Above the mage!

Chapter 406 Oakland City
Although the black water shark swarm has retreated, no one can guarantee whether or when they will come back.

Therefore, Knight Hao and most of the wizards were still guarding the ship, ready for battle.

According to the tradition of the Plantagenet dynasty, when danger occurs, the nobles must take the lead.

Therefore, from the time the flood occurred to now, Knight Hao has been very busy with settling the victims and dealing with water monsters. In fact, he has not closed his eyes for almost two days.

He stood at the bow for a while, but didn't see the black water mermaid appear again, so he finally couldn't hold on any longer.

He told the others to wake him up if they needed anything, and then he went back to the cabin to take a nap.

As a result, he had just laid down and was about to fall asleep when he was woken up again.

"What's wrong? Is the Black Water Shark back?" Although he felt uncomfortable, Knight Hao still asked alertly at the first moment, with some nervousness in his tone.

"no."

"Then what do you want me to do?" He suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Someone is coming!"

"What kind of people are they? Disaster victims? Can't you make arrangements on your own? Why do you call me for such a trivial matter?" Upon hearing the reason, Knight Hao became even angrier.

He had been busy for two days and was exhausted, but these people were so incompetent that they wouldn't even let him have a break.

"It's the Sea Sentinel Mage. He said he came from Dorne to help with the disaster!" The mage who woke up Knight Hao also heard his dissatisfaction and explained quickly.

Sea Sentinel Mage? !

When Knight Hao heard this, he shuddered all over.

Whether it was the identity of the Sea Sentinel Mage or the "rescue" it represented, both temporarily dispelled his sleepiness.

He stood up quickly and walked out of the cabin.

Gaode just climbed onto the boat from the water and was using the capybara bag to retrieve the exhausted Tuanzi.

After putting away the dumpling, he turned around and made eye contact with Knight Hao.

Under the orange light, Knight Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked carefully at the Sea Sentinel Mage in front of him.

His eyes swept across the two bronze stars on Goder's cuffs.

First-class trainee wizard. Still a rookie.
Of course, he just thought so in his heart.

The Sea Sentinel Mage is promoted very quickly and has a bright future.

Even though the other party is now a first-class apprentice wizard, his status is still lower than his.

But it would only take another ten years, and he would still be a knight, while the other party would definitely be a sergeant-level wizard. If he had outstanding abilities, he might even be promoted to warrant officer.

That status is already above him.

Therefore, Knight Hao did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

"When I found this place just now, I saw a group of black water sharks besieging the fleet. It took me a lot of effort to lead them into the undercurrent whirlpool I encountered on the road. It consumed too much energy." Gao De patted his capybara bag and explained.

He is not the kind of person who does good deeds without leaving a name.

Leading away the black water shark group previously was a huge risk. Wouldn't it be a waste of effort if I don't speak out and "take credit" for it?

"Did you lead away the group of black water sharks earlier, sir?"

Knight Hao was stunned at first, and then his head seemed to explode.

He never imagined that the sudden departure of the Black Water Mermaid, which had puzzled him for so long, was caused by the first-class trainee wizard in front of him.

"Thank you for what you did, otherwise we would have no way to deal with these black water sharks." After being shocked, Knight Hao expressed his gratitude with great insight and sincerity.

"Are you coming from Dorne?" he then asked curiously.

"That's right," Goder nodded. "After learning that a super cyclone had landed in Auckland, the Sea Sentinel issued an emergency mission and asked us to set out in batches immediately to provide disaster relief."

What a great speed!

Knight Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Calculating the time, it’s been less than a day.

He is worthy of being called a sea sentinel!
"What's the situation up there now?" God pointed to the faint lights on the high ground and asked, "Also, where is your Baron?"

During the Plantagenet dynasty, the highest official in a town was usually a baron.

"Before the dam broke, Baron Joroja was aware of the possibility of a dam break, and immediately organized the townspeople to move here. So when the dam broke and the flood occurred, most of the people in the town were already here, and their lives were not threatened by the flood."

"But the nearby villages did not have enough time to organize evacuation, so after initially stabilizing the people, Baron Joroya took the fleet out to search for and relocate the victims."

"She brought in two groups of victims earlier today, and then left again to go to a village far away. She may not be back until tomorrow morning."

The baron of Yaxi Town turned out to be a rare female noble. The thought flashed through Gao De's mind.

Given the traditional ideas and strict laws of the Plantagenet dynasty, it was not surprising that Joroja took such active actions to provide disaster relief.

