Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 199 Dangerous Darkness

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When I got really close to the island, I found that the hundreds of meters of this small island were completely covered by huge rain clouds, and even the "sun" spirituality running around in the land abandoned by gods would not visit here.

And in the heavy rain and dark sky, even passing by nearby, it is difficult to notice the island, let alone explore it.

"Whoa... whoa..."

Very active in this area is the spirit of the storm, which has been raging for two days with heavy rain and thunderstorms.Perhaps before outsiders visited this land, the heavy rain here has been falling for a long time, and it may even have continued since the "Great Cataclysm" of the third era.

The sound of wind and rain filled everyone's ears.

Since entering the rain curtain, Agaritu has ordered that it is forbidden to pray to the Lord of Storms in any language and in any way, in order to prevent these spiritualities from being aroused by prayers and causing unnecessary changes.The way of the storm has the characteristics of destroying evil to a certain extent, so the "Death" has been asking the crew to hang rainproof cloths everywhere, and the crew have shown great interest.Because once the wooden structure of the hull is affected and deformed, they have to be used to repair it.

In the wind and rain, the world was dark, and the sea water was as black as the sky.

The downpour of rain blurred the concept of sky and sea.If there were no occasional thunder and lightning to light up the sky, the crew, hallucinated by long-term fear and stress, would probably suspect that they had sunk into the sea, or fell into the sky, and were about to die of suffocation.

In the cabin, more than a dozen people crowded together. They gathered around an oil lamp on the table. Their gray faces were illuminated like sunflowers chasing the sun, and their eyes swayed with the flickering warm yellow flames.

A horse lantern hangs in the eaves of the entrance to the cabin, dangling, and is the only light source outside.

Agarito sat under the eaves that sheltered the rain, enjoying the lights alone, and watched the memory of the real "Agaritu" over and over again several times.It's a pity that the captain in name doesn't really have the power and the qualifications to plan the next move most of the time. Therefore, after a long search for keywords, Agaritu finally found the key to the "giant key". source of familiarity.

——"Admiral of Blood" Senor.

It's not that the key is in the hands of Senior, but that "Agaritu" only knew that "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Ed was in possession of a strange key related to "Death's Treasure" when Senior uttered wild words. Wenna Edwards found this item through archaeology.

"Senior wants to grab it, which means he hasn't gotten it yet."

"Did Edwina excavate it herself, or did she buy it from other explorers or collectors?"

The original human has never paid attention to this matter, because "Death" does not need it.

As a sealed item, "Death" does not need to be played, nor does it need to be a ceremony, except for the necessary living sacrifices.Therefore, the reputation of a Sequence 3 Devil Path Extraordinary item in the sea is far inferior to that of the Sequence 5 indulgent member "Admiral Blood". Among the four kings, it is the bottom of the iron fight.

While not killing indiscriminately, there is no need to obtain extraordinary characteristics through other means, nor the need to obtain powerful extraordinary items...

"Death" is really pure and ascetic, even in the group of demons it can be called good order.

Agaritu smacked his lips, feeling that finding the key to the giant's royal court was meaningless to him.

Right now, there is a pilgrim's road of the glorious era in front of me, so I have to go in and have a look.If the Land Abandoned by the Gods is indeed only the gate of the Giant King's Court, then it's not too late to go out at that time.

"What does the 'Undead King' entering the Forsaken Land have to do with Edward Vaughn's breach of contract?"

"Even if it breaks the contract, it's impossible for the True Creator not to want the 'Witch of Despair', at most it will be sold at a discount."

He raised his head, with some difficulty distinguishing the island ahead, to make sure that he did not deviate from the route.

In the hazy and hazy field of vision in the wind and rain, the moment the small island appeared in the eyes of Agaritu, there happened to be a flash of lightning that seemed to be able to split the sky.

"Ok?"

At the moment when the sea was illuminated, he suddenly found that the island was bigger than he imagined, and much bigger!A huge stone pillar pointed straight to the sky, more than ten meters high.However, there are obvious signs of being broken on the stone pillars. The jagged cracks and the stone wrecks flashing around suggest that this pillar-like building is not as simple as it seems.

This island was a resting place on the pilgrimage to the ancient Sun God's kingdom, and Agaritu probably guessed what this thing looked like.He didn't take the scene in the brief light to heart, and contacted the "Death", planning to find a place that could be used as a port to dock.

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As expected, after a quarter of a circle around the island, the "Death" successfully found a small bay and anchored in it.

