Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 74 Creating God
In the dressing mirror, the dragonfly fins of the Valkyrie swung rapidly, easily cutting through the zombies who were only aware of crawling onto the ship. A layer of solidified flesh and blood gradually accumulated around the ship.

"Okay, stop."

Before the Silver Queen finished her words, the zombies that had almost surrounded the Valkyrie stopped and stood still again.

Seeing this, Cheng Lang also controlled the dragonfly fin through the center of the boat to stop the swinging.

"Can we talk slowly?" Cheng Lang asked.

"What do you want to know?" asked the Silver Queen in the mirror.

"I just said that"

Cheng Lang tapped the lid of the music box gently. "I want to know what happened on this island, and I also want to know the difficulties you are facing."

"Since you are not in a hurry, let's start from a long time ago."

The Silver Queen sighed, "It was too long ago, it must have been two hundred years ago or even earlier.

The ship I was on accidentally discovered a shipwreck full of treasure and an internal conflict broke out. I witnessed almost the entire process of the internal conflict with my own eyes, and also witnessed the entire process of the ship becoming a ghost ship.

"How did you survive?"

Cheng Lang asked, "I mean, how did you become like this? Shouldn't you have been swallowed by the heart of the ghost ship?"

"I hid in the masthead during the internal strife."

The Silver Queen said, "After that ship turned into a ghost ship, I knew I would be devoured sooner or later, so I chose to commit suicide."

At this point, the Silver Queen in the mirror shook her head miserably, "I died, but I survived as a ghost.

Soon after that, the ghost ship sailed into the mists. Someone made me into the Dancing Box, and I've been placed on that stone ever since.

During these two hundred years, every now and then a ship would enter the fog, and then, bewitched by my horrific experience, would start killing each other and turn into a ghost ship.

The island would move from time to time, but it never left the Sea of ​​Despair."

"Do you know how to move this island?" Cheng Lang asked immediately.

"do not know"

The Silver Queen said, "But I guess it has something to do with the sea monster's corpse under this island. Every time this ship needs to be moved, someone will come by boat and enter the sea monster's corpse."

"The corpse of a sea monster? How do you know there's a corpse of a sea monster under this island?" Cheng Lang asked, "What kind of people are they? How did they get in?"

“That’s what we need to negotiate.”

The Silver Queen said, "I need you to break the Wrath Dance Box. This is my only request."

"I have to know the consequences of doing this," Cheng Lang said cautiously, "How about you release my companions first?"

"That's my only bargaining chip," Silver Emperor refused decisively.

"He's my first mate, too. I have to listen to his opinions," Cheng Lang said. "Or at least let him participate in the discussion."

After a moment's hesitation, a pale green figure with a bruised face and disheveled clothes appeared in the mirror.

"Respected and honorable Captain, I am finally able to speak to you."

The magic mirror cried bitterly and said, "Thank goodness you didn't smash the Wrath Dance Magic Box, otherwise you might never see me again."

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Lang asked curiously, but at the same time he became alert. In contrast, the Silver Queen in the mirror didn't seem to care about it.

"This crazy woman wants to release the monster from the box!"

"That's not a monster, that's my child!"

The Silver Queen suddenly became excited, and the magic mirror in the mirror was grabbed by the neck by an invisible big hand and lifted up.

"That's your child, not mine! Why should we die with you!" the magic mirror retorted.

"Snapped!"

Cheng Lang simply closed the Wrath Dance Magic Box, then opened it again and asked, "Can someone give me an explanation?"

After a moment's wait, the magic mirror's voice came from the mirror, "Please allow me to explain, dear Captain, I have reached a temporary settlement with the Silver Queen."

The magic mirror stretched out its tattered dress and explained, "The Silver Queen is the Mist Spirit, and the Mist Spirit is the Silver Queen, but the Mist Spirit and the Silver Queen gave birth to a child."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Cheng Lang asked in confusion.

"In short, everything here was deliberately arranged by someone."

The magic mirror said, "Have you noticed the Silver Queen's appearance? I suspect... I suspect her memories of the ghost ship are all false. Perhaps her soul is stitched together like her own."

"Sewing souls? They started planning this two hundred years ago?"

Cheng Lang frowned. "If they had started preparing so early, how could we have gotten here so easily?"

"Normally, the only person who can sail a boat to the island is usually the captain."

It was the Silver Queen who suddenly appeared in the mirror who said this, "In all these years, except for those who manage this island, no ship has ever sailed here with a full crew and all the people on board sober. Never."

"Let's continue talking about the children," Cheng Lang simply brought the topic back.

"I suspect the Silver Queen was sent here when Wu Ling was first born. At that time, Wu Ling was still an ignorant child, and was most easily tamed."

The magic mirror explained, "I don't know if it was intentional by the person who arranged all this, or if it was just a coincidence, but the Silver Queen and the Mist Spirit actually merged together.

But the fog spirit's body and consciousness are separate. One exists in the form of lake water, responsible for controlling the sea fog, while the other is locked in a magic box, responsible for bewitching people.

"So where is the child? What's going on with the child?" Cheng Lang asked.

“It just appeared one day.”

