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Although this little wind and rain did not affect the voyage, Laud felt a little uneasy in his heart. In order to escape the pursuit of the Holy See this year, they left the port a little too late.
I hope it will calm down a bit before we cross this sea...
……
Lin En followed the sailor all the way into the cabin. The wooden boat kept shaking and there was a faint stench in the air.
Fortunately, he had already adapted to the poor sanitary conditions in the Middle Ages over the past few days, and the current situation was already good. At least Lord arranged separate cabins for them, so they didn't have to squeeze together with the rest of the crew.
"Master Wizard, this is it!" The sailor who was leading the way stopped in front of a cabin door and looked at Lin En. He couldn't help but think of the tragic scene in the harbor town, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
Lin En didn't care and just pushed the door open and walked in.
This is a cabin of only a few square meters. The witch with silver-gray hair is leaning against the wooden headboard, looking out the window at the ocean shrouded by fog. The faint light shines through the window and falls on the girl's pale cheeks, revealing a morbid beauty.
Perhaps hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Johnny turned her head, her delicate profile half covered by shadow. Looking at Lin En who came in and walked to the bed, the girl was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke.
"The white dove is dead!"
Lin En paused for a moment, then replied softly, "I have frozen her body. Who knows, the big shots in the wizard land might be able to find a solution."
Although he said this, Lin En knew in his heart that the hope was slim. Not to mention whether those powerful wizards had the ability to do so, even if they did, it would be unlikely for them to save a small wizard apprentice.
The reason why he did this was that Bai Ge, who was extremely afraid of death on weekdays, dared to enter Haigang Town to "rescue" himself when facing a situation where he was almost certain to die, which moved Lin En to some extent.
Secondly, he was also very concerned about the unknown energy absorbed by the intelligent computer last night.
Johnny seemed not to hear Lynn's words and continued to repeat them in a low voice.
Lin En sighed secretly. He was afraid that he would not be able to get anything out of the girl given her mental state. Just as he was about to let Johnny have a good rest, a soft, slightly warm body bumped into his arms.
Lynn paused, and before he could react, he heard the girl sobbing.
"White Pigeon is dead... The teacher is dead too... And Kent, Will, Buck, Barton..."
Every time she called out a name, Johnny's voice became choked, her shoulders trembled, and crystal tears flowed down her cheeks, wetting Lynn's robe. The girl's voice was choked with sobs, and she spoke intermittently about everything that happened in Nordland.
After being discovered by the Vatican, Colu had the opportunity to escape, but for his own sake he chose to stay and cover their retreat.
That’s how she managed to escape. Before she left, she had promised her teacher that she would bring every apprentice back to the wizarding land safely. But in the end, everyone died except the two of them…
Lynn stood quietly without interrupting the girl's confession. He understood that what Johnny needed now was a way to vent all the fear, sadness and despair that had accumulated for more than ten days and could not be expressed to others.
This intermittent crying lasted for more than ten minutes before Johnny's emotions gradually calmed down. Only then did he realize that he was hugging Lynn, and the other's clothes were soaked with tears.
The girl loosened her arms in embarrassment, and the atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became a little strange. Johnny wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes in a panic and said in a low voice.
"If the teacher had chosen to take you to the main city of Nordland, perhaps everything would have been different."
"You overestimate me, Johnny." Lynn shook his head. He hadn't traveled through time at that time. With the level of his original body, Carl, he would most likely be caught together.
"And you've done enough and well enough." Lynn said seriously. Johnny was not a tactical master, nor was he a cunning man like Lord.
In Carl's memory, the other party was just a girl with a talent for magic who liked to sit under a shady tree and read books.
It was unrealistic for Kelu to pin the lives of these wizard apprentices on Johnny's efforts.
Johnny did not respond to Lin's comfort, but pursed his lips and asked, "Why did you stay alone to face the archbishop in Wuer Town?"
This confusion has been lingering in her mind. Although they are both apprentices of Kelu, they don't have much friendship on weekdays. But when they were in the town of Ur, Lynn was willing to face the danger alone and leave the way to survive to them.
Of course it’s because standing there really affects your performance…
Lin En's words came to his lips, but he swallowed them back and said in a more tactful tone. "I am not completely sure about facing Anluk, and I can't be distracted to protect you."
