Chapter Eighty-Three: A Sudden Storm
Diarlando was not in the mood to deal with the emotion of the Dreadhorn King, he felt the hull of the ship turn again, his heart was anxious, and he slapped the table and asked, "Then we are going around like this, when will we get to the destination?"
"How do I know?" said the Dreadhorn King, with a bitter face, "According to all our ancient records, there is a great storm or fog outside the island, and the surrounding clear sky should certainly not be within our range at the moment. ”
Hearing what he said, Diarlando walked to the window and looked around, and sure enough, the sky was clear for a hundred or two miles. Turanda's vast coastline can still be vaguely seen, and the airship is spinning around, and it hasn't driven far until now. But in general, the direction of the flight is heading northeast.
"Is there anything else you have to say about that island? other than dragons and other creatures on it. Dearlando always felt that the Dreadhorn King was hiding something, so he pressed another round of questions.
"How do I know, it's a remnant of thousands of years ago, most of them are murals, and there are only a few written records. The Dreadhorn King's eyes flickered, and Deirlandor immediately asked him, "Then how did you pass on the knowledge stolen from the dragon?"
"That's ...... Naturally......" The Dreadhorn King stubbornly insisted, but from the look in his eyes, Deirlandor judged that they must have taken something with them that could pass on this important information for a long time. However, it was not yet the time for the final showdown, and he said lightly: "I believe that what you took must have a lot of significance to that island." You don't even say it now. We'll know when we get to the island. Think it out for yourself......"
After saying that, he carried the Dreadhorn King back to the cabin and guarded the compass with him. Everyone stared at the compass for a long time, and they couldn't see any pattern, several children were tired and ate early to rest, Cantu complained that he was too tired today, and he rested early. Only Zoya, Lovellan, Dan, and Fayer were still holding out, and Diarrando looked at the two ladies and advised them to go to rest first.
"Zoya, can you go and take care of Dino for me? I must be tired too. Please rest early, and we'll let you both know about anything. ”
The two delicate women looked at each other, Zoya smiled and agreed, while Lovelan objected with a subtle sense of competition: "I want a vigil." Don't always think of me as a pamperer. People who can't eat any bitterness. ”
"Nope. It's not that you're pampered, even if it's a vigil, it's divided into two halves, you rest first. Come and change us in the middle of the night. Dan, you all go and rest, and change us in the second half of the night. ”
The silent Sugong nodded, and simply turned around and left, making Her Royal Highness the princess, who originally wanted to insist, feel a little embarrassed, and finally she obediently returned to her more gorgeous royal private room on the top floor.
There were only three people left in the room, and everyone had nothing to do but look at the compass and the charts on the table in a daze. The chandelier in the center of the room was ample in line, but after striking twelve o'clock in the night, it suddenly flickered, as if some strong wind had suddenly blown into the cabin.
Everyone woke up and turned their heads to look around. You must know that the road is calm, and the candles are still in the lampshade, so how big the wind should be to blow the flames, but the three of them don't feel it at all in such a strong wind, and it's too strange.
"The compass is moving again!" Fayle whispered, pointing to the stone in the middle of the table. Dearlando looked down at the compass, and the dark blue stone was spinning so fast that he couldn't see the golden arrows clearly, only a blurred shadow.
Outside, there was a sudden sound of heavy raindrops hitting the bulkhead, and the wind poured in through the open windows, carrying a torrential downpour, and instantly drenched the cabin floor semi-wet.
"Hell, the weather can change whatever you say. Dearlando quickly stood up and went to close all the open windows. In the darkness of the night, the light from the ship formed a short column of light in the rain curtain, and for a moment, it gave the illusion that the ship was moving on the bottom of the sea.
"Oh no, the pumice steam engine has stopped!" someone suddenly shouted in the power cabin on the second floor, and then you could clearly feel that the airship was jolting, as if it was about to fall due to the rain curtain like a waterfall.
This commotion caused the whole ship to wake up. Dearlando listened to the footsteps around him, but his eyes were focused on the Dreadhorn King. This guy who is afraid of death, at the moment, has three points of horror and seven points of surprise on his face, obviously knowing it.
"Have we found our destination?" he asked, grabbing the Dreadthorn King and pointing to the compass that was still spinning in front of him.
The Dreadhorn King licked his mouth nervously and replied, "Yes, it may be, this situation is very similar to what my ancestors described. They were first swept to the island by this sudden storm. ”
"What's wrong with the pumice steam engine? Didn't you just install it?" asked Diarlando, already dragging the man to the second floor.
The King of Thorns hurriedly shook his head: "How is it possible, I am also sitting on the boat myself, if I don't get the boat right, won't I be doomed too." This is the case near this island, and if a ship passes by, neither a compass nor a planetarium is of any use, do you think that our ancestors did not think to determine the location of this place? Only if it allows you to find it, you can find it, even if you have a compass. ”
Diarrando was confused, then picked up the cunning feathered man and asked, "Did you steal a compass from the island and try to enter the island freely?"
The Dreadhorn King didn't expect the big-looking Diarrando to be so keen, and after a long time, he finally admitted: "Yes, but it's useless." You've also seen that having a compass doesn't necessarily catch up with the island, it changes direction too quickly, so it's not so much that we're looking for the island, it's that island is calling us. Other words...... The island wants you to visit it. ”
Deirrando couldn't help but feel a little excited, it seemed that the opportunity for Reeth to get an upgrade was imminent. If this mysterious island has taken the initiative to approach itself, then perhaps there is a force in the shadows that wants things to work in their favor.
He remembered the glowing figure called Mona that he saw in the Jiangzhong Tower, could it be that everything now is the goddess Mona taking care of him?
But in the next second, the terrible cracking sound of the ship's hull made him doubt his own speculation. The captain rushed down with a pale face and reported to him: "Your Highness Diarlando, no, the main cable beam connecting the three-layer balloon and the cabin has broken. We're going to crash!"
The faces of the other people who came in a hurry became ugly when they heard this, the normal flight altitude of the sky airship is about three miles from the ground or the sea, and now although the airship has landed a lot, it is at least a few hundred feet away from the sea, who can survive if it falls like this.
"Don't worry, I'll take a look. Dearlando continued to hold on to the Dreadhorn King, running all the way to the open-air platform at the top of the third floor. The Dreadhorn King shouted, "What are you pulling me for? I can't let the broken wood grow again." ”
"I'm just going to keep an eye on you, I know you're hiding something, so I won't let you out of my sight for a moment. Deirrando rushed to the platform, and the oncoming rain made his words almost disappear into the wind and rain as soon as he burst out of his lips, but the Dreadhorn King understood what he was saying. had to shrink and tighten his wet robe, silently following.
The airship and the balloon are connected by four sets of huge wooden measurements and metal structural parts, at this moment, because of the heavy rain, the front group of beams is broken from the middle, and the connected ropes are flying and shaking in the air like whips, and the two people must constantly dodge, otherwise once they are drawn, they are likely to be thrown off the airship.
Dearlando flew and grabbed the rope, then pulled hard, walked to the beam, tucked the rope under the remaining wooden beam, and then clasped it tightly with both hands, temporarily restoring the stability of the airship cabin.
"Are you crazy, are you going to just hold on to it?" "The Dreadhorn King was surprised by his physical use of his body to keep the airship flying.
"Why don't I do it?" replied Dearrando with a shrug. (To be continued......)
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