In the darkness, a dim light appeared.

Someone appeared carrying a flickering kerosene lamp.

The visibility of the kerosene lamp is very low.

The whole person was shrouded in a wide black robe, and it was impossible to see the appearance, and the light emitted by the kerosene lamp seemed to be absorbed by the skin, and the position of the face was dark.

"Who?"

Xiaoyao took the initiative to step forward and open the door of the store.

The cold wind and cold rain poured into the store.

It was a dark night without light outside, but the sword in Xiaoyao's hand faintly emitted a cold light, and the sword qi surged on the sword body, and it could be taken out of the sword at any time.

"Who are you? Why did you come to the City of the Damned? ”

The visitor approached, and his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if he was sawing wood.

There were also some weird grunts, as if there was water in the throat.

At this point, even Alec could see part of the person's appearance, and the face under the hood was completely wrapped in a black cloth, revealing only a cloudy pair of eyes.

I don't know if it's because of the kerosene light, Alec saw that this person's eyes were yellow, which was extremely strange.

"Cursed City?" "We were shipwrecked and unintentionally landed on this island." Why is this called the City of the Damned? ”

"Shipwrecked? If you're unlucky, you won't be able to get out of this hellish place. ”

"Can't get out? Why? Xiaoyao asked.

The visitor didn't answer, and suddenly said in a hurry: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry, they're coming, go in, go in!" ”

He took a few quick steps and hurried to the door of the store.

Xiaoyao's eyes flickered twice, and he didn't make a move, letting this person in.

He did hear all sorts of movement mixed with the sound of falling rain, and there were more "people" approaching in the darkness.

"Quick, quick."

When the man came in, he hurriedly said, "Turn off the lights, or you will be discovered." ”

"What's out there?" Xiaoyao motioned for everyone to do so and put out the kerosene lamp.

"It's the devil, the ghost of the City of the Damned, the shadow." The man said.

"What the hell are you talking about the City of the Damned?" Standing beside the man without a trace, he asked.

"It used to be a very prosperous town." "One day a group of pirates came in and slaughtered them. There were wizards among the pirates, and after the slaughter, they cursed the town, turning everyone into ghosts who wandered back here, and no one who strayed into this town could escape. ”

"Wizard?"

MEmu grabbed one of the words, was it a supernatural power that Alec didn't know?

"Quick, quick, hide."

The man didn't answer, and when he finished talking to himself, he was about to drill behind the shop counter.

Xiaoyao grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him back, causing the man to fall behind the debris on the other side.

"You're hiding here." He said.

"Stop talking nonsense, hide quickly." The man buried his head very low.

Xiaoyao looked at his hand, which was stained with some unknown slime that was close to dark green, which had been stained when he had just grabbed the man.

It feels quite sticky to the hand, and these things definitely won't rain in the sky.

With a flick of luck, the slime was completely shaken open, and it hid into the shadows without a trace.

The other four people also took Alec to hide.

Alec's heart was pounding, and he looked outside, trying to see something in the lightless darkness.

For a moment, the whole store became extremely quiet.

Alec's muffled, rapid breathing could even be heard.

The sound of footsteps on stagnant water came from outside, gradually becoming clear, and Xiaoyao and the others saw a large number of dark shadows appear outside the store.

Several people held weapons in their hands.

"Boom!"

With a loud sound, a tall black figure flew past the shop.

After knocking over several dark shadows, it fell into a house around the corner, smashing loudly.

"Gollum!"

A drowning sound came from the shadows, and they immediately gave up on approaching the store and rushed in the direction where the shadow had flown from.

In the next second, Xiaoyao and the others saw a flame, like a huge fire snake opening its bloody mouth and sweeping over, engulfing those black shadows.

The blazing light of the fire danced in the night.

The rain evaporated, and the shadows turned from black shadows to real black coke.

It even gives off some of the smell of barbecue.

"Goo-goo-goo......"

Alec's stomach screamed again, and he quickly covered his stomach in fright.

Hungry and hungry, but because he smelled the smell of barbecue, his stomach screamed, which still made him feel quite uncomfortable.

After all, it's not clear whether the things outside are people, ghosts, or monsters.

