Chapter 126: Peak Loop
Martin Opry curled two fingers into his mouth and whistled unusually loudly, and the black-beaked falcon hula-la-la, which had long been tamed, flapped its wings from the sky.
The chief knight rolled the slip of paper containing important information into a small roll of paper, stuffed it into a waterproof letter with a seal, and then tied it to its left paw, and after repeatedly making sure that it was safe, he let out a sharp whistle and gave the order to return to the flagship located in the rear.
With the help of Martin Opry, the Eagle roared twice and rushed down the side of the ship, then flapped its wings and soared into the sky, circled twice over the Penguin, and then flew in the right direction.
Aldrich watched the messenger leave, turning into tiny black dots in the distant sky, then vanishing into the clouds, gathering up his mood to replenish fresh water and refill the half-empty food storage compartment.
The oath-keeping Fils Bargan lived a life of poverty and hardship, mostly because his family could not afford it, but over time it became a habit to penetrate into the marrow, and even though Triss used his own name to share part of the loot he had captured, the venerable knight of the Commandment stubbornly refused to drink the most intoxicating liquor and took two ordinary toasts.
Therefore, when Aldridge called for help, in addition to the sailors who stuck to their posts, only Phils Bargen stepped forward immediately, and kept busy with his hands and feet.
Fresh water mixed with a little spirit, encapsulated into barrels, was slowly pushed onto the Penguin by the sailors, while on the other gangway, the Knights of the Commandment, who carried it on their shoulders, made up two buckets at a time.
Don't underestimate the waist-high wooden barrels that are surrounded by the diameter and hug, and when filled with fresh water, which is indispensable for sailing, the weight is quite heavy. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Fils Bargan to start sweating on his forehead.
I can't eat meat for a long time, and even the staple food is ordinary black bread, and the physical strength of the Knights of the Ring is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people, but compared with their counterparts who eat fine food, it is completely incomparable.
Seeing Fils Bargan's lack of stamina and stamina, Aldridge put down what he was doing and let him rest for a while. Unable to refuse the kindness of Lord Tris, the knight of the Commandment, who was slightly overdrawn, breathed a sigh of relief, leaned on the guardrail post on the side of the ship, adjusted the rhythm of his breathing and calmed the blood that was out of control and began to surge in his body.
Because of his status as a knight captain, he did not step forward to help, and the commander of the warship Penguin, Martin Opry, stood on the helm, smelling the salty sea breeze sending the distant smell of war, and estimated the time in his heart, speculating that the routes of the three North Sea countries must be attacked in all directions.
The capture of the leading warship and the capture of thirty percent of the fleet's taxes were enough to put all the owners of the Penguin on the list of honors, but due to the amazing performance of the Fourth Knight, the battle damage exchange ratio was negligible, but the capture of a large number of Harold ordnance made the Penguin's war reserves more sufficient.
As the commander, Martin Opry was not willing to retreat like this, and he also wanted to achieve more success, especially because of the "command" of the fourth knight, Aldrich Triss, who seemed to respect the traditions of the seas and fought against the Berserker-led dragon warships.
It's a pity that he didn't expect that the smoke of asking for help was burning everywhere on the Northern Sea Route, and the situation of war burning everywhere on the nautical charts had already awakened the "Kamal", the high-level of the North Sea Triple Alliance, from the drunken and dreamy life of abundance.
Olaf the Whitebeard, the most powerful king of Damac, learned of the loss, and despite the dissuasion of his two allies and the royal family, he ordered the Berserker Legion to go out with 300 leading warships, planning to sweep away the pests at his doorstep first, and then cross the North Sea to attack the coastal cities of the Western Soil—the king had long been dissatisfied with the Western Territories city-states that had secretly engaged in shipping trade under his nose and had made a fortune by taking advantage of the opportunity, which was simply digging into his corners and stealing the wealth that originally belonged to the Harolds.
