0057 Hebasi Island

In 1579, Sir Herrera of Avilés, Spain, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean aboard his beloved Shallow-Water Alligator to the rich New World to serve as Governor of Honduras.

As a result, after only half a year of happy life, he contracted an infectious disease.

The Shallow Water Crocodile was under the command of Captain Mikel. Arteta, led by the sick Jazz, returned home for treatment, but was caught in a storm on the way, which not only broke the navigation compass, but also deviated from the course, and accidentally sailed into this strange fog area on a foggy day.

Lorraine suspected that the shipman had offended the gods and Buddhas of the heavens......

They struggled to survive as they lost their way in the fog, and Ser Herrera's contagion broke out on the ship, causing them to suffer for a long time, eventually killing the entire ship.

That's why there are so few bones on board.

Those who die early are thrown into the sea by those who still have strength, and the weak are cast out of ship by those who are strong.

The fewer and fewer people on board are lost, and those who abandon others suffer far more fear and despair than those who are abandoned, and meet their final death in loneliness, guilt, and curse.

Lorraine silently read all the parts of the diary that were not written in code.

The first half of the high-spirited chronicle of the Shallow Alligator's voyage across the Atlantic to the New World, while the second half is increasingly sloppy, carrying sick people home, encountering storms, diseases, deep fog, and murdering the crew......

Captain Arteta curses his employer, Ser Herrera, at length, in his diary.

It was the selfish and crazy aristocrat who ordered the abandonment of the first living people, and this ocean-going warship, which had 80 excellent sailors and its hull unscathed, would lose its last chance in the midst of betrayal and cannibalism.

And Ser Herrera didn't get a good death.

After two loyal and powerful musket guards fell ill, the three were brutally exiled by the last crew to a dinghy, without water and water, and left to die.

"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end...... "Lorraine muttered as she closed her journal and looked up to Noah and Henna, "no wonder the captain and navigator were in the lower cabin, it turned out that this ship was carrying distinguished guests." ”

"Passengers?"

"Yes, Ser Herrera of Avilés lives in the upper cabin with his two guards."

"Avilés...... Herrera? Noah looked strange, "I remember ......"

Lorraine smiled and raised the diary in her hand.

"The Herrera Chamber of Commerce, a close ally of the Desai Chamber of Commerce, is the Chamber of Commerce of Avilés. This diary can bring their family into disrepute and is Captain Arteta's most precious gift to us. ”

Lorraine's words made Henna curious: "What is written in it?" ”

"A despicable murder." Lorraine re-wrapped the journal in an oilcloth and tightened the strap, "Ser Herrera coerced the captain into murdering about twenty sick crew members, and out of guilt, Captain Arteta recorded everything in detail. ”

"It's baby." Henna was concise and concise.

This diary turned the Shallow Water Crocodile from a wrecked ship into a treasure ship.

Coming out of the captain's cabin, they went to the upper level, and found in Jazz's cabin a family coat of arms ring encrusted with rubies, and a small box of about three hundred Pistors.

Pistol is a gold coin minted in Spain, equivalent to the British pound, but it is now rare.

The Spaniards now preferred the small gold coins and Spanish dollars, and the Pistor was becoming less in circulation and more and more expensive to collect.

With the right buyer, a Pistol can sell for about two to three pounds.

Compared to Mr. Captain's nautical diary, these things can only be regarded as a small gain.

The trio returned with a full load, and the sailors untied the shallow water crocodile, watching as the ghost ship in the fog area disappeared into the fog once more, continuing its never-ending wandering.

The atmosphere on board was oppressive.

Lorraine gathered his sailors together for a short meeting by the hole in the bow.

"We found Mr. Arteta's nautical diary aboard the Shallow Water Crocodile, and according to his suspicion, this is most likely Hebasil."

"Hebasil?"

The seafarers' expressions were completely different, with Henna, Noah, and Pierce looking confused, while Clen and Acharin, tied to the bow sprit, were horrified.

Hebasi is the name of a mysterious island that has been the talk of ocean-going sailors since 1325.

In the early days, it was speculated that it was the New World at the end of the ocean, and when Columbus discovered the New World, it became Devil's Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The island theory was popular in Europe between the 15th and 17th centuries, and the Mariner's Mirror contains a reference to the island of Hebasi, located in the mid-latitudes farther west than Iceland, but it was quickly proven wrong.

In 1674, the adventurer John Murphy of Kielbergs, Ireland. Naspert claimed to have found and landed on the island of Hebasi.

He said that there lived a male wizard on the island who kept a black rabbit the size of a mountain as a pet and liked to hand out gold coins to lucky sailors.

But he did not announce the location of the island, and the ship's seamen and sailors did not respond positively to his claim.

Two years later, his ship, the Macaw, disappeared in the North Atlantic, and some say they went to Hebasil again and were left behind by the island's wizards.

Lorraine has always scoffed at the legend of Hebasil, but if ...... John. Is what Nasburt said true?

He briefly briefed the seafarers about the island's past, and the seafarers frowned deeply.

Henna stared into Lorraine's eyes: "You're going to explore the fog zone?" ”

Lorraine held the compass and shrugged: "We are heading west." ”

"Turned?"

"Turned. We rushed into the fog from the northeast, first to the south, and now to the west. The shallow water crocodile has been drifting in this small sea area for 200 years and has not been able to leave, which shows that we are in a closed circulation. ”

Lorraine circled around the hole and looked at the center of the hole with an inexplicable expression: "If this is really Hebasi Island, then the island must be in the center of the circulation, otherwise the closed loop will be opened, the ocean current will be chaotic, and it will not be so stable." ”

"The wizard who gave the gold coins...... "he smiled and looked up at his seamen, "Ladies and gentlemen, would you like to be a guest at the wizard's house?" ”

……

It's not too hard to decide, because they're in a terrible situation right now.

Nearly 1,000 kilometers from the mainland, the watertight chamber is seeping water, and there may be murderers waiting for them outside the fog area.

Everyone actually knows in their hearts that if they can't dock for repairs in a short time, the possibility of them sailing back to England safely is close to zero.

In contrast, exploring the unknown is much less risky, and at the very least, they can see a chance to live.

In order to survive, choose to explore.

In order to boost the morale of the sailors, Lorraine took out the Pistol that he had collected from the Shallow Water Crocodile and gave each sailor a bonus, two for each sailor.

Six to ten pounds was equivalent to several months' salaries, and the unexpected joy cheered the sailors up and lifted their spirits.

In the midst of laughter, Lorraine announced the news of Hebasil, which was unanimously supported by the whole ship.

Busy on the Butterfly Flower, she slowly but surely twisted the bow of the ship, cut the circulation, and sailed north, into the depths of the unknown, foggy sea.