Chapter 9

Hello, do you have no opinion at all? This is... a challenge that will lose your life at any time.

Squeezing the edge of the small wooden boat with both hands tightly, Sayat's knuckles turned white with force, and a hint of imperceptible trembling

Lep still smiled relaxedly. He finally checked the bottom of the boat, adjusted the rudder, and picked up the slender harpoon. Since Master Sayat, you said you could do it, then there should be no problem. I am your assistant, I don't believe you how to do it.

Fool, I asked that because I was not as confident as you thought

Sayat moved his joints and carefully fixed the hook of the fishing net in the middle of the ship. When he heard about Eswell's rage, he shrank his head and mind, which was so annoying. But now the impulse has passed. To be honest, are we... really okay?

The danger is definitely a bit dangerous

Lep grinned, last time in Eswell's rage, three groups of people did not withdraw, but two died, one seriously injured, and no one left was intact.

However, it is not uncommon for us to roll in the wind and waves to return to the water.

Lep's voice was indeed not nervous, as if this challenge was no different from fishing in Hong Kong for him. He glanced at Sayat and said with a smile, "My life is of no value, so I didn't think about quitting at the beginning, but you, Master Sayat, you are not worth it." Ah Lanmuni's only one son. Someone picks up the toys you don't want, and they will be surrounded by a burly man.

Hello, you're itchy again, right? Sayat smiled and punched Lep. After challenging us, let's go to the old place to get another fight? Let's see if your body is in vain

Lep beat back and punched back, and said with a smile: You have a teacher to teach you how to fight, you have to have one arm

Good Ah, you can make one foot more, and the tension gradually faded during such a conversation, and the muscles of the two men also entered the best state during the warm-up activities.

Not far away, another group of unreached partners were still sweating and checking their boats, watching their nervousness, and most of them could not completely relax until the challenge began.

The place they are located is not far from the sluice gate. After entering the water from here, you have to break through to the center of the river to catch those precious fish species that flow downstream. You must move quickly. Otherwise, once you are washed over the river port, the speed of the water will be much faster, and it will become very difficult to get ashore

In the wrath of Eswell, if you want to return safely, you must not only not make mistakes in every step of your operation, but also pray for good luck.

The last time the seriously injured person was crushed by a huge ice rushing towards him, and then he left a psychological shadow and never left the port again. He became the doorman of a warehouse at a young age.

Lep obviously remembered that guy, and he smiled and patted Sayat on the shoulder and whispered: Let me tell you first, if I break my leg and refuse to go into the water, you have to find a good warehouse for me to watch the door.

Sayat curled his lips and jumped onto the boat. What a warehouse that contains the old toys I don't want. I'll pick up enough. I guarantee that no one will hit you this time.

That's so thankful

Lep laughed, looking at the light blue mist rising in the distance, knowing that the mages were already working together to cast spells, and the observers along the coast also stood up and took their place. The most tense moment was about to come.

With the huge roar, the simple sluice that had been supported by magic for nearly a hundred days was torn into pieces by roaring ice, and the white waves formed a wall full of oppression, rushing like thunder along the river.

This is the anger that originated from the deep lake of Methuria, the mother river in the middle of the ice and snow peaks, has accumulated more than four months of anger. Even the bravest river people dare not challenge the river water at this time.

After hitting the tall river bank, the violent torrent broke eastward and rushed away. It can be imagined how those outsiders who only gathered once a year would look stunned when they saw this intimidating and beautiful scenery.

Even Sayat and Lep, who are seen almost every year, are shocked to stay where they are in shock when facing the waves that are particularly amazing because of Eswell's wrath this year, and are unable to come back to their senses for a long time.

Rapids challenge! Beginning - start!

The shouts of magic being amplified echoed above the roar of the river. Sayat glanced at Lep, and the two gave each other an encouragement smile. Then, together with the fishing boat that suddenly seemed very small, roared and rushed into the huge wave full of broken ice.

Do you like this coming-of-age ceremony? Lep! He spread a huge piece of ice floating with one stick, Sayat shouted excitedly

Lep held the rudder tightly, the muscles on his arms were as hard as bulging iron. He spitted out a mouthful of water that splashed into his mouth and replied with a smile: Compared with those rituals that require cutting the foreskin, I love this so much!

Look! There is a group of ice fins over there! Quick!

It doesn't require good eyesight, and it's enough to see crucian carp swim quickly in the white waves with ice and blue light. Although it can be caught in the waters near the ice and snow bees, the mother with fish roe will only have the chance to see it at this moment when the harbor festival is held.

The bow of the boat struggled to avoid several pieces of thick ice that could not be crossed. Lep picked up the prepared long rod, and moved forward from the cracked ice shell, quickly passing through the torrent, approaching the flashing light.

