Every winter, Captain Altruni drives the ocean-going fishing vessel Red Sea Shark out to sea to hunt whales, which is a rare carnival in White Deer Town. Although only students have annual vacation, for most townspeople, this is also the day of cat winter. In the snowy weather, it is difficult to find a job, let alone travel far away, so basically people who have nothing to do like to stay in the pub, drink and brag all day long.
Therefore, the return of the Red Sea Shark ocean fishing boat from whaling has become a favorite event for the onlookers to watch. Just like the time when the onlookers watched the giant Niros crocodile that Claude and the others hunted, the road beside the pier was crowded with people and very lively. Clever vendors push their carts among the crowd and sell melon seeds, beer, barbecue and so on.
Claude and Verrico squeezed their way to the dock gate with difficulty, almost sweating profusely. Fortunately, Uncle Peg, who was guarding the door, was in front of the door. When he saw the two of them arriving, he quickly opened the door a crack and allowed them to enter the dock.
The ocean-going fishing boat Red Sea Shark is still parked next to the ice on the lakeside, about a hundred yards away from the dock. There were several people on the ice with crowbars in their hands, banging on the ice.
"Why are they trying to break up the ice so that the ship can dock at the dock?" Claude asked Uncle Peg.
During last winter's annual vacation, the original owner of this body, Claude, and his three friends were digging holes in the ice to fish on the lake surface, and accidentally slipped into the water. Fortunately, the three friends reached out and grabbed his clothes in time and pulled him up. But Claude also fell ill and lay down for half a year, and his body was taken away by a time traveler.
"No, fishing boats cannot be parked at the pier in winter. That will freeze the fishing boats inside due to the ice in the lake, which will cause great harm to the fishing boats." Uncle Peg replied: "Fishing boats can be parked outside the ice, and they must be parked outside the ice. As the ice expands, it moves toward the center of the lake to prevent it from freezing. Now they are testing the thickness of the ice to see if it can withstand the weight of a whale."
Claude the Whale turned to look at the two whales being towed behind the Red Sea Shark. Apart from anything else, it can be seen just from the parts above the water that the bodies of these two whales seem to be longer than the offshore fishing boats. One can imagine how big these two whales are. In addition, Claude discovered that the whales in this world seemed different from the whales he saw in his previous life. Although they both look grey-blue, these two whales seem to have horns on their heads, with a large piece protruding from their heads. However, the horns have been removed, leaving only a large horn protruding from their heads. hole.
Narwhal, Claude thought of the whale picture depicted in the biology textbook. The textbook depicts seventeen kinds of whale species that have been discovered, and there are many. Compared with other whales, the narwhal is not big. Compared with the giant ocean blue whale, it looks more like an underage child next to a strong man. But the picture in the book is far less shocking than what I saw in reality. It is conceivable how huge the largest ocean blue whale in the book is.
"With these two narwhals, the Ericson family will have a good harvest this year," said Viricero next to him with some envy.
Narwhals are described in great detail in biology textbooks. Compared with other different species of whales, narwhals are already one of the more common whales that can be captured for food. It is said that during the Dark Calendar, magicians led fishermen out to sea to hunt whales to obtain materials for alchemy experiments, and by the way, whale meat was used to make up for the famine caused by natural disasters in the fiefdom.
Legend has it that the horn on the head of the narwhal is a magic material needed by magicians for alchemical experiments. Although no book can prove it, after the magicians were driven out of the Farea continent, rumors have been circulating among the people that the narwhal's unicorn can restore men's glory, and even the narwhal's unicorn The horn has become a hot rare medicinal material on the market, and every whale hunting ship captain who captures narwhals can use this horn to make a fortune.
"Uncle Peg, you just said that those people were testing the thickness of the ice. Are they preparing to drag the two narwhals ashore?" Claude asked.
Uncle Peg shook his head: "No, we are going to break up the two whales directly on the ice. There is no need to spend so much effort dragging them to the shore. In previous years, there was only one, but this year I was lucky and caught two. Those who watched Blessed are the lively people, they can buy a few kilograms of whale meat at a very cheap price and go back to taste it fresh.”
Oh, it turns out that the Erikson family also