Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

On the Hound Pirates' flagship, the tavern owner was shouting at the top of his lungs, his hands to his mouth.

At the same time, the pirates around him were waving flags to let Osi and the others follow.

The voices of ordinary people can easily be blurred by the howling sea breeze and cannot be transmitted very far.

But Laika just wanted to shout out.

Not only him, but also Fryhail beside him and other pirates on the ship were shouting.

The hoarse shouting seemed to vent out all the repression and unwillingness accumulated over the years.

"Quick! Follow up!"

"It's right ahead! Our destination is right ahead!!!"

On the boat, seeing the flag signal, Ober pushed aside the navigator who was still staring at the "night" in the distance, and decisively grasped the rudder and turned.

Even though she had some complaints about Osi's insistence on using this method with an unknown success rate, since the other party had made the decision, as Osi's sister, she would carry it out decisively.

This peculiarly shaped boat is heading straight towards its destination.

……

Finally, after a tense and depressing voyage, the boat arrived right below the Jidi Cloud.

At this time, the sky was completely obscured, and it was as dark as a solar eclipse.

"Goooo~"

"I-are we here yet?"

The navigator asked with a stutter, he still couldn't react.

"That should be the case. I see there's no movement on the ship opposite."

"This should be where the ocean current will appear."

Wright took a deep breath. Knowing that he was about to be blown to pieces, he calmed down and even wanted to smoke a cigarette.

Just as he loosened his hand that had been holding the pole due to nervousness and was about to reach into his pocket, he suddenly felt his body shift.

Then the entire ship began to deflect uncontrollably, and an unimaginably huge whirlpool was tearing their ship apart.

Unable to stand steadily, he had to grab the poles tightly with both hands again. Now he finally understood why those people installed so many wooden poles on the deck.

"Damn it, what's going on? Why is the ship out of control?!"

"It's a whirlpool! What a huge whirlpool! We've been caught in the whirlpool!!"

"It's so dark! I can't see anything!"

"What should I do?! What should I do now?!"

The ordinary trio who had just calmed down saw this scene that seemed like a complete change of heaven and earth. The composure they had managed to maintain was immediately shattered and they began to shout and scream uncontrollably.

"Don't panic! Hold on to what's around you."

"This is a sign of a rising ocean current. It will disappear in a moment!"

Seeing this, the tavern owner and others not far away immediately explained loudly.

They were at the outermost edge of the vortex at the moment and were not affected at all.

But their clenched hands showed that they were not as calm as they looked at the moment.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened to Laika. The huge vortex did not last long and disappeared abruptly, just as it appeared abruptly.

Everything went just as he planned.

The sea surface became calm again, and even the sea breeze stopped, as if nothing had happened.

Wright and the others collapsed on the deck in fear, their legs completely powerless.

This terrifying and suffocating feeling of being trapped in the center of a natural disaster was something they had never experienced even in the New World.

……

"Hey."

"Red-haired brat."

"This is the best we can do to get you here."

On the calm sea, the tavern owner was standing at the bow not far away, speaking calmly with his arms folded across his chest.

There was no sea breeze or waves at this time, so his words could reach Ossi's ears clearly.

"The ocean current is about to arrive. It's time to say goodbye."

"Wish ya'll good luck."

After saying this, he turned his back, stretched out his arms and raised his thumbs like Ossi did before.

The same thing happened to Fryhail and others in front of him. They turned their backs and gave thumbs up at the same time.

This is the silent blessing and farewell from this group of men.

"We must find Sky Island, kid!"

After leaving these words, Laika directly gave the order to return. They must hurry to get out of the range of the surging ocean current.

.........

boom! ! !

Ten minutes later, with a loud bang, an extremely wide column of water rushed up from the bottom of the sea.

Osi and her friends' red boat also made great progress and successfully rode the upward current directly into the sky.

They were now sailing vertically upwards along the water column!

"Whoaaah!"

"This, this is...!"

"Hold on to the rudder! Don't let go!"

"Hold the sails! Let this upward wind carry us above the clouds!"

"Hold on tight to the boat, don't fall off!"

“It’s flying! It’s really flying!”

On the sea in the distance, the tavern owner and others watched the small boat soaring into the sky quietly without saying a word.

But at this moment, their fists were clenched tightly, and they were not even aware that blood was seeping out.

[We must succeed, we must succeed!]

[Please!]

Despite his apparent calm, the innkeeper's heart was already wailing, and scenes from the past surfaced in his mind - the high-spirited voyage, the smooth adventure, the fearless flight, and the regrettable and dismal ending...

The faces of his companions now appeared in his mind one by one.

[Comaro, Grissom, Victor, Volko, White... and the Wings of Liberi.]

[Everyone, please watch carefully, and watch the continuation of our dream!]

"Oh no! Senior!"

Fryhail's panicked voice suddenly broke in.

"The power of the sky-high current doesn't seem to be enough!"

"They're falling!"

"what?!"

Breaking free from his memories, the man named Christer Leka opened his eyes wide and looked at the small boat in the air.

At this time, the red boat was only a short distance away from the bottom of the Jidi Cloud, but the strong ocean current had already begun to recede, and the speed of the boat was also decreasing rapidly!

This time the ocean current is not powerful enough!

If this continues they will definitely fall back into the sea!!!

[what to do?]

[Failed?!]

[Why?]

"how so?!"

"hateful!"

"Why? We've already reached the final step."

"It was so close to success!"

Laika rushed to the bow and gripped the railing with her bloody hands.

Looking at the red boat gradually losing power and starting to fall, his eyes were bloodshot!

He wanted to do something, but found that he could do nothing and could only watch!

Just like back then!

Failed……

Even though I had risked everything, even bet everything I had, I still failed...

Once again, and for the last time, I failed...

Finally, looking at the boat that was irreversibly falling, Laika seemed to have her soul sucked out of her, and she collapsed to the ground in a daze.

Not only him, but everyone on the boat seemed to have lost all their strength and fell to their knees.

Some people couldn't help but cover their faces and cry out loud.

Dreams, companions, hopes... everything they have will be shattered again with the fall of that small boat.

[Fly!]

[Please! Fly!!!]

[This is our last chance! So it doesn’t matter who it is! It doesn’t matter what it is!]

[Let him fly again!]

[Oh God!!!]

……

On the red boat.

"Everyone! Hold on tight to what's around you and don't let go. I'll fly you out!"

Jhin has now transformed into a pterosaur, ready to transport everyone away.

A pitch-black membrane wing of more than ten meters stretched out in the air. The first people he rescued were the Wright trio, who would be in great danger if they fell from this height.

But just as he was about to catch Wright, he suddenly saw a red figure rushing towards the bow of the ship at high speed, and then jumped down!

"Ossie! What are you doing? Come back here!"

Jin flew over quickly and saw Ossi clinging tightly to the bow chain, her hair flying in all directions in the strong wind.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the ends of those red hairs seem to be emitting a faint light.

"No!"

"It's not the last moment yet! It's not time to give up!"

"I can still hear them, hear them shouting!"

Now Osi could clearly hear the cries of the souls on the sea below!

"Don't waste time, jump on my back now, we're about to fall back to the surface!"

"No, this is the agreement between me and them!"

"I must take this ship with me to Sky Island!"

"you!"

Osi didn't say anything else, but closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling the throbbing coming from his soul.