Chapter 323: Fish Bone Pirate Ship

No accidents occurred during the auction. Xia De gained knowledge, and Miss Princess also enjoyed it. After the auction ended, people dispersed immediately and merged back into the crowd on the deck. The wooden boxes in front of the deck were removed, and the long benches were also quickly moved to the distance. The entire auction lasted less than forty minutes, and some guests didn't even notice what had happened here.

The atmosphere on the ship was hot now, and men and women who had taken a fancy to each other or other combinations had already begun to walk into the ship's cabins one after another.

"Lady..."

"Get lost."

Naturally, someone came to strike up a conversation with the girl with outstanding temperament beside Xia De, and then was scolded away by Xia De unceremoniously with a very heavy Tobesk accent.

"I didn't expect you to be able to say such things."

Miss Princess was in a good mood.

"Is that so?"

Xia De straightened his bow tie:

"I really look down on this kind of chaotic place. This kind of banquet..."

He hummed, not commenting on the chaotic relationships between noble and wealthy men and women:

"Actually, my temper isn't very good; it's just that it's hard to encounter opportunities worth getting angry about."

In the morning, the old landlord who had seen Xia De's face and was designed by him to "commit suicide" could testify to this.

At this time, the cruise ship continued to move toward the deep sea and, according to the plan, set sail to return to Coldwater Port half an hour later. This mode of auction was quite safe, but it was a pity that Tobesk didn't have such conditions. If one wanted to hold a safe auction, one could only go to a place far away from the city area.

Because there was nothing to do, Xia De and Miss Princess returned to the somewhat dim railing to chat again.

In the distance, the firelight of civilization in Coldwater Port couldn't be seen at all, and the lights on the cruise ship seemed to be absorbed by the sea. And in the distance where the sky and sea met, in a place they hadn't noticed for the time being, a sickly green light appeared along with a storm.

"What's wrong?"

Just as she was talking to Xia De, enjoying the little time left for the two, the blonde girl suddenly saw Xia De clutching his chest and looking at the dark sea surface in the distance. She immediately asked nervously.

Xia De shook his head, his right hand clutching his chest pocket tightly. 【Pirate's Blood Money】 was placed in the pocket, but just now, the blood money actually vibrated.

This was the phenomenon of resonance of special relics like 【Pirate's Blood Money】, representing that another blood money had finally appeared in the nearby range. Xia De's initial purpose for coming to Coldwater Port had finally been achieved.

It was just that it was the ocean far away from the shore now, so the blood money was extremely likely to be on the seabed, so Xia De couldn't jump into the sea to search immediately.

If Xia De dared to activate the blood money to make the resonance more obvious, he could slightly reduce the difficulty of searching. But now they were on the sea surface; if he dared to activate it, the ghost fleet would probably appear in tens of seconds, and he would have nothing but to use the last drop of divinity.

Xia De wanted to explain about the blood money and then find the captain as soon as possible to ask clearly about their current location. It was just that he frowned again suddenly because the vibration of that blood money was becoming more and more intense, which meant that another blood money was getting closer and closer.

"What do you mean, another one is in a fish's belly? And then that fish is going to crash into the ship and commit suicide?"

【Don't let your imagination run wild; listen carefully, there's a wrong sound.】

Raising his hand to signal Miss Princess not to speak, Miss Princess actually pressed her chest as well. But there was no pocket on the chest of her dress. Seeing the young girl's brow furrowed tightly, it looked like her chest was in severe pain.

In the moment of quiet listening, the music on the deck and the sound of the waves entered his ears, but tens of seconds later, a rough singing voice actually came from the dark sea surface. This sound became louder and louder, until on the entire deck, even ordinary people noticed this unusual sound.

That rough and eerie sound chanted nursery rhymes in an ancient language, and at the same time, in the originally clear night sky, dark clouds quickly came from the northwest of the ship.

Piercing cold yin wind blew on the deck, and the calm sea surface suddenly surged with waves. The arrival of the waves made Xia De and Miss Princess, who were unsteady on their feet, grab each other at the same time, while screams had already come from the deck behind them.

The Ringed Shushi on the deck looked toward the northwest of the cruise ship at the same time. At the junction of the dark night and the deep sea, in the storm that was sweeping in, a dilapidated ship emitting black smoke and ghostly green light was attacking at an incredible speed.

The moment they saw that ship, most people felt as if their heads were being hit by heavy hammers. The heavy Whispers element was eroding people's souls. The influence brought by the relic, across this piece of ocean, just by the feedback of sight, had already been fully revealed.

"No, the blood money in my hand clearly wasn't activated... This has nothing to do with blood money; another blood money is on that ship, this is another kind of relic!"

The calm sea surface surged with waves in an instant, the cruise ship under their feet stopped, and that oppressive and terrifying low singing sound became louder and louder. I don't know when, the starry sky overhead was completely covered by dark clouds, and on the swaying deck, dirty green moss spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Sea Return ritual, the mermaid statue is the mermaid's singing, and then the pirate in the second sentence..."

Miss Princess clutched her chest, widened her eyes, and muttered to herself:

"Mr. Edmond's guess is correct. This is really a ritual. How did we run into it... He even said this afternoon that today's ocean current is abnormal!"

The Five-Ringed Shushi barely resisted the mental impact, while Xia De translated the general meaning from the nursery rhyme chanted in the ancient language.

【In the deepest part of the deep sea, we ride the storm and come, hunting for our Lord, the scarlet spiral, you are the merman's...】

"I know what this is!"

Miss Princess's voice suddenly became louder, overpowering the singing, allowing Xia De to clearly hear what she said:

"Sage-level relic! 【Fish Bone Pirate Group】! Damn it, this thing actually has a connection with 【Mermaid's Song】, which is also Sage-level!"

"What? Are you sure? Another Sage-level? Why is it more dangerous here than Tobesk?"

Xia De was stunned, and then dragged her to jump off the ship:

"I'll take you back by swimming!"

"Can't escape. The relic is not just that ship. Seeing the ship, the bound ghosts have already appeared in the ocean. Someone is conducting a large-scale ritual in Coldwater Port! The first step is to spread the curse of the mermaid's song, the second step is the appearance of the pirate ship, it's evil cultists!"

"It's the evil cultists of the 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】! It's mermen, we have to tell the Church about this!"

Xia De added loudly, while the fast-approaching pirate ship got closer and closer. While his head was buzzing, he could see that on the dilapidated deck, it seemed as if thousands of evil spirits were roaring.

The ship didn't slow down and crashed into them directly, not even giving them any time to react:

"Remember!"

The voice of Miss Princess, who was clutching her chest just a moment ago, was still in his ears, but at this moment, it seemed to have reached a very far place.

【The Whispers element is affecting space, be careful.】

"Xia De, never leave the ship, never agree to become a crew member, the exit is in the deepest part..."

She wanted to hug Xia De, but the ghostly green pirate ship had already crashed into them. In the terrifying shaking, the terrifying black mist on the pirate ship completely swallowed this steam cruise ship that had no protection. Everything around them disappeared, and thousands of curses and twisted prayer whispers rushed into his mind, causing Xia De's consciousness to fall into a blur. ===== CHAPTER 324 =====