Chapter 6 Stage ~ Ready! Actor ~ in place! (3)
It had been a restful and sleepy afternoon, and everyone from the crew to the captain was relaxed, as they had been sailing on the Sea of Glory for five days, not far from their destination, Isle de Mars. Noisy seagulls began to appear in the air, which proved that there was land ahead. Xia Beihao, a young sailor in charge of taking care of Isshin, tells him that it should be the Island of Tears. Their plan was to bypass the Isle of Tears and anchor at the Weeping Harbor in the southeast of Isle of War in the evening, and the task of transporting the Morimoriden's entourage would be completed.
"As long as your father agrees, I can take you to the ceremony early tomorrow morning!"
Xia Beihao promised Yixin. Fei Luo himself does not go to the ceremony, he will inspect and maintain the ship during the dock in preparation for carrying more passengers after the ceremony.
As he was sitting on the bow deck of the boat, he was thinking about how to mention to his father about the ceremony, when he noticed some of the oarsmen who were taking turns to rest climbed up from the lounge below deck. They leaned on the railing, staring at the place where the sea and the sky met to the east, whispering uneasily. Feeling the tension that hung between them, Kazushin stood up and walked over to them, wanting to ask what was wrong.
Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded, two short and one long, which was the order for the "Sand Gull" to move forward with full oars. The well-trained oarsmen rushed to the wooden ladder leading to the second deck, and they had to get into position as quickly as possible.
I remembered that my father had said that rowing forty oars at the same time would be very draining on the oarsmen, and that they would have no energetic oarsmen to replace, which was a dangerous thing in the unpredictable sea. Generally only when the "Sand Gull" is about to leave a place quickly will go to full oars, and that will be ...... Pirates or storms!
Rush to the railing and look into the distance. He had long heard that summer storms at sea came extremely quickly, but he didn't expect such a big change in a short period of time!
The blurred sea line to the east proves that the sea is rippling there! The wind suddenly became stronger, and there was a dull drum beating in the whining wind, which was the first mate directing the oarsmen to dismount at the same time. The rhythm of the knock knock is getting faster and faster, the "Sand Gull" is moving at full speed, and Yixin's heartbeat is also involuntarily speeding up with the sound of the drum, and he feels that his heart is about to jump out of his throat!
"What are you doing!" was picked up by a handful, it was Xia Beihao who came to find him! He pointed to the eastern sky and shouted in his ear, "See? Don't you know what it's to be afraid of?! ”
Looking in the direction of Xia Beihao's finger, he was horrified to find that the dark clouds covering the entire sky in the east were rapidly chasing after the "Sand Gull". From time to time, lightning streaked through the heavy dark clouds, but they disappeared in an instant, and there was no power to tear through the seemingly endless clouds. The thunder rumbled, and the raindrops crackled and fell, and in an instant they became like a pouring pot.
Xia Beihao hugged his heart and struggled on the bumpy deck, and after coming to the middle of the ship, the shaking was much smaller. He placed the child in a small utility room next to the passenger lounge.
"It's the least bumpy place on the whole ship, but I'm afraid the shaking will be violent after a while! I'm going to be on standby at the paddle station, where there is a need for replenishment! I can't stay with you, stay here and don't come out! ”
"Where's my dad?!" The child shouted in the storm: "Where did my dad go?!" ”
"The captain is at the helm himself! To survive this, we must work together! Stay good! Don't distract your dad! Xia Beihao pushed the door shut hard, and gestured to lock the door from the inside.
Looking out through the glass on the door, I experienced the brutal force of nature in fear.
The dark clouds had already caught up with the "Sand Gull" and quickly occupied the sky as far as the eye could see, and the light around it dimmed, and the afternoon turned to evening, and the evening went straight into the night.
The violent wind and rain swept away, trying to overturn the "Sand Gull"; The thunder and lightning roared, trying to tear the "Sand Gull" apart! But the ship is still strong and moving forward through the waves! The storm seemed to be enraged by the small wooden boat at the moment, and it made huge waves in the sea! The "Sand Gull" was forced to climb the crest of the wave and fall into the trough again, losing the ability to control itself!
Trying his best to steady himself in the cramped storage room, he pressed his feet apart against the wooden walls on the left and right sides of the room, and put his arms through the railing of the door. But soon his arm began to go numb, and he knew he wouldn't last long.
Seeing a wave rushing over again, the "Sand Gull" raised the front half of the hull like a startled horse, climbed towards the peak of the waves, and the swaying climb continued, which meant that the next step would be a dive towards death, and the "Sand Gull" and the people on board were about to be crushed to pieces, and the ship was destroyed!
The little boy began to feel hopeless.