Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 347

2021-10-13

Chapter 347 Hunting (middle)

The convoy stopped on a high mound, Secure terrain advantage.

The horses sniffed uneasily when they smelled the sulphur nitrate in the air.

The iron peak county mission has entered a state of war. The warriors quickly unloaded the whole box of armor and helped each other to wear it.

"I...I've caused everyone trouble..." Anna held Winters' hand tightly, bit her lip, and blamed herself terribly and uneasily.

"Don't be silly, it's just a small scene." While comforting Anna, Winters neatly helped Anna put on the bust: "You stay on the carriage for a while, try not to get out of the car."

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Anna nodded hard.

"Okay." Confirming that the straps were all fastened, Winters habitually patted the plate armor on Ana's back, laughing unfathomable mystery and uncontrollably.

"What are you laughing at?" Anna turned her head and asked suspiciously.

"I...I suddenly thought...a dirty joke."

A cultured lady shouldn't be curious, but Anna couldn't help but ask, "What?"

Winters whispered to Anna's ear.

"You... what do you know? The armor doesn't fit!" From her cheeks to her earlobes, Anna was so angry that she reached out and pulled out the short gun on Winters' waist.

"Be careful! There's ammunition in the gun!"

"Really? That could not be better!"

The short gun still fell into Anna's hands— —Because Winters had intended to leave it to Anna as well.

After finally putting on Anna's helmet, Winters squeezed the little she-wolf's hand and turned to walk off the carriage.

Interpreters, accountants, precious metal craftsmen and cooks are important members that cannot be lost, so they are all protected in the center of the formation.

Father Kaman was also left in the "Safety Sector".

Kaman was praying when Winters got out of the car, and saw both of his hands holding a scripture, a mace under his arm, mutter incantations in his mouth.

Seeing Winters approaching, Kaman just nodded coldly, and Winters nodded solemnly in return.

Walking out of the makeshift circle of carts, taking the reins from Ciel, Winters leapt onto the steed.

In an instant, there seemed to be an invisible wave spreading all around with him as the origin, sweeping across the entire hill.

Some sort of subtle change happened to the riders, and from an onlooker's point of view, it's hard to tell exactly what has changed, but something has changed.

Unconsciously salivating? Getting short of breath? Is it slightly sweaty palms? Or dilated pupils... It is not clear whether the physical state affects the spirit, or the change in the mental state is reflected in the body.

If they were just knives in a box, now they're ready to go.

"Your Excellency." Heinrich asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to show your flag?"

"No." Winters looked at the smoke from horseshoes in the distance : "Don't scare them away."

As early as the night before yesterday, the scouts who came out found a group of Heards two hours away.

After being rewarded, Winters ordered not to disturb each other.

He doesn't plan to make contact with each other, because "road encounter" can only mean danger in wasteland, especially since he is an outsider.

Wasteland has hospitable hosts, but no shortage of greedy, cruel, hungry wild beasts. weak are prey to the strong is not a metaphor here, but a bloody way of life.

Whenever a strong leader is lost, the Heard minions inevitably fall into this costly infighting until the next person emerges who can restore order from chaos.

Although Winters took the initiative to dodge, the distance between the two sides not only did not widen, but became smaller and smaller as the day passed.

Until the Hurds also discovered the whereabouts of the convoy, they rushed forward actively and quickly.

The smoke drew nearer, the hoofs grew louder, and the silhouette of the Hurd rider was faintly discernible on the undulating hillside ridges.

Just when the action of coming to ride has been completely exposed, the sound of hoofs stopped abruptly. The silhouette of the Hurd was also disappeared in a flash, as if plunged into the ground at once.

"What's going on? Where are the people? Where are the barbarians?" Wasika looked around and muttered softly.

Winters pointed his whip to the hillside a kilometer away, and said with great interest, "It's hidden on the backslope of that hillside, probably because he doesn't want us to see the truth... interesting guy."

