Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 58 Crazy Idea

After a full week of sailing day and night on the free ocean current, the Valkyrie and the Honest Man finally entered the Sea of ​​Despair.

The so-called Sea of ​​Despair does not have an exact boundary.

The reason why it is called the Sea of ​​Despair is, on the one hand, because of the bad sea conditions here, and on the other hand, because in addition to the large-scale fog that appears from time to time, this sea area is also the territory of sea monsters.

Cheng Lang was lucky enough to encounter a sea monster that swallowed the island with a relatively good temper. Some adventure ships that were unlucky encountered sea monsters that were not so easy to deal with, and often the sea monsters became appetizers before they could even recognize their "species".

In any case, they finally entered the Sea of ​​Despair without any danger, and finally survived the days and nights of torment caused by itchy throats and muteness.

"Valkyrie bless me! I! Finally - can speak!" Yafuso shouted at the top of her voice on the open-air bridge in the stern deck.

"I want to chat with you all day today!" Shenba also shouted.

"We too—!" Belvec shouted as he walked on the bow deck of the Honest Man behind the Valkyrie.

Not only them, but even those small sailors and even the vine mandrills and gorillas were chattering and shouting. They were also feeling very suffocated.

Compared to the excited sailors on the open deck, the lower cabin of the Valkyrie presented a completely different scene.

Those seven, or even all seven, merfolk had long since given up the idea of ​​suicide. Although they were still not allowed to leave the lower cabin, the rich meals that were almost never the same every day, and the fruit wine shared with them by the scary-looking but actually good-tempered gorillas, made them look forward to every day.

In the seven oak barrels arranged in a circle, the mermaids soaking in the sea water held a large glass of fruit wine in one hand and an apple or a peeled orange in the other. Their delicate and white faces like porcelain dolls were all showing a slightly silly look of drunkenness.

"What day is it?" asked Tinisha.

"The seventh day seems to be the seventh day."

A nearby murrelet replied, "I seemed to hear them shouting."

"Has their captain forgotten about us?" said a merman diagonally opposite.

“It’s better to forget us.”

Another drunken-looking fisherman said, "I've waited till now!"

Before she could finish her words, the whole fish sank into the oak barrel, leaving only the slender white arm sticking out, still holding the glass of wine.

Cheng Lang naturally wouldn't forget these people, but he really didn't have time to care about these beautiful goldfish in the lower cabin.

"How far are we from the Dragonfly Island?" In the bustling conference room, Cheng Lang asked Yun Ji who was measuring the distance on the nautical chart.

"Two days. It will take us two days at most to reach the vicinity of Dragonfly Fish Island." Yun Ji replied.

"Since we still have time, let's celebrate today." Cheng Lang, who had been staying in the kitchen these days, made a decision immediately and instantly gained the support of all the sailors.

Unfortunately, he eventually gave up the attempt to make soy sauce. This matter was not as simple as he thought.

Fortunately, although the soy sauce was not made, the fried bean curd he made was welcomed by all the sailors on the ship after being stewed with sea fish.

Compared with tofu and bean curd, soy milk is more popular, which makes goat milk, which was originally only enjoyed by ladies and captains, become so dispensable.

During this short week, not only did the small-time sailors get a cup of sweetened soy milk with every meal, but even the merfolk in the lower cabin had accepted this drink.

Thinking of those beautiful goldfish, Cheng Lang turned and walked out of the meeting room, and walked up the stairs alone to the lower cabin filled with the rich aroma of fruit wine.

Looking at the seven drunken "goldfish" soaking in the oak barrels in a circle, Cheng Lang suddenly felt that it was a big mistake to spend a week eating "fish nails", even if they were "beautiful goldfish".

"Magic Mirror, how can we wake them up?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Dear Captain, I can finally hear your powerful and charming voice like a horn again."

The magic mirror uttered a disgusting flattery, and then said, "I think you might try tartberry juice."

“It’s a good idea”

Cheng Lang said, looking at the gorilla guarding nearby, "Go get some tartberries."

"Oh!"

The gorilla responded, turned and walked to the compartment where the ice core was hanging on the bow, and took out a handful of orange-red tarterberries.

This thing looks similar to raspberry, but its acidity is extremely amazing. It even made Cheng Lang want to squeeze the juice out of it and use it as vinegar.

Taking the juicer that was offered by another very discerning gorilla, Cheng Lang picked the largest tartberry, stuffed it into the juicer and handed it to the gorilla, while he personally pinched open the mouth of a harptail fishman.

