Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 19 18. The Boy Calling the Fish

"bang"

A thick and shining thunder and lightning tore through the dark sky, completely illuminating the storm-shrouded ocean at this moment, just like daytime.

The sea is never calm, nor gentle. Whenever you think you have conquered the sea, it will slap you like a shrew.

Just like now, the ocean, which was still calm during the day, seemed to be crazily stirred by invisible hands at night, and the raging waves rolled over, violently throwing the heavy freighter from the sea surface, and then crazily throwing it into the sea.

Bruce, who tied himself up in the cabin, vaguely recalled the scene of playing a roller coaster when he was a child. His situation at this time was extremely bad.

To be honest, before the storm came, Bruce really didn't know that he was also seasick.

"It's all my fault, I should have left here sooner."

Merlin's situation was even better. He lay prone at the entrance of the cargo hold, trying his best to listen to the voices from above the cabin.

In the dark perception, he could hear the terrified shouts of the crew members and the exasperated roar of the captain. It seemed that some bad things had begun to emerge in the cabin.

Merlin's face was ugly. Although he didn't know if the storm was accidental, Merlin still subconsciously believed that it was the outbreak of bad luck that he had been suppressing that caused the ship to be in the current crisis.

He struggled to stand up straight in the crazily swaying cargo hold. He looked back at the dizzy Bruce, gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and pushed the door of the cargo hold open.

"Bruce, take care of yourself."

Merlin yelled:

"I'll go up there and have a look."

Bruce Wayne saw Merlin rushing out of the cargo hold, and he wanted to help, but his condition was too bad right now.

He struggled to untie the rope around his waist, supported the jumping ship wall, and moved all the way to the upper cabin.

Merlin rushed into the dining room along the kitchen. The closer he was to the deck, the more he felt the scorching heat that shouldn't have appeared in this supposedly cold storm.

That was the flames burning. When the ship was hit by the storm, a small fire was caused in the cabin due to the sudden failure of the operating machinery.

The closer he got there, the more he could hear the chaotic shouts of the crew. It seemed that some unlucky ones were trapped in the fire.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Merlin no longer cared about hiding himself. He wore sunglasses and brushed aside the panicked crew members.He covered his body with a cold shadow, picked up the fire extinguisher from the side, and ran towards the cabin blocked by the flames.

The shadow of the shield can make him last a little longer in the flames.

But even if he really encountered a fatal crisis, the dark energy in his body would not let him die like this.

"Who is that lunatic!"

The first mate who heard the news grabbed a crew member, pointed at Merlin who rushed into the fire and shouted:

"How come I never saw him?"

"No one knows, boss."

The crew member wiped the sweat from his forehead, he shook his head frantically:

"Maybe a stowaway... but at least he's helping us now."

"bang"

Another big wave hit, and the entire cargo ship was violently thrown up, making all the sailors unable to stand, and staggered here and there in the cabin filled with scorching breath.

They stared wide-eyed at the burning cabin in front of them. No matter how they felt about the sudden appearance of Merlin, they could only pray that the guy who appeared suddenly could rescue their brother who was trapped in the fire.

1 minute, 2 minutes, until the moment when everyone was almost desperate, the fat chef who had been refusing to give up suddenly pointed at the dancing flames in front of him and shouted:

"It's him! It's the young man!"

"He really did! Help!"

The crew members who were waiting by the fire rushed forward and pulled the panting Merlin and the few guys he dragged out of the fire aside.These unlucky ones were burned, but not fatally, and if Merlin had been 10 minutes late, their condition might have been worse.

Merlin was lying on the side, and he also had burn marks on his body, but fortunately, apart from being tired, he had no obvious injuries.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't know what you're doing on this boat."

The black first officer closed the cabin door in front of him to prevent the fire from spreading. He lowered his head and stared at Merlin. He said:

"But maybe now, everyone on this ship has to thank you."

Merlin didn't have the energy to answer him, he just wiped the black ash off his face and waved his hands.While the fire in the cabin was under control, Merlin looked out the window, and the gust of wind and rain that seemed to destroy everything seemed to have become smaller.

The worst moment of this bad luck is finally over.

Early the next morning, the sudden storm stopped completely a few hours ago, and the boats that had almost lost power and could only float on the sea finally waited for rescuers.

