Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 81 Dividing the spoils
While Gotland's Dreadnought Fleet was busy catching thieves on the battlefield, Cheng Lang had already picked up the first piece of armor in the Valkyrie's conference room.

This is a necklace whose material cannot be identified. The pendant of the necklace is a black feather that is only half the size of the little finger. However, this feather looks like it is soaked with sticky blood, as if a drop will drip down at any time. But when you touch it with your hand, you can't feel anything.

Without even asking, the magic mirror explained, "This is a rare piece of armor called the Night Raven Messenger. The feather comes from a rare species of night raven."

"Night Raven Messenger?"

Cheng Lang glanced at Yun Ji, who had been staring at the necklace in his hand, and asked curiously, "What is the use of this thing?"

"It is the most coveted weapon of all battle dancers"

It was Yun Ji who explained, "It can eliminate the noise made by the wearer, but every time it is used, it must be filled with blood. It is said that if it is full of blood, it will have other incredible abilities.

But if it fails to drink blood even just once, it will begin to suck the wearer's blood. And it only needs one time to drain all the blood from the wearer."

"Miss Yunji is right," the magic mirror complimented, "This kind of thing is already very rare. The last time I saw it was hundreds of years ago."

A silencer?

Cheng Lang found a way that he could understand, then pushed the necklace to Yun Ji who was sitting opposite him, and said nonchalantly, "It's yours."

"Mine?" Yun Ji looked at Cheng Lang in astonishment. "I've already gained the benefits of this battle. How could you take it so easily?"

“Things are meant to be used”

Cheng Lang explained nonchalantly, "Instead of keeping it as a reward for the next battle, it's better to put it to use first. We never know when we'll encounter a battle, and I can't give it to you then, right?"

"This"

After a moment of hesitation, Yun Ji picked up the necklace, walked around the table and sat next to Cheng Lang, "Please put it on me."

"I, I, I will help you?" Cheng Lang asked in surprise.

“Only you can help her.”

The magic mirror explained, "This thing was originally designed and manufactured by an assassination organization of battle dancers to prevent rebellion and to maintain mutual trust.

Battle dancers who join this assassination organization cannot put on or take off the Night Raven Messenger necklace by themselves; these two actions can only be performed with the help of their companions.

"Whether you take it off or put it on, your most fatal weakness will be exposed to your companions." Yun Ji, who was sitting next to Cheng Lang, added as she lifted her long hair and grasped it on top of her head.

"gollum"

Cheng Lang, who had never experienced this before, swallowed his saliva secretly. He picked up the small necklace in the other person's palm and carefully put it on the neck of this beautiful yet powerful black elf. At the same time, he changed the subject and asked, "Does that assassination organization still exist?"

“It has already been wiped out.”

Yun Ji released the long black hair she was clutching and explained with a thick layer of sarcasm, "Those conceited pointed-eared people were all frozen in the ice core after their plot to control the Frost Duchy's royal family was exposed. It's said that they were all built into the foundation of the Frost Duchy's palace."

"A novel way to die"

Seeing that Yun Ji did not sit back down opposite him, Cheng Lang simply picked up the second piece of armor.

This piece of armor is quite large. It is a huge sickle. The handle made of unknown metal alone is nearly two meters long, and the blade of the sickle is more than one meter long.

Not only that, the handle and blade of this sickle are each inlaid with two armor pieces.

“It’s a weapon.”

The magic mirror said something nonsense, "It seems to be specially used to deal with ship cables and sails."

After trying to pick it up, Cheng Lang quickly gave up. It was too heavy, heavier than an adult.

"Shenba, give it a try."

Cheng Lang made a decision casually. He thought that Shenba was probably the only one on their ship who could handle this thing.

Before he finished speaking, Shenba, who had been sitting obediently opposite him, immediately stood up and picked up the huge sickle with one hand.

"Woo——"

Shenba hid by the window and tried to swing the sickle, but unexpectedly, although the sickle didn't hit anything, it easily cut open a floor-to-ceiling window.

This unexpected effect also made Shenba's eyes widen, but soon, he seemed to understand something. The sickle in his hand, which was almost as tall as him, shrank rapidly and eventually became about the same size as a flintlock pistol.

