v2 Chapter 4： Ghost ship

"Hello, Captain Ethan."

Ethan’s young appearance made several people look surprised, and what made them even more surprised was that after such a period of time, they did not see a second person other than Ethan on this ship.

These few people glanced at each other, and they all showed a look of vigilance and fear in unison, as if they had thought of something terrible, and finally Philip stood up and asked his own questions very cautiously.

"Your crew... are all resting?"

"No, I'm the only person on the boat."

Ethan did not deliberately hide the truth. The conditions of these people are not very good. He can feel that their strength is very different from his own. Even in the heyday, he can easily dismiss them, and he is not afraid of any crooked thoughts.

After hearing that there was no one else on the ship, these people did not show the tendency to'do a big vote,' instead they showed more fear and even took a step back unconsciously. Ethan noticed that the combat captain, Sean, actually glanced behind him, as if he was about to jump directly into the sea.

"I'm sorry, I'm curious what are you afraid of?"

Ethan is not the kind of person who likes to play puzzles or who likes to talk in circles and feel dizzy. In this case, he prefers straightforward questions to understand directly why the other party behaves so strangely.

Hearing this question from him, these people were a little surprised at first, and then realized that they seemed to be happy, and even let out a long sigh.

"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, because we just met a ghost ship before, which caused us to lose the ship and all our partners, and now we have encountered another ship without a crew, so..."

"Ghost ship?" Ethan was very interested in the ghost ship that Philip said, but he explained it smoothly: "My ship has magic stone control equipment."

"Yes, we have already thought of it." Magic stone technology is not uncommon in this sea area. I haven't walked out of the previous shadow before. I thought of the ghost ship inertially, and almost forgot that there was a magic stone control. thing.

was so relieved, several people collapsed directly on the deck, unable to stand up even if they wanted to.

"You guys rest here first, I will get some food and water for you."

"Thank you very much for your generosity, Captain Ethan."

First Mate Philip took off his hat and expressed his gratitude to Ethan; the same was true for the other two people, but their condition seemed to be worse, and they couldn't even speak.

Ethan quickly fetched food and water, as well as some fruits to supplement the lack of physical strength and nutrition for these people. When they ate some, the expression on their faces improved a lot, not as if they could fall down at any time. As if he couldn't get up, he asked the question he was very interested in.

"You said you met a ghost ship?"

It was still Chief Mate Philip who replied. It seemed that the other two people trusted and respected the Chief Mate. They would not intervene when Philip spoke, but would only nod their heads to express their agreement.

"It was a huge ghost warship. He pretended to be a distressed ship and sent out a distress signal. Our Advance was deceived into that ship and then annihilated."

"All over? Only the three of you escaped?"

He didn't understand. If the ghost ship tricked them into getting on board to kill the crew, then they only need to leave in time, it seems that the whole ship will not be wiped out, right? Can't you escape?

"Yes, we immediately wanted to stay away from the weird ghost ship after we discovered that something was wrong, but suddenly a thick fog made it impossible for us to see the surrounding environment. No matter how we sailed, it seemed to be spinning in a range, and Every time the night comes, weird things start to happen on our boat."

seemed to think of the horror of that period, and the faces of several people who had just recovered became pale again.

"Later we realized that the evil spirits had been eyeing us, and if we continued, our ship would become a ghost ship, so the captain ordered to abandon the ship and take the escape boat away."

Speaking of this, the first officer Philip lowered his head: "We were scattered on all the escape boats, and each boat had at least a dozen people on board, but even in the boats, weird things often happened... In the end, only our small boat accidentally hit and drove out of the strange sea full of mist, and the other people...not even the corpses left behind."

Philip buried his face in his hands and was dissatisfied with his inability to save everyone, but he felt powerless at the thought of the situation at the time and didn't know what to do.

"You have done a good job, and you successfully rescued your partner."

Ethan didn't know how to comfort him. After all, he hadn't experienced it before and didn't understand the situation at all, so he could only say something that didn't hurt him.

Fortunately, there is a suitable person by his side who can comfort Philip, so that this old man who is old enough to be Ethan's father will no longer cry like a child.

