey, the mountain road on the edge of the cliff was completely cut off, and the light could not enter, and Lorraine could only see a part of the cave wall by the faint light of the torches.

"It's a sea cave." Lorraine pointed to the indescribable rocks on the cave wall and said, "The lava splashed here, but it did not close, probably because of some special topography that left a crack in this place, and then the sea washed over the day, and finally the cave was enlarged to the present point." ”

Both Henna and Noah were curious about this novel knowledge and wanted to hear more from Lorraine. It's a pity that there is also a Yacharin, who is also familiar with the sea and has received a higher education.

The romantic French gentleman shrugged his shoulders and struggled to straighten his arms and raise the torch: "I only care about how long this tunnel is, Mr. Captain. We may have advanced a kilometer, perhaps further, and there is no end in sight. ”

"You're worried that the end will lead to the outside of the cave?"

"I can't hide anything from you." Yacharin sighed gloomily, "I'm worried that this tunnel has penetrated the entire rock formation, and as a result, it ends in the open air deep in the jungle. After so many years, even the most beautiful gold objects have been ruined by wild beasts......"

"I've heard a saying."

"What?"

"Speculation is risky, and we should be cautious when we stand in line." Lorraine smiled and said, "Yacharin, your situation is special, at least until we get the harvest, you can change your position at any time and get the same treatment as a sailor." I think this change in profit-seeking is justified. ”

"Hell! You actually tempted me! ”

Acharin's position among seafarers is truly exceptional.

Lorraine has prepared a 30% general chamber of commerce dividend for the flagship seafarers, with both prosperity and loss. But Acharin was in the midst of a period of redemption, during which all his remuneration was to be redeemed by the Chamber of Commerce, no matter how small, according to the employment contract between the parties.

However, expedition is not an act of the Chamber of Commerce, it is an individual act, and its benefits and risks are naturally independent of the profits and losses of the General Chamber of Commerce.

So theoretically, Yacharin could have separated himself from the Chamber of Commerce and reaped his personal benefits like a sailor on an adventure.

As for the cost, it is a temporary or complete loss of the opportunity to actually enter the Lorraine trust list.

He was an ambitious man, and ambition made him weak in front of Lorraine, and he became extremely eager to trust. The choice Lorraine gave him was, to put it bluntly, a trade-off between money and circle.

Do you want to really fit into Lorraine's circle?

This question only made him struggle for a short time, and he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Captain, the gold coin is very moving, but I choose to refuse. ”

Lorraine glanced at Noah meaningfully, and smiled slightly: "Acharin, after returning to Southampton, you don't have to go to the Second Fleet." ”

"Huh?"

Before Yacharin could appreciate the deep meaning of this temptation, the dinghy behind him suddenly exploded into a scream!

"Ahh

One of the sailors stood up, screamed and fell into the water, and by the faint light of the fire, Lorraine saw dozens of clouds of darkness falling from the sky, clinging to his face and body.

He's struggling in the water!

I struggled for a moment, and then I didn't struggle anymore.

The pitch-black staggered up as if drunk, gathered together and let out a shrill chirping: "Squeak! ”

Countless dim red lights lit up on the roof of the cave, and the darkness flew out of the shadows of the cave, and the sound of flapping wings was intertwined, like a torrential rain beating plantains.

Acharin was terrified: "Vampire bats! ”

"Protect the oarsmen! Dispel them with torches! Lorraine reacted as quickly as he could, drawing his knife with one hand, causing him to hold the torch high in the air and swing it vigorously above the oarsman's head!

"Accelerate! Rush over! ”

More torches were lit and sailors danced around their bodies in horror to drive away the terrifying vampire bats.

The oarsmen increased their frequency and tried with all their might to rush across the manta rays.

They plunged into a sea of bats!

There were thousands of blood-sucking bats in the dark shadows that filled the sky.

Lorraine wields a torch in one hand and a long knife in the other, each slicing at least one bat. Henna and Noah were more efficient than him, one holding two short knives, the other with a tarot between his fingers, and his back to his back, not only guarding his body, but also having the strength to watch over the front of the two oarsmen.

Acharin was also driving away the bats, standing on the rickety boat, and with the help of the flames, he drove away the bats that were rushing towards the dinghy.

Thanks to their response, the front boat was temporarily unharmed.

But the crowded rear boat is far from being as comfortable as theirs.

Lorraine issued an order in time, and in a short time they lit six torches and drove them away, but no sailor was bitten by bats, screamed, and was knocked into the water by more bats.

In a short period of time, three people fell into the water, plus the one who didn't know about life and death before, it was four people!

In this way, the rear boat can't rush over!

Lorraine's eyes were bloodshot, and he cut off two bats with a knife, and shouted loudly: "Yacharin! Fire! ”

Yacharin subconsciously lit the haircord, and as soon as the sparks splashed, he shouted in panic: "Lean over!" Mouth! Cover your ears! ”

Rumble!

An earth-shattering roar resounded throughout the cavern, and the forward boat that was rapidly moving forward faltered, falling back like a cannonball.

Lorraine and Noah fell in unison, falling forward, and the quick-eyed Henna only had time to catch Noah, and Lorraine had already flown past him and fell into the water with a normal thud.

Hundreds of reddish streamers lit up the tunnel, crackling against the hard walls of the cave, splashing stone dust and flying cuttings, sweeping away nearly a hundred bats on the bow of the ship.

But the harvest of this cannon is much more than that!

Bats are the life of a keen hearing, and suddenly the thunder stuns or even kills them, and countless bats fall down like raindrops, fall into the water, fall on the boat, and smash on people...... The whole race was swept away!

Lorraine surfaced with a thud, rubbing her ears in pain and enduring tinnitus.

"Reload the shotshots, organize the waterlogged, we'll need to get out of here before most of the vampire bats wake up." He wiped the water from his face, "Damn, you can't row in a straight line in the future...... If it hits because of the recoil, it will be too wrong. ”