Chapter 163: Preparations for Evacuation
After ordering a series of arrangements, Xia herself was not idle, and soon after she returned, she left the temporary place where the magic sky ship fell again, and began to explore in a certain direction, trying to find a suitable transfer place for everyone as soon as possible. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time, she was moving much faster than when she had detected the existence of the Forest Clan before, she only needed to pay attention to whether there was a more open place nearby for everyone to accommodate, and whether there would be potential dangers in the vicinity, and the work was not too difficult, so she didn't need to be as cautious and slow as last time.
As time slowly passed, Xia explored a long way forward, and finally, she silently calculated the time in her mind, and estimated that it was almost time, and then she stopped moving forward and began to turn back.
During this time, she found some noteworthy places along the way, which could give everyone a spacious and suitable place to stay, but if she thought about it carefully, she felt that those places were a little unsuitable. Some of them are too close to the fall point of the magic sky ship to achieve the purpose of evacuation and evacuation, while some are hidden safety hazards nearby, which may make those people with ordinary strength dangerous, if they want to transfer here safely, they must remove those dangerous things in advance, which is quite troublesome.
However, if she really had no other choice, she would have to decide to choose one of these places.
Silently considering the advantages and disadvantages of these pre-selected places, she carefully considered the difficulty of carrying out the work of transferring to them, but gave up the idea of continuing to explore the deeper parts of the forest, you know, those passengers and crew members are some ordinary human beings, not comparable to her physical ability, if you want to let everyone safely move to those farther places, it is estimated that their bodies will be unbearable, and it will be difficult to reach in a short time.
Fortunately, the few pre-selected places she fancied were estimated to be within everyone's trekking ability, and they were not too close to the fall point of the magic airship, so they could still achieve the purpose of evacuation and evacuation.
"Huh, you guys are ......."
When Natsu returned to the crash point of the magic skyship, he found that the atmosphere here seemed to be very lively, and the crew members were shouting some kind of one-two-three slogan under the command of a certain Captain Rip and the Traveler Girl, and tried to pull down the huge airbag of the magic airship that was still hanging in the air from the branches.
"Oh, you're back, Miss Xia, that's ......"
A certain Captain Rip turned his head to look at the sound and also found Xia's return, so he explained to her: "Miss Claire, she said that the airbag of this magic airboat is just right as an important material for building a new camp, I think that this baby magic skyboat of mine can't fly anyway, even if those rescuers arrive, it can't take it away, so I just let it play its last role." ”
The captain's tone was a little emotional, as if he acquiesced in the final fate of this old fellow who had been with him for many years.
"Hmm...... Is it cut to use as a tent? That's good, at least it's much better sealed and insulated at night than it would be made of just wooden planks...... Well, little girl, good job!"
Xia nodded, looked at a two-ponytail traveler girl not far away who was also turning her head to look at her, and gave her a thumbs up to the other party in praise.
Although she couldn't hear what Xia said clearly, a certain girl with a double ponytail understood her gesture, knowing that Xia was praising herself, seeing this, Claire Pandams couldn't help but smile shyly, but quickly turned her face away and continued to command the crew, her face was red, and she pretended not to see her.
"Tsk, this little girl......"
In this regard, Xia could only shake his head helplessly, thinking that this little girl's personality was actually quite interesting, when she was on the magic airboat before, this little guy could be cheeky and pestered her, no matter what bad attitude she put on to deal with it, it didn't work, but once she faced the praise of others, this little girl would always show a shy expression, and her reaction was quite cute.
"How is it, Miss Xia, what did you find when you went out this time? Have you found a suitable transfer location?"
At this moment, one of Captain Rip spoke and asked her directly, his eyes looking at her a little nervously, and his tone seemed to be very anxious.
"Well, yes, I did find something......"
Facing the captain's inquiry, Xia nodded and replied to him, she naturally understood the other party's feelings: "It's just that I still have some doubts about those places, and I haven't decided which one to choose...... By the way, what about Miss Anjka, is she back?"
Xia turned her head to look around, but she didn't see the familiar figure of the deputy head of a mercenary group near the landing point of this magic skyboat, and she couldn't help but ask a certain Captain Rip.
"Well, Miss Anjka, she hasn't come back yet. ”
At this, one of Captain Rip simply shook his head, confirming that her observation was correct.
"Well, maybe she needs a little more time......"
Hearing this answer, Xia didn't say anything, nodded, and responded with a sentence in his mouth. Then, she frowned again and asked, "Huh? What about Trea Kukukl? Why isn't he here?"
You know, she had ordered a mercenary to come with the captain to keep an eye on the security situation in the neighborhood, why is that guy missing now?
"Oh, that's right, Mr. Kukukl said, we can't just stay where we are and wait to be approached by the forest people, we have to take some precautions beforehand, so he went to the forest and said he was going to do something like an early warning trap......"
