The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 6: Racing Star (Part 2)

Jonah struggled with the cable with the last bit of strength, and shouted: "Hurry up, I'm going to be torn in half..."

"Boom."

A muffled noise came from overhead. The cannonball exploded at the top of the dry tornado. The filling in the projectile turned into a splendid firework, blowing away the rain clouds gathered on the tornado column, and the shape of the tornado changed significantly. The 4000-yard sand pillar tilted to the outside, and the outer wind instantly decreased. As soon as the pressure on Jona’s hand was light, the mainmast immediately rebounded.

"8, 7..." Hannah counted down at the bow. Danny stood nervously behind the cannon, observing the movement of the dry tornado. "The tornado will swing back in about ten seconds. You must leave it on time." Shouted to my sister,

"2, 1... get away." Hannah Stewart bit her lip, turned the rudder abruptly, and the sand stream at the tail changed its direction, and the "Bactria's gust" began to pull inward with the dry tornado. Fighting hard, struggling to survive like a moth trapped in a spider's web, "all sail against 50 degrees."

My brother passed Jonah and quickly adjusted the sails. Now the speed of the three-masted sailboat has been pushed to nearly 50 knots. Due to the change of course, it tilted violently. The buckets, tubs, cargo and Jonah gurgled towards each other. On the starboard side, the palm of the astrologer apprentice was frayed, and when he accidentally loosened the cable, he fell into a ball with the debris, "Oh."

"Let's go." My sister roared anxiously. The sailboat trembles and creaks under the huge attraction of the tornado. Several large wooden barrels filled with water on the port side were pulled up by the whirlwind and disappeared into the yellow sand in a short time. In the rolling whirlpool,

"The dragon roll is back." Danny exclaimed in despair,

Because of the power of the explosion, the sand pillar that was bent to the outside began to rebound, like a giant whip 4000 yards long and 500 yards thick. There was a violent turbulence, Jonah was knocked over to the ground, lying flat on the deck, breathing heavily. Suddenly he found that the deck had returned to its level, and the strong wind and suffocating yellow sand around him were no longer full of strong wind and suffocating yellow sand. Lifting up and looking out, the "Bactria's gust" shoots out a dry tornado like an arrow from the string, and gallops across the endless sea of ​​sand at an astonishing speed, and the pillar of sand is flying away from the sky, chattering the tail. The spray of yellow sand obscures the sky and the sun,

"Success." He opened his eyes in disbelief,

"We really did it, sister." Danny jumped up excitedly and rushed towards her sister. He opened his arms to give Hannah a hug. He was greeted by a boot print on his face. Hannah took the brother Stepping on the foot, panting quickly, the bronze skin is red with excitement, sweat and sand are all over the forehead, but the gray-green eyes are full of pride, "Dad, did you see it, I did it..."

A smile appeared on the astrologer apprentice’s face, and he coughed: "Ahem, then, is it finally over? I now understand Danny, the desert drought tornado is really a nightmare..."

My brother lay on the ground, glanced at him with a strange look, and shook his finger: "It's over, no, no, it's just the beginning. I said that this time there will be 15 to 20 groups of dry tornadoes. Next What needs to be done is to eject between the tornado air masses, with the help of each tornado to accelerate, so as to maintain a high speed for a long time, otherwise the speed will drop quickly once it leaves."

Jona was dumbfounded: "But you said that the mainmast will soon be unable to hold it..."

"I will adjust the force of the horizontal sail, rest assured, cargo friend, we will not damage the precious gift left by my father. The blast of Bactria is the pride of the Stewart family." Danny patted confidently. On the deck, with a click, a broken wooden plank shattered into two pieces, and fell into the cabin.

Hannah stretched her finger to the front: "The second dry tornado, all the sails are smooth at 85 degrees, and enter in 20 seconds."

"Understood." Danny jumped up and ran to the cable, Jona helplessly covering his eyes,

If challenging the first dry tornado is a big nightmare for the astrologer apprentice in this life, then the next hour will be twenty nightmares unfolding in succession, and escape from the last tornado and run at an unprecedented high speed. In the desert, Hannah sat down on the rudder wearily, wiped the sweat and dust off her face, and muttered: "I will never forget this day."

"We should never forget this day." Danny spread his hands and feet on the deck, looking at the sky, leaving the dry tornado area, the sky immediately cleared, and the sunset in the desert area was orange-red, giving ups and downs. The sand dunes are plated with gorgeous outlines,

Jonah spit out a mouthful of sand and scanned the broken three-masted sailboat. "Your boat will never forget this day. Now, who will untie me."

When entering the third dry tornado, Jonah used his last bit of strength and was unable to help, so he asked Danny Stewart to tie him back to the main mast to avoid falling and breaking his head. Looking around the messy deck, the broken bow spinnaker, most of the lost supplies, and the exhausted siblings, the astrologer apprentice is full of incomprehension, but now the priority is the painful feeling of seasickness in the legend,

Waiting for his brother to cut the rope with a dagger, Jonah swayed two steps top-heavy on the deck, supported the side of the ship, and vomited freely. Danny patted his back with understanding: " Throw up everything and drink some hot soup. It will help. I remember the year when I first came to the South Continent, my sister held a small bucket and dared not let go. Vomiting ghost almost became her nickname..."

