Chapter 21: Joey in Distress
The avalanche is like a lightning disaster, it comes in a hurry, and it leaves without a little nostalgia. After the beauty disappeared inexplicably, the sea was instantly filled by the collapsed iceberg, and the sea became an iceberg, connecting with the original iceberg to form a new glacier. In this way, after an earth-shattering earthquake, the extremely cold land returned to its original white and calm face.
"What, what just happened? Brother's Ship...... The ship, unexpectedly disappeared. Joey's eyes widened, he had seen it with his own eyes, but he couldn't believe what he had witnessed. He frantically ran in the direction of the Beauty's disappearance, looking for traces of his brother's disappearance. A footprint, a mark, a message, he was reluctant to let go of anything that could meet his brother. But the land of extreme cold is so cold, leaving only the cold earth and the biting north wind behind.
Joey was depressed, pacing back and forth, depressed, like a wisp of smoke and dust on this vast land, free but lonely.
"Not good, Imola!" Joey suddenly remembered Imola, who was still left in the room on all sides. Joey hurried back to the square room. You must know that there may be only the two of them in this desolate and extremely cold place now, and if Imola has just taken advantage of the chaos, then what should Joey do if he is left here alone?
"Imola!" Joey shouted Imola's name as he burst through the door. I saw Imola fall to the ground in pain, her face was pale, her brows were tightly locked, and her whole person seemed to be drained.
"Imola, what's wrong with you?" With that, Joey hurriedly stepped forward to help Imola up from the ground and asked anxiously.
"I ...... I'm fine, your brother...... Are you saved? Imola twitched her lips slightly, squeezing out a few words with difficulty.
"I just saw their ship blown up by a sudden gust of wind, and then disappeared inexplicably." Joey looked at Imola and seemed to suddenly understand something, this gust of wind should have something to do with Imola. He was a little anxious and a little surprised, and continued to ask, "Did you put that whirlwind just now?" ”
"Huh." Imola nodded slightly, "It's good that your brother is saved." ”
It turned out that it was really Imola who saved her brother, and Joey looked at the woman in front of him, and there seemed to be an indescribable intimacy in his eyes, as if it had appeared at some point in his own life.
"Thank you, Imola, I owe you a favor anyway."
Imola breathed a sigh of relief: "Joey, it's okay, you don't owe me anything. Help me get there and rest for a while. ”
"Okay, be careful." Joey slowly helped Imola to a semi-recliner next to her and laid her down.
At this time, Imola looked very damaged, lying with her eyes closed and breathing slowly, but still holding Joey tightly with one hand. But Joey didn't seem to feel shy, as if he had already shaken the hand, more of a cordial familiarity.
Imola felt that Joey's expression was a little strange, "Joey, don't worry about me, I'll just rest." ”
"No, Imola, you must know that you and I are the only ones left in this extremely cold land." Joey looked a little melancholy, not knowing what to do next.
"Where's Goldbeard? Where did he go? "Imola didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside the room after the spell, and he didn't know anything about David's escape.
"My brother's ship has hit them hard, but they have fled in the chaos and are now missing."
"It's good to go. Okay, I'm going to take a break now. You can rest for a while, too. With that, Imola closed her eyes and lay quietly on the semi-recliner without making a sound. In her opinion, the news of the Goldenbeard David was not important.
Joey didn't have the heart to rest at this time, his inner anxiety was directionless, pacing back and forth in the room, sometimes looking out the window. Joey was undecided whether they should wait in the square room or fight against the wind and snow in the extreme cold to find life.
The wind and snow in the extremely cold land are always merciless, the wind blows the windows clanging, and the snow gradually begins to bury the houses in all directions. The only constant is the sun that always hangs high and the cloudless sky.
I don't know how long it took, but Imola suddenly began to meditate in her sleep: "There is a void in front of me, and the void fills time and space, shuttling from ...... Come from...... Transformation of space-time ......"
As she spoke, Imola suddenly opened her eyes, as if she had been awakened by something. Imola struggled to get up and pointed her finger at Joey and said, "Joey, we're going to die here sooner or later, we have to go." ”
"Where are you going? It's surrounded by glaciers as far as the eye can see, and we don't have boats, so there's no way to go south, so what's the use of continuing north? Joey looked a little abandoned.
"Go, you have to go. Stay and wait for death, go ......"
"That's also death!" Joey interrupts Imola.
"But at least you searched, I used to wait, but I didn't look for it. Maybe then if you had chosen to look for it, now everything would be different. Imola said, as if recalling the past.
"What are you looking for, waiting, we are now in a very cold place, and the day is precarious. What's more, your body ......" Joey looked at Imola's weak body, shook his head helplessly, and continued: "Or hurry up and let me see if there is anything in this room that can make a fire, make a fire, maybe a ship passing by can see our signal wolf smoke." ”
"Passing ships? You know, you can't get a ship here in a year, and if David, the Goldenbeard, doesn't come this time, I don't think I'll ever get a chance to come here in my life. Imola suddenly burst into a loud voice, followed by a cough. Her body was still too weak.
