Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 65 Fulfilling the Promise
Under the cold moonlight, the Valkyrie sailed lightly out of the thick sea fog on the sea surface. After circling the not-so-big Dragonfly Island, it finally stopped at the previous docking location.

After this "test drive", he also found that in addition to speed, the handling feel of the Valkyrie had been significantly improved.

Especially when Shenba was helping to steer the boat, he could clearly see that the slender fins underwater would swing accordingly to assist in turning when the steering wheel turned.

"From now on, just slowly get used to your ship. I'll leave the sea troopers to you."

As Wilton spoke, he glanced at the sailors wearing wide cloaks and asphalt cloth armor, then stepped onto the gangplank that Shenba had helped build and walked onto the dock.

"Don't worry," Cheng Lang promised standing on the deck, "We will deal with them."

"Young captain, could you give us the sea horses you caught?" Wilton, who had already stepped onto the gangway, turned around and asked.

"Of course, they are all the property of Dragonfish Island from now on."

Cheng Lang nodded happily. Now his boat was much more powerful, and those sea horses pulling the boat were naturally useless.

"You are such a generous captain"

Wilton thanked him gratefully, then met up with his wife who was waiting for him on the shore, and together they walked into the interior of the island.

"Did you feel it just now?" Wilton asked in a low voice to his merman wife.

"no"

His wife shook her head. "I can't sense your presence at all. If it weren't for the conch whistle, I probably wouldn't have been able to find you at all."

"The light may be on that boat," Wilton stopped and whispered.

"you sure?"

His wife also stopped and said, "We need to inform Liu."

"And the sailors and ropes on that ship"

Wilton whispered, "I'm almost certain it was a vine mandrill."

"So it was that ship that found Count Walesa's treasure?" His wife's tone became more and more surprised.

"that's not important"

Wilton's tone was filled with excitement, "But I don't think we need to inform the wandering circus."

"Why?" his wife asked in confusion.

"Why betray one friend for another and then watch the two friends clash?"

Wilton spread his hands. "As long as we pretend we didn't notice anything, we'll have a new friend, right?"

"Why haven't I seen you so keen on making friends before?"

"Before, at most, they only had eyes for the Dragonfly Island and the dragonfly fins."

Wilton looked at the drunken islanders in the distance and said, "But only the wandering circus and the young captain don't regard us as their ultimate goal. Only they can be friends who won't bring us danger."

"Speaking of this, do you think the wandering circus will come to help us?" Wilton's wife asked worriedly.

“I guess they’ll come.”

Wilton said firmly, "Compared to these, let's go find that black elf and ask him how to cultivate those ingredients. This is the most important thing. I have a strong feeling that compared to dragonfly fins, those fresh ingredients are the treasures that can truly change the situation in the sea."

"You haven't given up that route yet?" Wilton's wife asked after a moment's silence.

Upon hearing this, Wilton fell silent. After a long moment, he stopped and said, "One day, I will return there. I must see what lies behind that terrifying fog."

"I go with you"

"Okay!" Wilton responded vigorously.

On the deck of the Honest Man, Cheng Lang, who had just arrived from the Valkyrie, looked at the small-time sailors standing all over the deck, then looked at the small-time sailor standing in the front with a bandage on his head, and finally asked the pirate brother standing behind him.

"All back," the pirate brothers responded in unison.

Hearing this, Cheng Lang pulled out a cup of Poseidon's blood from his pocket and pinched it between his fingers. "You all already know that as long as a mixed-blood sailor drinks a cup of Poseidon's blood as soon as possible, there is a chance that he will randomly transform into a human or a siren. I have told you this since I found out."

"Yes!"

The mixed-race sailors shouted in response, their voices beginning to tremble with excitement.

"You all know that I made a promise before I fought the Sea Troopers."

Cheng Lang shook the blood of Poseidon in his hand and said, "The bravest sailor will be rewarded with a cup of Poseidon's blood."

"Yes!" the sailors responded loudly again excitedly.

“Now is the time to deliver on that promise.”

Cheng Lang said, looking at the small sailor standing outside the queue, "What's your name? Tell everyone what you did."

