Chapter 733 : Storm

Chapter 0733 Storm

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Editor: ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Tseirp

The ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍voyage westward had been going smoothly, even with the mock battle between Ryo and Zack taking place along the way.

That ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was, until they encountered it.

“Storm’s coming!”

The lookout’s shout sent a wave of tension through the ship.

“So it finally happened...”

“It can keep monsters away and even turn the tables on pirates, but a storm is another matter...”

Ryo and Abel both grimaced.

Abel suddenly had a question and asked Ryo.

“Doesn’t this ship have any mechanism for dealing with storms?”

“Nope.”

Ryo answered with a look of regret.

“A storm is the most troublesome thing for a ship, isn’t it? And yet there’s nothing?”

“It certainly is troublesome, but at the same time, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Ryo answered while giving a small shake of his head.

“The energy of a storm... well, its power, I suppose. It isn’t something people can do anything about. All we can do is pray that it passes before it does too much damage. Humans are always powerless in the face of nature’s overwhelming fury.”

“I see. But I’d rather avoid having the sails or masts break.”

Abel had experienced storms at sea before.

Twice, in fact.

It was because of one of those storms that he had washed ashore in Rondo Forest.

“Yes... you’re right.”

Ryo thought for a moment.

Skidbladnir had already furled all its sails.

It was what all sailing ships did to prepare for a storm.

But there was nothing they could do about the three enormous masts.

For a sailing ship caught in a storm, capsizing is the most frightening thing.

Damage to the masts comes next.

A mast that breaks in the middle of a storm can damage the ship’s equipment as it falls.

And even after the storm has passed, if the mast is broken, they can no longer set the sails...

What do you do if a mast is damaged?

If the broken mast is still there, or if it can be recovered, you join it back together... even if it looks somewhat awkward and its strength is reduced, you simply have to accept that.

Then, if you happen to spot an island or some other land along the way, you obtain some wood there and carve out a mast yourselves...

The sea is a harsh world indeed.

To keep that from happening, was there some good way to prevent it?

Ryo thought.

What caught his eye was a red old man and the coffin.

“A coffin... putting it in a box... wrapping it in a box... Ah, maybe...”

Ryo suddenly had an idea.

“What is it, Ryo?”

“Yes, if all we need to do is prevent it from breaking... I think there might be a way.”

“Really?!”

Abel seized on Ryo’s mutterings.

That was unusual these days.

Abel knew.

He knew what happened to ships swallowed up by storms.

He had experienced it firsthand when he was on the smuggling ship.

If they could avoid that...

“I’m going to tell Captain Paulina.”

“I see. If that is possible, I would certainly like you to do so.”

“The swaying will still be a problem, since it’s caused by the movement of the sea surface...”

“No, even being able to prevent damage would be a great help.”

After Ryo explained, Paulina thought for a moment before accepting his proposal.

“Then, here I go. <Ice Wall Package>.”

When Ryo chanted, walls of ice covered the entirety of Skidbladnir.

The entire ship, which was more than one hundred meters long.

At that very moment, the strong wind blowing across the deck stopped.

“Oh...”

Paulina could not help but gasp in surprise.

Even for a woman who had spent almost her entire life aboard ships, it was her first time experiencing anything like this.

She was not the only one.

The crew members who had been frantically moving about on deck in preparation for the storm also stopped in surprise.

Then they looked up at the sky.

They realized it. The storm had not gone away.

Rather, they had been wrapped in and protected by some immense power.

“Certainly, this should be enough. However, Your Grace, forgive me for asking, but how long will your magic power last?”

“Ah... I wonder. If all I have to do is maintain <Ice Wall>, I think it should be fine for two or three days.”

“Oh.”

“That’s amazing.”

Paulina, and Abel as well, were astonished by Ryo’s answer.

Even Abel, who had known him for a long time, found it beyond anything he had imagined.

Yes, even though Abel usually dismissed almost anything with ‘because it’s Ryo’, maintaining an ice wall of this scale for three days was...

“Are you really going to be okay?”

He was so concerned that he found himself asking Ryo again.

“Who do you think I am? ‘The Reckless One, thy name is Ryo.’ Leave it to me.”

“I don’t really understand, but being reckless is not something to be proud of.”

“Well, really, it’s fine as long as I’m only maintaining it. <Ice Wall> is only a single layer, after all.”

Ryo assured him.

And then Skidbladnir was swept into the storm.

Skidbladnir was buffeted by waves as high as several-story buildings.

In the quarters at the stern, two nobles were speaking with pale faces from seasickness.

“As long as <Ice Wall> is there... the ship won’t be damaged... and it won’t sink.”

“That alone is amazing. Although this swaying is something else...”

“As long as we don’t somehow float off the surface of the sea... this swaying can’t be helped... Float? With a water jet... it’s theoretically possible to make the entire ship float... but perhaps it’s a little too big? I could make it a one-shot gamble... and if I fail, we all fall together? Since there’s safety in everyone falling together... should I give it a try?”

“Yeah, don’t.”