"There is something I have wanted to ask for a long time." Agaritu looked at the "Death" who was fine-tuning the bow to adjust the distance between the two sides, and couldn't help but said:
"The sealed item of Sequence 3, theoretically you have the ability to travel through the spirit world, why haven't you been traveling through the spirit world or flying?"

"Death" stopped to adjust the distance, and it took several seconds before Agaritu received its answer.

"Your Highness, I am a boat."

"As far as I know, ships can't fly, and they can't travel through the spirit world."

Hearing this sentence, Agaritu felt a little surprised, but he didn't think the answer was very surprising.After thinking about it, he even felt that the answer of "Death" was very interesting. If "Death" was a person, then it would still pretend to be a human being after suddenly becoming a demon, and would not use excessive power or even exercise it. Various capabilities brought about by characteristics.

However, "Death" is a ship, where does its "ship nature" and "knowledge of the ship and itself" come from?
"No, Nast Solomon's 'Black Throne' can fly and travel through the spirit world. You are an extraordinary ship." Agaritu said, "The ship will not accept living sacrifices."

"No, Your Highness, ordinary boats will also accept sacrifices."

What he didn't expect was that the "Death" actually seriously refuted the last sentence, and the Extraordinary Ship replied slowly in spirit:
"The pirates will kill on the ship, and the sailors will kill on the ship. The blood of these people is the sacrifice to the ship."

"Sailors will throw their sick compatriots out, and they will throw their mad compatriots into the sea. They will hope to sacrifice the lives of these people so that they can be safe, free from infectious diseases or curses, and return safely. This is naturally a kind of prayer ceremony. .”

"Although the object of their prayers is often the Lord of Storms, in fact, it is the ship that carries the prayers. So they are praying to the ship, and the sacrifices they offer naturally belong to the ship and to us."

Agarito listened thoughtfully. The "Death" seldom spoke so much.

"...Extraordinary characteristics gave me self and memory. I remembered that when I was still a ship without thoughts, the captain who firmly believed that he could also discover the New World would sacrifice the crew members who wanted to launch a rebellion and force him to return. Give me."

"At the end, when sinking into the abyss, the captain was sacrificed by others, sacrificed to me, and prayed that I would take them out."

"There is no food in the abyss, so the crew has been decreasing. Then one day, I found that I could talk to them."

In the eerie environment, "Death" said plainly, a ship really shouldn't have mood swings:

"But I was very weak at that time, so I told them that only by making more sacrifices and increasing my strength can I leave the abyss."

It's a rather horrifying tale, narrated as fully as a story by one of the last survivors, a demon ship.

Just listening to these simple words is enough to cause great fear in imaginative human beings.A large sailing ship that can accommodate up to 170 people, after 200 years of voyage, turned into a devil ship and returned... In the voyage records of the "Death" that is not even a memory, these few sentences fully describe The details of his own birth, and the reasons for the destruction of the "Christine".

In the era of Roselle's great voyage discovery, there were countless captains and sailors who sailed away with the dream of becoming famous forever. In the end, only one out of ten of them could return safely by relying on the navigation tools and extraordinary abilities of that time, and most of them have become history. A few words worth mentioning.

The ship is a very interesting thing. For a long time, it has been the most efficient tool for human beings to explore the unknown outside world.

When I was at home, I dreamed of going to sea every day.

But when I got on the boat, I dreamed of returning every day.

"After I came out, there was no one left, but I returned to the normal sea area with their spirits."

Agaritu nodded, very satisfied with the story: "They have become part of you, and you have fulfilled their wish."

"Thank you," said the boat, "I think so, too."

It has been a long time, and the "Death" still vaguely remembers its original captain's route to the abyss.And that bloody voyage, horrific experience, and birth full of madness are a good childhood worth remembering for it.

Agaritu is interested in this topic, but the first thing to do now is to investigate and explore the island.

The "Death" stopped at a safe haven with some rock tops that could shelter from the rain, and the discomfort caused by the wind, waves and violent turbulence dissipated more than half of it immediately.The demon sailors and adventurers in the cabin let out small cheers at the same time.

In the open sea, even in the Sea of ​​Gods War, every change and extreme weather here is walking side by side with death.Having escaped another fatal storm, how could they not be excited for the rest of their lives?
They urgently need a supply and rest to relieve their tense spirits.

After so long, what they look forward to most is to set foot on land, light a bonfire, and eat some hot meals, even hot water is fine.

Agaritu agreed to their request to disembark and set up camp to shelter from the rain. The crew happily lifted the only lamp and all disembarked.

——Because the "Death" obviously does not need to be guarded.

