Chapter 415 Old Seagull
The old seagull of Bocadi is a living legend on the sea. As a person who was born and grew up in Bocadi, an important port city in the Kingdom of Sigmar, he, like most people in the city, became a sailor and made a living on the sea.
Like most sailors from the Kingdom of Sigmar, he was recruited into the army during the last great sea battle between the Kingdom of Sigmar and the Kingdom of Inge, and served on the Kingdom's Dreadnought battleship, participating in almost all major battles in that great sea battle.
During the war, the Dauntless was sunk by the Kingdom of England. He was hit on the head by the ship's beam and fell unconscious. When he woke up, he had drifted to a desert island.
His subsequent life on the island was the most legendary experience in his life. He transformed from a simple sailor to a wild survival expert. Countless near-death situations allowed him to master various survival skills.
What's special is that he also found treasures left by former pirates on the island.
After living on the island for nearly three years, he almost forgot everything in the civilized world and turned into a primitive savage. When a merchant ship that went off course appeared in his field of vision, he would prepare for three years.
A bonfire was lit for help, and he was finally rescued and returned to civilized society.
After returning to civilized society, he proved his identity to the city government of Bocadi, received a salary for his military service from the Sigma Admiralty, and used this salary to rent a boat and return to the island.
After transporting the pirate treasure back, he became a rich man in Bocadie, and his legendary experience spread throughout Bocadie. People in some nearby cities in the Kingdom of Sigmar have even heard of his story.
But I don't know who he is.
After having no worries about food and clothing, Lao Haiou wrote down his experience, edited it into a book at his own expense, and then sold it in Bocadie, which has a certain reputation.
But what he didn't expect was that his book was extremely popular. Not only people in the Kingdom of Sigmar liked it, but people from other countries also liked it very much. Drama clubs in many countries even adapted his stories into
In a short period of time, his identity changed from a lucky rich man to a best-selling author and adventurer.
After gaining fame and benefits, he also gained a certain social status and even became a city councillor. He also married a noble lady, obtained a noble title, and lived the life that everyone dreams of.
However, the old seagull was not willing to live peacefully on the shore. He regarded himself as a sea man since he was a child, thinking that he should live on the sea, so after his son was born and grew up to a certain extent, he spent a lot of money on it.
He built himself a three-masted clipper ship, recruited a group of experienced sailors, ran business and took risks, and gradually gained a reputation at sea.
Old Seagull's reputation mainly comes from his sea adventures. After experiencing that desert island life, he seemed to be blessed by the sea god. He could often find some desert islands on the sea, and find some ancient treasures on the desert islands.
Plants and animals thought to be extinct.
For this reason, the medical school and some collectors will specifically find Lao Haiou and spend large sums of money to buy the precious plant and animal models and seeds that Lao Haiou has. Even within a period of time, the latest additions of herbal medicines are included in the medical classics published by the medical school.
Nearly half of them are from plant specimens found by Old Seagull.
After decades of cooperation, Lao Haiou has gained quite a reputation in this industry and is considered a top figure in the industry.
This time, Old Seagull accepted the commission from the medical school and went to a very mysterious island to capture a creature that had become extinct in Velen, called the ancient badger.
This is not the first time that Old Seagull has captured ancient badgers. In the past, he has captured ancient badgers four times for medical schools and collectors. However, this time the mission requirement is to capture a living ancient badger. This is the first time.
It was also something that made him feel troubled.
Because of its extremely high value, Old Seagull has specifically studied the ancient badger, an extinct creature in Velen. The most valuable thing about the ancient badger is its heart and stomach. This is also the reason why the ancient badger is such a ferocious beast.
Main cause of extinction.
The heart of an ancient badger can prepare a very miraculous potion of life. This potion can have a very strong effect in delaying aging and increasing lifespan. Moreover, when life is dying, a potion made of the heart of an ancient badger can work.
