Chapter 2 Storm (Ask for Collection, Ask for Recommendation)
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This is the fifth day of sailing at sea, and for the past five days Evan has been driving the dragon head ship and has been driving in the vast sea, and their direction at the moment has been to the southwest.
They ate and lived on the ship, and when they were hungry, they took a few bites of their jerky, oat wine and other food, and when they slept at night, they were wrapped in thick animal skins and lay down on the spot in the cabin.
They drove all the way southwest, and it would be difficult to get lost in the middle of the ocean, but luckily Evan found a magnet on the Navia Peninsula and made a simple "compass" from it!
It wasn't until the appearance of the compass that the passage for his voyage was completely opened, and it was precisely because of the compass that he was able to convince Olaf that he and Olaf had come forward to find some warriors in the tribe who were willing to take risks and fantasize about discovering new hunting grounds.
If it weren't for the compass, no one would have risked the empty words of a sixteen-year-old boy!
After all, in the south of the Navia Peninsula there is abundant land and countless treasures! These stories have been told for hundreds of years!
But none of the Vikings who went to look for them returned, so everyone had long since broken off the idea of driving south all these years, and in their minds, only they Vikings and Russians in the north, and the rest of the world was a vast ocean.
In fact, there was no need to be so difficult, just convince the Earl of Rolf, but when Evan, who attended the Council of the Hall twenty days ago, mentioned to the Earl that he should go south to find the British Peninsula, Rolf sternly refused!
All these years! Rolf seems to be a different person, the whole person is full of tyranny, and Abbott's disappearance seems to have hit Rolf quite hard.
In addition, he was stabbed with a sword in the battle against the Hild tribe, although he recovered after the worst time, but Rolf's condition has been recurring over the years because of sadness, worry and serious injury.
Rolf, who appeared in front of his clan now, looked more than ten years old, and his spirit had become sluggish.
Ever since his health had been good and bad, most of the things in the clan had been handled by his butler with the assistance of his wife, Ainar!
It seems that I heard that Rolf is inhumane because of injury? However, this conclusion has never been confirmed, and no one will run to Rolf and ask directly, no one will be so stupid, no one will live enough, and no one will want to die.
But all these years! I don't know if it was because of the great change in Rolf's temperament, or because of the power of his wife Ainar, anyway, the clansmen in the tribe often have unfair behaviors.
In fact, in the Navia Peninsula of the slave society, this kind of good thing is commonplace, but in their own tribe, it is still necessary to be a little more fair to do these things, and appropriate concealment can win people's hearts.
But now it's good, not only does it not hide it, but it also directly carries out the big name, which also makes the reputation of the Rolf family in the clan gradually decline.
And now in the tribe, it is almost a word of Ainar, and whoever wants to be dissatisfied will be in trouble, which has also led to too much resentment in the hearts of the clansmen to vent.
Evan is one of these persecutions, and I don't know if it's Nala's reason or if he really disgusts Rolf so much!
Anyway, our Lord Earl has never looked at him squarely from beginning to end, and even punished him several times for trivial matters, and was finally resolved by Linda.
The most dangerous time, Linda directly put a dagger on the erection neck to force him to die, which saved Evan, thinking of this, Evan felt that he was living a very bad life, which also aggravated the resentment in his heart, and he chose to forbear for Linda.
So when his proposal to sail south and plunder was rejected, Evan did not continue to argue, but behaved very submissively, and after the meeting ended, he immediately found Olaf, took out the compass and got the support of his adoptive father, which led to the voyage.
But they seem to be ......! It seems like......! Possible......! It was smuggled out behind the back of Count Rolf, and I don't know if I will be punished if I go back.
However, in Evan's opinion, if he can find the right route to reach the British Peninsula and get back a large amount of gold and silver treasure, Rolf should not only not punish him, but perhaps reward him?
In fact, Evan also comforted himself in his heart, with his understanding of Rolf, whose style of behavior has changed greatly in recent years, this count is already synonymous with madness, and no one knows what he will do? No one knows what Lu Dao is thinking?
But for Linda's sake, Evan is willing to try again and again to make Rolf accept him, whether he is tyrannical or really a madman, he is first and foremost the father of his own woman!
Evan, who has been educated by Confucius and Mencius for many years in his previous life, still respects the word "filial piety"! That's why he will always back down and keep forbearing.
It's all for the woman he loves, it's all for Linda.
"Evan! Look!
Storm? Looks like a storm is coming? ”
Evan, who was pretending to sleep in the cabin, was awakened by Ole's voice.
As Odd's voice came out, everyone in the cabin looked in the direction of his finger!
Evan stood on the railing and looked out at the sea, only to see strange clouds in the distance, moving rapidly in their direction, it was now evening, and the color of the sunset had become unusual, revealing a terrible dark yellow.
