"Wait......"

Wayne's flat voice, accompanied by the clatter of his hard-soled boots on Thrall's metal, echoed through the dim, damp bottom of the ship's prison.

Eight wall lamps lit the dawn red candles, I don't know if it was the wind brought by his sudden appearance, or the killing intent emanating from Clea's body, the candlelight flickered a few times, and the shadows of several figures were reflected.

The strong smell of blood, the salty smell of the sea, and the rancid smell of some rotting meat in the prison gave him the illusion of returning to the neighborhood of Laos.

"They, damn it!"

Claire paused, but her eyes were still fixed on the prisons in front of her. From the moment she heard the word "ugly", these "people" were dead in her heart.

Wayne walked up to Claire and took her hand to prevent her from making any further movements, but his eyes were fixed on the "people" in the cell.

"You?" Claire was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at Wayne, with a little stunned and hesitant, "Are you worried about me?" Are they in danger? ”

she

"Back off."

Wayne didn't answer her question, pulling her back slowly.

[You are locked by the killing intent of the deep-sea species-sea crow.] Rating: Oh...... Reward: +30 Survival Points. 】

[Note: The Sea Raven, a sapient creature of the deep sea with transcendent traits such as curses, immortality, and ominous death.] 】

Murre......

Wayne noticed that the value of the killing intent lock was actually more than that of Henrik?

Deep-sea intelligent creatures, deep-sea species?

His eyes changed slightly as he looked at the strange 'human' shape in the prison, this was the first time he had seen an intelligent race other than humans.

"You take Ronan first...... And those 'trophies' returned to the Ronan. ”

"Okay."

Claire is not stupid, nor is she easily provoked.

Even when she was provoked by these people, she still cautiously hooked up with the location of her body, ready to flee at any time.

But she still didn't expect Wayne to show such a solemn expression at this time, even when he faced Henrik and the others just now, he had a calm face.

It can only be the reason for these weird "people" in front of him, which makes him jealous!

After Claire left, Wayne remained cautious at arm's length from the cage, observing the new species known as the sea crow.

Despite having a crow in their name, they bear no resemblance to birds, nor do they have the ugly and disgusting antennae of the deformed species, or the iconic bloody eyes.

On the contrary, they are close in size and more handsome in appearance.

These sea crows seem to be portrayed according to the same appearance, except for the subtle differences, regardless of the shape of the face, the shape of the eyebrows, the height of the bridge of the nose, and even the outline of the ears, giving people a strange feeling - different appearances, the same bones?

And under the iron nail that nailed the center of their eyebrows, a faint mark could be seen, with a crescent moon lying horizontally at the bottom, and the shape of a sword hilt above it—much like an anchor?

They wore a black robe, and from the exposed area a layer of feathery scales could be seen, reflecting a metallic sheen in the dim candlelight, which looked sharp.

"Here comes another ...... Ugly men? In one of the cages, the crucified "man" looked in Wayne's direction and sneered.

"Russell, you should ask directly about the situation outside."

"Looking at his appearance, you know that he is a coward like Henrik, and he will not dare to let us go."

"Shut up, are your brains stuffed with that rusty iron nail? It was ......"

Ignoring their conversations, Wayne turned his head to look at the inner workings of the cell, especially the layer of Sal metal beneath his feet, to make him understand that the prison was heavily guarded.

After a long time, he determined the nodes and patterns of the rune circle on the ground, and under each cage was a rune node, and the lines were connected and extended to the rune core at the top.

Forbidden, Strong, Detecting...... Is that a rune pattern representing the abyssal species?

As he studied the rune circle, the sea crows' eyes met with each other, and the scales on their bodies swayed slightly, transmitting a buzzing sound that seemed to contain some kind of pattern and rhythm when they were listened to carefully.

The aura of the mirage is gone!

I'm afraid I won't be able to find him if I stay any longer, do you want to return?

Now they have to choose to return, and I hope they can find him.

It's a little sad to wait so long......

Ate him? Hungry......

"I shouldn't be able to lock you up here, right?"

At this moment, Wayne suddenly spoke.

As soon as the words came out, I saw five killing intent locking messages flashing on the panel in a row.