The Silver Queen snapped her fingers in the mirror as she spoke, and immediately afterwards, Cheng Lang noticed that the music box next to him began to rustle.

As it rotated, a light blue translucent shadow appeared on the music box.

Is this Tun Island?

Cheng Lang couldn't help but move closer. This shadow, which was the size of half a walnut, was indeed the Swallowing Island, but it was only the shell of the Swallowing Island.

However, there was also a little girl sitting on this shell, a little girl who looked almost exactly like the Silver Queen.

"Is it her?" Cheng Lang asked.

"is her"

The Silver Queen seemed much calmer now. "She has been trapped in the Dancing Box since she appeared. I raised her by feeding her with the fear of those sailors."

"So where is the problem?" Cheng Lang asked.

"The fear I drew from the sailors was no longer enough to feed her."

The Silver Queen said, "On the contrary, every movement of the island is draining her energy, and the people in charge of managing the island have discovered her. They seem to have decided to send someone to deal with the situation."

"Since you can control so many zombies, why don't you let them help you smash this music box?" Cheng Lang asked.

The Silver Queen shook her head helplessly, "Those living dead have no way of stepping into the lake formed by the mist spirits.

And although they are under my control, they are essentially controlled by the sounds emitted by the Dance of Wrath Magic Box. I am at most just the song played by this music box."

"So you should welcome us here."

Cheng Lang looked at the other party warily, "I don't feel any kindness?"

"bona fide?"

The Silver Queen shook her head. "How do I know if you are the ones sent by those people to deal with my child?"

"Now that things have been made clear, let's negotiate."

Cheng Lang knocked on the table and said, "First, I want to go into the shell of the island beneath it and take a look. Maybe I can take something away from it."

"I can't help you. I don't know how to get in." said the Silver Queen.

"My first mate might be able to help me."

Cheng Lang said, "If you can accept it, we will try it later."

"no problem"

This time, the Silver Queen agreed very readily. "Then can you help me open the magic box?"

"Don't worry"

Cheng Lang said, "Magic Mirror, do you have any better suggestions? Suggestions to keep the Silver Queen alive."

"Respected Captain, do you want to save her?"

The magic mirror exclaimed slightly exaggeratedly, "Oh! Valkyrie! You are still as kind and generous as ever." Just with this sentence, Cheng Lang was at least 90% sure that the magic mirror was the real thing.

"There is no conflict of interest between us, and we might even be allies."

Cheng Lang said truthfully, which was indeed the truth, "So I don't mind helping them."

“It’s not that there is no method, it’s just a little more complicated.”

The Magic Mirror knew it was time to show its worth, “On the other hand, Ms. Silver Queen, let me remind you.

Blowing up the magic box might indeed free your child, but there's also the risk that your child will die just like you if the magic box is destroyed."

"She won't die."

The Silver Queen said with near certainty, "She came from the belly of the sea monster's corpse. She can return there as long as she leaves the magic box. I'm sure she won't die."

"Can your child communicate?" Cheng Lang asked.

"She is too weak," the Silver Queen shook her head.

"Magic Mirror, tell us how to get them out of the magic box safely." Cheng Lang suggested.

"It's simple. Just get Ms. Silver Queen a bigger music box." The Magic Mirror said immediately, "Our ship is a good choice."

Fuck? That's not what I meant!

Cheng Lang quickly winked at the magic mirror, but unexpectedly, the latter seemed to have misunderstood and continued, "I have a wonderful method that can completely merge the Silver Queen and the Mist Spirit, and it can also allow your child to safely leave the magic box and return to the body of Swallow Island."

"What method?" asked the Silver Queen vigilantly.

"This requires the approval of my honorable captain," the magic mirror said flatteringly, sticking to the inside of the mirror, and winked at Cheng Lang.

"Before that, I want my first mate to go underwater and see if there's a way to get into the Swallow Island's shell."

Cheng Lang said, "Magic Mirror, if I take the Wrath Dance Magic Box and a mirror away from the Valkyrie, can we still communicate?"

"Of course"

The magic mirror replied, "My current state is very strange, as if I have been temporarily removed from the Valkyrie. Therefore, I should be able to communicate with you, and even your other crew members should be able to see me."

"Ms. Silver Queen, how about we work together to explore the interior of the shell of Swallow Island?" Cheng Lang made a sincere invitation.

After a brief hesitation, the Silver Queen nodded and said, "Okay."

Following her nod, the zombies that had originally gathered around the Valkyrie dispersed one after another, turning around and retreating slowly.

At the same time, Cheng Lang also picked up a mirror and the Magic Box of Wrathful Dance, turned around and walked out of the office.

"captain."

"Let's talk later. Guard the entire ship."

Cheng Lang didn't let Yun Ji finish her words. He quickly walked out of the stern deck and left the Valkyrie. He passed through the passage made by the zombies, walked to the edge of the island and jumped down.

Swimming to the bottom of the island again, Cheng Lang first looked at the magic mirror, and then aimed the mirror again and again at the ocean characters on the closed holes around the Swallowing Island.

After resurfacing, the magic mirror immediately said, "It's the almost disappeared ocean language, but I happen to recognize it."

