Taking a step forward, the monster's trotter made a very funny gesture of invitation:
"Since I became a chef on board, the highest record I've encountered so far is that a witch drank seven bowls of soup from me, figured out everything, and successfully left. I think you have that hope, too."
This temptation had no effect on Shade, but he did feel that he could continue drinking. Although he was very hungry now, this hunger was completely tolerable. Drinking the third bowl would only increase his hunger and make more spirits available. This price was definitely worth it in exchange for a fifth-ring warlock who was familiar with this ship.
Thinking of this, he reached out to take the bowl thrown out by the pig's trotter, reached out again to process the liquid with the full food, drank it in small sips, and then threw the empty bowl back into the room.
Xia De could now clearly feel his stomach and intestines moving. This terrible feeling of hunger was something he had never experienced in his two lives.
"A red-haired girl with hair dyed blonde with magic potion, with a ruby earring in her right ear, and also a ring wizard. Anyone who meets these conditions is my companion."
After taking the empty bowl, the monster in the room snorted. Seeing that Xia De was still able to speak rationally, he walked to the wall and slammed the wall with his pig's hoof.
The sound was not loud amidst the storm outside, but after the knocking, the fungal blanket on the wall of the cabin corridor next to Shad suddenly exploded. As Shad hurriedly dodged the dirty slime, Miss Princess, whose hair had mostly turned red, suddenly rushed out from behind the fungal blanket.
"Um?"
Both parties were surprised, but neither was happy about it:
"Prove your identity."
The sorceress shouted in alarm.
"The last souvenir was a fish. Prove your identity."
"You have two original Rhodes cards. Oh, how come, how come I..."
She hadn't figured out the situation yet, and it looked like she had just been through a battle, with an obviously unstable breath. Not only that, Miss Princess didn't have the strange characteristics of Shade, so due to the assimilation of the ship, her mental state was very bad, and her originally rosy cheeks now looked pale as if she hadn't slept for a few days.
Time was running out, so Shade briefly explained the current situation. The sorceress looked into the room in surprise. When she saw the monster, she groaned and almost fell on Shade:
"How can you be so stupid? You dare to drink this for me? This is the interior of a sage-level relic!"
"There will definitely be a fight coming up, and I need you."
Shade said, and then added:
"I am just a weak second-level warlock. I don't have the power you have."
When Miss Princess heard this, she looked at Shade in surprise, as if she couldn't understand what Shade had just said:
"You? Weak?"
But Xia De had already drunk the third bowl of soup, time could not be reversed, and they could only accept this result.
"Now I know that I need to go to the lower level of the cabin to see the captain, but I still don't know how to get the captain to let us go. Do you know?"
Shade asked Miss Princess, who grabbed Shade's arm, shook her head slightly, and looked very unhappy:
"When I was writing my course paper, I studied fairy tales about pirates, so I knew about the fishbone pirate ship. But just like the mermaid song, there are very few records of this relic, and it only appeared in the early days of this era, so I just know that I can't jump into the sea, and the hope of leaving is in the deepest part of the cabin."
Dang~
The ship shook, and the bowl filled with transparent liquid appeared at the door for the fourth time.
"What's the meaning?"
Xia De, holding his stomach while enduring hunger, looked into the cabin vigilantly.
"I know how to deal with the captain. Just drink this bowl of soup and I'll give you the answer."
The hoof was waving the soup spoon, and the expression on the man's face was still weird.
"I'll do it!"
The blonde girl bent down to pick up the bowl, but was pulled back by Shad. He looked into those emerald green eyes, and the toughness in her eyes when they met made the sorceress feel a little scared for some reason.
"With your current mental state, if you drink another bowl, I'm afraid something bad will happen. I don't want to fight a fifth-ring warlock who wants to eat me alive in a small space."
Although the hunger made Shade feel like his stomach was about to pierce, compared to the powerlessness and pain when facing the gods, the feeling at this moment was still bearable:
"Ma'am, please don't underestimate me."
As he spoke, he bent down to pick up the bowl, and after using his magic again, he drank the fourth bowl of soup in small sips. The pungent fishy smell would probably make Xia De not want to eat fish for a long time.
"Oh~"
He threw the empty bowl back into the room and staggered back a few steps. While his soul felt a surge of satisfaction, his body's hunger had reached an unprecedented level. He really wanted to taste the fish soup that could fill his stomach.
The feeling of misalignment between the soul and the body at this moment actually made Xia De feel a slight separation between consciousness and body. Fortunately, this was just an illusion at the moment.
Miss Princess hurriedly supported him, and Shad groaned softly. He had never missed the feeling of having a full meal so much.
"You can even drink the fourth bowl. We all have the power of gluttony. I'm looking forward to having an extra chef on this ship. You'll also be fascinated by the feeling of dissecting a living person. We are the followers of the Great One. If you stay here, you will have eternal life."
It squinted its eyes and looked at Shade, as if expecting him to suddenly bite its companion.
"Answer my question quickly. How do we deal with the captain?"
The sound came out of Shad's mouth, and he even wanted to fill his stomach by taking deep breaths of air.
"Very good, you are the thirteenth person to drink the fourth bowl in the three thousand years since I boarded the ship. It is actually very simple to deal with the captain.
The Great One asked us to drive this ship to hunt in the ocean, but we must abide by the rules and cannot kill you directly. This is the basic principle engraved when this ship was formed. If you break the principle, you will attract the attention of the gods (note). Find the captain, and the captain will let the sailors duel with you. If you survive, you will have the opportunity to gamble with the captain. If you can still win the bet, you can leave. "
“So simple?”
"Simple?"
The face lowered slightly, hiding in the shadows:
"How many people do you think can find the captain? How many people can defeat those undead sailors, win the captain in gambling, and avoid the trap of greed? If it were really that easy, why would I be here?"
Xia De then remembered that the other party was also captured on the ship and stayed here forever.
“That’s all I have.”
Xia De slowly retreated. Now the huge hunger was almost unbearable for him. He could not continue to drink the soup.
"etc!"
"What's wrong?"
Shade asked warily.
"Give me back my bowl!"
"Oh, sorry."
Xia De took a look at the bowl containing the whispering element in his hand, and threw it into the room without hesitation. The monster with a human face, a fish body and pig's trotters snorted again:
"Very good, you have understood the price of greed on this ship. However, I still hope that you can stay here, mortal, what's wrong with becoming a follower of God? Don't you think the fishman's posture is beautiful?"
It received no reply from Shad, for Shad and Miss Princess had already left.
The monster snorted and threw the bowl to the ground. In the green firelight, it then stirred the liquid in the pot with the copper spoon, just as it had been doing for thousands of years.