Call! Call!

In front of Lorraine was a grass cave, short and small, with wide blades of grass.

He took the torch and burned it a few times, driving out a lot of small worms, and then changed to a long wooden pole, stood far away, and poked it again and again.

The team went deep into the jungle for three hours, covering a distance of less than two kilometers, slower than the Butterfly Flower could travel through the fog.

But there was no opposition in the ranks.

Caution is a virtue when traveling through a strange jungle.

For example, sailors originally had a problem with the coarse cloth overcoat that covered their bodies, because the weather on the island was very hot, and the men at sea preferred the sun and the sea breeze.

But after an accident with a spider lying on his face, this sound completely disappeared.

It was a beautiful spider, dark brown in body, with camouflage-like light markings on its feet and body, complementary and symmetrical, lying on a tree without a trace, holding silk and fluttering, looking like a withered leaf.

It has a pair of huge fangs.

Recognized by knowledgeable sailors, this is a lace bird spider born in the tropics, and although not too aggressive, it is surprisingly poisonous and can make people unconscious.

And it happened to lie on a sailor's face towel......

After that, the complaints and objections disappeared, and Lorraine, who led the group, became more and more cautious, and the torches burned almost every tree and leaf.

But even so, some sailors were bitten by poisonous snakes that came down from the trees, and Henna's quick knife cut off almost half a pound of flesh before the red blood flowed again.

This hellish experience is finally over......

Beyond the last grass holes, they stepped onto a vast, flat volcanic field.

The dark slope is a trace of past lava flows, and it is dense, not easy to weather, and contains a large amount of metal, making it not only an excellent natural stone, but also difficult to form vegetation.

The bare rocky ground was synonymous with safety in the eyes of the sailors, and Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said, "Five hundred meters ahead, rest for half an hour, and drink water." ”

There was a soft cheer from the ranks.

They marched forward, resting on the exposed rock formations, and the sailors, who had been sweltering for half a day, were eager to untie their overalls, allowing their sweaty bodies to be exposed to the sea breeze.

Lorraine picked a taller rock and stood side by side with Henna, looking at the island's coastline from afar.

"Have you found a better passage?" "It's too long to go today, and even if we do find a water source, we can't guarantee that the sailors will be able to ship it safely." ”

Lorraine shook her head helplessly.

He crouched down, drew a white mark on the craggy volcanic rock with his machete, and whispered, "Generally speaking, the island has the gentlest windward side and the steepest windward side. The windward side of Hebasi Island is to the north, and we have landed in the west and the Butterfly Flower to the east. ”

"In that case, why don't we go from the north when we look for a boat?"

"Because it's close." Lorraine sighed, "And I'm afraid I'll find the wreckage of the Butterfly Flower on the cliffs to the south." If they had landed on the windward side of the beach, they would have been safe, even if they met late. ”

Henna nodded in agreement.

Lorraine continued to draw lines on the ground: "Rounding the mountain, we will reach the windward side, where the vegetation will be sparse and there will be the most likely accumulation of fresh water sources such as small lakes and deep pools, and when we find it, we can draw the shortest route to the beach, open a safe passage, and load fresh water." ”

"What if not?"

"If not...... Then you can only go to the leeward side. The rock formations there are the most intact and prone to caves, but the reservoir of fresh water will be much smaller, and only one or two places will be found, which is probably not enough for what we need. ”

Henna looked down and thought about it, remembering that in the process of looking for the ship, they did find a few small pools, which could barely fill a few wooden barrels, which was not only difficult to transport, but also not enough for the entire ship to consume for a few days.

Just like Lorraine fears, the water storage on the leeward side can only be used to replenish it, and it cannot fundamentally solve the problem of water shortage for hundreds of people.

"It would be nice if it could rain a lot......"

"yes. If there is a heavy rain, we don't have to worry about the source of the water. ”

The team continued to march along the gentle slope of volcanic rock, detoured northward, and soon came to the windward side of the island, where they could see two waterholes, one high and one low, in the midst of the blue sea and silver sand and the green dwarf trees where the stars fell!

The tall one is smaller, gourd-shaped, about five or six meters on the long side, about two or three meters on the short side, and the location is at the junction of the volcanic rock ground and the sparse forest, the color is like jasper, and the wind is slight.

The short one is huge, round, about sixty or seventy meters so far, and its position is on the edge of the beach, with forest on one side and sand on the other, and the color is transparent and beautiful.

The sailors were excited, and rushed down the hill with a direct thanks to their lord, and Lorraine could not stop them for a while, but could only watch as four or five men rushed into the woods, and after a while they fled from the woods with a scream.

The ...... who followed them It is a majestic wild boar with fangs.

"Bab!" There were six wild boars in total, and one was the fastest and had a fierce momentum.

It lowered its head to catch up with the slowest sailor, screaming and arching its head.

Sharp fangs pierced out of the back of the sailor, and when his chest pierced, the sailor's eyes widened, and he opened his hands helplessly, and was quickly thrown out by the boar.

His body fell on the volcanic rock, tumbling and tumbling, leaving a trail of blinding blood.

Lorraine pulled out his twin knives with a bang and lowered his body: "Fight!" ”

Henna rushed out first.

She leaned forward and ran, and after running a few steps, four red velvet knives came out of her hand, one of which hit the eye of the murderous boar, and the eye socket went into the handle.

The boar screamed and threw itself out, and the rest of the boar leapfrogged over it and charged at Henna.

But Henna is not alone.

She shoots the throwing knife, and Lorraine's figure chases after the throwing knife.

Behind Lorraine were a dozen brave sailors, who crossed the henna, avoided their fleeing companions, and met the beasts in groups of threes and twos.

Two sailors were knocked out on the spot.

Lorraine dodged the assault, her body spinning lightly, her long knife protecting her body into the stretched petals, and gently slicing through the hind legs of the two boars between them.

Bright red beast blood splattered out, and two wild boars fell to the ground with a wail.

Henna regained her breath and jumped to her feet to avoid the pig's protrusion, and four throwing knives left her hand, three of which hit, and one of them stabbed into the back of the hip, tearing open a huge wound as the boar ran.

This means that the fourth boar is out of combat.

The sheer power of Lorraine and Henna reduced the pressure on the sailors, and they fought the boars in groups of five or six men, and their fleeing companions also turned back, further widening the gap between the two sides.

After paying the price of two people being knocked into the air and one being seriously injured, the left battle group finally had a stabbing sword piercing the eyes of the wild boar, and the stabbing sword was immediately broken, and the wild boar also returned to the western sky.

On the right, Lorraine ended the battle.

He rolled back into battle, retrieving his opponent from the sailors, two sharp Finnish knives flying up and down in circles around the heavy boar.

The wild boar could not hit Lorraine, and the most threatening pig suddenly could not be launched because of the suppression of the peripheral sailors, and after receiving fourteen knives, he was finally slashed by Lorraine in the center of the eyebrows, and completely lost his vitality.

The sudden encounter was only a few minutes.

One of the sailors died, three were seriously injured, and four were knocked into the air, each resulting in varying degrees of bruising and contusion, and the price paid was terrible.

Seeing the miserable appearance of the team, Lorraine put his sword back into its sheath and stared angrily at the sailors who acted without permission.

"Running and howling without orders. Gentlemen, is that how you want to jump ship? ”