How can you have an appetite for such a?

"Is it Eleven Elder?"

The carefree teammate Gui Xie said in the team channel.

"It should be, such a strong flame. But don't the eleventh elders use swords? ”

Xia Yan's real blood-burning sword was worn on his waist, and everyone could see it.

"Maybe it's a sword flame."

A few people had nothing to guess.

Xiaoyao stretched out the Cold Moon Sword in his hand to the strange man's face, and with a single pick of the tip of the sword, he picked up the black cloth wrapped outside, revealing a slightly distorted face.

The man's chin protrudes forward, and the area around the mouth is blackish-brown, and if you look closely, you will find fine, dense scales that resemble fish scales.

The carefree movement was as fast as lightning, and the disguise on the man's face after he realized that it had expired, and he hurriedly covered his face with his hands and roared: "What are you doing!" ”

"What are you?"

Xiaoyao lifted the sword at the center of the man's eyebrows, leaving a sword mark.

A cloudy yellow streak of blood flowed from the wound, calming the man down a bit.

Others also lit kerosene lamps again to see the man's face.

Alec's face was full of surprise, this guy is so ugly!

The man hesitated and didn't speak, and he didn't know the lake, and directly swung his sword and left a wound on the man's body.

"Okay, I say, I say!" The man was in pain, took a few steps back, and immediately confessed.

At this time, someone outside approached with a kerosene lamp.

Xia Yanzhen and Tiamat return and enter the store.

"The cans here are so rotten that they can't be eaten, but I've found some very strange fish." Xia Yanzhen motioned for Tiamat to step forward.

Tiamat threw the box he was carrying to the ground.

The box rolled over twice and opened, and several fish rolled out of it.

Several people took a closer look and showed uncomfortable expressions: "What kind of strange fish is this?" ”

A few fish were beating on the ground, all black-brown, the length of an adult's forearm, without scales, and covered in that dark green slime.

The mouth opened wide and bulged, revealing teeth that closely resembled those of humans—the shape of incisors.

Not only that, but there are also several small "arms" on the belly of the fish.

These arms look exactly like human arms, growing crookedly in the belly of a fish, like human hands that have shrunk countless times.

The color is the same as that of the whole fish, with a blackish-brown color.

The arms struggled with the beating of the fish, and they were constantly shaking and twitching, which made people extremely uncomfortable.

"It's a manta ray." The strange man said as he looked at the fish on the ground.

"Oh, so those out there are devils?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"No, they're cursed ghosts."

The man flinched.

I don't know why, the feeling that this person who just came in gave him was far more terrifying than another person who threatened him with a sword, and it was countless times more terrifying.

Just looking at it makes people feel creepy.

The man began to tell the story of him, and of the abandoned town.

This person's name is Matt, and like Xia Yanzhen and the others, he is an unlucky person who accidentally entered this abandoned town.

Once inside, Matt and his companions were trapped in the town.

No matter how they walked, day or night, they could not leave the town.

A group of people turned the entire town through and learned that the town was the "City of the Damned" in the journal left by the "predecessors".

Anyone who enters the town will not be able to leave and will remain in the town permanently.

Matt and the others definitely don't want to die, they want to live.

But in the town, there is nothing to eat but water.

Whether it's canned food or anything else, it's rotten.

The only thing that can be eaten is the fish in the sea - these devil fish brought back by Xia Yanzhen.

When people are hungry, they don't care about the food.

Moreover, when it is cooked, it is not as uncomfortable as when it was alive.

Even if they felt that something was wrong, Matt and the others had to eat it.

They relied on fish and lived in the cursed city for several years.

I finally understood what it meant that the diaries meant that they would stay in this town forever.

Over time, all people, one body after another, mutated.

Scales began to grow on their bodies, their mouths protruded, and the characteristics of a distinct fish appeared.

And one by one they went mad and voluntarily sank into the sea at the edge of the town.

Those dark shadows are the ones who have mutated like Matt's companions.

They spend most of their time "sleeping" on the ocean floor, and will come ashore at some dark nights, especially if someone strays into town.

These mutated people will drag survivors who have strayed into towns to the bottom of the sea, quickly becoming one of them.

