The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 936 - 291: Clear Skies After the Rain

It also made him feel scared.

The sound of footsteps approached from afar, and First Mate Ai Wen, draped in a soaked cloak, came to his side, speaking in a lowered voice:

"Captain, we seem to be going in circles... Logically, we should have seen the lighthouse at Seldo Port by now, but we haven't even seen a shadow of the land."

"Hmm... I have noticed that too."

Kedson lowered the binoculars and said in a deep voice, "I fear we've drifted off course... This season, this area of the sea never has such winds."

Ai Wen looked solemn as he turned to gaze behind the ship.

It wasn't the trail of retreating wake, but a series of faint whirlpool traces, as if something were swimming slowly underwater.

"What on earth is going on?" he murmured.

Since earlier, he had felt uneasy, as if the evil demons from the Outer Realm were staring at his back.

Saint Sis above...

He prayed incessantly in his heart, silently chanting the name of that Venerate, seeking a moment of peace.

At this time, a young sailor staggered out from the cabin entrance to the deck, looking pale and trembling in voice:

"Honorable gentlemen... I, I beg you for an answer, what... what's happening here? Why have we not seen Seldo Port yet."

He didn't want to be so panicked, but those old sailors kept chattering in his ears, saying this time they fear they won't return.

This was his third voyage, and he promised his pregnant wife he would return soon to witness the childbirth. He didn't want his child to grow up fatherless, nor did he want this to be his last voyage.

"The steam engine has a little malfunction, nothing major, go back to your work, don't bother me here." Kedson replied perfunctorily, of course, he couldn't tell the crew the truth that he got lost.

However—

He hadn't noticed the coal soot on the young sailor's boots, which had stuck in the boiler room.

"I'm the one responsible for the engine..."

The sailor looked at the captain in horror, completely unhinged, trembling as he spoke.

"Could it be... we really entered the fabled 'Cursed Sea Area'?"

His words were like a dropped match, instantly igniting the fuel already laid across the deck.

The sailors murmured softly, exchanging fearful glances, some unconsciously touched the Protective Talisman on their chest, while others anxiously checked the steam valves and rigging.

It's a legend passed down in the colonies of the New Continent, known only to the sailors who frequently traveled to the New Continent.

It is said that there's a "ship-devouring" forbidden sea region in the center of the Vast Ocean, known as the Cursed Sea Area.

Once within it, compasses fail, stars vanish, and the whole ship feels like it's caught in a giant's mouth, chewed, and ultimately swallowed into the sea.

No one ever came back alive.

As an experienced captain, Kedson of course thoroughly disdained such ambiguous rumors.

If no one returned, then from where did the legend emerge?

It's mostly the drunken tales of dockside taverns.

Yet, despite saying so, the deepest chord in his heart was inadvertently played for a moment.

Especially when he saw his men with faces full of uncertain fear, and the increasingly turbulent waves outside the ship's rail...

"Shut your mouths! Or I'll sew them shut! If you want to reach Seldo Port quickly, then stop dawdling!"

He commanded abruptly, his voice filled with no hesitation, interrupting the sailors' wild imaginations with a gruff tone.

"Full speed ahead! Damn it, let's leave this area before dark!"

If he couldn't stabilize morale, he feared that he might be killed by these mad fools before he could be swallowed by the cursed sea.

He had to keep them busy!

The booming sound of coal being thrown into the iron furnace soon echoed in the boiler room, mechanical arms pulled the steam pressure valves, the old ship body let out a deep rumble, rushing forward filled with panic and questions.

But just then, in the clear skies, a sudden clap of thunder exploded!

"Boom—!"

The thunderclap was not the typical roar, but like a giant tearing sound from the sky's zenith, as if an invisible giant smacked the sky fiercely.

And at the instant the thunder exploded, the clear skies seemed to be covered with a blanket, rolling black clouds suddenly appeared in the sky out of nowhere!

The whole ship shook violently, sailors on the deck screamed in response, glancing around confused.

"Damn it! What on earth is happening?!" Ai Wen shouted, suddenly sitting down on the floor.

Before he could catch his breath, a giant wave crashed against the ship's side like a whale leaping out of the water!

Shattered water splashed like molten iron flying from a forge, accompanied by a whizzing shriek, crashing down.

"Bang!"

Captain Kedson stumbled, being swept to the ground by the wave, his soaked captain's hat rolled aside.

"Damn it!"

He cursed, scrambling to his feet from the deck, drenched, with a wrist chafed to the point of bleeding.

Ignoring his fallen hat, he instinctively wanted to confirm direction, yet at this moment, a shrill scream sounded from the front of the deck.

"Look quickly! What is that!"

A sailor pointed at the sky, his entire face etched with terror.

His voice was hoarse and shattered, like foam squeezed from his throat.

Kedson raised his head to the sound, the scene before him made him stiffen all over, the blood draining from his face.

It was a churning black cloud—

No! No!

That wasn't a cloud, but a massive mouth leading to the Abyss, like a scar on a beast, exuding thick black mist like blood!