The old Sergey glared at his son, obviously dissatisfied with Vasika's timid behavior.

Old fogey drove forward and volunteered: "Your Excellency, I'll take a few sabres and take a look! Well, no matter what tricks he has, give him a look first!"

"No hurry, wait." Winters said calmly: "However, if you really fight, don't rush too far ahead, Mr. Morozov, I'm afraid others won't catch up with you."

"hehe." Old Sergey took advantage of this, grinned, and returned to his place triumphantly.

As Winters says, the silence is only temporary.

It didn't take long before the smoke disappeared and three riders scrambled over the hill, moving towards Winters.

The distance of one kilometer came in a blink of an eye. The three riders had just run to the bottom of the slope when they heard the rider in the lead shouting at the top of his voice - the voice of the little lion: "It's not the enemy! It's not the enemy... ..."

The little lion panted and climbed up the hillside. Seeing the Winters entire group, he was startled and then laughed: "Don't be tense! They are not hostile."

The subordinates looked towards Winters, but Winters did not order to disarm.

“No hostility?” Winters asked.

"No." The little lion replied with a smile.

"Who are they?"

"The hunter, the hunter of the Badlands." The little lion said meaningfully: "Actually, they are more afraid of you."

A quarter of an hour later, Winters saw the head of the Bad Earth.

"Badu, you don't know me." As soon as they met, the burly, dark-skinned leader of the Bad Earth Department labored to introduce himself in blunt common language: "But I I've seen you, I'm Koshhachi, your defeated."

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[Leaving Flying Feather Division Winter Pasture Tenth天]
[wasteland, an unknown small river valley]
Although the identity has been confirmed, although the "passing the road", the iron peak county mission and the bad earth hunter still tacitly keep a certain distance from each other .

The leader of the Bad Earth Department [Kuoshhaqi] is very unique. Everyday all wants to take the initiative to visit the Tiefeng County Mission.

Koshihachi has a strong curiosity about worlds other than wasteland.

What's interesting about Winters is that Koshkach doesn't hide his curiosity about the outside world.

He is always asking questions: astronomy, geography, customs, religious science, institutional technology...whatever comes to mind. Some questions are ridiculously naive, while others are too proven to answer.

Winters saw no shame in Koshhach's eyes when he asked a question, and Koshhach never showed any discouragement or resentment when he didn't get an answer.

When Koshhaqi didn't ask questions, he would observe every move of the Paratus people with great interest, from dressing to meals, from camping to traveling...even the embassy He also carefully looked at the members digging the toilet.

Winters' subordinates stared at this "Barbarian" with surprise, disgust, or vigilance, but "Barbarian" seemed to feel nothing and continued to go his own way.

"...leave the inland sea and sail south until you leave the Golden Peak mountain range behind and you'll arrive at the [Broken Lands]." There are only barren hills there, standing in great numbers with more than a dozen large and small Dukedoms, from nobles to commoners, all are impoverished..."

The campfire was crowded with members of the embassy, some of whom liked to join in the fun, and others Some were fascinated. Naturally, Koshhaqi was also present. He sat among the Platoons as if there was no one else, leaning on his knees and listening.

While talking, Winters noticed that the glass was empty and got up to pour water.

When Winters was silent, there was an immediate noise around the campfire.

"Herd!" Someone asked Koshhachi mockingly: "Can you understand?"

"I don't understand!" Koshhachi grinned , replied in half-familiar common language: "I understand a little more, the more I listen, the more I understand."

A few words later, Winters has returned with an iron kettle.

"Batu." Koshhaqi said bluntly: "In the various tribes, even the masters of tribes as small as horseshoes do not do things like fetching wine and milking! You do it! Children will only look down on you for a woman's work."

"[Excited vulgar words] Fart!" As if bitten by a dog fiercely, Ciel immediately snatched it from his brother's hand The kettle, giving tit for tat, pushed back: "Does the blood wolf need you to look down on it, look down?"

