novelraw Chapter 205-1: Iridescent Sea Shells, the Fire-Worshipping Heartless Thieves (1)
Chapter 205-1: Iridescent Sea Shells, the Fire-Worshipping Heartless Thieves (1)
[Do you wish to search the cabin for anything useful?]
[Searching…]
[You discovered a blueprint on the wooden table.]
[You obtained Simple Nautical Chart (Map).]
[Searching…]
[You found some fresh water and food inside a barrel in the corner of the cabin.]
[Searching…]
[You did not find anything else useful.]
[Do you wish to leave the cabin?]
Lin Xun quickly opened his inventory to check.[Simple Nautical Chart (Map): A nautical chart marking sailing routes, directions, and distances. The destination is an island nation surrounded by ocean. With this map in your possession, you will be able to follow its guidance to reach a foreign land called Sakura Falls.]
“Even with the chart’s directions, the ship’s mast is broken… who knows if I can still make it to land.”
[You leave the cabin and return to the deck…]
[The blue, rippling sea reflected dazzling sunlight that made you squint. The ship rose and fell with the waves.]
[The horizon was still nothing but unchanging sea.]
[You took out the Simple Nautical Chart, hoping to follow its route to the destination.]
[Feeling the current wind direction, your Shell Skill Basic Nautical Knowledge activated…]
[If you were to raise the sail on the mast, you could harness the wind and head toward the destination.]
[Unfortunately, the mast had snapped, and the sail had been torn to shreds by the gale. You could only drift with the waves.]
[Even worse, the currents and winds now flowed against each other. Drifting would only carry you farther and farther from Sakura Falls, dooming you to be lost in the endless sea forever…]
Lin Xun’s eyes widened.
This cursed game really dropped him straight into an impossible situation.
This single-masted vessel didn’t even have oars or any other propulsion. Otherwise, with the Earth Giant’s monstrous strength, maybe he could have rowed it back on course by brute force.
The game gave him extremely limited resources. Relying solely on the Simple Nautical Chart and the Shell’s Basic Nautical Knowledge obviously wasn’t enough to escape.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
He opened his inventory and looked at the Subspecies Sea Dragon Pearl.
Using this item would let him swim and dive normally.
He tried clicking the item.
[The Subspecies Sea Dragon Pearl you carried shone brightly. Do you wish to leap into the sea and swim to your destination under your own power?]
Lin Xun’s face went dark as he clicked ‘No.’
The cursed game had at least reminded him.
He had no idea how far away Sakura Falls was. If he exhausted several Shells swimming and still hadn’t reached land, he’d end up in wandering soul state, losing a point of maximum soul strength.
“If the ship is wrecked and can’t be repaired, how am I supposed to reach Sakura Falls?”
He fell into thought.
With the resources provided so far, this was clearly a dead end.
[As you stood around with nothing to do, you suddenly heard a woman’s singing drifting faintly from afar…]
[You followed the sound to the stern and looked out in that direction. There, you saw more than ten beautiful women playing and splashing in the sea.]
[Their naked figures, half-revealed above the waves, were so alluring you couldn’t look away.]
[The beautiful women also noticed you standing at the stern.]
[Their eyes sparkled as they slipped beneath the surface and vanished.]
[Just as you were lamenting that the lovely sight had ended too soon…]
[The women emerged again, bobbing up near the stern. Now that they were closer, you could see their delicate faces and fully naked bodies even more clearly.]
[Through the clear water, you saw that apart from their extraordinary beauty, everything else appeared human, their hidden valleys and slender grass partly visible underwater.]
[Peering over the gunwale, you saw several women, each different but all stunning, waving to you invitingly, beckoning you to come swim with them.]
[Do you wish to dive in and experience the charms of a foreign land?]
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes and immediately began operating.
[You possessed the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association!]
[You opened the countless eyes covering your face…]
[Countless pure white runes materialized in midair, pouring toward the nearest woman!]
[Her coquettish smile instantly froze. Her head exploded in a spray of blood, dyeing the sea red.]
[You defeated Deep-Sea Siren, gaining a small amount of experience!]
[You obtained Iridescent Sea Shell (Item).]
[The other women saw their companion die so horrifically. Their gentle expressions twisted into savage rage. They parted their red lips to reveal razor fangs. Their delicate fingers turned to claws, and the pale feet beneath the water transformed into massive tails.]
[More than ten Deep-Sea Sirens slapped their huge tails against the sea, then leaped onto the ship, slashing at you with their claws…]
[You raised your staff and chanted incantations…]
[The pure white Knowledge Barrier wrapped around you, shielding you completely!]
[The Deep-Sea Sirens attacked over and over, but could not break the sturdy Knowledge Barrier.]
Lin Xun thought for a moment, why not take this chance to try out the little dragonkin’s new weapon?
[You possessed the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Hermit!]
[Chain Blade – Call of the Underworld appeared in your hands. The two bloody, ferocious short blades sprouted chains of flesh and bone. The ends of the chains were rooted in your forearms, coiling around your wrists.]
[The toxins in your blood coursed through the chains, turning them black. The blades ignited with surging black dragonfire.]
[You hurled one of the blades. The fleshy chain shot out, wrapping and binding one of the Deep-Sea Sirens.]
[With a fierce tug of your wrist, the woman flew straight toward you. Before she landed, the blade, wreathed in black dragonfire, pierced through her swelling chest.]
[Her fair face instantly turned an ashen black, and the wound on her chest festered.]
[You pulled the short blade free. The black dragonfire burned away all the blood clinging to it.]
[You defeated Deep-Sea Siren, gaining a small amount of experience!]
He continued attacking the next mermaid. The chain blade weapon could not only fight in close quarters but also strike enemies within the extended reach of its flesh-and-bone chain.
The little dragonkin’s own bloodline power effectively enchanted the weapon a second time. On top of the weapon’s innate poison damage, it added the extra damage of dark dragonfire.
Under his assault, more than ten mermaids were felled in an instant, it really was like slicing melons and chopping vegetables.
“The little dragonkin’s chain blade is overkill against these low-tier monsters. These Shells might still be useful, so I need to preserve their integrity.”
Once Lin Xun was satisfied, he switched the little dragonkin’s weapon to the Dancer’s Hidden Blade and used it to pierce the remaining mermaids one by one.
[You look at the corpse of the slain siren before you…]
[Shell of Deep-Sea Siren: A semi-human, semi-fish creature of the deep ocean. The females have beautiful appearances; the males are ugly. These creatures often attack sailors, luring them into the water to devour them. She died of a fatal wound through the heart. Compatibility: 94% (+55%)]
[Do you wish to possess this Shell?]