Magical radiance shone from the hull. Spotless white luster enveloped the entire warship slowly to the top. An invisible barrier expanded and in the blink of an eye, the whizzing, chilly winds vanished to nowhere. Then, this enormous warship sailed forward.
Rhode looked into the distance from the trembling deck. He felt as though he had become one with this warship. He keenly sensed the roaring tempest beneath his feet engulfing this warship like a fury of huge waves. Most of the passengers stopped their conversations abruptly. They lifted their heads and gazed forward simultaneously. The ground had slowly 'sunk' and the distant sky was approaching them. The pointed warship bow split the soft bread-like dense clouds into two. There was an instant when they were shrouded in snowy clouds and mist entirely.
At the next moment, the warship broke out of the dense mass of cloud.