Koshihachi looked thoughtful and nodded: "It makes sense! Warriors like Batu, Even if I fiddle with needles and threads every day, there will be a large number of children vying to follow."

Winters: "It should be noted that I neither like needles nor threads."

There was a faint laugh from the carriage five steps away.

Koshihachi didn't seem to care about the Palatine champion's personal hobby, and he asked impatiently: "Badu, how about south from the 'very broken land'? Further south Where is it?"

"Sand Sea." Winters recalled the contents of the "Geography": "Desert without end like the sea."

Koshihachi scratched his head Top: "What kind of desert?"

"Have you seen the sand on the river beach?"

"Have seen it."

"The desert is nothing but the A place where there is nothing but sand. The book says so, and I have never seen a sea of sand with my own eyes."

"Just sand, no grass? No water?"

"Yes."

"How do you raise horses? Raise cattle and sheep? How do you farm?"

"You can't raise anything, you can't grow anything." Winters added Said: "It is said that there are also some small oases in the desert, I don't know if it is true or false."

Korshhaqi was disappointed to learn that the sand sea could not be grazing, and he continued to ask: "Go to the sand sea again. Where's South?"

"I don't know."

"Why don't you know?"

"Because I can't get through." Winters smiled wryly and spread his hands: "It is said that someone once After walking south for a hundred days, all I see is still sand.

The ancient scholar [Tosthenes] believed that the sea of sand was endless, extending to the end of the world, and finally reaching the extreme point for ten thousand years. Some people say that to the south of the sand sea is another sea; some people say that to the south of the sand sea is the pit of the world, where all the sea water will eventually flow into. But the truth is, no one knows. "

Everyone sighed in unison.

"What is an ice sheet?" Koshhachi asked persistently.

"Ice caps are ice with no end in sight." Winters couldn't help laughing: "The ancient imperial people kept going north, and when they reached the Land of Extreme North, they found that there was only endless ice left. So they think the extreme south also has endless ice."

"How about a boat?" Pierre, sitting beside Winters, asked thoughtfully, "Isn't the sea east of the sand sea? Can't we take the boat to the south?"

"Uh..." Winters could be overwhelmed.

After thinking about it, he said sorry, "I'm sorry, I don't know either. I also think it's possible to take a boat, but I don't know why, I've never seen a boat across the sand sea in the book. description. Seems like the scholars think boating is no good, or someone has tried it and I don't know... I really don't know much about sailing, if 'good luck' Gold was there, he should be able to say something The reason..."

"There is something in Batu that you don't know?"

"I don't know a lot more than I know." Winters readily admits his ignorance. But for some reason, he had some subtle, sad regrets.

"Don't pay attention to him." Charles jumped up emotionally: "What does he know as a barbarian?"

"What Batu knows is like a star in the sky Just as much." Koshhaqi said cheerfully, "If Batu said he knew very little, wouldn't I be as stupid as a rock on the ground?"

Barbarian, who is big and three thick, said the most nauseous flattery in the most frank tone, and made the members of the mission have mixed feelings in their hearts.

Only the little lion was overjoyed, laughing back and forth.

Winters felt a pat on the shoulder, and when he turned around, it was Father Kaman's impatient face.

"Here." Kaman handed Winters a piece of paper folded in half and walked away shaking his head.

Unknown why, Winters checked the paper by the firelight, and the eyebrows immediately stretched out - because the paper was Anna's handwriting.

Winters coughed, and the campfire fell silent.

"I just learned some new knowledge." Winters solemnly told everyone: "The reason why I can't cross the sand sea by boat is because the east of the sand sea has never stopped. Thunder squalls, storms and stormy seas."

The crowd involuntarily held their breaths, only to hear the crackling of wood.

Winters said with a smile: "The ocean east of the Inland Sea is called the [Storm Ocean] because of the harsh sea conditions, and the Storm Ocean is like a docile gelding compared to the ocean east of the Sand Sea— That ocean is called [Rage Ocean].

