The hurried paladin whispered a few words into Betty's ear, and the other person's expression suddenly changed.
Although the man's voice was very low, it still couldn't escape my ears. What he said was that a large number of icebergs appeared near the ship and it was impossible to sail.
I couldn't help but frown slightly.
Just now, I felt that there was something fishy about Ye Xun's collision on the rocks, but now I think that the sinking of the stowaway boat was not as simple as an accident.
Although Ye Xun's boat driving skills are not as good as those of professional sailors, it is not easy for him to hit the rocks, especially since we are still running for our lives. Ye Xun will be more careful to see how he can hit the rocks so easily.
I turned to look at Ye Xun, who also had a solemn look on his face.
Betty told the Paladin to keep an eye on us, and she followed her subordinates to the wheelhouse. Not long after, the speed of the ship slowed down, and finally it was almost to the point where it was cruising cautiously on the sea.
I subconsciously turned my head to look at the sea, but what I saw was a series of floating black shadows.
iceberg
The first thing I thought of was icebergs.
The sea we are in is not at the two poles, so how could floating icebergs of this size appear
However, besides icebergs, is there anything floating on the sea that threatens ships
While this question kept spinning in my mind, there was a sudden loud noise from the mercenary ship, and the hull suddenly tilted. In less than a moment, half of the hull had sunk into the sea.
The scary thing is that from the time the mercenary ship hit the iceberg to tilting and sinking, the mercenaries on the ship didn't make a sound. It was like the entire ship fell into a deep sleep, and they couldn't wake up from their sleep until the god of death choked them. Come.
There were no screams, no blood, and no corpses in the whole process, but this silent death was even more chilling than the miserable scene of the shipwreck.
I could clearly feel the paladin who was guarding us shaking slightly.
His trembling did not last long before turning into a more intense fear. The corpses that should have sunk to the bottom of the sea floated to the surface one by one. Each corpse kept its body stretched out, its legs together, and its hands folded on its chest. The posture is like floating logs, rising and falling with the waves.
What's even stranger is that a layer of white frost seems to have condensed on the face without the corpse. Except for the outline of the facial features, everything else is covered by the paleness of the person.
"Everyone on the deck, prepare the cross, prepare the holy water, prepare..." Betty's orders came one after another, and the Paladin erected a cross on the side of the ship every few steps to surround the entire ship. Several priests strode from the cabin, holding Bibles and standing behind the knight, ready to respond.
In just a few minutes, the entire ship turned into a heavily guarded steel fortress. The corpses floating on the sea, like sharks preparing to hunt, approached the bottom of the ship. After a while, corpses were heard frequently hitting the bottom of the ship. The sound of the iron plate sounded like hundreds of people banging their heads against the hull of the ship crazily. Even if there were many soldiers on the ship, they could not stop their madness.
Betty walked towards us slowly: "Wang Huan, do we need your help?"
"Conditions!" I simply said two words.
Betty was silent for a moment before saying: "I have no right to let you go. The only promise I can give you is that I can plead with the tribunal."
I looked at Betty: "You are a knight, but you don't look like a knight."
Betty knew exactly what I was talking about.
She strictly adheres to the code of knights, and even in this critical environment, she still adheres to her loyalty.
But she doesn't look like a knight. In the dark castle, Betty cooperated with Lan Moying and gave up the entire Knights of Holy Light. This is obviously not the behavior a knight should have.
Betty said sadly: "To use a Chinese saying: People can't help themselves in the world, right? I don't want to say this. What I want to remind you is that we are in the same boat."
Betty is right, "working together in the same boat" is the wisest choice, otherwise, the ship will sink and we will all become water ghosts.
I said in a deep voice: "If you want me to help you, I must first know the legend of this sea area."
When I said this, I actually didn't hold out much hope. As a Holy Knight of the Holy See, Betty might not have been exposed to any legends other than biblical stories.
Unexpectedly, Betty blurted out: "There is only one legend in this sea area, and that is the sinking of the Titanic."
"What did you say?" I was stunned.
All I know about Titanic is the movie that was popular all over the country many years ago.
Although I don’t know the specific location where the Titanic sank, I know that it was silent in the North Atlantic. I only have two days to leave Britain. How can our stowaway boat travel such a long distance
Betty shook her head slightly and said, "In fact, I only knew that we were in the North Atlantic through coordinate positioning."
