Chapter 714: Kraken
Riding the wind and waves, a steamship emitting black smoke cruising on the turquoise sea.
Wang Xu is wearing shorts and sitting under a parasol, with a cold beer on his left hand and a fish crossbow on his right.
At this speed, fishing is impossible, and it is almost the same as piercing the fish with a crossbow.
Along the way, Wang Xu will wear a few shots when he sees a school of fish, and if he can't hit everything, he should find something to do for himself.
As for the scenery on the sea, it's all a lie.
No matter how beautiful the scenery is, I'm tired of watching it for so long, not to mention the sea and sky, there is nothing to see at all.
"I fried some doughnuts, do you want to eat them?"
In boredom, there were nice words behind Wang Xu, and when he looked back, Bertie was walking over with a plate.
Eighteen days of travel, you have to find yourself some entertainment.
Bertie is his entertainment, but don't think about it, his entertainment is to watch Bertie dance, the kind he dances in clothes.
"Donuts with beer, that's a good way to eat."
Wang Xu asked Bertie to put things down, picked up a doughnut and ate two bites, and said, "It's been eighteen days, how long will it take for us to arrive?" ”
"Old Bailey said that we will probably enter the Kraken Territory at night, and if the speed of the ship remains the same, it will be about seven o'clock in the evening." Bertie stood beside Wang Xu, looked at the sunset in the distance, and said softly: "Carmen has been trying to get me to forgive him these days. ”
"It's finally here!"
Wang Xu took a sip of beer and said softly: "If I say that I want you to pretend to forgive him and lurk around him to be my internal response, are you willing?" ”
"Willing..."
"Then do it!"
Wang Xu had an approving smile on his face, he had been talking about Bertie's favorability all this time, for something, not to bury a nail next to the protagonist.
Now, it's time for Bertie to play his role.
"Master, Bertie seems to have taken a liking to you."
Looking at Bertie's distant back, Wang Xu's mind heard the words of a silly girl.
Wang Xu shook his wine glass, noncommittal.
There are many people who like him, and in the Flower Martial Arts Hall alone, there are countless female students who make his portrait into posters and paste them in the dormitory, dreaming of giving him monkeys.
If he wanted to, the people who wanted to fight with him could line up from Syshabel to the Siren Territory, and they would not have to do anything if they all accepted him.
"So what, I've been using Bertie from the beginning, if I really care about her, I don't have to act so hard."
Wang Xu was drinking beer, he was not Alexandre Dumas, how could he see one and receive another.
Moreover, from the very beginning, what he pursued was not beauty, but the power to control his destiny.
Compared with power, love and love are just a small way, as an NPC, he has to chase the truth, break the illusion and move towards the real, dragging his family and talking like something.
If you want to blame him, blame him for not being the protagonist of the harem stream, and he doesn't have a fraternity to see one and love another.
"Laugh at me affectionately, hum!"
Wang Xu picked up the wine glass and spilled the wine in the cup directly into the sea.
Looking at the rolling seawater, the corners of Wang Xu's mouth brought a sneer, and his figure was very long in the sunset.
19:14 min...
"Check the sealed cabin, check the drain, check the steam engine, check the boiler room, we're going to enter the Kraken Territory."
On board the St. Mary's, there are many specially designed copper pipes, and these copper pipes are all connected to the control room, and the commands from the control room can be received by the sailors guarding in front of the copper pipes.
Hearing the words of the old Bailey, the sailors took their places and began to prepare for entering the Kraken Territory.
The Kraken Territory is home to the Kraken and is the area where storms are most active.
It is said that the outer part of the Kraken Territory is shrouded in storms all year round, and it is only possible to travel with it during certain periods.
Of course, everyone present will not know when the specific passage period is, and all they can do is rely on the ironclad ship and force their way through the storm to reach Modir Island.
"All the belongings are secured and ready to be impacted, and the combat sailors are waiting for orders in the sailors' room, and they are on guard at all times. The lookout goes up to the lookout, remember to tie the rope, I don't want to see you fly out, and the sailors in the steam room remember that the steam engine is filled with coal, and it will not be so easy to fill the ship with coal in a while. ”
Old Bailey, on crutches, gave orders and began to inspect the whole ship.
