Verse 150: Father and Son
"Nonsense!" Just as he was stunned, the shipwright's scolding suddenly came from behind him.
The young knight and the big man both turned their heads and saw the boatman holding a small barrel in one hand and a large piece of roast meat in the other.
Obviously, the shipwright had the big man in mind and walked out of the banquet, only to hear what the big man had just said.
"I beg your pardon. This stupid big man didn't mean to offend you!" The shipwright was half-kneeling on the ground, looking worried.
The big man looked puzzled.
Needle Jin laughed: "Get up, can I not know your son? I have knocked him unconscious many times." In a sense, there was nothing wrong with what he said. We're all down here, we're all on the same boat. β
The old shipwright was grateful: "My lord, your nobility is not only your status, your blood, but also your spirit and character. It was you who saved us, and this time with you will definitely become a memory that we will remember for a lifetime. Your virtues of valor, forgiveness, and wisdom will be celebrated in the future. β
Needle Gold nodded, he felt the words differently now than before.
He said to the boatman, "Don't overestimate me, boatsmith. Don't underestimate yourself either, in fact, you're very crucial. How could we have built a new ship without you? Your son also has a great deal of credit, and without his efforts we would be a long way from completion. β
When the big man heard this, he immediately smiled happily.
His efforts were recognized.
The arrival of the shipwright made the needle gold have a sense of reluctance.
The young knight jumps off the boulder.
"My lord, please let me send you. The boatman insisted on delivering the things in his hand in the straw hut.
Needle Jin could see that the boatsmith was still worried: "Don't worry, I won't bother with the big man." β
The shipwright was relieved to receive repeated assurances from the needle.
Nobles and knights take reputation very seriously, and most nobles and knights will take it as an insult to themselves when they hear what the big man has just said.
"My lord, you are really different from other big people!" the boatwright said with emotion, "I beg my pardon, I have never seen a big man close to anyone other than me. β
"You may not know how shocked I was when I saw a big man sitting side by side with you. β
"No one has ever looked at him so equally before I met you, and I've never really looked at people like us. β
Needle Jin smiled bitterly: "I'm really different. β
He patted the boatsmith on the shoulder: "Although you never said it, I can imagine the life experience of a big man. β
"He is an abandoned baby on the ship, adopted by you. Born with the blood of a giant, he was subjected to strange eyes. β
"He grew stronger, he grew bigger, he became insane, and almost everyone discriminated against him, hated him, defended him, insulted him, and cursed him. β
"He has a keen hearing, he can hear what people think is whispering, he can hear the people around him cursing at him, he can taunt him, he hates him. β
"Only you are good to him and give him the love of a father. β
That's why he's always close to you. As far as I can see, I will fight for you, even if I don't have any martial arts, I will be willing to give my life to protect you!"
"And you must have done a lot for him. β
"You see him curled up in the grass hut, and I see him cowering in order to survive him, and I know that you must teach him how to survive as a monster in the human world. β
"You must be very worried, worried that one day, he will be destroyed as a monster by many people under the slogan of justice. You must also be very sad to see him being bullied by other people, but you can't fight back. Because you taught him not to fight back, otherwise the consequences will be even worse!"
"So, he doesn't know martial arts, he's used to patience. β
"Is he ugly? No, he just doesn't look like most people. He has a much kinder heart than most. β
"Is he strong? No, who said that great strength and strong physique mean strength? What strong man can only defend his weapons by shouting pain and shouting father? He is actually very weak. β
"Kind, weak...... Isn't it the spirit of a knight to protect and help such a person?"
"Great, great, ......" The boatwright's eyes were red, tears were rolling down, and he choked up until he couldn't speak. The words of praise, affirmation, and so on that he had heard at the banquet before, even if they were a hundred or ten thousand times more, could not compare to these words of needle gold.
Because Needle Gold really understands him!
Understanding this word, it seems very simple, but it is actually very difficult and heavy.
"You're a good father. Needle Gold dropped the sentence and walked away.
The old shipwright was left to stop where he was, and kept watching the back of the needle.
The sun sinks into the sea, and there is no afterglow.
In the old shipwright's blurred vision because of tears, the figure of Needlegold looked a little strange, but it seemed to exude ...... Light.
The new ship was basically built and had the ability to sail. This incident sent the morale of the survivors soaring.
Over the next few days, Needle Gold and the others began to prepare for the launch of the new ship.
Without the blue dogs, foxes and wolves, it would have been a breeze for a new ship to go to sea. But now that the Warcraft Legion has surrounded the small valley, it has made it more difficult to implement this thing by more than a hundred times.