It is precisely because the common interests of the clan are damaged that his voice can overwhelm the other two allies whose status is not inferior to his own, and raise the banner of righteousness to "fight back against the invaders", calling on the strongest berserkers of the three countries in the North Sea.
The Penguin, which had left Moon Island for a day, originally planned to continue the hunt, but the madness of the fierce sea wolf immediately dispelled the pride of the knight captain who had won a victory.
The battleships converted from merchant ships paved the way for escape with human lives, and even abandoned the dragon head battleship as bait, and the berserker warriors who did not respect tradition followed the Penguin, unswervingly continued to chase and kill, intentionally or unintentionally drove the prey in the direction of the three North Sea countries, and attacked alternately day and night, trying to drag and collapse the crew who could not get a good rest.
Half of the adventurers who accompanied the ship to the North Sea were reduced, and most of the remaining were wounded, and the only one who could escape was the "Fourth Horseman" Aldrich Tris, who stayed at his post for three days and three nights, working in tacit cooperation with the Knight Captain Martin Opry and the former captain Buckner One-Eye, to save this lone army from the death strangulation of the wolves in the North Sea, but as they sailed into completely unfamiliar waters, they became farther and farther away from home.
Ice floes drifting with the currents gradually appear on the surface of the sea, and there are all kinds of shapes, and only people can stand on small grounds, and the land is as vast as an island. Among them, there are snow-white giant bears hunting in the ice field, eating everything in order to survive, looking at the approaching penguin, thinking that it is an unknown giant beast, invading their territory, and people stand up and let out a thunderous roar.
Aldrich, who was holding a telescope on the lookout platform, looked around the sea on the left and right and made a simple gesture to signal safety.
The Penguins sailed along the rugged expanse of ice, and when they circled the back completely, Martin Opry, who was observing the hydrological environment, was surprised to see a strange change in the water, wisps of mist rising as if there was a hot spring nearby.
Aldrich hurriedly issued a warning: "If the line of sight is blocked, immediately withdraw from this sea." ”
However, his reminder was a little late, and the wind direction changed abruptly, which was extremely unfavorable to the Penguin, and even the ocean current seemed a little strange and inexplicable, and even turning the rudder did not help, as if there was an invisible big hand, holding the penguin in full armor and pulling it in a certain direction.
"Prepare for battle!" Tris's uneasy feeling grew stronger, and in front of him the milky white mist blurred, as if an incomparably terrifying beast lurked.
The adventurers who survived the pursuit stood up silently, and had a rare good night's sleep, their wounds had healed, most of their strength had been restored, and their spirits were refreshed again, and they heard the smell of danger from the cries of the Fourth Knight, and they thought that the time for the final battle had come.
"Whew!" suddenly there was a violent impact from the Penguin's side below the ship's side, above the waterline.
Martin Opry, who was leaning over the railing, looked down and was surprised to see a head like a sea serpent, bare and slippery, but the parietal part of the skull was covered with suffocating dragon scales, glowing with crystal clear sea blue.
The knight chief, who is quite knowledgeable in the occult, took a quick look and decided that this giant beast belonged to the family of the sea dragon, and for some reason attacked the penguin, he suddenly remembered that the dragon clan had a strong sense of territory, and it was estimated that the mysterious ocean current brought them into the territory of this giant beast, and in the face of the invincible dragon creatures of mortals, Martin Opry's will to fight quietly went with the wind.
But when he gave up, there was still hope to catch a ray of light, and when the sea beast once again accelerated from a distance to crash into the penguin, Aldrich Triss jumped from the lookout, burning the still-abundant source of faith, like an arrow aimed at the neck of the beast.
With a "swoop", the sea dragon's family members with good wisdom have a keen perception of danger, so that it can make just the right amount of evasive action. On the strange ship, the only human visitor who could threaten it failed to attack, leaving nothing to do but stir up a large splash of foam.
