"Of course I want to know."
Xia De answered with a frown. The shaking boat under his feet made him very uncomfortable. He had never had the experience of sailing on the sea in his previous life.
"I'm different from the others. I may be a pirate from the Fishbone Pirate Ship, but I'll give you a chance. Drink this."
The pig's trotter stepped on the floor and came to the wall, picking up a chipped porcelain bowl from the pile of meat. The spoon in his right hand skimmed the transparent liquid from the pot, filling the bowl halfway. White steam floated above the porcelain bowl, and the pig's trotter held the bowl in the direction of Xia De, with a treacherous expression on his face:
"Drink this, drink a bowl, and I'll answer you a question. Whether you want to leave, want to know the origin of the ship, or want to know the treasure on the ship, I can tell you the answer."
It shook the porcelain bowl at Shade, and a malicious smile appeared on its head.
Xia De immediately took a step back and didn't say anything, but he was actually communicating with her about his current situation in his mind.
The monster in the room did not urge him, but threw the bowl forward, and it landed accurately on the floor at the door of the room without spilling a single drop. The transparent liquid swayed slightly due to the shaking of the ship, and also presented a strange green halo under the green flame in the room:
"If you don't get additional information from me, the probability that you can get out is basically zero. I can guarantee that this is not a poison that will kill you immediately. It will definitely not cause your death."
The sound of the pig's trotters hitting the floor made Xia De feel annoyed.
Then, with the sound of bells and whistles, his life ring appeared behind him along with the steam. The brass-colored metal ring shone in the green firelight.
The monster squinted at Xia De's life ring. Xia De returned to the door again, hesitated for a moment, then bent down and picked up the bowl.
"oh?"
A monster with a human head, a fish body and pig's trotters made a sound.
Of course, Shade would not drink it immediately. Instead, the Gluttony Spirit Rune behind him flashed with dazzling luster. The blasphemous silver spiritual light almost suppressed the green flames in the room. Then, Shade pierced the fingers of his right hand into the bowl of transparent liquid.
One action accomplished two goals. A blasphemous silver light immediately shone on the surface of the liquid. It was judged to be water, so the power of gluttony infected the liquid, covering the original power of the liquid. At the same time, because of the close contact, she also gave the answer:
I couldn't detect poison, but at least there was no curse. There was very little whispering, and I didn't feel the liquid corroding the skin of my fingers.
But this still doesn't explain what the bowl of liquid actually does, and Shade can't leave because of this. The monster in the room is right. Without knowing anything, if he continues to move forward, the possibility of him being able to get out is very small.
Even if he could maintain his sanity inside the ship, he only had two rings after all.
"Eat your soup and you'll answer the questions?"
Shad asked, looking up.
"Yes, in the name of my Lord, the Lord of the Scarlet Spiral."
The tone of the sentences uttered by the human face is very suspicious.
Xia De took a deep breath, thought for a moment, took a sip from the edge of the obviously unwashed porcelain bowl, waited a moment to make sure she had no bad news, then slowly drank the bowl of liquid emitting a silver glow.
It smelled bad, but tasted like a choking fishy smell. It was obviously successfully affected by the bloating food, but after drinking it, Xia De did not feel the slightest feeling of fullness in his stomach.
On the contrary, he felt a terrible hunger in his stomach. This was not an illusion, because the next moment, the gurgling sound that only occurs when one is hungry came from inside the body. That feeling made Xia De subconsciously want to find something to eat. This was not an illusion. After drinking this bowl of soup, he was really hungry.
But compared to the hunger of the body, the elements and spirits in the body were full. When the liquid entered the stomach, it turned into the purest spirit that a ring wizard could use and flowed into the body, and then was converted by the life ring and became a part of the soul. However, due to the number and level of Shade's spirit runes, the surging spirit was barely accommodated. For the first time, he felt so clearly the upper limit of the accumulation of spirit.
The feeling of hunger made him take out the small bottle he carried with him, and then he used a spell to get some clean water, treated it with the food of fullness, and drank it slowly. The monster in the room watched this scene with a smile, but did not stop it.
Xia De soon understood why the other party did not stop him, because after he drank the water, he did not feel full, but even hungrier. At the same time, more spirits were added to his body.
"If you hadn't used your gluttony to process my soup, you would have rushed in and gnawed at my food reserves after drinking it."