I couldn't help but feel a chill in my chest. I haven't seen the scene outside since we got on the boat, but I clearly felt the vibrations of the boat several times. Could it be that we have jumped on the sea a few times
I was silent when a flash of green fire suddenly appeared in the corner of my eye. When I turned around to look, the first thing I saw was a flame rising on the sea.
"Will-o'-the-wisp?" Ren Tianqing's face instantly turned pale: "Ghost ship, there is a legend that the Titanic was sunk at sea by a ghost ship."
The sinking of the Titanic is officially said to have hit an iceberg and sank. In fact, different legends have been circulating among the people, the most famous of which are the "Ghost Ship" and the "Mummy's Curse".
In particular, the theory of ghost ships is not groundless.
The "San Francisco Chronicle" published the account of the surviving Titanic crew: When the shipwreck occurred, they stood on the deck of the Titanic and observed that there were some strange "will-o'-the-wisps" moving elusively in the sea. These confusing "wisps" "Will-o'-the-wisp" seems to have escaped from a 'ghost ship' of unknown origin. "
Lord, the captain of the "Californian" who has been accused by historians of being desperate to save lives, was commanding a ship in nearby waters at the time. He insisted to his death that the "will-o'-the-wisp" of another ship of unknown origin could be clearly seen from the ship at that time. This mysterious ghost ship was in the waters between the Titanic and the Californian.
At that time, although no one told me the legend about the Titanic being struck and sunk by a ghost ship, I instinctively felt the crisis.
I suddenly turned around and said: "Betty, let the boat sail immediately. Don't worry about what's ahead. Leave here first."
"Set the ship!" Before Betty's order was passed, a missionary objected: "Captain Betty, your behavior disappoints me. As a knight of the Holy See, you should bravely face all evil forces. .Even if the legendary ghost ship appears here, the light will protect us and eliminate the darkness, but you chose to believe in a pagan and fled."
Although Betty's face darkened, she did not refute the other party, which showed that the priest's status was far beyond Betty's.
Seeing that Betty had no rebuttal, the priest nodded with satisfaction: "Knight Commander Betty, now, please order your knights to shut up those heretics, and then go to confront the ghost ship and do what you knights should do."
The preacher was impassioned, but Betty remained motionless. It seemed that she was leaning toward my judgment.
Seeing that Betty was not moving, the missionary was about to reprimand, but suddenly countless lights and shadows lit up on the sea.
Thousands of will-o'-the-wisps appeared inexplicably on the sea surface. Under the illumination of the will-o'-the-wisps, the sea area with a radius of several thousand meters looked like a terrifying hell, with floating green light.
The will-o'-the-wisps gathering on the sea not only suddenly grew in flames, but almost reached the sky, and their number was also increasing rapidly. In just a few moments, the amount was turned out several times, and the originally pitch-black water instantly turned into strangely colored blue waves. Every time the water ripples on the sea, it feels like something is about to break out of the water.
"This is..." When the missionary said two words in a contemplative manner, the green fire on the sea seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, and suddenly concentrated in one direction, and piled up layer by layer.
In less than a moment, the accumulated green fire turned into the shape of a huge ship. Standing on our ship, we could clearly see three pale sails rising slowly from the deck of the ship.
"Oh my God!" The missionary who just now insisted on fighting the devil to the death was speechless except for exclaiming.
"Set the boat, quickly!"
The freighter under our feet started its engine amidst Betty's screams, and the ghost ship in the distance also filled its sails. The huge hull stirred the sea waves and quickly changed its direction, and a wooden ship's side was lifted. The black cannon was pushed out of the side of the ship and pointed towards us.
"Speed up, speed up..." Although Betty kept urging the captain to speed up, we had already missed the best time to escape. No matter how fast we accelerated, we would expose ourselves to the opponent's gun.
Betty drew her sword and shouted: "All attention, prepare to defend."
As loud hymns suddenly rose from the boat, golden light and shadow slowly rose from the cross.
My first reaction was to quietly inform Ye Xun and the others and quickly find a way to escape.
Judging from the speed of the Holy Light rising from those people, the Holy Knights brought by Betty this time were obviously not as good as the original Holy Light Knights.
Maybe the other party would have opened fire before they could defend well.
I looked calm on the surface, but in fact I was so anxious that I wanted to stamp my feet. The Paladin's defensive light shield did not rise for a long time, but the ghost ship's gun muzzle was rapidly adjusting. If this continues, sooner or later we will become each other's easy targets.
As time passed by, the Knights' light shield finally covered the deck and slowly closed toward the top of their heads.
The roar of the ghost ship's artillery also started.