Chapter 68: The Secret Harbor
Magellan knew that he had found a way into the interior of an extinct volcano.
This undercurrent undoubtedly comes from the ebb and flow of the waves, which swing back and forth regularly because of the rise and fall of the sea, when the waves wash up on the beach, the water below is poured into the hollow belly of the extinct volcano through the channel, and when the waves fall, the undercurrent is reversed.
Magellan took a deep breath, plunged into the water, and swam forward in the direction of the undercurrent.
It was a passage that was not very long, and when the undercurrent disappeared, it meant entering the belly of the mountain, and he began to swim upstream, and then finally rushed out of the water.
"You guessed it right. ”
The Valkyrie stood right on the shore, an old and primitive pier with a long history and a dilapidated state.
Magellan wiped the water from his face and let out a long sigh as he stood on the rocks on the shore.
"It's so cold in here. ”
Brunhilde raised his hand and wrote a few runes into him: "Actually, it's much warmer here than outside. ”
Magellan sighed in the sudden warmth and looked around.
It was the interior of an extinct volcano, and just as he had guessed, the eruption created a standard cone, the middle part of which for some reason did not form solid volcanic rock, turning it into a natural harbor with two caves leading to the outside, one to the sea and one to the shore.
When the Esyad pirates discovered it, they did not hesitate to take possession of this natural bounty and began to build the docks in full force, and the ancient buildings in front of Magellan's eyes included a trestle, a longhouse, and a square.
"But I have a question, how do ships get out to sea through the underwater passages?"
The Valkyrie looked at the rotten and dilapidated pirate ships in the water on the shore, and it was impossible for them to get out through Magellan's secret passage.
"Over the last millennium, sea levels have risen. ”
Magellan smiled and walked towards another hole, which led to the land, with obvious marks of an axe chisel, but it was now blocked, at least they had not found an exit outside.
"What are you talking about?"
Brunhilde couldn't comprehend such a thing, the ocean was so vast that she couldn't imagine what could make the water level of the entire ocean rise.
"There's a lot of runi writing here, and you'll probably be interested. ”
"What?"
The Valkyrie walked towards Magellan, who was standing at the doorway of the longhouse.
"Some information about green spaces. ”
According to the Esyad tradition, the longhouse has a runi script engraved on the beams of the gate, which usually reads to welcome guests and wish the host, which is generally the case, but with a slight difference.
"The Esyad pirates who built this dock are the ancestors of the Schmidt family. ”
It was undoubtedly an overly powerful Lord of Esyad, who not only occupied the docks, but also provided a bazaar for the other pirates.
"May the owner of this place always be full of distinguished guests, and the market will be lively, day and night...... Like a green space?"
Brünnhilde and Magellan were amazed, the Valkyries marveling at how the Esyadians described the green space, and Magellan at how close it was to their lives.
"Two possibilities," Magellan walked through the door, "the green is the largest bazaar of the Esyadians, or maybe the green is too close to here. ”
Then he looked up at the beam.
As expected, it was engraved with runi script, interspersed with simple drawings.
"After the richness of the land and the wealth of the greens, a lord of Esyad rose to the ambition of his ancestors and sailed away from his homeland and across the waves to arrive here. ”
This is a legendary story of a rebellious son of a nobleman who left his family and started from scratch to create a miracle.
He was the discoverer of this secret place, the builder of the port, the operator of the bazaar, a pirate in the first half of his life, and a generous and fair lord in the second half of his life.
"It's an interesting story, but the question is, where is the green space?"
The protagonist of this saga is this pier, this longhouse: in full compliance with the traditions of the Esyadians.
As for the green space, it is only mentioned at the beginning of the story.
"Wait a minute, that pattern ......"
Magellan stretched out his hand, and then found that he had not brought the history of the Schmidt family with him, after all, the big book had a long history, and it was better not to get touched by the sea.
He looked down and searched his memory.
In that great book, there are not many words left by this generation of ancestors, but most of the clues to the green that Magellan knows come from the powerful pirate, the most important of which is one sentence: "I followed the migration route of the great fish to the place chosen by Odin." ”
"I saw it, and it was the big fish. ”
On the beam, at the very beginning of the story, there is a rudimentary pattern of a warrior rowing alone on the sea, and in the water in front of him is a big fish.
A big fish with a fountain above its head.
Magellan had thought it was a depiction of the pirate fighting at sea, with the whale as the enemy, but now it seems that the whale is the leader.
"By following the whales' migration routes, we can find green spaces. ”
......
"So you really found the last clue, it's beautiful, worthy of Professor Magellan. ”
Professor Granger was thrilled, in fact this discovery was indeed quite remarkable, the port of the Esyad pirates, well-preserved, dilapidated, but basically intact enough to be included in the Royal Society's annual discovery.
"We haven't found the last clue yet," Magellan said as he sipped the fish soup, the warmth of which was intoxicating in the cold weather, "and we may soon be in the greenery, but we don't know how to enter the realm yet." ”
"That's a problem, but it's still too far away," Brünnhilde didn't like fish soup, or even cooked fish, "and the problem now is that you don't have boats." ”
"It's not a problem. Magellan smiled, "Now that we know the clues, we don't need to stay here, there should be a port nearby, and it is not difficult to rent a boat." ”
"Wait," the baron couldn't understand the conversation between them, "what are you talking about?
"We're going to follow the migration route of the whales, sail the sea, and go to a place called Greenland. ”
The baron remained bewildered until they followed Magellan out of the wilderness, into a small port town, and saw ships sailing on the sea.
"We're going to cross this endless sea with something that wobbly like that?"
"It won't be too far," Magellan said, standing beside the baron and looking at the endless waves, "the ancient Esyadian was alone, his ship too small to sail too far. ”
"Hah!"