Chapter 503: The Day I Came Home
Lawrence walked into the bridge, and the first mate Gus immediately greeted him, and many of the crew stood behind the first mate, looking at their captain with some anticipation!
Lawrence's gaze swept over these subordinates and friends who had been with him for many years, and only after a long time did he take a light breath and a smile appeared on his face: "We can go home, let's go now!"
The expression on the first mate's face was visibly stretched to the naked eye, but then he couldn't help asking, "That'...... Where's the Lost Place?"
"The Lost Country is going on another journey," Lawrence nodded lightly and said to everyone, "Duncan will be heading south to do something more important, and he has ordered the White Oak to return to the normal course of the civilized world according to the original plan...... We will first go to Cold Port to resupply and complete the purchase order and then return to Poland!"
"What about the future?" The first mate Gus listened to the ship's words, but he still had a look of unease, and it was clear that like everyone on board, this frosty journey was too unexpected and too long for him.
When the news of his return home came, he still couldn't believe that everything would really go back to the best way it was.
"We ............"
"We will still make a living on this sea, the White Oak has been granted passage, the shipping lanes of the civilized world will remain open to us, the only thing that will change is ...... From now on, Duncan will always be watching over all of us. Lawrence said with a calm expression.
When the order comes from the Lost Country, we as the fleet will respond, but at least not now, sailors, now we can go home!
There was silence in the bridge for more than ten seconds, and then finally someone clapped their hands, and gradually more people clapped their hands, followed by cheers that had been long late!
In an instant, the news of being able to go home spread throughout the ship and to the ears of every sailor!
This long and unexpected journey can finally come to an end, a terrifying and bizarre adventure that will be deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.
The joy of returning home diluted all kinds of worries about the future, and the new boiling gold touch coal was sent into the steam machine cabin, and the whistle began to roar through the endless sea, as if even the whole ship began to cheer for the next journey home!
Lawrence came to the edge of the foredeck and quietly looked out at the waves in the distance, the endless sea lacked references, and even gave the illusion that the ship was still in place, but the direction of the waves and the oncoming sea breeze told him that the White Oak had set off!
He looked down at the ship's side and saw the cloud-like silhouette of the White Oak reflected beneath the undulating sea.
The bow of the hull shrouded in darkness, the sparse lights looked shadowy!
Martha's voice came from the small mirror on her chest: "Everyone is happy, it seems that Yuko who has returned home will also come back with her when she arrives in a familiar life, but you should remind them that not everything will go back to the past, we have established a connection with the Lost Country, and no matter how much freedom that Duncan Boat Chang gave us, this connection to subspace is destined to change many things......
We should prepare for this curse and blessing!
Lawrence was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "Like the kind of change that happened to the Bright Star or the Sea Mist?"
They will no longer grow old and die, but they will gradually drift away from the realm of the living, and the ship will slowly transform into a living thing
, some parts of it will suddenly seem to have learned to think.
and began to automatically run the Black Oak, the existence of this strange reflection will gradually make the White Oak gradually dyed with all kinds of terrifying and terrifying rumors.
Soon there will be people who will be terrified of this new cursed ship, and the pass issued by the church will not solve this problem......
Martha spoke unhurriedly, as if she were not pushing the future for Lawrence, but describing the past that had already happened, outlining the fate of the White Oak in her vast and mixed memory!
But Lawrence only listened quietly, and it was not until Martha's voice fell that he whispered, "Maybe your push is right."
Those changes will happen gradually, but at least not
Today, today is Yuko who is going home for the girls and boys. ”
They will return to warm Poland by the end of the year, hug family and friends, and tell them about this incredible adventure as a human being, and I will do everything possible to keep the White Oak alive on all the busy routes, to make contact with the Church, with the Explorers' Guild, and with the city-state caravanserais, not only to fulfill Duncan's orders, but also to make the ship a revered symbol before it becomes a formidable curse!"
There was no response in the small mirror, but Lawrence felt a breeze blow beside him, and in the small area that suddenly spread, a hazy shadow in the mist came out of the fog and hugged him softly from behind!
The touch was illusory and soft, like a dream.
"Old man."
"What's wrong?"
"Handsome is dead."