Don't admit yourself?

While Wayne secretly guarded the embankment, he also confirmed that the surrounding rune circles did not have the ability to trap these sea crows!

Hey, this ugly guy spoke, do you want to pay attention?

"Idiot, he clearly sees something wrong with us!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Shut up, are you going to make people laugh to death?"

“……”

Hearing such a conversation, Wayne couldn't help but look weird, why do these sea crows look like they don't have a high IQ?

However, what he was more concerned about was that these deep-sea species who were stronger than Henrik chose to stay in this prison, and they were very cooperative with the purpose of making themselves into such a miserable appearance......

"Can you tell me your purpose?"

Wayne asked, and after seeing their surprised eyes, he added, "Of course, it's okay not to say it." What I can tell you is that I slaughtered the people out there. ”

With his current strength, it would not be difficult to deal with these sea crows, but he was not sure what kind of situation he would face in the future.

This is not like the previous time when he killed Henrik and them, it was a choice made after he had a certain amount of information and analyzed several possible consequences.

However, these deep-sea species, well, there is some information he needs to confirm.

"I need food!" One of the sea crows said gloomily.

"I need it too!"

“……”

"Food?"

Wayne raised an eyebrow, did they only have such a simple request?

"Flesh, preferably the kind that is about to be aberrated ......"

"You look good, you should be delicious?"

"Me?"

Wayne couldn't help but smile, "Are you sure?" ”

He just wanted to know more information, but it didn't mean that he really let go of these strange deep-sea species.

"Sure ......"

"It's not! It's hungry and faint! One of the innermost sea crows suddenly interrupted.

"Forehead ......"

"Boss?"

"Boss ......"

"Boss?!"

The other deep-sea species were stunned when they heard its voice, and then they all pushed the iron nails in the center of their eyebrows out, and turned their heads to look into the depths of the prison.

Wayne looked over as well, Boss? Is it the leader of these deep-sea species?

If you think about it, it really hasn't opened its mouth before from the time it entered the prison.

"Sorry, we'll get out of here later." The innermost sea crow did not respond to the doubts of the other sea crows, and his eyes were still fixed on Wayne, as if he had found something.

"Is that okay?"

Wayne was a little surprised by its attitude, "Answer my question." ”

"It's a matter for our sea ravens." The sea raven shook his head, "I can tell you that our target is not you. ”

Wayne knowingly asked, "Who are the Crows?" ”

"Intelligent creatures like you, except that our people have always lived in the deep sea, and have almost never set foot in the human world."

Wayne nodded noncommittally, consistent with what was described on the panel, but honest......

He looked at the surrounding layout, linked to his previous discovery, and a guess popped up in his heart, "Your target is the Black Pearl?" ”

There are only a few that can make these sea crows willingly cooperate with Henrik's goals.

One is the Storm Hunter, who wants to cooperate with the people outside to kill Henrik after the ship has traveled to a certain area.

However, this possibility is the least, with the strength of the central sea crow, there should be no need to go to great lengths to do these things?

The second is to use the Storm Hunter to achieve some kind of purpose, such as being Henrik's "trophy", and follow him to some of the places they want to go.

And after hearing his words, the sea crows reacted differently.

Except for the deepest one, the face remained unchanged, and the other ravens looked back at him sharply.

The consistency of action also allowed Wayne to confirm the guess in his heart.

At this time, the sea crow in the depths looked at Wayne again and asked suspiciously, "How do you know?" And strangely, your reaction tells me that you are not curious about the identity of our deep-sea species, as if you have known us for a long time? ”

"Can you tell me why? Or have you seen other Sea Ravens before this? ”

Wayne shook his head, not answering its question, "I want to know why you found the Black Pearl...... Is it preparing to challenge Isabello? ”

"Don't name him!"

"Huh?"

Looks like we've found our ultimate goal!

But how do they sound...... Scared?

"I'm sorry, I didn't know his name would affect you."

Wayne was even more puzzled, what was the situation when these sea ravens dared to target Isabelo, but they didn't dare to mention his name?

Challenger? It's not like that.

