After all the enemies surrendered, the crew members also stopped and looked at each other in confusion, and finally focused their attention on Mary who was still on the enemy ship.
Meili looked at these evil sea robbers with disdain and waved her hand:
"Tie them all up and treat the wounded first."
She noticed that most of the crew members were injured, and many were lying on the ground. Some of the wounds were so serious that they were obviously fatal.
"Yes!"
The crew immediately agreed, and then assigned seven or eight sailors with the least injuries to tie up the pirates with thick hemp ropes and throw them to the edge of the deck to keep them under guard.
As for Church, who was lying among the ruins of the pirate ship's oak barrels, he was dragged in front of Mary like a dead dog. The latter used magic to temporarily seal most of his spiritual power to prevent any problems from happening after he woke up.
After all, for a mindful warrior, breaking a few coils of hemp rope is as easy as shaking off the dust on his body.
The remaining sailors rushed to check on the injured.
A dozen crew members were busy on the deck and quickly counted the casualties.
"Captain, there are a total of 25 brothers. Ten of them are slightly injured. They have all been bandaged and are not in serious condition. Three are seriously injured and I'm afraid they won't last long. The other five brothers... have returned to the arms of 'Sea God' Deka."
About ten minutes later, a sailor ran up to Meili and reported with a heavy expression:
"First Mate Tom also..."
After hearing this, Mary lowered her head and looked somewhere on the deck of the Challenger. She saw five bodies lying flat on the hard wooden boards, with fatal wounds that were horrifying.
Meili remained silent with a solemn expression. She stood there for a few seconds, then walked to the body, squatted down, and very solemnly drew a simple boat-shaped outline on her chest with one hand, and then drew a circle of wavy lines around the outline.
This is the holy emblem of the "Enterprise Chamber of Commerce" whose main deity is "God of the Ocean and Kindness" and "God of the Sea" Dika, the "Ship of Progress".
Behind her, those crew members who were still conscious stood up and followed their captain's gesture.
There was no eulogy, so a group of people mourned the deceased in this silent way.
——The crew members who drift on the sea all year round are basically believers of the "Sea God" Dika. Even if they have not formally joined the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, they are accustomed to praying to this god.
"brush!"
When the atmosphere was at its most tense, the body of First Mate Tom suddenly straightened his waist and sat up from the ground in shock!
"Captain Mary, we...we won?"
The fat man gasped and scratched the back of his head with a look of confusion and shock:
"God of heaven! That was so weird just now!"
As he finished his words, the "corpses" of the other dead on the deck...all opened their eyelids and raised their bodies in a daze.
The whole place fell into silence.
Chapter 418: Miracle of Resurrection
It is difficult to describe the atmosphere on the Challenger at that moment.
Be it Mary who was half-kneeling in mourning, or the dozen or so crew members behind her, or even the pirate captives who were tied up like dumplings in the corner... at this moment, they were all in a state of near freezing.
Their eyes were wide open, their mouths half open, their gazes fixed on the five people who were slowly sitting up. They couldn't utter a word, and even their breathing stopped at this moment.
Even the sea breeze seemed to calm down.
The ones who reacted the most were the sailors who were responsible for checking the condition of the wounded.
After seeing that First Mate Tom and his four companions, who they had confirmed many times as being absolutely hopeless, actually sat up as if nothing had happened, they were all shocked and their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
Resurrection of the dead, what is this?!
Even though seafarers have been drifting on the sea for many years and are accustomed to all kinds of storms and waves, they have also experienced some inexplicable strange experiences. Witnessing such unprecedented things, they are also stuck.
“Ghost…Ghost!!!”
The strange silence lasted for an unknown amount of time. Suddenly, someone shouted loudly, and the sailors on the deck were suddenly in an uproar, and they retreated with a bang like startled hornets.
"Don't panic... Don't panic! Be quiet! Calm down!"
In order to prevent trampling and crowding, Captain Mary hurriedly stood up and shouted to maintain order, but her scalp was tingling and a chill spread up her spine.
As a mage, she was very sure that these five people were absolutely dead. All vital signs had disappeared and they could be cremated on the spot.
But... in just a moment, they all came back to life! Breathing, heartbeat, pulse, body temperature, all returned to normal levels in a few seconds.
Isn't it haunted?
Even for extraordinary people with spiritual powers, many phenomena and things in this world cannot be explained, not to mention that this is the sea that is most unconquerable to mankind.
It was almost dark...it was hard for Meili not to associate the situation with a mysterious or spooky story.
Even though she appeared calm and composed at this moment, she couldn't help feeling scared in her heart and her fists were clenched tightly.
"Fa, what happened?"
First mate Tom had finally gotten out of that strange state of "being alive but unable to move", his mind still a little confused, when he suddenly heard a noise full of shock and fear in his ears.
I turned my head blankly in the direction of the sound, only to see those familiar-looking crew members crowded at the other end of the deck, staring at me with extremely panicked expressions, as if they were looking at a monster.
"What's going on with you little brats?"
"Master Tom, I admit it! I confess! The dried fish you didn't see last month was eaten by me..."
"I confess too! Jack, I accidentally broke your bracelet... Let me go..."
"I'm sorry Tam, that day..."
"..."
But no one answered his question. The sailors who were hiding far away all stammered nervously and said something incomprehensible, which made the five of them completely confused.
"No abnormal reaction... It should not be possessed by any spirit, curse, or pollution..."
In the end, Meili was more calm. She used her intuition to carefully scan the five people. After finding no unusual spiritual fluctuations, she frowned and tentatively explained to them:
"You were hit in the battle just now and suffered fatal injuries."
First mate Tom nodded vigorously immediately:
"Yes, I remember a bastard stabbed me."