Joey hurriedly stepped forward and patted Imola on the back with concern: "You better rest again." Don't talk anymore. ”
Imola couldn't argue at this time, she thought that she could only recuperate a little more now, and then make the next step when she recovered a little bit of her vitality. Joey searched around the room but couldn't find any materials to use to make a fire, so he had to give up. He sat beside Imola in a daze, hoping that Imola would recover a little sooner.
In this way, Joey and Imola waited quietly in the room on all sides, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a change, waiting for each other to work together to get out of this predicament.
I don't know how long it took, but time seemed to stand still. For the sun in the sky has always been mercilessly shining on this desolate and indifferent land, where there is no life, except for white, only the light of the scorching sun.
"Joey, let's go, or we'll starve to death even if we don't freeze to death here." Imola suddenly woke up and said to Joey, who seemed to be feeling better.
"How are you? Is it better? ”
Imola nodded reluctantly: "Well, it's much better." Let's go, I feel like it's been a day and a night. It's really not the way to go on like this. I didn't recover my abilities so quickly, and I couldn't cast a spell to get us out of trouble. ”
Joey looked down in contemplation, as if he had no choice now. Imola could only agree to Imola's decision to go deep into the Arctic Cold.
"Okay, let's go. I didn't expect that it was a soul mage who was accompanying me at this moment. ”
Imola just sneered, barely propped up and said, "Okay, go as far as you can." If you want to die, I'm going to die with you kid. ”
Imola's words seemed to make Joey feel that life is impermanent, life and death are fateful. He turned and picked up a wooden stick in the room, hoping to use it on the way.
"Okay, let's go, I'll help you go, you have to hold on." Joey said as he picked up Imola.
In this way, the two left the house in all directions, and walked towards the depths of the extremely cold land, facing the unknown hardships, the two had already put life and death aside, just hoping to enjoy this may be a glimmer of happiness in the last moments of their lives on the way forward.
In such a vast land, two small people supported each other and walked slowly, withstanding the wind and snow, all the way to the north. The whistling sound in the ears is like a hurried time train, carrying hope and constantly passing by the two, plundering hope but cultivating strength.
"Joey, you know what? In fact, I have always had something in my heart that I want to say to you. Imola dragged her tired body and leaned on Joey and said slowly.
"What words? It's all here and now, let's talk about it. ”
"I'm sorry I gave you up in the past, and now I don't want to argue about what's right and what's wrong. I hoped that seeing you this time would make up for my regrets. Who would have thought that I would ...... What I saw was the beginning of your life. Imola lowered her head, her eyes seeming to glisten with tears, a faint glint in the cold wind. This kind of light is really touching in the eyes of people.
"What do you mean?" Joey didn't understand what Imola meant at all. I just feel that the woman in front of me makes me feel so kind all of a sudden.
Imola suddenly left tears, which slowly ran down her cheeks, and were instantly condensed by the cold.
"I ......" Imola seemed to want to say and stop, wanted to speak, but really couldn't say it. She sighed, "Hey...... Child. I...... In fact...... Actually, it's your own mother. ”
"Huh? Yes? Joey was stunned by this sudden sentence, like a lightning bolt that instantly reached his heart. He stood stunned, his hand around Imola's waist unconsciously lowered.
"What? You...... What did you say? Joey's eyes widened, and for some reason, tears flowed uncontrollably. He seemed to suddenly understand where his affection for Imola came from, and his inner guidance told him that what Imola said was true.
Joey suddenly hugged Imola, "You...... Is what you say true? ”
"Kid, really." The moment I saw you, I knew what I was supposed to do for the rest of my life. ”
"You ......" Joey became choked, although he had been entangled in his heart, but this blood relationship made him unconsciously identify the relationship between the woman in front of him and himself.
"Yes, she must be my mother, and what she said is true." Joey's mind seemed to be suddenly inhabited by an elf, repeating the same words to himself one by one.
The feeling of separation has always made Joey yearn for this moment, but who knows that this yearning seems to be the end of each other's lives. He was unwilling to accept such an outcome, unwilling to be suddenly extinguished while his hopes were ignited.
Joey slammed Imola on his back. Imola was shocked: "Child, what are you going to do?" ”
"I'm going to take you out of here, and I want you to make up for what you're missing." Joey's eyes were full of determination, full of confidence, and he firmly carried the mother he believed in, and so fearlessly plunged headlong into the wind and snow. Whatever the road ahead, at least Joey is starting to mature after going through so many things that have never been done before. Yes, a child seems to have become a man at the moment. On his shoulders is his future responsibility. For himself, for his family, and for mankind, he resolutely took his steps, although heavy, although difficult, he was not afraid.