Deep Sea Embers Chapter 5: Interleaved

The massive shadow rolled over, and everyone on the White Oak saw a moment that they would remember for a lifetime.

It was a three-masted warship that looked ancient and full of majesty - in this age when steam ships are no longer rare, the sailing warship emerging from the thick fog is ancient as if walking from an oil painting a century ago Out of it, its masts high, its sides steep, its dark wooden hull ablaze with ghostly green flames, its huge sails agitated in nothingness with roaring visions and layers of flame—these scenes , even in the terrifying boundless sea, it only appears in the most terrifying legends of shipwrecks.

"I'm going to hit it!!!"

Some crew members exclaimed loudly. These people who seek a living at sea and are known for their bravery and rudeness will inevitably lose their inch when facing such a behemoth. They shouted, ran, and some tried on deck. Looking for a place to hide, some grabbed everything around them that could fix them, and some even knelt down in the turbulence and wind and waves, praying with unprecedented devotion and chanting the goddess of the storm, Gormona or death. The name that dominates Bartok.

On this boundless sea, the blessings of the gods have waned, but only the power of these two righteous gods can still watch all their people equally.

But not all crew members lost their calm. The first officer on the ship immediately turned his attention to his most trusted captain. He knew that sailing in the boundless sea was full of dangers, and an experienced captain could always decide the fate of the whole ship. The key is that Lawrence has set foot on the sea for more than 30 years. This old captain may not be as strong as he was when he was young, but his experience of surviving on this ocean may still be able to help everyone. vitality.

The ship that emerged from the fog was clearly not like a normal ship sailing in the real world, but more like something emerging from the spirit world or "deeper", if that was some kind of Extraordinary vision, then perhaps it can be confronted with some extraordinary power.

The old captains who sailed on the boundless sea had some experience in the face of extraordinary visions.

The first officer, however, saw only fear and shock on the captain's face.

The old captain held the steering wheel motionless, as if he didn't notice that the whole ship was completely shrouded in shadow. Stiffened like a stone sculpture, he finally squeezed a few words out of his teeth, but those words were colder than the wind on the cold sea: "...It's the Homeless..."

"Ship... Captain?!" The first mate was taken aback by the name that floated into his ears. Like everyone who seeks a living on the boundless sea, he has also learned from many older and more Crewmen with more seniority and superstition have heard this name, "What did you say?! Then..."

"Lost Home!!!"

Captain Lawrence didn't seem to hear the first mate's voice. He just held on to the steering wheel of the White Oak with all his strength, hissing as if he was about to roar at something, and almost as soon as his words fell, he lost his homeland. The majestic hull of the ship finally touched the bow of the White Oak.

Almost all the sailors screamed.

However, the expected impact of shaking the earth did not occur - the huge ship burning with green flames seemed to be a grand phantom, sweeping across the deck of the White Oak with a whistling phantom of flame, the thick hull of the ship. , gloomy cabins, dimly lit corridors, keels and pillars burning with flames... Sailors widened their terrified eyes, watching themselves crash into the illusion of the ghost ship, and the burning green flames on the ghost ship were like A net of fire swept past them.

Lawrence also watched the flames roaring towards him, but before that, he first saw the flames sweeping across the first mate in front of him-the body of the first mate suddenly melted in the illusory flame He made an illusory spirit body, and the bones in the spirit body were burning like firewood. He saw the priest next to the prayer table in front of him again, and the flames on the priest's body flickered, as if the flames behind him were flickering. The gods are still shielding them from the devour of the Homeless with their meager blessings.

Then the flames also burned to Lawrence. He saw the same change in his body, and a strong sense of weariness, obedience and fear filled his body, and the ocean amulet he hid on his body began to In effect, a feeling of alternating heat and coolness barely maintained his sanity, and in the remaining sanity, he "passed" the cabins and corridors of the Homeless.

The gloomy and oppressive cabin rushed towards him and roared away. The ancient wooden pillars burning with green fire were entangled with rotting ropes and barnacles. He saw a huge warehouse, in which it was silent Lying with all kinds of weird things that should have been buried in the deep sea, he saw a luxurious cabin with a wooden goat head placed on the table in the center of the cabin.

The goat's head turned around, looking indifferently into Lawrence's eyes.

In the end, Lawrence raised his head with all his strength, and he saw the figure in charge of the wheel-beside the classical rudder, the tall figure in the black navigator's uniform seemed to be majestic as a master in a nightmare And horror, that figure dominates all the ghostly flames, and even the sea, which is already in the depths of the spiritual world, seems to be subdued by his majesty, tearing a gap behind him.

Lawrence closed his eyes resignedly—he knew that he was now part of Homeless, and that the nightmarish captain needed some sacrifices to satisfy his never-ending emptiness and loneliness.

But the next second, he forced his courage to open his eyes again. He felt that all the courage and madness in his life seemed to be gathered in these few seconds. He recalled what he had learned from books and legends. Knowledge, looked at the terrifying captain aboard the Homeless with as honest and calm as possible.

"You don't have to take everyone - take me, spare my crew."

However, the tall figure didn't answer, he just cast his eyes indifferently, and there seemed to be a little curiosity in his eyes - as if he was wondering why a small mortal captain dared to bargain with him.

Lawrence finally couldn't hold back and let out a roar: "They all have wives and children!!"

The figure standing on the Lost Country finally reacted. He stared in Lawrence's direction and seemed to say something, but a loud whistling sounded from the side. In the whistling sound, Lawrence only blurred. I heard some movement vaguely, but I couldn't hear a word clearly.

The response from the Lost Homes was thus dissipated in the roar of the waves—

"What are you talking about?! I can't hear the wind!!"

The next second, a loud noise rushed into Lawrence's ears, mixed with wind, waves, and the shouts of sailors outside the door~IndoMTL.com~ Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a green flame It faded quickly, and the last remaining phantom of the Lost Homes vanished from the air like a fog.

Lawrence took a deep breath, and then noticed that his hands, which had been burned by the green flames, had returned to their original state, and even the others in the cab had become flesh and blood again, the pious man The priest was lying beside the prayer table, breathing heavily, and at the same time chanting the holy name of the goddess of the storm, Gormona, and the unknown purple-black smoke in the incense burner gradually dissipated, rising from the copper stove hood. , is pure white smoke.

It took Lawrence a long time to catch her breath, and then she looked around in disbelief, as if she didn't believe that the nightmare was over, until the first officer's voice came from the side: "Captain! That ship - lost home. left!"

Lawrence was a little absent-minded and took a few seconds to react before muttering to himself: "...he actually let us go?"

The first mate did not hear clearly for a while: "Captain? What did you say?"

"That Captain Duncan..." Lawrence murmured subconsciously, but then he slapped himself as if he had accidentally mentioned some forbidden word, and then suddenly raised his head to look at the first officer, "All Ship roll call, hurry up! See what's missing on board!"

The first mate immediately nodded and took orders, but he was about to leave when Lawrence immediately stopped him: "I'll see if there are any more people on board!"

The first officer was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. There was a hint of surprise and fear in his eyes. He took a deep breath and whispered the name of the Storm Goddess, and then quickly ran to the deck outside. .

Still sailing on the White Oak in the astral state, the assembly bell chimed like a reminder.

(Theoretically there will be~~ at noon)