"Sure enough, the other party is nearby and can observe the ship's speed increasing."
"He asked me to find a way to slow down the ship to show that they can't catch up here."
"He is afraid of being exposed because he is not capable of fighting head-on?"
Lu Tan briefly summarized a few points, and then followed the same example as yesterday, fooling the guard into leaving.
According to the current situation, Lu Jian felt that he could accelerate infinitely and be done with it.
The enemy's ship cannot keep up with our own speed. Even if there is an interception from the front, the fleet can quickly break away at high speed and reach its destination.
Of course, one of Lu Jian's tasks is to deal with the other Chosen Ones who have invaded this world. If he does this, he may have to wait for an opportunity after landing ashore.
Not a big problem.
Lu Jian was in awe of the sea in this world.
A sea that can raise such delicious fish must not be underestimated.
If you encounter extremely bad weather conditions and the ship cannot determine its course or cannot control it, its own acceleration will be just a headless fly. After all, acceleration has no navigation function and cannot always point to the end point.
However, just as the opponent's Chosen One's plan failed to keep up with changes, Lu Jian's plan also failed to keep up with changes.
The storm comes unexpectedly.
Starting from the evening of the fourth day after leaving Narcissus Island, the sea became restless.
The starry sky was no longer visible, replaced by thick black clouds, and bursts of thunder were heard, causing the ship's hull to vibrate.
Lu Jian saw that the sea ahead was rolling like boiling water. The dark black water was full of malice and made people feel tired.
Dark purple thunder and lightning loomed in the clouds, and the waves gradually rose. Soon, you could see that the boat in front was bumping in the waves, struggling to keep moving forward.
Although the land trip can make it move forward at high speed, it is difficult to control the direction under the surge. Sometimes, too fast speed is not a good thing.
"Is the weather always this bad here?"
In the captain's cabin, looking at the heavy rain and rough waves that were beginning to fall outside, Lu Tiao asked.
"Although there are many storms in the outer sea, it is rare for them to appear so suddenly."
The captain is a middle-aged man in his forties with scars on his face, who has obviously experienced many battles.
"Our route is like this. It stands to reason that we will arrive at the closest position to the Sea of Ashes tomorrow evening. Before that, we should not encounter such a big storm. The weather is abnormal. The observations yesterday and today are all
Didn't notice it."
He pointed at the chart. In front of the route, there was an area covered in thick text, the Sea of Ashes.
It is said to be a forbidden land, a place where the "pure fire that once burned" goes out. Although Lu Jian doesn't know why the pure fire goes out, anyway, according to the captain, it is far more dangerous and terrifying than the border.
An area that ships must avoid entering.
And this area is the end of the Narcissus Channel. In front, the ocean currents will pour into the Sea of Ashes. Ships need to avoid the ocean currents and drive carefully before entering the second half of the Akiyama Channel. In the second half, it is the area where pirates are raging. Compared with natural disasters,
, there are more man-made disasters.
Thinking in reverse according to Iris, the leaders of Wajima Taisha Shrine should arrange the besieging fleet in the second half, so that they can not only obtain intelligence and supplies, but also spend money to buy off those greedy pirates.
Use their hands to launch an attack on the fleet.
Of course, it is more likely that the two sides attacked the fleet at the intersection of the two waterways, forcing the fleet into the Sea of Ashes. In that sea area, the power of nature is enough to make everything go smoothly.
"You mean, this storm appeared suddenly and was the result of a spell?"
Calamus is very alert.
"Impossible, impossible. How can someone who can accomplish this level of weather manipulation not be noticed by the authorities?"
The captain immediately retorted, but in the end, he became speechless.
Official, yes, aren't they being hunted by the official now?
This is something that both the Wajima Taisha Shrine and the leading dignitaries, as well as Sakurajima and Kohaku's families, know very well.
The pursuit of Amber is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.
If Kohaku is unable to make this journey, then she is naturally not qualified to inherit the position of the Priestess.
The rest is just a matter of whether the project looks good or not.
On this unmonitored sea, there is no clear distinction between justice and evil.
In fact, even this captain is just gambling like Iris.
Should I continue to wander on this sea and die one day at the hands of monsters, pirates, and traitors, or should I take a gamble and gain territory and fiefdom, so that I can live on solid land forever.
In the stormy weather, dark purple lightning fell.
Boom——
An extremely thick bolt of lightning fell from the sky into the sea, like a straight pillar. Even after falling into the sea, it spread through countless silver tree branches due to electrical conductivity and still did not disappear.
Boom——
Another bolt of lightning fell, this time closer. When the lightning dimmed, Lu Jian could even smell the scorched smell of burned creatures in the sea.
"It will definitely taste delicious when grilled."
Lu Tan sighed with emotion, attracting the eyes of Acorus and the captain.
"It's Yanling. I don't know what level of priests or witches they activated, but it's hard to deal with."
Calamus looked at the falling lightning and murmured to himself.
At this time, a whistle came from the deck.
The three of them came to the window and looked at the mast that had already furled its sails.
On the observation deck in the middle of the mast, the sailor was waving the flag in his hand and blowing the whistle at the same time.
Lu Tan had learned a little bit of semaphore in the past few days, and based on his shallow knowledge, he found that the meaning of the semaphore was very simple.
"There is an enemy attack!"
The captain put on his hat, hung up his sword and musket, and walked out of the captain's cabin.
Lu Jian and Acorus followed behind. As soon as they stepped out of the cabin, they were met by a thin curtain of pouring rain, which obscured everything and made it difficult to see the distance.
At this time, a bolt of lightning fell and illuminated the whole world.
Lu Jian saw in the distance, at the end of the sea level, the shadows of the sails of three ships rising slowly under the cover of thunder.
The ships that appear at this time are 100% enemies.
"Laika, go!"
Lu Tiao gave an order, and Laika on the deck dived into the sea. Where people couldn't see it, its cute corgi appearance had long since disappeared, replaced by a flesh-and-blood hound covered with tentacles and eyeballs. It was in the sea.
, it swam in the direction of the three ships, forming the first line of defense.
At this time, along with the second thunder, the three of them saw the same four warships appearing in front of the ship.
They were surrounded.
On the mast of the battleship, the flashing light also conveyed signals, and Lu Jian didn't even need to interpret it this time.
This is definitely a signal for war.
"Raise the flag of Sakurajima, everyone, prepare to fight, move the cannonballs out of the warehouse, girls, it's time to prove that you are a man."
The captain shouted loudly, causing the sailors who were still strengthening the deck to immediately become even busier.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Tan and Calamus.
"Please, please go and accompany the miko-sama. I hope she can help us."