Section 773 Tomb of the Ship
This island, which has lost its natural chain, is actually an island of death. It doesn't look like a place to hide treasure, but what does Lucas mean by choosing to hide treasure here? Also, what is his treasure, and is it really these ships?
With a head full of question marks, Ingres walked into the grave of the ship.
There are so many boats here that there is no end in sight, and some of them are not even visibly damaged, and if they are not piled up in the pile and cannot move, they can actually continue to sail.
Angel first looked at the stranded ship.
"The Winter Hunt. "This is an expedition ship with its name painted on its hull, and its bow resembles a ferocious octopus with teeth and claws.
The damage to the Winter Hunt was so high that Angels stepped onto the deck of the ship and didn't even take a few steps before he stepped through a large hole. The ship was empty, there were not even bones, and it was as clean as a ship that had never left the port.
Ingres searched several ships along the coast in a row, and the basic situation was the same as that of the Winter Hunt.
The interior of the cabin was empty, and there were obvious signs of the cargo being removed, and there were no corpses...... This means that many ships are not like the Yefu, which has accidents as soon as it comes, resulting in a large attrition. The reason why these ships are empty inside is more likely that the people on board have removed the supplies inside.
But where they went, we need to find out again.
A search of more than a dozen ships near the coast yielded the same overall feedback, but there were some that slipped through the net, such as Ingres's discovery of a logbook on an "Orsembur".
The owner of the journal did not record his name. However, many of the things recorded in the diary are ordinary life, and judging from his work situation and the way he calls others, he seems to be a trainee navigator.
There is very little in this journal, but it does give a clear account of how the Orsburu got here.
"On the second day of the Sleeping Moon, the Orsembur came to the Gear Abyss. The mentor had clearly reminded the captain before that the Moon of Sleep was the heyday of the Gear Abyss wreck, and it was too dangerous to take this route. But it is ridiculous that Baron Parva, that hateful fat man, should go this way obsessively, just to see his lover sooner...... Alas, may the god of the sea have mercy on us, and may all be safe. 」
"Urgent! Urgent! Something terrible had just happened! The ship suddenly lost its direction in a fog, and most importantly, we came to a strange sea, where the sea was dead! And there were many ships, so many ships...... If you guessed correctly, this is the Tomb of the Ship, the place of the legendary burial. There are many ships here that have disappeared before, and it turns out that they did not fall into the abyss, but came to this sea of death. 」
"The Orsembur is trapped in the ship's graveyard, unable to move. The captain decided to disembark and look for life. Maybe you can see if there are any good boats on the periphery, and then sail out of here. We all agreed, but the Baron Parva, who hid in his room in fear, and took possession of supplies, let us serve him, is so hateful!"
"No...... There's nowhere to get out, it's a closed sea. We drove a small boat that we managed to find, but we ended up in the thick fog of the open sea, and we didn't drive long before returning here. We walked around the fog and realized that the island was the center of the Sea of Death. We're going to have to go back, and we're probably going to have to stay here in the future...... I miss home so much, I miss my mother so much. 」
「...... It's another pale day. 」
"People who went to explore the island, come back. They say that this is not only the Sea of Death, the grave of the ship, but even this island is an island of death. The earth is scorched earth, the plants are dead wood, and there is no clean fresh water. We're done......
The journal left blank for several days, until three days later, when the midshipman finally picked up the pen again.
"The only good news that has made me happy for so many days is that the dead fat pig, Baron Parva, is dead! It is because of him that we have come to this point, and he deserves it...... It's just that both the captain and the mentor are worried, who killed Baron Parva, and why does he have such a frightened look on his face?"
"Life has to go on, although there is no fertile soil and no fresh water here, we found that many boats still have abundant supplies, and even some boats have planted water-secreting trees. We should be able to hold out for a while, and hopefully the gods of the sea will have mercy on us and let us get out of here. 」
It's another interval of time.
"One after another people died, how did they die? 」
That's the last sentence in the log. Ingres witnessed the master of the journal go from despair to hope, and from hope to despair again. From his account, he could fully imagine how painful the situation was and how desperate it was.
The journal was found in a corner of the deck of the Orsembru, perhaps accidentally lost by its owner, or he may have deliberately discarded it. However, as can be seen from the dusty covers, they have been many years ago.
He must have been dead for many years, and how he died has become a mystery.
Angel sighed slightly and continued to search for the other ships. On some ships, he saw skeletons, and inferred from the style of clothing on the different skeletons, they came from different places and eras.
Just like the Feather Fan was 3,000 years ago, and the Yefu was only 300 years ago.
