Chapter 2898: Curse

【You have returned to the exclusive room, and you will enter the??? world in an estimated 1 hour and 12 minutes.】

Inside the exclusive room, Su Xiao opened the previous prompt, which said he was called by 'Misfortune'.

What did this Misfortune represent? Su Xiao thought of Misfortune Town for the first time, but after thinking about it carefully, this was unlikely. The danger level of Misfortune Town was already a bit low for him now.

Since it wasn't Misfortune Town, Su Xiao pondered for a while and suddenly thought of a possibility.

"So it was you."

Su Xiao checked the remaining 4042 Soul Coins. Originally, his plan was to improve 'Basic Passive · Recovery' by 1 level and improve Gun Master before entering the world.

Now it seemed that the plan had to change. Su Xiao left the exclusive room and headed straight for the Trading Street.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao returned to the exclusive room. At this time, he only had 1520 Soul Coins left. This feeling of preparing in advance before entering the world was very good. Leaving 1520 Soul Coins was enough, just in case of any unexpected needs.

Time passed second by second. When the countdown before his eyes ended, a prompt appeared.

【The Hunter is about to enter a new world.】

【The Hunter is about to break through the 200-point real attribute barrier. The attributes to be broken through are Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence.】 【28

【Attribute barrier breakthrough difficulty is accumulating. Single attribute is 100% difficulty. Each main attribute barrier breakthrough will additionally increase difficulty by 30%. If main attributes exceed two types, each main attribute will increase by 15%.】

【Attribute barrier breakthrough difficulty is: 235%!】

【Hunter's comprehensive combat power is being judged...】

【World is being selected...】

【Selection complete, the Hunter is about to enter the Magic Sea.】

【Hint: This world belongs to the Tree of the Void and is a fully open · native world. Side, hidden, and achievement quests can be triggered within this world. World Source can be obtained within this world. Treasure chests, Scarlet Cards, etc., can be obtained within this world.】

【Hint: Within this world, the Hunter has a high probability of encountering Tier 8 violators.】

【Misfortune... is calling you, calling you who were once its master.】

【Ultra-long-distance teleportation countdown begins, 3, 2, 1.】

Seeing the last hint, Baha roared "I'll be damned" and covered the back of its head with its wings. Every ultra-long-distance teleportation felt exceptionally unforgettable.

Bang!

Su Xiao's eyes went black, and he lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness, he felt himself falling at high speed. With a thud, he fell into the pitch-black seawater, falling with a string of bubbles. This feeling didn't feel real; it felt very much like an illusion.

Creak~

Wooden planks rubbed against each other in the water. A large ship floated up from the bottom of the water, supporting Su Xiao with its deck. Angry sea, Misfortune, red sails covered in holes, and the pale skull painted on the sails were grinning hideously.

Arms reached out from between the broken wooden planks of the deck, grabbing Su Xiao's clothes and arms. These hands were soaked dead-white by the seawater, and barnacles and seaweed were parasitic on them.

"Captain."

"Misfortune."

"Curse."

"Please lead us... to continue galloping on the sea. Only with you are we... the mad sharks of the angry sea!"

Chaotic voices appeared in Su Xiao's ears. He suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze revealing red light.

"Shut up."

Just as Su Xiao finished speaking, the arms reaching out from under the deck retracted under the wooden planks, and the whole ship began to sink, merging into the pitch-black seawater like bubbles.

A whirlpool appeared in the seawater, and Su Xiao was sucked into it. He had known from the beginning that all of this was not real.

Clang, clang, clang.

The sound of hammering iron entered his ears. Su Xiao raised his head and looked around. He felt the ground beneath him shaking. No, what was beneath him was wooden planks; he was currently in the bottom hold of a large ship.

Su Xiao knew why he had seen that scene just now. A ship named Misfortune was calling him. During the Strongman's Hegemony War, he had become the captain of that ship.

Su Xiao was currently sitting in a large iron cage. Each cage pillar was as thick as a goose egg and had dark red rust on it; this was an oxide that appeared from rust mixed with blood.

Clang, clang!

