CH.164 Seeing the Light Again
Under the double blow of the storm and the blood-eyed bat, the dragon pirate group fell into a very difficult situation, the whole fleet could only barely move forward with the trianghe, the turbulent waves pushed the sailboat into the sky, and then fell hard, and the waves were like the big mouth of a giant beast, directly swallowing the sailboat, when the sailboat came out of the waves, there were many fewer people on the deck.
Most of the blood-eyed bats were swept away by the wind, but a considerable number of them collided with the sailboats, and the bloodthirsty little ones tried their best to bite the pirates. There are some sailors who work in the wind and rain, and are already struggling to support themselves, and when they are bitten by the blood-eyed bat, they have to deal with the blood-eyed bat, and sometimes one of them will fall into the sea if they are not careful.
Donk saw the scarlet death toll in his mind, but all he could do now was take the helm and avoid the rising tides to ensure that the Sky was not defeated by the storm. As time passed, the fleet had approached the center of the storm, and now it was a violent wind, and even the raindrops hit the skin.
Frankie, who was able to get to the bow of the ship because the sky was obscured by black clouds, silently refueled the Sky, confident that it would be able to sail through the storm.
With a tear, one of the triangular sails of the Sky was blown away, and the bow of the ship was deflected due to the lack of the impetus of this sail, deviating from its intended course.
"Hurry up and make up another spinnaker!" Donk shouted, and the rain poured into his mouth, freezing cold.
The sailors marched on the slippery deck, braving the wind and rain, climbing the mast with difficulty, but one by one they failed and fell off the mast.
When Frankie saw this, he immediately turned into a white shadow, flew to the sailor who landed, grabbed the spinnaker, flew up to the mast, and fixed the spinnaker, which helped everyone a lot.
Seeing the spinnaker re-hung up, Donk breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly turned the rudder to avoid an approaching wave.
As the pirates duel with nature, the mother and son in the cabin hugged each other, shivering and terrified. Mother and son listened to the roar outside the window, felt the frantic jolting of the ship, and sometimes there were blood-eyed bats lying on the porthole staring at them. The hearts of the mother and son were already filled with fear.
"Mom, I'm so scared." Jim buried his face in his mother's arms and said with tears in his eyes.
"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you." Alyssa hugged her son tighter.
"Mom, am I going to die?"
Alyssa is now very remorseful, if she had agreed to Donk's request earlier, the pirate group should be on their way to Dragon's Tooth by now, and they would not have met the storm. She hated her weakness, and if she could do it all over again, she would abandon her dignity and trade her body for her son's safety.
"Of course not! This gust of wind will send us home. Mom won't be cowardly anymore, and I will protect you no matter what it takes. Alyssa made up her mind that if she could escape the storm this time, she would accede to Donk's request and not insist on it.
The storm outside the window seemed to be endless.
The fleet of the Dragon Pirates has been completely dispersed, and it is difficult to take care of each other, and each ship is barely protecting itself, and it is not even known where the other ships are, which is also a test of inner endurance. Due to the blind pursuit of speed by pirate ships, the hull is relatively narrow and long, and it is much inferior to the short and wide merchant ships in terms of stability. Fortunately, the dragon pirate group is a ship above medium-sized ships, and if it is a small ship, it is simply hopeless to survive.
On the lookout of the Sky, Hualu fell again and again, but she insisted on not letting go of the telescope in her hand, and whenever she was lucky enough to get up, she would pick up the telescope and look ahead, because only there was hope ahead. On her shoulders, there were several small bloody holes, apparently left by the Blood-Eyed Bat. Although she was bitten painfully, she threw the Blood-Eyed Bat underneath instead of killing it.
In the dim sea, a horizontal white line appeared.
"Everybody hold on! I see a glimmer of light ahead! We're almost out of the storm! Dew shouted with joy and cried out excitedly.
The exhausted pirates rekindled their fighting spirit, shouted survival slogans, and continued to work on sail control. It's like they're moving forward in an inkwell, and now they're finally seeing the exit of the inkwell.
But the tempest was unwilling to let the pirates go, and it unleashed another wave of unprecedented height, swooping down on the fleet, enveloping the Andrew, and then slamming downward. Due to the relatively old age of the Andrew, the hull was temporarily repaired, and under the huge force of the waves, the Andrew's was broken in two, and more than 100 sailors fell into the sea and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Sky and the Andrew were very close, and Donk saw the whole process of the Andrew being shattered, and he roared unwillingly, everyone was about to escape, but the Andrew was sunk at this time.