It has a life-saving effect. And the stomach of the ancient badger is no worse than the heart, because the stomach of the ancient badger can be used to make antidote, and the effect is no worse than the life potion made from the heart. So far, no one has found it.
This antidote cannot remove the poison.
More than three hundred years ago, after the last clearly recorded ancient badger was hunted by the hunting team of the French royal family, the ancient badger, a native creature, has never been seen on the Velen continent again. Later, a book published by the Medical College
In the biological catalog, the ancient badger is also defined as an extinct creature.
Because of this, when Old Seagull made a specimen of an ancient badger carcass and put the heart and stomach up for auction a few years ago, it caused a great sensation in the world of Velen. For this reason, Old Seagull even appeared on various websites.
Newspaper front page cover.
But after that, all kinds of troubles came one after another. Not only the dignitaries of the Kingdom of Sigmar came to him for the organs and specimens of ancient badgers, but also some powerful foreign forces who could not be offended were also using various means to blackmail him. Fortunately, in the end
The Wei Lun Medical College came forward to help him block the pressure from the outside world. In return, Old Seagull needed to record the various novel creatures he discovered and submit them to the medical school for statistics.
However, even though the medical school blocked big troubles for him, there were still many small troubles appearing around him from time to time, which made him feel very annoyed, so he simply remodeled his ship and transformed it into a
The large sailing ship allows you to spend most of your time at sea and avoid those troubles.
This time, he was originally not prepared to accept the order from the medical school because the person who gave him the order was from a very radical school of medicine. Recently, the reputation of Velen Medical College in Velen countries has become somewhat bad, especially
There are many rumors that the great plague that has appeared in Miria City was caused by Velen Medical College.
But this time, the person who came to him showed something, which was a token of a big shot in the medical school who had helped him back then. He was very grateful to that big shot, so he had to accept the order.
"Head, how far is it?" When the old seagull was sitting on the wine barrel in the bow of the ship, thinking about something, the first mate came forward and took the initiative to greet the old seagull.
"When the time comes, it will arrive naturally." Old Seagull replied calmly.
The first mate curled his lips and did not ask any more questions, because he knew very well that even if he asked again, the old seagull would not answer.
In fact, the first mate has been with Old Seagull for ten years. Under Old Seagull's leadership, he has been to many deserted islands and seen many magical creatures. His experience at sea is rich enough to compete with any seagull.
He wanted to be the captain of the country's fleet. In fact, people from the navies of the Kingdom of England and the Empire of France came to him, hoping to recruit him into the two navies to serve as senior fleet officers.
But the first mate never agreed to any of the invitations. The reason why he gave up his high official position and stayed on the old seagull's ship was because he wanted to find out one thing, which was the mysterious island with all kinds of extinct creatures.
Where exactly is it at sea?
Before that, he had followed the old seagull to the mysterious island three times. Three times, he only dared to stay on the shore and did not dare to go deep into the jungle on the island. Every time before night came, no matter whether he found what he was looking for or not.
The old seagull would take them away from the island, as if something terrifying would appear on the island at night.
And then, when I went to that sea area, the mysterious island that existed before had disappeared.
This is not what confuses the first mate the most. What confuses him is that the sea area where the island appears is never fixed. It appears three times in different sea areas. The most amazing thing is that the old seagull can accurately find it three times.
The location of this island.
The situation was the same this time. After receiving the order from the medical school, Old Seagull took them wandering around in the sea near the border of the Kingdom of England, as if waiting for something, which made him doubt the mysterious
Will the island be an island on the back of a turtle like the legend of Bakba?
The legend of Bakba is a very popular legend in the Moissan continent. According to the legend, the world is on the back of an extremely huge turtle. The turtle carries the whole world and swims in the sea of stars, surrounded by the sun and the moon.
He is now thinking that maybe the mysterious island is also on the back of a turtle. It usually sinks into the sea with the turtle and does not rise from the bottom of the sea until some specific moments. The old seagull can foresee the island rising.
