Chapter 2: The Ship of the Wind (Part II)

Danny showed a relieved expression: "Thank you to the great god Luta, you finally asked this question, I am holding my lungs are about to explode, first of all, the place we are in is the huge desert 'Endless Sand Sea' on the northwest side of the South Continent, the north of the desert is cut off by the other side of the holy river, and a small half of the south side has entered the territory of the Tocharian Empire, and there are a large number of guys living on the sand living in the desert, let's talk about it in detail when I have time...... The most important thing is that there is a kind of gentle and cute big insect 'sand eater' living in the desert, they crawl quickly on the surface of the desert, swallow a lot of sand, discharge it from behind, absorb the small life in the sand as nutrition, the principle of the sand boat is to use these sand eaters...... Although my father was not the one who discovered this method, he was the first captain to combine a sandeater with a three-masted galleon, a great inventor. ”

Jonah felt his jaw rattle and tremble at his incomprehensible exoticism: "You mean, there are a lot of these bugs crawling under the boat......"

Danny shook his finger: "No, no, dear friend...... Oh no, cargo, you underestimate the creatures of the endless sea of sand, just stand up and take a look at the side of the ship, you can understand everything,,, go quickly, I'll block my sister's view for you, if Hannah sees you running around, she will definitely shoot you and then crash me,...... Think about it carefully, maybe she shot me first, and then took you for money, who knows, she completely inherited her father's temper, and it makes people sad to think of this......"

The astrologer's apprentice stood up dizzily, held on to the mast and took a few steps to the side, looked down, and immediately understood what Danny meant,

The whole galleon, the "Wind of Bactria", was built entirely on the back of a gigantic sandeat, a large golden worm at least two hundred yards long from head to tail and more than thirty yards wide, with a hard, flat carapace on its many knots, which blended with the lower deck of the galleon, and half of the head of the sandeater could be seen from the angle from which Jonah stood, in fact, it is difficult to tell which side of the cylindrical worm was the head and which side was the tail without judging from the direction of travel,

The lower body of the sandeater is buried in the yellow sand, and as it moves quickly, it keeps swallowing a large amount of sand into its body cavity and spraying it out from its tail, and it has no eyes or ears or other organs, but in the endless desert, there is nothing to see and hear.

"Beautiful, this is our pet 'Chirp', who has been in the service of our family since Dad tamed him and built a sailboat, hard work, and is as healthy as a seventeen-year-old stick boy except for a little indigestion, by the way, Jonah, how old are you. Danny stood next to Jonah and said,

"Seventeen years old. The thin astrologer's apprentice answered honestly,

Danny Stewart looked him up and down for a long time, "If my family were to become human, I would never be as yellow and skinny as you, you need to eat more, friend,...... Goods. ”

At this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly jolted, and there was a thunderous rumble from the front, Jonah hurriedly grabbed the side of the ship, and Hannah Stewart turned his head and stared coldly at his brother: "Brother, the chirp is starting to indigestion, because of the large rocks you swallowed while driving, and why the cargo is running around on my ship." ”

Seeing that she was about to reach out and remove the huge gun from her back, Danny hurriedly grabbed the astrologer's apprentice's shoulder and shook it, "You see, everything is under control, I'm just going to explain to him the glory of the Stewart family, so that the name of the wind can be better spread, and do some publicity for the Stewart Express service......"

"What...... Courier. Jonah was overwhelmed by one new term, and he staggered around in Danny's hands as he struggled to ask,

"Stewart's 'Bactrian Wind' courier service, the so-called courier, is to get goods from one place to another very quickly, to cross the endless sea of sand, there is no more reliable means of transportation than chirp, on this route, our speed is second to none, since the change, we have not disappointed a customer. Danny said proudly,

“...... Diverted. Jonah seemed to hear a key word that was easy to overlook, "What did you do in the past." ”

“...... Pirates, sand pirates...... Danny whispered,

"Ah, that is to say, you rob and kill ......"

Jonah's exclamation was not finished, a thunderous sound rolled under his feet, the deck was turned upside down, causing Jonah to fall on his ass with a thud, Danny seemed to be prepared, standing there straight, staring at the tail of the sandeater with a melancholy expression: "Poor chirp, when this money is earned, you must find an insect doctor to treat your digestive problems, Hannah, I heard that there is a traveling doctor near the postworm, and his skills are very good, and the sandeaters of Schmidt's family have cellulite, and their speed has dropped very much, and he cured it." ”

"Don't tell me anything about the hell Schmidt, brother. The tall woman stopped her brother's chatter with a roll of her eyes,