Thick lead-like clouds covered the sky, the cloudy sky light replaced the bright and warm sunlight, and the hazy mist covered the entire sea as far as the eye could see, and the black hair-like shadows on the sea covered by this mist were rapidly gathering and finally turning the whole sea into pitch black!
The world turned into a strange illusion that had lost its color, and the Lost Land rose in the dark sea, and the invisible "wind" stirred the sails, causing the ship to begin to sweep the sea at a speed far beyond the real world!
On the platform at the tail of the Lost Country, Duncan himself was at the helm, and the voice of a goat's head came into his head, and he had safely sunk into the spirit realm, and the Lost Country was currently sailing steadily in the shallow area.
Duncan hummed, turned his head and nodded to Nina, who was standing not far away and looking curiously at his helm, "We have safely sunk to the spirit realm."
Nina nodded half-incomprehensibly, and steering a ship - and a sailing ship a century ago - was a completely incomprehensible thing to her!
Fanna, who was standing on the other side, couldn't help but cover her forehead after hearing Duncan's words: "Well, no matter how many times I hear it, I still feel that the words 'safe' and 'spiritual world' are put together, it is really evil, and there can really be a saying in the world that "safely sink into the spiritual world"........."
Duncan just smiled when he heard this: "It takes a lot of skill, but in the spirit realm, we can sail at great speed, and we don't have to worry about hitting most obstacles in the real world, after all, it's a long journey from frost to breeze!"
"Breeze...... I've only seen this place in books..."There was a hint of yearning in Nina's eyes.
"The book says that it was a city-state built by the elves, and that it was one of the most important parishes of the Faculty of Truth, second only to"
Moko "heard that there is the most advanced difference machine and steam core in the world, and the mechanical technology and mathematics are very advanced......
"It's true, but it's often overlooked in the books – it's not just technology that leads the way, it's also one of the important strongholds of the Explorers' Guild." Maurice said to Nina with a smile.
Because the entire city-state is close to the borders of civilization, there are countless pioneer fleets and explorers who use Lightwind Harbor as a supply point and a hub for intelligence exchange--- and those explorers who gather back and forth bring all kinds of food from the entire civilized world to the city-state, so Lightwind Harbor has the reputation of the food capital......
Nina listened to these Pingyou with curiosity and curiosity, and finally her eyes lit up when she heard the knowledge that she couldn't see in books: "Are there sweet crepes over there?"
"There should be." Morris thought for a moment and nodded.
"The commerce of Poland is prosperous, and many merchants have established a shipping route from the central sea to the south, and the food of Poland will naturally spread there!"
Nina was so happy that she climbed onto a large wooden barrel next to Duncan and sat on it and swayed, her legs swinging around the edge of the barrel."
"That's nice...... There was delicious food and cutting-edge machinery, and I started to look forward to it......"
Duncan glanced at Nina, who was dangling on the barrel, and then at the deck around the barrel
One one
A few ropes shook slightly in the open space between the rudder and the barrel, looking embarrassed and humble!
The ropes thought that Nina, the "crew", was too close to the "rudder" at the moment, but they were afraid of the sun's light!
That's a big bidou after all!
"Don't dangle on the bucket, be careful of falling down." Duncan shook his head and said to Nina, "Also, don't get so close to the rudder, it's not safe!"
Nina immediately reacted, quickly jumped onto the deck with an "oh", and retreated to the distance!
The ropes near the rudder are relaxed, and they are safe!
Nina was quiet for a moment, and then something else suddenly occurred to her!
"We went there to see the ...... Miss Lucrecia, right?" She leaned against the fence on the edge of the bridge, blinking at Duncan with a slight tension in her tone, "Is she easy to get along with?"
"It should be fine." Duncan's expression was a little subtle, as he tried to think about it from Nina's perspective
At this point, this subtlety becomes more and more serious.
Lucretia is a research-obsessed scholar, and there doesn't seem to be anything bad to talk to--- she's always been like that when she's in front of me, but I really don't know much about her, what she usually looks like!
Actually, I was a little nervous, Nina stuck out her tongue, "I've heard that she was called the 'Witch of the Sea', and that Lawrence said that she was a cold and eccentric witch, and that she cursed those who disturbed her studies, and many famous adventurers were very afraid of her... …
Duncan held the steering wheel and turned his head to look at Nina!
Tirion is still a feared pirate - don't you think he's still polite in front of you?
"It seems to be the same!"