"How many people are there up there?" Gao De asked again, "Are all the disaster victims in Yaxi Town being transferred here?"

"About hundreds of thousands of people," Knight Hao couldn't actually give a specific number. He thought for a moment and said, "These are only some of the victims. For those in villages a little further away, Baron Qiao Luoya would definitely not go to such great lengths to transport them back.

First, it would waste too much time, and second, the carrying capacity of this highland is also limited, so we should arrange it to the high ground near the village."

"We have been here for more than a day. We left in a hurry and could not bring much supplies. Now everyone is hungry.

Moreover, the rain has been falling, and there is no rain protection facility on the high ground. If it continues like this, the elderly and children will definitely not be able to bear it." Knight Hao frowned and told him the current grim situation.

Godd nodded.

This was expected.

As for why Knight Hao did not organize the evacuation of the victims even though there were ships here, but instead waited here, leaving them in a terrible situation of lack of food, drinking water, and the spread of diseases, the reason is very simple:
In the early stages of a flood, the water flow is too turbulent, and there are dangerous conditions such as undercurrents and whirlpools. Coupled with bad weather, it poses a huge risk to the fleet's navigation and can easily cause ships to capsize.

There are a lot of floating objects in the water, such as furniture, building debris, etc. These floating objects may collide with ships and damage the hull under the guidance of turbulent water currents.

The bad weather and obstructed vision greatly increased the difficulty and risk of the transfer.

In addition, the existence of water beasts also made them dare not organize large-scale transfers easily.

What's more, there are limited ships and so many victims. If the transfer is organized rashly without sufficient manpower, it will easily lead to chaos.

Therefore, after a flood occurs, it is generally not advisable to transfer victims on high ground by boat in the first place.

These are some of the key points highlighted in the "Cyclone Rescue Chronicle".

“On my way here, I passed by the town of Tyrrell. I had already asked the officials of Tyrrell to borrow a boat and organize a fleet to be on standby and ready to go out for rescue at any time.

When the day breaks and the weather gets better, we can notify the fleet in Tyrell Town to come pick you up." Gao De said soothingly.

"That's great!" Knight Hao's worries were slightly relieved after hearing this.

If there are too many casualties among the townspeople, these nobles will be held accountable after the disaster, so he has always been under a lot of pressure.

"By the way, I still don't know what to call you?" He thought of this again and asked hurriedly.

"Just call me Gao De." Gao De took out his identity badge and handed it over.

Knight Hao took the nameplate, looked at it, and then handed it back with both hands.

The Sea Sentinel Mage's uniform might be counterfeit, but in this situation, who else but the Sea Sentinel Mage would take such a huge risk to appear here?

This so-called identity confirmation is actually just a procedure.

"Take me up there to have a look." Goder made another request. "No problem, Mage Goder, please follow me." After all this, Knight Hao's sleepiness had long since disappeared.

On the high ground, simple temporary tents are densely packed together.

Although it is already late at night, few people can sleep due to the heavy rain.

In fact, the temporary tents could not withstand such heavy rain. Almost all the tents were leaking, but the degree of leakage varied.

There was a foul smell in the air, a mix of excrement and the stench of rain.

The area of ​​high ground is limited, so so many disaster victims usually have to relieve themselves on the spot.

Opening up any tent at random, you would see two families crammed inside, sitting together, snuggling up to each other.

They were trembling with cold, their faces turned sallow due to hunger, their lips were even paler, and they looked extremely weak.

The child in a woman's arms had unusually heavy breathing and a red face, and was obviously sick.

The woman kept patting the child's back and comforting him in a low voice.

Gao De glanced at it and sighed slightly in his heart.

There was a burst of green light, and several magic berries appeared in his hand.

He distributed the magic berries to the people in the tent and said, "Feed one to the child."

Magic berry can provide the nutrients needed by the human body in a day.

When you are sick, what you need most is to supplement nutrition to enhance your immunity.

After doing this, he lowered the tent curtain and followed Knight Hao to continue investigating the situation of the victims.

After walking around, Gao De shook his head and said, "The situation is already very bad. If the excrement is not dealt with, it will easily lead to plague. But now it is raining so hard and there are so many people. It is not realistic to deal with the excrement."

"With such a dense population, once an epidemic breaks out, the consequences can be imagined."

"Besides, with heavy rain and food shortage, these people can't hold out for long."

