First mate is not easy

Lando guessed that Dill would never have imagined that he would one day be forced to work under Raymond's command—and with his entire fleet.

The advantage is that with Raymond's face, the Mora and the people on the Mora are no longer Silton's most wanted criminals. Items and currency to exchange for necessary supplies, beer, fresh water, and enough food, ammunition, and food, and many free porters were also obtained. On the day of departure, boxes of things were just like this. With the help of the pirates, they were carried on board the pirate ship.

Mariner One: "I never imagined that one day I would willingly carry a box of flour aboard a pirate ship."

Pirate No. [-]: "I never imagined that one day I would stand in a port full of living people with my arms akimbo and watch the merchant sailor willingly carry a box of flour onto the pirate ship, and then I would say thank you to him. "

Sailor One: "..."

Pirate One: "...Thank you."

Look, how harmonious.

The only discord under the cover of harmony is probably the serious setback in the self-esteem of the captain of the Mora and the famous pirate captain Dill in the Sea of ​​Babylon.

The two merged and became huge again. The fleet was reorganized and ready to go. Standing on the Mora, the blond pirate captain looked satisfied and did a good job of counting the goods. He could go to the annual selection of the law-abiding and good citizens of the year. Ladies and gentlemen, that handsome face is still as black as a pan... No one rushed to provoke him, no one even dared to remind him: Captain, the ship is about to sail, but we don't seem to have seen your fat mouse.

Yes, it seemed that the atmosphere on the Mora today would not be quite right, and the first mate of the hamster seemed to have lost his mind early on.

What a hell.

The pirates on the Mora could only feel that the air pressure above their heads was a bit low today. As for why, no one could guess.

But on the Schitz, it is really another scene.

The sailors who voluntarily stayed on board looked extremely happy, humming songs from their mouths, running up and down the deck to do their assigned work, and when the wind blew the sails, the horn of Silton Royal Port sounded The low and long sound of the horn was carried by the wind to the ears of everyone in the port. Raymond, the first mate of the Schitz, stood on the deck of the Schitz, calmly directing the sailors to do the final inspection and prepare to set sail. ——At this moment, a slender figure flew from the Mora to the Schitz without hesitation, and landed behind the first officer of the Schitz with a "boom", and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder: "Hey, Raymond, the Mora is more suitable as a pilot ship than the Schitz, let us go ahead."

Raymond heard the sound, turned his head, narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the pirate ship behind him-under his gaze, Dill's pretended relaxed facial expression gradually became rigid, just as he was about to meet the red-haired man in front of him. When the man was fighting a tough battle, he suddenly heard the latter chuckle, and replied in a relaxed voice: "So it doesn't matter."

Dill's eyes widened slightly, and then he saw Raymond calling the helmsman to give him an order to follow the Schitz behind the Mora... I never thought that Raymond was such an easy-talking person. His lips were parted in a dumbfounded look, until the latter turned his head and asked him if he was satisfied, he either nodded or shook his head, and after holding back for a long time, he could only say: "By the way, please return the first mate of the Mora. Give it to me! Early in the morning it was wiped out—”

Raymond let out an "ah", waved towards a dark corner, and called someone's name. At this time, the person who came out of that corner was yawning, and he didn't know where he was hiding before. Facing his master, he slightly restrained the careless expression on his face, and asked with a smile: "Boss, what do you want?"

"Pad," Raymond said with a calm face, "return the chief mate of his fleet."

"what?"

"Hurry up, don't make me repeat it a second time."

Old Pad pouted in dissatisfaction, hesitated for a long time, and finally compromised and slowly took out a small glass bottle from the small pocket hanging on his waist——when he took out the small glass bottle, that The glass bottle was shaking violently visible to the naked eye, and the cause of all this was obviously a certain hamster in the glass bottle, and the red flower pinned to its ear had already fallen on the ground because it shook the bottle angrily. Under his paws, the hair that had been bred to be smooth and smooth became a mess at the moment, and a pair of mung bean eyes turned into triangular eyes. When Dill uncorked the glass bottle with a dark face, it let out With an angry "squeak" sound, he jumped to the old Pade's face and bit his nose fiercely. After the latter let out a "ouch" in pain, his limbs surpassed the limit of his obese body, and he jumped back very nimbly. Dill's hat brim, slipped in, never to emerge again.

Raymond glanced at the pirate captain whose face was so dark that he felt ashamed of himself, then turned his head to look at the charge captain who was touching his bloody nose and swearing obscenities, and said fairly, "You are kidnapping!" .”

"Why should I kidnap a mouse." Old Pad said unconvinced.