The monster smiled and pointed at the bloody remains piled up against the wall:
"Your gluttony is very strong, so you can still maintain your sanity. But after you drink it, you will become increasingly hungry before you leave this ship, and the more you eat, the hungrier you will be. But it is not without benefits. Before you leave the ship, anything you eat will be transformed into spirit, which is a great benefit for extraordinary people of any era."
"I knew it wasn't that simple. Getting hungrier and stronger... this kind of malice is really creative."
Xia De covered his stomach, and after releasing it, he threw the bowl in his hand into the room and asked through gritted teeth:
"Answer my question. How can I find the captain safely and learn how to leave?"
These are actually two questions.
"I thought you were going to ask how to leave, but you already knew the captain?"
The monster took the empty bowl and said, but then shook his head:
"If you want to know how to leave, you have to negotiate on your own. But I can tell you how to find him. It's very simple. The captain is in the cabin below us, staying with a group of rude and tasteless sailors."
It was wearing only a dirty black apron, and it would be hard to imagine anything more tasteless.
"Walk to the end of the corridor on this floor. You may encounter some dangers, but you must ignore them except those that you must fight. This will greatly increase the possibility of seeing the captain alive. For someone like you who can stay highly rational in the cabin, the probability of leaving is actually very high. What you need to consider is..."
The human face with fish features maintained that disgusting smile:
“How to get more benefits here.”
"Are you tempting me? No, I still think life is the most important."
Shade held his stomach and shook his head.
"So you refuse the second bowl?"
The monster with a human head and a fish body shook the empty bowl at Xia De. Xia De felt his own hunger and after thinking it over, he thought he could drink another bowl:
“No, please give me a second bowl.”
The human head laughed like a pig, mocking Xia De. He filled another half bowl of soup for Xia De and threw the bowl at the door of the room.
He maintained the rotation of the life ring behind him, processed the soup with the food for satiety, and still drank it in small sips. Sure enough, his hunger became stronger, and at the same time, there was more spirit in his body, and it was even about to exceed the upper limit.
"The second question is, how do I find my companions?"
Xia De doesn't care about treasure. Life and friends around him are his treasures. He still misses Miss Princess. In fact, the stranger who came to the port city has already guessed who the other party is, so he can't leave her here.
Besides, there are dangers on the road ahead, and if someone can go on together, the possibility of leaving will be greater.
"Instead of seeking wealth, you care about your companions?"
The monster in the room reached out to take the empty bowl thrown by Shade. The head on the fish narrowed its eyes and looked at Shade. The strange yellow pupils rolled up in their eye sockets:
"Everyone is on this ship, but not everyone is on the same ship. Since its first appearance, this ship has been constantly hunting for the great one who gave us power, but it also selects special individuals from the food to serve as crew members. The crew members are all on the ship, but they are all on different ships, used to speed up the ship's capture of outsiders... Your companions are here."
Although this is a bit difficult to understand, it probably means parallel space, and everyone has a separate adventure on this ship. At the same time, this also explains why Shad has only met two "crew members" so far, because the other crew members have to face other passengers who were robbed by pirate ships.
Thinking about the fact that there are about a hundred special individuals here that are enough to be rated as "relics" after leaving the ship, Shade couldn't help but feel numb. But Miss Princess said that this is only a sage-level relic, which means that the crew will never leave the ship, and even the "Fishbone Pirate Ship" itself will not get close to the edge of civilization. It is active in the deep sea and appears at a very low frequency. It poses no threat to civilization, has no curse, and will not spread anything. It just hunts in the deep sea and captures people. This is probably the reason why such a dangerous thing can only be rated as a sage.
"You still haven't told me how I'm going to find my companions."
Shade said immediately.
"It's simple. You can negotiate with the captain and see if he has the mercy. But you can also negotiate with me. Drink another bowl. If your companion is not dead yet, I will help you get him. If you can't bear it, I will welcome you to become my kitchen assistant. You are the kind of person who can become a crew member and be granted eternal life by my Lord."
The monster used neutral pronouns, took the empty bowl that Shade threw back, scooped the liquid from the pot into the bowl for the third time, and then threw the chipped porcelain bowl accurately to the door. Its hooves were very steady, and the liquid level was almost exactly the same every time.
The sound of the thunderstorm outside was unusually dull, and the creaking sound made by the shaking of the ship made people suspect that the ship would fall apart soon. Shade looked at the monster next to the pot, and the latter also looked at it with a bowl in his hand:
"I bet you'll drink the third bowl."