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly tried to pull off his clothes from his chest to check his injuries.
Meili was also curious about how these people could sit up and talk even though they were clearly fatally injured, so she also moved forward to look over.
The first mate's coat was stained with blood, which had dried and caked, becoming as heavy and hard as armor. He tore it hard, tearing a big hole in the cloth on his chest.
"Hey, it's done?!"
He and Meili both exclaimed at the same time.
I saw that the rough skin was completely intact, with no signs of injury at all!
The other four "dead" also began to check their bodies and found that the wounds that had taken their lives had disappeared without a trace.
"This, this is really weird..."
Meili's eyelids twitched slightly, and she felt as if her worldview had collapsed.
Whether analyzing from the perspective of biology or the supernatural field, she was completely unable to explain the current situation!
"Anyway, it's all right, it's all right."
After standing there for a moment, she sighed in a relieved tone, which was worth putting all doubts aside for the time being.
After all, no matter what, the companions who were originally doomed to die survived, isn't that a good thing?
"Yeah, it's a vast ocean, who can explain everything?"
First mate Tom was also very carefree. After confirming that all his wounds had healed, he did not dwell on these doubts at all. He quickly accepted the facts with peace of mind and did not dwell on them.
After all this, the crew members who were scared and huddled in a corner realized that the first mate and his four companions were not zombies seeking revenge, but had come back to life for some inexplicable reason.
As a result, the fear in their hearts was alleviated a lot, and they gradually gathered around and asked the five people questions like "What is it like after death?"
It didn't take long for the atmosphere to return to normal.
"Since everyone is fine, let's discuss how to place these people."
Meili pressed her palms down, signaling everyone to be quiet. After everyone looked at her in silence, she said in a negotiating tone:
"We encountered pirates on our first day at sea. Although the casualties were not serious, it is still a problem what to do with these pirate captives and the galley. Let's discuss what to do next."
When the situation is not urgent, she is very democratic in making major decisions. She will actively seek the opinions of all crew members and let them fully discuss the matter, trying to get everyone involved.
It is precisely this way of doing things that allows this female captain, who is not very old and inexperienced, to gather a team of more than 20 people who can be considered loyal.
She looked around at the people in front of her and reminded:
"The next voyage will take at least four or five days, and there is no guarantee that we won't encounter other dangers during this period. We haven't entered the really troublesome sea area yet... Hey, where is 105?"
She suddenly realized that the petite figure in the black cloak did not seem to be in the team, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried:
"Have you seen her?"
"I'm here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar ethereal voice came from not far away.
Then Qi Ji came out from behind the ship's tower and walked towards the people gathered on the front deck, saying in a calm and leisurely tone:
"You guys chat, I don't have any opinion."
"!"
Meili was shocked the moment she saw her condition, because at this moment Qi Ji's black cloak was covered with half-dried blood, and even a large amount of chopped human tissue and bone fragments.
Even that cute and handsome little face was stained with a lot of blood stains, and the whole person looked quite scary and terrifying.
"You are hurt?!"
Seeing her look like she had crawled out of a sea of blood and corpses, Meili was immediately shocked. She quickly walked through the crowd and approached her, her voice filled with obvious worry:
"Is it serious? Do you want to go ashore and see a doctor?"
Chapter 419 Discussion
"Uh, I'm fine, really fine, this is not my blood."
Seeing Meili's surprised look, Qi Ji immediately explained:
"You guys continue chatting, I'll just listen."
Hearing her words, Meili's expression was obviously unconvincing at first. She bent down and looked up and down at the black-haired girl in front of her for a long time.
Although Qi Ji's cloak was covered in blood, it was not obviously damaged. Her face was indeed covered in dirt, but her complexion was rosy and healthy, and she did not look like she was injured.
Only then did Meili heave a sigh of relief, stand up straight, and say in a voice of approval:
"Well done! You're still so calm. Isn't this your first time in combat? Haha, I've seen some rookie adventurers who couldn't even stand straight the first time they faced the enemy's swords!"
Qi Ji glanced at her speechlessly, his eyes seemed to say: "Who told you that this was my first time?"
After praising him, Meili suddenly thought of something and asked with a slightly strange expression:
"By the way, how did you get yourself so... so dirty?"
In her imagination, as a high-level mage, as long as Yao Lingwu performed normally, it should not be a big problem for him to defeat more than a dozen mortal pirates alone.
But the weird thing now is... As a mage, most of his attack methods are long-range, so how did Yao Lingwu make himself covered in blood?
While the crew were collecting bodies, checking the wounded, and cleaning up the blood, Mary also walked around the deck and found that the place with the most bodies was right at the stern where Unit 105 was stationed.
However, the death appearance of those stone heads... was just like they were slaughtered by some extremely cruel and brutal alien monster. There were broken limbs and blood everywhere, and soft intestines and internal organs could be seen everywhere on the masts, the outer walls of the ship building, and the deck railings.
That scene made Meili, who was used to the storms, feel nauseous, and she immediately covered her nose and walked away.
She really couldn't imagine... what the battle scene of Unit 105 was like at that time.
Seeing her like this, Qi Ji smiled awkwardly, and pulled out a handkerchief from under his cloak like a magician, wiping his bloody cheek, while changing the subject:
"In addition to these captives, there are also many slaves chained up on the pirate ship. They should be working as rowers in the bottom hold... How to place these people is also a question that needs to be considered."
As she spoke, she gestured with her eyes at the black paddle boat docked a few meters away from the side of the Challenger.
She didn't try to suppress her voice, so the crew members behind Mary could hear it.
"That's right. Pirates are definitely not the kind of guys who would quietly let their own people row part-time. They would most likely lock the people on the looted merchant ships in the bottom hold as free rowers..."
