The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 5: Racing Star (Part 1)
What are the essentials of navigating in a tornado? This kind of esoteric question is no different from the heavenly book to an apprentice astrologer who has no experience in sailing and who has only been on the ferry of Cherry Cross twice. But Danny Stewart is obviously a person who likes to relieve stress by talking. While running back and forth, pulling the rope to spin the sail, he shouted at Jona: "Wait a moment, the shaking will be very severe. Please hold fixed objects and stay away from sliding ones. Things, friends...goods."
Jona looked down at the three thick ropes tied to his body, and sighed helplessly.
"The first tornado mass is now appearing. Depending on the size of the tornado in the sky, there may be fifteen to twenty dry tornadoes this time." Danny ran across Jona. "What we have to do now is to draw a semi-arc course close to the outermost circle of the tornado. The dry tornado is a spirally upward wind column. The wind speed on the outermost circle may reach 80 to 140 knots. In a short time It can increase our speed to an astonishing level."
Jonah stared at the huge sand pillar that made a deafening noise and rolled up endless yellow sand into the clouds. The top of the dry tornado steamed a black cloud of moisture, and the arc flashed, as if a thunderstorm was brewing. He whispered in awe: "Is this just one of them? What will happen if I get involved..."
Danny ran across the ground again, "If you get involved, imagine being wrapped in the center by thousands of flying knives, with a hundred thousand tons of yellow sand hanging above your head... But you've got the point. , Cargo friend, the most important thing to sail in a dry tornado is to use the outer ring wind to accelerate without being sucked into the sand column by the strong spiral wind. This requires extremely superb control skills and extremely strong nerves. When Dad was alive, he was one of only two captains in the entire endless sea of sand who dared to challenge the desert tornado."
"Who is the other one." Jonah asked,
"Landon Schmidt, the previous owner of the Schmidt's "Goddess Light", father's rival." The Stewart male stood under the mast, holding the cable, squeaking his teeth. ,
"Now, he is also dead." The astrologer apprentice couldn't help asking,
"Why should I hate a dead person." Danny gave him a strange look. "Not only is he not dead, but he lives very moisturized. Since his father was buried in the sand, he has thrown the'Goddess' Light' to Duo. To give birth to a son, I went to the Tocharian Empire at ease."
Jonah said strangely: "Then why do you hate him."
The elder brother took a deep breath to suppress his anger: "Because this old guy confuses the son of Emperor Isaiba Ink, who flies with the prince, and the emperor is forced to recognize the legalization of same-sex marriage. As a result, his **** son who inherited his father’s business chased me behind my **** all day long."
The image of the rough and slutty sand thief in the mind of the astrologer apprentice was shattered, and replaced by a handsome black-haired uncle with a young man in his arms. The uncle has a strong chest, white skin and bright red lips... He quickly coughed twice. He shook his head, and drove the not-so-good imagination out of his head,
At this time, the three-masted sailboat slowly dragged by the sand-eaters was approaching the outside of Tornado No. 1, and the wind increased significantly. The strong wind carried yellow sand from the side like a solid body, Jona’s profile. It seems to have collided with a wall sturdily, and almost twisted the cervical spine,
"Cut in, all the sails are straight 30 degrees, ready to face the impact." Hannah wrapped her scarf around her nose and mouth, and firmly gripped the rudder with her hands.
"Understood, the schooner is adjusted." Danny jumped between the cables at an astonishing speed, and Jonah was impressed by his proficiency. The astrologer apprentice didn't know how many sailors should be needed to start a huge three-masted sailing ship. But there are only two brothers and sisters on this big ship. The elder brother has undertaken all the sailing work with one person. Obviously he has obtained the true biography of his legendary father "the head of the lunatic asylum",
"Boom."
"Bactria's gusts" trembled violently, the floor was tilted at a thirty-degree angle, and the huge impact force made the hard teak hull creak and rub, and buckets, ropes, cargo and food flew from the surface of the deck , Jonah was not thrown out because of the rope, but the internal organs were all shifted due to inertia, blood poured on his head, his ears buzzed, his vision suddenly turned white, and he couldn’t see anything clearly,
Through the floor, I can feel the trembling of the body of the sandworm. Although the chirping can’t make a sound, he is obviously exhausting his whole body to fight against the tornado. His vision is gradually restored. The dizzy Jona finds that everything around him has become The khaki, sand fills every inch of space, and the hull rustles like a dense bullet,
Above, all the sails were bulging high and full of hurricanes. The apprentice astrologer suddenly felt an overwhelming creak behind him. It was because the main mast was gradually bending due to excessive wind.
"Hannah, the horizontal sail is under too much force, and the main mast is still very fragile after being repaired. We won't be able to support it long and when will we leave." In the howling dry tornado, Danny's voice appeared very weak, he I am trying my best to balance the force of the main mast through a pulley block. The palm of my hand with leather gloves is cracked due to the intense friction of the cable.