The mutated person is called the "Cursed Shadow".

Matt is also a member of the Shadow of the Damned, but he says he hasn't lost his mind for reasons he doesn't know.

Keeping your sanity is a torture.

Becoming a Cursed Shadow did not give Matt any special powers, but only "eternal" with this cursed town, like a shadow of the town.

Endless hunger, the pain of suffocation after entering the water, had been tormenting him.

It was only after an occasional disembarkation that he was freed.

"So what do you want to do when you approach us?" After listening to Matt's untrue description with many loopholes, Xiaoyao asked.

"I don't know."

Matt had a pained expression, "I want you to save me, and I want to pull you into the water." "It's really in the water.

"How long have you lived here?"

"I don't know, ten years, twenty years or more."

"Didn't you encounter these Cursed Shadows in the first place?"

"No, at the beginning, there was just no one. I don't know why those cursed shadows didn't appear. Matt obediently answered a lot of questions.

"Isn't there anyone else in this Cursed City besides us?" Xiaoyao continued to ask.

"Yes, they've all become Shadow of the Damned." Matt said.

Once upon a time, he wanted to work with people.

But gradually, playing with these stragglers, approaching, blending in, deceiving, watching them go from hope to despair, watching them go crazy, and letting the survivors sink together became what Matt really wanted to do.

Only this time it seems to have been kicked on the iron plate.

The shadow of the curse was swept away by the blazing flames.

When he saw the flames, Matt even had an urge to throw himself into it like a moth to a flame.

The light and heat made him daunted and fascinated.

"Do you know where this island is? And Mouth Island, have you heard of it? "The Loose is not dwelling on the secrets of the City of the Damned.

This cursed city can trap ordinary people, but it may not be able to trap them.

He did not forget that the mission was to kill the mermaid princess.

"Mouth Island, the island where the legendary underwater people lived? I've heard it's all a bunch of weirdos. Matt said.

"Yes, do you know where Mouth Island is?" Alec interjected.

He had the mouth island in his heart and wanted to see it.

Matt shook his head, but met Xia Yanzhen's gaze and immediately said, "I know that there are places with charts, and I may be able to find clues." ”

There are no "maps" of the archipelago, only nautical charts.

"Where?"

"...... in town"

"Take us there."

"Now?" Matt said, "There are many, many more of the Shadow of the Damned, and if you wander around, you'll be captured." ”

The tone is like a parent saying to a child: If you don't sleep, a wolf will come and take you away.

"You'll be back in the sea tomorrow morning, right?" Xiaoyao said, "How can you take us to find the charts when the time comes?" Go now. ”

"Well, if you're dragged away by the Cursed Shadow, remember to kill me." Matt reminded.

There was one thing he didn't lie.

It's just that his own brain is very confused, he wants to be free and wants to pull people to sink together.

Jumping sideways over and over again.

"Yes." Xiaoyao agreed.

"Shall you leave now?" Alec looked out at the night, uneasy.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will protect you." Xiaoyao is full of confidence.

Just them, he didn't have this information yet, but with Xia Shiyi here, Xiaoyao didn't think that the shadow of the curse could stop the pace.

"Okay." Alec was a good talker and didn't object again.

Several people walked out of the store with kerosene lamps in their hands.

The cold rain falling outside made Alec shiver and tighten his clothes.

Matt led the way in front, followed by Tiamat, and then Xia Yanzhen.

After that, there was a group of people who did not forget to surround the prince Alec.

If this mission has a little fairy tale shadow, then Alec is the key person to find the mermaid princess, and he can't let him have an accident.

Not long after walking, there was some noise around.

"Here they are." Matt said.

"I'll leave it to you." Xia Yanzhen said to Tiamat.

"Then ......," Tiama asked Xia Yanzhen for his opinion, "not hiding?" ”

"No more hiding."

Xia Yan is really sure.

Tiamat leapt to his feet, and suddenly, the wind and rain ceased.

No, it's not a stop.

Instead, a terrifying behemoth appeared above everyone's heads, directly covering the sky and blocking the raindrops falling from the sky.

Tiamat's entirety was lost in darkness, and only the silhouette of a large shadow could be seen.

