Chapter 415: Old Seagull
The old seagull of Bocati is a living legend of the sea, and as a man born and raised in Bokati, an important port city in the Kingdom of Sigma, he became a sailor like most of the people in the city, begging for a living on the sea.
Like most sailors from the Kingdom of Sigmar, he was drafted into the army during the last naval battle between the Kingdom of Sigma and the Kingdom of Inge, and served on the ship Dreadnought, participating in almost all the major battles of that naval battle.
During the war, the Dreadnought was sunk by the Kingdom of England, and he was knocked unconscious by being hit on the head by the ship's beam, and by the time he woke up, he had drifted on a desert island.
His subsequent life on the island was one of the most legendary experiences of his life, as he went from a simple sailor to a wilderness survival expert, and countless near-death situations taught him all sorts of survival skills, most notably that he also found treasures left by former pirates on the island.
After living on the island for nearly three years, he almost forgot everything about the civilized world and became a primitive savage, when a merchant ship that had gone off the course appeared in his field of vision, and he lit the campfire for help that he had prepared for three years, and was finally rescued and returned to civilized society.
Back in civilization, he proved his identity to the city government of Bocady, received a salary from the Sigmar Admiralty for military service, and used the salary to rent a boat, returned to the island, brought back the pirate treasure, and became a rich man in Bocady, and the legend about him spread within Bocady, and even some people in the nearby cities of the Kingdom of Sigma had heard his story but did not know about him.
After worrying about food and clothing, the old seagull wrote down his experience, edited it into a book at his own expense, and then sold it in Bocadi, which has a certain reputation.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that his book was very popular, not only people in the Kingdom of Sigma liked it, but also people in other countries liked it very much, and even the drama clubs of many countries specially adapted his story into plays, and for a time his identity changed from a lucky rich man to a best-selling home and adventurer.
After gaining fame and benefits, he also gained a certain social status, even became a municipal councilor, married a noble lady, received a noble title, and lived the life that everyone dreams of.
However, the old seagull did not want to live peacefully on the shore like this, he regarded himself as a man at sea since he was a child, thinking that he should live at sea, so after his son was born and grew up to a certain extent, he spent a lot of money to build a three-masted clipper for himself, recruited a group of experienced old sailors, ran business, and took risks at the same time, and gradually made a lot of fame at sea.
The old seagull's fame comes mainly from his sea adventures, and after that desert island life, he seems to have been blessed by the god of the sea, and is often able to find some desert islands at sea, and find some plants and animals that were thought to be extinct long ago.
For this reason, the medical school and some collectors will specifically find the old seagull, and buy the precious animal and plant pacesetters and seeds on the old seagull's hand at a large price, and even for a period of time, nearly half of the newly added herbal species in the medical classics published by the medical school are from the plant specimens found by the old seagull.
After decades of cooperation, Lao Seagull has gained a lot of prestige in this industry and is considered a top figure in the industry.
This time, the old seagull was commissioned by the medical school to travel to a mysterious island to capture a creature that had become extinct in Velon, and this creature was called the ancient badger.
This is not the first time that the old seagull has caught an ancient badger, he has captured it four times in the past for medical schools and collectors, but this is the first time that the mission requires the capture of a live ancient badger, and it is also a tricky thing for him.
Because of its high value, the old seagull has studied the ancient badger, a creature that has become extinct in Vilon, and the most valuable thing about the ancient badger is its heart and stomach, which is also the main reason for the extinction of this fierce beast of the ancient badger.
The heart of the ancient badger can concoct a very magical life potion, which can delay aging and increase lifespan has a strong effect, and when life is dying, such a bottle of ancient badger heart made of the potional can play a life-saving role. And the stomach of the ancient badger is not bad at all compared to the heart, because the stomach of the ancient badger can be used to make an antidote, and the effect is no worse than that of the life elixir made from the heart, and so far there is no way to find out the poison that this antidote cannot detoxify.
More than 300 years ago, after the last clearly recorded ancient badger was hunted by the hunting party of the French royal family, the ancient badger was never seen on the continent of Vilon, and then the ancient badger was also defined as extinct in the biological directory published by the medical school.
Because of this, when the old seagull made a specimen of an ancient badger carcass a few years ago, and took out the heart and stomach for auction, it caused a great sensation in the world of Velon, for which the old seagull even appeared on the front page cover of various newspapers.
But after that, all kinds of troubles followed, not only the magnates of the Sigma Kingdom asked him for the organs and specimens of the ancient badger, but even some foreign forces that could not be offended were also using various means to blackmail him, but fortunately, in the end, the Veron Medical College helped him to block the pressure from the outside world, and in return, the old seagull needed to record the various novel creatures he found and hand them over to the medical school for statistics.
It's just that, even if there is a medical school to block the big trouble for him, there are still many small troubles that appear around him from time to time, which makes him feel very troubled, so he simply reinvents his ship and transforms him into a galleon, so that he can spend most of his time at sea and avoid those troubles.
This time, he was not going to take the list from the medical school, because the person who gave him this list was a very radical school of the medical school, and recently the reputation of the Velen Medical School in the countries of Velon, has become a bit bad, especially the current great plague in Miria City, there are many rumors that this great plague was done by the Velen Medical College.
But this time, the person who came to him showed something, which was a token of a medical school bigwig who had helped him back then, and he was very grateful to that bigwig, so he had to take this order.
"Head, how far is it?" While the old seagull was sitting on the barrel at the bow of the boat thinking about something, the first mate stepped forward and took the initiative to greet the old seagull.