By this time, the muffled thunder had reached the end of the sandeater, and the tip of the chirping tail arched in pain, and the naked eye could see a bulging thing bulging under the carapace, tumbling and rushing towards the mouth of the sand, "What else......" Jonah sat on the floor, helplessly grasping the side of the ship made of hard teak,

"Bang. ”

With a deafening loud bang, a cloud of black smoke obscured the sky and the sun erupted from the tail of the chirping, and the smoke emitted a pungent smell, which was blown into the cabin by the crosswind, and Jonah's eyes were dark, and he could hardly see anything, "cough, cough, cough......" He bent down and coughed, grabbing the side of the ship and not daring to let go,

I don't know how long it took, the black smoke was gradually blown away, the sailboat left a long black track on the desert, the billowing smoke crawled to the sky like a long snake, the chirping body became stable, and even felt that the sandeaters had solved the burden, and they were happily spreading joy on the desert.

Jonah wiped a handful of choked tears, and his tearful eyes were hazy to find that the Stuart siblings were wrapped around their mouths and noses with a white turban, Hannah's eyes were still cold, and Danny's eyes were full of laughter and sympathy.

"You'll know how to protect yourself from now on, friend,...... That, cargo. The elder brother came over, picked up Jonah, and patted the black dust on his body, "Every time I swallow a big rock, the chirp can't be discharged in time, and it gets stuck in the body, and after a while, it is entangled in a mess of food residues adsorbed on the surface of the body cavity, creating a lot of methane, and the bloating is a very uncomfortable feeling, and people with constipation feel it...... Therefore, although farting is very unseemly for this lady, even the great god Luta can't prevent it from happening naturally......"

"This bug is still ...... Female. "The astrologer's apprentice was helpless to discover that the world was full of cruel truths that were difficult to accept,

The Stuart siblings glanced at each other, and Danny smiled, "This is common sense, the sandeaters galloping in the endless sand sea are all females, and the male sandeaters are small insects with wings, about the length of your arm, and when you see the queen of all sandeaters: 'postworms', you will know what a complete matriarchal society is, speaking of women being the masters of the house, this is not the traditional custom of the Western Continent, do you say yes, folks." He threw a look at Jonah,

Jonah stayed there puzzled, letting Danny's little eyes pass by and smash into the mast with a thud.

"Female dominance makes you uncomfortable, don't you, brother. Hannah glanced at her brother and reached for her gun.

Danny immediately smiled kindly, "No, sister, it's just a friendly biological discussion, that, although this young man from St. Borun is just our goods, but out of courtesy, I would like to formally introduce him, Hannah, this is Jonah, the astrologer's apprentice, Jonah, this is the head of the Stewart family, the owner of the three-masted galleon 'Bactrian Tempest', the keeper of the chirp, Hannah Stewart, my dear sister. ”

"Hello, ma'am. Jonah, who could not figure out the situation, bowed politely,

Hannah ignored him, "Tie up the goods, brother." With a few words, she turned back to the rudder,

Jonah stared blankly at the huge metal weapon behind her, speculating about the role he played on this sand pirate ship, if these robbers wanted to kill people, would he have the ability to resist, the spirit pool recovered a little half, and it seemed that it could release two or three scorching lights, of course, if there were materials, a few "failed streamers" were also a good choice,

Danny thought he was interested in the weapon, and enthusiastically introduced: "When Hannah inherited the sailboat, she also inherited two of her father's legendary weapons, the one she carried on her back, one of the supreme masterpieces of the steam golem power, the famous gun 'Lame Henry's Prosthetic', and under the cloak, she also hid a magic short spear, which was forged by Hefzbach, the master of magic weapons in the Western Continent." Summer White Sakura', one of the two guns should have belonged to me, but my father was obviously a little delirious before he died, and left me nothing but a whole wardrobe of underwear...... Before he died, I didn't know that the head of the Stewart family, who was famous in the Southern Continent and crisscrossed the endless sea of sand, was actually a strange uncle with a lingerie collecting habit......"

Danny looked a little resentful at the mention of his dead father, but Jonah ignored his little sentimentality, and instead opened his eyes wide: "Wait a minute, what do you say the big gun is called?" ”

"Lame Henry's prosthetic, I know it's a very strange name, but if you're used to it, I think it's quite black humor, hahaha, think about it, with a lame prosthetic leg in your hand......"

"Lame Henry. ”

The astrologer's apprentice suddenly remembered his old friend of Mr. Coshavet, the owner of the steam airship "Lame Henry", and the legendary steam puppeteer who gave him "Lame Henry II", although the old man named Henry had only one relationship with him, but for some reason, Jonah always felt very close to the old man,

"Tell me how you got this gun. Jonah yelled at Hannah's back,

"Alas, you really don't know whether you live or die, friend, oh no, goods. "Danny Stewart covered his eyes,