Chapter 158 Karel’s Murmur (More Updates with Monthly Ticket)

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Wayne's plain voice, accompanied by the clicking sound of his hard-soled boots on the Sal metal, echoed in the dark and damp prison cell at the bottom of the ship.

Eight wall lamps were lit with dawn-red candles. Whether it was the wind caused by his sudden appearance or the murderous intent exuding from Claire, the candlelight swayed a few times, illuminating several silhouettes.

The strong smell of blood, the salty smell of sea water, and the rancid smell of rotting meat in the prison gave him the illusion that he was back in the Laos neighborhood.

"Damn them!"

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

Wayne walked up to Claire and held her hand to prevent her from making further movements, but his eyes were fixed on the "person" in the prison.

"You?" Claire was startled, then turned to look at Wayne, with a bit of surprise and hesitation, "Are you worried about me? Are they in danger?"

she

"Back off."

Wei En did not answer her question and pulled her back slowly without any further explanation.

[You are targeted by the killing intent of the deep-sea species - the sea crow. Rating: Oh... Reward: +30 survival points. 】

[Note: The sea crow is a deep-sea intelligent creature with extraordinary properties such as curse, immortality, and omen of death. 】

murre...

Wei En noticed that the value of the killing intent lock was actually higher than Henrik's?

Deep sea intelligent creatures, deep sea species?

His eyes changed slightly when he looked at the strange 'human' figure in the prison. This was the first time he had seen an intelligent race other than humans.

"You first take Ronan and the others...and the 'trophies' back to the Ronan."

"good."

Claire is not stupid, nor is she easily angered.

Even when she was angered by these people, she still cautiously contacted her body and was ready to escape at any time.

But she still didn't expect that Wayne would show such a solemn expression at this time. Even when he just faced Henrik and others, he looked calm.

It could only be because of these weird "people" in front of him that he was afraid!

After Claire left, Wayne still kept a careful distance from the cage, observing the new species called sea crows.

Although they have the word "crow" in their name, their appearance is not similar to that of birds, nor do they have the ugly and disgusting antennae of the deformed type, or the iconic bloody eyes.

On the contrary, their body shape is close to that of humans, and their appearance can be called handsome.

These murres seem to be carved according to the same appearance. Except for subtle differences, the face shape, eyebrow shape, nose bridge height, and even the outline of the ears are all the same, giving people a strange feeling-different appearance, consistent bones ?

And under the iron nail nailed between their eyebrows, a mark can be vaguely seen. The bottom is a crescent moon lying horizontally, and the top is the shape of a sword hilt - much like an anchor?

They were wearing a black robe, and a layer of feather-like scales could be seen from the exposed areas. They reflected a metallic luster under the dim candlelight and looked very sharp.

"Is there another... ugly man?" In one of the cages, the crucified "man" looked in the direction of Wei En and sneered.

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

"Looking at his appearance, you can tell he is a coward like Henrik. He will definitely not dare to let us go."

"Shut up, are your brains filled with rusty nails? Originally..."

Wayne ignored their conversation, but turned to look at the structure inside the prison, especially the layer of Thrall metal under his feet, which made him understand that there were very strict and detailed defense measures in the prison.

After a long while, he determined the nodes and patterns of the rune array on the ground. Under each cage was a rune node, and the patterns were connected and extended to the rune core at the top.

Forbidden magic, solidity, detection... Is that the rune pattern representing the deep sea species?

Just as he was studying the rune array, the eyes of the sea crows met each other, and the scales on their bodies swayed slightly, conveying a vague buzzing sound, which sounded like it contained some kind of pattern and rhythm.

The aura of the dark mirage disappeared!

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

Now the only option is to return, hoping they can find him smoothly.

A little sad, waiting for so long...

Eat him? hungry……

"You shouldn't be locked up here, right?"

At this moment, Wei En suddenly spoke.

As soon as the words were spoken, five killing intent lock messages flashed across the board.

Not asking for it?

While Wei En secretly defended himself, he also confirmed that the surrounding rune arrays did not have the ability to trap these sea crows!

Hey, this ugly man is talking, do you want to pay attention?

"Idiot, he obviously saw something was wrong with us!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Shut up, do you want to make people laugh to death?"

"..."

Hearing such a conversation, Wei En couldn't help but look strange. Why do these sea crows look like they don't have high IQs?

However, what he is more concerned about is that these deep-sea species who are stronger than Henrik choose to stay in this prison, and they are very cooperative in making themselves look like this miserable...

"Can you tell me your purpose?"

Wei En asked, and after seeing their surprised looks, he added: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't tell them. What I can tell you is that I killed all those people outside."

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

This was unlike when he killed Henrik and the others before, which was a choice he made after he had obtained certain information and analyzed several possible consequences.

However, these deep-sea species, well, he needed to confirm some information.

"I need food!" one of the murres said sadly.

"I also need!"

"..."

"food?"

Wei En raised his eyebrows. Do they only have such simple requirements?

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

"You look very good, you should be delicious?"

"I?"

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

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

"Indeed..."

"No! It's starved!" A sea crow in the back suddenly interrupted.

"Forehead……"

"Boss?"

"Boss..."

"Boss?!"

When the other deep-sea species heard its voice, they were all stunned. Then they all pushed out the iron nails between their eyebrows and turned to look into the depths of the prison.

Wei En also looked over, boss? Are they the leaders of these deep-sea species?

If you think about it carefully, it has indeed not spoken before since entering the prison.