Legend has it that the Rage Ocean is the place where the Sea God of the Golden Age died. When the Sea God fell, he cursed mortals, so mortals would never be able to cross that Sea Territory.

Many Veneta merchant ships have tried to cross the Furious Ocean, but all attempts have ended in failure. There is a coast named Shipwreck Beach, which is said to be because of the wreckage of the wrecked ships.

After the rise of monsoon sailing, the trade center of the inland sea turned to the east, and people no longer felt the sense of worthless southern routes.

Interest .

"It turns out to be so." Pierre nodded admiringly: "It makes sense. howling wind and torrential rain, stormy sea...the sea so that's how it is horror? Unfortunately, I never I have never seen the sea."

"The ocean is the beauty of temperamental, but she is very gentle in the overwhelming majority time." Winters said with a nostalgic smile: "Otherwise, how could there be a sea blue beside the inland sea?"

Washka shouted unconvinced: "Hundred-Men Commander, when there is no war in the future, let's go to that furious ocean! I don't believe it, it's just wind and rain, and it's not. Can you scare us Dussack?"

"What do you know?" Old Sergey raised his hand and slapped his son on the head: "Have you ever been on a sea boat?"

Vashka stomped her neck: "Why? Have you ever sat?"

"Your father has really sat there!" Old Sergey raised his hand and slapped his son again: "When Pierre's father and I took a boat to the front of the mountain, we only took the boat for a few days? We almost threw our lives into the sea! He vomited and vented again, and when he got off the boat, he crawled down. obediently and honestly ride your horse, no less fucking pondering the boat! ”

Winters couldn't help laughing, and the little campfire was filled with a cheerful air.

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Meanwhile
fury Ocean
The clipper [fearless] is chopping the waves, trying to cross this sea of death.

The fury is coming without any sign: one moment, the sea is calm and tranquil; next moment, the raindrops the size of a pea Slamming on the hull of the ship, the storms followed, and the furious ocean was instantly revealed.

The cloudy sky was illuminated by lightning bolts that seemed to tear the air apart.

The strong wind raised huge waves more than ten meters high, and the water curtain was like a towering and dangerous wall, and it moved towards the sailboat toppling.

Everything is really like a dying sea god venting his unquenchable resentment And fury.

The 60-ton clipper [fearless] is like an ant in the hands of a cruel child. As the waves are thrown high, the next moment falls heavily on the sea.

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If the hull had not been spared during construction, the Fearless could have been smashed in two with a single heavy hammer.

A deck sailor failed to grasp and was thrown in an instant. Overboard. The safety line failed to save the sailor's life, but dragged him into the bottom of the boat, causing him to experience a death more painful than drowning.

Aft deck, a strong-looking man charged at another A man at the helm shouted hoarsely: "Recover the country! Return to the country! Return to the country! Recovering the country must save your life first! You're going to fold us all here! ! ! "

The man at the helm has a firm gaze, and the hand holding the steering wheel does not tremble. He ignored the roar of his companions, and calmly gave the order: "Keep the sail of one third!" "

Sailboats rely on strong winds to sail, and they will also be overturned by strong winds.

Some people once praised the "sail" for taming the "wind", but the captains all know in their hearts: in the face of real God Weili, the only thing you can do is wind up the sails and pray.

But not now—at least not in the Furious Ocean.

Without the sails, the boat can only be washed by the waves Sailing swept up.

And the waves of the Furious Ocean point straight to the northwest—in the direction of the Sand Sea.

Any ship that loses its sail in the Furious Ocean will be mercilessly crushed by the waves Falling to the coast, finally breaking into pieces in desperation on the reef-covered sea.

Another terrifying bolt of lightning, the dead wood and wreckage on the wreck beach took shape like bones—they belonged to ships Remains are the only traces left by countless failures.

Now, the only force that prevents the [fearless] ship from destroying people is the "wind".

There is only roaring, rage The wind that vowed to destroy the fearless.