Several ships from Mercy Port approached the cargo ship. They wanted to send the crew to the port first, and then arranged for a tugboat to tow the damaged cargo ship back to the dock.

At this time, in the captain's cabin, the old captain who had worked all night stared at Merlin and Bruce sternly. He took a puff of cigarette, knocked on the table, and said:

"Maybe I should hand you two over to the police. After all, you are smugglers and stole a lot of our food. Most importantly, I suspect that you have other purposes. After all, Stark Industries is often attacked The probing of industrial espionage sent by other colleagues ... but unfortunately, I have no evidence to prove this."

"But we also saved your crew."

Merlin, with a hemostatic bandage on his face, looked at the captain and said:

"So I think we should be even, right?"

"Even?"

The old captain narrowed his eyes, and said in a harsh tone:

"Think beautifully!"

The tall old man stood up, staring at Merlin and Bruce with unfriendly eyes, the aggressive eyes made the two young people take a step back.

After several minutes, the old man sat down again. He opened the drawer, took out an envelope from the drawer, and threw it to Merlin.

Merlin took the envelope in his hand, looked down, and found a wad of money inside the envelope.

He looked up at the old captain with some doubts, and the latter shrugged at him:

"Now, we're even."

"This is a 'gift' given to you by those crew members. After all, you saved their lives, so I should actually thank you."

The old man picked up another cigarette, and after leisurely lighting it, he said to Merlin and Bruce:

"The process of handling internal affairs of Stark Industries is very cumbersome, and one of the boundaries is casualties. If you hadn't saved those unlucky guys, I'm afraid I'd have to fly back to New York to be investigated right now...the damn group The bastard with the XX face is not going to let me pass so easily, so, in theory, you also saved my precarious career."

"Now, get out! There is a boat waiting for you below. I will pretend I didn't see you. Next time, don't let me see you two thieves stealing again."

Merlin and Bruce looked at each other. Merlin threw the envelope to Bruce, yawned himself, and turned to leave the cabin.

And Bruce took out a piece of money from the envelope and put it on the old captain's desk. The blue-eyed young man said to the unknown old captain:

"This is the wine money. Thank you for your hospitality these few days."

"Another reminder, don't buy alcohol from that store next time. Those 'precious' whiskeys in your liquor cabinet...are fake."

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"Well, the wine here tastes really weird."

On the pier of Grace Port, Bruce and Merlin walked together.Merlin took a sip of the wine he just bought, and said to Bruce with a sad face:

"It's like overnight juice."

"Okay."

Bruce didn't care, he felt the oncoming sea breeze and said to Merlin:

"Enjoy it, it was bought with our own money."

"Well... In this way, the taste of this wine is better."

Merlin laughed, drank the wine in his hand, and threw the glass into the trash can.Wearing sunglasses, he looked around, pointed to the sea not far away, and said to Bruce:

"Look! There's a lighthouse over there."

"Not just a lighthouse..."

Bruce narrowed his eyes, he looked over the lighthouse deep into the sea, and he said:

"There is someone up there, what is he doing?"

"That's a child, hell!"

Merlin raised his head, and with his enhanced vision, he saw the moving object on the edge of the lighthouse at a glance. It was a little boy lying on the side of the railing. It seemed that he was about to fall from the lighthouse in the next moment. He hurriedly patted Bruce on the shoulder. :

"He's going to fall! Quick!"

Bruce immediately dropped the wine bottle in his hand, and followed Merlin towards the lighthouse.

But just as they were about to approach the lighthouse, Merlin let out an exclamation. In front of their eyes, the little boy holding on to the railing of the lighthouse jumped down from the top of the lighthouse.

"damn it!"

Seeing the child fall into the sea, Merlin took off his shirt while running, and threw the clothes to Bruce. He rushed all the way to the beach, and jumped into the sea without saying a word.

Merlin's swimming skills weren't too bad. He jumped into the icy sea, swinging his hands and feet, and rushed towards the struggling boy.

Bruce grabbed a swimming ring attached to a rope from the railing of the pier, and ran on the bank in the direction of the child's fall.

"I've got you! Don't let go!"

Merlin approached the child bobbing in the water, he grabbed his hand and shouted:

"Don't be afraid, I will save you."