The captain stood on the side of the ship and watched a small boat being lowered. The light gradually drifted towards the shore like a firefly in the wind.

There are almost no plants on this island, the unstoppable torrential rain and the sunless environment, so that they can't even find a superfluous place.But it was not without benefits. The island was very empty, and there were no large objects blocking the view. They quickly found a strange ruin, and temporarily repaired a house with the building materials and stones inside, and hid in it.

More than a dozen people crowded together, and finally there was a trace of heat in the damp and cold house.

But they look at me and I look at you, they are all soaked, and even if there is a hunter around, they can't find anything to start a fire.

They sat around the oil lamp, just like the boat, staring at the knuckle-sized flame in a daze.

"Damn it, the rain doesn't seem to stop, and there's nothing to eat in this damn place, maybe we'll starve to death here!"

In the extremely depressing atmosphere, the negative emotions that a demon sailor had endured for a long time finally broke out. He stretched out his hand and pulled his hair forcefully, scratching his scalp.His bloodshot eyes swept across the adventurers on the opposite side, and he gave a sinister smile:
"Actually, isn't the food right in front of you..."

He looked at the "outsiders" behind the oil lamp one by one with hungry and greedy eyes. The blood left from his head, streaked across his temples and the corners of his eyes, adding a terrifying atmosphere to the dimly lit room.

The demon sailors started to rustle, and the second officer Gilchies watched coldly, acquiescing to the sailors' thoughts.

The adventurers responded immediately, and the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, as if an explosion was imminent!
At this moment, a hand suddenly inserted between the two groups of people. The adventurer and the demon sailor glared at the owner of the hand. In the dark environment, even a hungry wolf could not see their fierce eyes. I want to run away with my tail between my legs.

However, the owner of that hand was not afraid. Anderson Hood knew that the situation was urgent, so he tried hard to make his expression serious.

But it was useless. He was usually frivolous, and his credibility in the hearts of everyone was infinitely close to zero, just like the shepherd boy in Roselle's fable "The Wolf Is Coming".Anderson simply abandoned expression management and spoke directly:
"How many people did we come down in total?"

Hungry demon sailor snarls: "We'll count you when you're dead!"

"Idiot! If I were you, I would never yell like this." Anderson unceremoniously threw out a provocation, and then threw out his own heavyweight news, "We only have sixteen people now!"

"But there were 20 of us when we came down! We happened to be sitting in two rows on the boat! ——Thanks to you criminals who claimed not to be afraid, not nervous, cold-blooded and rational, you didn't realize that three of the four missing people were Is it your own people!"

After Anderson finished speaking in one breath, he saw that the demon sailors were all calmed down by him, their eyes widened and whispering, and he just felt refreshed. Now is undoubtedly his highlight moment!

He was about to continue highlighting, when he suddenly heard Kirchies taunting coldly.

"You're not very smart either."

"The Slaughterer" said with a gloomy gaze: "Two people were sacrificed on the road, and one was burned to death by the sun before, so now there are only 20 people in the whole ship including the captain...but the captain didn't come down."

As soon as these words were uttered, it was like dropping a bomb into the crowd, and all the whispering stopped immediately.

Everyone's blood was cold at the same time at this moment, and the house surrounded by more than ten people was completely silent, and a needle could be heard.

Anderson's eyes widened: "Why didn't you say it earlier?!"

Kirchies' face was ugly, and of course it was impossible to admit that he hadn't noticed the number of people until Anderson reminded him.

"Go back to the ship!!" A demon sailor suddenly broke down and shouted, "Go back to the ship!! The captain and the 'Death' will protect us!"

His yells were so widely recognized that even navigators now miss the haunted and cannibal chambers of the Deathstroke (it's safe as long as it's not you).A few people stood up first, stepping on the gap between people and walking towards the door covered by wooden boards.They pushed away the wet big board, and their movements suddenly stopped at the same time.

A bad feeling slowly rose in everyone's hearts.

"Outside."

A sailor turned his head, his eyes full of horror and disbelief: "Is it so dark outside?"

They turned their bodies sideways to make room for everyone to see the picture behind the door—there was a pitch black outside the door, which was extremely thick, like a ball of ink that could not be melted, and it seemed that there was not an empty wasteland outside the door , a black wall!
"It's definitely not that dark when you come here!"

An adventurer said: "We were able to see the whole room clearly with the help of lightning from outside the door! We chose to rest here because of its spaciousness!"

Someone boldly reached out into the darkness and touched it, feeling as if the hand was wrapped in cold mist and stretched freely.But after he withdrew his hand, he was shocked to find that the part of his skin that had been stretched into the darkness had been quietly peeled off.