Dill: "Why do I feel that you are more like pirates, despicable and shameless, open your eyes, talk nonsense, break the law and commit crimes under the banner of justice and innocence—"

Raymond: "It's a pity that you have been misunderstood like this."

Although there is not much regret in the tone... and Dill seems to have long been used to the eccentric way of speaking of the mate of the Schitz, he straightened the brim of his hat, and confirmed that his poor first mate stayed in there obediently. Will be "followed by others" again, he muttered "goodbye" vaguely, and then hurried back to the Mora with the speed that seemed to be away from the incurable disease spreading on the Shitz.

The Mora raised its sail impatiently, as if afraid that Raymond would regret giving up his pilot position.

Although Raymond had no such intention at all.

As soon as Dill left, the man asked old Pad to search for him from every corner of the ship where a monkey might be found, and then brought him to him.It was as nimble as when kidnapping someone else's first mate. Three minutes later, Raymond was satisfied to see his pet standing in front of him, panting, holding a brush for cleaning the deck—— Next, that pretty face was full of sweat, which made him look healthy and full of vitality... The corners of his eyes softened slightly, and Raymond raised his hand, quickly brushing the tip of the black-haired young man's hair Swept away the foam, retracted his hand, paused, and said lightly: "We are going to go to sea."

"Ah, let's go, the deck is wiped, food and fresh water are ready, there is no reason not to go-oh, I'm going, why did Dill bastard run ahead of us?"

"I let it go." Raymond's tone remained unchanged, "If we go this way, there will be no way for us to turn back?"

"Well, why turn around?" Lando lay on the side of the ship, stretched his neck and looked at the Mora, which was gradually drifting away from the Shitz, "Why did you agree to let the Mora be the pilot ship? How can we Isn't it embarrassing? Although the two of you have finally stopped all kinds of childish comparisons and quarrels, it is very touching, but this kind of harmony always makes me feel uneasy... How come you suddenly become so talkative?"

"Face is not worth money. The fact is that the one who rushes to the front usually dies the fastest. Of course he won't stop him if he wants to rush at me." Raymond finished speaking in a leisurely manner, paused, and then asked, "Are you sure?" Do you regret it?"

"Raymond," Lando withdrew his gaze, stood firmly in front of the red-haired man with his hips akimbo, threw away the brush in his hand, and held the man's face with his hands that still smelled of disinfectant for cleaning the deck. "What's the matter with you? Momojiji?"

"..."

There was a long silence.

"nothing."

The man pulled the hand on his cheek, bent down to pick up the brush, and stuffed it back into the hand of the black-haired young man who stood there and looked at him inexplicably. The two looked at each other for a moment, and then he turned around. Turning around, he gestured to the sailors on the watchtower—the next second, the flying bird totem flag that symbolizes the giant beast in the sky, Shiz, and the royal flag of Silton unfolded in the wind at the same time, flying in the sea breeze, making a pleasant "" Flutter" sound.

The sea breeze fills the sails.

"set sail."

In the familiar and nostalgic calm voice of orders, following the Mora, which had already drifted away, the Schitz set sail!

Chapter 55 In the east of the Bohai Sea, there is a huge ravine, which is actually a bottomless valley, and there is no bottom below it, so it is called Guixu.

……

The days of simply rushing on the road are always boring.

The initial excitement of looking forward to seeing the legendary behemoth gradually subsided. When the fleet sailed on the seventh day at sea, both the sailors of the Seaz and the pirates of the Mora quickly entered the old days. In the familiar silence of the sailing career, everyone is doing the work they are assigned to according to the duty schedule step by step. There is less joking and joking, and the only fun left is to stretch your neck and see "the ship next door "What are the people on the board doing.

Then they disliked each other and were jealous——

Aboard the Shitz.

Sailor No. [-]: "Look, look, come and see, those unruly pirates actually gamble openly on the deck, and fight over cheating and not cheating, it's really unruly! I know there is a problem with my upbringing!"

Sailor No. [-]: "Yes, yes, if it were us, we would have been interrupted by the boss Raymond."

Lando: "You guys are dog legs, why interrupt me? I'm so bored that I'm getting fuzzy, the cockpit is dark, I'm avoiding the chief mate's catch-and-death mode, who's coming?"

Sailor One, Sailor Two: "I'm coming!"

aboard the Mora.

Pirate No. [-]: "What are those sailors doing in the bottom deck in a swarm? It's stuffy, hot and humid. Are they out of their minds?"