"It seems you have got a good weapon," Cheng Lang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Captain!" Shenba said excitedly. At the same time, little crabs crawled out from the floor-to-ceiling window behind him and began to repair the mess he had made.

Waving his hand nonchalantly, Cheng Lang picked up the third piece of armor. This thing was quite special. It was actually a pair of large scissors.

"What is this?"

Cheng Lang asked with a strange look on his face. This pair of scissors was not only engraved with intricate and beautiful floral patterns, but also had the emblem of the Principality of Rika - a furnace flowing out of golden water and a high-heeled cup to catch the golden water.

What's even more strange is that a golden sewing needle can be pulled out from the handle of one side of the scissors, while a spool without thread is fixed on the other side.

"This armor is related to Princess Bakra, who married King Boerland."

This time, it was Yun Ji who explained, "These are Princess Bakla's Life Scissors. They were accidentally forged by Mr. Kubiqi, the Royal Armor Master who works for Rika. He hasn't been able to successfully forge a second pair yet."

"Princess Bakra's Life Scissors?"

Cheng Lang picked up the scissors and examined them carefully. "How did this thing appear on the flagship of the Boerlan Demon Hunter Group?"

"The Pirate Library clearly records that these Life Scissors were given as a gift by Princess Bakla to her chief bodyguard and physician, Yunqi."

Yun Ji explained, "It is said that this pair of scissors can not only keep the branches of plants vigorous for a certain period of time after cutting them, but also can keep the vitality of animals even if parts of their limbs are cut off. It can even sew the severed limbs back together through the sewing needle.

If Lika hadn't created a second pair of these Life Scissors, the Principality of Lika would have gone to war with the Principality of the Elf long ago."

"Why would the two of them start a war over a pair of scissors?" Shenba, who had been fiddling with the sickle after sitting down again, asked in confusion.

“This is a revolution in medical technology”

This time it was Cheng Lang who answered the other party's doubts. He had seen Mr. Lu Ting of the Flamingo removing the bullet for Gerta.

The process was not only disgusting, but at least there were no sanitary measures in place.

But this magical pair of scissors opened up a new medical direction in such a primitive and simple medical era - surgical suture.

“You’re right”

Yun Ji nodded. "It was precisely to avoid war that Princess Bakla gave it to her chief guard, Yun Qi, an elf who had been recognized by the Verdant Sacred Tree and had fully learned the elven medical system."

At this point, Yun Ji added, "Even so, not long after that, Mr. Kubiqi, the armor-refining master of Rica, died in an accident while refining armor."

"The elves did it?" Cheng Lang frowned. It seemed that the elves had never done anything good during this journey. "There is no evidence that the elves did it."

Yun Ji replied, "Some bards even believe it might have been the work of the Lika royal family or some other faction, or even that it was truly an accident. Furthermore, the captain of the guard, Yun Qi, was married to a Lika prince over ten years ago."

"So this pair of scissors is the only one?" Cheng Lang asked.

“It’s probably the only one, but everything has a price.”

Yun Ji explained, "If you're just using it to prune or propagate plants, it's fine. But if it's an animal—of course, that includes humans, orcs, elves, or sirens—in short, if it's an animal, it needs watering."

"The blood of Poseidon, right?" Cheng Lang asked as expected.

"It's the blood of the person who used these scissors"

This time, Yun Ji gave an unexpected answer, "But how did this pair of scissors appear here? Could it be that Yun Qi was also on that flagship?"

"Maybe it has something to do with those springs."

Cheng Lang had a vague guess about something, but he never figured it out, let alone grasp the flash of inspiration in his mind.

Even so, amidst everyone's surprised and stunned expressions, he simply pushed the scissors to Yafuso who was sitting on the other side, "Keep these scissors!"

"Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me?" Yafuso asked stutteringly, pointing her finger at herself.

"Here you go."

Cheng Lang said proudly, "Aren't those poisonous mushrooms you picked rotten again? Maybe you can try using these scissors."

"Thank you Captain!"

