Chapter 2911

When all ship parts and ship decorations were ready, the Doom's crew count would reach 400, and it would also receive the bonus of the "Heart of the Curse."

Su Xiao did not intend to repay the gold coins owed to the grocery store at this stage. If there were a large amount of surplus gold coins in the future, he could consider repaying them. After all, this grocery store was notarized by the Void Tree. If a punishment mechanism was triggered, the loss would outweigh the gain. Su Xiao didn't want to have a halo on his head in the next few worlds.

Last time he met the Ascension Brother, the green halo on the other's head was truly impressive.

Before the curse of the Doom was completely broken, Su Xiao did not intend to repay these gold coins. The gold coins required to break the Doom's second-stage curse would be over 30,000.

Compared to the debt, these 30,000 gold coins were not much, but it would be difficult to obtain 30,000 gold coins. He reached a cooperation with Brigadier General Murray, and the other party only paid him 1,500 gold coins. From this, one could estimate the difficulty of obtaining them.

Su Xiao still had 312 gold coins, all in the captain's cabin of the Doom. There was no way to obtain the missing gold coins for the time being.

Before changing the sails and installing the ram for the Doom, Su Xiao maneuvered the Doom to leave Min Guang Island.

A moment later, the Doom returned to the Min Guang Island pier. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang jumped off the ship, and a dozen cursed shipwrights continued to work, first replacing the main sail.

"Woof."

When Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang saw Caesar, those big watery eyes seemed to be shining, and Caesar's expression stiffened.

The relationship between Caesar and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was actually quite good, but Caesar had almost no resistance to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's "intelligence-lowering negotiation."

Every time he negotiated with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Caesar's IQ was pulled to the same level as Xiang Bubu's. This was a temporary effect caused by high charm, as well as Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's own characteristics.

After Caesar was "intelligence-lowered," the negotiation target would become Su Xiao. The subsequent result was like a steamroller running over a toy car. There was no suspense.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's "anti-friend treasure" specifically countered Caesar. Otherwise, with Caesar's greedy and cunning personality, he wouldn't have shown so much sincerity every time he cooperated with Su Xiao. Caesar's nature was just like that, which was understandable.

The Doom had become much stronger, but a key problem remained unsolved: cursed people could not board land. If this problem was not solved, it would be impossible to occupy the Shipwreck Island.

The enemy was not a fool. The Doom had a great reputation. Knowing that they were fighting the Doom, the enemy would definitely abandon the ship and shrink back to the Shipwreck Island.

A little bombardment could be considered, but this would at most destroy a large number of buildings. The enemy would find ways to hide, and besides, the enemy would also fight back.

Su Xiao had considered using the only 【Sun's Wrath: Apollo】 to wash the ground, but the quest requirements noted that he needed to obtain the "Bern Family's Heirloom" while occupying the Shipwreck Island.

If he used Apollo to wash the ground, the Shipwreck Island would be sunk, and the "Bern Family's Heirloom" would also be burned to ashes.

Su Xiao looked at a small wooden house not far away. He didn't know if the person in this small wooden house could solve the problem of cursed people being unable to board the island. Trying it wouldn't hurt.

The other wooden houses nearby were sealed by a gray energy; this was the seal of the Demon Sea. Su Xiao speculated that as the Doom's curse was gradually lifted, the gray mist around these wooden houses would also dissipate.

Stopping in front of the small wooden house, Su Xiao pushed open the door. As soon as the door opened, a light black smoke drifted out. Just as he was about to step back, the light black smoke dissipated.

【Warning: The Demon Sea curse suffered by the Hunter has intensified.】

【You have temporarily obtained??? ability (pending activation).】

Su Xiao took off the Black King Armguard and pulled up the sleeve of his left arm, only to find that the black lines had spread to his forearm and were about to reach his elbow.

"Captain of the Doom, this is fate."

A hoarse voice came from the small wooden house. Su Xiao walked into the small wooden house and saw dozens of crows landing all over the room. These crows were similar in characteristics to the cursed people.

This room was about 30 square meters in size, and there were many objects placed in it, making it look a bit crowded.

A figure sat on an old wooden chair. Her gray hair was dry and split; she didn't know how long it had been since she had taken care of it. A blanket sewn from black feathers covered her body. These feathers, which looked like crow feathers, were dull and had lost their original luster because the years were too long.

This old woman was like she was about to wither, but her dark yellow pupils made people panic.

"I was once the witch priest on the Doom. That was... the third captain of the Doom. I went to sea with that man. That was the happiest time of my life, until I accompanied him into the great whirlpool."

Speaking to the end, the old woman laughed a few times. The laughter was dry, like sandpaper rubbing, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

I saw the old woman raise her hand and dig out her right eyeball with a very slow movement. A few crows flew up and fought over the eyeball in the old woman's hand.

No blood flowed from the old woman's eye socket; her blood had long since dried up. An arm reached out from her eye socket. This thick and powerful arm cracked the old woman's skull. After the skin on her face split, it revealed flesh that had already fibrosed.

