Chapter Eighty-Three: The River Against the Current
The raging river crashed on the side of the boat, and the small boat, which was improvised from materials prepared in advance, shook when it landed, and the people on board subconsciously let out a burst of exclamation.
Although the plan is to take the waterway, there are no ferries in the wild where there are many dangers, and if you want to take the waterway, the boat is a big problem.
It was impossible for them to bring a whole ship from Reef City, which would be too inconvenient and conspicuous, so they had to take all kinds of parts of the ship that had been built in advance, and only wait for them to arrive at their destination and assemble them.
Ropes, water-trapping animal skins, and the sinking wood used to make the boat, although heavy, did not affect their journey, so when they arrived, the guards used these things to piece together the crooked-looking black ship beneath them.
"Will this work?"
The bald Andre lay on the plank, staring at the clear and turbulent river water close at hand, a little frightened.
"Isn't this an experiment? Andrew, the eldest brother, was a little calmer, carefully crouching on the other side to balance the ship's swaying, but the expression on his face was obviously a little unconfident.
Although Alan thought it was quite interesting when he proposed this route, and he could take a risk, when it came time to face it, he was very skeptical that the improvised little wrecked boat under his feet might be sailing on the raging Black Sonder River below.
In this regard, although it was Allen's first proposed method, he was actually not very confident, so he also thought of an alternate route.
"If it works, it's best, if it doesn't work, go ashore and go around the source river canyon. ”
Thinking like this, Alan couldn't help but take a deep breath, then looked at the two slightly nervous figures beside him, and said in a deep voice: "You can start!"
"Okay, okay, Master Allen. ”
Of the two, the younger one stammered slightly, while the older one nodded slightly.
These two people, one is called Sugi and the other is called Amis, they are father and son, and they have been serving the Alan family for many years.
It's just that in the past, the ships they operated were the worst kind of sailboats with rudders, and this kind of "leaf boat" under their feet had never thought of at all.
However, Alan didn't expect them to be at the helm normally, and chose them only to find some experienced and water-savvy helmsmen.
He had already made a decision on how to drive this ship, and this method had already been given to the father and son in front of him.
So under the gaze of Alan and the two brothers on the boat, Amis and Sugi came to the sides of the boat according to the plan that had been simulated countless times in their minds, and then faced the turbulent river below, and gently closed their eyes!
"What are they doing?"
Andrei asked Andrew "in a whisper".
"How do I know. Andrew replied impatiently, looking at the two fathers and sons' eyes full of doubt.
Before, he thought that Young Master Allen had called these two people to operate the small boat, which in his opinion was tantamount to an extra move.
The ship was already small, and the Golden Flame Guards couldn't even stand still, and they even found two ordinary people like weak chickens to occupy the place, which seemed to him to be simply stupid.
Because of Allen's identity, Andrew couldn't really say that, but he thought so in his heart.
"What's so good about this little wrecked ship? It's true that the space is left for the guards, and they can help in case of danger..."
He had complained to his brother about this, and his younger brother Andre thought so deeply and agreed with his brother's idea.
But now judging from the behavior of Sugiemis and the others, it doesn't seem like that?
"Is there anything else the two of them can do?"
Thinking like this, Andrew suddenly felt a shock to the boat under his feet! Then he found that the small boat, which had been rickety for some reason, suddenly calmed down!
He looked at the father and son of Amis, opened his mouth and was about to ask a question, but in vain he felt the boat floating in the river under his feet move, and when he looked down, he found that the boat had slowly begun to move forward!
"What's the situation?"
If this was changed to the usual standing appearance, it is estimated that they would be shaken to the ground by the movement just now, but Andrew and the others were squatting at this time, and they were not affected much, so they hurriedly looked under the boat.
Then, involuntarily, the two brothers' eyes fell into a daze.
They had observed that the river in this area was not suitable for small boats, because the river flowed sideways rather than down, and did not give the boat any help at all, and they would move very slowly with the oars alone.
But what is the situation now?
The two brothers climbed on the plank on the side of the boat, looked down, and saw that the river water that had been surging and lapping on the boat suddenly fell into calm after approaching the boat!
It was as if a heavily armed knight was facing his lover and had removed the armor on which he depended, filled with kindness.
Not only that, maybe Mr. Knight cared too much about his lover, Madam, and even began to shush and warm up after unloading his full armament!
So under the stunned eyes of the guards, the turbulent river became inexplicably gentle after approaching the boat, and then I don't know what "heart" it was, and even began to add fuel to the fire!
The river was flowing from the side, but at this time, they seemed to see that the river turned slightly and magically turned slightly after approaching the boat, and turned into a diagonal side that could help the boat!
Just when Andrew was in a sluggish state, Andrei's shout suddenly came from behind:
"Big brother, come and see this!"
Andrew turned around and looked at it, and then he noticed something equally amazing.
On the other side of the river, it has begun to violate the flow laws of nature and become a situation to propel the boat forward!
"Reverse? this...."
Bending down and crawling on the side of the boat, looking down at the surging river that had fallen into calm, the fresh coolness lingered on Andrew's cheeks, making him feel inexplicable, and the eyes that looked at the two fathers and sons no longer had the contempt they had before.
"Are they mages? Why didn't you hear them chanting incantations just now?"
At this moment, Andrew was suddenly full of doubts about his past memories, in his impression, these two people in front of him were nothing but very good at controlling merchant ships, what was going on in front of him?
Is it hidden for a long time, or....
Andrew suddenly looked at Alan suspiciously, in his memory, the young nobleman in front of him didn't seem to have any special emotions when he chose the two fathers and sons? If he knew in advance that the two fathers and sons were mages, how could he still ask for his opinion?
Remembering that Alan had mysteriously called the two fathers and sons to a room and talked secretly for a long time, Andrew couldn't help but think slightly.
"Could it be that Young Master Allen is just casually asking my opinion? Even if I didn't say that, he would choose these two?"
"Or is there anything else I don't know about?"
Andrew wasn't a good thinker, so at this moment, he felt that his head was a little insufficient.