“I named myself White Bread”

The small-time sailor excitedly said, "I was the first sailor from the Honest Man to rush into the island. I killed one of the Siren Goldfin's henchmen! I also knocked out another one, even though the one I knocked out was already covered in mushrooms."

"What else?" Cheng Lang asked with a smile.

"besides."

The small-time sailor who called himself White Bread scratched the gill holes on his neck and said somewhat helplessly, "Then black mushrooms grew on my body. I hugged another siren and blocked his gill holes with the mushrooms on my arms. Then I fainted."

Amidst the laughter of the surrounding sailors, Cheng Lang handed the cup of Poseidon's blood to the other party and said, "This cup of Poseidon's blood is yours. Drink it."

"Thank you Captain!"

Baimianbao quickly took the small wine glass from Cheng Lang's hand, then tremblingly leaned his head over and drank the blue blood in the glass.

Under the moonlight, as many sailors watched, the blue blood of Poseidon enveloped the small-time sailor White Bread. When the blood disappeared, the sailor turned into a giant egg.

As everyone watched, a dull knocking sound came from inside the egg.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Snap!"

After just a few strokes, an arm covered with dark green scales clenched into a fist and punched out from inside.

When the arm was retracted, a large amount of mucus flowed out from it, but the two dark green arms smashed the eggshell again and again.

Finally, the crew member Whitebread crawled out of the cracked eggshell, and then without saying anything, he jumped into the sea in a rage.

"Pfft!"

Amidst the splashing water, everyone on the deck looked at each other in bewilderment. However, the merman Tinisha and her band members, who had followed Cheng Lang to join in the fun, were not surprised.

"Don't worry, he's just taking a shower," Tinisa explained, holding a glass of juice. "Although the process was brief, it was actually very painful for the mixed-blood sailors. The egg liquid was highly corrosive to their skin before it broke through the shell."

"How do you know?" Shenba, who also came to watch the fun, asked curiously.

“This is Dragonfly Island.”

Tinisha pointed to the nearby roundabout and said, "Which of the mixed-race islanders here wouldn't want to get a cup of Poseidon's blood? I've seen them drink Poseidon's blood many times."

As soon as Dinisha finished explaining, the sailor she named "White Bread" climbed back onto the deck using the rope net.

At this time, White Bread's neck, arms, and legs were covered with a large amount of dark blue scales, and even his body became a little taller.

"captain."

Whitebread had barely begun to speak when Cheng Lang waved his hand, turned around, and walked towards the gangway, saying, "You are the first, but you will definitely not be the last, to drink Poseidon's blood. The celebrations that follow belong to you. As for the thanks, they are reserved for your bravery and loyalty to the fleet."

After saying the nice words he had prepared in advance, Cheng Lang simply left the Honest Man, adhering to the principle that a real man never looks back at an explosion.

"The captain promised more than just a cup of Poseidon's blood," said Yun Ji, who was waiting for him halfway.

"There is also a hypocritical mask"

Cheng Lang said, taking out a hypocritical mask from his pocket and handing it to Yun Ji, "You go to the island alone and kill Jin Fin, this mask is yours."

After taking the mask and spinning it around a few times with her fingertips, Yun Ji said, "It's enough for me that you can produce the mask, so this mask should be given to Yafuso."

"give her?"

Cheng Lang looked at Yun Ji in surprise, "You don't want to keep it for yourself?"

“I’m not in that rush.”

Yun Ji said confidently, "I have enough ways to hide myself."

"Rewarding based on merit really doesn't suit me."

Cheng Lang muttered something in his native language, a language only he could understand. Then, without waiting for Yun Ji to finish, he waved his hand and pulled out two more masks from his pocket, stuffing them in his pocket and saying, "Forget it, one for each of you. You can find a way to get the blood of Poseidon on your own."

Seeing Yun Ji's eyes wide open with a look of disbelief, Cheng Lang, who believed that she must be impressed by his handsomeness, waved his hand casually and said as he walked into the roundabout, "Give them the money yourself. Don't bother me with this kind of thing. I'm very busy."

"Where did this fool come from?"

Yun Ji muttered incoherently, and then couldn't help but look at the three hypocritical masks in her hands.

