Chapter 256. With sincerity in the song (2)
Cheonhak!
A wave full of thin ice crashed.
It hit the side of the large whaling ship Peliconia with a bloody sound.
The sailboat, which had overcome numerous adversities and rough winds, tipped over.
Ice water splashing up to the top of the stern.
Captain Felipe, who was drenched in sleep, turned the wheel and shouted.
“port! All over!”
“All over!”
The captain’s order was delivered in an instant.
Through the mouth of the boatswain, it was transmitted to the furnace room below the deck.
The back muscles of the rowers moved like waves.
Smooth rudder rotation of an experienced captain.
The massive hull tilted slowly to port.
In line with the degree of inclination, the command of the nosil changed.
“Port side! No hit and 4 strokes! Starboard side! Exclusive 1 hit!”
“after! under!”
The rowers’ breathing was synchronized to the same tempo.
On the other hand, the beat of rowing has changed.
The oarsmen on the port side pulled the oar once in four breaths.
The oarsmen on the starboard side pulled the oars once per breath.
The different movement of both oars helped the hull move more dramatically.
Aww!
The fore end of the hull slid sharply to the left like an eel churning the current.
The huge hull cut through the waves in an instant and made a sudden maneuver to the left.
Right after that, the Peliconia moved rapidly to the left.
Muscular masses rose from the sea one after another like dolphins.
But they weren’t dolphins.
Chow! Chow! Break up!
“Aww!”
“I missed it!”
A muscular body that was drenched in seawater and glistening.
Beneath it is the lower body with scales and fins that reflect light brilliantly.
They were mermaids.
A fleeting moment soaring above the water.
Some mermaids looked at the Peliconia with trembling teeth.
It was a look of regret that the attack of conversion had missed.
But they didn’t give up easily.
No, the attack had just begun.
“Sisters! Don’t miss the intruder!”
“We protect our sea!”
“Break the keel at once!”
As many as five hundred mermaids rushed toward the Peliconia.
From the depths of the sea, he whipped his fins with all his might.
It soared with great strength.
An attempt was made to ram the bottom of the ship of the Peliconia.
Quaang! thud! thump!
Although the Peliconia was showing rapid and flexible maneuvers, it could not avoid all of the waves of mermaids.
Each time it was hit, the hull shuddered with shock.
The bottom of the boat let out an ominous roar.
Captain Felipe’s complexion turned slightly pale.
Lloyd’s expression grew more urgent.
“No Captain!”
Shortly after the mermaid army’s all-out attack began.
Lloyd was frightened by the bloody and sudden change of atmosphere.
I almost fell off Bowsprit and into the sea.
“sing! You said you could do it! He said that you have to put your sincerity and sincerity into it!”
The entire deck was shaken by sudden maneuvers and mermaids’ headbutting.
Almost crawling on top of it, he returned to the captain and shouted out loud.
To be honest, I was really, really sad.
‘You said it would! I heard that you just have to sing with sincerity and sincerity!’
So I did.
I really put my whole heart into it.
He did his best with sincerity, warmth, and sincerity.
He said he wanted to save the Countess and Julien and everyone else.
I want to change their destiny.
So please help me a little.
not an enemy
It wasn’t even an intrusion.
I sang with a heart full of earnestness and a feeling of reaching out.
“But why! Did something like this happen?”
Lloyd argued with an unfair sincerity.
But Captain Felipe glanced this way.
“no! I told you to sing!”
Even as he busily turned the wheel, he shouted out loud with a look of absurdity.
“oh my god! I don’t know why this situation unfolded? I told you to sing! With sincerity and sincerity!”
“Yes! Isn’t that why I sang!”
“…You said that was a song?”
The captain tilted his head and asked if he was serious.
The look in his eyes was so serious that Lloyd almost opened his tear ducts in a panic.
The captain’s factual violence continued.
“therefore! You should have just sung a normal song instead of making weird noises that would make your ears bleed just by listening! song! Why did you make such a strange attempt! Tsk!”
“….”
“It’s not too late now. How about trying to sing properly again?”
“….”
“no! this person! Why do you keep crying without an answer!”
“….”
If you’re the captain, don’t you think you won’t cry?
All of a sudden, the bones in my body are being beaten with words as if they are being pulverized in real time.
Lloyd wiped his eyes as hard as he could.
And the topic was turned elsewhere.
“…Tsk! I don’t want to sing! I have to use another method, so let’s escape like this!”
At first it seemed like it was for the best.
Approach through the song suggested by the captain.
The way to open the hearts of mermaids like that seemed ridiculous.
No, rather, now that the hostility of the mermaids has been raised to the maximum level, it seems that it is best to run away first.
‘Then I’ll find another way. If there’s really no way, I’ll have to call Yongyong and invade the mermaid kingdom.’