Donk turned to look at the sea to his side, the debris of the Andrew was fading away, and he could see many pirates fluttering in the water. His heart was crossed, and he decided to turn back to save these people who had fallen into the water. He fumbled around his wet waist a few times, removed a bunch of keys, and stabbed the key for the Sky into the middle of the rudder, and a few rubies on the ruby wheel lit up. The Sky activated the propeller at the stern, and the speed of the ship gradually increased.
As soon as Tonk pulled the rudder, the hull of the ship performed a large whirlwind, setting off a white wave on the black sea.
"Donk, why do you want to go back when you're about to escape from the storm? Do you want to put my Sky in danger! Frankie was quite dissatisfied with Donk's U-turn, and floated in front of Donk in a huff.
"The Sky is a sailing ship! Not a coward! Only by fighting and sailing can the Sky show its meaning as a sailing ship! Donk roared back without flinching.
Frankie was frightened, and he felt that there was some truth in what Donk said, that a sailboat could fight in and out of a storm to prove the ship's excellent quality. He turned back to look at the dark sea, and at this time, the Sky was riding the waves, breaking through the barrier of the wind, and he felt a little arrogant.
"Crossscar, get over here!" Ignoring the undead's entanglement, Donk shouted anxiously ahead of him.
Crossscar, who was trying to balance on deck, heard the voice, jumped to the stern and responded, "What do you want me to do?" ”
"After the Sky sails to the location of the wreck, you take the spit frog down to save people, you can dive, only you can save those pirates!" Donk commanded, and the rain pooled into a first-class stream and slipped down his jaw.
Crossscar was a little reluctant to act as a lifeguard, but turned around quietly and gathered the ship's spitting frogs together and stood on either side of the ship.
With the thrust of the propellers, the Sky reversed the disadvantage of the wind, and after making a circle in the dim environment, it came to a proper stop on the surface of the sea where the Andrew's sank, at this time the Andrew's was gone, only some driftwood and a man who had fallen overboard with his hands stretched out and shouting.
"Jump!" Crossscar took the lead in shouting, and the ship's spitting frogs kicked their legs and jumped into the sea one after another. It didn't take long for the Spitter Frogs to pull the people on the surface of the sea towards the Sky, and the swimmers were much better than the pirates.
The Sky lowered as many rope ladders and ropes as possible, allowing the drowning person to climb up on their own. At this juncture, another big wave hit, and the Cangtian resisted, but fortunately the shipbuilding materials were first-class, otherwise it would have been damaged by the big wave.
"Thank you, Captain! At first, I didn't understand why you went to war with the Naga Fishmen for the sake of the two of you, but now I do! Together we are a pirate group! A sailor recruited in the harbor shouted, struggling on the line of life and death, grateful to Donk. In the future, even if Tang Ke let him go to Dao Mountain, he would not frown.
With the help of the Spitting Bomb Frog, the Sky rescued all the people who could be saved from the water.
"Is there anyone alive?" Donk shouted, but only the howling of the wind answered him.
Tonk had done his duty, and he turned the Sky back, flung a rushing wave behind. The Sky lunged forward, heading straight for the dawn ahead.
The storm moved from northwest to southeast, while the fleet ran from southwest to northeast. Thanks to the efforts of the fleet, they escaped the storm.
Of the entire fleet, the Sky was the last to sail out of the storm. Of the seven ships, only one ship was lost, the Andrew, and the rest survived.
The storm fell behind the flotilla with an unending howl. The gloom faded away, and the sky grew brighter.
"No matter what it is, you can't defeat the Dragon Pirates!"
"Haha, I picked up another life, it looks like I can live to be a hundred years old."
"Whew, finally escaped."
The surviving pirates shouted with joy, and some danced hand in hand, tossing their hats into the sea to pay tribute to their comrades who died in the storm.
The rain became thin, and Donk looked up, his expression softened a lot, for pirates, the smallest loss is victory.
"Ding! You completed the 'Survive the Storm' quest and earned 2000 bonus points! ”
Donk didn't pay attention to this hint, and instead focused on navigating the ship, the situation at sea was changing rapidly, and no one could guarantee that the storm would not kill a single horseman.
The fleet sailed out of the darkness and advanced for a long time, the sky had cleared, and it was finally safe.
"There's an island ahead!" Hua Lu suddenly shouted crisply.
Tonk, who was at the helm, hurriedly sank into the chart system and saw that there was indeed an island in front of him, with a port name on it: Little Pirate City.
"It's finally here, the old pirate home, the little pirate town." Tang Ke looked at the shadow of the harbor looming ahead.