"When daybreak comes, no matter what the situation is, we must organize the evacuation of the victims," ​​Gao De asserted.

These are the knowledge he learned from "Cyclone Rescue Chronicle".

Although Knight Hao had never read this book, his rich experience enabled him to understand this principle.

But Baron Joroya had not returned, so he did not dare to make any rash decision.

It would be fine if everything goes well, but if something goes wrong during the process of evacuating the victims, he will be fully responsible.

This kind of thing requires someone to make the decision. Anyway, Knight Hao's conservative character makes him dare not easily take the lead.

Now that Gode had arrived and stood up to make the decision he had wanted to make a long time ago, Knight Hao was naturally overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.

"Let's go back to the boat and rest for a while. I've been traveling all day and I'm very tired." Gao De waved his hand.

After returning to the fleet from the highlands, Gaode entered the cabin, found a bed, cast a [Comfortable Sleep +] on himself, and fell asleep.

No one knows how long the disaster relief will last, so he must seize every opportunity to rest and recover.

It's already the second half of the night, but there's still some time before dawn, so we can still take a rest.

Under the effect of the spell, even though the boat was shaking abnormally in the turbulent water, Gode still smoothly entered a deep sleep state.

After a short three-hour break, daybreak arrived.

Gao De was awakened and went out of the cabin to take a look.

Not only did the sun rise, but the heavy rain that had been falling all day finally turned into light rain.

At this time, Knight Hao just walked out of the cabin and met Gode.

After seeing this, Knight Hao realized that Gode was so young.

The lighting was not good last night. He could see through the dim light that Gao De was very young, but he didn't expect him to be so young. He looked like he was not even twenty years old.

Such a young Sea Sentinel First-Class Apprentice Mage must have an extraordinary background.

And he is so courageous, his future achievements will definitely be extraordinary.

Knight Hao's expression became more respectful.

"We are lucky. The rain has eased a lot. We need to evacuate quickly."

"I see."

"Send two small boats to Tyrrell Town to notify the fleet on standby there to come for rescue, and also explore the way along the way." Gao De had already made detailed arrangements.

If he personally delivered the message, the speed would be faster, but the route he and Tuanzi took was definitely different from the route taken by normal ships, and it had no reference value.

In addition, Gaode is not satisfied with the small town of Yaxi, he also plans to go to Auckland City to see the situation.

Just as Knight Hao thought, Gode also felt that there was something very wrong with this whirlwind disaster.

But what exactly is wrong may only be solved by going to Auckland.

In addition, this is a rare opportunity to earn merit.

He might be able to accumulate enough military merits to be promoted to the second ring in one go during this disaster relief operation, so he naturally cannot be satisfied with the "tiny merits" at the moment.

"No problem." Knight Hao nodded.

Yaxi Town and Tyrrell Town are adjacent to each other, one is upstream and the other is downstream. Everyone is very familiar with the route, and they will naturally know how to get there just by hearing the name.

Soon, two small and medium-sized boats carrying mages sailed out in the drizzle, breaking through the waves and disappearing from sight in a short while.

"Lend me another boat. I want to go to Auckland City to have a look." Goder said again.

Knight Hao also nodded readily and rowed a small boat to Gode.

Although there is a shortage of ships at the moment, such a small boat cannot carry many people.

Besides, if Gaode hadn’t taken action last night, all these ships would have been destroyed by the black water shark.

No matter for emotional or logical reasons, he had no way to refuse Gao De.

Gao De jumped off the big ship and landed on the deck of the small boat.

In order to escape the suction of the whirlpool last night, he had actively destroyed the pig saddle. It was a delicate thing and not easy to make. He did not bring a spare one, so now he could not rely on Tuanzi to pull the boat and had to row the boat himself.

Fortunately, as the rain subsided, the water flow was no longer as turbulent as last night.

After Gao De cast the [Heavy Burden Technique] and [Relentless Pursuit] on himself, he rowed the boat and headed towards the city of Auckland.

He passed through several towns along the way, but he did not stop.

But he also let go of Tuanzi, who had also rested for most of the night and recovered his energy, and asked Tuanzi to help explore the water depth and boundaries of these towns.

In addition to saving lives, finding out the extent of the disaster and the scope of the disaster is also extremely important.

Ascertaining the disaster situation early can enable more effective allocation of rescue resources, facilitate coordination, and improve rescue efficiency.

Therefore, this matter also received considerable military reward.

Gaode wants it all and does not intend to leave out any credit.

(End of this chapter)