If none of the methods work.
So, in the end, if you can’t make friends with mermaids.
Rather, it seemed that a solution through overwhelming force should be considered.
‘But that’s a last resort. For now, the priority must be to bounce safely.’
Lloyd looked at the situation with a nervous feeling.
The situation was not very good.
Bang! Quaang! thud!
A roaring sound came from the bottom of the ship.
It seemed that the mermaids were trying to headbutt them to pierce a hole in the bottom of the ship.
Every time that happened, the huge whaling ship shuddered with shock.
‘This is a bit harsh.’
Lloyd’s expression darkened slightly.
As you can see, it’s a really bad situation.
It will even get worse in the future.
‘Because no matter how large a whaling ship is, there must be a limit to how long it can endure.’
Initially, this sailboat was specially built for hunting emperor whales.
In addition to the sails, it was equipped with quite a number of oars so that the hundreds of tons of emperor whale carcasses could be dragged away from the whales.
Thanks to this, it was able to demonstrate explosive mobility even momentarily compared to its large size.
In addition, it has overwhelmingly stronger durability than ordinary ships.
A emperor whale struggling and resisting being hit by a harpoon.
It was because he had to be able to withstand the rampage and counterattack of that enormous size.
‘But the opponent is not good.’
It was a mermaid.
The self-proclaimed strongest in the underwater ecosystem.
An underwater tyrant that even the Emperor Whale hesitates.
Isn’t that kind of being the mermaid army?
‘It has tremendous power. Did I mention that strength alone is equal to that of top-level Orc warriors? Hundreds of them are rushing at me…If we continue to be beaten one-sidedly like this, the bottom of the boat will eventually break.’
Of course, even if the bottom of the ship is broken, it will survive for some time.
It was originally designed to withstand the counterattack of the emperor whale.
It was made so that even if there were holes in several places and flooding, the entire ship would not sink.
‘But what if, unfortunately, the keel breaks?’
A keel, a structure like the spine of a ship.
If it breaks, it’s just over.
Regardless of the bulkhead structure for blocking flooding, it must have just won the sinking.
But the problem was that those mermaids had enough strength to break the keel.
‘Right now, I managed to avoid a direct hit to the keel while showing off some amazing maneuvers, but there’s no guarantee that this kind of luck will follow forever.’
Lloyd took a cool look at the situation.
The situation right now wasn’t good.
‘Besides, there’s hardly any way to counterattack from this side.’
You can strike back.
Or shoot a volcanic explosion underwater with a bubble.
After inhaling seawater with a fishnet, spitting it out at once to create a whirlwind.
At the very least, he or Xaviel could fire the blast into the water.
‘But that’s dangerous.’
Lloyd shook his head.
The mermaids over there would be in danger, not this side.
‘You have to get help from them. But what if a mermaid accidentally strikes back and gets hurt? Then that’s it. I’ll just leave.’
From then on, they will really become enemies of Cheolcheon.
It’s a persuasion and a request, and everything disappears in vain like cup noodles that were dropped and spilled on the floor of a convenience store.
‘Then there is only one way left.’
Eventually, Lloyd came to a conclusion.
he called to the captain.
“Captain! How much longer can you hold out like this?”
“What do you mean by holding out?”
“To hold on without sinking!”
“If you’re lucky, you can do it all day!”
“What if you’re out of luck?”
“One second!”
“….”
In a word, it really depends on luck.
Lloyd said, clearing his mind.
“Then I will try to negotiate with them!”
“Negotiation? In this situation?”
“Yes, but I don’t expect it to work!”
“Are you going to take the time?”
“As long as you listen to me, won’t their attacks slow down a bit? So when I start negotiating, you’ll know then, right?”
“Okay. Escape from the sea area rather than evasive maneuvers.”
For now, escaping this area would have been the most important thing.
Then the icebergs floating all over the place will decrease.
That’s because the ship will be able to move freely without fear of collision or grounding.
You will be able to safely move quickly and increase your chances of escaping.
As expected, the seasoned Captain Felipe understood their intentions at once and nodded.
A satisfied smile appeared on Lloyd’s lips.
‘good. Let’s do it.’
He went down the poop, tightening the muscles around his lips and tongue.
The stern stern pushed out of the bow.
Ice water waves crashing in real time.
He shouted while carrying mana towards the bottom.
“excuse me! Mermaid Sisters! Actually, I have a question for you!”
Lloyd’s cry echoed through the lapping waves.
It also smacked into the ears of several mermaids who were soaring up to crash into the bottom of the boat.
His cry continued.
“I know that I offended my sisters by singing a grotesque and terrible song! So curious! What should I do to relieve my sisters’ anger!”
Shall I…! Shall I…! Let’s go…!
His cry grew louder, farther and deeper.
Finally, all the mermaids’ attacks stopped for a moment.
