The work progressed faster than he expected, and it took the merchant nearly ten days to restore all the antiques he had brought this time, and then he sat idle. The space and color palette in the cabin feels oppressive, and no one wants to stay in it for a long time, except for the merchants, of course. The sailors would get together every day after completing the necessary work and the captain's instructions to discuss what to spend their time with today, and recently the group had been joined by a man and a woman, one older and one younger.

Since the last fishing trip, Ilya has been mixing well with the sailors, and thinking about new games every day is what she is most good at and most happy to do, and it is because of this that Ilya was taught a lesson by the merchant the day before yesterday.

The reason is that Ilya has organized a diving event, which is special and requires the use of magic. Each round of diving is limited to three people, and participants first stand side by side, and then Ilya casts a spell to shoot the three people into the air like fireworks, and at high altitude. The three participants are then free to make their own dives during the descent, which is scored by the rest of the boat, and after all of them have jumped, the winner is judged according to the score.

This is a game that the sailors have never tried, because none of them can use magic, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't have thought of Elijah's pure waste of magic. For them, who have lived at sea all year round, jumping from the height of the ship can no longer be called diving but simply swimming in the sea, and the height of Ilya's spell casting is very exciting, and the sailors are eager to try.

The game was full of excitement from the start, with a variety of funny aerial poses coming to mind, until one of the participants in a group fell face down and slapped the surface of the water with all his body and lost consciousness on the spot. In addition, with the blessing of the flow of the crowd, Mike also got carried away and wanted to participate in diving after the completion of this group, Ilya agreed without hesitation, and called Mike "courageous, real man", the result can be imagined, Elijah was hit on the head by a businessman, and Mike was also severely warned.

Fortunately, due to the anatomy of the body, the participant was simply unconscious and had a slight nosebleed, and nothing else was serious.

After that, all new games will be safe and strictly enforced, and Ilya will strictly enforce it, after all, she doesn't want to try the bone-shattering feeling of brainstorming anymore.

The crew of the huge ship can have so much time to have fun every day, a very important reason is that a lot of things about the voyage are taken care of by Balubuck alone, many things, the captain of the new Daybreak did not explain to the crew, but will release the things he needs the crew to complete today at a fixed time every day, and what you want to do after the fact, Balubuck doesn't care. Miraculously, the sailors did not have the slightest suspicion or suspicion about the captain who went to sea together for the first time, and only obeyed the orders as they should have done the work assigned to them.

There was a "thump" from the ceiling, and the merchant sitting in the cabin felt the need to go out to see what Ilya had come up with today.

When she came to the deck, she found that the situation was fine, except that Mike was riding on Ace and Mosan, and it seemed that he was playing the knight on horseback, and Ilya sat on the side and pointed solemnly, it seemed that this guy had successfully managed to get a group of men to accompany her in a stage play.

That's a good thing, at least the security is guaranteed.

The door to the captain's room opened, and Balubak, who was almost alone except for dinner, walked out to the deck, and the captain seemed to be interested in the stage play.

Balubak: "A group of guys who can't calm down, fortunately obedient, otherwise it would be a real headache...... Hey, Borg, grab your binoculars, keep an eye on my surroundings, and keep my eyes on them. ”

Borg on the lookout immediately looked away from the dance troupe on the deck, and hurriedly picked up the binoculars and pretended to be watching seriously, but he still couldn't help but complain to Balubak: "Captain, the route you chose is very remote, I haven't seen the second ship for so many days, and the Mosana guy actually played the horse's ass, this should have been his shift change, and I should be the one who played the horse's ass......"

Barubak: "A horse ass can still let you two big men rob it, look at it with less nonsense, just rest and rest once in a while, if you keep being distracted and there will be problems then, see if I don't beat you up!"

Borg had no choice but to do his duty as an "eye", but occasionally he would observe the progress of the stage play and the comical appearance of Ace and Moissan's formation of the "war horse" before and after.

Merchant: "You rarely leave the captain's room because you're always planning a route?"

Barubak replied: "After all, it has been a few years since the last time, and we have to seriously recall the direction of the voyage at that time, and I don't think Mr. Merchant wants to waste time by taking the wrong road, right?"

Merchant: "So you planned for more than ten days, and finally chose such a remote route?"