This hand opened, and an eye appeared in the palm. This eye had no distinction between the white of the eye and the pupil; it was pitch black.

【Hint: You are being stared at by the Doom's third captain. This captain was originally a Child of the World, Faction: Chaos/Evil!】

【Soul strength judgment in progress...】

【If this judgment fails, your soul will collapse.】

【Judgment successful.】

It was another judgment on soul strength. Su Xiao confirmed his previous conjecture. The reason he successfully suppressed this fierce ship after becoming the captain of the Doom was not because of good luck, nor because of strong combat power. The scapegoat before might have had strength exceeding his. The other party let the Doom devour the "activated energy" to the point of overflowing. Without hard strength, this could not be done.

Su Xiao was not affected by the Doom because his soul strength was high. His current soul strength had reached 440 points.

Besides this, Su Xiao also discovered a secret: the Doom's third captain, who once saved the world, was a Child of the World, a Child of the World of the Chaos/Evil faction.

This kind of Child of the World and those hot-headed guys were completely two concepts.

While this kind of person was favored by the world, in order to achieve their goals, they could do many evil things, but they always remembered one point in their hearts: to let the Demon Sea water recede, even if it meant taking their crew members who were like brothers, as well as the woman they loved most, into the great whirlpool, they would not hesitate.

Tough, fierce, even if there was an abyss in front of them, they would plunge into it, pull light out of the chaotic dark things, then sink into the darkness themselves, and eventually be swallowed by the darkness.

Even so, that great pirate still used his remaining consciousness to suppress the Doom, which had turned into a fierce ship, until... everyone forgot him. No, there was one more person who remembered him, and that was this old woman on Min Guang Island.

This kind of person was the true Child of the World, not the kind of guy who relied on the impulse in his heart and was used by others. Unfortunately, there were too few such people. Su Xiao had only met this one.

"So... besides me, there is someone else who remembers him."

The arm in the old woman's eye socket retracted. Her broken skull recovered, and a new eyeball gradually grew in the eye socket.

"The man who came not long ago escaped and didn't inherit the ship crow."

The malice on the old woman gradually subsided. She was a higher existence than the cursed people and had existed on Min Guang Island for I don't know how many years.

"Do you have a way for cursed people to board land?"

Su Xiao said as he brushed away a crow that landed on his shoulder.

"No, that's impossible. Cursed people are enslaved by the Doom and are also limited by the Demon Sea. Can fish live in sand? It's the same principle."

"..."

Not getting the answer he wanted, Su Xiao was not too disappointed. If there were difficulties, he could find ways to solve them. He had experienced many situations more difficult than the current one.

"Is my sister okay?"

The old woman's question was a bit confusing.

"Your sister?"

"That thing."

Hearing the old woman's words, Su Xiao thought about what the other party was asking. He said: "Still in the prison on the ship. Recently, I found someone to chat with it."

"Hehehehe, who is so unlucky to be sent by you to accompany my sister? Did he wail?"

"Yesterday he did, today he is much quieter. Maybe he adapted."

"Sure enough, those who can be recognized by the Doom... will not be good people. Take it. After you adapt, I will inlay curse stones on it. How many it can bear depends on how strong your soul is."

The old woman threw out a ring. There were six grooves around the ring. These grooves were used to inlay gems. The gems inlaid were smaller than rice grains.

【You have obtained Black Crow Ring (Special equipment, this item cannot be taken out of this world).】

【Black Crow Ring】

Quality: Special

Category: Ring

Durability: 65/65

Equipment requirements: Doom captain, willpower 100 points or more, soul strength 270 points or more.

Equipment effect 1: Crow Flock (Passive), can control 15,000 "Black Curse Crows" of Min Guang Island and summon them to the outside world.

Hint: After equipping this ring, you need to adapt for 1 to 60 natural days before you can use it normally.

Equipment effect 2: Curse Stone (Passive), for every curse stone inlaid on this ring, you can control more "Black Curse Crows" according to your own soul strength.

Hint: This equipment can inlay up to 6 curse stones.

Introduction: The arrival of the Black Curse Crow means the Doom is not far away. Have you thought about where to escape to? Crows... all over the sky.

Price: Cannot be sold, abandoned, transferred, traded, etc.

Seeing the attributes of the 【Black Crow Ring】, Su Xiao really wanted to know one thing: would the "Black Curse Crow" be judged as a soldier-type unit? If so, the room for operation would be very large.

Su Xiao weighed the current combat power. He felt it was not enough. If he could improve it a bit more, attacking the Shipwreck Island would be safe. There were strong enemies hired by Mage Sage Serphilia on the Shipwreck Island.

Su Xiao's idea was that even if he wanted to make a move, he must at least ensure that he had an 80% or higher chance of winning.

In fact, if the armored man on the Shipwreck Island knew the combat power Su Xiao had gathered now, and what kind of degree Su Xiao's "safe" was, the armored man's mood would be very complicated and bitter.