Chapter 69: The Black Mist Islands
The ghost ship was like a guide, far ahead, and the Jackdaw was five nautical miles behind it.
This distance is the standard for sunny days, and when the rain and fog come, according to the treaty, David will slow down until he sees Barbossa see his ship at the limit distance and give a signal, and then return to his original speed.
In short, there must be enough distance between the two ships at all times to prepare the crew of the Jackdaw.
It was a sunny day for six or seven days from the time the two ships met, the sea was calm, the waves rolled up foam, and the sound of lapping the hull was like a lullaby, and time was slowed down in a slight drunkenness.
But on the seventeenth day, the weather suddenly became gloomy, and the sea changed its complexion, with countless whirlpools hidden under the water, and a dark mist faintly filled the air.
It's about to reach the Black Mist Strait.
The Black Mist Strait, as the name suggests, is a cramped, narrow rift valley shrouded in black mist. It is said to be a canyon, but it is actually a long, steep archipelago, which looks like a wall from above, leaving cracks like axes and machetes.
In the eyes of the Turings, the archipelago is a cursed land, after all, black symbolizes evil and ominous, not to mention that it can affect the sight of a ship.
If you forcibly shuttle, you will inevitably be affected by the black fog, and it is very likely that you will die in the narrow gap when you pass through the archipelago. Not to mention, the current in the rift valley is extremely strange, and the direction changes almost every moment, which is simply the life and death subject of an inexperienced captain
However, as the so-called science is the best way to break down superstitions, it is natural that the earthlings who love science and are full of exploration spirit will not believe in any curses, and even though this is a world of swords and sorcery, players still carry out a thorough examination of this sea area
Then they really discovered the secret of the black fog and the flow of water.
Everything points to a magical beast that lives beneath the archipelago, the Korola bitter salamander.
This is a 5055-level neutral demonic beast, the leader is a level 60 elite template, the blood is thick and the defense is high, but it will not appear at all before the courage is very clansmen die, only when there is no little brother left under the hand, will it secretly show its head, like a squid, spit out a circle of enhanced black fog that weakens perception and shields the sense of smell, and then turns around and disappears without a trace.
This kind of character, coupled with its own extraordinarily sensitive to the aura of players above level 70, makes its drop list never confirmed, and most of the people who are out there are p-maps and speculations, no one knows what it will drop, which organ on the body is useful, and therefore maintains an immortal golden body
To some extent, this can be regarded as a kind of anti-heaven ability.
To get back to the point, the special weather in the Black Mist Strait is caused by this mammal with exhaust holes, they are medium in size, an adult Colora bitterwater salamander is four meters long, full of fine and neat teeth, eating small fish, not eating people, but the sawtooth silver scale fish they rely on for survival is a cannibal, and at the same time, this school of fish drilled intricate hooks and connections under the archipelago, completely disrupting the waterway, which created countless surging undercurrents.
As a result, the black fog caused the ship to run aground, and the crew members who were killed became food for the small fish, from which the sawtooth silverscale multiplied, and then became food for the bitter water salamander
So this kind of monster will not take the initiative to attack humans, and it will be as gentle as a dolphin, but this time, I'm afraid things won't be too simple.
The Jackdaw slowly sailed into the Black Mist Islands, and visibility decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If it weren't for the fact that a green fluorescence in the distance penetrated the black mist, it would really make people panic. Accustomed to it, the sailors let down their guard against ghost ships.
But Barbossa didn't, and he still carried out his duties as captain.
He was quite familiar with this route, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he walked through it with his eyes closed.
"Report me the wind direction."
"One hundred and fifty degrees, Captain."
"Lower the sail in four minutes."
"Yes, Captain!"
Four minutes later, the Jackdaw had just arrived at a narrow entrance, and a short distance in front of it was a straight cliff!
Blackbeard turned around and shouted, "Left full rudder, Shami!" ”
"Left full rudder!"
"Left full rudder!"
The password was passed down one level at a time, and there was a quick response.
"Full rudder, Captain!"
“! Boys, let go of your hands and straighten your headscarves and hats, and be careful not to scare away! Also tighten your belts and don't scare your pants off! The captain laughed and limped to the bow of the ship.
The rock wall was so close that the Jackdaw turned slowly and approached it quickly, and it was about to crash into it, but at the moment when it was about to make contact, it narrowly avoided it, and then gradually moved away
The most recent moment is only a few centimeters!
Then the hull of the ship also stopped turning, almost parallel to the rock wall, and squeezed peacefully in the small space!
The sailors held their breath until they had completely left the goose-gut tunnel before they dared to speak out loud.
"It's dangerous! I almost hit my head on it! ”
"I feel like the tip of my nose is grazing against that wall!"
“srrbn! Great! I can blow with others for a month when I go back! ”
"I can blow for a year! It's definitely the coolest fucking way to get through the Black Mist Strait! ”
"Knock Knock"
In the face of the agitated crew, Barbossa calmed them down in this way.
"What are you yelling about! We've only crossed the gap between the two islands, do you know how far we have to go? Don't hurry up to work! Raise the sails for me and turn the rudder back! ”
“! Captain! ”
On the ghost ship, David looked back and saw that the Jackdaw had not been wrecked as he had imagined.
The most important thing is that the "emergency" he arranged seems to have not happened.
"Worthy of a mage?" David snorted and continued without looking back.
In the deep sea beneath the ship as the Jackdaw narrowly crossed the first rift in near-flaunting fashion.
Beneath the surface of the sea, the Colora Bitterwater Salamander gushing out of its nest approached the Jackdaw silently like a black-pressed army.
The leader is the legendary leader who is extremely timid and afraid, and the clansmen will not come out to fight after they die.
It is completely different from other bitter salamanders, the skin on its back is black, only the belly is white, and the two long whiskers extending from its mouth are gray, almost as long as its body, like two nimble gray snakes in the water.
However, the eyes of this group of "gentle creatures" were like red-hot soldering irons at this time, and the dark red light was bright and extinguished, exuding a bloodthirsty aura.
As if enraged, they spat uneasily in the water, their scarlet eyes fixed on the Jackdaw.
If it had slammed into the bottom of the ship at that juncture, the Jackdaw would have died without a place to be buried.
However, they did not.
In the dark waters, a dazzling figure is like a bald head in the spotlight, attracting the attention of all bitter water salamanders.
I saw that he was angry and brewed for more than ten seconds, and at the moment when the bitter water salamander couldn't hold back his mood and was about to surround him, he suddenly opened his mouth, as if he shouted a word hard.
I don't know exactly what the words were, but I saw the silent sound waves swinging out quickly, forming circles of ripples visible to the naked eye in the water. Each bitter salamander touched by the ripples was stunned for a moment, and then its eyes instantly returned to clarity, as if it had seen the most terrifying creature in the world, and it turned its head and wagged its tail and fled.
The one at the head was the fastest 11