Because there are too many ice and the fishing nets cannot be used, the slender harpoon has become their best choice. Stabilize the hull next to the fish and go downstream together. The two people on the boat start together.

Lep has long been a famous water ghost of Mirsis. Every time he pierces into the water, an ice-finned crucian carp will be taken to the boat and thrown into the bottom cabin. Sayat is not as skilled as him, but his attack power is stronger. After finding the swimming pattern of the fish, his hit rate will also increase quickly.

Okay, hide! A big guy is here!

Lep has been paying attention to the situation around him. When he saw a huge ice shell approaching quickly, he immediately turned around and changed into a long pole to support the boat away from the current.

Only more than ten preys entered the tent, Sayat was still a little unwilling to accept it, but seeing the huge ice cube passing by the boat like a mountain, I still felt a little palpitation to hold the boat farther a little further.

The huge ice shell drove the rolling waves. It took the two of them a lot to stabilize the boat, but in this short moment, the easiest school of ice fin fish that was caught was far away and could not be chased.

But the one that follows the deliciously fleshy ice fin group is usually the greedy and fierce cracked black fish. This subspecies that only survive in the cold water have cracked lips like rabbits, but they are less rare and not worth taking a big risk

Moreover, this carnivorous fish scale is very hard and hard to catch with harpoons.

After watching the stern for a while, Lep shook his head firmly, making Sayat give up the group of goals.

In fact, nearly twenty ice fins are already a good harvest. As long as the two of them get ashore safely at the scheduled location, it is more than enough to complete the coming-of-age ceremony.

Another group of boys who had not withdrawn had not reached the edge of the ice fin group, and were wrapped in a few pieces of floating ice. In the blink of an eye, they rushed through the bent river channel. God knows if he has the ability to go shore.

Khasaat was not satisfied. Since he decided to participate in such a dangerous challenge, he must do something particularly well. Lep and his thoughts were not far apart. He kept sitting on the passing ice, trying to maintain the position of the fishing boat and waiting for the next group of fish to pass by.

Their waiting was indeed not in vain. A fiery red light flashed in the waves running from afar.

It's Fire Scale! Lepu screamed excitedly, and swung his long pole and dropped the bow of the ship.

Sayat's eyes also lit up. Fire scales, a rare species of fish that is only found in the deepest part of Lake Methuria, are unimaginably difficult to capture. Only in the torrents of the Hong Kong Festival every year, are occasionally mixed with a few aging adults.

But even the aging fire scales, the precious scales alone are worth more than dozens of ice-finned crucian carp.

Up! Up Ah!

With Sayat's roar, the boat quickly approached the flashing red water flow. This torrent was more difficult to deal with than the vanguard's troops just now. At some point, veins rose on Lep's forehead, and the long pole on his hand was broken.

Damn it! He obviously got it! Sayat screamed in frustration, and there was nothing on the raised harpoon.

After all, it is a scale that can be used as an excellent magic material. After the harpoon is buffered by water, it slides directly from above to one side.

The fire scales' eyes were already turbid, but they still twisted the bow of the boat twice before they penetrated into another wave of waves.

I'll do it! Lep handed the rudder to Sayat, stepped onto the bow of the boat, and his dark eyes stared at the swimming red shadow at the tail.

The aging fire scales did not swim quickly, but were very good at using the torrents around them. They could always adjust the hardest part of their body to the opposite harpoon. A water ghost like Lianlep also missed three times in a row.

There were more and more huge ice on the river surface, and Eswell's wrath seemed to be coming, and Lep's ears seemed to hear the roar of ice from afar

Forget it, Sayat! Let's go ashore! Don't continue! After the other long pole was broken, Lep turned the bow of the boat to the curved river and prepared to turn it to the harbor to the shore

Sayat picked up another harpoon in anger and shouted: Let me try twice more! It will be fine soon!

Lep looked at Sayat with some concern. After so many years together, he knew that once this noble boy became obsessed with something, it would be difficult to convince him to give up.

He had to concentrate on holding the hull and carefully keep the damaged parts away from any possible impact.

Pushing your body out of the bow, risking that you might be taken away by ice flow at any time, Sayat tightly grasped the harpoon and stabbed it out again

The fire scale seemed to feel the boy's persistence. The wide red tail gently swung, and he crawled into the thick ice shell next to him with some anxiety, giving up the plan to continue provoking.

I want to escape now! It's too late!

Sayat shouted excitedly, and his other hand picked up the broken pole, and the head of the pole was wrapped around the fishing net

He actually only relied on his feet to maintain his body balance and spread the fishing nets out in one breath

The thick ice shell blocked countless floating ice, but instead made the fishing net not at risk of being held back by heavy objects after entering the water. The harpoon in Sayat's hand made a tough stroke, and the fire scales with no way to go rolled into the fishing net.

This kind of action that is somewhat risky in calm waters is naturally more difficult to stop in the torrent, and even Lep is not confident that he can succeed smoothly.

