Chapter 73: Soaring Hope (I)

"Slaying dragons?" Arroyo raised her head, her eyes wide.

"Yes, slay the dragon!" Raymond clenched the arc-shaped sword in his hand, his eyes were resolute, "It's all death anyway, let's just bet on a big one, just for the glory of the dragon slayer!" ”

As the words fell, the future Sword Saint young man glanced at the thief youth in front of him, and then turned his gaze to the holy warrior youth and the witcher girl on the side, the pair of brown eyes as firm as diamonds seemed to ask, "Are you willing to complete this great challenge with me?" ”

Fein looked at Raymond, the corners of his eyes trembling for a moment, and he almost didn't raise a hand to cover his face.

Raymond's words sounded very spineful, but Finn knew that the reason why he dared to say this was simply because his second illness at the age of a second stunned person had flares up again, not that he was really sure of victory.

You must know that the sea dragon Metotis is a legendary creature with a total level of 28, and this kind of boss-level boss is by no means something that a few of them can deal with who have not even advanced to the second-order profession.

In the last life, the navies of the Human Kingdom and the Dark Alliance fought several fierce battles in the waters of the St. Furon Sea, but whenever the night rain came, the naval commanders of both sides would tacitly let their fleets avoid the deep sea area, and the reason why they all did this was because Metotis, a grumpy sea dragon, often operated in the deep waters of the St. Furon Sea on rainy nights.

So, the young paladin focused his gaze straight in front of the young swordsman's gaze, and sure enough, he rejected the latter's whimsical offer, saying, "No. ”

Raymond's eyes widened and he asked unwillingly, "Why?!" ”

"Because I can't beat it." Fein stared at him and gave this simple answer.

"Can't beat it?"

"Yes, we can't beat Murtothys, either together or head-to-head."

"But ......"

Raymond's fists clenched tightly. This young swordsman's secondary two illness will not be completely cured by being taught a lesson by Fynn at the Qingxiang Beiluo Tavern, so although he admits in his heart that his swordsmanship is far inferior to Finn, he does not agree with Finn's point of view at this time.

He is a young man who is full of courage at all times, not afraid of difficulties, willing to take on challenges, and like most dreaming adventurers, he has a dream of his own.

Raymond dreams of becoming a sword master through the ages, and although he sometimes perceives his conceited side, he always believes that his sword and strength can help him through any difficulties.

Even if his opponent is the sea dragon Metotis.

The future Juggernaut has the obsession to believe in himself more than anyone else, which is not comparable to even Finn, who has memories of his past life.

So, Raymond also looked into Finn's eyes and asked, "If you don't try, how do you know that we can't defeat Murtotes?" ”

"But the current situation does not allow us to gamble." Finn stared at him solemnly, "Raymond, let me ask you - what do you have to say if a few of us were really killed by Metotis?" ”

"I ......" the young swordsman was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer for a while.

If several of them were really killed by Murtothys, then what did he have to say?

What can you say? People are dead, and it's useless to say anything.

Suddenly, Raymond understood the meaning of Finn's words, but he was still unwilling to sit still and wait for death, so he continued to ask Finn unrelentingly: "Then do you have any solutions?" If you just want us to sit in this cabin and wait to die, then I'd rather die a glorious death. ”

After saying that, he continued to look at Finn, expecting the young paladin in front of him to give him a convincing answer.

Half a day-

“…… I have a way. Finn pursed his lips before replying, "But...... My method is more reliable than slaying dragons, but it is also very risky. ”

With that, he looked around at the few companions standing beside him, and his deliberately calm gaze wandered for a moment in turn between Raymond, Arroyo, Arya, and Lilith lying flat on the floor of the hallway.

The future Juggernaut, the Young Rogue and the Witcher Elven Maiden did not speak out, but very tacitly left the right to speak to the young paladin who had always played the role of leader in the team.

Soon, as if he had made up his mind about something, Finn spoke, "Listen, everybody. I had just looked around from the outside, and found that the whirlpool stirred up by Metotis would first reel the stern of our ship, and that the deck of our ship would slope towards the stern at that time, creating a slope that was not too steep. ”

"But doesn't that mean we're about to sink a shipwreck, my lord?" As soon as Finn said this, Arroyo immediately panicked.

Finn raised his hand to signal Arroyo to remain calm, listened to him first, and then continued: "There is a small wooden boat for emergency life-saving in the bilge of this ship, we will carry that small wooden boat to the deck now, and then we can use some kind of luck to try to escape from this ghost place." As for whether that method will work or not, it's up to Arya. ”

"Me?" The elven girl was taken aback slightly, pointed to herself, and looked at Finn with two emerald green pupils in confusion.

At this critical juncture, she would have liked to ask Finn why he knew so much about Redbeard Jackson's ship, but she was caught in a wave of inexplicable surprise - and nervousness - when Finn mentioned her by name.

Finn turned his gaze to her and replied, "Yes, the key to that method is you, because you are ours, and you can do things that we can't." ”

“…… So, what should I do? Arya motioned to calm down before asking.

"Wait a minute, we'll lift the little wooden boat in the bilge to the deck, and then carry out our plan in the seconds that Metotis reels the stern into the whirlpool." "When the time comes, we'll need you to create a smooth path on the deck with giant magic arrows in advance. We put the small wooden boat on the ice you created, and then squeezed it all into the boat, and then you sat in the boat and shot the arrows in a row, using the thrust of the air flow and the slope of the deck to make the ship carrying us soar into the sky. ”

"So bold?!" Arya's pupils widened.

"Yes, that's that bold." Finn nodded solemnly, not looking like he was joking.

This method of lifting the vehicle into the air had been used once by Finn and several other friends in the guild in his previous life.

Once, Finn and the other players were also attacked by Murtothys in the St. Furn Sea, and their way out of danger was to use the only player in the team with expertise, let a large wooden board carry several of them into the night sky full of rain and fog, and draw a parabola like an arc bridge in the sky and fly out of the range of Metotis's attack, so as to escape the death penalty of a character in the game from that shipwreck.

With the success of their previous life, the young paladin thought that they could try to replicate the miracle of that time and escape from the current situation.

The Young Paladin's proposal was not as suicidal as Raymond's, but it was no less bizarre.

However, as the clock ticked in the future, Arroyo, Raymond, and Arya hesitated when a violent concussion once again broke into the corridor of the cabin where everyone was, and once again brutally toppled them onto the floor of the corridor......

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I originally wanted to have a big chapter of 5,000 words to write this plot in one go, but when I wrote more than 4,000 words, I felt that my thinking was not very clear, so I split the big chapter with more than 5,000 words into two small chapters and put it in separate places today and tomorrow

PS: The next chapter will really officially end the plot of Blue Harbor, and it won't be delayed any longer, really