But the burning eyes shone like two blazing flames.

"Dragons?"

Xiaoyao and the others were dumbfounded, knowing that Xia Shiyi was very strong, and he was definitely the first apostle of dreams.

But a dragon suddenly appeared, and the gap between it and those of us who are still third-order apostles with martial arts painting style is too big!

"Roar!"

Tiamat let out a dragon roar, his mouth opened, and dragon breath poured out, and a flame swept around it, engulfing the building and the cursed shadow that appeared.

Under the impact of the dragon's breath, the buildings collapsed and turned into ruins.

The Shadow of the Damned also turned to charcoal.

"That's it, that's it......" Matt's body trembled.

The scorching heat of the dragon's breath made him feel a warmth he hadn't had in years, and he couldn't help but want to step forward and plunge into it.

With Matt's perception, he naturally couldn't detect the cold hidden in the scorching heat.

Charred corpses rose to their feet as the dragon's breath swept through, and Tiamat controlled the cursed shadows as it turned into its undead legions.

A cold aura spread.

Corpses collide with more cursed shadows, and monsters and monsters begin to fight each other.

The king of the biggest monsters "sitting" in the sky, looking down at this scene, solemn and hideous dragon head without any emotion.

"Keep leading the way." Xia Yanzhen said to Matt, who was stagnant.

Matt woke up from a dream and continued to move forward with a fluttering pace.

"This, this is ...... What? Alec had fallen to the ground, stammering, unable to speak in full.

"Don't be nervous, it's a magical change." Suppressing the surprise in his heart, he helped Alec and began to flicker, but he remembered a rumor.

I heard that Iron Will once sold a dragon egg to the brigade.

It must be this dragon.

But, can dragon eggs really hatch such terrifying dragons?

With such a dragon egg, why should Iron Blood sell it to the brigade?

The fact that this dragon can have such a power is probably the result of its cultivation.

Xiaoyao's guess is correct, Tiamat can have such strength, which is the credit of acquired training.

If the iron blood hatches the dragon egg normally and cultivates normally, the extra servants who are now only a flying Menghu will not have the strength of Tiamat at the moment.

The road was opened by Tiamat, and everyone came to their destination unimpeded.

Turning back into a human form, Tiamat stood silently beside Xia Yanzhen.

And Xiaoyao and the others looked at it with different expressions.

As for Alec, he was already dazed by the caress and felt that since there were mermaids, it was normal to have shape-shifting human dragons.

Alec is easily "persuaded" and accepts what is in front of him, not just a good ability to talk nonsense.

It's even more because Xiaoyao used a magical martial art - Mind Trick.

It is enough to easily influence an ordinary person like Alec and make him obedient unknowingly.

The house where Matt took everyone to probably belonged to some of the crew, or a higher captain.

Lots of nautical related stuff at home.

After rummaging for a while, he found several charts.

Xia Yanzhen and the others used the dim light of the kerosene lamp to carefully observe and determined that the island where they were located was called Sumi Island.

And in the northernmost corner of a chart, a corner of Mouth Island was found.

"Mouth Island, found it!" Alec excitedly.

His original destination was Mouth Island, but he was shipwrecked on the way, and normally it wasn't too far from Mouth Island.

It is now normal to be able to determine the location of Mouth Island on a chart.

The next thing to do is to head to the Isle of Mouth.

More often than not, it's difficult.

If you want to cross the sea, it is impossible to do without a boat.

The weather in the archipelago waters is always changeable, and some small ships do not dare to go too far from the shore for fear of capsizing.

Even large ships can be hit hard in the terrible weather at sea.

To get to Mouth Island and find clues to the mermaid princess, the ship – and the big ship – is absolutely essential.

But now, you don't have to worry about it at all.

for Tiamat was there.

There are "planes", who still takes the boat?

Xia Yan really remembered that Tao E and the others had gotten a ship prop, which was very suitable for playing a great role in this mission world.

Alec was excited.

"It's useless, even if you know where it is, you can't leave the City of the Damned."

Matt's hoarse voice came, breaking the "jubilant" atmosphere.

Don't forget, this is a town you can't get out of!