It's like Isabello did something to hurt them...... Have a deep hatred?

At this time, the deep eyes of the sea crow stared at him deadly, as if they wanted to see through his inner thoughts.

After more than ten seconds of silence, the body of the sea crow clan moved, and more than a dozen iron nails on his body instantly bounced out.

As the blood hole in its body slowly healed, it strode towards Wayne, "Troy, my name. ”

When the other sea crows saw its movements, they also broke free and followed closely behind it.

"Troy?" Quietly ready to do it, Wayne also said his name: "Marco, or redhead." ”

After Troy walked out of the cage, he stopped, crossed his hands on his abdomen, and bent his body slightly to make a gesture that represented etiquette, "This action is something I learned from a book, if there is anything inappropriate, please forgive Lord Marco." ”

"It's pretty standard."

Wayne looked at it inexplicably, even if he guessed their target, he wouldn't have to make such a move, right?

"We don't mean to offend." Troy seemed to see his wariness and doubts, and a hint of friendliness erupted on his handsome face, and the mark on his brow had been restored, and it was an anchor mark with the appearance of a strange creature.

The creature resembled a winged sea serpent, with a triangular head and a flat mouth, and a long tongue wrapped around the anchor with a forked tip.

Wayne jotted down the sigil without interrupting, silently awaiting its rest.

"As you just guessed, for some reason, our target is indeed that ......" Troy hesitated, and seemed to struggle before he struggled, "Isabello, I also hope that Lord Marco will keep the secret for us." ”

"Confidentiality?" Wayne couldn't help but laugh.

He'd just slaughtered Henrik along with his pirates, and it's unlikely that he'd ever revealed the matter of the Raven Clan to the Black Pearl.

But hearing this, he also knew that these sea crow people should not be ready to attack him.

Troy imitated the land etiquette of I don't know what era it was, and said respectfully: "According to your rules, we pay the corresponding price in exchange for your secrecy, this is ...... If memory serves, it's called a transaction? ”

"Deal?" The corners of Wayne's mouth twitched, and it was really an unexpected turn.

"Yes,"

As soon as he finished speaking, Troy opened a hand, and something appeared in his hand.

Wayne's eyes widened instantly as he looked at something so delicate.

At the same time, he couldn't help but have a thought in his heart - well, the deep-sea species should not be animals, they are definitely intelligent and very intelligent races.

I saw that what Troy was holding in his hand was actually a forbidden object-

[You witness "Forbidden Item 2-77 Karel's Whisper", the trajectory of fate changes slightly, and the current encounter progress: 5/100.] Rating: Hmm, Karel...... Special Rewards: +10 Survival Points, +1 Origin, +1 Resilience Level. 】

"It's a taboo for my people,"

Troy's eyes showed a hint of reluctance, and he looked at the delicate melodica in his hand—the whole was in the shape of a shell, only the size of a palm, and the silver-white body was engraved with some strange patterns.

"For a certain amount of physical power, it activates an ability called "Cursed Murmur" - any creature that hears its voice will receive a random curse, and the user will receive a corresponding positive effect. ”

"Also, when it gets out of control, it casts a curse on everyone around it, and the way to get rid of it is as simple as feeding it some spirits."

"Curses, buffs, spirits?"

Wayne's gaze took his eyes off the forbidden object, looked at Troy and asked seriously, "Are you sure you want to trade it as a trade item in exchange for me keeping it a secret?" ”

"That's right!"

Troy's expression became more serious, and he said in a firm tone: "I see the signs of death in you, and if you are not satisfied, they and I will accompany this ship to die in this sea." ”

"Forehead ......"

Omenate death?

Wayne thought to himself with a strange expression: the panel said that the sea crows possessed extraordinary characteristics include this ......

However, I always feel that the effort is not proportional to the gain......

Pay dispensable, harvest a taboo?

Where did this Crow learn the rules of the land?

PS: This chapter was written for six hours, and it collapsed, and I had to change the outline again.

There are still 11 chapters to be added.

PPS: Thanks to the Forrell City boss for providing the taboo setting, I made a change, the original name is "Ancient Whisper", interested book friends can go to the post in the book review area to view.

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