144 The Merfolk and the Threat of the Storm

The mermaid with golden scales on the lower body gathered into a huge wave, and slammed towards the hull of the Salvation, the mermaid's ability to jump seemed to be not bad, and the height of the highest mermaid was almost parallel to the hull deck, such a huge wave slapped on the hull, and the ears could only hear countless huge crashing sounds intertwined, and the hull trembled violently with the impact.

On the deck, the sailors were momentarily overwhelmed by the sudden army of merfolk, first of all, the piercing scream that seemed to pierce the eardrums, and the sound of even a mermaid was already very painful, not to mention the thousands of mermaids.

People wanted to cover their ears, but the violent tremor of the hull made them want to find a place to hold their bodies fixed, and many sailors who had not yet boarded the deck were hit like this and fell off the gangways and ropes.

Captain Orner's head slammed into the rudder, and his head was hit like this, and his eyes suddenly burst into Venus.

The head is groggy, and the flesh and skin of the whole body are in pain at this moment, the bones are like they are about to fall apart, and the eyes are not very bright.

His ears, in particular, were so troubled by the noise of the screams that he was struck that there was only a buzzing sound left in his ears, which was exactly the same as the sound that the doctor had made when he struck the tuning fork in his ear during the medical examination in the church hospital, but now it felt that it was much louder than the tuning fork.

It was a long time before Ornar shook his drowsy head and stood up.

There was thunder in the sky, rain was pouring down on him, and the deck was so wet that Orna, who had just stood up, was almost knocked down again by the water stains on the deck.

His blurred vision was gradually focusing, and a blurred scene in front of him was gradually appearing clearly in front of his eyes.

On the deck, the sailors were standing on the side of the ship, wielding long swords, waist knives, or long pulp, slashing at the mermaids lying on the side of the ship, there were many mermaids, not to mention the stern of the ship they pounced on, and even the sides of the ship were almost completely occupied by them.

The hull of the ship swayed, and in the distance, a huge wave rushed in, and the whole hull shook sharply again.

Orna struggled to hold himself down, staring intently at the sea ahead.

Strange, isn't the hull stuck on the reef? Why is there such a big shaking?

Puzzled, Orna looked back, and it turned out that at some point, the hull of the ship had actually gotten rid of the constraints of the reef, and had long since left the waterway and floated to the sea.

For this question, Orner thought carefully for a moment and understood, it is estimated that the mermaid wave that swept the sky just now did a good thing, because the number of mermaids is too much, the force of the same swoop on the hull is also greater, it is precisely because of this huge impact force that the hull of the ship is pushed out of the reef.

Despite the headwinds and the constant crashing waves ahead, the force of the mermaid's impact was clearly stronger, and the ship still floated forward for a long distance.

However, the sight that could still be seen clearly on the beach pulled Orna's mind back.

Whether it was on the shallows or on the waterway, the sailors who had not yet had time to board the ship were wrapped in a dense mermaid, and countless screams were transmitted to Orna's ears only through the piercing screams of the mermaids.

Orner's eyes were red, these were all old friends who had been born and died with him at sea for more than ten years, but at this moment, they were waiting on the beach one by one to be eaten by the army of mermaids. He had the heart to go back to the rescue, but as soon as the idea came to him, he stuffed it back.

The reason for this is that there are too many of these mermaids, even if the Salvation has come out of the mouth of the waterway for a long distance, but behind the ship, the gray-black sea has been covered with a golden light, and the merfolk still do not stop, forming a golden wave, swooping towards the hull of the ship.

Not to mention the mermaids on the sea, you can even see clearly from this position, the depths of the waterway are still covered by a golden light, that is to say, the number of mermaids is far more than that.

Orna only felt that his scalp was numb, not to mention the mermaids on the beach, even the mermaids who were still fighting with the sailors on the hull of the ship, he couldn't take care of it, and if he didn't get out of here quickly, he wouldn't be able to live.

"Raise the sails, you fools, if you still want to live, no one is lazy!"

"Throw all the cargo in the hold to me, let the ship lighten its weight!"

Horner shouted loudly, regardless of whether the sailors could hear it or not, and relied on his senses to determine the direction of the wind, and took the helm.

Orna felt it carefully, and although the wind was coming towards the front of the ship, it was not head-on, but from the right front, and Orna turned the rudder sharply, and the ship turned to the left.

It turned out that a significant part of the sailors heard Orna, and it didn't take long for all the sails to be pulled down.

Due to the storm, the ship staggered for a while to stabilize its course a little, and occasionally a large wave struck, and the hull would still sway violently once, and the sailors in the middle of the battle would fall one after another.

As the minutes passed, the intensity of the storm became stronger and stronger, and at the same time, the intensity of the battle on the deck began to weaken.

As the course finally turned to a tailwind, the speed of the ship suddenly increased, and gradually, the sea under the hull was no longer densely packed with dazzling golden light, perhaps by chance one or two mermaids surfaced, or fell to the water, and the deck, even if it had been washed by the rain, was already covered with a scarlet bloodstain.

Orna sighed softly, not relieved by the mermaid's pursuit, and although he temporarily repelled the merfolk, the ship inevitably fell into the storm.

Graff came to Ornar's side, grabbed the railing and shouted, "Captain, put away the sails, if it goes on like this, the ship will have to sink!"

Olnar glanced around the deck, and the merfolk had almost all been knocked off the ship, and there was no need to use speed to dodge. Moreover, due to the discarding of a large amount of cargo, the weight of the hull has been reduced considerably, and if the sail continues to be hung, it is likely that a large wave will overturn the ship until it finally sinks into the water.

"Put the sails away. Ornar waved his hand in agreement with the order.

The threat of the mermaid was temporarily lifted, in fact, in Orner's opinion, it was not that he got rid of the mermaid, but that the merfolk were also afraid of the storm and dispersed themselves, and the Salvation was driven away by countless mermaids into a storm that was hundreds of times more terrible than them.