"Sorry, we will leave here later." The innermost sea crow did not respond to the other sea crows' doubts, and still stared at Wei En, as if he had discovered something.

"May I?"

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

"This is a matter for our sea crow family." The sea crow shook his head, "What I can tell you is that our target is not you."

Wei En asked knowingly, "Who are the Sea Crows?"

"Smart creatures like you, except that my race has always lived in the deep sea and has almost never set foot in the human world."

Wei En nodded noncommittally, which was consistent with what was described on the panel, which was honest...

He looked at the layout around him and linked it to his previous findings, and a guess came to his mind, "Is your target the Black Pearl?"

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

One is the Storm Hunter, who wants to cooperate with people outside to kill Henrik and the others after the ship travels to a specific area.

But this possibility is the least likely. With the strength of the central sea crow, there shouldn't be a lot of trouble to do these things?

The second is to use the Storm Hunter to achieve a certain purpose, such as being Henrik's "trophy" and following him to places they want to go.

After hearing his words, the sea crows had mixed reactions.

Except for the deepest sea crow whose expression remained unchanged, several other sea crows suddenly turned back to look at him.

The consistency in actions also allowed Wei En to confirm his suspicions.

At this time, the sea crow in the depths looked at Wei En again and asked doubtfully: "How do you know? And the strange thing is, your reaction tells me that you are not curious about the identity of our deep-sea species, as if you have known it for a long time. Like us?"

"Can you tell me why? Or have you met other Sea Crow people before this?"

Wayne shook his head and did not answer its question, "I want to know your purpose for finding the Black Pearl... Are you preparing to challenge Isabello?"

"Don't say his name!"

"Um?"

It seems that we have found the ultimate goal!

But why do their voices sound... scary?

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

Wei En was even more confused. Why did these Sea Crows dare to target Isabello, but did not dare to mention his name?

Challenger? It doesn't look like it.

It's more like Isabello has done something to hurt them... and has a deep hatred?

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

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

As the blood holes on its body slowly healed, it walked towards Wayne, "Troy, my name."

After other murres saw its movements, they also broke free and followed closely behind it.

"Troy?" Wayne calmly prepared to do something, and 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. "I learned this action from a book. If there is anything inappropriate, Please forgive me, Mr. Marco."

"Very standard."

Wei En looked at it with confusion. Even if he guessed their target, there would be no need to do such a move, right?

"We don't mean to offend." Troy seemed to see his wariness and doubts, and a hint of friendliness appeared on his handsome face. The mark between his eyebrows had recovered, and it was an anchor mark with the appearance of a strange creature.

The creature looked like a sea snake with wings, a triangular head and a flat mouth. A long tongue was wrapped around the anchor, and the tip of the tongue was bifurcated.

Wei En memorized the mark without interrupting, quietly waiting for its next chapter.

"As you just guessed, for some reason, our target is indeed that..." Troy hesitated for a moment, and then seemed to struggle before saying with difficulty: "Isabello, I also hope that Mal Your Excellency Ke can keep the secret for us."

"Keep it secret?" Wei En couldn't help but laugh.

He had just killed Henrik and his pirates, so it was really unlikely that he would reveal the affairs of the Sea Crows to the Black Pearl.

But after hearing this, he also knew that these Sea Crow people were probably not going to take action against him.

Troy imitated the land etiquette of an unknown era and said respectfully: "According to your rules, we will pay a corresponding price in exchange for your confidentiality. This...if I remember correctly, it is called a transaction?"

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

"Yes,"

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

Wei En looked at such a delicate thing and his eyes widened instantly.

At the same time, he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind - well, the deep sea species should not be animals, but definitely a race with intelligence and very intelligence.

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

[You witnessed "Forbidden Object 2-77 Karel's Whispering", and the trajectory of your fate has changed slightly. The current encounter progress is: 5/100. Rating: Well, Karel... Special rewards: Survival point +10, origin +1, toughness level +1. 】

"This is a taboo item used by our clan,"

There was a trace of reluctance in Troy's eyes as he looked at the exquisite mouth organ in his hand - it was in the shape of a shell, only the size of a palm, and the silver-white body was engraved with some strange lines.

"As long as it consumes a certain amount of physical strength, it can activate an ability called "Curse Whispering" - any creature that hears its voice will randomly suffer a curse, and the user will receive a corresponding buff. .”

"In addition, when it loses control, it will cast a curse on everyone around it. The way to relieve the control is very simple, just feed it some strong alcohol."

"Curse, buff, strong drink?"

Wayne looked away from the forbidden object, looked at Troy and asked seriously: "Are you sure you want to use it as a trading item in exchange for me keeping the secret?"

"That's right!"

Troy's expression became more serious and he said firmly: "I see signs of death in you. If you are not satisfied, they and I will accompany this ship and be buried in this sea."

"Forehead……"

Foreshadows death?

Wei En looked strangely and thought: The panel said that the extraordinary characteristics possessed by sea crows include this...

However, I always feel that the efforts and gains are not proportional...

Efforts are optional, and a forbidden object is obtained?

Where did this Sea Crow tribesman learn the rules on land?

PS: This chapter took six hours to write, but it collapsed and I had to change the outline again.

Still need to add more chapters to Chapter 11.

PPS: Thanks to the boss of Forrelt City for providing the forbidden object setting. I have made changes to it. The original name is "Ancient Whispering". Interested book friends can check it out in the post in the book review area.