The man at the helm looked at the tough man and calmly repeated the command: "Keep the sails of one third! "

Keeping one third sail? Easy to say!
The winch of the fearless is long overdue, and the only way to furlough is to climb up the mast and operate at the top of the mast - almost suicidal .

Even the brave sailors, who were carefully selected, did not have the guts to climb the mast at this moment.

Their wills have long been smashed by the wrath of the sea god, the only sailors The only thing he can do, the only thing he is still doing is praying.

Seeing this, the shrewd man cursed in anger. He tore off his shirt and trousers twice, pulled out his saber and bit it in his mouth.

Suddenly, the shrewd man turned around, fiercely punched the man at the helm, and immediately climbed on the rigging and climbed to the top of the mast naked.

The man at the helm spat out bloody spit, Still firmly in control of the steering wheel.

At this moment, on this sailboat with forty-two sailors, only the captain - the man at the helm and the first mate - is still able to perform his duties. Two men.

If Winters ·Montagne had the opportunity to witness two warriors defying the gods, he would be surprised by the coincidence of fate.

Because whether it was the captain or the first mate , both of Winters' "old acquaintances".

The shrewd man who is struggling to climb the mast at this moment is the famous pirate captain, the Union rigging master, who once commanded the Taniglia fleet in the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor. The [Frank Drake] who faced off against Admiral Nareshaw.

The man holding the rudder at the moment is the one who rescued Drake at the last moment of the naval battle at Lighthouse Harbor. Federation rigging Master, captain of the fire bird [Edward Kenway].

Nominally, the Taniria Federation no longer exists.

But the two sails The reason why Master So and the two leaders of the Taniria Federation appear in Furious Ocean at this moment is precisely to complete an important mission entrusted by the Taniria Federation—if there really exists a road to the south of the Sand Sea. The route of the Empire's far west colonies, find it!

Find it!
The storm shows no sign of abating, and the cables are rattling with critical ultimate stress.

Finally, One of the tiny fibers couldn't take it any longer and broke.

Then a second, a third... a chain reaction so fast that one of the fearless' main cables seemed to be in one It was torn apart instantly by a huge force.

The elastic energy accumulated inside the cable was suddenly released, and the cable swept across the rain screen and pulled straight towards Captain Kenway.

In a flash, Ken With incredible agility, Wei avoided a fatal blow that would have shattered his skull.

If the rudder was released, the cable might not have had a chance to hit Kenway at all.

But no if, Kenway made sure his hands never left the wheel at the cost of being fiercely hit on his left shoulder by the rope tip.

Drake fell from the mast as he witnessed the crisis.

Ignoring the piercing pain in his bones, Drake stood up, grabbed the safety rope and climbed to the stern of the boat.

"Edward!" Drake shouted with tears in his eyes: "Don't die!"

Drake crawled into the stern with difficulty as the hull heaved violently with the waves , Edward Kenway's hands were still firmly on the rudder.

Captain Kenway's face was deathly pale, but there was no pain in his voice: "Are the sails stowed?"

"Okay!" Drake pulled Shouting - if not, Drake can't even hear his own voice in howling wind and torrential rain: "And then?!"

"Steer for me!"

fearless is connected to the rudder through a set of pulley lever system, and the force of the rudder is directly transmitted to the rudder.

As soon as Drake held the steering wheel with both hands, he immediately felt the huge reaction force on the rudder. He gritted his teeth and said, "And then?!"

Kenway climbed to the stern rail and fastened himself to the wooden post with ropes.

"We're going to die here!" Drake has become a little crazy: "hahahaha!!!"

"Sooner or later we will die! Listen to me carefully!" Kenway There was an unusual penetrating power in his voice, which came clearly into Drake's ears: "I've figured it out! Sail along the coast! Headwind plus headwind! Always impossible across the furious ocean!"

"[EXPLETIVE]!!!" Drake used all his strength to fight the steering wheel, ignoring Kenway at all: "hahahaha!!!"