A long-handled spoon tapped the cage pillar in front. Standing in front of the one-meter-high iron cage was a sailor wearing gray-black linen clothes. The dirty clothes were very loose, and there were fragmented decorations hanging from his waist.

This wasn't a sailor, but a pirate. At this time, the pirate held a long-handled spoon, scooped a semi-fluid food that looked like pig slop into an iron basin, and kicked the iron basin into the iron cage through the gap at the bottom of the iron cage.

"Boss, my treatment is a bit poor."

Baha, who was hanging upside down above, spoke.

"Woof!"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on the cutting board struggled. Clearly, compared to the 'prisoner' status of Su Xiao and Baha, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was more miserable; it was reserve lunch.

"Birds that can talk are rare. When we reach Shipwreck Island, I'll sell you first."

The gold-toothed pirate grinned and continued forward with the food bucket.

With a creak, metal rubbed against metal. The gold-toothed pirate turned his head to look. Su Xiao had already stooped and walked out of the iron cage. After straightening up, he stretched his shoulders.

"Go back!"

Pfft.

Banishing pierced through the gold-toothed pirate's glabella, breaking open a bloody hole in his head. After the gold-toothed pirate retreated two steps, he covered the egg-sized bloody hole on his forehead with one hand, drew the sailor knife from his waist with the other, and strode toward Su Xiao, gripping the sailor knife with blood grooves.

Having suffered such a severe injury, the gold-toothed pirate not only didn't die but instead rushed toward Su Xiao. From this, one can see how fierce and tenacious the pirates in this world are.

Pfft, pfft, pfft.

Three more bloody holes appeared on the gold-toothed pirate's chest, neck, and thigh—two fatal wounds and one restricting mobility.

The gold-toothed pirate's HP was suddenly emptied. His body fell forward, his head smashing into the iron basin containing the semi-fluid food, and fresh blood gradually covered the bottom of the basin.

No treasure chest dropped or World Source obtained. Su Xiao controlled Banishing to pierce and break the rope binding Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. This rope was mixed with something, making it very difficult to break free.

Looking around, the area of the ship's bottom hold was not small; it was estimated that this was a three-masted sailing ship. On the left side of the bottom hold, many wooden barrels were piled up, containing fresh water, alcohol, gunpowder, etc. A dozen simple wooden boxes nailed together from wooden planks were stacked together. From the gaps in the wooden planks, one could see green tangerines inside.

On the right side of the bottom hold was a row of large iron cages, inside which were a dozen disheveled men and women with dull, lifeless eyes. In one cage, a brown bear was also locked up. This brown bear was already too hungry to have any strength and was lying limply on the ground. Clearly, this was reserve food number two.

This was a slave ship. The Magic Sea is not a place with a sound legal system. Su Xiao had heard of this place before but had never been here.

The Viking Sea he went to during the last Strongman's Hegemony War was nothing compared to the Magic Sea. A long time ago, Su Xiao had been cursed by the Magic Sea unknowingly. Until he was promoted to Tier 8, the first world he experienced was the Magic Sea; he was 'called' here.

This curse had no debuff effect but was extremely stubborn. The reason Su Xiao was cursed was because he had once been the captain of the Misfortune.

After finishing the Strongman's Hegemony War, Su Xiao returned to Reincarnation Paradise and sold the Misfortune at the super-low price of 30 Soul Coins. The reason was that the Misfortune devoured its master; that ship was a living thing. It was fine if one could suppress it, but once one couldn't, one would immediately be devoured by it.

Becoming the captain of the Misfortune, even if one sold it, the matter couldn't be resolved. As for the previous acquirer of the Misfortune, it was highly probable that they were done for.

The curse of the Magic Sea, the captain identity of the Misfortune, and the breakthrough of the 200-point attribute barrier—Su Xiao was prepared to solve them all in this world.

Su Xiao took 【Dark Redemption】 out of his storage space. This was obtained by opening Rogesh's treasure chest. Su Xiao wanted to know what use the Rattlesnake Slate · Greed summoned through 【Dark Redemption】 actually had. Now was a good opportunity to summon this thing.