Chapter 328: In the Storm
The moment Daoud hit the rooftop, Kita was knocked out of the way. Fortunately, a hand reached out from the side to hold her steady, and the owner of the hand was none other than the box. The boy's hat had long been blown off, and at this moment, his black hair was flying in the wind, and the silver mask underneath was looming.
He was standing on the deck, holding the rope of the airbag in one hand, in the wind, the cloak behind him spread like a black flag, and the sword and staff below were at his waist. However, his eyes did not look in this direction at the moment, and fell outside the airship.
Jita watched this scene in shock, and there was a trace of confusion in her eyes at first, but she soon came to her senses, and suddenly shouted in a low voice: "The head of the regiment is still below!" ”
Luo Hao leaned on the side of the ship and glanced down, a piece of yellow sand was long, and even Bein Fortress quickly turned into a dense shadow, where could I see the shadow of the head of the regiment? Only then did he turn around and say to the two: "The head of the regiment can't come up, our top priority is to escape from this place and find someone else—preferably someone from Her Royal Highness the Princess to save him." ”
The box looked back at him, and the meaning of the calm expression on his face was about to say: What are you talking to me about this?
Ji Ta was very clear in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "What are we going to do?" ”
"We've got to find a way to keep the ship first, and it's going to be hard, but we're going to have to try." Luo Hao replied, "You take Miss Afifa down." The ship was too big for a mage leader to control the Guy generator. ”
The two couldn't help but look at the Miss Mystic brought by Luo Hao on the side, the latter still looked at a loss, obviously the previous shock was obviously beyond her expectations.
Seeing everyone looking over, Afifa hurriedly waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about me, I'll just go over with you, I won't trouble you." ”
Although others were a little strange about her identity and behavior, they could probably think that it was because of Fang Yu. Luo Hao glanced at this young lady, and didn't ask anything anymore, only nodded.
As for Luo Hao's proposal, the box also nodded. He is not responsible for analyzing the situation, he just needs to be told what to do and where the enemy is, which is also in line with his identity as a ruthless killer.
The two of them went off the deck.
In the distance, Wu Xiaopang was lying on the bow of the boat, but at this time, as if he had seen something that frightened him to the extreme, he straightened up from the side of the boat, turned his head, and shouted angrily:
"I'm going to crash!"
The sound is distorted in the wind.
Luo Hao looked in that direction against the wind and sand, his eyes were slightly condensed, and then the next moment, his face also changed greatly. A huge shadow suddenly parted from the sand and appeared in front of everyone—as mentioned earlier, Bein City was built on a huge rock platform, and these towering rocky mountains were now lying on the course through which Daoud must pass, and it was obvious that they were a mortal threat.
At this moment, the airship was only a few hundred meters away from the shadow, and under this bad weather, the distance between the two was rapidly approaching, but it was about to collide in the blink of an eye.
Luo Hao looked left and right, and immediately shouted: "Raise the auxiliary sail on the left." ”
The Daoud was a large ship, with fifteen pairs of sails, which were located on the side of the hull or on the bottom of the ship, which they could not reach, but the sails on the hull side were controlled by forty-eight rudder discs on deck, two of which controlled one sail each. Of course, a big ship of this level is not something that they can play, but the dust storm around them has been fierce, and it is possible to push the Daoud forward without sails, and under such weather, everything can naturally be simplified.
With a single sail raised, the furious dust storm could propel Daoud to steer and avoid obstacles.
Several sorcerers had already gone down to the core control bay below, but there were other members of the Shield of Lufu on the deck, plus him, there were exactly five people in total, and with each of them controlling a rudder wheel in his imagination, it only took three wheels to open all the side sails. Luo Hao shouted the first one and rushed to the nearest rudder, but as soon as he got started, he found that it was not so simple-
It turned out that the sail control mechanism of the Daoud was much simpler than expected, and like a real sailboat, it was only used to raise and lower the sails by rigging. There are three arms of fringe cables that pass through the metal rings at the top of the sail, all of which are steered by two winches, the main body of which is located on the hull below, and the only one that is exposed on the deck is the rudder.
And Luo Hao rushed over and pushed with his hand, but found that he didn't move. The others were apparently in the same situation at this time, and the big ones all looked up at each other, and they all saw horror in their eyes. At this moment, in the wind and sand ahead, a huge shadow is gradually approaching, including the entire Daoud.
ZXC glanced back at the shadow of despair, probably a survival instinct, and he turned around and shouted:
"Everybody, all together!"
Before the words fell, he was the first to rush to Luo Hao's side, and then put his hand on the handle of the rudder. The force of the two people only slightly made the rudder move, but it was slightly loosened and rebounded back. Seeing this, the others also reacted and rushed over to help. When the fourth man arrived, the rudder finally made a tooth-aching 'squeak' and then suddenly loosened - and the rudder went from tight to loose, and finally spun on its own.