Pirate [-]: "Ah, who knows, those puppies who have been oppressed by Raymond for a long time and have problems with their heads, I guess they can't wait to hide under the cabin to drink, after all, the weather is getting colder and colder." , You said we have reached the other end of the world, right?"

Pirate No. [-]: "I don't know if they have been beaten to the other side of the world, I just know they don't have to hide in the bottom of the cabin to drink - look at the guy with the long knife, the one called Old Pad Little Maotou, just now he raised the whiskey in his hand and saluted Raymond with a smile on his face, and Raymond nodded to him... These unruly sailors are actually drinking on the deck!"

Pirate No. [-]: "We can't do this, it will be terrible if there is a dangerous situation ahead! Damn it, I feel more and more cold, I have to go to the bottom cabin to add a piece of clothing, and drink in a place where Boss Dill can't see Warm your body with a sip of wine, just one sip!"

Pirate One: "I'll go with you!"

Above, this is the freshness brought by the cultural conflict. Whether it is the serious sailors or the villainous pirates, everyone seems to have found a topic that can make them excited. The opposite ship farts Along with the sea breeze, I was smelled by the ship here, and the big guys can chatter and criticize each other's quality cultivation for a long time at the dining table... Besides, the only fun left for the crew is to look up every day and listen to everyone. The sound of arguing in the deputy's lounge——

Since the merger of the two fleets, Dill has become a frequent visitor to the Sheath. Every two or three hours, he would run to the Sheitz to find fault with his loneliness. The reasons are the same: Raymond De, I don't think the route you're referring to is right at all. There's something wrong with your nautical chart.

Raymond's answer was the same: Oh.

Dang Dill used this reason tirelessly for a full seven days.

On the eighth day, this day, the sun was shining brightly in the morning, but at noon there was a wind on the sea. It was only October weather, which should have been breezy in autumn, but it had already made many people on the deck so cold that they couldn't help adding an extra coat. Clothes, both sailors and pirates complain that they may enter winter early if this continues, and more people with a little common sense of geography guess that they have probably crossed the equator line and came to another hemisphere—— A long time ago, they heard from experienced sailors that on this earth, people living in some countries on the other side lived with them in a day and night, and autumn and winter... Now, they guessed that they might have arrived Such a place—oh, if this is the case, then this voyage may be the farthest place they have ever traveled in their lives.

The sun was shining directly, but it couldn't bring even the slightest warmth to the sailors on the deck, as if the sun hanging in the sky was a fake decoration.

In such a weird climate, first officer Raymond finally lost the patience he should have had, when the pirate captain who was standing swaggeringly on the other side of his desk repeated what he had been nagging tirelessly for the past seven days After stepping aside, he finally responded positively: Putting down the caliper he was measuring on the nautical chart in his hand, Raymond looked up at Dill and said, "I thought my silence these days had already made you understand. Something, Dill, you need to know, your 'I think' doesn't mean anything to me."

"Really? Raymond, are you out of your mind? Do you know that it has been five days and four nights since we passed through a supply country last time? Now the whole fleet is going further and further away, Not to mention islands, we probably haven't even seen a decent land now - food is a consumable that will be consumed quickly, and so is fresh water. Hundreds of people are waiting to die of thirst and starvation. In this case, you Am I not allowed to raise an objection?"

"When the fleet set off from Silton, the list of materials counted was enough for us to sail for 30 days. You will die of thirst and starvation in just five days. Should you review the sailors on your ship for being too indulgent and consuming? Big facts?"

"Could it be that the supplies are enough to sail for 30 days, so we have to drive the boat around this endless sea for 30 days? What to eat when we return? Can we find the Leviathan and then cultivate into immortals? Besides, the Mora's The rule is to let go of your belly and eat, and then grab other people's food, burn, kill and loot, that's what pirates should do!" Dill exhaled from his nostrils, "Why should we restrain ourselves?"

"No one here will let you burn, kill and loot, so please restrain yourself."

"Oh, really?"

"This confident rhetorical question really makes people want to laugh out loud, Dill, who was the last time we beat the crap out of an ambush with sufficient preparation? Have you forgotten it so quickly?"

"Ah, it's true that we lost and ran away, but we also kidnapped your future captain for a full month or two."

"He stupidly ran up by himself."

"..."

Dill closed his mouth, and stared at the first mate of the Schitz for a moment across a desk.At this time, by the window behind them, a figure that had been motionless from the beginning and had been silent and almost perfectly blended into the background finally swayed——

"...Hey, I ran to the Mora and ran the ship aground in order to save the Shitz from the battle in time."