Behind the dark yellow sunset, as if in a nightmare, they saw fragments of cotton-like cumulus clouds coming towards them in the dark rat-gray sky that was gradually darkening!
"Quick! Lower the sails!
Attach the canvas to the hull!
Everybody went back to the cabin to paddle! ”
Olaf, who was standing beside him, shouted loudly to the crowd behind him!
For Olaf, who has been to sea many times, he knows what the arrival of the storm portends!
The Vikings revered and loved the mysterious sea, and they believed that the storm was the manifestation of the wrath of the gods.
The wrath of the gods consumes everything, the wrath of the gods is a sign of death, and the wrath of the gods turns them into a cold corpse.
But they could not do without the sea, which gave them food for survival and the means to plunder outward, but they were afraid and panicked by the unknown forces of nature.
As early as the design time, Evan requested that nets made of hemp rope be hung on both sides of the sails of the dragon head ship to prevent the sails from being torn in strong winds.
He knew that the storm on the sea was very powerful, and he didn't want to be buried in the belly of a fish.
"Why are you still standing stupidly!
Hurry up and get into the cabin and paddle! ”
Evan helped everyone quickly fix the sails on both sides of the hull, and suddenly looked back to see that some people seemed to be stupid in the face of the overwhelming storm, and couldn't help but scold angrily!
As all of them hid in the canvas-roofed cabins, many of them were praying to the gods to rest the thunderous wrath, and their bodies shook like chaff as their words came out.
"Don't be stupid!
Listen to my slogan!
Everybody paddle hard!
One......! Two......!
One......! Two......! ”
Seeing this group of ignorant fools, still thinking of praying to the gods at such a time, Evon Fire did not fight anywhere, he commanded his people loudly, and slid the oars in unison and quickly, trying to get out of the storm area!
As the dragon head ship sailed through the sea at a very high speed with the efforts of everyone, Evan looked out through the gap in the sails!
I saw the wind and clouds rolling not far away, the sky turned black in an instant, the momentum of the storm became more and more violent, and the sound of the waves gradually approached.
The lightning tore at the dark clouds, but the dark clouds gathered again, galloping over the sea, the black pressure was terrifying, as the dark clouds approached, the faint thunder rolled tightly and loosely, and the bright electricity pierced the sky.
Thunder roared, dark clouds burned, spewing terrible blue flames, the sky trembled, and the sea shook timidly......!
Evan felt that there was nothing more powerful and terrifying in the world than a storm in the ocean!
At this moment, under this natural phenomenon of heaven and earth formation, human beings are weak and cowardly, and people's hearts seem to be torn to the Nine Netherworld by a powerful storm!
Soon the storm, thunderbolts and dark clouds were already swirling in the sky, and at the same time there was a fishy smell coming to the nose!
As the raindrops of beans rushed towards the sea as if they were being splashed with a basin, the thunderbolts were still clattering, and the dark clouds cracked, shooting lightning like golden arrows from the dense clouds to the sea, which could not help but make people feel thrilled.
At this moment, the dragon head battleship is like a fallen leaf on the sea, trembling with the waves rising higher than the other.
As one wave departed, another, taller and bigger wave was mixed with rain and wind, as if it was about to tear the ship and the crowd to pieces.
Evan Zhidao can't give up any hope now, he doesn't want to die! He still has a lot of things to do, and a lot of ideals to achieve!
He kept shouting the trumpet of paddling, and in the storm the dragon head swayed like a dead leaf! I don't know how long the time has passed, until his mouth and tongue are numb, his throat is stinging like fire, and his voice has become hoarse, and the surroundings slowly return to calm.
"Ha Lu Ha ......! Ha Lu Ha ......!
We won! We've won!
We survived! ”
When there was nothing else around him except the sound of seawater, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he turned his head to look at the already exhausted clansmen!
Evan laughed! He smiled happily! The clansmen laughed too! They were just as happy!
This smile slowly expanded along the corners of the mouth, and everyone laughed loudly at this moment! And they chant slogans of victory!
Late at night! The land is dark, and the sea is stormy! The dark clouds at the sea level in the distance obscured the pale yellow moonlight, and where the dark clouds connected to the sea level, countless lightning bolts shuttled between the sky and the earth like blue dragons.
This is an island on the northeast coast of the British Peninsula, and on this island, called "Lindesfinn", stands a single-storey stone building cut and polished from a huge rock, surrounded by a wall of wooden materials.
It is tall and mysterious from the outside, and in the early Middle Ages, most of the houses were made of wood.
Such a lavish stone building towering in the middle of the island is a miracle compared to the low wooden houses that surround it!
The island is governed by Irish monks, and the lavish stone building is the same monastery that represents the sacred and the faith.