The dinner before disembarking was the best they had in a month, with several dishes that even Vanessa, who had grown up in the court, couldn't name.

The first to come up was crab flat shark soup, the yellow and white soup was filled with strong spices, the spoon reached in and the crab horns collided with a clanging sound, Vanessa was injured, it was not suitable to eat more seafood, only symbolically tasted a spoonful of egg and sour berry soup, Reina was not polite, and the next grilled eel, foie gras soaked in red wine, butter radish and roast suckling pig all entered his stomach. Brant drooled as he watched from the side, these delicacies were prepared for the sacrifices, he could only smell them, and he had to add wine and food to them from time to time. Vanessa picks up a piece of crispy roasted pork, dips it in plum sauce, and brings it to her mouth.

After the Last Supper, Vanessa asked the captain for a bottle of purple wine from the city-state of ale, but was told that they had to disembark to carry their things with the sailors, and they knew the time had come, so they disembarked with the captain without asking too many questions.

The island was bigger than Vanessa had imagined, with clean beaches and shadowy trees, and if it hadn't been for Brant's warning, it would have been impossible to tell that there was a man-eating demon living here.

"Where are we going?" Vanessa asked deliberately.

The first mate beside the captain replied, "There is a secret cave on the island with fresh water and other provisions, and you will carry water for us to pay for the ship." Vanessa recognized his voice as the other person who had spoken to the captain that night. He was a burly fellow, fat and ugly, with the broad shoulders of an oarsman but no neck, and he looked older and more cunning than the captain.

Vanessa looked at Reina, and saw that his brow was furrowed, and his face was uneasy. The princess pounded him with her elbow, "Carry the water, and not the newlywed, don't be so nervous." Reina didn't look at her. What does that mean, he's angry, "You're not full? ”

Reina deliberately slowed down and distanced himself from the captain, and he whispered to Vanessa, "That Brant, he must have another purpose, he is using us as bait, and he is gone as soon as we get off the boat." Don't go into the hole for a while, and look for a chance to sneak back to the boat. ”

"I'm not going anywhere without you." Vanessa replied categorically.

Reina was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at the princess again, his eyes were a little evasive.

Vanessa was speechless and hurriedly covered it up, "I don't want you to leave until the curse is lifted." Now, focus on the task at hand, we have no other choice. ”

I'm the dividing line*******

The cave is hidden at the very bottom of the reef by the sea, and the green water rushes in the ears, splashing against the foundation stone of the cave. The stone door was almost covered in seaweed, and the captain and first mate worked together to push it open, and the damp cold immediately hit his face, stinging his eyes.

Fortunately, there was a lighting crystal every ten steps in the passage, so that people could barely see the stairs under their feet, Vanessa bravely walked in, one, two, three, four, the huge waves hit the rocks around her, screaming angrily to pour into the stone corridor, every step, the princess imagined herself stepping on a churning sea monster, her courage was exhausted in these four steps, she looked back at Reina in help.

Reina reached out and pulled Vanessa behind him, and thankfully his hand was so firm and warm, and in an instant, the courage passed to the princess again.

After getting used to the dark environment, the steps down the ladder were much easier. The damp passage is filled with the choking smell of humus, the four walls are slippery and untouchable, and they feel like magmatic rocks left behind after volcanic eruptions. The further down it gets, the colder it gets, the more noticeable the smell in the air becomes.

"How far is it?" Vanessa couldn't help but ask.

"Right ahead."

Sure enough, after turning two more stone stalactites, a gorgeous iron door appeared in front of the four people.

The captain shouted twice in a mysterious language, "daharlmalermiliyas"

The door shaft made a painful transmission sound, and the door slowly opened.

Reina and Vanessa were shocked by what they saw: in the luxurious and bright rotunda, there were ten snow-white stalactite pillars on both sides, each with a young woman tied to each stone pillar, and a thin stream of red water stretched from under their feet to the center of the hall, where what should have been the black rock at the bottom of the cavern was replaced by a pool of turquoise water—a terrible monster undulating in the water, his upper body was the image of a man, but the lower body was divided into countless wrists and feet like an octopus, and two purple-red fleshy wings were gathered on his twisted back, It is reminiscent of bats on the roof of a cave. Vanessa also notices his arms, which are strangely coiled around his torso, like two snakes that have eaten enough rats and are taking a nap.

"What kind of monster is this, that God created him to highlight the incompetence of man? This guy looks really invincible on land, sea and air! Reina asked dumbfounded. Vanessa couldn't name his species, but she knew where he came from, and she had seen it in another world, where there was a group of people who called themselves "scientists" who combined samples of various creatures with each other to see what kind of monster they could produce, and with the characteristics of the person in front of her, he was the offspring of at least a hybrid of four creatures.

"Dylan!" Hearing someone behind him, the monster turned around, and thankfully, at least the human-like part of him looked pretty good, "You're another day late!" He pressed into the captain's face, and Vanessa saw that the part of his upper body connected to the octopus tail could be extended at will, as long as he was in this hall, he could get everything he wanted in an instant, and those wrists and feet with suction cups also ensured that his body was protected in all directions.

"Yes, I'm sorry," the captain looked scared as the gate closed behind him, "There's been a war going on in the country of Midsummer lately, and the young people are all on the battlefield, so it's hard to find." ”

"I don't want to listen to your excuses!" With a wave of the monster's forearm, it stretched out its long snake arm and grabbed the captain's neck and lifted him in the air, "Blood! I want blood! I'm going to be human! ”

Can you become a human by drinking blood? Vanessa didn't understand the cause and effect, but she saw that Reyna was already in action, and he was cautiously going around the side of the monster, intending to give him an arrow suddenly. No, it's not time yet, Vanessa winks at him, you don't know his weaknesses.

At this time, the first mate entangled Vanessa to her knees and said to the monster flatteringly: "O great Lord of the sea, Lord of the sky and earth, the most merciful of Victor, the beautiful virgin we have painstakingly selected for you is here," Vanessa's heart throbbed violently, I am not a virgin. "She comes from Crescent City, a beautiful and pure city, and has given birth to a beautiful and moving girl, please allow me to sacrifice her, her blood will surely fulfill your great wishes!"

Victor's attention was drawn to Vanessa, and the snake hand unconsciously let go of the captain, and his body grew sharply, and suddenly he was attached to the princess.

With an incomparable countenance and crazy eyes, Vanessa seemed to see Solandar on the tower four years ago again. She met Victor's gaze, suppressed the fear in her heart, and curtsy to him, "Victor Majesty." ”

The monster narrowed its eyes and looked at Vanessa in disbelief, "You're not afraid of me?" ”

"Why should I be afraid of a god who wants to become an ordinary person?" Actually, I'm really scared, but I have no choice, I have to get you interested in me.

"Look at me," Victor cried out in pain, pointing at himself, "where am I like a god?" You liar! His clutches reached out to Vanessa.

"You, you fly in the sky like an angel, and you swim in the sea as the king of mermaids." Vanessa stared at Victor's snake hand and stepped back until she bumped into a pillar girl.

"Phew! All I hear is people calling me a vampire bat and a squid! His octopus toggles and churns, stirring the water beneath him like boiling water. One of the brachiopods suddenly erupted and entangled Reina, who was sneaking up on him. "This trick doesn't work for me, look at them," Victor smirked as he turned to Reina, pointing to the ten pale girls on the stone pillars, "and that's how their sweethearts reacted at first. Young man, you are in the wrong place if you want to be a hero in front of the girl. ”

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