Johnny stared at Lynn in a trance and was about to say something when the cabin, which had been relatively stable, suddenly shook violently. The two people who were caught off guard almost bumped their heads against the wooden wall.
Before Lin En could stand firm, waves of terrified screams came from the deck above.
"The Eye of Death... It's the Eye of Death!"
Volume 2: The Evil Master
Chapter 48: Rush to the Maelstrom!
The shaking cabin and the constant screams coming from above interrupted their conversation. Lynn and Johnny looked at each other and rushed up at the same time.
The hatch was opened, and the cold wind howled. The cold raindrops poured onto the deck like dense rain of bullets. This was the prelude to a storm...
The originally calm sea surface became turbulent at this moment, and the sea water continued to hit the hull, causing the sailing ship to shake constantly.
Due to the continuous strong wind, the originally thick fog became much thinner, and the visible range increased by about two times, but the fog was no longer pure white, but turned into an extremely strange gray...
"Hurry up and tighten the sails. Everyone, get moving. We must escape from this sea as soon as possible!"
There was chaos on the deck, with hundreds of sailors in a mess. Lord shouted loudly with an extremely ugly look on his face, but it was of no avail. Many people were kneeling on the ground in despair, with despair on their faces, shouting something non-stop.
"Mr. Lord, did it hit a reef? Or is it the impact of the storm?" Lynn walked quickly forward and asked.
"No, it's the maelstrom, it's the eye of death!" Lord shouted in horror.
Big whirlpool?
Lin En suddenly remembered the information he had inquired about in the harbor town before, and looked at the rough sea again. Then he realized what he had just ignored. The constantly rolling sea water was surging in the same direction, and the large sailing ship under him was being pulled towards the center of the vortex little by little.
However, the diameter of the vortex was too large, and the sea was covered with fog, so he could not find any reference objects, which gave him the illusion that the ship was sailing normally!
Hiss~ How big is this thing?
Lin En couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, while Loud beside him seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and looked at Lin En with an extremely eager gaze, and asked excitedly, "Master Wizard, do you have a way to freeze the entire vortex?"
"Are you kidding?" Lin En frowned. The diameter of this whirlpool must be at least several kilometers to cause such a visual error. What kind of force can freeze such a vast ocean?
"Then we're dead. It's too late to escape now!" The fire of hope that flickered in Lord's eyes was extinguished in an instant. He sat on the ground as if he had no bones, muttering to himself.
The reason why the Sea of Fog is so frightening is not only because of the thick fog that covers the entire sea and can make people completely lost, but more importantly, it is the huge whirlpool called the Eye of Death!
This existence has caused countless sailors to be extremely terrified, just like the god of death wandering in the vast foggy sea, which may appear in any corner of this sea area at any time, without any warning and without any rules. Once encountered, the sailors will be sentenced to death!
Because the terrifying suction force of the whirlpool is far greater than the speed of any sailboat, it is rumored that those who are eventually caught in the whirlpool will not only die, but their souls will also fall into the abyss. This is the origin of the name of the Eye of Death...
The only way to get through this foggy sea is to wait until Sunday, when the [Eye of Death] whirlpool will calm down briefly. During this time, ships should try to sail away from the sea area where the Eye of Death occurs frequently, and the rest depends on luck.
Therefore, when transporting goods in the past few years, they would try to go out to sea on the first few days of the month to avoid directly colliding with the whirlpool...
But this year is different. The Holy See blocked the port town, causing them to leave the port too late!
Lynn ignored him and walked quickly to the cargo piled on the deck. He picked up a few wooden barrels, shook their weights, and threw them down in different directions and angles. Then he stretched out his right hand and began to measure the relative distances between these objects.
Personally, I think it is a fantasy to want to calculate the diameter and flow rate of a whirlpool by relying solely on a few drifting barrels as reference points.
But this level of computing power is child's play for the intelligent brain...
"The diameter of the vortex is seven kilometers, and the escape speed is... twenty knots! To avoid being sucked into the vortex, a speed of at least twenty knots is required!" Lin En quickly received the analysis results of the intelligent computer, and his brows couldn't help but frowned.