The gorilla was also smart. He brought the juicer to the fishman's mouth and squeezed the handle tightly.

As the orange juice without any water or sugar flowed into the mouth of the Qinweiyu man, Cheng Lang, who had subconsciously felt his throat sore, immediately helped the other party close his mouth and raised his head.

When he suppressed the saliva from his mouth, the mermaid, who was originally drunk and unconscious, suddenly widened her big, actually quite beautiful eyes, and then her whole face almost shrank together, and even her blue and pink tail soaked in the oak barrel began to flap its wings vigorously, creating large waves.

"Looks like you're sober now."

Cheng Lang took a few steps back before the waves splashed on him, and then sat on an oak barrel.

The fish-tailed merman, whose face could be described as hideous, just stretched out her slender arm and a finger towards Cheng Lang with trembling hands, but saliva flowed uncontrollably from the corner of her mouth - it was too sour, really too sour.

"What's your name?" Cheng Lang asked with a smile.

After wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, the merman sank into the oak barrel again and drank a mouthful of sea water, then puffed up his cheeks and sprayed towards Cheng Lang.

However, before the water arrow could leave her mouth more than ten centimeters, the leader of the long-armed gorillas, Wukong, had already stretched out his broad and rough palm in front of her and covered her face with the water arrow without leaking a single drop.

“I don’t have much patience.”

Cheng Lang smiled and reminded, "My friend told me that the meat of the Qinwei fishman is very delicious, so you'd better not give me a reason to eat you."

This threat was obviously more effective than anything else. Upon hearing this, the merman immediately shrank back into the oak barrel, holding on to the edge of the barrel with both hands, leaving only the part above the tip of his nose exposed, looking at Cheng Lang with horror.

"So what's your name?"

"Tinisha, that's also the name of this band. I'm the leader of the Tinisha Apprentice Band."

The merfolk answered cautiously, her voice not even as loud as the bubbles her drunken companion blew from under the water in the oak barrel.

"Tinisha"

Cheng Lang paused for a moment and asked, "Where are you from? Why did you sneak onto my ship?"

"We escaped from Dragonfish Island. You must not have heard of that."

"Where did you say you were from?"

Cheng Lang asked in surprise, "Dingyu Island? Are you from Dragonfly Island?"

"That's right"

Tinisha replied, "We are all residents of Dragonfish Island. We only established this apprentice group last year."

"You just said you escaped from Dragonfish Island?"

Cheng Lang interrupted the other party again, "Why did you run away from there? What happened there?"

"The Siren leader, Goldfin, led his sea cavalry to capture Dragonfly Island."

Tinisa explained, "They enslaved the islanders of Dragonfish Island and forced us to help his sea troopers catch dragonfish."

"Catching dragonfish?"

Cheng Lang asked in confusion, "Why are they catching dragonfish?" "He has three semi-sea cavalry regiments under his command."

Tinisa said, "Those sea cavalrymen all rode on large seahorses, but large seahorses are far inferior to dragonflies in terms of speed and endurance. He wanted to capture dragonflies and use them as mounts for his cavalrymen."

"He succeeded?"

Cheng Lang asked with a frown, their destination this time was the Dragonfly Fish Island. If it was occupied by the Sirens, if the Dragonflies were also occupied by them, then there would be no point for them to go there.

"Halfway to success," said Tinissa.

"What does 'half successful' mean?" Cheng Lang asked in confusion.

"They occupied Dragonfish Island"

Tinisa explained, “But to catch the dragonflies, you need a harptail band. And it takes a large band of at least 28 people playing together to stop those dragonflies that have no brains at all.

In order to avoid being enslaved by the Golden Fin, the islanders of Dragonfish Island had all the bands on the island flee in different directions on Dragonfish.

"Where are your dragonflies?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Already escaped"

"With just a few of us trainee band members, we can only control those mindless dragonfish for a short time," Tinissa said.

“Why don’t you sing?”

"Gold Fin has formed half a regiment of sea cavalry specifically to deal with us. Except for the captain, all the others are deaf."

Tinisa said helplessly, "They are specially used to hunt the lyretail fishmen."

"How many people are there in a marine cavalry regiment?" Cheng Lang asked.

"A cavalry regiment of 500 people, and the half dedicated to capturing us consists of groups of 25 people." Tinisa replied, "They are almost the most powerful Siren raiding group in the Sea of ​​Despair.