"When it's time to come, it's time to come. The old seagull replied flatly.
The first mate pursed his lips and did not ask any further, for he knew very well that even if he asked again, the old seagull would not answer.
In fact, the first mate has been with the old seagull for ten years, under the leadership of the old seagull, he has been to many desert islands, has seen a lot of magical creatures, he is experienced at sea enough to be the captain of the fleet of any country, in fact, the navy of the Kingdom of England and the French Empire have come to him, hoping to recruit him to the navies of the two countries as a senior officer in the fleet.
But the first mate never agreed to any invitation, and the reason why he abandoned the high-ranking officials and remained on the old seagull's ship was because he wanted to find out one thing, that is, where the mysterious island with all kinds of extinct creatures was on the sea.
Before that, he had followed the old seagull to the mysterious island three times, and each time he only dared to stay on the shore, not to go deep into the jungle of the island, and every time before the night came, whether he found what he was looking for or not, the old seagull would take them away from the island, as if something terrible on the island would appear at night.
After that, when I went to that sea, the mysterious island that existed before was gone.
This is not the most confusing part of the first mate, he is puzzled that the sea area where the island appears is never fixed, three times it appears in different sea areas, and the most amazing thing is that the three old seagulls can accurately find the location of the island.
This time it was the same situation, the old seagull, after receiving the order from the medical school, took them around the sea near the border of the Kingdom of England, as if waiting for something, which made him wonder if the mysterious island would be an island on the back of a turtle like the legend of Bakba.
The legend of Bakba is a popular legend in Moissan, where the world is said to be the back of an immensely large sea turtle that carries the whole world around the sea of stars, surrounded by the sun and the moon.
He was now thinking that maybe the mysterious island was also on the back of the turtle, and it would usually sink into the sea with the turtle, and it would not float up from the bottom of the sea until some certain moments, and the old seagull could predict the time when the island would float up, which also confirmed the rumors that the old seagull was blessed by the sea god.
Although the first mate's mind is very hidden, how can he not see his thoughts with the old seagull's eyesight, but in his opinion, the first mate's purpose may never be realized, and he can just use this to get an experienced, capable and reliable first mate.
In fact, even he himself couldn't figure out how he found the island, as the outside world speculated, he may have really been blessed by the god of the sea, as long as he was at sea, he could feel where the island existed, where he could get supplies, and sometimes he could even sense the arrival of a storm a day earlier, which was the main reason why he had not had an accident at sea for so many years.
This time, after receiving the order and boarding his sailboat, the old seagull sensed the time and location of the mysterious island, but then things became a little weird, because after he arrived at the sea area he sensed, he did not get the clear location of the mysterious island as before, but got some vague feelings, feeling that the mysterious island was nearby, but it was extremely far away.
In this strange state, the old seagull roamed up and down the sea in his own boat, looking for the location of the mysterious island, but he had not been able to find anything from beginning to end, but the feeling that the mysterious island had appeared and was close to him always haunted his mind, making him hesitate whether he should give up or not.
Just when the first mate asked for the third time how long it would be before he could find the mysterious island, his inner hesitation turned into a decisive decision, and if he couldn't find the island tomorrow, he would return. This was not only because he felt that this had become a little strange, but also because he could not afford to be a little demoralized by the men on the ship, and if he continued to drift aimlessly in this sea, he was afraid that something would happen.
"Oh my God, what is that? look, look, what is that!" The lookout on the lookout at the top of the mast suddenly let out an exclamation, and then pointed to the distant sky and shouted loudly.
Everyone looked into the distance in the direction pointed out by the lookout, only to see a huge black object appear in the sky in the distance, which quickly became clearly visible from the blur, and finally appeared in the form of a huge island in the eyes of everyone on the ship.
The island was completely in the air and fell to the sea below, and from a distance it looked like seeing a sinking warship at the bottom of the sea, so spectacular, so terrifying.
"What the look, the bow of the ship turned at once, the sails were folded, all the ballast was put to the bilge, and everyone tied themselves to the mast, ready for the tsunami!"
Hearing the old seagull's command, everyone realized that the spectacular sight in the distant sky was a death disaster for them, because judging by the fate of the island, it would definitely cause a huge tsunami that had never been seen before.
Although fear had filled the hearts of all the sailors, they were still well trained to move the ballast quickly and then tie themselves to the mast as the old seagull commanded, for they knew that if they could not survive even if they did what the old seagull told them, the other methods would be a dead end.
By the time everyone was tied to the mast and ready for a tsunami, the huge islands that appeared in the sky had already fallen to the surface of the sea, and it looked like they were about to fall into the sea.
But while all of them were praying to all the gods who existed in their memories for their doom, their gods seemed to hear their prayers, and the expected tsunami did not appear, because when the island fell on the surface of the sea, it scattered as if it had turned into dust, and at the same time a gentle breeze blew in all directions, until the whole island disappeared at the end of the sea level.
Everyone was stunned, and it took a long time to react, and the emotions of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe instantly filled everyone's hearts, making them cry and laugh like crazy when they were tied to the mast, and their emotions were completely out of control.
The old seagull was also immersed in this strong feeling of survival, but he had the experience of the rest of his life after the catastrophe before, and with so many years of experience, his emotions were far more stable than the others, and his control over his mind was much stronger, and he quickly stabilized, and while untying himself from the mast, he also ran to the stern of the ship and looked in the direction where the island had fallen.
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