【Chapter 289】 Prey and Hunter
As soon as he saw her nervous appearance, Qin Song understood, but in order to open the mine with all his might, he had to appropriately reduce the time of the doppelganger, so he could only smile slightly: "Don't worry, it's okay." My body will recover, it's just that it will take some time. So, for the next few days, I spent most of my time in a meditative state. Explain something in advance so that you don't miss something. ”
"Whew......" Liya let out a long sigh of relief, pursed her lips, and whispered, "Linda told us what happened, and everyone was terrified. Qin, you are the last descendant of the Son of the Stars, you are more noble than any of us, but you ...... Such a brave ......"
"No, Leah. Qin Song smiled and shook his head: "I said that a true comrade-in-arms, a true friend, is the one who dares to hand over his back to him." Our destiny is one, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. ”
"But ......" Liya, who was born a nobleman, was full of emotion, because in her eyes, Qin Song was more noble than her, but she risked her life without hesitation to include them.
What a shining quality.
"No, but, trust me, just like I believe in you. ”
Looking at those shining eyes and approachable smile, Liya felt a little sour in her eyes, and nodded heavily: "I know, Qin! Each of us believes in you and is willing to hand over our backs to you." ”
"Don't be too nervous, we'll get through it. Qin Song blinked: "Tell Alice, tell Elena that for the use of knowledge, never stick to the form, open your mind, and let go of your imagination." You will also perform more miracles, do not fail the trust of the gods. ”
"I promise!"
"Hmm. Qin Song nodded: "I sensed that the god was watching us, and he gave us the key to the palace of wisdom, but every step requires us to step through it ourselves!"
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The sun shines through the clouds in the east, the endless sea sparkles, and the chirping seagulls sweep across the sea, constantly searching for food to eat.
Where there are seagulls, it means that it is not far from the land. From the tranquil harbor of Arivan Island, the brig Nirvana Bird sails through the seas with a cloak and waves.
Captain Stennis Byrne with a two-horned hat stood on the deck with a sad face, he had an ordinary face, unremarkable, slightly thin cheeks, a blue beard, and a faint scar on his forehead. He has an exceptionally tall hooked nose and lush brown hair.
Recalling the experience of three days ago still made him shudder, and the howling sea breeze could not dissipate the fear in his heart.
A ghost ship!
It appeared out of thin air, as if it had risen from the surface of the sea, covered with dark green algae and thick barnacles, with no sails, no sailors, nothing eerie.
He didn't send sailors to board the ship rashly, knowing that the sea area where he was now was extremely rampant. Black circles, red scars, Hookjack, and the eternal first mate, these notorious pirates often make weird things at night.
A wrecked ship?
Sorry, not interested.
When he gave the order to raise the sails and leave at full speed, something even stranger happened, the ship that had no sails at all, like a wolf staring at its prey, always followed them.
They fled all night in fear, until the sun fell and the ship vanished.
This made him sure that it was the legendary ghost ship.
Encountering a ghost ship at sea meant bad luck and made Nesses's heart uneasy, filled with fear of unknown dangers, and so did his sailors.
......
Beneath the surface of the sea, a behemoth has always been tightly embellished with the traces of the rich bird. There is no way, if you want to successfully find the location of the Duchy of Vendôme, the merchant ship is the best guide.
It's been the ninth day of departure, during which Qin Song briefly returns to the clone every day, chatting with Alice and them, occasionally eating something, and spending more time answering various questions.
Qin Song repeated his old trick last night, on the one hand, to try if they were greedy enough, and on the other hand, to urge them to lead the way quickly.
Faced with a completely unfamiliar new location, all Qin Song knew was a rough description of Harald, and he didn't have any mature plans in his heart.
Of course, it's not a headless fly that hits a lot of luck.
For example, find some puppets that are easy to manipulate or something, as his vehicle, and first ascend to the land of the Duchy of Vendôme to understand the social structure and customs.
It takes a lot of time to destroy a person's sanity and turn it into a puppet. Therefore, Qin Song is still relatively picky about the target, at least he must be a captain, an official, a wealthy businessman and other characters with a head and a face, after all, the information that the low-level people can access is limited.