"What does it say?" Cheng Lang asked.

"It's a sealing ritual, perhaps one that was completed during the time of Poseidon."

The magic mirror replied, "Dear Captain, please swim to the head of Swallow Island and attach the mirror there. Also, Ms. Silver Queen, I need to borrow some of your and your daughter's strength, at least a little bit."

"Will those dragonfly fins suddenly move?" Cheng Lang asked first.

"Probably not," the magic mirror gave an ambiguous answer, but at the same time subtly made a learned OK gesture towards him.

"Okay," the Silver Queen said again.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lang decisively dived into the sea again, then swam towards the head of the Swallow Island's shell, carefully bypassed those extremely dangerous dragonfly fins, and finally stood in front of the closed turtle shell hole.

After looking at the magic mirror again, Cheng Lang stuck it on the "door". At the same time, the music box in his hand began to turn.

After a moment, the music box stopped and the closed shell opened silently, but the surrounding sea water did not flow in.

Cheng Lang couldn't help but widen his eyes as he squeezed into the turtle shell in the same way as squeezing into the bladder of a ship.

The area here is almost the same size as the island above, but in the middle, in addition to a huge, pure black egg, there is also a person lying next to it.

Walking to the side of this person, Cheng Lang couldn't help but look at the mirror in his hand, and then looked at the person.

She has the silver-white hair and pointed ears typical of an elf, as well as a bunch of cute antlers that belong to the orc clan.

She had slender, scale-covered gill openings on either side of her neck. She was naked, so both Cheng Lang and the Silver Queen in the mirror could clearly see her human upper body and her lower body, which was identical to that of a merfolk. She even had two pairs of slender dragonfly fins on her back.

But because she was not wearing any clothes, they could clearly see the stitches all over her body - stitches made with tassels.

"So, I'm really not a surviving ghost of the ghost ship disaster?" The Silver Queen murmured to herself.

"Magic Mirror, can you explain it?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Whether you believe it or not, someone is trying to create a god." The magic mirror said in a serious tone.

"Creating a god?" Cheng Lang frowned.

"Creating a new Poseidon," said the magic mirror, "perhaps this is the only explanation."

“So my child.”

"Then I'm afraid it really is your child."

The magic mirror said, "Use the blank sheet of mist spirit as a canvas, and use you to imbue the mist spirit with your own, shaping a complete soul. At the same time, use this sea monster as nourishment to nourish this pieced-together body."

After a brief pause, the magic mirror said quietly, "When you completely merge with the mist spirit, that is when you merge with this body, and that is when you successfully create a god.

But an accident happened. That child, maybe she came from you, maybe from Wuling, maybe from Swallow Island, or maybe from all of them. In short, she was an accident."

Most of the children died due to accidents, Cheng Lang muttered secretly.

"I finally understand why I was suddenly pulled away from the Valkyrie."

The Magic Mirror said thankfully, "Hundreds of years, and all that Saint Barbaya has poured into me, have made me a complete soul, a soul more suited to this body than the Silver Queen."

"So you want to be this god?" Cheng Lang asked without comment.

"god?"

The magic mirror snorted, "It's just a dog on a leash. Look at all those fine stitches. I can't even count how many bridles it used.

With so many reins, let alone a man-made god, even if Poseidon came, he would probably struggle for a while."

He's even got his tendons stripped out, so what's the point of struggling?
Cheng Lang cursed inwardly, then asked, "So what's the situation now?"

"It depends on the choice of the Silver Queen"

The magic mirror said, "Silver Queen, this is your territory. You and your children are free to leave the music box. But I am trapped inside."

Before he finished speaking, a light blue shadow, about two or three meters tall, appeared in front of him, pulling a little girl riding on a turtle shell, who was about the same height as Cheng Lang.

"What choice do I have?" asked the Silver Queen.

"You should be thankful to have met me, the all-knowing and all-powerful Saint Barbaya Magic Mirror."

In the mirror held by Cheng Lang, the magic mirror said confidently, "You can choose to become a god. As long as you absorb your child and her pet, you can sit up immediately. But in return, you will be controlled by your creator for the rest of your life."

"I want my child to survive," said the Silver Queen without thinking.

“I can do that, too.”

The Magic Mirror said, "Captain, how about using our Valkyrie to build a new Dancing Box for the Silver Queen to live in?"

"Is there any benefit?" Cheng Lang asked bluntly.

"certainly"

The Magic Mirror nodded, "The Silver Queen and her daughter will become lifelong sailors of the Valkyrie."

"Are you still going to lose your freedom?" the Silver Queen taunted.

"Don't act like you can survive if you leave the magic box. We simply provide you with a stronger and freer box. It's your own box. Whether you're willing to protect it or not is up to you. No one will force you to do it."

The magic mirror said, "Whether it's the Sea of ​​Stars or the Sea of ​​Despair, there is never absolute freedom. More often than not, absolute freedom is equivalent to absolute chaos."

"Can my child survive?" the Silver Queen asked after a moment's silence. "What do I need to do?"

"Of course"

The magic mirror said casually, "Since they created a god, why don't we create one too? Let's create a Valkyrie!"

(End of this chapter)