I didn't see the magnificent sunrise over the sea, but the sunset in the evening was no less impressive, and a red crack was torn open at the intersection of the sea and the sky, and the seabirds circling everywhere gradually disappeared, and the noisy people returned to the cabins to eat.

I'm very grateful for Poppy's company, otherwise I would have been clueless and panicked alone now, but now I am much better and have a goal, and when we find the big hero she said and ask him to help defeat LeBlanc together, maybe then will be the time when the Darius coup will succeed.

It was a luxury cruise ship, and the extravagance in the cabin was no less than that of a palace on land, with its restaurants and dance halls full of nobility, and the people who came and went were mostly well-dressed celebrities, and I stood out of place in the midst of them in tattered armor.

"I didn't see that you were rich." I saw that Poppy was dressed in normal clothes, like a little beggar at this time, why did she live here?

"I don't have any money, I can't even afford to live in the ordinary cabin in the back, someone hired me to be his bodyguard, I don't like it here, but there is no other way to get to Ionia."

"Your bodyguard is quite idle, I really don't know who hired you."

"They don't like yodelers, so they don't like being with me."

"Then why hire you?"

"Maybe it's scared, or maybe it's troublesome, there are many yodelers who come to this side of the world for their own interests to wreak havoc and pranks, leaving a bad reputation, so even if he hires me, he still doesn't want to be with me."

Poppy introduced me to his employer, and with my size and strong muscles, he liked it very much, and immediately promised me to live here as a bodyguard, but when I turned to leave, the employer stopped me:

"Show me the dagger at your waist."

I don't know what he means, my spear had been confiscated by the guards when I came in just now, and I can't carry any visible weapons here.

Originally, I didn't agree, but Poppy said she couldn't lose it, so she put my spear and her war hammer together, and now even the dagger should be confiscated?

"Don't worry, I'll just take a look."

I took out the dagger and handed it to him, and he took it in his hand and looked at it carefully: "If I'm not mistaken, this is from the master smith of Demacia, where did you get it?" ”

"I had the privilege of fighting Mistress Fiona of Demacia, and even though I lost, she still admired me and rewarded me with two weapons, including this dagger."

The employer's eyebrows furrowed, and then he opened his coat to reveal the badge on his chest, carved with a broken axe, which was none other than the coat of arms of one of the five major families of Demacia: the Dali family.

"Do you know this badge?"

"I'm sorry, my lord, I don't know." I looked at it as if I was serious, then shook my head.

"Oh yes, you Ionian may not know, it's okay to give it to you, you must take good care of this dagger, it is your honor to be appreciated by Lord Fiona. My name is Witt, I am a member of the Demacia Dali family, and I have had a few encounters with Lord Fiona, it seems that our meeting is also fate, go and rest, I will call you if there is something. ”

"Yes, Lord Dali."

I didn't expect to meet people from the Dali family here, and it seems that the status is still very high, I remember that Jon, who proposed to Fiona before, is also a member of the Dali family, I don't know what their relationship is, but his personality is much better than Jon.

I didn't like the extravagant atmosphere in the cabin, so I went out for a walk with Poppy after dinner.

The night on the sea surface is not as beautiful as expected, even if the sky is full of stars, the vicinity is still dark and scary, the light is not far before it is swallowed up by the darkness, the only thing that does not change is the sound of the water waves as the hull breaks through the sea.

It wasn't until the lights in the cabin slowly faded that we went back to rest, and since there was no room to spare, Poppy and I slept in the same room.

I don't know how long it took, I was woken up by the noise outside, and Bobbi also woke up, rubbing her eyes wide: "What's going on?" ”

I opened the window and saw that it was already dawn, but I couldn't see anything out of the white expanse outside, except that I could hear the people on the deck running back and forth.

"I don't know, go out and have a look."

Because of the higher accommodation, we struggled to squeeze down the stairs from the chaotic crowd, and when we got outside, we found that the fog was even stronger, but strangely enough, the fog should have been damp and cool, but it gave people a warm and cozy feeling.

"Shh......h You listen. ”

Poppy made a silencing gesture at me and put her hand to her ear, I focused my attention and didn't hear anything at first, but as the crowd grew quieter, I heard a pleasant girlish voice.

Her voice was ethereal and moving, at first she just hummed softly, like a secret word of nature, and slowly began to sing in a low voice, and her graceful singing voice weaved the purest dreams and soothed the deepest tiredness in her heart.

Later, the sound gradually became louder, and it was clearly audible to the ears, and the sweet singing voice was like a heavenly sound, which made people addicted to it, and then all kinds of light and beautiful accompaniment sounded, from the initial cappella to a complete performance.

Anyone who hears this sound will love it, I tried to find the source, but found that the song came from all sides at the same time, I didn't know where the singer was, but it didn't matter, wouldn't it be a pleasure to wander in this warm mist and listen to such a moving song?

But not long after enjoying it, the fog suddenly faded, and there were a lot fewer people on the deck, and then I noticed a person walking not far in front of me, with dark skin and white hair, it was Rui Wen!

"Ruiwen, why are you here!"

"I heard that the rebels of the Immortal Fortress failed, most of them were killed, and you never came back, so I went to look for you, and was teleported here by LeBlanc, but it's good that you're okay!"

