Chapter 85 3.8 Setting Sail

Before the fleet set sail, Jerome and all the believers of Hanshui Village Cathedral held up a white cross and transported it to Loki's three-masted ship docked at the pier.

"The Holy Cross is the holy relic of the Holy Bishop, and opening up territory and preaching doctrine for the Holy Lord Christ has always been one of the important ways for the Holy Church to demonstrate its strength."

"Although our church is small in scale, the belief of all believers in dispelling darkness for the Holy Lord is no less than that of large churches! All believers of the 'Hanshui Village Gospel Church' participated in the process of making this cross, and in the end, this cross will be carried on the back of Brother 'Lawrence Nightingale' and inserted into the land of the new world!"

On the deck of the three-masted ship, Jerome solemnly handed the cross to Lawrence. This is a chosen one of God under the Holy Light Path. He serves as the ship's doctor in the fleet and is also the only monk in the Holy Church who follows the fleet to go on an expedition.

The height of the cross is about 1.8 meters, and the whole body is made of century-old pine wood. After Lawrence took the cross, he tied it to his back with a piece of white cloth. During the journey until he discovered the New World, he would carry the cross on his back and try to prevent the cross from touching the ground in advance.

Loki stood aside and did not interfere too much. Religious matters are all about freedom. He only roughly stipulated that everyone has the right to believe freely, and the rest is up to them.

Moreover, in the defense of Hanshui Village, Jerome made the first contribution to the continuation of the village. Not to mention one cross, even if he wanted to insert 10, Loki did not intend to make any objection.

After the cross was transported to the ship, the last items on board were Emma Waldorf's 10 large boxes. After Emma's 10 large boxes were moved on board, the ship's waterline had reached a very dangerous situation.

The Viking crew respected the ancient custom of the Scandinavian Peninsula and smeared animal blood on the figurehead before setting sail. In their cognition, every ship is alive. The purpose of applying animal blood is to allow the ship to fully eat, only in this way can the ship remain strong and stable in the vast ocean.

All the villagers of Hanshui Village also spontaneously went out to see off the warriors. After the battle with Wuya Town, the reputation of "Blood Axe" Loki and "White Robe" Jerome spread throughout the valley.

There is no doubt that Loki is a lord different from others.

The last time he went to sea, he did not embezzle privately for enjoyment, but used all his income to build the village.

When the village was in danger, he did not abandon the people and escape. Instead, he took up arms and fought bloody battles. The Vikings in the Middle Ages may be ignorant, but these people still know whether the lord is good or bad to them.

Everyone stood neatly on the shore, with their index fingers bent and lightly tapping their foreheads. Jerome led the monks to pray devoutly on the shore, and waited until the two ships were on the horizon for an hour before leaving silently.

After going out to sea, Loki immediately felt the slow speed of the ship.

The last time they went to sea, the three-masted ship only carried 10 Viking warriors and very limited food. However, this time both ships were fully loaded. Although the spring sea breeze was quite strong, the overly heavy ship caused the sailing speed to be much slower.

According to Loki's calculation, the speed of the ship at this time might be only 15-20 kilometers per hour.

The slow sailing speed is only one aspect. What's more terrible is that he doesn't know the specific location of the island "Iceland".

According to the vague world map in his mind. Even if Iceland is farther from the Scandinavian Peninsula than England, it is not much farther. It must not be twice as far. Therefore, according to the speed of the ship, he should find the island within 4-5 days after setting sail. If he doesn't find it, then the ship must have deviated from the direction.

Four days later, Loki walked out of the captain's room and found that he could already exhale snow-white breath. This shows that with the increase of the dimension, he has approached the Arctic Circle. If Iceland exists in this plane, it should be in this area.

Loki made a prompt decision and ordered the ship to turn west. After three days of sailing, he turned back and searched along the serpentine route. This was the only way Loki could think of. The mast of the three-masted ship was only more than 20 meters high, and the lookout standing on the mast could only see the scenery within 5 kilometers at most.

