Chapter 41: Rolling

"It's already spread to the collarbone, but it's slowed down in the last two days, and it's hard to say when it will finally close. "When Lothar put on his shirt, Peg summed it up. The knight nodded, took a breath and blew out the candle beside him, on the one hand, the internal structure of the cabin was familiar to him. On the other hand, the air here is much thinner than it was when the warehouse was sealed, and no one wants to die of suffocation here before the tsunami washes them to Lost Heart Bay.

"Why is it slowing down? is everyone like this?" Sitting casually in the straw, the voice of the Count of Montenegro sounded a little weak, and it was no wonder that as a warrior who had ridden thousands of miles, trapping him in the dimly lit cabin for days on end was enough to be called a punishment. In addition, in order to reduce excretion, everyone only ate enough food and water to survive, but even so, there was already a faint smell wafting in the cabin.

Still, Lothar was more concerned about the curse on her body called "Poseidon's Rope", a black mark that inexplicably appeared on the seafarer's body and slowly climbed upwards from the victim's wrist until it finally closed at the throat. At that time, the victim will suffocate to death in agony as if he had been choked by two large hands. Lothar didn't know why she had been found by such a strange curse, but the appearance of the Poseidon Rope was so random that even witches couldn't tell where it came from or why it killed its victims. At times like these, the Count always misses the cheese who should still be bothering the nezumi in the towers of the North, and if the Grey Mage was here, things would have been much easier.

The little witch in the dark shook her head, but then realized that Lothar did not have the ability to see in the dark, and said, "I don't know either. While it was true that the Witch Order had come to the witch colonies in the hope of banishing the curse, it had never been successful. In this matter, even the great witch came useless. However, I've heard sailors say that there is indeed someone in Heartless Bay who escaped from the Poseidon's rope, and if you can make it to that point, I will find a way to find that person. ”

Lothar didn't say anything more, he knew that Peg had no reason to lie to him. But to be honest, he really didn't have any sense of urgency about his own life. When this curse, known as the Rope of the Sea God, spread on him, the Count did not feel it at all, neither hurt nor itch, and if such a thing could kill him, Lothar probably could not believe it until he experienced it himself. Besides, he had always felt that the curse on his body should have something to do with that weird dream. But the memory of that dream faded quickly after he woke up, and now he can't even remember a single image, leaving only some extremely vague impressions.

But just because Lothar doesn't have a sense of urgency doesn't mean that no one else is either, and after hearing Peg's words, the networm couldn't help but say, "How long will it be before we get to that damn Heartbreaker Bay?

"That's why I said don't explain too much to these mercenaries, they don't understand what you're talking about, and the slightest outrage comes down to magic. And when magic can't comfort them, they become irrational fools. Qili's voice rang out slowly, she was the most indifferent of the four. During this drift, the witch not only did not feel depressed, but often let out inexplicable laughter. And if someone asks her why she laughs, she will reply that someone is telling her a joke to make her laugh. This situation made Peg feel jealous of the companion as well, and she knew that Kirly's eyes could see things that ordinary people could not see, but the latter's usual madness made it difficult for her to tell if what Kiri was saying was the truth or if she was really crazy and saw a vision.

"What did you say?" The networm's voice was unabashedly angry, and the sound coming from the darkness indicated that the mercenary was getting up. And the big spider that was dormant in the corner of the cabin also became excited with its master, rubbing its mouthparts and making a warning sound. In the face of the threat of the female mercenary, Qili was undaunted, her eyes became bright, and there was a magic flowing in them that was different from the gray-robed mage, but equally deadly. A battle seems to be about to begin.

"Enough. "Lothar's voice is not loud. But it did come to everyone's ears very clearly. When the warrior unleashed the momentum he had honed in the military formation, both the witch and the mercenary froze, "I know that staying here will not be good-tempered, but infighting will not help us in the situation we are about to face. Networm, my good lady, thank you for your concern, but rest assured I'm not dying that easily. As for Kiri, I admit that we ordinary people are always ignorant of the unknown, but that's because no one has ever taught us knowledge. No one wants to be stupid, so instead of being cynical, why don't you explain to us mere mortals what the current situation is?"

The mercenary sat back down, and Kiri reluctantly spoke, after smacking her lips, "Nosy." I'm not obligated to give you that common sense, you just need to know that we'll be in Heartless Bay soon. And I suggest that from now on you better stop eating, because you may vomit at any time. ”

"When you say anytime, what do you mean... Wow!" Lothar was interrupted halfway through a sudden change. The otherwise peaceful cabin shook violently in an instant, as if some huge creature was about to throw the little shelter out from below.

"That's what I'm talking about! You idiot! The tsunami has reached the shore and we're being pushed up from the bottom! Shut your mouths and watch out your tongues! And then, if you don't want to be smashed into a pulp, grab the pillar! The thrill is coming! As if excited by the drastic change, she felt like a child about to ride a horse for the first time, and she cried out, grasping a pillar as the hull tilted to one side, and her whole body shook like some kind of great ape by inertia.

The others in the cabin were not as interested as she was, and Lothar and the networm were thrown to the side of the wall, and seeing that the networm's head was about to hit the plank, the count was in a hurry and pulled the mercenary into his arms, and took the blow with his back. "Hmm!" the impact caused Lothar to let out a muffled grunt, which he felt almost squeezing out of his entrails. And the networm didn't care about anything else at this time, and she quickly made the wisest reaction now. "Cobwebs!"

The huge spider quickly sprayed the spider silk, and these sticky silk threads firmly tied Lothar and the webworm to one side of the wall in their current position, and by the way, they also fixed the screaming Peg and the righteousness of the fools flying everywhere in the same way, in the chaos that no one could have predicted, if such a tomahawk came to the gods, it would be difficult for the gods to save them.

"Boom, boom!" The huge energy of the tsunami finally reached the people in the cabin, and the entire Cursed Lady rolled and shook helplessly like a piece of paper swept into the sky by the wind, even with the protection of the ice, the collision of the sea outside and the worrying crunch could be clearly heard, and if the ship fell apart in the next second because of this violence, it didn't seem like a thing to make a fuss about.