Time, this also just confirms the rumors about the old seagull being blessed by the sea god.
Although the first mate's thoughts are deeply hidden, how could the old seagull not see his thoughts? It's just that in his opinion, the first mate's purpose may never be realized, and he can just gain an experience from this.
A rich, capable and reliable first mate.
In fact, even he himself couldn't figure out how he found the island. As the outside world speculated, he might have really received the blessing of the sea god. As long as he was on the sea, he could feel where the island existed.
Where can he get supplies? Sometimes he can even sense the arrival of a storm a day in advance. This is the main reason why he has been on the sea without any accidents for so many years.
This time, after receiving the order and boarding his sailboat, Old Seagull sensed the possible time and location of the mysterious island. But what happened afterwards became a little weird, because after he reached the sensed sea area, he
I didn't get the clear location of the mysterious island as before, but I got some vague feelings. I felt that the mysterious island was close to me, but it was extremely far away.
In this weird state, the old seagull drove his boat back and forth in this area of the sea, looking for the location of the mysterious island, but he was not able to find anything from the beginning to the end, but the mysterious island has already
The feeling of appearing and being by his side always lingered in his mind, making him hesitate whether he should give up.
Just when the first mate asked for the third time how long it would take to find the mysterious island, his inner hesitation turned into determination. If he couldn't find the island tomorrow, he would return. This was not just because he felt that it was
Things became a little weird, and it was also because he couldn't help but the morale of his men on the ship was low. If he continued to drift aimlessly in this sea area, something might happen.
"Oh! God, what is that? Look, look, what is that!" At this time, the lookout on the observation deck at the top of the mast suddenly exclaimed, then pointed to the sky in the distance and shouted loudly
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Everyone looked in the distance in the direction pointed by the lookout hand, and saw a huge dark object appearing in the distant sky. The object quickly became clearly visible from blurry, and finally appeared in the form of a huge island.
In the eyes of everyone on board.
The island completely appeared in the air and fell to the sea below. From a distance, it looked like a warship sinking gradually at the bottom of the sea. It was so spectacular and terrifying.
"What the hell are you looking at? The bow of the ship turned immediately, the sails were furled, all the ballast was placed in the bilge, and everyone tied themselves to the mast and prepared to deal with the tsunami!" Just before everyone's eyes, they were caught!
When the scene was shocking, Old Seagull was the first to wake up. He immediately let out a loud roar, waking everyone up from the shock, and then immediately gave instructions.
Hearing the orders from the old seagull, everyone realized that the spectacular scene in the distant sky was a fatal disaster for them, because judging from the whereabouts of the island, it would definitely cause a huge disaster that had never been seen before.
Tsunami.
Although fear has filled the hearts of all sailors, they are still well-trained and quickly move the ballast according to the instructions of the old seagull, and then tie themselves to the mast, because they know very well that if they follow the instructions of the old seagull,
If you can't survive, all other methods will be a dead end.
When everyone was tied to the mast and prepared for the tsunami, the huge island that appeared in the sky had already landed on the sea level, and it looked like it was about to fall into the sea.
But just when everyone was praying to the gods in their memories about the misfortune they would encounter, their gods seemed to hear their prayers. The expected tsunami did not appear because the island fell on the sea.
At that time, it scattered like dust, and at the same time a breeze blew in all directions, until the entire island disappeared at the end of the sea level.
Everyone was stunned, and it took a long time to react. The emotions of the aftermath instantly filled everyone's hearts, causing them who were tied to the mast to cry and laugh like crazy, completely losing control of their emotions.
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Old Seagull is also immersed in this strong emotion of survival, but he has had the experience of surviving a disaster before, and with so many years of experience, his emotions are far more stable than others, and he has better control over his mentality.
It was much stronger, and he quickly stabilized himself. While untying himself from the mast, he also ran to the stern of the ship and looked in the direction of the island where it fell.
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Chapter completed!