At this time, he really hoped to have a chosen one of the Halloran Temple and the "Eagle Path" under his command. They manipulate falcons and are said to be able to see things from thousands of meters in the air. Having such a person as a scout is simply more powerful than the group of sword cultivators in the Tang Dynasty in the East.

After three days, no land was found, but the climate gradually warmed up. Loki looked at the Si Nan in the building ship speechlessly, feeling that this thing was far from being as useful as described in the popular science program. When the ship bumped a little in the sea, the spoon-shaped Si Nan would swing around, greatly interfering with the direction. Sometimes it would even point to a completely opposite direction.

If you want to find your way, the rising and setting of the sun during the day and the North Star at night are still the most useful.

Turning around and driving in the opposite direction, he searched for Loki again. He sailed for 4 days and saw no land except icebergs and reefs along the way.

This made him doubt his memory.

Iceland is not a tiny place like Hainan Island and Taiwan on the map. It is a country whose total land area is probably not smaller than that of Japan. Such a large island is docked on the sea, and it should not be impossible to find it by searching along the serpentine route.

Could it be that Iceland in this plane does not exist? ?

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Compared with the anxious Loki, the happiest person on the ship is Emma Waldorf, who has just boarded the ship.

As an explorer and biologist. The happiest thing for her is to discover creatures she has never seen before.

Her hometown, Constantinople, is located at the intersection of Eurasia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The climate there is warm and the environment is pleasant, which is a world apart from the bitter cold Scandinavian Peninsula.

The creatures growing there have no similarities at all.

There are not many women on Loki's two ships. Therefore, Emma and Aunt Fafner live in the same room. The 19-year-old girl immediately won the favor of all the crew members with the large number of luxury goods she brought with her.

The girl did not keep the Iberian smoked ham from the Iberian Peninsula, the wine from France, the rich Burgundy cheese, and the spices and tea from the Tang Dynasty in the East for herself, but shared them selflessly with everyone on the ship. The 10 large boxes of supplies were eaten up within a week.

However, she asked Aunt Valrhona to catch a lot of large creatures from this cold water. From small glowing fish and shrimp to large seals, walruses, and long-horned whales lying on the floating ice.

After catching these creatures, she would carefully observe their appearance and living habits, and draw them on papyrus with charcoal pencils without sleep. From the tribe form to the internal organs and stomach, all were drawn with precise proportions and sealed into books.

Loki found that this person was like the obsessive programmers he had seen in his previous life. As long as she entered the working state, she could not eat or drink, regardless of day or night. There were even a few times when she even leaned half of her body out of the side of the ship, just to catch the seabirds perched on the ice floes.

After a few short conversations, Loki understood why the girl was so desperate.

[Royal Academy of Constantinople], these words may sound very advanced to a modern person. However, in the ignorant Middle Ages, the Academy of Sciences was still a low-class institution.

At this time, the Academy of Sciences was far from being an enemy in the eyes of the behemoth Holy Episcopal Church. In the eyes of the masses, most of the blind believers who were willing to believe in "Socrates" were crazy, and the consequence of this was that the influence of the word "science" was extremely limited. Many of the exploration activities of the Academy of Sciences were obtained by following the Holy Episcopal Church's activities to find the "Old Lord".

Scientists won the opportunity to follow the Crusaders and conduct research in a humble manner, and many mortal scholars who had no armed ability died one after another on the road of exploration.

"My predecessors begged the Holy Legion to take them with them, the 'useless cannon fodder'. My starting point is much better than theirs."

"At least I grew up in a wealthy family. My parents are from a prominent family in Constantinople. Relying on the family's reputation, even if I don't do anything, there will be plenty of people who will act according to my wishes."

"Compared with the predecessors who died in humiliation, what reason do I have not to fight hard when I have a great start?"