The Captain Snes, who looked thirty-three or fourteen years old, looked ordinary, and the merchant ships were also ordinary, including the goods in the holds, and most of them were relatively cheap goods such as leather, raw dyed fabrics, wood, and olives.
The closer you are to the port, the higher the probability of encountering merchant ships. Therefore, Qin Song has been hesitating whether to use him, after all, his age is still a bit advantageous.
So far, after three days of tracking, I have indeed encountered two merchant ships, one of which is captained by a Humpty Dumpty man in his forties, and the other captain is a high-altitude foot, and the size of the merchant ship is not much better than that of the rich bird.
It also takes a lot of time to corrode the mind, and seeing that it is close to the land, Qin Song is a little anxious. It would be a waste of time to corrode when you get to the shore.
It wasn't until late evening that a third merchant ship was encountered, and it looked quite rich, though laden with raw ivory, leather, and rough gems. But the captain is as ugly as a toad, and it's really hard to say.
In the end, Qin Song decided that Snes would be the lucky one to be 'cared for' by the gods.
"Captain, the ghost ship didn't show up, maybe you can get a good night's sleep. The second mate, who watched from the mast for most of the night, gave Stennis good news.
"To the Almighty Seagod Satus!" Snis curled up on the wooden bed in the captain's room, holding a glass of cloudy ale in his hand, and happily toasted three full cups in a row, to celebrate the seagod Satus's drive away from the nightmare of the sea.
Extinguishing the whale oil candle, Sniness squeezed comfortably into the blanket, relaxed and quickly fell asleep.
However, the nightmare had just begun, a Gu Heart Demon full of terrifying mouthparts, a bloody Eye Demon, took advantage of the night, along the side of the ship, slipped across the deck, and entered the captain's room through the gap under the wooden door.
The process of parasitism went unusually smoothly.
The poor captain had no idea that he had fallen into the clutches of tentacles more terrible than the ghost ship.
"Black Wave!"
"Rancid Sludge!"
"The dark and silent existence that dwells in the depths of the ocean. Coming from the hidden world, it will come to the world. I am the ultimate destruction, an incomprehensible being. ”
"Open your eyes, and the real calamity is all around you. ”
The dull and eerie voice kept ringing in Ness's ears, repeated over and over again.
However...... It's not useful.
It may be that this captain does not drink much, a few glasses of ale are on the head, and the whole mind is axis, this strange and terrifying voice has not affected him at all.
Qin Song: "......"
Your sister, don't drink if you can't drink it, it's a waste of lines that have been brewing for a long time.
I waited patiently until the early morning, when the sky was dark, and the cries of skuas kept croaking. The captain finally woke up from a 'hangover' and rubbed his eyes in a trance.
"Kuroshio!"
"Rancid Sludge!"
"The dark and silent being......"
The strange voice came out of thin air in his mind, and Ness was stunned for a moment, frowning a little strangely, until the voice became clearer and more eerie.
Thinking of the mysterious ghost ship, Nesses's hairs stood on end, and the fright made him jump out of bed, and without even putting on his shoes, he rushed out of the captain.
The second mate was cleaning the deck with a few sailors, and Snys, holding back the terrifying sound in his head, ran over like crazy, and grabbed the second officer's shoulder: "Something is talking to me, something is talking to me." Oh my God, Satus is on top...... It must have been a ghostly voice. ”
"What are you talking about, Captain?"
"Right in my head, repeat!" Snes' eyes were red, and he skilfully climbed the mast with his hands and feet, and looked out for the ghost ship in fear on the surface of the sea.
"Captain, Captain!"
"No, how could it not be!" The sailors' voices made him even more irritable, and Sness couldn't help but shout, "Shut up, I'm entangled by demons...... You guys. ”
Suddenly, the silhouette of a sailboat appeared in his field of vision......
"It's there, it's there! It's been following us, it's been following us. It's the devil's ship, no, don't say it, don't say it!"
The voice in his head was louder, and Snis clutched his head in pain.
Then, a scene shocked everyone.
xiu~~
The sound of breaking the air came.
Sness's screaming stopped abruptly, and when the sailors looked up, they saw Snes's body falling down with a feathered arrow stuck in his eye socket.
He's dead!