After the mood eased, Philip wiped a tear from his face: "I made you laugh."

Ethan shook his head and said he didn't mind. He originally wanted to ask about the ghost ship and the various weird situations that happened on their ship, but suddenly he realized that it was not the right time, and he didn't seem to need to waste his words.

"The ghost ship you mentioned before, is that like that?"

Philip was taken aback for a moment, then followed Ethan's fingers to look sideways, and saw a ship he knew very well.

It was a large galleon-type sailing ship. The sails on it had all been ruined, and it made a hunting sound under the blowing of the sea breeze. There were also many breakages on the hull, and Ethan wondered that the ship could still float steadily on the sea, and even the waves that came and went did not have any effect on him. It was very stable and didn't look like a broken ship at all.

"No!" Philip's expression was very complicated. He didn't know how to describe it for a while. The trembling voice contained shock, despair, and unbelief: "That's our ship, it's Advance!"

Ethan’s eyelids twitched, and things seemed to become more interesting. He took out his binoculars and looked at the ship carefully, and finally saw the ship’s name on the side of the bow: Advance.

It seems that this person did not appear to be confused just because he had just experienced a catastrophe. He did not admit his boat wrong.

"How long did it take for you to meet the ghost ship, then ran away and was finally rescued on board by me?"

"From encountering the ghost ship to being rescued by your lord, there have been seven days in total."

"Seven days..."

Ethan picked up the binoculars again, looked at the ship whose distance had not changed, and carefully observed the details on it.

"Captain Ethan..."

"Ok?"

Philip's voice was trembling obviously, and it seemed that the ghost ship left him with a very large psychological shadow.

"Hurry up and turn around."

When sailing a sailing warship, if the wind direction and wind speed are suitable, after choosing the sailing board, you can lock the steering wheel and let it run forward-the premise of course is that it will never hit the reef in the vast sea.

Only when the wind direction is complicated or when sailing against the wind, the sails and direction need to be adjusted frequently. In order to facilitate his own exercise at sea, Ethan often chooses to sail downwind in a more lazy way.

At this time, the Aurora is sailing straight ahead with the wind. If it follows this speed and this direction, it may soon be able to meet the forward of the suspected ghost ship.

"No need, haven't you found that the distance between us has never changed?"

Ethan had noticed this a long time ago. The ghost ship seemed to be parked at sea, but actually kept moving at the same speed as the Aurora. The distance between the two did not change at all. Ethan did not need to try. Knowing that his ship has been watched by the other party.

"Oh my God!" Philip hugged his head, and he suddenly understood something: "We didn't escape at all. The terrible group of undead just let us out on purpose to attract more prey to the bait."

He didn't think he could escape this time. Although Captain Ethan next to him had a very good big ship and it was also equipped with magic stone equipment, but in the face of strange things like ghost ships, These things don't seem to have much effect.

Philip is an experienced first officer. Of course he knows what the posture of the ship is when it is moving at full speed. He just noticed that the ship has been moving at full speed downwind, and he can’t get rid of the ghost like this. The ship, prove that the other party has no less speed than this ship.

At sea, speed determines a lot. The party with the better speed can take a lot of initiative, and the party who suffers will even be bullied to death by the other party.

With the endless sea level, you can see the environment of the other party from a long distance, and it can really make people experience what it means to be unable to hit or to run.

Now, they are at the disadvantage.

Ethan patted Philip on the shoulder: "Since I can't hide, I think about how to deal with it."

Philip straightened his chest again, and put on the hat that was about to be squeezed in his hand. "I'm sorry, Captain Ethan, we are the one who caused you."

"Even without you, according to the direction I am going, this guy will find me, so you don't have to feel guilty."

Philip shook his head. He still felt that he was waiting for someone’s appearance to implicate Ethan. The main reason why he was guilty was that Ethan was too young. Seeing that he was so young, he would have a good boat. He should have a bright future. The future, instead of being buried in the hands of the undead in a muddle-headed manner.

Ethan did not continue to ask Philip about the ghost ship. The ghost ship had already been eyeing him, so they would definitely come by. At that time, he knew what the ghost ship had.

At the same time, I can tell these undead spirits to know his Ethan's methods.