Chapter 72: The Pirate King's Nightmare

"The pirates who had been expelled from Grey Harbor by my father banded together to invade Grey Harbor, and almost all of my father's sailors who remained in Harbor were killed, and my mother and I fell into the hands of the enemy. ”

Leah's hands clenched into fists, and she said in a trembling voice, "It was a nightmare, and I still hear in my ears from time to time the terrible cries of her mother's insult, mixed with my own cries of fear......"

"Leah......" Rogge couldn't help but reach out and grab her hand, Leah looked up at him, nodded silently, and continued, "That's it, when my father returned to Grey Harbor, they didn't bring back the treasure - it was just fake news that the tiger had left the mountain. ”

"At the sight of my mother's corpses, my father went completely mad, he gathered all the sailors and went out to sea to seek revenge on his enemies, in that battle to the death he lost a leg, but also won, but he lost the person he loved most forever. ”

However, perhaps it was a gift from the gods, and when he returned to Grey Harbor with his broken leg, he happened to meet a magician passing by, who took pity on his father's beloved daughter and decided to help him. ”

Leah looked at the solemn expressions on the faces of the three and said, "Then there is the current me, the magician used mana to condense my dissipating soul, let the sailors use rocks to help me build a body, and then merge my soul into the body." ”

She looked down at her hand, sighed and said, "It's a pity that my mother's soul has been lost too much at that time and can no longer be condensed, but I still returned to my father's side, although I am just a stiff and cold puppet." ”

"Since then, my father has hardly ever gone to sea himself, leaving everything to his close associate Mike, who himself stayed at Grey Harbor and by my side, refusing to go a single step until ten years ago, when the nightmare befell Grey Harbor again. ”

On that day, my father received a report from the first mate that a large number of treasures had been found on an island in the northern seas, and asked my father to take someone to the island to inspect them. ”

At first, his father was reluctant to leave, and asked the first mate to bring the treasures back, but the first mate told him that he could not handle so many treasures by himself, and repeatedly persuaded his father to go to the island with him, and his father finally agreed to him, and left Gray Harbor. ”

Leah sighed softly, her hands gently hooked her fingers, and said sadly: "It would be nice if I had held him at that time, but unfortunately I didn't do that, and I didn't expect that he would be gone for six months." ”

"When he returned, he had become an undead spirit, and only a wisp of soul remained, and he remained the same, but he refused to tell me what had happened to him. ”

He laughed happily and told me that no one would be able to defeat him again, and that he would always protect me, but I could see an inexplicable pain in his smile, and I wanted to force him to tell me what had happened, but I didn't have the courage. ”

"I see," Rogge nodded meaningfully, "Your father encountered something evil on that island, just like I saw in the palace of the Serpent Empress, it turned them all into undead, and I think the first mate must have been bribed or controlled." ”

"You're right!" Leah nodded excitedly and said, "Later, I heard from a few sailors who were better with me, they were imprisoned in a mysterious dungeon, there was an invisible thing that used them as food, and every day people died inexplicably, and finally ......"

Her voice trembled violently, and she clenched her fists and said, "Finally all the people died, including the first mate, there was a terrible monster that took control of their souls, and it ordered my father to plunder and lure the living to the island for its master, and let the first mate keep watch on my father. ”

"Monster that controls the soul......" Rogge muttered thoughtfully, and Leah nodded vigorously, "Yes, it is said that the monster is very powerful, and my father left me alone here in order to prevent me from being controlled by it, and did not dare to take me on the ship." ”

"I've always wanted to help my father since I found out about it, and I had the sailors secretly get me a few bayonet swords, chiseled through my arms and hid them in them, and practiced them secretly, hoping that one day I could help my father get revenge!" she said, clenching her fists in emotion.

"I don't think the things on that island are something you can overcome. Rog said, looking up at Leah.

The puppet girl looked up at him, and although there was no expression on her stiff face, it was clear from her posture that she was desperate inside.

"But, I can!" Rogge reached out to take her hand in his hand, Leah looked at him in surprise, her arm trembled violently, and heard Rogge say, "Believe me, I'm here to help your father." ”

"Really, thank you!" Leah said, grabbing Rogge's hand with excited hands.