Hannah glanced at him coldly, "...until the sailors put this nickname on me." Danny corrected, "It is not easy for us to adapt to sailing life until a year later. ."

Jonah raised his head and wiped his mouth. Except for water and half a hard cake, there was not much to squirt out of his stomach. He sat down on the ground, and Jonah gasped and asked, "I have already I want to ask, why have to rush into the drought tornado? The competition is really so important."

The two brothers and sisters looked at each other, and Jonah realized that whenever he said something wrong, the Stewart brothers and sisters exchanged helpless eyes, "Cargo friends, to survive in the endless sea of ​​sand, the most important thing is to maintain the courage to challenge, only Constantly challenge, challenge the creator's magical creation, challenge the enemy, challenge himself, and become stronger." Danny sat beside him, looked down at his **** hands, and said,

"Why do you want to be stronger?" the astrologer apprentice asked feebly,

"Does it need a reason to become stronger?" Danny was puzzled. "The lord **** Luta is here. All creatures in this world are doing their best to become stronger. Only if they are strong can they have more rights to survive. , To have a broader vision, to guard the things that need to be guarded, and to create the future of one's own will. Is this reason enough?"

Jona was stunned,

Pitchfork’s friends don’t know where they are, and there is no news; the demons in him have not appeared for a long time, but there is a deep danger hidden; the prophecies of the betrayers happen one after another, bringing disaster after disaster ;He has no way of knowing what secrets are hidden in his parents, the dark fire mage Jeff Tower and Koshava teacher; in this strange continent, he is alone, helpless, and there are only four things he can rely on. The name of the apprentice of the first-class astrologer, and the weak to useless astrology ability,

Why should people become strong,

If you are strong, you can protect the pitchfork's partner, eliminate the demons in the body, prevent disasters, explore the truth of memories, stand up in the unknown world, and welcome the arrival of one storm after another. These are not enough reasons. Right,

In countless sad nights, Jonah lay on the bed wrapped in a thin quilt, deeply ashamed of his incompetence. He asked the lord Sheila more than once, questioning the mysterious betrayer Segles, why Cruel fate gave him such a pale and feeble boy, of course, no one gave him an answer,

Now, on the three-masted sailing ship in the endless sea of ​​sand, the son of Sand Pirate gave him the answer in his heart,

"I want to be stronger." Apprentice astrologer Jonah clenched his fists and said,

"Of course, cargo friend." Danny smiled on his face, "Challenge and become stronger. This is the world of men." After taking a peek at his sister, he immediately changed his words: "... It is the world of men and brave women."

Hannah slowly stood up, patted the dust on the red cloak, took off the big gun "Cripple Henry's Prosthesis", carefully cleaned the floating sand in the barrel and mechanical device, "Bactria's wind "It sailed in the sand sea at an amazing speed of about 60 knots." Before the speed drops to 20 knots, the windless period will pass. Today, due to the emergence of a dry tornado, the desert storm will not come. The northeasterly wind of Category 5 is very suitable for navigation." Danny observed the clouds on the horizon and reported the observation results.

Hannah carried a big gun and fiddled with the compass: "It seems that the'Racing Star' is nearby. We need to overhaul the mast."

"There are sails, cables, decks, keels, steering gears, bow sails, and many more, sister." Danny said with a wry smile,

A small black spot appeared on the undulating skyline. As the three-masted sailboat sailed away, the black spot gradually became larger. "Oh, what is that." Jona couldn't help exclaiming, one without sails. The huge ship appeared in the field of vision, and the three-layer rectangular deck was built on two side by side sand-eaters, advancing slowly at the speed of the sand-eaters themselves, and the countless windows on the sides showed warm lights, gradually dimming In the sky, like a moving castle with brilliant lights,

The closer you get to the big ship, the smaller the "Bactria's gusts" become. The chirping size is extremely small compared to the two sand-eaters, like ants crawling under the boulder, "This is the competition Speed ​​Star', the famous mobile hotel and sailing building in the endless sea of ​​sand, Hannah, go to Pier No. 2, where there is a vacant seat." Danny pointed to the front right,

The three-masted sailboat raised its sails, slowed down, and drew an arc to approach the big ship. Jona found that there was a docking pier next to each big worm under the big boat seat, and two sailboats were moored on the left pier. The pier on the right is empty, and a man in a black and white plaid costume is standing there waving a flag,

"Hey, Bei, it's me." Danny Stewart jumped onto the bow and waved enthusiastically to the opponent,

"Stewart, where is your beautiful and unkind sister. I haven't seen her for a month. I miss her so much." The man who called the old Bei laughed and took the rope that Danny threw and tied it to the mooring line. On the pier,

Hanna poked her head out from behind her brother and glared at him. Danny smiled bitterly: "Look, meeting a man with a normal sexual orientation is equally distressing."