Aldrich, who had entered the state of order rage, quickly reacted, drew his sword out of his body and used it as an oar to draw the water, and it only took a few strokes to rise rapidly, his feet constantly treading the water, and the undulating sea was only knee-high, almost like standing on land.
The beast's eyes blinked vigorously, revealing an unbelievable emotion, it had never seen a human "running" on the surface of the sea, and it couldn't help but want to retreat, and take a safe distance to see before preparing to continue the hunt.
However, Aldrich didn't give it a chance, the knightly skill "walking on the water" is very physically demanding, and the level close to the transcendent is not what he can use now, and he suddenly treads the water and jumps up with the help of the fish, and slashes the forehead of the giant beast with a sword in both hands.
Confident in their skull bones, the sea dragon's family did not turn and swim away, but ostentatiously arched the snake's curved neck, ready to withstand the slashing of mortals.
"Keng!" The ordinary-textured heavy sword really couldn't help the giant beast, but when the anti-shock force made the heavy sword out of his hand, Aldrich took the initiative to abandon the sword and took the opportunity to use his own hands to tighten the "seven-inch" part of the descendants of the sea dragon's family.
The real vision made Tris see the violently beating "dragonheart", and when he saw the golden opportunity, his hands like iron pincers gradually tightened, and no matter how much the beast struggled, he did not let go, and even slammed into the side deck of the ship, but he could not shake off the mortals who had choked its fate.
The dying dragon hung its head weakly, its fist-sized eyes filled with blood, and its red silk was dense like a spider's web, and it had a failure of breath but no breath intake, all of which proved that its long life had come to an end.
"Be careful, the sea dragon's life is extremely long. Martin Opry found that the Fourth Horseman, who was wrestling with the dragon, had the upper hand, and in order to avoid his unintentional mistake, he hurriedly reminded him.
Aldrich suddenly understood, his steely arms tightened again, and the beast's neck bones made a terrible crunching sound, which was the sound of loose bones, and it could no longer disguise its disguise, and with the strength of its last breath, it swam quickly towards the forbidden land it defended.
The calm sea was divided by the long ravine of the drake with a tightening noose around its neck, and Aldrich noticed that the air was filled with thunder and lightning spirits, and the further he went, the more terrifying the concentration.
After soaking in the water, the black hair on his head stood on end, and the crackling sound made them root like needles, his scalp was faintly numb, and his forehead was even more like a burst of pain, he could only forcibly hold back.
Eventually, when the dying drake washed up on the beach, the actual thunderbolt spirits gathered into a terrifying bubble of pulp, floating in mid-air, twisting like snakes in blue and white electric light in tandem with each other, so that they maintained their original form, striking a delicate balance without too much loss.
A flash of lightning flashed, and Aldrich, whose whole body was suddenly numb, automatically withdrew from the transcendent state of the wrath of order, and the source of faith stopped burning at the same time, and he had to let go of his hand and lie on his back on the ground, and it took a long time to regain his breath.
When he stood up, the dragon beast under his feet was gone, probably because he was scared and retracted to his nest to recuperate, Aldrich looked around, and the penguin could not be seen on the foggy sea, so he could only walk forward and explore the unfamiliar territory.
Carefully avoiding the dangerous and terrifying "ball lightning", Triss with an exploding head arrives in the depths of this deserted island, a ruined and abandoned temple, and the collapsed ruins of the ruins silently tell the glory of the past.
Curious, he continued on his way to the heart of the temple, where the statue had been enshrined was empty, except for a rusty hammer lying on the ground, its boxy head featureless, as if it had been discarded.
Aldrich stepped forward to pick it up, when suddenly a fierce wind fell from the sky, and he hurriedly took three steps back, raising his hand to block the noise of dust.
It turned out to be a vulture of astonishing stature, with its wings stretched out over an astonishing area, but even more striking was a knight in shining armor who leapt from the saddle of its back and spoke out.
"Stop! It's not something mortal can touch. ”