Chapter 17: Out to Sea
Brian and Ackerman decided to live in the canyon after discussion, and Davy and Redhair, who are good at construction, stayed behind, and together with the Night Elves, they first built ten treehouses as new habitats for humans, and the others came to the portal and returned to the airship. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The airship has landed in the lookout port on the coast of the Gnome Country, and several gnomes are carrying supplies, they can only provide a few buckets of water, and the fuel and dry food are specially transported by the Mist Kingdom. Under Kturu's orders, the gnomes no longer reject humans, but their eyes are still not friendly enough.
Brian found the lord of the harbor and asked him for a chart, which was of little reference significance, because the gnomes were only operating in the sea a hundred kilometers from the land, and had not traveled farther, and in the lord's opinion, Brian's action was too risky.
"More than a hundred kilometers away, there are many sea monsters, they are so big that they can overturn the whole ship at every turn, and the gnomes dare not go over. ”
"We're in an airship, my lord. Brian reminded.
"Airships, dwarfs have also tried, and a few years ago there were adventurers who traveled far away in airships, but none of them came back, and the unpredictable weather on the ocean was like a terrible killer. The lord sighed, "In our opinion, taking an airship is more dangerous than taking a ship, that thing is even more unreliable after all, once the airbag is broken, it will be completely ruined, please think carefully." All I can do is serve you a hearty seafood feast, and hopefully this isn't the last supper. ”
"Thanks for the reminder, but I'd like to give it a try. Brian said, "Can you lend me this picture?"
"Of course you can, there are a lot of them. ”
While Brian was talking to the lord, Estrid, accompanied by Lillian, went to the docks of the harbor and talked to several old dwarf sailors, asking them about their experience at sea. Other people who had never seen the sea, led by Sarina, had already rushed to the beach and began to frolic on the beach.
"It seems that my estimate is still right, the monsoon direction at this time is just right for going to sea. "And the weather is good, so there's less chance of a storm." ”
"So we won't be in any danger?" Lillian asked.
"It's hard to say, these old sailors are in awe of the sea, and their best meaning is to move inshore, and once they go deeper, they will cause the wrath of the sea god and be punished, even if the airship can't avoid these punishments. Estride frowned, "Look, the gnomes can already make a large ship more than ten meters long, but they still don't dare to go to the deep sea." ”
"It sounds scary, I don't know what Brian is going to do. ”
"He's definitely not going to back down. Estride shrugged.
Cancer, lobster, star grouper, monkfish, abalone, oysters, sea cucumbers, shellfish, snails, the table is full of dazzling delicacies, all from the sea, so that everyone enjoyed a delicious meal, people who have never eaten seafood feasted, the port lord also took out his treasured wine, did his best to entertain humans, he could not help but admire their courage to explore, but in his heart he felt that it would not be easy to see these people again.
After the feast had dispersed, Brian gathered all the people together and discussed with them what to do next.
"Although it is safer to travel from the overlook port at this time, after Estrid's inquiry with me, there is no precedent for them to use airships for exploration after the dwarfs invented airships in the past hundred years. This means that if we want to fly 300 kilometers and return this time, it is an extremely risky operation, and there is a great possibility that we will not be able to return. But we have the last hole card, which is the portal, and if we encounter any unforeseen disaster, we can use the portal to stay in the base rift plane for a while, and Barbara and Joseph will re-establish a passage to bring us back to this plane. "That means, at least we won't be thrown into the sea, eaten by sea monsters, or drowned." So I decided to continue this expedition. ”
Brian glanced at his subordinates and continued: "Moreover, our airship is the largest ever, its speed and stability are also unprecedented, plus Master Bourne has set up six balanced magic arrays for it, which means that in the event of a hurricane, the airship is not easy to overturn, even if the airbag is broken, the cabin part will fall 100% vertically to the sea, becoming a large ship that can continue to sail, and the ship is equipped with two giant crossbows and four cannons, which is also a powerful means of defense." So, we're more secure than the gnomes. ”
"Then let's go, the dwarves are not afraid of death. Furious shouted.
"Not being afraid of death does not mean that you will not die. Brian motioned for Rage to sit down and let him finish. "Our operation this time, we do not rule out the possibility of death, everyone has the right to cherish their own lives, if any of them are willing to quit, they can stay now, and return to S.H.I.E.L.D. from the Dwarf Country, I will never care. ”
"What are you talking about, my lord?" Godwin said, "as an outlaw squad, we will follow you from birth to death at any time. ”
"How many goblins?" asked Brian.
"Who's going to fly the airship without us?" one of the goblins laughed.
"It's okay, if you don't want to take risks, you can show us how to drive. ”
The three goblins looked at each other and said in unison: "Goblins are not bad seeds, and they are willing to walk with adults." ”
"Are we going to the Night Elves on the way to the voyage?" Byrne asked.
"Of course, most people still have to go and reduce the consumption of airships. Brian replied.
"Then count me in. Byrne had a **** smile on his face.
"What do you mean, Bourne, if you don't go to the Night Elves, are you ready to retreat, and with a few beauties, you can charge into battle?" Sarina said dissatisfied, "just to be able to eat seafood every day in the future, and the old lady will also have to fight her own flesh to find an island." ”
Brian smiled, Lillian and Estridus don't need to ask, it seems that no one has withdrawn, and at the critical moment, a dead friend is a dead friend.
The next morning, in the glow of the sun, under the watchful eye of the harbor gnomes, surrounded by a flock of white seabirds, the airship began to slowly rise into the air, flying up the sparkling endless sea. In the eyes of the port lord, the airship was getting smaller and smaller, and only a lonely gray shadow remained, and he still did not leave. An old fisherman came to greet him and asked, "My lord, do you think that the human race can succeed, I heard that they are going to look for an island three hundred kilometers away." ”
"I really want them to succeed because I just got a little bit of a crush on them. The lord sighed. (To be continued.) )