Chapter 57

In 1579, sir Herrera of Aviles, Spain, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on his beloved shallow alligator to serve as governor of Honduras in the rich new world.

As a result, after only half a year of a happy life, he got an infectious disease.

Under the leadership of Captain Mikel Arteta, the shallow water crocodile downloaded the sick jazz to return home for treatment. On the way, it encountered a storm. It not only broke the navigation compass, but also deviated from the route. On a heavy fog day, it accidentally drove into this strange fog area.

Lorraine suspected that the ship had offended the gods and Buddhas all over the sky

They lost their way in the fog and struggled to survive. Sir erera's infectious disease broke out on the ship again. After a long pain, they finally killed the whole ship.

That's why there are so few bones on board.

The early and dying are thrown into the sea by those who have more strength, and the weak are abandoned by those who have more strength.

The people on the ship lost less and less. Those who abandoned others suffered more fear and despair than those who were abandoned. They met the final death in loneliness, guilt and curse.

Lorraine silently read all the non code written parts of the diary.

The first half is ambitious, recording the voyage of the shallow water crocodile across the Atlantic Ocean to the new world. The second half is becoming increasingly scribbled. They carry patients home, encounter storms, diseases, deep in the fog, and murder the crew

Captain Arteta cursed his employer Sir Herrera in his diary.

It was the selfish and crazy nobleman who ordered to abandon the first batch of living people. The ocean going warship, which had 80 excellent sailors and intact hull, would lose the chance of the last fight in the process of betraying relatives and killing each other.

And Sir Herrera didn't get a good end.

After two loyal and powerful Musketeers fell ill, the master and his followers were brutally exiled to a small boat by the last crew. They had no water and died with the wave.

"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end..." Lorraine murmured, closed his diary, looked up and said to Noah and Haina. "No wonder the captain and navigator will live in the lower cabin. It turned out that this ship had noble guests on board."

"Passengers?"

"Yes, sir erera of Aviles lives in the upper cabin with his two guards."

"Aveles... Erela?" Noah looked strange, "I remember..."

Lorraine smiled and raised her diary.

"Herrera chamber of Commerce, a close ally of Desai chamber of Commerce, is the chamber of Commerce of Aviles. This diary can ruin their family reputation and is the most precious gift left by Captain Arteta for us."

Lorraine's words made Haina curious: "what's written in it?"

"A despicable murder." Lorraine wrapped the diary with tarpaulin again and tightened the bandage. "Sir erera coerced the captain to murder about 20 sick crew members. Out of guilt, Captain Arteta recorded everything in detail."

"It's baby." Haina gave the attribute in a concise and comprehensive way.

This diary changed the shallow water crocodile from a broken ship to a treasure ship.

When they got out of the captain's cabin, they went to the upper floor again. In the sir's cabin, they found a family emblem ring inlaid with ruby and a small box of about 300 pistols.

Pistol is a gold coin forged in Spain, equivalent to sterling, but it is rare now.

Spaniards now prefer small eight character gold coins and Spanish gold dollars. The circulation of pistol is becoming less and less, and there is a premium for the collection.

A pistol can sell for about two to three pounds if you find the right buyer.

Compared with the captain's diary, these things can only be regarded as a small harvest.

The three returned with a full load. The sailors untied the rope with the shallow crocodile, watched the ghost ship in the fog disappear into the fog again, and continued its endless wandering.

The atmosphere on the ship was oppressive.

Lorraine called his sailors together and held a short meeting near the hole in the bow.

"We found Mr. Arteta's diary on the shallow water crocodile. According to his guess, this is probably herbrazil."

"Heba?"

The sailors' expressions were completely different. Haina, Noah and pierce were confused, while Karen and acharin tied to the bow mast were frightened.

Hebbasi is the name of a mysterious island, which has been circulating in the conversation of ocean sailors since 1325.

At the earliest time, people guessed that it was the new continent at the end of the ocean. When Columbus discovered the new continent, it became the Devil Island hanging in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The isolated island theory prevailed in Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. In the mirror of the sailor, there was a label on the island of hebrazil, which was located in the middle latitude sea area further west than Iceland, but it was soon proved to be wrong.

In 1674, John nasbert, an adventurer in kilbages, Ireland, claimed that he had found and landed on the island of Heba.

He said that there lived a male wizard on the island who kept a black rabbit as big as a mountain as a pet and liked to give gold coins to lucky sailors.

But he did not announce the location of the island, and the sailors and sailors on board did not respond positively to his claims.

Two years later, his ship, the Macaw, disappeared in the North Atlantic. It was said that they went to Heba again and were left by the Wizards on the island.

Lorraine has always sniffed at the legend of Heba, but what if... What John nasbert said is true?

He briefly introduced the past of the island to the sailors, who frowned deeply one by one.

Haina stared into Lorraine's eyes. "Are you going to explore the fog area?"

Lorraine held the compass and shrugged. "We're heading west."

"Turned?"

"Turned. We rushed into the fog area from the northeast and drifted south at first. Now we drift West. The shallow crocodile has drifted in this small sea area for 200 years and has not been able to leave, which shows that we are in a closed circulation."

Lorraine turned around the broken hole and looked at the center of the hole inexplicably: "if this is really hebrazil Island, the island must be in the circulation center, otherwise the closed loop will be opened, the ocean current will be chaotic, and it can't be so stable."

"The wizard who sent gold coins..." he smiled and looked up at his sailors. "Gentlemen and ladies, do you want to visit the wizard's house?"

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It's not too difficult to make a decision because they are in a bad situation.

Nearly a thousand kilometers from the mainland, the watertight cabin is seeping, and there may be murderers waiting for them outside the fog area.

In fact, everyone knows that if they can't get ashore for repair in a short time, the possibility of their safe return to England is close to zero.

In contrast, the risk of exploring the unknown is much smaller. At least, they can see the opportunity to live.

In order to survive, choose adventure.

In order to boost the morale of the sailors, Lorraine took out the pistol found on the shallow water crocodile and gave each sailor a bonus, two for each person.

Six to ten pounds was equivalent to their salary for several months, and the unexpected joy made the sailors happy and energetic.

In the laughter, Lorraine announced the news of hebrazil, which was unanimously supported by the whole ship.

The butterfly was busy on board. She twisted the bow slowly and firmly, cut the circulation, and drove all the way north to the depths of the unknown fog sea.