"Through Fury There has always been one and only one route to the ocean!"

"We're going to die here!!!"

All the noise disappeared, and the rain seemed to stop in this brief moment.

For the first time, Edward Kenway's voice brought out the uncontrollable frenzy, and he said word by word the real plan: "That is to go east! To the unknown! To the sea Go! To the center of the storm! To a place no one has ever been before!"

"And then?" Dredd yelled.

"And then?" For a moment, Edward Kenway regained his composure, lightly said: "Then we take a farther course around the Furious Ocean, and then we keep fighting until victory or death ."

In the face of Kenway's crazy plan, even the mad Drake was as wise as a philosopher.

Drake's eyes were bloodshot: "You know what you're talking about? How do you know you can do it? You bastard! For this? For this you brought me into a frenzy?!! "

Kenway smiled contentedly: "Yes, are you going to buy me to win?"

"hahahaha!!!" Drake laughed happily: "Edward Kenway, it turns out you're the fucking craziest gambler!!!"

"You're the one holding the rudder now."

"Hahaha! Right! Your Excellency Captain!"

Edward Kenway finally looked back at the familiar land, and suddenly laughed: "My friend."

Drake gritted his teeth and asked, "Again What's the matter?"

"Perhaps now..." Edward Kenway cast his eyes on the unknown sea and laughed even more wanton: "This is the moment when we enter immortality!"

"Fuck You!" Drake wiped a handful of blood, tears and seawater, and yelled, "I'm buried with you, I'm worth it!"

In the pouring rain, his left shoulder blade was broken, exhausted, and Kenway, who was tied to the railing, said in a relaxed tone: "First Officer Drake?"

"Captain Kenway." The naked Drake returned a hat-holding salute without a top hat.

“Set heading southeast!”

“Yes, set heading southeast.”

“Towards immortality!”

“ Yes, to immortality."

Edward Kenway uttered his final roar: "Forward!"

"Forward!!"

"Forward!!! ”

————Appendix————

“…Old Imperial Calendar February 560, Edward Kenway and Frank Drake successfully crossed the Furious Ocean… ...The logbook recorded Edward Kenway's famous 'toward immortality, forward' order... It is said that at the most critical moment, the two also maintained an excellent demeanor..."

—— —"History · Grade 7 (Part 1)" [New Hailan Education Press]
[There is a subtle premonition that the naming structure of 'upper middle school three four five' will appear again]
[About Edward Kenway Crazy Plan: For the first time in the history of human navigation, the Cape of Good Hope was bypassed by the method of "do not go near the sea, but go to the outer circle" to bypass the Sea Territory, which is against the wind and the current near the Cape of Good Hope ]
[In public perception, The early Portuguese sailing exploration was to sail all the way along the coast of Africa, it seems that there is no difficulty]
[But limited by sailing skills, sailing along the coast will still encounter the insurmountable Sea Territory]
[Just breakthrough Portugal took the short distance from Portugal to Liberia for more than 20 years. During this process, the Portuguese even mistakenly thought that the westernmost point of Africa was the southernmost point of Africa, and champagne was opened at halftime]
[and Cape Storm/Cape of Good Hope, obviously I can already see the southernmost tip of the African continent, but because of the ocean currents and winds, I can't get through it]
[In 1488, Bartolomeu Miao Dias bravely sailed into the vast ocean with his back to the land (Note : America was not discovered at that time). After a voyage of more than a month, he crossed the Cape of Good Hope and reached the shores of the Eastern Sea in Africa]
[So the plot of this chapter is a parody of a fragment from the Age of Discovery]
[Of course, Dias The feat is achieved in a specific environment, latitude, ocean currents, climate... all are indispensable]
[The author has no knowledge of meteorology, but in order for the story to proceed, please allow us tentatively assume: the foreign country where the story of this book is located world 的某块continent 的某片低纬度Sea Territory ，也存在相似的条件（逃）]