The feeling of hunger continued to torment Shad, and even the smell of Miss Princess's perfume beside him could arouse his appetite at the moment.
But this strong desire to eat also overshadowed the other feelings brought about by going too deep into the cabin. He had never felt so hungry before, and if eating anything would only increase hunger, Shade would have eaten his clothes by now.
"So, why are these crew members who are obviously not from the same era as us able to speak standard Dralion Common Language?"
As they continued to move forward, Shad even had the mind to inquire about this. Miss Princess was very worried about his situation and answered his question in a low voice:
"In fact, most of the relics that can communicate with us can use contemporary languages. The relics are related to the whispering elements, which are the darkness of civilization. They can also draw power from civilization. Shade, you..."
She bit her lip, unsure how she could thank Shad for taking the risk to let her go with him.
After leaving the door of the room with the black pot, the two continued to walk deeper into the cabin. More and more skeletons appeared under their feet, and the human skeletons that merged with the fungal carpet on the wall became more and more hideous and terrifying. Even later, the filth left by the plasma on the wall formed a piece, forming a disgusting strange rune, which affected the souls of the living people together with the ship.
Seeing that Shade was in a bad state, Miss Princess walked in front to clear the way. In order to prevent accidents, she also summoned her life ring, so Shade saw Miss Princess's core spirit rune.
There are three core runes, the Writer Princess and Acting, which are very similar to one of Shade's friends. The fifth-ring sorceress also whispered to Shade her low fourth-ring sublimation language, which is "the sleeping princess finds peace in reality and fantasy."
“Stop.”
Miss Princess stopped walking about thirty steps away from the cook's cabin. Looking forward, she saw a wooden box shining with golden light in the middle of the corridor ahead, as if all the nearby lights were gathered on the box, tempting people to check out what it was.
If possible, they definitely didn't want to touch something that was obviously a trap. But the big box was placed in the middle of the corridor, and because of the thick fungus blanket on the wall, the originally narrow cabin corridor was completely blocked.
"Look at me."
The blonde girl said, pulling out a rolled-up parchment from her skirt pocket. After throwing the parchment into the air, it burned automatically. She took a deep breath, and green dots of light flew out from her hair, slowly condensing into a very vague figure carrying a bow and arrow beside her.
Miss Princess is also a ring sorcerer who is proficient in the element of enlightenment and is good at drawing power from fairy tales and stories. The materials for this kind of magic are usually stories copied by the caster himself.
The archer, whose body was unusually blurry, bowed slightly to Miss Princess, then walked towards the glowing treasure chest.
The moment I opened the box, it immediately "popped up". This description is not correct either, it should be said that the two thin legs under the box supported the box to stand up.
Slender arms also extended from both sides of the box, and the lid opened, revealing sharp teeth and a thick bright red tongue. With two slender legs as legs and the treasure box itself as a body and teeth, this humanoid creature opened its mouth and wanted to swallow the archer.
Miss Princess in the distance clenched her fists, and the magic was canceled, causing the archer to disperse into green light and disappear. At the same time, she took out a new roll of parchment, threw it into the air, and after it burned, a solid figure with the same appearance as Miss Princess appeared.
The figure was wearing a blue princess dress and a silver crown on her head.
The archer's magic just now was probably just a spiritual rune, so the archer's figure was blurred. The second story was constructed based on the sublimation of the lower fourth ring, so it was as real as Miss Louisa's "The Little Match Girl" who was about to succeed.
The princess who walked out of the story, holding a golden spindle, approached the treasure chest monster that had rushed over with a hazy and illusory smile.
"Delay it a bit."
Miss Princess said.
"OK."
The silver arc of light flew past the princess's cheek like a sharp blade. Even the monsters didn't dare to take it head-on, so they could only squat and return to the shape of a treasure chest.
With a clang, Silver Moon's slash hit the treasure chest, but only left an inconspicuous mark.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the princess holding the spindle approached the treasure chest. When the treasure chest turned into a monster, she stabbed the spindle directly into the monster's bright red tongue.
Puff~
The princess and the spindle disappeared, and the monster collapsed to the ground. As the treasure chest opened and closed slightly, breathing softly, it fell into a deep sleep.
This is even more powerful than Dr. Schneider's hypnosis. The doctor's hypnosis is used on ring sorcerers and requires direct contact. It will never have such an effect on non-human creatures.