Balubak suddenly smiled: "Mr. Merchant don't worry, I have been warned before I get on the ship, President Dean of Haikou City said personally, even if I, these crew members, and even this ship are all buried in the sea, it is necessary to bring Mr. Merchant back to Haikou City intact, a president who cares for his friends very much, this is rare." ”

To this, the merchant replied coldly: "Perhaps." I'm not worried about the wrong route for this voyage, I just don't want to be unnecessarily affected by the shackles of past hatred. ”

Barubak put away his smile and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that Mr. Merchant, it is not so much that he is bound by the past but that he has come to cut off the past." Well, speaking of this reminds me of a story. ”

Merchant: "I hope it's not a long story, and I'm not good at listening to other people's stories, and the last time I listened to someone tell a story, I had a lot of trouble. ”

Barubak resumed chuckling: "Please rest assured, Mr. Merchant, this is a story that happened in the past and has nothing to do with you. The hero of the story is a ...... The guy who stands out from the crowd, why do you say this, because he was born in a small mountain and forest village, this small village is called Wood Village, just listen to the name, you know, this is a village that deals with wood. The occupation of the villagers is a lumberjack, the previous generation is, this generation is, and the next generation is expected to be, but there is a guy who grew up in the forest but yearns for the outside world, he doesn't like to spend every same day in peace, he wants to go outside, yes, for example, the sea is wider than the forest. ”

Barubak touched his nose, his eyes were full of memories of his youth, and he continued: "So he aspires to be a captain, of course, he has been beaten a lot because of this idea, and adults think that they think this way because they are young and ignorant, and if they teach a few more lessons, and if they are a few years older, they will naturally know what is suitable for them." It's a pity that our protagonist can't change it with a few more beatings, and the lessons and years of growth don't make him give up this idea, but in these times he succeeds in finding a group of like-minded companions in the village, so when they are seventeen or eighteen years old, when they think they can take care of themselves, these young guys resolutely leave the village, without telling anyone, leaving only a letter, and plunging headlong into the outside world, the world that is not surrounded by forests. ”

Barubak sighed as if to sigh: "But ah, this group of newborn calves really got a foothold outside the village without knowing the place of life, and whenever I think about it, I have to admire them." These fellows first found a job in a place with the strong physical strength they had cultivated in the training of the elders as lumberjacks since they were children, and when they had saved enough money, they immediately set off to find the blue sea, looking for it from city to city and mountain to mountain. When the money is spent, they stop and work again, they are very popular, they can find a job quickly no matter where they are, and every night before going to bed, they always get together and talk freely about what they will do when they find the sea. Some people say they want to taste the sea, some people say they want to dive to the bottom of the sea, some people say they want to catch the biggest fish in the sea, and our protagonist says to this group of companions with different ideas, 'Then I will be your captain, you follow me, we will use our own boat, to accomplish everything we want to do', and the yearning for the future in the eyes of these young people is so bright that no amount of darkness can be infected. ”

Balubak smiled and asked, "Sounds great, right?"

The merchant did not answer. Just because a story has a good start doesn't mean it will have a happy ending, let alone a story whose ending is already predestined.

Balubak: "It took almost ten years for these guys to scrape together enough money to buy a boat, and in ten years they learned everything they could about sailing. The first time they set sail, the first time the sails were raised, the first time the ship pointed to the unknown sea, it was when the sun was rising above sea level, so they decided that the ship under their feet would be called the Dawnbreaker. These guys are very powerful, they have lived on land for more than ten years, but when they are in the sea, they are more proficient in the marine lifestyle than the fish in the sea, maybe because of their love from beginning to end. They started freighting, and then the business grew bigger and bigger, and their reputation became brighter and brighter, and the only thing that did not change was their love of the sea, so after a few years, a well-known maritime businessman approached them, hoping that they could recover a batch of goods that had been lost at sea, which were of high value, and the businessman was willing to pay a lot of money for them to go to sea to explore. In the negotiation,The hero as the captain didn't think much about it.,In the face of a high reward,It didn't take him long to agree.,Maybe it's because it's been too smooth along the way.,So that the hero himself didn't even notice.,He's already beginning to be proud.,Feel that the ocean under your feet has been tamed by yourself.。 ”