As the little girl Yafuso was speaking, she jumped up, grabbed the beautiful pair of scissors, and then even gave Cheng Lang a kiss on the face as a thank you.

But soon, she realized something was wrong, "Wait! You just said that those poisonous mushrooms I picked were rotten again?! How come I didn't know?!"

"The magic mirror told me"

Cheng Lang pointed at the miserable green figure in the mirror. The magic mirror had mentioned this little thing when they were busy salvaging the shipwreck.

"I'm going to take a look!"

Before Yafuso finished her words, she hurriedly left the meeting room with the scissors that were almost as long as her arm.

"return"

Cheng Lang wiped the saliva off his face in disgust, then took out a cup of Poseidon's blood and handed it to the little girl, "This is your battle bonus. I will give your share of gold coins to Gerta later."

"Thank you Captain!"

After saying this, Yafuso took the cup of Poseidon's blood and ran away in a hurry.

"Next is the treasure map."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he also took out three more cups of Poseidon's blood and distributed them to Yun Ji and Shen Ba, brother and sister, as well as Gerta, who got a bonus just for listening to the fun.

After the three of them collected their battle bonuses, Cheng Lang also picked up a treasure map and opened it, saying with great anticipation, "It's time to see what treasures are hidden in these two treasure maps."

Before he finished speaking, the first treasure map was opened and displayed on the wall that served as a large screen.

The content on this treasure map is quite simple, just a well.

"Is this the Fountain of Repentance?!" Shenba asked excitedly, "Could it be that this treasure map points to the Fountain of Repentance?!"

"The Fountain of Repentance is a spring, but this is a well," Yun Ji reminded.

"Okay." Shenba sat down disappointedly.

"It's okay. Tell us what you think. After all, this is just a part of the puzzle on this treasure map."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already opened the second treasure map. Compared with the previous one, this treasure map showed a ball of flame.

"What is this?" Shenba was at a loss as he looked at the second treasure map displayed on the wall.

"The treasure map puzzle is not so easy to solve"

Yun Ji said, "What do you think, Mr. Magic Mirror?"

"I'm very sorry, Miss Yunji," the magic mirror said apologetically, "I'm not good at solving treasure map puzzles."

"I'll leave this matter to you," Cheng Lang said, pushing both treasure maps to the other party. He was too lazy to think about this matter.

"I will try my best to find the answer to the puzzle," replied Yun Ji. This is the job of a wandering poet.

"Okay, that's the end of the spoils-sharing meeting." Cheng Lang clapped his hands. "I'm going to take a bath now. Uncle Gerta, I'm sorry I don't have much to share with you this time. Let's wait for next time."

"I'm already satisfied," Gerta said quickly. "Thanks to the Silver Queen at the helm, I don't even need to steer anymore, so how can I get more?"

"Whether we can eat fresh vegetables depends entirely on you."

Cheng Lang smiled and interrupted the other party's guilt. "It's been so long, I'm tired of eating bean sprouts and mushrooms. Uncle Gerta, find a way to get some other vegetables!"

"give it to me!"

Gerta made a promise as if he had been injected with chicken blood, "I will definitely let everyone eat other fresh vegetables!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you guys from now on. I'm going to take a bath."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he picked up the iron rubber blood core on the table, and then called on the gorillas to help him carry the Fountain of Repentance back to his bedroom. By the way, he also asked Yun Ji to come and take away the 1,000 gold coins as dividends.

"What should I do?" Cheng Lang asked the magic mirror after Yun Ji left.

“very simple”

The magic mirror said, "Just take off all your clothes and soak in it. Remember to close the lid from the inside."

"And do you have to close the lid from the inside?"

Cheng Lang was stunned for a moment, but then he prepared himself nonchalantly, because he was given the ability to breathe underwater by the core of the ship.

After locking the door, Cheng Lang was too lazy to even pull the curtains. He took off all his clothes, then pushed open the heavy "coffin lid" and walked in barefoot.

At the beginning, apart from feeling that the water temperature of the Fountain of Repentance was a little cold, he didn't feel anything unusual.

However, when he was asked to squat down and use his back to support the coffin lid to close it, an accident happened!

(End of this chapter)