I Have a Sailing Game

Chapter 379 - 239: Isle of Light and Dark, Placing Claw (Double-Length)

Seeing it transform again into a Diving Dragon, Rogel rolled his eyes.

In his view, the island ahead grew larger and larger.

The force that originally shrouded the island also gradually disappeared, finally revealing the full view of the island.

At this moment, Gelin seemed to have taken everyone into an entirely new sea area.

Accompanied by a buzzing sound.

Everyone could clearly feel that they seemed to have penetrated a layer of membrane.

Looking back, a faint wall appeared behind them, stretching from the deep sea into the sky, enveloping everything.

Presumably, this is the "Celestial Wall" Daniel mentioned before.

"Is this the Celestial Wall?" Mira recalled what Daniel had said, then felt a bit worried: "Can we still get out?"

"We’ll know if we try."

Rogel said.

Then he transformed into black fog and went to the edge of the Celestial Wall, passing through it without any hindrance.

It seems that this Celestial Wall is ineffective against them.

"Have we returned to the Isle of Light and Dark?"

Hearing their conversation, Daniel was pleasantly surprised and asked excitedly.

"Maybe."

After speaking, Rogel suddenly raised his hand.

Whoosh!

With his action, several Bone Spirits disintegrated instantly and flew out, forming a giant bone hand that scooped up some objects from the sea and placed them in front of everyone.

"This is..."

Lina looked at these objects with some uncertainty.

They looked a bit like human-shaped Iron Puppets, possessing various human features and dressed like ordinary fishermen.

However, each had a large hole in their chest, as if something had brutally drilled out from inside.

Their faces were marked with expressions of pain and fear.

"What’s wrong, Captain Rogel?"

Although Daniel couldn’t see, he vaguely felt something amiss.

Rogel did not hide it and briefly explained the situation to him.

After listening, Daniel was silent for a moment before speaking in a deep voice: "It must be that damned guy Peter!"

"The Cursed Wizard can gain power by plundering gears!"

His voice was pained.

It’s hard to imagine what has happened on the Isle of Light and Dark in his absence, and Nicole...

As he spoke, his chest began to rise and fall constantly.

"Don’t worry, Daniel, since we’re here, we’ll definitely help you find your fiancée."

"You can’t see, so worrying won’t help."

Noemi comforted him.

Hearing this, Daniel took several deep breaths to calm himself, not saying a word.

"We’ve docked."

Rogel looked towards the pier ahead.

This pier also seemed to have been cursed.

Both the planks along the shore and the nearby lighthouse looked as if they had been ravaged by a hurricane, completely dilapidated.

More crucially, some faint red vein-like objects appeared on the island’s ground, spreading in a pattern as if they originated from the center of the island.

After Gelin docked.

Rogel leaned down to carefully inspect these faint red veins.

Surprisingly, these veins seemed to have a life of their own; as Rogel approached, they involuntarily squirmed backward, as if fearing him.

[Cursed Object]

[Explanation: It looks a bit like veins, but they’re not actually veins.]

What are you doing here with this?

What a useless explanation.

Rogel twitched the corner of his mouth, speechless at the explanation.

However, since there was no mention of any special effects or the like, it seemed to be just a manifestation of a curse.

It appeared that to understand what happened on the Isle of Light and Dark, the key indeed lay with the "Prince Peter" Daniel spoke of.

"Rogel, look at the sky!"

Lina’s surprised voice came through.

Rogel looked up.

In the sky, a metal eye had appeared at some unknown time, with a huge mechanical claw beside it.

This mechanical claw didn’t seem special, resembling a claw from a claw machine and even having patches of rust.

But what it was holding made one’s skin crawl.

It was a "fat man" pieced together from numerous parts of Iron Puppets!

It’s important to know that the puppets on the Isle of Light and Dark were its native residents, equivalent to the existence of humans.

On its body flowed some dark yellow, oil-like liquid.

[Cursed Corpse]

[Type: Monster]

[Quality: Elite]

[Level: 41]

[Tier: Apostle]

[Explanation: An obese corpse assembled from Iron Puppets, devoid of reason, with only the desire to tear and destroy.]

Clatter...

The mechanical claw suddenly loosened its grip.

The enormous "fat man," losing its support, fell rapidly towards the ground.

"Playing tricks."

Rogel frowned, a force swiftly covering his entire body from head to toe.

In an instant, he transformed into the ragged captain with a skeleton hat, and lightning stirred in his pupils.

Rumble!

The sky suddenly changed color, countless flashes of lightning striking down densely, aiming for the mechanical claw and the metal eye.

But the metal eye seemed to have been expecting Rogel’s counterattack, its form rapidly blurring, fading into invisibility.

Though Rogel’s thunderous attack didn’t hit the metal eye and mechanical claw, it wasn’t entirely in vain.

Rumble—

The surging lightning instantly pierced through the "fat man" still plummeting down.

[You defeated the Cursed Corpse and gained combat experience.]

A notification popped up.

The Cursed Corpse, penetrated by countless lightning bolts, was no match for Rogel, its body collapsing as countless parts rained down to the ground.

The enemy was vanquished.

Rogel, however, turned his attention to the information in the notification bar.

[You have observed the Black Fog Traits of this Black Fog Area.]

[Observing Eye: Someone is watching you.]

[Placing Claw: It will randomly place some things into this area, like the house games you played as a child.]

House games...

Seeing this, Rogel furrowed his brow slightly.

"This feels too eerie." Lina stepped forward, touched the bark of a tree, then looked at her fingers: "This is made of iron too, and there’s paint on it."

"Mumu Pier... a strange name, not a single living person around here." Noemi glanced at the broken sign on the ground, then turned to Daniel: "Daniel, was this pier always like this?"

"...No."

Daniel’s mood grew heavier.

Mira saw Noemi stirring up trouble again, quickly pulling her aside to keep her from speaking carelessly.

"Let’s keep moving."

Rogel sighed, looking in the direction where the "veins" extended across the ground.

But just as everyone was about to continue on their way.

There was another commotion in the sky.

The [Observing Eye] and [Placing Claw] appeared once more.

Rogel’s gaze turned cold; did they really think he couldn’t strike them every time?

This time, however, there seemed to be a difference.

The Placing Claw raised a sign with writing on it toward Rogel.

It read, "Daniel, how about making a deal?"

This made Rogel pause in his actions.

He didn’t speak immediately but instead looked at everyone, seeking their opinions with his eyes.

Mira and Yas both shook their heads towards him.

Lina did not move, seemingly lost in thought.

Noemi, while sometimes rash, wasn’t stupid. Seeing Rogel looking at her, she shrugged, indicating she didn’t mind either way.

After a moment of pondering, Rogel still turned to Daniel.

For no other reason than that he had enough strength to overturn the table at any time.

Uvie Muzhe, though unreliable, had power that was no joke.

"Daniel, someone wants to make a deal with you."

Rogel said slowly.

"A deal? What kind of deal?"

Daniel asked, puzzled.

Rogel did not reply immediately but looked into the sky.

Seemingly seeing that Rogel didn’t attack, the Placing Claw retreated and came out again.

This time, it was holding a rather ordinary-looking puppet.

Releasing its grip, the Iron Puppet fell down.