"The second tornado just appeared. It will take some time to reach the predetermined angle. Now it's 50 seconds, 49, 48..." Hannah Stewart clenched the rudder and stood at the bow of the ship, swaying like a strong wind. Red reeds,
"Is there anything I can help..." As soon as Jonah opened his mouth, the ubiquitous sand filled his mouth.
Danny gritted his teeth: "Hannah will be unhappy if you want the goods to help... I can't control that much. The power of the dry tornado is stronger than imagined.,, if the seven sailors of Dad still How nice it should be." He grabbed the rope with his right hand, drew a dagger from under the robe with his left hand and threw it over, "Please untie it yourself, friend."
At this moment of relaxation, the mooring rope was torn away for several yards. The main mast was visibly bent into a bow shape with naked eyes. Na looked down at the dagger stuck at her feet, and shouted: "Can't you just throw it on time, so how can I reach it? Should I cut the rope with my feet."
"Think of it yourself." Danny wrapped the rope around his waist two or three times, pressed his feet against the anchor chain piers, and shouted gritted his teeth,
The astrologer apprentice only has to close his eyes and find a way to mobilize the power of the stars. The yellow sand that obscures the sky and the sun fails to isolate the interstellar line from passing through the dark. The familiar first house number 30 star "Bear" The “small boat” with the seventh star in the seventh house bestows the energy of light and heat into the world. What Jonah lacks is a star array that absorbs and emits energy.
I can’t move, only my fingertips can move. In a hurry, Jonah tried to use his nails to carve out the outline of the “scorching rays” star array on the surface of the mast behind him. Na injected a little bit of energy, and the star array collapsed as soon as it started to move, exploding a small group of sparks. Fortunately, this short moment was enough for him to emit a very thin, hot ray, hitting the rope on his body, the big rope. The knot was burned, the three ropes came loose, the astrologer apprentice broke free, covered his face with his sleeve to identify the direction, and then stumbled and ran towards the struggling Danny,
"29, 28, 27..." Hannah was still counting down, "Bactria's gust" was accelerated by the swift dry tornado, swallowing a large amount of sand, and spraying a torrent of yellow sand behind her. After receiving a cable from Danny, Jonah accidentally discovered that the steering rudder of this three-masted sailing ship is a baffle that can swing left and right on the tail of the chicha. The rudder rotates and the baffle changes proportionally. The direction of the jet from the tail of the worm,
"Hold tight." One more person shared the burden. The male Stewart's face looked relieved. He motioned to Jonah to wrap the rope around his upper arm to reduce the friction between his fingers and the rough rope. He only persisted for a few seconds. The apprentice warlock was staggered by the huge pulling force of the main mast, and there was a sharp pain in the palm and arm.
Staring at the crumbling mast, Danny shouted: "I can't hold on anymore. I must leave immediately. How far is it from the predetermined angle."
"No, 15 degrees. It takes 20 seconds." My sister insisted, "If you leave now, you will go straight to the center of the second group of dry tornadoes. A distance of 1,600 yards, there is no time to change direction. , Must persist for 20 seconds, 19, 18......"
Suddenly there was a popping sound from the main mast, and a copper ring hooped in the middle of the mast was stretched out and fell down. It was blown by the wind and rolled over on the deck. The angle of the mast bend is more obvious, and the rope of the mainsail Change the position and start to get entangled with the cables of the front and rear masts. Even if you don’t know anything about sailing, Jonah knows that this is definitely not a good sign,
Danny looked up pale and gritted his teeth as if he had made a major decision, "Goods...no, friend, you support it for five seconds, I can only do that."
"What are you going to do...ah." The second half of the astrologer apprentice's sentence turned into a scream, the power of the rope suddenly increased, if it weren't for the Stewart male kicking the steel anchor chain to entangle him With both feet, Jonah is likely to be pulled into the air by the power of the full sail,
Danny rushed to the ship’s side, untied the two knots, waved off a tarp, and the tarp was immediately swept away by the hurricane and disappeared into the khaki dry tornado, revealing a For a large black weapon, Danny shakes the handle to aim the cannon at the center of the dry tornado, pulls out the blockage in the stubby muzzle, and presses a button on the back of the gun.
The familiar chichi steam erupts, "Go ahead." Danny Stewart's eyes were red, and he let out a sad roar, "50 silver coins, go for it."
The large steam puppet machinery ejected a cloud of white mist with a "boom", and the heavy projectile was ejected by the powerful spring, spinning and falling towards the center of the storm. The individuals all stared at the black cannonball being rolled up by the strong whirlwind, and instantly disappeared into the high altitude of thunderclouds,