Chapter 432: Half a Song and Half a Verse
While Dolan had been loudly asserting his presence, all the members of the Silent Death had turned a deaf ear to him.
Nora said, "Wood Elves are supposed to be elemental creatures in the legends, and they are a completely different type than us. But when it comes to intelligence, they should be pretty good, and when I was a child, I listened to stories told by the elders of the clan, and often mentioned that the cunning wood or stone spirits deceived the lonely young elves. ”
"You've said it's a story, it's a serious misunderstanding!" Dolan continued to argue loudly, and everyone continued to ignore it.
"This kind of thing is going to deceive? Luca said.
"Forget it!" the wooden spirit sitting on the ground suddenly changed his strategy, and no longer said anything loudly, but took out the intact lute from under the shoulder of the original coat.
He moved his stiff, dry, smoking fingers, plucked the strings a few times, tuned the tune, then swept from top to bottom and began to play.
In an instant, the music poured out like a tidal wave, filling the entire deck, and the tune was so high-pitched and impassioned that everyone forgot to speak for a moment. After a few circles, the music gradually becomes ethereal and light, and the mood can't help but jump together. After that, the notes flowing from the lute became softer, like a cry, and the words were endless.
Under the influence of this last piece of music, some of the less resistant temporary crew, such as Gnome Mayor Finch and Goblin Captain Gavin, have completely lost their expressions to the tune, as if sleepwalking.
Lukka cried out inwardly, but the soothing and peaceful tone that kept coming from his ears made him not even bother to say it.
Nora also wanted to resist, but as the most musically accomplished member of the ship, this kind of music had a far greater influence on her than others, and although the few living flames had not yet been extinguished, they had become not much bigger than the flames on a match, lying limply on the deck around Dolan, unable to ignite anything, and of course losing their role as a cage.
The situation of the others was basically the same, even the sound of Ollie's greatsword falling to the ground did not interfere with the tune in any way, but rather seemed like a gong and drum added at the right time.
Half a tune later, Dolan turned the deck around in a way that was extremely unfavorable to him. Although his performance was not able to completely control the behavior of others, it only prevented himself from being harmed, and at the same time attracted the attention of Lukka and the others—you know, the taste of being ignored all the time was not very pleasant even for the wood spirit.
"Alright, we can talk now," said Dolan, who still spoke, not sang, but the lute in his hand did not stop, "I am just a penniless and unemployed bard, and you should listen to my request." ”
After speaking, in the soft and ethereal sound of the piano, he opened his mouth and sang.
When Dolan made the first sound in his throat, Lukka felt as if a basin of cold water had poured over his head. Halfway through the first line, all the crew members on deck regained their senses.
Lukka raised his staff, and a spider web was unleashed, wrapping Dolan's body tightly around him, and also binding his hands as he continued to play the lute.
At the same time, Nora's Living Flame became energetic again, leaping from the deck and reforming the Flame Cage around the Wood Spirits.
Ollie picked up the greatsword again, Thea's fingertips rubbed arcs of electricity, and the other people's weapons were all re-aimed at the wood spirits, ready to fire.
"Eh, why?" said Dolan, who had only half a sentence, before it turned into a hollow shout.
It is true that Dolan's sound has the power to shake the mind, but as soon as he speaks, all these effects are dispelled.
His singing sounded like a few rough bars of wood rubbing against each other, mixed with the cacophony of scraping the glass with his fingernails, which made Luca's ears still buzz.
The sound quality is terrible, and he doesn't even have a single note that is accurate, and none of them can fall on the beat of the music. Even Luca, the out-of-tune king on the ship, sighed to himself in front of such a singing, and could only bow to the wind.
The powerful music of the lute was completely ruined by Dolan's own half-line singing.
"I can probably understand why you're out of work as a song-singer. Lukka said with his little finger in his ear.
"Huh?" Dolan laughed instead of being angry, "You're finally willing to talk to me?"
"Don't talk about it, it's better to keep his mouth shut. Thea had a worried expression.
"Don't don't, can't I stop singing?" said Dolan.
"What the hell are you trying to do when you come to my boat?" asked Luca.
He still decided to communicate with Dolan, although this guy is a plant and is not invited, he has no deep hatred with himself, so he will not really burn him to charcoal.
"As I said, I just want to get on the boat. Dolan said, cowering in a cobweb.
"With so many boats, why do you have to rub me?" asked Luca.
"The other boats that go to sea are all from the Undercurrent Chamber of Commerce, I used to rub too much and got on their blacklist, and now they will throw down a leaf when they see it, I really can't help it. Dolan replied.
"Where are you going?" Lukka continued.
Dolan sighed: "Anywhere, you can leave Moon Spring Island anyway." Since you can recognize me as a wood spirit, you should know that we only need some clean water to survive, and I came to Moon Spring Island for the spring water there. But now that they don't provide free spring water to tourists, what's the point of me staying there?"
"Wait, how do I remember that you said you had a way to get a spring on the island?" Luca's memory was still good.
"Yes, as long as you have money, you can still do a lot of things, and I thought you must have money. Dolan said, "But I don't have any money." ”
"You still run around without money?" Luca has always been very supportive of "poor travel".
Dolan replied, "I came to this island to be invited to play at the banquet, but their spring manager listened to my prelude and invited me to play at the ceremony of the spring gushing out, and said that I would be paid a hundred silver coins at the end of the performance, plus three barrels of spring water, and that it would be my performance time after the salute of the previous days. ”
"Isn't that good, and why don't you have money or water?" asked Luca.
"I don't know why, I played the piano at the banquet, just like just now, and after only half a sentence, they threw it out, and then I went to ask for payment several times, but I was kicked out. Dolan said.