Rui Wen walked slowly towards me, smiling very happily, and just as she walked up to me and wanted to hug me, I pushed her away and pulled out the dagger at my waist: "Stay away from me!" ”

"What are you doing here?"

"You're not Rui Wen, she doesn't know LeBlanc, and she won't walk so slowly and laugh so happily when she sees me at this time, who are you!"

Seeing that I exposed her, this guy who looks like Rui Wen pounced on me, I tried to stab her with a dagger several times, but I couldn't do it because of her appearance, but she was really difficult endlessly, and she didn't respond to my words at all, so I still stabbed her in the arm.

I didn't kill her, because I hadn't figured out who she really was, and I was afraid that she was really Rui Wen and had been enchanted by LeBlanc, and my hand was still shaking even though it was just a stab in the arm.

But just as I stabbed her, she fell straight to the ground and turned into a pile of bones! Then the melodious singing disappeared, replaced by chaos and noise.

At this time, I saw that the sea around me was still foggy, but the fog on the ship was already very light, and everywhere was white, and the captain was leading his men to fight with the skeleton army, and many people on the deck were hugging the skeleton soldiers, their eyes glazed over, and their mouths were shouting different names, and it seemed that I had almost become like this just now.

I held a short dagger and rushed towards those seductive skeletons, these skeleton soldiers looked scary, in fact they had no combat power, and I casually stabbed them into a pile of white bones, but many of those I saved were paralyzed on the ground, I don't know if they had been trapped in the illusion for too long or were frightened.

Most of the passengers on board were seduced, and the captain was too busy with the fighting, and it was too inefficient for me to rescue them, when Poppy came with a sledgehammer and my spear in the other, and each weapon was half a cut above hers.

"I've finally found you, give you weapons, and we'll go to the captain's side to fend off the army of skeletons."

"And what about these people?"

"Let the captain send someone to rescue them, we can't waste time here."

Poppy and I rushed to the bow of the ship, and with the spear in hand, it didn't have to be so much trouble, I rushed into the pile of skeletons and killed, knocking down one with each sweep, and Poppy's warhammer was no slouch.

"I didn't expect you two warriors to be on board, it's great." The shipyard was very happy to see us and immediately allocated more manpower to help the passengers.

We killed for a while, and the skeletons in the mist continued to pour upward, and in addition to the bow of the ship, many people slowly poured up all around.

"We can't go on like this, we need to gather at the turret over there." The captain gestured to a tall tower not far away.

In this way we abandoned the bow of the ship and began to retreat in the direction of the tower, and soon reached the door, where the captain opened the door of the turret for everyone to take refuge, and the stronger men stood outside.

Because the entrance to the turret was small, it took people to hide in it for a long time, during which several people fell, and some people tried to run for refuge from other places, but were killed halfway through.

At this moment I saw a group of men approaching not far away, it was Witt and his men, and I hurried over to meet them, and though it took a lot of effort, I finally brought them over.

"Thank you, Ionian, it seems that hiring you was the right choice."

"You're welcome Lord Dalí, let's get out of here."

After Witt hid in, I wanted to save more people, but was stopped by the captain: "You might as well close the door and let them die if you go to save them now." ”

"Aren't these people your guests? They chose you because they believed you, and they spent a lot of money, so you just didn't save you? ”

"With your strength, you may be able to save a few people back, but such an act will make those who survive rush to seek your help, do you think you can save them at the same time? You must have consumed a lot of energy, right? So it's better to let them die this heart, hide in a corner by themselves, and maybe survive. ”

I can't deny him, because he's right, we can't save these people alone, and sometimes it's counterproductive to be too eager to save people.

When the last passenger entered, and a few of us took refuge in it, and then closed the heavy gate, and the captain counted the ninety-eight people who had taken refuge, less than a tenth of the total number, except for Poppy, all of whom were men.

I ran to the top of the tower and looked down, only to see that the entire ship was overwhelmed by the army of skeletons, and there were white flowers everywhere.

"What the hell are these skeletons? And what about singing and illusions? ”

"These skeleton soldiers are the Sea Devil's men, the last time I saw them was during a voyage with my father when I was a child, there were only a few dozen skeletons at that time, although we killed a lot of people, but we quickly repelled them, this time I don't know why there are so many."

The captain recalled the past with a painful face:

"After that voyage, my father gave the ship to my uncle, and went out for many years, learning some secrets about them, what the sea devil is that no one knows, but every time it appears, it has a moving song that makes people fall into a fantasy world, these skeletons are probably driven by the song, they will absorb the life force of the living."

"So that's the case, it seems that people will see the person they want to see the most in their hearts in the illusion, and then indulge in it, be sucked dry of their vitality and die." I'm going to make my guess based on what I've just experienced.

"Yes, when you're at sea for a long time, people miss someone or their hometown, and that's the perfect time for them to take advantage of it, so my crew goes through all kinds of training to go on a long voyage, and even then a lot of people lose their lives."

We hid in the turret and chatted, some of us were calm, some were about to collapse, and some of us were even crying.

In the evening, we arranged for the vigil, and the rest of the people rested, but I don't think anyone would be able to sleep peacefully in this situation, so I followed the captain's advice and slept well, otherwise I would not have the strength to deal with any more emergencies.