The archer reappeared beside Miss Princess, drew his bow and drew his arrow, but the arrow he shot could not penetrate the monster's head.
Miss Princess looked at Shade, who nodded. He stretched out his right hand into the air and slowly pulled out the holy silver two-handed sword.
He came to the treasure chest monster, raised his sword with both hands, and stabbed it fiercely along the gap of the treasure chest. No strange blood flowed out, and those thin arms and legs and the treasure chest itself turned into lime, and then scattered into a pile of dust like a sand sculpture.
However, with the death of the monster, a black light actually rushed into Shad's body along the holy silver sword.
"Um?"
The greedy will pay the price. When greed gathers in the heart, it itself will become a part of people's desire.
Relics - Treasure Box Monsters, give you new powers.
Stranger, you have some understanding of 'greed'.
"What do you mean? Not a thaumaturgical spell, nor a spiritual rune?"
The creature you killed was extremely special, and could be seen as a creature born of pure greed. By killing it, you inherited its greed. This was both an inspiration and a whisper, but not enough to constitute a spirit rune.
"I see. This means that as long as I gain more insights, the probability of obtaining the Greed Spirit Rune will greatly increase."
Shade concluded, and then covered his stomach again. The battle was over and his attention returned. The feeling of hunger surged up, making him miss the feeling of being full again.
"Are you okay? I just saw a black light. Is that a curse?"
Miss Princess also came over and directed the archers around her to push away the ashes on the ground to make sure they would not return to their original state.
"I'm fine. It's not a curse. The treasure chest monster just now is not from this ship. It is a relic. I just touched the power."
Shade suddenly twitched his nose and looked at Miss Princess. After the latter blushed, he said:
"Let's keep going. I want to leave here as soon as possible. It doesn't matter whether it's a restaurant in Coldwater Harbor or Tobesk. I'm starving."
"I'll treat you to a midnight snack after we leave."
Perhaps due to the characteristics of this dilapidated pirate ship, the length of the straight cabin corridor is actually longer than the ship itself.
Before reaching the stairs leading to the next cabin, Shade and the girl next to him encountered two cabins that could be entered. Inside were a sailor with a fish head and a human body playing cards, and a short boy standing in the dark with his back to the cabin door and crying.
The two chose to believe the chef's words and ignored any of the crew members in the room. When the fungus carpet under their feet was so thick that they could not feel the floor at all after stepping on it, the dark front illuminated by the silver light from their fingertips finally appeared with a staircase leading down.
As the two of them approached, they saw a figure sitting on the third step of the stairs with his back to them. Cautiously slowing down their pace, they saw that at least from the back, it should be a man with curly black hair wearing a short-sleeved sailor shirt.
But what the front looked like, Shad and Miss Princess could not guess.
Water was dripping all over his body, and the dripping sound could only be heard when approaching. A chilly feeling came from him. The temperature inside the ship located in the strange dark sea was not high, but when he approached the stairs, the temperature dropped sharply to below freezing.
The most direct manifestation is that the breath of Shad and Miss Princess can form white mist in the air.
The figure with his back to them was sitting in the middle of the stairs, and it was impossible to get around him. Looking at the defenseless back, the hungry Shade had the urge to swing his sword and chop him. Fortunately, he still had reason, and Miss Princess signaled her to solve the problem again:
"Don't underestimate a fifth-ring warlock. Although I don't have as strong mental resistance as you, I won't lose in a head-on confrontation."
The girl, whose hair had mostly turned red, asked Xia De to wait there while she deliberately made her footsteps louder. She then continued forward and stopped five steps away from the stairs.
"I... ... "
The figure sitting on the stairs spoke at this moment, with a slow and hoarse voice, like an elderly gentleman:
"I fell into the sea."
The sound of dripping water became louder and louder, and Shad made the light from his fingertips brighter, helping Miss Princess to illuminate the scene in front of her.
"Then the sea swallowed me up, my body and soul. Even though the captain took me in, part of my soul and body remained in the sea forever."
The sorceress looked down at her feet. Water stains were spreading over, reflecting the moonlight on Shade's fingertips. The two of them realized that the fungal blanket covering the corridor had not spread to the staircase, and the floor was exposed in front. The water stains seemed to be spreading here because of the constant dripping of water from the person sitting on the stairs. But the person with his back to them was sitting on the third step, so it was unreasonable for the water to spread to such a high position.