Abel stopped Ryo’s spirit of challenge from a risk-management perspective.

“Since the Golden Hind was able to do it... there’s no reason why Skidbladnir shouldn’t be able to...”

“That one was designed and built as a ship that could fly through the sky... Its starting point is different...”

“Damn... one day, Skidbladnir will also be refitted into an aerial clipper ship...”

“Assuming it can sail several thousand kilometers...”

Because they were suffering from severe seasickness due to the violent swaying, Abel and Ryo’s conversation came in broken fragments.

“Oh, right, Ryo.”

“Yes?”

“Say what you just said in the Dark Continent language.”

“Eh...”

A sudden special remedial lesson in the Dark Continent language.

“...గోల్డెన్ హింద్ దీన్ని చేయగలిగితే, స్కిజ్బ్లాజ్నిర్ దీన్ని ఎందుకు చేయలేకపోవడానికి కారణం లేదు”

“Ooh, not bad, not bad. Since the Golden Hind could do it, there’s no reason why Skidbladnir can’t. Good, the results of your studying are showing.”

“Hehehe... if I get serious... this much is a piece of cake.”

“Piece of chee? Well, it’s good to see that your mastery of the Dark Continent language is progressing smoothly.”

Abel was satisfied with Ryo’s performance.

Of course, that did not change the fact that they were still in the middle of a storm.

Skidbladnir was protected by <Ice Wall>, which covered the entire ship, but all that meant was that it would not be damaged or overturned.

The swaying was terrible.

Absolutely terrible.

“Captain Paulina, who came to give her report earlier... said it too, didn’t she? Even experienced crew members would get seasick with this much swaying.”

“She did. And yet... the captain herself wasn’t seasick at all...”

“People like that really exist, huh?”

Ryo gave a small shake of his head.

Yes, Paulina was not seasick.

Even when reporting to Abel, she had her feet spread slightly wider than usual, but she reduced the effects of the swaying simply by shifting her weight, never falling over or anything of the sort...

“That might be... training in shifting her center of gravity, something swordsmen need.”

“Yeah, the fact that that’s where your thoughts went... is proof that you’re a battle maniac, Ryo.”

Of course, even during a storm, it was not as though the ship was always being shaken at maximum intensity.

There were periods of severe swaying, but there were also periods when the swaying was less violent.

But even with such minor swaying, naturally, the two of them could not stand up.

The storm lasted for seven days and seven nights.

During that time, the ship continued to be swept along.

As though guided by something.

At last, the storm passed, and the two went out onto the deck.

“I never knew sunlight could be this wonderful.”

“Yeah, that was rough.”

If you put Ryo and Abel’s words to paper exactly as spoken, it would look like this, and they might seem no different from before the storm.

But in reality... they had lost weight.

“With that much swaying, I suppose...”

“It’s been a long time since we had to get by on bread, dried meat, and water.”

Even Chef Kobatch, for all his skill, had been unable to cook aboard a ship being tossed around by a storm.

The Djinn and the coffin came over to the two of them.

“I am impressed, Ryo.”

“Huh? Coffin-san... no, Regna-san?”

“Your supply of magic power is magnificent. To continue supplying magic and maintaining an ice wall for seven days despite being human is truly impressive.”

“Indeed. As expected of the Fairy King’s favorite.”

“Ah, you’re too kind.”

Coffin Regna and the Djinn Merlin praised him, making Ryo blush.

However, those two were not done yet.

“You’re far more capable than this Spellno over here.”

“You insolent coffin, come out of your box. I’ll beat that smart mouth out of you.”

“Interesting. Go ahead and try, if you can.”

“No, please don’t. You’ll break the ship.”

Merlin and Regna traded barbs, while sensible Ryo stopped them.

Abel silently shook his head.

That day, the dinner marking their first meal in seven days was, naturally, ‘karaage’.

“Just as expected of Chef Kobatch.”

“Yeah, right?”

Ryo and Abel praised the choice of dish and enjoyed its deliciousness just as they had hoped.

Of course, on deck, the Kingdom’s knights as well as the crew were also enjoying the fried chicken.

Amid them, the two spotted some people using instruments to observe the stars in the sky and recording their observations on the sea charts spread out on a table.

At the center of it all was First Officer Rochea.

A little farther away, Captain Paulina was also there, receiving reports from Rochea as they came in, so the two decided to go over and ask.

“Captain, you’re calculating where we are, aren’t you?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. We were swept quite a long way off course during the storm.”

“That expression on your face means there’s a possibility we’ve drifted farther from the Western Countries?”

Abel read it from the slightest change in Paulina’s expression.

“Very soon...”

Just as Paulina began to speak, Navigator Rochea came over.

“King Abel, Captain, I’ve determined our location.”

“Very well. Where are we?”

“Off the coast of the Dark Continent.”

“I see.”

“Eh...”

Paulina had anticipated Rochea’s answer, while Abel and Ryo were left speechless.

“If we continue westward at this pace, by tomorrow morning we’ll be able to see Vamos Island, northeast of the Dark Continent.”

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