bookcurios Chapter 183 Setting Sail Again
Chapter 183 Setting Sail Again
The reconstruction of the ship is in full swing, and this is no easy task.
According to the calculations of the female rat people, it would be very resource-intensive to build a ship that could withstand the sea and float on the sea for three months.
The main reason is that the longer the voyage time, the more food is needed. With more food, a bigger ship is needed. The bigger the ship, the longer the voyage time.
This is a typical theoretical problem of adding more water to noodles or more noodles to water, and it was finally settled on three months.
According to the blueprint drawn by the female rat man, at least more than 100 trees must be cut down to complete the work.
This is not too urgent. All you need to do is use the improved Ten Thousand Demonic Rock Dimensional Stone, absorb the magical wind in it, and then cast the Storm Magic.
The fierce wind blew open a hole in the forest, and a large amount of wood and wood piles were scattered all over the forest.
As for carrying the wood, that fell on Windlow and Mousse. The two of them and the unicorn kept pulling out the wood one by one.
Since they were trees from the forest near Wanmo Rock, Leslie didn't say anything.
He also stood beside the female rat man, and the two of them started polishing the wood together.
A log can be sawed into four boards. Under the work of the mother ratman, the strange saw blade she created can easily complete the sawing work.
Wooden boards were piled up in the material preparation area.
After finishing the logging work, Izexi changed his direction and smelted fish oil from fish fat and painted the dried wooden boards over and over again.
Since this operation involved the issue of whether several people could get out safely, everyone was working very hard.
After the wooden boards brushed with fish oil were all dried, the shipbuilding work was on track.
The wooden boards were pieced together one after another, and the metal powder extracted by metal magic was turned into nails, which were used to completely reinforce the wooden boards one by one.
The next step is to build the watertight compartment, the food warehouse, the lounge, and finally build the deck and a mast.
And used all the beastmen's leather to sew a sail.
After a whole month, the four people and one horse finally completed the construction of the boat.
When looking at the sea again, the unicorn was smart enough to collect a lot of hay in advance and prepare to take it on the boat to eat.
As a corner of the earth wall surrounding the ship was dug open, the influx of sea water quickly allowed the ship to float on the sea.
It seems that the female rat man's calculation was correct, and there is no problem with the drainage ratio and buoyancy.
Izexi was also at the stern, using the purified dimensional stone to provide magical power, casting storm spells one after another to blow the entire boat away from the island.
Stepping onto the ocean once again, everyone felt happy but also a little uneasy.
Although there is no freedom on the island, at least there is a place to take shelter and food to collect.
But once you go out to sea, there will be endless problems.
Even the most fearless of Norse raiders would seek the protection of their gods before setting out to sea, hoping that they would not perish in the storm.
The four of them did not have any gods they believed in. Apart from Izehi's chanting of the sea god Mannan for blessings, the female ratman and Windlow preferred to observe the stars in the sky to determine the direction to go.
As long as you keep going east, you will definitely reach the coastline of Bretonnia. If you are a little luckier, you can reach the coast of Estalia in a shorter time.
At night, after confirming the correct position of the stars for the last time, Windlow and the female rat man finally had time to rest.
During the day, Izehi mainly taught Wendlow how to control magic and use his magical power to power the ship.
She naturally had her own reasons for doing this. After making sure everyone was asleep, she slowly left the cabin, step by step.
The movement was so slow that even Mousse did not notice the high elf's movements.
Taking advantage of the night and the opportunity when everyone was asleep, Izexi returned to the location of the magic circle that provided power to the ship.
No changes are needed, just input the mana during the night.
Secretly change the course at night and make the ship head north.
The High Elves are so good at sailing that they are almost a country built on the ocean. Even magicians know how to travel on the sea.
Just head north at night and east during the day as planned. It looks like the ship will keep heading southeast and eventually land at the Gollonian Wetlands in the northernmost part of Bretonnia.
In fact, the elves' great vortex is constantly absorbing the wind of magic, coupled with the ocean current fluctuations of this season.
The ship would drift in an elegant arc across the sea toward the Ulthuan Islands, and eventually even land in the northern kingdom of Chrace, though the journey would take two months.
There is no need to worry about this. The food reserves are more than enough, and the ocean is so vast that it is impossible to determine the specific location and direction.
This boat will go deep into the Osuan Islands according to Izehi's plan.
As for how to deal with the other members on the ship, that is a question to be considered when we land on the island later.
Working at night and taking naps during the day, although everyone else noticed that something was wrong with Izexi.
But the high elves, who were good at lying and disguising themselves, did not show any signs of exposing themselves.
As time passed day by day, finally, a month and a half had passed.
Finally, there were traces of land in front of the boat.
The only thing that was a little weird was that there were towering mountains in the distance of that land, and there was even a thick layer of snow on the top of the mountains.
This is not important. Windlow hurriedly controlled the direction of the ship with the female rat man and quickly headed towards the land.
It can be seen that this land has a very good natural harbor. After slowing down, the ship slowly rushed onto the sandy beach.
Not only did it not cause any damage to the ship, it also made it possible to easily push the ship into the water and sail to the sea again.
But the cool breeze in the air made Wendlow a little puzzled.
He counted the days silently in his heart. It was spring when he set sail from Tirell. He was trapped on the island for three months and sailed on the sea for more than a month.
Only five months had passed at most, and even if it had been six months, it was still early autumn, and it would not snow in any continent in autumn.
It's really weird. Maybe a few people drifted to another place affected by magic.
The most urgent thing is to search around here and see if there is anything that can tell them where this place is.
I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate that there is a village not far from the coastline. Judging from the architectural style, it is obviously the work of human beings.