Someone was glad that he had followed Mango's advice and built an alternate track.
But whether this track can be used is still a question.
After all, countless earthquakes have occurred on the island, and the spare slides are buried in shallow layers of the ground to protect them from wind and rain.
Even if the rail is not damaged, the cover such as the wooden planks must be removed from the top to activate the rail.
According to Muban's estimates, it is very likely that there will be intermittent small-scale damage to the slide rails. This means that the slides must be built well in advance before they can be used.
And the wisdom of the blue dog fox wolf makes the matter of repairing the slide complicated.
Once the blue dogs and wolves perceive everyone's intentions, then the plan to launch the new ship will be more hindered, and even fail in the end.
After discussing with the others, they decided to attract the attention of the blue dog fox wolf, dig the tunnel, secretly send a maintenance team to inspect the slide, and seize every opportunity to repair it with all their might.
In order to increase the possibility of escape as much as possible, Needle Gold no longer trained hard at night, on the one hand, he continued to harass the Warcraft Legion to weaken their combat power as much as possible, and on the other hand, he personally surveyed the state of the underground surface slide.
The results of the survey were not optimistic, and the slide rails were damaged in many places, several of which were almost debris.
The repair work is very large, but the difficulty is not too high - the structure of the slide rail is very simple.
When the needle gold was busy, he got a good news.
He came to the cave where the wounded and sick were concentrated and saw the white buds.
Bai Ya, who had been in a coma for many days, had woken up at this moment.
"Lord Needle Gold......" His breath was still very weak, his face was pale, his cheekbones were protruding, and he had lost a lot of weight these days.
"You've survived again. Take good care of your injuries and tell you the good news, the new ship has been built and has reached the standard of going to sea. Needle Gold smiled.
He has lost all his memories, and he has a deep and good impression of Bai Ya. Returning from the volcanic cavern, he was surrounded only by Greybeard, Purple Tin, and White Bud.
Bai Ya nodded, a look of shame appeared on his face: "I've been in a coma for so many days, it's me who has dragged everyone down." β
Needle Jin shook his head: "It's not a drag, we are companions on the same boat, helping each other, and leaving here together is our common goal." β
"This is your letter. Zidi on the side handed back the previous letter to Bai Ya, "It seems that we don't need to send it." β
"Oh, yes. There is also a new ink, the bottle of ink you used before has deteriorated, this new bottle of ink is my configuration, and it will not fade. β
Zidi also gave Bai Ya a small gift.
Bai Ya was flattered and choked up with emotion: "It's great to meet you." When I was unconscious, I felt like a lonely ghost, drifting in the endless darkness. I didn't know where to go or where I came from. In a trance, I heard Miss Nishihagi's call to me, it must be love, it is love that guides me......"
Bai Ya began to recount his experience of being in a coma.
Ever since he came out of the oasis, he has had a tendency to talk. This near-death seems to have aggravated the degree of his speech.
Needle gold smiles.
He knew how Bai Ya felt and understood it very well. Because he has also been on the verge of death many times.
It's great to be able to say so much! That's what it's like to be alive!
The awakening of the white bud is like bathing the heart of the needle gold in a ray of sunshine.
For the next few days, the needle gold was bright.
After praying to the Emperor Shengming every night, Needle Jin told himself: "It will be fine, everything will be fine." I was able to leave this island alive with the white buds, with the purple and the beard, and with the others. β
"When I arrived in Baisha City, I forgot about my heart core and all kinds of changes. Or ask a priest or a physician to remove hidden dangers from my body. β
The repair of the slides is finally complete.
While the executives were happy, they were all glad that the difficulty of repairs was much lower than they expected.
They don't know that the main reason is that whenever the maintenance team acts, Needle Gold will personally harass the Warcraft Legion single-handedly. In order to get the attention of the blue dogs, foxes and wolves as much as possible, Needle Gold took risks several times, rushed into the enemy formation, and finally retreated with a serious injury.
These days, the shipwright, the carpenter and the others have not been idle.
Previously, the foundation of the new vessel was completed, and there was a lot of follow-up work.
The new ship now has long wooden strips on both sides of the hull to reinforce the structure. The cracks in the planks, decks, etc., were filled with broken hemp rope, and then glued with purple dili's medicinal glue.
The boatwright also taught some people a small craft, how to process wood into a qualified pulley.
Sail rigging requires a lot of pulleys.
The high-grade pulley, made of metal, is really a wheel.
But the new ship is made of wood modules, cut into the shape of wheels, and then coated with oil to lubricate the surface.
The most conspicuous is the bow of the ship.
