Chapter 20 Unknown Route

The setting sun kept sinking behind him, and it was about to fall into the farthest sea horizon.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled over, dyed the sea surface orange, and at the same time put a light yellow paint on the bodies of "Spread Wings", "Chaoyang", and "Victory Goddess Elis". nice.

Neval squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the endless sea behind him, then turned around to look at the endless sea in front of him, which had begun to turn black, nodded slightly, and explained to the deputy next to him: "Continue, start to lower Speed ​​up and enter the night flight stage."

The deputy took the lead, and after a while, the speed of Spreading Wings slowed down significantly, and the Chaoyang and Victory Goddess Elis, which were slightly behind on the left and right sides, also slowed down, still keeping pace with Spreading Wings. With a triangular formation, on the vast sea, continue to move eastward.

Neval came to the edge of the railing and glanced at the sea.

Although due to the reduced speed, the spray brought by the Zhanchi has been｜n｜wrongｽ｜much smaller than before, but it is still countless times bigger than any sea boat that Neval has been on before.

If it just hits a wave, the waves will splash and even go straight up to a height of several meters. However, before this, he had never seen any ship that could hit such a high wave on the sea surface like the Chaoyang, but still be able to keep moving forward smoothly and quickly.

Stability and safety are Neval's deepest feelings in the past three months since he boarded the Wings.

Compared with those wooden sea boats that Neval took in the past. Zhanchi is dozens of times larger in scale. And because the whole body is made of fine steel. When sailing on the sea, it is extraordinarily stable.

When driving those wooden sea boats in the past, when encountering a big wave, the whole sea boat would shake and bump violently, making people always have the illusion that the whole boat would capsize in the next moment.

But on this Zhanchi ship, ordinary waves can't have the slightest influence at all, staying on the deck is like staying on flat ground.

Even if it encounters larger and more intense waves, Zhanchi can still crush it steadily. There will be no fluctuations, which makes people feel at ease.

Thinking of this, Neval couldn't help but recall the thrilling situation he experienced that night three days ago. At that time, the storm was extremely violent and the situation was extremely bad. If it had encountered such a violent storm when going to sea before, there was almost no possibility of surviving.

However, in the face of such a violent storm, the three huge magic ships of the Spreading Wings showed a safety performance far beyond that of ordinary wooden sea ships.

Although the hull will still encounter bumps due to impact, the overall situation is extremely stable.

Cooperate with the wind and water magic circles attached to the outside of the three magic ships to deal with severe weather conditions at sea. The three magic ships did not really encounter any danger from beginning to end.

Wait until the storm passes and the sea returns to calm. Everyone, including Neval, was in disbelief.

The people on these three ships are old sailors who have lived at sea for many years, and they know much more about the dangers of the sea than ordinary people, so they are very aware of the terrible danger hidden in this sudden storm, and even most of them have already thought about it in their hearts. He sentenced himself to death.

But no one expected that the three magical ships Zhanchi would have survived this danger so easily.

After everyone escaped from death, they immediately had a new understanding and trust in the capabilities of these three magic ships.

If we say that when we set off from Xinfei Port, everyone felt that the future was uncertain, and they couldn't help but feel fear, but after experiencing this storm, everyone felt full of confidence in an instant.

Everyone firmly believes that with these three powerful magic ships, they can even sail from the sea to the farthest corners of the world!

Neval is also convinced of this.

However, as the commander of this fleet, he must also consider more practical situations.

It has been nearly twenty days since the departure from Xinfei Port.

Judging from the chart, most of the journey has passed.

If they landed now, they must have already entered the territory of Luerxun Kingdom.

If there is no accident, as long as you persist for less than a week, you should be able to successfully reach Nixi City.

In fact, since the three magic ships of Zhanchi can maintain a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour, they didn't need to take such a long time, but they knew that it would take less than a week to complete the voyage.

But because this is the first voyage, the mission of this fleet is not only to successfully transport the goods to Nixi City, but also to find out the route and lay the foundation for future voyages.

Therefore, during the entire voyage, Neval appeared to be cautious, strictly controlling the speed of the voyage, and along the way he would record the situation in the sea area around the route in detail and draw it into a chart, so the overall speed was naturally much slower.

