Chapter Seventy-One: The Scarlet Harbor
As David said at the beginning, there are two hurdles before arriving at the Moby Dick Islands.
The first is the legendary Scarlet Harbor, where the ghosts of sailors are abundant, and the second is the White Wave Bay, which is the closest to the Moby Dick Islands, where some wild sirens have appeared.
The former, during the city-state's time, was an island of hundreds of thousands of people, ruled by the Scarlet Queen Mary and her husbands. They lived on the island, intercepting passing ships, and even organizing fleets to sail to nearby land to plunder when food and population were desperately scarce.
This kind of unreasonable behavior naturally annoyed the rulers of many coastal city-states, so the thirteen city-states at that time united to form a powerful navy, and also involved some mages who were detained by the Scarlet Queen, and stormed the island with the intention of completely eradicating the hidden danger.
Such a massive crusade is naturally extraordinary. It is said that the war involved hundreds of thousands of people, killed in darkness and blood, and ended in a crushing victory for the coalition forces. However, before the coalition could plant a flag in the Crimson Castle and celebrate their victory, the Scarlet Isle suddenly exploded.
The Crimson Castle was built in the crater of a volcano, and the volcano erupted, turning the entire sky black, and billowing red magma poured down, mercilessly devouring the survivors who had not yet evacuated, and many died before they could even realize what was going on, not to mention the coalition forces who were ready to celebrate. It is said that even the mighty mage was affected by the magma pillars that rushed into the sky and the heat, and he could not control his body, and fell headlong into the magma, leaving no bones left.
It was also said that with the light of the fire and billowing smoke, there was a faint faint sound of a woman's cruel, unbridled laughter, which sounded like the Scarlet Queen, who had not been seen in the battle.
In short, after the war, most of the Scarlet Island collapsed for no reason, and what remained was like a huge hollow sculpture, with strange rocks on the island, and the holes were large and large, and even could accommodate several ships side by side.
What's even stranger is that when the ship shuttles through it, you will always hear the singing of women and the screams of men.
They say that it was the soldiers who died tragically and the aborigines of the island, and that the song happened to come from the Scarlet Queen, who was actually a powerful mage who sacrificed the life of the entire island to summon an ancient fire elemental that had been sleeping at the bottom of the ocean when her army was about to fail, and erupted from the ground, causing a volcanic eruption, and finally the entire coalition army to bury her.
At first it was just a legend, but as the crew continued to go crazy for no reason as they crossed the island, and even drew their swords to fight with invisible enemies, slashing their own people without caring about it, the legend became more and more decent, with noses and faces, and gradually, there was a saying that sailors were dead.
Of course, the old sailors are all aware of this kind of thing, these are just legends to deceive the layman, and the so-called screams of men are mostly the screams of the sea breeze when it blows through the rugged potholes on the surface of the island, and they have nothing to do with the sailors' souls, and they just take the opportunity to put gold on their faces, hoping to get more paid, and at the same time bluff the newcomers.
However, players don't think so.
It's not that no one in the game is curious about the story, but this time it's rare to be able to solve the puzzle with "science".
The reason is also very simple, this is a legend about "undead", but there are few mages and even fewer necromancers in the game.
Players are always people from the appearance association, and the necromancer of Dusk N is too hardcore and realistic, with a thin body, a rickety back, pale hands, and most of the spells are cold colors, not cool and stylish at all, and the robes are not mysterious at all, but like a shroud, so most of the games are dominated by elementalists and arcanists, and there are relatively few necromancers.
And most importantly, few of the few necromancers can endure the discomfort of seasickness and overcome deep-sea phobia, so the undead sailors of Crimson Harbor have always been a mystery.
Some people also speculate that the reason why the official obstructs players from exploring the sea area like this is because the content of the sea clan has not been done at all, and it was not until the rich second generation sailed to the sea that the rumors were successfully refuted.
However, with the arrival of the army of the dead, the Crimson Harbor has also become a paradise for undead creatures, where a large number of level 5060 bloody pirates will be spawned, and there will be an endless stream of them. But even so, there are few people here.
First, as a regional undead creature, this is extremely fast and has a constant stream of monster farming, so it has a 50p experience penalty. Second, because of the fast speed of monster farming, and the essence of the undead is a corpse or resentful spirit that keeps standing up, there are no drops, and the income is almost only the experience of being slashed, so there are very few people leveling here, until a clue called B is released, and it is crowded with people
The legendary Bloody Rum questline.
For a while, a large number of thieves players settled in Scarlet Harbor, and you can see the tragic situation of undead pirates being crushed by BS everywhere, but unfortunately the craze didn't last long before it cooled, because players found that opening the mission required the completion of an extremely harsh pre-task, which was once considered to be an official malicious disguise disguised as a bloody pirate, and NS a thousand companions without revealing their identities
Complete this pre-set to take on the following missions, and you will also be rewarded with a title called Crazy Ergozai.
This task is not only malicious, but also very difficult, even among the senior assassins Mu Yan knows, only one person persevered, and successfully completed the task, successfully getting the final reward of this epic task, a set of stylish and powerful leather armor.
Of course, this is not the root cause of his impressive impression on this matter, the most important thing is that it is this mission that leads the player to the Morgan Sea, and then comes into contact with Slark, who was imprisoned in the Dark Reef at the time, and Mu Yan met the third prince Felo in the real Luokan, and finally obtained his weapon, the Silent Ripper.
In other words, the island is related to Shireen.
It's a pity that Mu Yan and that player have never been familiar enough to wantonly probe this kind of information, so they don't know the details, and it's a pity to think about it now.
At present, the era of the dead will never come, so Mu Yan must personally dig out the secrets, and just like bringing fresh raw meat to attract wolves, only with a large amount of fresh life can it be possible to wake up the sleeping undead here in advance, which is one of the reasons why he wants to form a fleet.
The twenty-second day of the voyage.
Mu Yan stood at the bow of the boat.
He stroked Hedwig's feather and looked ahead.
As we approached the Crimson Harbor, it became foggy, and a little green could be seen swaying back and forth, which was the ghost ship navigating.
"Boss."
Rorschach leaned over at some point.
Mu Yan tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Actually, you don't need to call me boss, just call me Mu Yan." ”
Rorschach hesitated slightly, "Okay, Mu Yan"
"You seem to have something on your mind?"
Rorschach's hand on the railing suddenly stiffened for a moment, and he seemed nervous as he could see the muscles in his arm suddenly freeze.
"Did I say yes?"
"I'm just thinking," Rorschach stopped talking, but gritted his teeth and said it.
"Is this ship and this boatload of people the same as Chablis's mercenary group?"
Mu Yan was also stunned for a moment, and then his expression was a little complicated.
"It's hard for me to deny the problem"
"Okay, I got it."
Rorschach's gaze darkened for a moment, but then he looked up again.
"But this time it's different, right? You didn't hide your identity, so you'll protect them. ”
"Yes, I promise."
Rorschach looked at him, then at the ship ahead, and finally nodded.
"I believe in you, Mu Yan. It's always been that way. ”
Tapping him on the shoulder, Rorschach turned away. 11