Because when the sail is opened, the wind pushes it to spread out from behind, and the back moves with a cable.
A member of the Luff Shield next to the rudder was caught off guard and was thrown out directly, but fortunately there was a large net made of rigging in front of him, and he fell into the net impartially so that he did not fall into the dust storm that flew outside.
The man escaped death, and he also looked frightened, and he obviously knew in his heart that there was no second possibility for falling down at this height except to fall into a meatloaf. Death in Aitaria wasn't much to the Elector, but it was a chilling way to think about.
Luo Hao didn't look back: "Leave him alone, continue." Climb down on their own, and the others learn their lesson, be careful. ”
At this time, it was obvious that everyone needed such a backbone, and this fat man from the military rushed straight to the next steering wheel, and the others followed behind.
After the first sail was raised, the hull shook slightly, and when there was still no sign of turning, the sail shook violently with a worrying loud noise. Wu Xiaopang couldn't help but look in that direction, for fear that the wind would blow the sail off, and his concern was not without reason, the sail shook more and more frequently, obviously if they didn't hurry up the other sails, it might be torn off the hull.
But among the crowd, only Luo Hao's face did not change, he always kept a calm face, rushed to the second rudder and pushed hard. As the others arrived, the sail made another loud bang and stretched open.
After the second sail was opened, there was a slight hint of turning the Daoud's hull, but it was no less noticeable. Everyone looked ahead, after this short delay, the airship was much closer to the giant shadow, and at this moment they could already see the outline of the mountain behind them through the dust storm, and a huge sense of oppression came to their faces.
The distance is not more than a chain, and due to the different shape of the anchors, the chain of Aitaria is much longer than on Earth, about seven hundred meters or so. But this distance is under the speed of the Daoud at the moment, and a few breaths may be too short, but it will not take more than half a minute.
Luo Hao retracted his gaze, didn't say a word, and immediately rushed to the third rudder.
"There's a mile left at most!"
Wu Xiaopang's voice was trembling, and his hands were trembling.
The third sail was raised, and the Daoud began to turn noticeably, but still slowly, and the ZXC squinted one eye at the bow of the ship, the mast sticking out of the shadows.
"Three hundred meters to go!"
Wu Xiaopang still couldn't stop looking back.
Luo Hao glanced at this guy angrily, and said coldly: "Shut up!" ”
Wu Xiaopang was startled and looked at the others, but when he saw that the others didn't want to see him, he quickly shut up. After the loss of this pressure monster, everyone suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and before long, the fourth sail was also raised, and then the fifth sail.
At this time, the airship had clearly turned an arc, but it was still within the range of the rocky mountain, and they could even see the craggy rocks flying around them, if the airship had not turned from the beginning, it would have almost collided at this moment.
There are less than one hundred and fifty meters to go—
The sixth sail was raised.
Everyone's hearts tensed, and they rushed to the next roulette wheel non-stop, which was not an easy job, and everyone showed signs of weakness in their hands and feet to varying degrees due to excessive exertion. It was nothing if it was on flat ground, but after the six sails were raised, the violent trembling of the sails in the wind had carried the whole Daoud, and the hull of the ship also swayed from side to side, and from time to time someone fell unsteadily.
They barely managed to reach the seventh steering wheel with the help of others, but the time was already much longer than before.
The dividing line on the edge of the rocky mountain had clearly appeared in front of it, and at this time it was too late to raise the seventh sail, and whether it would hit or not was close at hand. Luo Hao turned around and shouted to everyone: "Hold on!" ”
He didn't know if his efforts could really work, his previous efforts were just desperate, and he didn't know whether he could succeed in everyone's hearts.
Fifty meters.
Ten meters.
The mountain was getting closer and closer, the steep wall was almost in front of everyone's eyes, and the speed of the Daoud was so fast that almost everyone didn't have time to see what was happening, and then they felt a great tremor coming from the side of the ship. They seemed to hear a loud bang, but before that they could be shaken out, Luo Hao only had time to grab a cable that tied the air waves above, and the whole person flew out sideways, and then fell heavily on the deck.
However, he immediately looked up and saw that the airship had a noticeable tilt, but this tilt was not further amplified, but returned to the signs of level flight. His heart moved, and he realized that they had succeeded, and that although the Daoud had hit the rocky mountain before, it should have only been a collision, and had not hit it head-on.
Otherwise, they would have been crushed.
He didn't have time to worry about anything else, and he couldn't even care where his shield had gotten away before he flew—he thought it had flown under the ship, hoping that some hapless fellow wouldn't go out in this weather and be slapped to death by his shield or something—he surged to the side of the ship in that direction, and looked down to check the condition of the ship.
