The dead wind lamp hanging from the stern of the Mist suddenly went out, and the green light instantly retracted into the glass cover as if it had heard some order.

At the exit of the cabin, the pensive banshee and the handstand turned back at the same time, looking at the wind lantern - not only them, but also Arnold, the strong man who was squatting on the side of the boat to fish Ryan and hanging from the mast, also looked at the stern at the same time.

"Let's get ship!!" Harry 'plopped' and fell out of the air, not forgetting to raise his head and howl at the top of his throat.

It seems to be a footnote to his words.

On the mainmast, the black sail that had been fully unfolded fell with a clatter, and the arm-thick water-soaked hemp rope was like a python emerging from a cave, swimming freely along the mast, deck, and cabin roof, and wrapped the fallen sail into a strong knot.

"Due north! The destination has already told the bow banshee...... Harry, Ryan, go scrub the deck for me again! We're the Great Black Ship, not the filthy undersea barnacles of the Vortex! If there's another salt flower under my feet, you two will honestly give me a month in the water!"

A lame old man suddenly appeared on the deck and yelled at Ryan, who had just put away his fishing rod, and Harry, who was getting up from the deck.

The blonde and black-haired youths didn't say a word, and rushed to the aft deck. Wooden buckets, thick brushes, and a few mops followed behind the two banshees like little wolf dogs, clanging.

Nikita glanced at the two companions with pity - usually this kind of rough work is done by the black, thin white-eyed elves on the ship, but I don't know why, it is their turn to be unlucky today.

The lame old man turned his head and looked at Nikita, his dark eyes flashing with a dark red light: "And you, pretty little one...... Go below, the captain has something to look for you. ”

Just as Nikita felt when she first entered, the Misty's captain's cabin was still so small and cramped.

The tall figure with his back to the banshee was like a huge black hole, sucking in all the light in this small space, making the room extremely dark.

However, when she re-entered the room, the banshee no longer wore the Lich King's workman-shaped skeleton on her chest, replaced by the black emblem on her right arm.

She stood stiffly at the hatch of the ship, trembling slightly.

"You've been on board for half a year," the captain's gentle voice didn't soothe the banshee's nervousness.

She looked up uneasily, and replied in a low voice, "Two hundred and one days, Captain. ”

"Uh...... Time flies. A puff of blue-white smoke rose in front of the captain of the Mist, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a white bird and burrowed out through the narrow window.

There was a brief silence in the cabin.

The voice of the captain of the Mist resounded: "I remember that when the First University opened, you were assigned a mission...... Got you to sneak into the first university and find out the news, right? ”

When the banshee heard this, she trembled even more.

It was the first assignment she received from the Mist, and it was something she volunteered to offer. Originally, according to the plan, she should stay in the flight attendant lounge honestly, wait for the airdrop students, and sneak into the first university along the secret passage when the plane landed on the island for maintenance, but the plan was not fully launched, so it was forced to be aborted because of the banshee's violent murder.

Although the captain's goal of tempting the First University was finally achieved, the banshee's behavior also exposed their coveting of the First University, which caused the First University to raise the security level in the first place.

“...... I can explain!" The banshee said in a slightly flustered voice, but she didn't know where to start.

Captain Mist turned and looked at her with interest.

The banshee immediately lowered her eyelids, making her gaze less rude.

"I remember you said it was because of a boy?" the captain's voice was always gentle, but full of power.

"Yes, a freshman...... Short hair that smells good...... I really couldn't control the power that suddenly surged out of my heart. Nikita whimpered under her breath, and suddenly, as if she remembered something, she frantically took a newspaper from her pocket and held it up in front of her.

"It's him, my lord, it's this boy!" Nikita seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and desperately explained: "He was included in the 'Great Arcana Sequence' by Arcana, and it is this year's 'World'!

It could be seen that the newspaper banshee had read it many times, and the originally smooth paper was covered with tiny folds, soft to the touch, as if the fibers inside had been crumpled.

The captain of the Mist lowered his head and looked at the boy in the newspaper who was giving his acceptance speech at the opening ceremony, but did not speak.

Long.

He opened his mouth and asked softly, "Do you know why I sent you to First University?"

The banshee was stunned for a moment, tried to think about it, and finally replied very cautiously, "Is it to test whether the headmaster is not at school?"

"That old man, what does it matter to us that he doesn't stay at school. The captain laughed: "We are the children of the sea, as long as that old man is not hiding in my boat, it doesn't matter where he is." ”

The banshee lowered her head and continued to think hard, but she didn't dare to guess casually.

Captain Mist didn't waste his time, paused and explained, "It's because of a tree." ”

"A tree?" the banshee's expression grew more confused.

"Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with you. The captain seemed to be interested, and explained endlessly: "The little child you brought on the boat, remember, as a 'sacrifice', her weight is a little insufficient, not to mention that she is still a half-blood demon......"

Nikita's heart twitched, and an uncontrollable feeling of sadness spread from the bottom of her heart.

Zhou Zhou, the little guy who trusted himself, the little guy who encouraged him softly, the little guy who escaped half the world with him.

She couldn't help but reach out and grab her arm, clenching it tightly.

Now, they're one.

When she came back to her senses, the captain of the Mist was still talking about their plans, the plans of the four of them.

“...... That little guy is not qualified as a sacrifice, but as a gift it is very, very qualified. The captain spoke, and his voice suddenly became a little faster: "You know the Black Prison, right?"

The banshee nodded subconsciously, Zhou Zhou's mother served as a guard in the black prison, and it was with this relationship that she entered the cabin of the captain of the Mist.

"In the memory of that little guy, there is a very, very interesting picture. At this point, the captain paused for a few seconds before repeating in a meaningful tone, "Very, very interesting...... In the black prison, there is a tree...... A very old, very old tree, flowering. ”

Hearing this, Nikita finally couldn't contain the shock in his heart, raised his head, and looked at the captain of the Mist.