Because of the appearance of the bones, Angels obtained a lot of iron box necklaces, and also found the captain's log from the captain's room of some ships. From the integration and comparison of the information he found, he found one thing in common with all the ships.
Almost the vast majority of ships have fallen into this place from the Cogwheel Abyss, but in addition, some ships have also come here from the Storm Demon Sea, the Misty Zone, and the Sentry Route, but very few.
Most of them are still from the Gear Abyss.
Ingres was no stranger to the name Gears Abyss, and Helen once told him the legend of Gears Abyss. She said that from time to time, a ship would sink into the endless abyss, but no one knew exactly why it sank. However, these ships do not disappear very often, so the Gear Abyss is also one of the alternative routes.
Hanging in mid-air, Ingres looked at the dense grave of ships with no end in sight, and thought to himself: Perhaps, as the apprentice navigator said, the ship that disappeared in the cogwheel abyss did not sink into the abyss, but came here.
Angel searched for a few more ships, and got the same clues as before, but he found a chart of the Devil's Sea in the hands of a skeleton in a certain exploration ship.
This is not a complete chart, but only a local area, which happens to be near the Gear Abyss.
As Ingres carefully charted the course of his fall into this place, he noticed something that surprised him, that the seas were concentrated in one area.
The Storm Demon Sea, the Misty Zone, the Sentry Route, and the Gear Abyss are not far away, all concentrated in a sea area.
In the heart of the sea, Ingres saw a familiar name.
- Silver Palm.
The island that is occupied by the Levia Hall.
Ingres didn't think about it, and the Livia Hall had something to do with the Dead Sea. Because the Livia Hall has only recently made its way to Silver Palm, and these ships have been sinking here since thousands of years ago.
However, Angel is very suspicious that there is something wrong with Silver Palm, even the Livia Hall occupies Silver Palm, and Silver Palm is still the center of this sea area where ships are often wrecked, so there really is any shocking secret in Silver Palm, right?
It's a pity that even if there is a secret, Ingres has no intention of exploring it, and he has not even figured out the doubts of this strange island.
Angel continued to fly over the graveyard of the ship, there were so many ships that he couldn't look for them all, so he could only hit them with his eyes.
Suddenly, in a pile of ship graves floating on the surface of the sea, Ingres saw a freighter with an extremely familiar shape.
Judging from the ship type, it is very similar to the Yunluo. When Angel came to the deck of the ship, his eyes flashed when he saw the familiar markings.
Sure enough, it's the ship of the Baibei Shipping Company! Even a ship with a wizard background is planted here!
Ingres's heart suddenly moved, the crew member on the Yefu had recorded that he vaguely saw a mysterious person called the "King of Violence", could it be this kind of wizard sitting on a ship with a wizard background?
You can make water by relying on water tricks, and you can make magic bread with gourmet tricks, and the extraordinary can live for a long time.
However, the "King of Violence", who can survive for hundreds of years, should be extremely strong, and may be able to reach the peak apprentice.
As for the official wizard level, Angel didn't think about it. Most formal wizards can open up dimensional passages, and it is not difficult to leave.
If there really are apprentices still alive here...... Perhaps Lucas's treasure has fallen into the hands of the other party.
Angels landed on the White Shell ship, and he wanted to find out more about the sorcerer who was on the ship. As is customary, the wizards are on the fourth floor above deck.
Ingres flew in, but as soon as he entered, his steps stopped.
The room was very clean, cleaner than any cabin he had been to before, which was the characteristic of the White Shell sea-going ship, and the room of the person sitting in the seat would have a self-cleaning effect.
What held Ingres off was that there was a person sitting behind the desk he was facing him.
The wizard's robe covered his countenance, and at first glance it looked like someone was sitting there with his head bowed.
But when Angel carefully perceived it, he found that there was no trace of a living person on the other side, and the magic hand reached over and quietly lifted his hood.
A pale skeleton was revealed.
Ingres' eyebrows were raised, if it was really this skeleton, then his previous guess was wrong.
Puzzled, he searched through the skeleton. The wizard robe is indeed produced by Sky Machinery City, and it is still brand new after so many years, and the function of circulating on it has not disappeared.
The skeleton itself, with slight energy fluctuations, plus a disposable space soft sac carried by the skeleton. Angel was almost certain that the skeleton was transcendent.
If there are no accidents, he is the one who sits on this ship.
But how did he die? How did he die when he was able to sit on a freighter, the art of making water and the trick of making food, it is impossible not to have learned, and when he had no worries about food and clothing?
When the transcendent dies, there will inevitably be a soul born, and there are no souls wandering around here, right?
Just as Ingres was thinking, something unexpected happened.