After a few turns, and finding that everyone was already in place, Old Bailey returned to the commander again and sounded the alarm bell in the room: "Full speed ahead, target, Kraken Territory!" ”
Rumble!!
It's also strange to say, it's obviously a sunny day under the sunset outside, but there is lightning and thunder in the area where the Kraken Territory is located.
The St. Mary's emitted black smoke and plunged into the storm zone in one go.
In an instant, as if you had come to two worlds, the calm sea began to be turbulent, and the raindrops of beans fell from the sky like hail under the wind, clanging on the deck.
"Sir, this is what the captain asked me to give you, and he said that according to the old practice, when we break out of the storm area, we will reach the area where the krakens gather, and then there may be a fierce battle."
A sailor in a raincoat knocked on Wang Xu's door.
Wang Xu bowed his head slightly, glanced at the revolver handed over, and whispered while taking it: "Thank you Captain Bailey for me." ”
Crunch...
Under the lapping of the waves, the hull of the boat shook violently, and there was a palpable sense of shaking.
The sailor clung to the door to prevent himself from being lifted out, and said in a panic: "Sir, I have to go back quickly, take care of yourself." ”
Wang Xu watched the sailor go away, and when he couldn't see it anymore, he waved his hand lightly, and the door closed in response.
"Revolver!" Closing the door, Wang Xu played with the revolver, and his eyes brought a bit of reminiscence.
He used a lot of guns, and if you count them, he really didn't use a revolver.
Click...
Skillfully opening the wheel, Wang Xu glanced inside.
There were six bullets in it, but the model of the gun was a bit old, and the trigger had to be pressed every time it was fired, and it was clear that a repeating revolver had not yet been developed.
Click!!
Wang Xu flicked the head of the gun and closed the revolver, making an aiming motion.
The whole action was done in one go, but it was a pity that there was no audience at the scene, and the blind man lit the lamp in vain.
Bang...
The wind and waves outside were louder, and the St. Mary groaned in pain, as if it would die at any moment.
Wang Xu stood in the room like this, watching the lightning across the night sky through the round glass in the cabin.
Under his gaze, the waves were stronger than the other, and the St. Mary's was like a seaweed that drifted with the waves, dancing in the waves.
Through the sound of the waves, a faint singing voice came from the center of the storm.
"Kraken?" Wang Xu put his hands behind his back and listened to the song under the storm.
It sounds like the song is made up of the sound of a conch, and the sound is intermittent, like countless krakens playing conch together.
The voice is occasionally excited, occasionally calm, occasionally singing, and occasionally impassioned.
Wang Xu listened quietly, this kind of singing seemed to have some kind of magic, and people couldn't help but want to get closer and listen.
Perceiving the sailors on the ship, he found that the same was true of the sailors, all with obsession on their faces.
Under this obsession, the storm became no longer terrifying, and if the St. Mary's was not an ironclad ship, but a purely wooden battleship, I am afraid that before these people came to their senses, they would have been destroyed in the storm.
Rumble!!
Half an hour later, there was a muffled thunder in the sky, just like in a storm, rushing out of the thunderstorm area, and the sky became clear again in an instant.
As far as the sun sets, there is an island looming in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Also with the storm away, there is also the obsessive sound of conch.
"Up ahead, Mordir, sailors, log on deck and get ready for battle!"
Old Bailey's roar came from the brass again.
As soon as they heard this, the sailors in the sailor room took their weapons and went to the deck, ready to fight the Kraken.
"Where's the Kraken?"
When you go up to the deck, you can see that the surrounding wind and waves are calm, and there is a shadow of a kraken.
The sailors stood on the deck, looking up and looking down, they saw the turquoise waters, and...
Sou!!
A feathered arrow shot out of the water and pierced one of the sailors' necks, causing him to fall off the deck.
Poof...
The sailor smashed on the water, stirring up the waves, and in the blink of an eye, the blood stained the sea red.
"Kraken, Kraken down there!"
Whoosh...
With the sound of warning, countless arrows burst through the air, densely packed, like a swarm of hungry locusts.