"Don't thank me, it's a mutual aid at best, because I also have something to ask your father for, and I'll talk to him about it personally, and I'm sure we can be mutually beneficial, and in that respect, rangers and pirates are the same. Rogge said with a smile.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" asked Leah impatiently.

"Take us to where your father parked the boat, if you will!" said Rogge, standing up and speaking to the puppet girl.

Leah nodded obediently, got up and led the three of them out of the old house, and walked through the silent streets of the night to the docks, where Rogge saw a large ship moored in the distance, and could clearly see the half-hung sails and the pirate flag fluttering on the mast.

"There they were, I couldn't go over, my father wouldn't let me go near the ship. Leah said with a timid look at the pirate ship.

"Okay, I'll take care of the rest, you go back to the house, and when we're done with everything, we'll come back to you with your father." Rogge said as he stroked the girl's shoulder.

"Thank you once again, and good luck!" Leah bowed to the three of them before silently turning away.

"I once heard an old ranger say," Rogge said to Catherine and Tully, staring at Leah's departing white figure, "Every strong man who is feared has a past that cannot be looked back on, and it is not the enemy that can really poke at their weakness, but fate." ”

He drew his silver sword and clenched it in his hand, and strode towards the ghost ship with the flag waving in the wind and heavy rain in his face, Tali and Catherine looked at each other meaningfully, and quickly followed him, and the three of them approached the ship amid the sound of wind and rain and waves, but there was no shadow of anyone on board.

Rog walked over to the boarding board, looked back at the two of them, and then nodded to the little owl, and Lilith flapped her wings and flew into the sky to scout the pirate ship from the air.

Rog lit a cigar and strode onto the deck of the pirate ship, carefully circling around without finding anything out of the ordinary, and beckoned Catherine and Tully to come onto the deck as well.

The trio walked along the right side of the pirate ship towards the bow, their boots lightly stepping on the wooden deck, and the plank under their feet made a "clucking" footsteps, but they were soon drowned out by the sound of wind and rain and waves.

As they approached the foredeck, Rogge, who was walking in front, suddenly raised his left hand and leaned sideways against the bulkhead beside him, and the two girls quickly hid like him, and Rogge turned around and pushed a wooden door in front of him, and the door squeaked open.

He cautiously looked inside, the dark cabin was empty, Rogge turned and walked into the cabin, Catherine and Tali hurriedly followed, the three of them walked cautiously in the cabin where they couldn't see their fingers, searching the surroundings with their ears.

There was no sound around them except the footsteps of the three men, not even the sound of the waves, and the three of them supported each other down a narrow staircase, a deep corridor that stretched to the left lay at their feet, and on Rogge's right hand there was a door.

Rogge stepped forward and put his ear to the door to listen to the movement inside, the door was silent, Rogge protected his body with his sword, carefully pushed the door in, and the room was empty.

"Looks like this is the cockpit. Rog said to Catherine and Tully, who had followed him, that he walked over to the rudder and turned the rudder, but the rudder seemed to be stuck and could not turn at all.

"Lilith doesn't know where she went, why hasn't she come back for so long?"

Rog walked around the cabin, the table was littered with rum jars, and a knife was stuck in a chart in the center of the table, and Rog pulled out the knife to find that it was piercing through the Titans' forward stronghold.

"It was clear that Jack and his sailors had just finished their work, and it was not ruled out that they were having a feast in the ship's dining room. Rogge said as he inserted the knife back into the table, glancing at the overturned rum jar on the table.

Suddenly, something landed on his shoulder, and Rogge looked back at the little owl with folded wings, and asked with concern, "Where have you gone?

"Don't you feel it?" said the little owl, staring at him solemnly, in a rare solemn tone. Rogge immediately became vigilant when he heard her words, and while listening to the movements around him with his ears, he asked, "What did you find?"

"Our ship is gone! this ship has left Grey Harbor, and we are now at sea!" said the little owl, glancing nervously at the three of them.

Without waiting for Rogge to speak, Catherine, who was standing opposite him, suddenly opened her eyes wide, and pointed at the rudder behind him in horror.

(Good Sunday, the ghost story at noon is coming, the empty ghost ship has opened by itself, what will happen to Lao Luo and the others, who have no way out?