The red flesh and tendons contract and stretch with his movements, like vivid model props in medical school.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"

The pirate screamed in horror, seemingly feeling no pain until now.

Everyone was shocked, and the image of themselves being skinned unconsciously appeared in their minds.Blood dripped to the ground, pat, pat.

Kirchies stared at the red piece of meat, his Adam's apple rolled, thinking that it would be better to cut it off as food, and he was obviously not the only one who looked at the pirate's injured hand with salivating eyes... But let this Hanging a piece of raw meat dripping with blood is obviously not an option. Now that they know that there are skinned monsters in the dark, the smell of blood is likely to attract more dangerous things.

"Give him something to bandage." Kirchies whispered.

Several pirates dug into their pockets and took out a bandage, a handkerchief, and a piece of cloth the length of a palm.These things were all wet from the rain, and using them to bandage such a serious wound would probably make the outside doctors faint.

But Extraordinary is good because he won't die easily from infection. The injured pirate thanked the second officer repeatedly, and wrapped his injured hand with gritted teeth.Losing the protection of his skin, the pain of direct contact between flesh and rough cloth made him tremble in pain.

Anderson thought for a while, and with a wave of his hand, a fire crow flew into the darkness ahead.

The fire crow only illuminated the darkness within half a meter before being engulfed, but this also lifted everyone's spirits, and they all looked at Anderson in unison.

"Bring the light." Anderson pondered for two seconds, then said decisively, "If you want to go back to the boat, bring the light!"

"The darkness here is not right, there may be something horrible hidden inside, you must not leave the range of the light!"

If members of the Tarot Society are here, they will be surprised to find that the environment here is very similar to the land abandoned by the gods in the mouth of Derrick "The Sun". There are monsters hidden in the darkness, and once they fall into the darkness, they will disappear instantly. tantamount to dying.

Hearing Anderson's words, the adventurers immediately took action, stood up one after another, wrung out their soaked clothes, and waited for the next move.In this environment, Anderson, who is strong and has life-saving lighting ability, immediately gained prestige.

The demon sailors subconsciously moved a few times before realizing that their leader was Kirchies, and looked at him expectantly.

Kirchies stared at Anderson gloomyly, and it took several seconds before he said, "Staying here is waiting for death. Bring the lamp and let's go together."

"In addition, I have another request. The lamp belongs to us, so we have to stand in the middle." He added viciously, "Let your people stand on the periphery and not get close to our lamp!"

The pirates cheered softly, looking at the adventurers with ugly faces with disdain and arrogance.

They quickly lined up, and a few tall people raised the huge wooden board above their heads to block the heavy rain and prevent the rain from extinguishing the lights and fire.Anderson walked in the middle and front position, and kept throwing fireballs around to ensure that there was no blind spot within one meter of the small team.

Kirchies was walking in the middle and rear, holding a life-threatening kerosene lamp in his hand, surrounded by pirates.Pairs of greedy eyes looked at the lamp, but they were afraid of the strength of the second officer and did not dare to do it. This greatly satisfied Gilchies' ambition and vanity.

There is still half of the oil left, and it will probably burn for an hour or so.Fortunately, it only takes more than ten minutes to walk from the bay to the camp just now, and we must be able to reach it before it goes out.

The team filed out in silence. At the moment when the light moved, Kirchies saw the same deep darkness as outside appearing on the edge of the house in an instant, filling the walls that were originally safe and where the crew leaned in disorder. And corners, slowly approaching with the movement of lights, like a huge monster's mouth.

There is a big mouth inside the house, and the dangerous darkness outside, it seems that there is a dead end wherever you go!
Seeing this, Kirchies felt uneasy for no reason.He suddenly felt that being trapped was not unacceptable. At least before the oil lamp and Anderson were all finished, the captain would first notice the missing crew members and come down to look for them.

Do not!There's no way the captain will come and rescue us, we'll all die here!These adventurers cannot be trusted at all, that hunter is like a cunning fox, only I can get them out of here!

Only I can... Kirchies muttered to himself, I can also win the favor of the "Death" and become the "King of Immortality"!
The voyage of the Sea of ​​Gods of War aroused his extreme longing for power and status, and the irresistible danger and out-of-control desires swallowed his reason.He turned his head firmly, and walked into the darkness with the team.

In the darkness behind them, a hand without bone or flesh floated in the air like a human leather glove.

With blood dripping from his hand, he followed slowly.

TBC
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Enter the Pilgrim's Way.

It is getting closer and closer to the Land Abandoned by God.

(End of this chapter)