The black-haired young man who had been propping his chin on one hand and poking his head out looking at the scenery at the window finally came back to his senses at this moment, and threw it on the deck downstairs to hear the conversation upstairs clearly. The sailors who laughed so much that their front teeth were bared rolled their eyes. Lando withdrew his gaze, glanced around at the two adults who were facing each other behind him, and said after a pause, "But Raymond is right. After all, I ran into your boat by myself, little Jieluo, and this is not your credit."

Dill showed an unconvinced expression, Lando narrowed his eyes slightly, yawned, and muttered, "Why does this cabin feel so cold?" Then he stood up and approached Raymond, and looked down at the man who was just halfway through. Beside the compass, he clearly saw a neat and orderly sailing route starting from Sildon and heading all the way to the sea area where the Leviathan monster was painted, and at this moment, the final end was almost Touching the edge of this sea...

Lando was slightly taken aback: "Are we getting there soon?"

"Yes, the ocean is not as vast as we imagined, isn't it?" Raymond smiled slightly, then picked up the exquisite compass that was set aside and shook it, "Look, the compass has failed."

Staring at the motionless compass in the man's hand, Lando's eyes widened as if he had seen something quite miraculous.

As for the black-haired young man's subconsciously convinced attitude no matter what Raymond said, the pirate captain's chest heaved violently, and his unhappiness appeared in those green pupils unabashedly. He frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? The compass failed? When did it happen?"

"It's dawn in the morning." Raymond tapped the nautical chart on the table, "It's probably when we just entered this sea area, and it will be invalid once we pass the reef area."

"You mean, we sailed confidently all day with the compass failing?!" Dill stared at Raymond as if he had seen a ghost, "And now, we're in the middle of the ocean--who cares? Well, poke your head out and have a look, don't say sea eyes or deep sea monsters outside the window, you can't even see a sea bird! A place where no bird shit! My God, we may have lost our way! You said, We're almost there!"

Before Raymond could answer, Dill stretched out his hand and poked Lando's chest: "The worst thing is that you still act like you have no doubts! Do you have any brains!"

Raymond raised his eyebrows slightly, and patted Dill's hand away. Seeing Dill's furious look, Lando was about to say something to comfort him, but at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound coming from upstairs outside the window. A cry came from the deck below!

Lando was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look through the window, and then saw a scene he would never forget—

It was sunset time.

The sunset at dusk on the sea is one of the few romantic scenery that most rough men can enjoy. In the evening, sailors who have nothing to do come to the deck to lie on the side of the ship to enjoy The never-ending view—at first, as everyone waited patiently, the fiery red sun gradually fell silent on the horizon. When the sun, the horizon and the sky formed a line, the sea in the distance was illuminated by the light and turned into a beautiful orange-red color... …

Just as all the sailors waited silently for the last ray of light to be swallowed by the sea like they had seen countless times in the past, and officially ushered in the arrival of the goddess of the night, at this time, they found that where they looked, the sea water Suddenly there was a different wave——at first, the waves began to churn, and there was wind on the sea, but even the most experienced old sailors couldn’t say which kind of wind could roll up such delicate waves on the sea surface... The waves layer Layer upon layer, the original calm sponge pulled out a white line——

It was as if a crack had suddenly appeared in a mirror.

The crack is gradually deepening and widening... At a distance of several hundred meters from the Mora sailing in the front, the white water marks formed by the waves spread rapidly along with the turbulence of the sea water, which did not conform to any The way of scientific logic bends, and finally, the two ends of the wave line bend and collide, forming an extremely huge circle on the originally calm sea.

A few seconds later, when the last ray of sunlight completely disappeared on the other side that was still obvious.

The sea water within the circle suddenly formed a huge vortex, and the entire sea level seemed to be hit by a giant into a deep pit. In the circle, the water splashed everywhere, and the entire water surface suddenly sank along with the vortex, and the rushing sea water The sound of tilting almost drowns out all other sounds!

Everyone stared dumbfounded at the miraculous sight of a huge deep pit that appeared out of thin air on the calm sea. The water in the center of the deep pit was flowing very fast, and the churning waves formed a thick layer of milky white, like a huge giant. Eyes are quietly looking up at the sky at the beginning of night, the sea water is pouring down and rolling up light water mist, as if the sea water of the whole ocean is rushing desperately into the huge bottomless pit that cannot be filled, infinite also endless——

"To the east of the Bohai Sea, there is a huge ravine that is thousands of miles away. It is actually a bottomless valley, and there is no bottom below it. It is called Guixu."

In the deathly silence, Raymond's calm voice rang in Lando's ears.

"It seems that we have indeed arrived."