"I don't want you to save me!"

As a result, the child's struggle became more intense, his blond hair was wet, and he screamed at Merlin stubbornly:

"Let go of me! Let me go! I'm going to find my mother!"

"Don't make trouble!"

At the moment of crisis, Merlin ignored the kid's screams, grabbed the kid's arm with one hand, paddled the water with the other, and swam towards the shore.

"Come help me! Come help me!"

The little boy held by Merlin's arm shouted towards the ocean. At first, Merlin thought it was a child making a fuss, but soon he realized that something was wrong with the surrounding sea water.

fish!

There are fish everywhere!

From small black fish, to silver swordfish scurrying on the sea surface, and even groups of dolphins, when Merlin turned his head, he even saw the spray of whales, and sharks in the ocean. Fish fins erected on the sea.

In just a few minutes, Merlin felt as if he was being chased by a storm of fish. He sensed the crisis, and even the dark power in his body flowed at this moment.

In the icy water, Merlin cast shadows over his body, and pulled the child into the shadow cloak.

He didn't dare to struggle, he could see several dangerous sharks swimming tens of meters away from him.

Merlin tightly covered the mouth of the boy in his arms, he had a wild guess...

Maybe it was the boy who called the fish.

Those fish are here to help him.

"What the hell! What the hell is going on in this world?"

Merlin gritted his teeth and complained. Under the cover of the breath of the shadow cloak, the wandering fish lost their target and scattered in the shallow sea.

Those dangerous sharks also sensed the presence of food, and they dispersed to hunt, which finally made Merlin feel relieved.

He grabbed the little boy who was no longer struggling, swam forward for more than 20 meters, then grabbed the swimming ring thrown by Bruce, and brought the blond boy back to the shore.

There is still some distance between the lighthouse and the pier, so this bizarre scene was not seen by too many people.

Merlin rushed ashore with the boy in his arms, and he gave Bruce a wink, which he immediately understood.

A few minutes later, Merlin brought the boy to the foot of the lighthouse in Port of Mercy. He sat on a chair at the door of the lighthouse. While he was wringing out his clothes, he looked at the little boy in front of him, and the child was also looking at him.

"Those fish...you called them?"

Bruce squatted beside the little boy. He took out the towel he just bought from his backpack and helped the little boy dry his hair. He asked:

"What's your name?"

"Arthur, my name is Arthur."

The little boy answered Bruce's question but kept his eyes on Merlin.

It's like observing a mysterious figure.

Merlin had just escaped the bad fate of being eaten by sharks. He was in a bad mood, so he threatened the little boy with a vicious voice:

"What are you looking at? Look again, and I'll throw you into the sea!"

"You are a magician! I see it! You cover us with shadows!"

Little Arthur was not afraid of Merlin's threats. On the contrary, he stared at Merlin with rounded eyes, and said to Merlin with a hint of expectation:

"Master Magician, can you take me to the deep sea?"

The question asked by the child stunned Merlin for a moment.

He knew that the child in front of him must be unusual, and he might be able to find a solution to his bad luck from him, so Merlin asked back:

"Then tell me, why did you go to the deep sea?"

"Because my mother is there!"

Little Arthur replied crisply:

"In Atlantis, the city of the sea people, my mother is the queen!"

While talking, he was a little sad again. He lowered his head, played with his fingers, and said to Merlin:

"I tried to swim to her many times, but I was too young and I couldn't swim. Every time I swim too long, the fish won't help me... You are the first A magician, can you help me?"

Merlin was about to answer, but at this moment, the door of the lighthouse, which had been closed all along, was suddenly pushed open from the inside.

A haggard but handsome man in a sweater stood at the door. Little Arthur cheered when he saw him, and threw himself into the man's arms.

"Dad, Dad! I found Mr. Magician! He will help us find Mom, he promised me!"

"Oh, really?"

The man smiled a little, stroked his son's hair, and said:

"My little Arthur is really amazing."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Merlin and Bruce again, with a look of scrutiny and vigilance in his eyes, and after a while, he turned his body sideways and made a "please" gesture.

他 说:

"But unfortunately, the two of them are not magicians... so they can't help us."

"However, please come in and have a seat, two kind gentlemen."

(End of this chapter)