Everyone’s eyes turned to the surface of the water.
Everyone noticed Lloyd sticking his upper body out over the boat.
and was angry
“It’s him!”
“that’s right! That human sang earlier!”
“That’s not a song! It was a curse using sound waves!”
“Unnie, my eardrum is still bleeding!”
The eyes of all the mermaids in the sea area burned brightly.
You have to catch that man.
It must be completely cut off.
We must sew up our mouths so that we will never again pollute the sea with dirty songs and noises.
As such, with burning anger and will for justice (?), the Mermaid Corps strengthened their mental armament again.
And they unleashed an even fiercer wave of attacks.
Chew-!
“…Ugh!”
An attack by a mermaid who suddenly jumps up and throws a fist!
Lloyd tumbled backwards and fell.
But it’s already too late.
‘shit!’
The fists were flying too fast.
I could see the huge forearm and shoulder muscles behind those fists.
I could clearly see the eyes of the mermaid burning in this direction.
Those were the eyes of an invincible warrior.
‘They’re trying to kill me!’
but i can’t cope
Much greater speed and momentum than expected.
The fist that strikes up like that.
On the other hand, what about the motion of yourself falling backward to avoid?
I couldn’t feel that slow.
The moment he realized that, he was sure.
‘That’s right.’
what if you hit that
At least the jawbone would be fractured.
‘If I’m unlucky, I might have to eat only porridge for the rest of my life.’
I hated that.
But there was no way to deal with it.
Just momentarily extracting the mana from the mana heart.
At least, he amplified his mana with an astounding method.
It was all about raising a bit of defense so that his jaw wouldn’t break.
‘Ugh please!’
don’t get sick
He closed his eyes tightly in hope.
But that was then.
Tucker!
An intense crash came from right under his chin.
I opened my eyes in surprise.
then it was seen
‘Javiel?’
At some point, Xaviel approached right next to him.
The guy was holding out his hand.
He was blocking the fist of the mermaid who was coming up to him with his palm.
“Suck!”
The mermaid whose fists were blocked widened her eyes.
I immediately twisted my whole body.
for a getaway?
It wasn’t.
Whoa!
Its muscular tail, thicker than a log, swung towards it.
Even just brushing over there, wouldn’t it be at least a whole body fracture?
It was a tremendous prestige to think of such a thing.
But it didn’t seem like it to Xaviel.
“It is dangerous. Please step back.”
The guy stretched out his other hand.
I pushed this one back.
And he put his shoulders forward.
The shoulder and the mermaid’s tail collided.
And the mermaid bounced off.
Two Puck!
“Do you like it?”
The muscular mermaid flew dozens of meters away with a gasping sound. crashed into the waves As if he was not seriously injured, he immediately swam to the surface and disappeared.
Only then did Xaviel’s gaze return to this direction.
“Are you okay.”
“…uh yes.”
Lloyd nodded his head coldly.
As I unconsciously stroked my lower jaw, I got goosebumps.
Just now, something really big was about to happen.
If it wasn’t for Xaviel, he might have suffered greatly.
‘shit.’
Lloyd shuddered.
I tried to drag the time by trying to negotiate.
Even that failed.
‘I have to find a way somehow.’
Otherwise this ship might really sink.
Of course, you and Xaviel can escape on the back of Kkoming, but Captain Felipe and the rest of the crew will be sacrificed in large numbers.
‘I hate that.’
I shook my head vigorously.
tried to find a way
Even in that short interval, things got worse by the minute.
Kwaaang! Knock-knock! Squeeze!
slowly but surely.
Every time the roar of the hull pounding reverberated, an annoying noise began to intervene little by little.
“It seems that the hull is twisted by the impact.”
Xaviel also felt uneasy.
It seemed like something big would happen.
‘If the ship really sinks, I’ll have to save Lloyd-sama first.’
No matter what happens, Lloyd-sama must be protected.
Even if that person isn’t real.
As long as it has already become a pillar supporting the family.
That person is a fake that is more important than the real thing.
So I will definitely keep it.
No matter what.
No matter what injustice you go through.
I will definitely protect and preserve.
That’s how the silver-haired knight made up his mind.
But at that very moment.
“Write. I can’t help it because the situation is like this. Xaviel? We need to do some fishing.”
“yes? Are you fishing?”
At Lloyd’s words, Xaviel tilted her head.
Fishing out of the blue in this situation.
What does that mean?
Besides, how do you fish when you don’t even have bait?
Eventually, the silver-haired knight had to be seen.
Lloyd lifts the rope well.
A smile appeared shamelessly on the corners of Lloyd’s lips.
And a proposal that was unreasonably unreasonable that he spat out in this direction.
“Let’s do some bait. But since you’re a grand master, you won’t die even if you fall into the ice water, right?”
