The three dolphins followed the flying Zealander for a long time. When leaving, one of the dolphins threw a small fish onto the boat, as if giving a gift.
——Then, night fell.
The torch on the Statue of the Maid of Liberty was lit, and the pirates also lit up lights around the ship. But even so, visibility was much lower than during the day.
"It's easy to be approached by spiny rays like this." Ella asked the officers in the army who are skilled in navigation, "Do you have any method to increase the visibility?"
"Generally speaking, you only need to hang a light on the mast at night to prevent collision with oncoming ships. As for ports and dangerous reefs, there will be lighthouses flashing." An officer replied, "But it needs to be Actively search for things in the water... maybe we can put up a few more lights?"
"Lamps need to burn oil. Lighting the lamps like this is far beyond expectations." Amy said with some embarrassment, "If we install a few more lamps, the oil on the ship may not be able to last to Aztlan."
"I don't know what the animals in the sea are like, but animals on land are afraid of loud noises." Dast said, "Maybe we can make some loud noises to prevent the spinyback rays from approaching?"
"A loud noise?" Ella asked, "Like?"
"Like the sound of thunder, the explosion of ocean fire... and the sound of an orchestra playing?"
"Band! What a great idea!" Ella clapped her hands, "I got a military band from Andrea and have been bringing it with me on the ship! I'll let them play right now!"
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty... isn't it a bit overwhelming to play for one night?"
"It's Captain Blackbeard." Ella corrected her seriously first, and then said, "I'll just divide the military band into a few more shifts and let them play in shifts."
"No, I mean, will this disturb the soldiers' rest?"
"For the safety of the ship, there is nothing we can do." Ella said, "Just do as I say and let the soldiers hold on for a few days!"
According to Ella's order, the number of people on duty at each time period must be more than 70%, so the soldiers rotated from duty to rest. Calculated, the average person sleeps less than five hours a day. Not only that, but if you are unfortunate enough to have a rest at night, you will have to endure the sound of gongs and drums played by the military band to fall asleep.
Under this high-intensity vigilance, the Flying Zealander sailed for several days in the waters where spine rays were active.
"Why did the trumpet stop?"
The sudden silence jolted Ella awake from her sleep. Wearing her pajamas and bare feet, she quickly ran out onto the deck. She was relieved when she saw that the sea was calm and the soldiers were just huddled on the deck to rest tiredly. She knew that the soldiers were tired, so she did not blame them, but encouraged them: "As soon as the trumpet stops, it's time for the spiny-backed rays to approach us! Just hold on, and I'll make everyone of you full when we leave this sea area." Eat a meal of mutton!”
But only a few of those soldiers stood up. A soldier holding an afros pipe cried: "Captain, we really can't hold on any longer! I have been blowing it all night every night for the past few days. My cheeks are swollen like apples, and it hurts so much that I can't sleep at all." Have a good sleep!"
"What! Doesn't your military band only have to be on duty at night?" A pirate opened his eyes with big dark circles and looked tired. "I only slept for about fifteen minutes yesterday! The remaining few hours were all Listen to you there, 'Ancestor! Grandfather!' Have you stopped playing now? The buzzing in my ears is still ringing!"
When the soldiers said this, Ella suddenly felt a sense of fatigue coming over her. Although she had a contract with Drague, it was still difficult for her to get used to sleeping with the sound of the military band. Right now, the thornback rays were out and about, and the sea was like a battlefield, and she had no intention of sleeping. The soldiers worked shifts every few hours, but she went to the ship every half hour to inspect. After so many days, I really couldn't hold on any longer, so I just squinted for a few minutes, only to wake up again.
She waved her hand a little tiredly and shouted: "Where is the navigator? Where is the navigator?"
The pirate who served as the navigator stared at a dark circle the same size as Ella's black beard and hurried over, opening the chart in front of Ella. He had been summoned by Ella several times in the past few days. Before Ella could ask questions, he pointed to a point on the map and said: "Captain, we are here now."
Ella moved closer to take a look and saw that the point pointed by the pirate was already at the tail of the spiny-backed ray pattern.
"It looks like we're almost out of the waters where spinyback rays roam."
Hearing Ella say this, the soldiers on the deck breathed a sigh of relief.
"But don't take it lightly. Danger always occurs when you take it lightly." Ella opened her eyes that were about to close and encouraged the soldiers on the deck at the same time, "Just hold on for one more night, just one night! I'll be with you. ! We will lift the alert tomorrow morning!"
This was the most tiring night. The military music became intermittent and feeble. Either one part or another part was missing, and the lights on the ship became blurry. Ella wanted to fall asleep leaning against the mast several times, but was woken up again and again by the night sea breeze.
When the sun rose the next morning, the Flying Sealander sailed intact over a peaceful sea.
“What a peaceful and peaceful day!”
Dast stretched himself out of the cabin and saw a group of people, including Ella, lying on the ground. He immediately shouted in panic: "Come on, come on! Come on! The King of Sweden has been attacked. !”
"I-I wasn't attacked." Ella opened her eyes, "I just... accidentally fell asleep."
"Sleeping? King of Sweden, why are you sleeping here? Isn't it cold?"
"Master, why are you in such good spirits...? Isn't the music noisy?"
Dast shrugged: "It is also an important skill to fall asleep immediately in a noisy environment."
"It seems...my soldiers and I still need to repair..."
Ella's eyelids slowly drooped, and then opened suddenly.
"No, I'm going to take a nap... Pass the order, lift the alert, recover, recover, recover..."
Ella's eyelids drooped again. Dast quickly directed the soldiers who came out of the cabin to take the shift: "Bring the King of Sweden back to her cabin quickly! Be gentle and put a few sponges into her ears! You heard me right, put a few sponges into her ears!" Sponge! No matter what happens today, don’t disturb her sleep!”
"The King of Sweden...no, Captain Blackbeard! Come and have a look!"
Before Dast finished speaking, the soldiers on the observation deck shouted to Ella:
"There is something swimming towards us in front... It's a dolphin... There's a person sitting on it?"
"Human?" Ella raised her head in confusion.
"Looks like a sailor... a sailor from the Alemannic Federation!"
Age of Discovery 4 is so fun
(End of chapter)