For such a mask, her father lost his life, and she and her siblings were almost used as raw materials by the demon hunting group. Now it was given to her so easily, and three at a time. This made her feel like she was dreaming for a moment.

After a long time, Yun Ji took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, then took the three masks and ran lightly following the captain's back into the island.

That night, the sailors who returned to the Honest Man performed their watch with unprecedented seriousness, and the sailor who named himself White Bread was even given the position of deck captain.

Similarly, on the third floor of the island, in the several rooms allocated to Cheng Lang and others, the three dark elves were also excitedly studying the hypocritical masks in their hands. This was almost every dark elf's dream!
Regardless of how his crew members felt, Cheng Lang slept particularly soundly.

Now that the Valkyrie has been equipped with the dragonfly fins as they wished, they just need to deal with the remaining sea cavalry before they can go to the Misty Island deep in the Sea of ​​Despair.

I don't know if that fellow villager left any treasure for me.
In such expectation, Cheng Lang was immersed in the dream of finding that fellow villager. This not-so-big island and the surrounding sea area were gradually shrouded by dark clouds while everyone was sleeping.

"Boom--!"

As the dull thunder sounded, torrential rain covered Dragonfly Island and the surrounding sea.

Cheng Lang subconsciously turned over and sat up, looking around blankly before regaining consciousness. At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed outside the window.

"Bang bang bang!"

At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door, followed by Shenba's cry, "Captain! The Sea Troopers have appeared! Captain! Wake up!"

"I woke up!"

Cheng Lang shuddered and quickly responded, "Quick! Notify everyone!"

Before he finished speaking, warning bells rang out from all over Dragonfly Island.

By the time he got dressed and hurried out, the inside of the roundabout was already brightly lit.

"Sea cavalry have appeared all around the island!" Yun Ji reminded Cheng Lang as soon as she saw him come out.

"Return to the ship!" Cheng Lang shouted an order, "Distribute our spare weapons to the islanders!"

"Captain, do you have any fish oil?!" Wilton also ran over at this time, "Enough fish oil!"

"Have!"

Cheng Lang shouted as he ran to the boat outside the island, "What are you going to do with it?"

"Set fire!" Wilton shouted back.

"Bring people to move!" Cheng Lang made the decision without asking any questions.

"Salaso! Organize people to transport the fish oil!" Wilton immediately shouted and issued an order.

Suddenly, four or five hundred islanders came running over.

In the pouring rain, Cheng Lang and his crew ran back to the Valkyrie as quickly as possible, and then directed Tengxiao to move all the fish oil out of the cabin and hand it to the islanders on the dock. They then relayed it back to the interior of the island and dumped it directly into the hatchery.

"ignition!"

Almost at the same time as the Valkyrie and the Honest Man raised their sails, Wilton also issued orders with a loudspeaker.

As the order was given, several torches were thrown into the incubation pool, and the sea fish oil immediately evaporated into flickering flames in the heavy rain.

At the same time, Cheng Lang also skillfully manipulated the hull to sink the ship below the sea surface, while the Honest Man, with the Tinisha Band who hurriedly boarded the ship, moved to the top of the Valkyrie.

A moment later, as the sea water under the cover of night was dyed black by ink, the Tinisa Band, as well as other bands on the island, were ready to perform.

"start!"

Just as the first wave of sea cavalry rushed onto the Dragonfly Island, Cheng Lang, who was standing on the open-air bridge at the stern of the ship, and Wilton, who was standing at the highest point of the island, gave orders one after another.

Within a split second, the bands on the island and the Honest Man began to play, and the islanders and the smaller sailors also began to sing in chorus.

Even Cheng Lang squeezed out the courage of the boat and swung the whip to throw out the deadly poison.

Just as the first Marine cavalryman emerged from the waterway under the hatchery and was covered in a layer of burning fish oil, he emerged from the water.

Just as the siren that rushed into the black sea water turned into dry bones, several schools of fish consisting of more than a hundred dragonflies also rushed over at a speed that could be called terrifying.

On this night of thunder and rain and blood, around Dragonfish Island, schools of fish formed huge whirlpools as they swam, easily crushing everything around them - including the Sea Cavalry.

(End of this chapter)