"So where are you planning to escape to?" Cheng Lang asked.

"We want to go to the depths of the sea of ​​despair"

Tinisha said dejectedly, "We heard that the sea monster Lord Dunstan has awakened, and he has awakened with reason. We want to see if Lord Dunstan is willing to take us in."

"Dunstein?"

Cheng Lang asked doubtfully, "What kind of sea monster is that?"

"The name you humans gave to Lord Dunstein seems to be Swallow Island."

Tinisha said, "But we don't know where Lord Dunstan is, so we can only keep running in one direction. In fact, we have never left."

"So you didn't know that when you boarded my ship, you had actually already escaped to the outside of the Sea of ​​Despair?"

Cheng Lang asked with a strange look on his face. He didn't expect that there would be people with poor direction among the sirens.

"What did you say?"

Tinisha's eyes widened again, a look of fear on her delicate face. "No, no, no, no! Impossible! I was clearly following the sea chart to make my way! How could I possibly have ended up outside the Sea of ​​Despair? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You must be lying to me!"

"The place where you boarded the ship is near Exile Island. You know Exile Island, right?"

"Exile Island? The Island of Convicts? I know where it is!"

Tinisa said, "That is Lord Panini's territory. We are not allowed to enter his territory, otherwise we will be made into sweet fish sauce."

"Shen Te Ma Fish Sauce"

Cheng Lang cursed inwardly, then said, "We had just left the fog when you showed up."

After saying this, Tinisa's face turned even paler.

"Let's talk about Dragonfly Island."

Cheng Lang snapped his fingers at the other party, and Tinisha couldn't help but shudder and looked over subconsciously.

"That sea monster named Golden Fin, is he on Dragonfly Island now?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Yes, he must be on Dragonfish Island." Tinisha replied quickly.

She was just a mermaid with little combat power. If she didn't cooperate at this time, she would be asking for trouble.

"How many people are there on the island? How many subordinates does that Jin Fin have?" Cheng Lang continued to ask.

"There are only about 1,500 islanders."

Tinissa replied, "Most of them are weak sirens and half-blood sailors, with a few human sailors. Jin Fin has 1800 sea cavalry under his command alone."

"Are they all on the island?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Except for the sea troopers who were chasing us, the rest are on the island," Tinisa replied.

"If the seven of you give your all, how many sirens can you influence with your singing?" Cheng Lang asked with a smile after thinking for a moment. He had a crazy idea.

“As long as our voices can be heard, there’s no limit to the number of people.”

Tinisha answered subconsciously, and at the same time, her big sea-blue eyes looked straight at Cheng Lang. She had vaguely heard something.

"Do you want to cooperate?" Cheng Lang directly extended an olive branch to the other party.

"How...how do we cooperate?" After saying this, Tinisha swallowed nervously. She felt like her heart was about to jump out.

"How about we work together to solve that Golden Fin thing?" Cheng Lang urged, "and then you need to do me a small favor."

"What's the favor?" asked Tinisha.

"I want some dragonfish fins for my boat"

"I can not help you"

Tinissa spread her hands. "We can control the dragonflies, but we can only control them to fight any sirens or pirates who want to attack Dragonfly Island. But we don't know how to attach the dragonfly fins to the boat. And even controlling the dragonflies is not something a trainee band like us can do easily."

"As long as we deal with the Golden Fin Siren raiding group, you can find a way to provide some dragonfly fins that meet the requirements, how about it?" Cheng Lang said as he extended his hand to the other party.

"make a deal!"

Still hiding in the oak barrel, Tinisha also stretched out her wet slender arms and shook hands with Cheng Lang, and asked, "So when are you planning to go to Dragonfly Island? We can't wait too long..."

"Two days"

Cheng Lang let go of the other person's hand and wiped the water stains on his pants. As he walked out, he said, "We will be able to reach Dragonfly Island in two days. You'd better stay awake before then."

"Two or two days?!" Tinisha's tone was obviously much more flustered. "We must have entered the territory of Jin Fin! He will..."

"Don't worry, they can't find us." Cheng Lang said as he walked out of the lower cabin.

Of course he was confident. He had nothing to do during the past few days as a mute, not to mention the beautiful goldfish behind him who were always drunk and had no idea what was going on.

Even the sea horses responsible for pulling the Valkyrie forward contributed a few drops of their blood to the Queen's protective oil lamp.

If this could be discovered by that Golden Fin, Poseidon's wife would be so embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)