In the past, any small boat could reach a speed of just 20 knots. However, after the energy reform, these antiques can only be piled up in the warehouse and gather dust.
However, he was now in an evil alien world, and the maximum speed of the sailing warship under their feet seemed to be only... seven knots?
"This is impossible! Even the best alchemy ship in the Wizarding Land can't have a speed of twenty knots!" Lord also heard Lin's words and shouted in despair.
Although he didn't understand what escape velocity was, he knew very well what twenty knots meant!
"No, it's possible!" Lin En said seriously, throwing the slumped helmsman aside and looking at everyone present. "I'll take the helm, everyone return to your posts, listen to my instructions, and raise all the sails!"
"Do you know anything about ships? With such strong winds and waves, once all the sails are raised, the ship will capsize in no time, and then we will all die!" The helmsman who had been pushed away by Lin En jumped up immediately and shouted at the top of his lungs. In this situation, he no longer cared about whether he was a wizard or not.
But the next moment, he swallowed back the words on his lips, because a huge fireball was condensing in Lin En's palm.
"Do it, or you will die now!" Lin En's tone was very cold.
The yellow-white phosphorus flame made the sailors on the deck shiver, and the helmsman was so scared that he sat down on the ground.
However, it was a situation where death was inevitable, and in desperation, not many people obeyed the orders. Some even felt that dying from witchcraft was better than having their souls swallowed into the whirlpool.
At this moment, the sound of the winch turning violently was heard. Lynn and others turned around and saw that the person who did it was Johnny!
At this moment, the girl was holding a sail rope tightly and putting it on the capstan. Continuous raindrops fell from the top of her head, flowing through her hair and delicate profile, making her clothes wet, but Johnny didn't care. He pulled harder and harder until the last circle of rope was firmly fixed on the capstan.
"Since you have no other options, sitting here is just waiting to die!" Johnny stared at everyone present with his sapphire eyes and spoke firmly.
Lord quickly cheered up, pulled out the long whip from his waist, and ruthlessly whipped a sailor who was kneeling on the ground praying, shouting angrily.
"Do it, do it all, raise all the sails!"
Chapter 49: Conquer the [Eye of Death]!
Under the command of the long whip in Lord's hand, the sailors took action with the last glimmer of hope. The sail ropes were tightened, the noose kept turning, and one by one the canvases made of camel leather were raised. These canvases made of camel leather were very tough and could withstand heavy rain and strong winds.
The rest of the people threw all the cargo piled on the deck overboard to reduce the weight of the sailboat.
Lord watched the cargo on the ship being thrown into the water one by one, his heart bleeding, but there was nothing he could do. His life was always more important.
The whistling, strong winds and swirling water made the huge sailing warship look like a fallen leaf that could capsize at any time. The hull kept shaking, as if it would sink to the bottom of the sea in the next second.
Lynn's response method was also very simple. He relied on adjusting the angle of the sail and using the strong wind to balance the hull. This was an extremely precise operation. Fortunately, although the sailors on the ship did not understand what aerodynamics was, they all had decades of sailing experience and were able to barely maintain the situation.
Under Lin's control, the warship slowly turned and moved forward at full speed in the direction of the water flow...
"Master Wizard, could you be mistaken? There is a big whirlpool over there!" Lord, who had just ordered the sailors to take action, turned around to look at the direction and was scared out of his wits.
Are they trying to escape from the maelstrom, or are they rushing to their deaths?
He now believed what the helmsman said, the other party didn't understand the ship at all!
"Of course I know that there is a whirlpool over there. What we need to borrow is the power of the Eye of Death!" Lin En said solemnly.
The sailing speed of a sailing warship is only seven knots. It is almost impossible to break free from the suction of the vortex. The only way is to make the warship's forward direction parallel to the direction of the water flow, circle the vortex half a circle, and finally use the powerful centrifugal force to accelerate out!
In fact, Lin En had no experience in sailing, but he had taken tests in starship driving and knew how to use the gravity of the planet for reverse acceleration. The principles of both were similar.
In short, it means rushing in first and then being thrown out!
Lynn explained it very briefly, but Lord didn't understand a word of it. He just felt that it made some sense.