The condition of the Daoud was clearly very bad, and the six sails that had been raised were almost torn off in unison during the impact, and the fate of the ship was now unknown. And the remaining sails that were not raised were no better, and they were damaged, and in short, these sails could not be counted on a second time.
However, fortunately, the hull itself was not too damaged, so it did not crash due to insufficient buoyancy.
He glanced ahead again, and after crossing the rocky mountain, it was a smooth road—but it was not up to them to decide where Daoud would be blown by the storm.
Luo Hao turned around and looked at the others—there was one less person in the previous impact, but this was already a blessing, from the Daoud taking off in such weather, to avoiding this obstacle without danger, so far they had only lost one man.
In a sense, this is a miracle.
He waved his hand a little weakly, and said to everyone: "It's not safe on the deck, there are no obstacles for the time being, the others go below, and leave one person to sentry." ”
Whoever is left to keep the sentry is obviously a difficult job, and staying on the deck at the moment is obviously the first dangerous post. However, ZXC looked at the others and suddenly said, "Come on, I'm the most agile, and it's safest to stay on the deck." ”
Luo Hao glanced at the other party, and was not polite, only nodded.
He and the others reached the entrance to the cabin, pulled the doors open and went down the deck, all the way to the Oud's main control room, which was also home to the Wizard engine. Luo Yu, the box, and Ji Ta heard the voice, and when they turned around, they saw him—Miss Naturalist seemed to have hit something in the previous impact, and there was a white cloth wrapped around his forehead, and there were faint blood oozing from underneath.
Her face was a little pale, but it didn't look like it was due to injury, and she opened her mouth to open her mouth when she saw the others coming down. On the side, Luo Yu had already taken the first step to speak: "You guys came just in time, come and take a look at these things." ”
"What's that?" Luo Hao was stunned. "What's going on down there?"
"The Beins put a lot of explosives on board." Kita said in a worried voice.
"Explosives?" Luo Hao was taken aback. "In what place? Has it already been dealt with? ”
"In the main control room, it was Miss Afifa who found out," Kita replied, "but I don't know why, they didn't detonate." ”
Luo Hao was slightly stunned, and his eyes suddenly looked at Miss Mystic on the side.
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After watching the knights leave, he closed the door of the temple and turned and walked into the hall—the wind had been blowing for a week, but the wind had weakened considerably by the past few days, and pedestrians could already be seen in the streets. It's just that under this weather, it is clear that not many people will be in the mood to patronize the temple of the god of war, and most people are still preparing to deal with the aftermath of this sandstorm.
Three days had passed since that miracle, but not many people had actually witnessed it at the time, since few people would go out in that weather. However, many of the guards above the castle at that time, as well as the knights, including the Governor, witnessed the appearance of the goddess.
This was the second time the Governor had sent someone to inquire about the situation, but Maihir sent him away on the grounds that nothing had happened. As the Lord of Bein City, Nurman is also half of Lady Marlan's follower, so although he has doubts in his heart, he is embarrassed to delve into it.
He couldn't order the knights to break into the temple in Marlan, for fear that if this order continued, the knights themselves would have to fry the pot first.
However, the reason given by Mai Yihil is probably acceptable - the miracle of the goddess is closely related to this once-in-a-century sandstorm, in other words, the subtext is that the goddess has blessed Bein City in the sandstorm. It is said that this rumor has been recognized by most people in Bein City.
Of course –
Although the goddess sheltered Bein, there were still many people who suffered in this rare dust storm, in addition to the damage caused by the wind and sand itself, there were also some strange losses, such as someone's roof was smashed through a volley of shields, but fortunately no one was injured in this accident.
However, Fang Yu vaguely felt that this matter was only afraid that the Yuedaoud would not be able to get rid of it. The storm had subsided, but it was not known if the men on the Daoud had fled, or had crashed somewhere outside the city.
He heard footsteps coming from behind him, and when he looked back, he saw Maihir coming from the other end of the hall with an oil lamp. Because the hall had accumulated a thick layer of sand in the storm, the old knight's steps also left a long trail of footprints.
He looked at the other party, of course understood what the other party was doing, and asked:
"Someone from Bein Fortress again?"
Mai Yihil nodded.
"You let them go back again?"
"Yes."
The knight passed by him, walked to the altar, put down the lamp in his hand, and then turned back and replied.
"But the sandstorm is almost over, and you can't keep pushing them off, can you?" Fang Yu thought for a moment. "They won't be able to find me in the city, so they'll always associate it with me, and by that time, this place won't be safe for me anymore."
Mai Yihir looked at him and said nothing.
Fang Yu then said: "Okay, I mean, is there a way for you to send me out......"
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