At the bow of the ship was mounted a ramming horn, made of several tree trunks joined together, like a knight's spear.
The curved surface of the bow was reinforced with many wooden planks, like a shield.
With a spear and a shield, and the speed with which it rushes up after descending the mountain, even if the crocodile-headed hammertail is in front of it, it can knock it out of the way in one fell swoop.
The day when a new ship will be launched is really just around the corner.
However, on the night of this day.
Thundered......
The sound of the eruption seems to be conveyed.
People were awakened one after another, and when they stood on the hillside, they saw the volcano erupt, forming a never-before-seen pillar of magma fire, reaching straight into the sky!
Then the earth shook violently, and rocks rolled down and smashed against the baffles erected around the new ship.
An earthquake like no other in history!
In the terrifying eyes of the people, the small valley that has always been their home finally could not support it at this moment, and a huge crack appeared on the surface of the mountain.
Cracks cut through the valley, and then the valley collapsed!
"Run, run!"
The crowd panicked and began to scurry. Mango tried to stabilize the situation, but was unsuccessful.
"Protect the ship!" seemed to be the shipwright's shout, but no one listened.
At the time of the earthquake, Needlegold was at war with the WoW Legion.
By the time he hurried back to camp, the valley was no longer what he had remembered, littered with rubble, broken wood, and human corpses.
"No!" Needle Gold's face turned pale, and he hurriedly ran deeper into the ruins.
There are still aftershocks, maybe even bigger one moment, but people in the ruins have begun to save themselves.
"Boat! The boat must be dug out!"
"Come and help me move the stones. β
"It's over, we're done, the ship is definitely ruined, we have no hope. β
The voices were noisy, some people were pale, desperately digging and carrying stones, and some were crying and breaking down.
The new ship, which has always carried their hopes, has a very small chance of surviving.
"I have long said that small valleys are dangerous, and in case of a big landslide, it will be bad. You just won't listen to me!" someone shouted, constantly complaining and blaming others.
More people were silent.
Some people scolded angrily and became emotional: "Fart! There is no valley, can you stop the Warcraft Legion?!"
The needle gold did not stop everyone from venting their emotions, they needed to vent, and after venting, they could calm down emotionally.
In fact, needle gold also needs to be vented.
Looking at this ruin, he was angry, shocked, panicked, and disappointed, but as a leader, he could only suppress these negative emotions in his heart.
He had just taken command when suddenly the stone shook, revealing a large hand.
"Help, help me......" Then, the voice of the big man came from below.
"Son, son!" Unable to find the big man, the boatman, who was already in a hurry, hurriedly pounced and frantically carried the stones, "Hold on, hold on!"
The old shipwright cried incessantly.
Needle Gold, Mane Ge and others took action one after another, gathered the strength of everyone, and quickly moved away many stones.
The big man was revealed, his legs were crushed by a boulder, and the injuries were severe, certainly comminuted.
But the big man still used his hands and his chest to resist the boulder.
Seeing the boatman again, the big man was overjoyed and said, "Dad, you see, I have protected the boat!"
The old boatwright's eyes were red, and he looked at the big man in a daze.
When he saw that the big man was still alive, his heart was naturally ecstatic.
But when he saw the big man's injury again, he immediately fell into a strong remorse and self-blame.
"Daddy is wrong, Daddy is wrong!" cried the old shipwright.
At the time of the landslide, he was in a hurry and shouted words to protect the ship. Except for the big man who did this, no one else listened to the boatwright, not even himself.
"Dad doesn't cry, the boat is here, the boat is still there. The big man hurriedly comforted the boatman, he knew what the ship meant to the boatman.
"It's unbelievable, the hull is only slightly damaged!" Mu Ban reported loudly after inspecting it.
"Thanks to the big man, if you really want to let this boulder hit the ship, the ship will definitely be destroyed!"
"Big man, good job. β
"Thanks to you......"
After figuring out the situation, people thanked one after another.
The big man was a little confused, he was faced with such a scene for the first time.
Only the old shipwright rushed to the big man's side, looked at the boulder, looked at the big man's badly deformed legs: "Does it hurt?"
The big man nodded, and shook his head again: "Dad doesn't cry, big man doesn't hurt." β
"Get the boulder out of the way!" mane yelled.
"If you can't move, it will cause secondary damage to the legs of the big man. We're going to break the boulder first, or we're going to corrode it. Needle Jin shook his head.
He was about to give the order when he heard the howl of a wolf.
Whewββ!
The wolf howls one after another.
Everyone heard this clearly, and people's faces changed drastically.
The WoW Legion is coming!