At this point, Barubak's face became increasingly gloomy, and his voice became colder and colder: "But fate always likes to teach those who think highly of themselves a lesson, doesn't it? No one could have imagined that this voyage with a good reward would lead them to the abyss. For a whole year, they searched for a whole year at sea, and finally when the supplies were about to run out and needed to return, they found clues, they thought that the mission had failed, and they suddenly raised their spirits, and began to talk highly, and before they returned, they began to tell how they would use this high income, and the hero showed a proud look, he felt that only he could accomplish what others could not do on the sea, and at this moment, an accident happened. ”

Barubak, who looked like a stiff stone, began to mechanically tell what was next: "They were confronted by a group of monsters, vicious and sinister monsters, with sharp claws on their hands, fins under their ribs, naked women on the upper body, and powerful fishtails on the lower body. Monsters will make tactful and seductive songs, singing will make people fascinated, will make people intoxicated, will also make people crazy, they appear so natural, people are defenseless, and when they wake up, many people have taken the initiative to throw themselves into the sea, willing to go to the arms of monsters, the protagonist finally came back to his senses and began to wake up his companions one by one, but it's a pity that the lure of the song goes deep into the soul, even if the companions can wake up and recover themselves, the body has long been out of control, and still insists on wanting to die. This situation makes the protagonist feel desperate.,Watching his companions who have been with him for many years die involuntarily in the control.,But he can't do anything.,Is there anything more uncomfortable than this?Of course there is.,It's a small number of people who can temporarily regain the initiative of their bodies with their strong will.,Trying to let the ship sail away from this dead sea.,It's a kind of self-help.,It's a good thing.,Why is it more uncomfortable? Because these guys saved their captain with death, took them out of the mountains, left the forest, broke free from the shackles and came to the vast world outside, and led them step by step to establish the captain of the current achievement. Turning around had drained all their strength, and in order to get the captain and the ship out of the sea safely, they needed to use their bodies as bait to keep the monsters focused on them, so that the captain and Daybreak could be saved, and they knew that as long as there was one person left, their captain would not abandon them, even if they were all killed. Hehe, hehehe. ”

The bleak laughter was heartbreaking, and with endless mockery in it, Barubak insisted on finishing the story: "At last the captain was saved, and returned to land with the desolate Daybreak, and even though he had scars on his face and countless scars on his body, he survived." Yes, he survived alone, abandoned his companions to survive, and returned to the mountains alone with his tail between his legs. Hiss~ha~, the story ends. ”

Barubak let out a long sigh and closed the story with a shaky voice. Even if he didn't turn his head, the businessman's eyes could clearly see that the man beside him was trying his best to control the tremors all over his body.

Some people are not bound by the past, but live in the past and never leave.

It was another fine day, and on such a good day, the Dawnbreak had been at sea for fifteen days, but there was a heavy atmosphere of seriousness on the deck.

Ilya crossed her hands against her chin and was thinking solemnly, her original stage play was suffering an unprecedented blow. First of all, the actor's acting skills are seriously not up to standard, and the cry of Ace, who is responsible for playing the head of the horse, turned out to be "baa~", Ilya corrected on the spot that this was a sheep's call, not a horse's call, and it could not be the cry of a war horse, but the other party actually looked back at himself with questioning eyes, which Ilya never expected, and the script he wrote with great effort was actually handed over to someone who couldn't even distinguish between a sheep and a horse, which was outrageous.

Secondly, Ilya was inspired last night, and revised the script overnight, directly raising the quality of the entire stage play by several notches, at least she thinks so. But the only flaw is that with the sublimation of the script, there are a few more new roles, counting all the people who can participate, there are still three people missing, Ilya has made concessions and reluctantly deleted two, and the remaining vacancy is intended to be filled by his own store manager, but the businessman is extremely resolute refusal.

Alas, it's really not human at all, it's a pity that such a good script. The heroic knight killed the enemy country and rescued his beloved princess, and the two abandoned the grievances of the two countries to become an outlaw mandarin duck, which is better than the previous knight and a horse in the face of monsters I don't know how many times, now there is a lack of a princess to play the role can be done, the store manager is not at all cooperative, alas, there is really no human touch at all.

Ilya complained in her heart.

God, can't a man just fall down from heaven?

