Chapter 729 - Death Loop and Tornadoes
After sending Helen away, Angor took out Lucas’ logbook and began reading again.
According to Helen, the route they were traveling across now used to have all kinds of bad weather. Perhaps they were in luck this time since none of these happened.
“Maybe I’m worrying too much…”
He rubbed his temples and closed the book, but then he saw the book’s title again.
[A logbook written by the most faithful captain during the Age of Gold]
He wondered if this Lucas man described himself as “faithful” because faith was something he lacked. But supposed that Lucas was a big liar, it was still possible that the stories in the book were real, and Lucas desperately wanted people to believe him, so he used all sorts of embellishing words.
Angor shook his head. He still didn’t have enough clues to prove the reliability of what Lucas mentioned.
He put the book away and began working on the draft of “flying boots” again until the sunlight gave place to tranquil nightfall as well as glittering seawater under the stars.
Helen turned around and saw Erwin coming.
“Captain, you mean we are going to use THAT?” Helen pointed to the looming tornado.
“Right. While the hurricane will prevent us from going for Wintertide, we can follow that wind to go here.” He took out a map and put his finger on the Summerdew Ridge. “Telling from the wind flows, we can get to Summerdew quicker than estimated.”
“It’s possible but…” Helen frowned. “Is the wind going to keep pushing us there? You know that everything at Devil’s Water tends to change and surprise us.”
“We can only hope that doesn’t happen then.” Erwin shook his head and sighed.
They both looked at Angor, hoping for the final decision.
“I don’t know which choice is better,” said Angor, “but I do know that there’s a Summerdew who’ll attack us, no?”
“It’s likely. However, we can try explaining the situation to her, and she might let us go if she’s in a fine mood. I’ve heard uninvited ships including mortal ships that traveled through Summerdew Ridge unharmed,” said Erwin.
Helen nodded. “Ships only get attacked if they wander too far inside. We can remain around the edge of Summerdew Ridge and wait out the bad weather, then we can return to Death Loop and go for Wintertide.”
“Still, there are cases where people were killed as soon as they entered Summerdew’s territory. Again, let’s hope for the best.” Erwin added.
Angor glanced at the tornado, which just got a lot closer. In fact, he wasn’t sure if he could protect the ship against that thing at all.
“Alright. We’re heading to Summerdew Ridge.”
Helen and Erwin immediately went to give orders, while Angor remained behind and gazed at the coming twister.
It wasn’t a rare sight to run into such a thing at Devil’s Water. But still, it was unlucky for them to come across the hazard at this critical moment.