Walking slowly, although it is safer, it also brings a lot of problems.

The first to bear the brunt is the problem of logistical supplies.

Although Neval had set a one-month voyage time when departing from Xinfei Port, and also prepared supplies according to one month's time, but when sailing on the sea, various accidents are inevitable, resulting in the consumption of these materials. Much faster than Neval planned.

With the remaining materials on the three magic ships, it can probably support the consumption of the entire fleet for ten days.

In theory, it should be enough for the fleet to hold on to the city of Danesi.

But if there is another accident, it will be difficult to say.

Other supplies are easy to deal with, but once the most important fresh water resource at sea is gone, there is really nowhere to turn.

Thinking of the seriousness of this problem, Neval couldn't help but think of something that the chairman had mentioned to him before sailing, saying that he was considering developing a magic fresh water purifier.

If this thing is successfully developed, it will be much more convenient to prepare a few when sailing in the future.

But now...the problem at hand must be solved first.

Neval glanced at the vast sea in front of the fleet, raised his head to look at the observation deck above the middle of Zhanchi, picked up the magic communication box in his hand, and said: "Mace, show me, if you see any big ones nearby If there are a few islands, let us know in advance, and we will try to get some supplies from these islands."

"Obey!" A slightly frivolous voice sounded from the magic communication box, but then lowered its tone. "But Captain, it's getting dark today, so I can't see clearly."

"Stop talking nonsense, let you watch it. Not only today, but also pay attention to this every day in the future, understand?" Neval shouted in a deep voice.

"Oh, I understand. But I've been looking along the way for so long, and I didn't see a few larger islands at all. I said, Captain, is there something wrong with the route we chose? I think if we get closer If there are some coastlines, there may be more such islands."

"Need you to talk nonsense?" Neval scolded angrily.

He knew, of course, that it would be much safer to sail closer to the coast, if possible, and it would be easier to get supplies from the coast.

However, the three magical ships Zhanchi are very good, but there is a problem, that is, the hull is too large, and because they are all made of fine steel, the tonnage is extremely heavy, resulting in too deep draft.

If it is too close to the coastline, the familiar sea area will be fine, but there are reefs everywhere in the unfamiliar sea area, and it may directly touch the reef, resulting in stranding.

If something like this really happened, then what face would he have to go back to see the chairman.

Besides, the main task of this fleet this time is to find out the route, so Neval deliberately chose routes with unclear conditions along the way.

However, on the route he chose this time, he has never encountered any suitable islands that can be used as intermediate supply stations, resulting in the inability to replenish supplies.

He is currently troubled by this matter, and this Mace is still rambling here, which naturally makes him unhappy.

Metz is Neval's old subordinate, so he can naturally hear that his tone is not kind.

He probed to the deck below and saw that Neval was pacing and circling on the deck, knowing that he might be thinking about important issues in his mind, Mace stuck out his tongue, stopped talking, and turned his head to look at the distant sea ​​conditions.

At this time, more than half of the setting sun had sunk into the sea level far behind, and the sea to the east had already become dark. Even though Mace had always had excellent eyesight and was equipped with a telescope, he couldn't see anything at all.

After scanning around, Mace muttered, and was about to put down the binoculars and rest for a while, but suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of groups of black shadows emerging from the distant sea, quickly approaching here.

Mace was startled, but immediately reacted, jumped up, and shouted loudly towards the deck below.

"There are pirates!"

The shrill shout reached the ears of everyone on the deck of the Zhanchi, which immediately surprised everyone.

Pirates are not unfamiliar terms to those who have lived at sea for many years.

However, it has been more than ten days of sailing this way, perhaps because the route happened to enter the deep sea and avoided places close to the coastline, so it has been very safe all the time, and everyone almost forgot about pirates.

Unexpectedly, now that he has entered the sea area of ​​the Luerxun Kingdom, and is not far from his destination, he encounters pirates.

Hearing Mace's shout, Neval stopped in his tracks, looked up at the watchtower, and then looked forward, but he didn't see anything in the darkness.

After being stunned, Neval didn't show any panic on his face, but surprise in his eyes.

"There are pirates? Haha, great!"