At the beginning of the 15th century, with the boom of commerce and navigation, people ushered in the Age of Discovery.

Among the many famous captains, Captain Rhine and his fleet were not big names, and ironically, Captain Rhine's name was only widely spread after his death.

"Ten years ago, a ship loaded with gold and silver treasure returned to Port Z, and the legend of the ghost ship began."

The old man took Gu Yun and the three of them to the display cabinet that was originally used to display masks, but at this moment the display case was empty.

Gu Yun feels that compared with the museums of the 21st century, this museum can almost be described as unfortified - there are no security guards, no camera probes, no tempered glass, and only a red rope for isolation is pulled up in front of the display case, and anyone can easily steal the cultural relics in the exhibition hall.

"Is it because of what happened to the crew on board?"

Vera and Marianne were interested in the legend of the ghost ship.

"When the people of Port Z boarded the ship, they found that the sailors on board had been dead for a long time, they were shriveled and as if they were dying of extreme dehydration, while the ship had plenty of food and drinking water, and it did not look like they had encountered pirates or shipwreck, except for Captain Rhine himself. While sifting through the treasure, people found a strange mask, which was the first time that the stone ghost mask appeared in front of people's eyes. ”

"At that time, the prevailing speculation was that the sailors on the ship contracted a strange illness during the voyage, and before returning to Port Z, the sailors fell ill and died, and the captain of the ship, Rhine, could not accept his fate and committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea."

In addition to being in line with rational judgment, such speculation is more important for the locals to divide up the property on the ghost ship.

Captain Rhine brought back a large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry, but according to local law, if the rightful owner of the treasure dies and does not leave a legal will to give the treasure to someone, the treasure must be turned over to the treasury.

Of course, it is known that all of this treasure was eventually acquired by the famous local nobles.

"But other speculation, right?"

Vera asked again.

"It is also rumored that Captain Rhine had a disagreement with the sailors on the division of the treasure on his return, and the sailors killed him while he was sleeping and threw him into the sea, but he was eventually cursed by Captain Rhine, which led to their tragic deaths on the way back - the main reason for the popularity of this rumor is that the crew members who died of dehydration all looked terrified, as if they had seen a terrible scene before they died."

"However, this rumor may also be exaggerated, after all, no one else knows the real situation on the ship except the fishermen of Port Z who boarded the ship at that time, and there are also people who believe that this rumored prodigian is trying to intimidate the local nobles and make them dare not take the gold and silver treasures on the ship for themselves."

The old man told the legend of Captain Ghost, which he had told to many people.

"But none of the legends you mentioned seem to have anything to do with that mask, do they? Why did people name it the Stone Ghost Mask? ”

Marianne asked.

"It was true, but the legend of the ghost ship soon faded with the division of the gold and silver treasures, and the stone ghost mask ended up in the hands of an avid collector."

"That collector was killed too?"

"A few months later, there was a massacre in Port Z, where it was discovered that the collector's partner, children, and all the servants had all been killed overnight, and the collector himself was as missing as Captain Rhine, and because the deceased was in the same situation as the crew of the ghost ship, the stone ghost mask was found in the collector's house, so more and more people believed that the mask was cursed by Captain Rhine."

"What you say is true?"

Marianne carefully assessed the story told by the old man—the rest of the story was enough to prove that the curse on the ghost ship was not a simple coincidence.

She had also heard of the art of curses, a form of voodoo inherited from the Magic Book, a separate system from the Grimomy.

Theoretically, if the Stone Ghost Mask is cursed, it does have the potential to bring bad luck to future recipients, and even cause the same fate to happen to those who possess it later.

"That's not something I can say clearly, even if the paragraph I just said was all improvised, you can't be sure, can you? There are many similar legends in this museum, and it doesn't matter to me whether Captain Rhine has put a curse on the stone ghost mask or not, whether the collector of Port Z really exists, my point here is just to tell these bizarre stories to pass on. ”

The old man smiled and said, "As for whether or not the curse of the stone ghost mask really exists, perhaps only you can judge, Miss Witch. ”

When the old man accurately reported his identity, Marianne instinctively turned her magic and prepared for battle.

It's just that the demon hunter didn't appear, and the old man was still hunched over, looking weak.

"Don't be nervous, I don't have malicious intentions, there are many powers in this world, Miss Witch, you have mastered the essence of magic, and what I just said is the power of seeing and hearing, seeing and hearing more things, and seeing people and things is like getting close to its essence."

"It's better not to know some things so clearly."

Although she let go of her killing intent, Marianne still said slightly unhappily.

"But how exactly does this stone ghost mask kill people?"

Vera raised the doubts in her mind.

She'd only heard of people killing people, monsters killing people, and she had never heard of an object that could suck people dry on its own, "If Captain Rhein's ghost had attached to the mask, other witchers would have discovered it." ”

The Stone Ghost Mask was transported from Port Z to W City in the name of a murderous object, and was eventually displayed in a museum, during which many witchers must have handled it, and if there were any evil spirits, they would have been destroyed long ago.

"It's not the mask that kills, it's the person who wears the mask that turns into a murderer, and it should be that they suck the dead dry."

Gu Yun broke the silence.

"You've also heard the legend of the Stone Ghost Mask?"

This time, even the old man showed a surprised look.

Because what Gu Yun said was that even he had never heard of the legend, and before that, no one had ever put forward the hypothesis that a person wearing a stone ghost mask would become a murderer.

"It's not a legend of the Stone Ghost Mask."

Gu Yun shook his head, "I see that the name of the show seems to be "Society and Law". ”

"Huh?"

"Really, I see that the criminals on the show are all ordinary people, but once they put on strange masks, they have the guts to rob banks."

Gu Yun swore by it, in his opinion, this is exactly the power that the mask can give to human beings.