One of Captain Rip pointed in the direction that led to the forest people's dwellings, explaining the situation to her.
Oh, precautionary measures?
Not...... It seems that Trea Kukukl has some minor problems, but he still has some skills, and his improvisation mind is not bad......
Xia couldn't help but be a little surprised, you know, in the previous trip, a certain veteran mercenary refreshed the lower limit of his cognition of him again and again, but this time, she did have a better understanding of someone's ability, it seems that this guy can become a mercenary of a large mercenary group is not groundless, and he always has a little ability.
"Well, since the situation here isn't dangerous, let him go. ”
Xia nodded, approving of a mercenary's approach, and did not want to change the other party's decision, but asked a certain captain again: "What about the planks? How many have you removed? Is the amount enough?"
"Please rest assured, Miss Xia, my crew and I have been dealing with these things for most of our lives, and the simple work of disassembling them is not difficult for us ......."
Hearing this, the Captain Rip raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction, and Xia looked at the other party's arm, and there were indeed many planks of different lengths piled up in the corners there, and there were quite a few of them.
"Well, well done!"
Xia praised the other party, she looked at the busy scene where the huge airbag was pulled down, and then looked at the passengers who were a little confused in the face of this scene, and nodded: "Perhaps, we should explain the current situation to the passengers......"
In the past, in order to avoid panicking and uneasiness for them, Xia and the others did not tell these people about the existence of some dangerous creature, otherwise, it would only be counterproductive, and it would be difficult to carry out the preliminary work of evacuation and evacuation. And now, the time is ripe to explain the situation to them, after all, the subsequent transfer and evacuation work still requires their cooperation, and you can't let these people go behind each other's backs one by one, right?
As for those who were too badly injured to walk alone, they did need their help.
"Yes, I see!"
A certain captain nodded earnestly, and it seemed that he also knew that it was inevitable.
......
"What, Captain, are you telling the truth?!"
"The place where we fell is close to where the forest people live?"
"Those horrible creatures are dangerous, and they have a good chance of attacking us?"
"This ...... Captain Rip, what are you going to do?"
Sure enough, after Captain Rip gathered many passengers and explained the situation to them one by one, it inadvertently caused an uproar and tension.
"Quiet, please be quiet!"
Captain Rip said in a deep voice, gesturing down with both hands, as if he was afraid that the movement here would be heard by some dangerous creature in the distance, and his tone was solemn and full of warning: "If you continue to make such noise, you can't say that you will soon attract those damn guys!"
Hearing his words, sure enough, those passengers didn't dare to take a breath anymore, and they all held their breath and kept silent, as if they were afraid that they would accidentally cause some terrible situation to happen.
"Please rest assured, since we already know about this situation, we naturally have a corresponding solution!"
Seeing that the atmosphere had become quiet and oppressive, Captain Rip, who was watching with many eyes, knew that it was time, and he immediately spoke, and quickly explained the evacuation plan to the passengers, briefly and clearly, and repeatedly assured that there would be no danger during the evacuation process.
At first, the passengers were a little skeptical and undecided, but in the end, they chose to trust the captain in his sincere and infectious tone and expression, and decided to obey the captain's instructions.
For all this, Xia just watched quietly, and did not intervene in the persuasion work of a certain captain, because she knew that in such an isolated and helpless situation, it was very necessary to set a unified benchmark for action, because that would minimize the dispersion of power caused by internal disagreements among many people, so that everyone could live more likely and survive longer!
Moreover, the passengers were more familiar with him than a certain Captain Rip, and he also had the status of the captain of the Magic Skyship, which was much more appropriate than her being a passenger herself, and even if she was more capable, there was no need to force herself to stand up as a benchmark for this action, and it would be a waste of time to add some more trouble to win the trust of the passengers.
In terms of length and size, light and heavy, a certain Captain Rip is just right, and there is no second choice!
Moreover, although this guy looks a little rude and rude on the surface, after all, he still has some personal charm after being the captain of the magic airship for so long, and it is just right to act as a benchmark for this action.
......
Soon, after explaining the current situation faced by everyone, in addition to the seriously injured, those passengers who were still able to move also joined the preparations for evacuation and transfer, and worked together with the crew, the progress of various matters became faster, and the atmosphere of the entire temporary place where the magic airship fell became a little urgent and solemn.
At this time, a certain deputy head of Marie Anjeka, who was also tasked with the exploration mission, finally returned, seeing this, Xia, Captain Rip, the two-ponytail traveler girl Claire Pandamus, and Trea Kukukol, who had returned after setting up the warning trap in the forest earlier, everyone immediately gathered around the deputy head of the mercenary group, waiting for the results of her exploration.
"Miss Xia, and everyone, I think I found something amazing. ”
As soon as the heroic deputy commander with a one-handed shield and a long sword at his waist returned, the first words she said surprised everyone. (To be continued.) )