Chapter 75: The Ghost Ship
The Wraith Sea is extremely vast, and the ship has been sailing on it for two days and two nights, and it still has not yet left its range.
There haven't been any strange things in the past two days.,Everything is fine.,This makes everyone who had been worried all the time,Begin to slowly relax.。。
"According to the previous voyage budget, it is estimated that we will be able to sail out of this black and oppressive sea tomorrow. Sig stood on the deck as usual and breached the sea breeze, he didn't like the dark and closed atmosphere of the cabin.
The sea shrouded in black clouds, there is no day or night, and it is always a gloomy weather, as if you have come to the underworld. The only way to calculate time here is to rely on the hands of a mechanical pocket watch.
During this time, the sea breeze also gradually weakened, the fluctuations in the sea surface became less and less, and everything seemed to calm down.
However, a piercing siren shattered the silence.
Toot toot.
The alarm sounded, followed by a rush of footsteps, and the old captain, who had been resting, ran out of the cabin and onto the deck with only one piece of clothing.
He stood beside Sig with a blank face, took out the binoculars in his hand, and looked into the distance.
Sigurt squinted his eyes and looked towards the end of the sea, where he could faintly see a tiny dot glowing green coming towards him.
"Damn, that's a ghost ship!" the old captain let down his binoculars and roared.
Anyone on the open sea route has more or less heard of the name of the ghost ship, and now many sailors on the deck are changing color.
"Quick, get the cross!" said the old captain, who had turned and yelled at the sluggish sailor. Looking at his serious expression, it doesn't look like child's play.
Sigmo silently took the telescope from his hand and looked into the distance.
In the circular telescope hole, a large dark green ship was clearly reflected, this large ship was not far from the Blue Jewel, and it was heading towards this side at a very fast speed.
It is estimated that it will not be long before it catches up.
It was a large three-masted sailing ship, the huge sails were a little worn, full of holes, and the deck was empty. The hull of the ship glows with a dark green glow, which is particularly eye-catching in the gray sea.
"Ghost ship...... "Sig sighed as he looked at the image in his binoculars, frowning.
Trouble, after all, still came......
In today's steam-powered era, sailboats have long since withdrawn from the stage of sailing, and the large sailing ships that sail towards them in front of them have a long history and belong to the Middle Ages.
In other words, this ghost ship has been floating in the open sea for at least a thousand years!
"Open the gun bay!" several gunners ran around the cabin, the gun muzzles in the gun bay were opened one by one, and huge gun barrels protruded from them, and shells were carried out of the wooden boxes that the gunners pried open.
The atmosphere became tense at once, and the scene was about to erupt.
"In the endless seas, the legend of ghost ships is often popular. Seeger recalls a story he had heard in Linton City: "It's a sign of foreboding, and whoever encounters a ghost ship will be fated to disappear into the ocean with it, unless luck goes against it." ”
In the sailors' circle, ghost ships are like evil spirits, and no one wants to touch them, which is a bad omen.
The gunners in the cabin below nervously adjusted the angle of the cannon, and although this mortal gunpowder may not be effective against occult ships, it can bring them a sense of psychological security.
The old captain was also standing next to Sig at this moment, his eyes unblinking as the ship approached, Sieg could feel that the smell of sweat emanating from his body at this moment was obviously much stronger.
Some novice sailors even held the cross in their hands and muttered prayers with their eyes closed.
The bow, the huge cross, was moved here by the crew, facing the approaching ghost ship. This seems to be their only reliance.
It's closer...... It's closer...... It's getting closer......
When the ghost ship was less than five hundred meters away, a deputy with a hideous face couldn't help but shout at the captain: "Captain, let's shoot!"
Now the ghost ships are in their range.
"Nope. The old captain stared straight into the distance with his eyes, and said with a short breath: "Wait." ”
The ship with a dark green glow from its whole body was getting closer and closer, and the sense of oppression that everyone could feel was getting heavier and heavier, and even Sigur felt a hint of danger.
At this moment, everyone could even see the details of the huge sailing ship with the naked eye, and they saw that although the deck was full of barrels, it was empty. A dark green circle of light enveloped the ship, making the ghost ship seem so eerie.
Some of them were nervous and their legs were shaking, clutching the huge cross at the bow of the ship. Sieg was also a little nervous in his heart, he knew that this was the sea, not the land.
If he really wants to go to war, he must give it his all from the beginning, otherwise the ship will be damaged and he will have to swim back.
The only thing that was calm at the moment was probably the parrot, which flew leisurely, all at once to the captain's shoulder, and all at once to the rope, and at the moment it was lazily arranging its feathers, not bothering to glance at the ghost ship opposite.
"Captain!" said the deputy excitedly, "almost!"
"Wait!" the old captain seemed to be waiting for something, his eyes fixed on the ghost ship.
Sieg stood beside him, keenly noticing that the old captain's expression seemed to change, and a face, sweating like rain, was exaggerated and distorted.
200 meters...... One hundred and fifty meters...... One hundred meters!
Finally, when the ghost ship was a hundred meters away from the Blue Jewel, the entire ghost ship suddenly made a sharp turn, showing a strange ninety degree turn, and left directly in the other direction.
In the stunned eyes of the many people on the Blue Jewel, the dark green sailboat just flew away, and soon turned into a small green dot in the sky, and then disappeared.
Come fast, go fast!
The heavens and the earth are still so gray and dreary, and the sea is still so dark and deep.
"Woo!"
"We survived!!"
"The Lord of Radiance is above!"
There was a lot of jubilation on the deck, and the rebellious sailors were venting their feelings for the rest of their lives, throwing their hats into the air, or simply priing open a barrel of rum and pouring it on the ground, allowing the fragrant alcohol to spread on the deck.
"The Lord of Radiance is above, and we ...... We actually escaped the catastrophe?" The deputy who had been persuading the captain to open fire at the side still couldn't believe the facts in front of him at the moment, and was wiping his eyes fiercely.
Sigmo was silent, he looked thoughtfully in the direction the green ship had left.
"Quick, adjust the course, change the direction. The old captain continued nervously, and then entered the command room of the cabin.
Sige's face not only did not show any joy, but looked at the sky in a daze.
"Is that really the end of it?" said Sigurd, a little skeptical, after all, the ghost ship was not famous for its murderous reputation.