But before Lep had time to cheer for his partner, the shaking hull finally made Sayat lose its center of gravity. After swaying for two times, he fell into the water with a thud.

The biting cold water flow can easily take away the lives of the river people. Despite this, when Sayat was pulled onto the boat by Lep and struggled, he still held the fire scales in his hand and trembled while laughing.

The process went much smoother. When turning the corner, Lep relied on years of experience to catch several fluffy crabs from a less obvious bubble. Because it was an ice-blue subspecies, it was a treasure.

Before arriving at the river section of the port, the two people who still felt unsatisfied caught some ordinary river fish and stuffed the not-so-large bottom cabin.

If it weren't for the icy boat that was hit by the ice, it could no longer hold on, I'm afraid Sayat would not agree to land on the shore

After all, it was the young master of the Lanmuni family who was participating in the challenge. From a distance, you could see that the dock and the river bank were not only full of onlookers, but also many strong and tall river residents. They carried ropes and poles in groups, ready to save people from Eswell's wrath at any time.

Another group of participants were rescued early and were sitting dejectedly on the shore, and someone was applying medicine to the wound on his body.

It seems that the only two of us succeeded this year hahaha! Sayat stepped on the side of the boat and laughed vigorously

Lep tried his best to hold the dilapidated rudder, keeping the angle of the ship approaching the dock, looking sideways at another wave of ice flowing near the rear, and smiled and said: If you step harder, our ship will be done.

Knowing how much Lep played this time, Sayat turned around gratefully and patted his companion on the shoulder and said seriously: Lep, I will give you a boat in the future, so don't do it for others anymore

Lep smiled and punched him, "What other people, aren't it just your family telling them not to hit my head, right?"

Sayat straightened his waist, waved his fingers, and said: That's not possible, so other fishermen would like to oppose Lan Muni's work to be fair.

But you didn't send them a boat? Lep looked at the young nobleman in confusion

That's different. Sayat looked at the river bank in the distance and said with a smile, "I can send a friend's boat, but I can't avoid the boat rental of a fisherman under my command."

OK, Lep knocked on the bottom of the boat, remember to give me a larger bottom cabin, the kind of your house is enough for me to leave the port for two hours. It's a waste of effort

Are you trying to remind me to pay attention, how much loss will be for our family without you, a water ghost?

While coping with the last difficulty, the two of them laughed loudly, their dark faces were filled with joy.

But they enjoyed the joy of victory too early

When Lep barely pushed open another piece of ice with a broken long pole that was only half left, he suddenly seemed to hear something from underwater.

What's wrong? Lep, what's your expression? Is the boat leaking?

I... seemed to hear a woman talking. Lep stared at the water beside the boat, as if muttering something, 'Mirsis's prince is also a prince'

Hallucination

Sayat pushed away the ice cubes floating on the bow of the ship, and waved his hand without any mention, but your hallucination is really weird. Is it true that some illusionate girl is muttering in your ear? I don't think the title of Prince of Milsis is of any significance. I shouldn't have mentioned it to you.

No, I did hear it

Lep's expression became a little solemn. As a water ghost, it is not a very profound skill to use his ears to distinguish the movements in the water. Besides, the sound is very pleasant, and the possibility of hearing it is not very wrong. The person who is speaking is under the boat

Wait! She spoke again! It seemed to be talking to herself, saying, "Don't worry, just think he is the prince." Lep retelled the words he heard in confusion, looking at Sayat who was just as unknown.

Sayat seemed to have thought of something, and his face suddenly became very ugly. Hey, Lep, do you remember why our port suddenly announced that it would be rejected by all passengers who were princely on board a few months ago?

Of course I remember, isn’t it because if there is a prince on the boat nearby, there will be an accident inexplicably. I remember that there is a prince who has been missing recently... Hey? Could it be... Lep was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly lying to the side of the boat and shouting into the water, Hey! Don’t make a mistake! Sayat is not a prince! Although their family has titles, they are still so far away from the prince!

Obviously, Lep's reminder was not received by the other party. With a huge creaking, the hull shook violently. Then, fragments of the rudder floated on the water not far from the stern of the ship.

The boat that was originally struggling barely in the torrent suddenly lost its direction. After swaying for a few times, it was immediately dragged into the center of the roaring ice stream and quickly away from the safe river bank.

The river people on the shore did not expect such an accident to happen suddenly. The thrown rope fell into the water weakly, so far away from the ship was desperate.

Several strong young men connected each other with ropes, jumped into the river quickly, trying to swim in the direction of the boat

But soon, two people were injured by the floating ice in the torrent, and they had to be pulled back by the people on the shore.

Several mages emerged from the crowd, raised their staff and began to sing spells, but before their spells could be cast, the boat had left people's sight with the rapids and disappeared at the end of the rushing ice flow in the river.