Chapter 107: Despair/Hope
When Yang Wei was about to go on an expedition, in the sea of the Tang world, the exiled island of Olander finally found his companions, they were cursed by the angel of death and at the same time blessed by the angel of hope, there will always be a glimmer of life behind the disaster.
It's just that now they're not in good shape, at least not too well.
"My lord, after so many days, we still haven't seen any ships passing by, and the timber on this island is not even enough to make a raft, and the continuous eating of fish and other seafood has made many people have symptoms of sepsis, which may cause epidemic infection, and the most terrible thing is that we don't have enough fresh water to collect!"
Oland spears fish on the beach with a homemade harpoon, and behind him is a priest who is reporting to him, apparently finding a companion does not give Ollander more help, but rather a lot of burden.
As the Grand Hospitaller of the Church of Light, he is the supreme commander of this team and the support of everyone, so he collects biological resources everywhere, boiling salt, purifying fresh water, and collecting food every day.
However, everything he did seemed so insignificant under the curse of the Angel of Death, he knew that it was all induced by the curse of the Angel of Death, otherwise it would not have appeared so quickly and so intensively.
"I know, I will find a way, organize prayers to calm their emotions, God will not abandon us, as long as we continue to pray to the statue, the archangel will appear to save us!"
This is probably the only way that Ollander can think of, the disease can be cured if it is in Europa, but this is a deserted island, let alone find someone to see a doctor, and even plants are scarce, even a priest with medical skills is helpless against it.
"Lord Knight, there is actually another way, maybe it is more suitable for the current situation!"
The priest did not leave, but said with a strange flush on his face, as if he was very excited.
"What can you do? Let's talk about it! Oldland heard the priest's words and turned to look at him.
"My lord, among those of us, there are not many people who can move now, and there are also seriously injured and sick people in bed, I have already discussed with my companions when I first came, this is definitely the best way, please agree!"
Hearing this priest say this, Olander's face darkened, if he had to abandon those who had lost their mobility and leave them to fend for themselves, he would never do such a thing.
"Say!"
Olander's face was gloomy and he spat out a word, and the harpoon in his hand quickly forked, and a sea fish appeared on his harpoon.
"We have calculated that if we collect all the fresh water and food, plus the raft we made, it will be enough for one person to spend twenty days at sea in the world, but this is very dangerous, and among the rest of the people except us priests, the others do not have such strength at all, and you alone have the ability to withstand the storm alone, so we would like to ask you to take the statue of the angel and take the raft to look for the ship first, and then turn back to rescue us! You must say yes, this is the only hope! โ
Outlander's gloomy face was gone, but it was replaced by sadness and emotion, he was not a fool, this group of guys also said that they would go to find a ship to come back to rescue them first, not to mention that if the water and food were given to them, they would live for a few days, just this vast sea, if he left, it would be impossible to remember the direction clearly, let alone come back to save them, a group of fool-like guys discussed a way, just to let themselves embark on this only negligible way of life alone.
"Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Although Holland was moved, he really couldn't do it if he wanted him to do it, and the education and inspiration he had always received told him the principles of being a knight, honesty, justice, mercy, sacrifice, honor, valor, spirit, humility, and he had always demanded himself according to this code.
He did a great job, he was the most popular person in the entire Church of Light except for the Pope, and one of the central figures of this Church, so how could he possibly watch others sacrifice themselves to find a way out for themselves.
"Your Excellency, you should know, this is the last resort, we can't all wait here for death, we are not afraid of death, but our death cannot be meaningless, only you can return to the Pope with the statue, let God come to the world and bring hope to the entire Western world, don't let everything we do be meaningless!!"
The priest looked very excited, his face flushed more like he was shouting, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, and Orange rushed over and picked up the priest who was wilting on the beach, looking at him with a bad guess in his heart.
โยทยทยท Did you know, my lord? Seven days ago, I found some poisonous mushrooms, they are highly poisonous... This is what we have already discussed, everyone is voluntary, we know that adults will not leave us, but... Forgive us, my lord, we can't be a burden to you, I'm a sinner, I poisoned everyone, although I can't enter heaven, but I hope that from now on earth is heaven, for the glory of God please return to Europa, the West needs... โ
The last word you still didn't say after all, and Olland's eyes were already full of tears, he didn't understand, this was obviously just an action to welcome God to the West, why was it full of hardships, and it was God himself who gave these hardships.
Three days passed, and during these three days Oland knelt without eating or drinking in front of the graves of his former companions, a total of one hundred and sixty-seven people, and he found one hundred and sixty-seven, and all the others were lost in the storm.
In the past three days, Olander was heartbroken, and it was definitely not an easy task to see his companions die in front of his eyes, let alone everyone, and the death of these people was for him in the final analysis, which made him feel a little breathless, and the unbearable weight of life may be like this, and from then on, his life will have to bear the meaning of the survival of these one hundred and sixty-seven people.
"I'm gone, I'll do everything you want me to do, and then I'll be here with you forever!"
In a short sentence, Oland took the angel statue and rode the boat of life that one hundred and sixty-seven companions had built for him and left the desert island.
After Hollande left, a figure appeared in front of the grave, and the six pairs of wings behind her proved that she was extraordinary, everything that humans did was in her eyes, although it was different from the world she remembered, but the decision she made made her feel moved, so he decided to exercise his power.
"In the name of Gabriel..."