From this day on, Gretel joined Master Tarbot's medical care team.
Auscultate and percuss regularly, and pay attention to the development of the disease;
Instruct the dwarf warriors to regularly press Master Talbot's back to expel phlegm;
Adjust the oxygen content and oxygen flow rate during oxygen inhalation;
And what is not the most important, but can bring great help:
"Master, please stop smoking! Who is that! Take away Master's pipe! Take away the tobacco! Take them all away. If you let me see you smoking again, I will throw all the pipe tobacco into the sea!"
"Take away the wine too! You're still drinking when your body is like this! Are you going to die?!"
With such care, Master Tarbert's condition improved significantly within two or three days. On the afternoon of the third day, when the Philosopher's Stone arrived near the Hermon Mountains, Master Tarbert could even sit on the deck.
Pointing to the towering mountains in the distance, he told Gretel the legend of the dwarves:
"...At that time, the demon god Fabuti came from the sea, with flames flowing on his body, raging waves rolling under his feet, and tsunamis arousing with every step he took. And the giant Black Gate fought with him..."
What an old myth... Do you want to say next that when the giant Black Gate fell, it became the Black Gate Mountains?
"...After a great battle, the demon god Fabuti sank to the bottom of the sea and turned into a mountain that spewed fire, and his blood turned into a ferocious sea monster." The old dwarf's voice flowed leisurely:
"And the giant Black Gate fell on the edge of the continent. His bones turned into mountains, his muscles turned into land, his blood turned into lakes, and his teeth turned into rocks. During the battle, half of his body was chopped into pieces, so the Black Gate we see now
The door mountain range is broken and zigzag on one side close to the ocean, with countless bays deep into the mountains..."
Gretel really wanted to say that it was formed by the intrusion of sea water into the glacier trough. But who knows, in this magical place, maybe a fight between two magicians caused the strange topography?
Just as he said this, a silver-blue ray of light suddenly passed over the deck of the [Philosopher's Stone]. Then, one after another, the rays of rays flew across the deck. One of the silver-blue rays of light flew past half of its strength.
, with a clatter, landed in front of Gretel...
"flying fish?"
Grete became curious and bent down to poke at the flying fish. He had seen it in books and videos, but he had never seen it alive. At the same time, the crewman on the mast who was watching on the mast also shouted at the top of his lungs.
Up:
"Blue-scaled flying fish! A large school of blue-scaled flying fish!"
The whole boat rumbled and started running. Those who sailed the sails, those who tied the ropes, and those who threw the nets. The blue-scaled flying fish is a delicious low-level monster. There can be about one out of a hundred.
Cutting out the magic crystal——
For alchemy ships, it's usually not worth going out of your way to catch, but once you encounter one, everyone is still happy to make a small fortune. At worst, it can also add some delicious food to dinner, right?
Even Bernard ran to the side of the ship and helped the crew cast the net.
He is a seventh-level warrior. In the past two years, he has been living and eating with Gretel, and has gone through two extremely dangerous battles. Recently, he has almost reached the edge of breakthrough. He observed the key points of force several times from the side, then cast out the net and caught it.
The net was full and he was dragged back with all his might.
As an elegant magician, Gretel is of course a gentleman who talks but does not take action. He sits quietly by the side and watches the fishing scene. By the way, I would like to ask the old dwarf for advice:
"I'm very lucky today. Flying fish can hit the boat?"
"Haha, it's not bad." Master Tarbert stroked his beard, not surprised:
"The west side of the Hermon Mountains is an excellent fishing ground, and early summer is the peak fishing season. Now is not the time when there are the most fish, but it is said that in autumn, you can walk directly to the shore by stepping on the backs of cod!"
"Have you stepped on it?"
Gretel was curious. The old dwarf laughed:
"Of course not. But just look around - shrimps attract small fish, small fish attract big fish, big fish attract cloud whales and gray whales - look around, are there several whaling ships?
"
Grete tried hard to look. There were indeed five or six boats floating on the surrounding sea, back and forth, large and small. Some were sailing at full speed, some were only half-sailed, and some seemed to have dropped anchor.
.I lowered the small boat from the side of the big ship. I don’t know what I was doing.
However, Gretel's knowledge of ships in this world was almost blank, and he could not tell whether those ships were merchant ships, passenger ships, fishing ships or whalers. Just as he was about to ask, not far from the side of the ship, a jet of water suddenly sprayed straight up.
Immediately afterwards, the lookout hand on the top of the mast shouted heartbreakingly:
"Narwhal! Narwhal! Left full rudder!!!"
[The Philosopher's Stone] stumbled suddenly. Grete fell to the right on the small stool and almost fell onto Master Tarbot.
Grete jumped forward, narrowly missing the old dwarf and falling to the ground. He struggled to get up, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw a sailboat that was half as long and one level taller than the Philosopher's Stone.
The spear rushed at full speed, and at the top of the bow, the ballistae glowed coldly.
"Enemy attack——"
Grete shouted reflexively. He was immediately slapped down by the old dwarf:
"What is the enemy attacking? It's a whale ship!"
However, almost at the same time, the strings sounded loudly.
The ballista on the top of the whaler fired instantly. A black light swept across the water and headed straight for the rudder of the Philosopher's Stone.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, there was a rapid sound of metal knocking. The [Philosopher's Stone] made another quick turn, and the ballista passed by, leaving only a small groove in the stern. At the same time, the sailors on the deck
They ran quickly:
Retract the cables when they should, unfurl the sails when they should, and throw the fishing nets into the water when they should. At the same time, the ship's hull shook, the sound of water flowing gurgled, and it instantly accelerated and distanced itself from the whaler.
Gretel didn't know what happened next. As a non-combatant, he was immediately taken below the deck and asked to go back to his room. As he went down, he saw dwarves with murderous intent and carrying axes.
Hammer ran out, looking ready to participate in a boarding battle.
"Isn't it a whale ship? Why do you dare to attack us?"
Gretel was at a loss. And this question was answered during dinner:
"What whaling ship! That's the warship of the Carolingian Kingdom! Oh... many of their warships are used as whaling ships part-time, so that the trainee officers can experience it first and accumulate experience in navigation and combat. Bah! Xiao!
You bastard, you can’t even recognize our alchemy ship. Just because the ship is bigger than us and there are more people than us, you just come up and rob it!”
There is no doubt that they paid the price with their lives for this stupidity. The [Philosopher's Stone] only needed to distance itself and fire a few consecutive magic cannons to send them down to the cold seabed. And the loss of the alchemy ship,
The outer side of the ship was only hit a few times by the agent, but the defense was not breached at all.
Gretel thought this was the only accident during the voyage. However, in the middle of the night, he was disturbed by the siren again.