"Ace! Report to the captain, there is a figure on the starboard side, there are three people, sitting on a plank!"

Borg's voice rang out from the lookout, and the sailors scattered with a bang, and in a matter of seconds they were in place, clearly experienced.

Before Ace could knock on the door to the captain's quarters, Balubuck had already stepped out, binoculars still in hand.

After a careful inspection, Barubak ordered: "Next, let's turn around a little, these three inexplicable guys may need our help." ”

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After three days and nights at sea, even the warriors of the Giant Bear Clan could not withstand the test of three days and three nights on an empty stomach, and Gerak felt that his stomach was as empty as a piece of paper, and he never thought that he would be planted here. Old vulture, old vulture, if I can't kill you in the next life, I, Grak, will not be a man!

Pierce was lying on the wooden board, covering his eyes with his hands, the hot sun was gradually consuming the little water left in his body, he seemed to feel his body gradually drying out, believing that it would not be long before he would become a "human dry".

Laura was not so desperate when she first fell into the situation of the sea on all sides, she thought that with her superb archery skills, she could shoot the sea fish, but the next three days of drifting, the cruel reality told her how easy despair came, such a big ocean, there was not a single fish in sight.

Just when the three of them felt that their lives had come to an end, a turning point appeared.

Knowing that drinking seawater could not quench his thirst and would only get more and more thirsty, but Grack, who had reached the limit of patience, couldn't care so much, he took a spoonful of seawater in his hand, swallowed his already thirsty throat, and when he was about to put seawater into his mouth, there was a big ship standing on the blue sea in his sight. Grack stood up suddenly, and after much confirmation that it was not his hallucination, he burst out laughing, swaying back and forth with laughter, and the two companions next to him thought that Grack had finally gone mad.

The dwarven warrior Grad looked at his companion, opened his bloodshot eyes and said, "Sure enough, you can survive the catastrophe because of the existence of the great Grad by your side!"

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...

The Dawnbreak slowly stopped next to the plank, and the three people on the board didn't even have the strength to cheer for their salvation, so they could only lie down and watch each other bring themselves to the ship.

Hearing that someone had been spotted during the voyage, Mike hurried from the cabin to the deck to see who would dare to appear on the sea with only three men and a plank, at least you should bring two oars.

I don't know if I don't know it, I was startled when I saw it, and the three people who came up by Ess were the three bounty hunters of Devonburg.

Mike was surprised, "Grad, Laura, Pierce, why are you here?"

The dwarven warrior Gluck said weakly, "Hey...... Long time no see...... Mike...... Before saying hello...... Please give us a glass of water...... It's so dry that I can't even speak. ”

Not daring to hesitate, after drinking water, the sailors carefully helped the three of them to the cabin to rest, and after some careful care, the three of them finally began to slowly improve, and by the time they were back to being able to speak unhindered, it was already the next day.

Grack was the quickest of the three, and when he woke up the next day, he couldn't wait to tell everyone about his misfortune and the sinister viciousness of cursing the old vulture over and over again. However, most people did not hear what Gerch was saying, as his voice was always mixed with a lot of dirty words, which impressed the sailors who met him for the first time, and the dwarf standing on the table pointing fingers was a good abusive hand.

Ilya asked in Mike's ear, "Little Mike, is this your friend?"

Mike: "Huh...... Yes. ”

In this case, still with his friend's foul mouth, Mike felt a little embarrassed, and he hoped to save Gerak's image, so Mike added: "Don't get Ilya wrong, Gerak is not usually like this, it's just that this bad experience has caused him to have a huge negative emotion, and I think Gerak just needs to vent." ”

Ilya thoughtfully replied: "Of course, everyone will have some time when they want to vent, this is normal, I can understand it. ”

"Oh, damn old vulture, this pig and dog hybrid worm only deserves to eat Lao Tzu's shit, drink Lao Tzu's urine, lick Lao Tzu's armpit hair and kiss my armpits, you know, I promise that the next time I see him, I will poke my axe into his pi eye, along with his intestines and his disgusting feces, and I will ......"

Ilya's smile froze, Mike paused, and the two looked at each other more and more awkwardly. Mike opened his mouth, unable to say anything more to save Gluck's words and deeds, knowing full well that his friend's image was shattered, and shattered.