The Devil Inside

It was Marinus.

He looked at the only man in the room and said with a fake smile: "Are you Mr. Han?"

Han Solo looked at him and said, "Yes, I do. What can I do for you, Excellency?"

"Haha, no advice. Just something I want you to see."

Marinus smiled and turned sideways, motioning Han Solo and the others to follow him.

"What is it?" Han Solo asked.

"Something you're interested in. I heard about the audition. I'm afraid you all came here for that S.

"It's a level 1 commission - hunting sea monsters."

"Yes."

There is nothing to deny; it is common knowledge.

Han Solo looked at the seemingly unfathomable man in front of him and felt inexplicably resistant.

Suppressing his discomfort, he asked again, "You are the owner of the secret port. Do you have exclusive information?"

"That's right. Please follow me! It's hard for me to explain it to you with just words."

Is that so? Han Solo stood up and decided to see it with his own eyes.

Ten years ago, Lorenzo came here and became the commander of the foreign legion.

Marinus received the news while on the run, and dragged his broken body for thousands of miles to meet Lorenzo.

Because of the friendship between colleagues, Marinus' situation at the time was also sympathetic. Even though they had never been close friends before, Lorenzo still used his power to clear out this secret port in the name of combating smuggling, and then supported Marinus to take power.

This is not an easy task.

Fortunately, the original owner of the secret port did commit many evil things, and fortunately Lorenzo was a noble foreign officer.

After taking over, Marinas managed the business with great care.

Within two years, the fame of this secret port was no longer limited to Sturgeon Town, but spread to farther places and was known by more important characters.

The ships that come and go here are not loaded with fish, but with more profitable and more dangerous goods.

thus.

Marinus not only gathered a group of hundreds of engravers, but also turned the secret port into a "

.-fortress.

Deep in the cave.

"clang."

The ground was soft and wet one moment and steel plates the next.

Han Solo was secretly shocked.

With the dim light of the fluorite, he saw a secret building made of all steel structure hidden deep in the cave.

From time to time, there was a heavy and loud collision sound, which should be the sound of some large machinery operating.

"Ka, ka-.-

The sound of gears meshing roared.

With the instruction of Marinus, several strong men worked together to push the winch wrapped with steel cables to open the road leading to the underground.

"Incredible."

Viola was a little surprised.

Seven or eight steps away, the iron door upside down on the steel platform moved left and right driven by a winch, revealing the world underneath.

It was a huge underground space illuminated by a dark green light, with cold and damp air flowing through it, chilling and biting.

"Guys, please."

Marinus took the lead and stepped onto the stairs leading underground.

As he walked, he began to introduce himself, with a hint of pride in his tone: "I used to be a member of the Imperial Army.

Mainly in charge of the interrogations. It was a really fun time—and I don’t mean the torture.”

"Why is it torture—"

Leila complained quietly.

Marinas smiled and said, "Because there are many eccentrics among the imperial vanguards, and Her Excellency Isabella knows this. They have outstanding knowledge and a wide range of interests, and they form small circles privately.

There is a circle called the 'Suture Club' which is particularly interesting, and I am also a member of it! ”

"Stitching Club?"

Han Solo frowned and looked at Isabella: "What kind of club is that?"

Isabella knew nothing, and her face was full of confusion: "Generally speaking, I don't interfere with the private lives of my subordinates. The selection standards of the Empire's vanguards have always been very high. Even in very difficult times, we have not lowered our status to recruit people casually.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could see at the time that the Imperial Vanguard had no future.

Therefore, the talents recruited have high academic qualifications, but they all have more or less problems in other aspects.

The Suture Society is one of the best.

This is an extremely evil organization that specializes in researching how to create powerful "Chimera", or stitched beasts.

A two-headed monster, one head can breathe fire, the other head can spit out frost.

Or transplant bird wings onto a fish so that it can swim in the water and fly in the air.

Marinus's words just now were a bit conservative. He is not only one of them, but also a "

The founder of the Suture Club.

"Is this an aquarium?"

Rachel frowned and asked.

Behind the stairs, there was no room but a long and deep tunnel. The three sides of the tunnel were not walls but transparent glass, filled with clear sea water, with countless fish swimming in groups above everyone's heads.

Marinus walked forward and replied, "You can say that, but I usually call this a testing ground."

It was the Stitching Society and the experimental field again. Han Solo vaguely guessed something.

"The target of the S-level commission is a sea monster being hunted. I know about it. The first confirmed sighting occurred seven years ago. Since then, merchant ships have been attacked intermittently. There is intelligence that the sea monster even came ashore to eat people, killing and injuring over a hundred people! Marinas, right? Don't tell me that the sea monster is a monster you raised."

Marinus turned around and looked: "What if I raised it?"

Han Solo laughed: "If you are the one behind this, then there is no way that Lyra and I can just sit back and watch. My moral bottom line is very low. Letting pets attack and kill civilians is a cruel terrorist act no matter how you look at it. I can't sleep unless I kill you!"

Leila breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

As soon as she saw Marinus, she felt that he was not a good person.

The sea monsters that attacked the ships have a lot of blood debts, and every one of them is remembered clearly. It is not something that can be ignored.

If even this kind of person can cooperate, then Leila really has to start considering whether this Han is a qualified teammate.

Fortunately, Han Solo held the line.

and·.·

"Did you immediately think that Marinus might be the master of the sea monster? Han's brain seems to be working all the time."

Leila looked at Marinus and waited for his response.

Marinus's mood did not change. He still had a very rigid and weird smile on his face. "Mr. Han is an honest man. I like honest people. As for the sea monster attacking the ship's crew, you are worried. Not only was it not my order, but I stopped it. Please see."

The group walked to the end of the underwater tunnel.

There was nothing at the end, and behind the glass was an extremely large, black-gray rock with an uneven surface.

On the surface of the rock, barnacle corals grow wildly, forming a small ecosystem that is extremely colorful.

As if he had noticed someone coming.

The huge "rock" in front of us, as wide as a beach, suddenly turned around and faced the visitor!

Only then did Han Solo realize that that was not a stone.

That's the back of a monster's head!

Perhaps it has survived for too long, or perhaps it's due to its genes, the skin on the monster's body is so rough that it feels like rock.

When it turned around, its bloodshot eyes, jagged teeth, and mouthparts as big as ravines could stir up the ocean currents with every breath. Just with its head, it was bigger than "Haizhuayu 0718".

Marinus looked at the stunned group of people and became more and more proud.

He walked up, stretched out his hand to hold the glass, and said: "This is your target, the 'Octopus Kraken' worth 100 points." I have measured and weighed it. Including its tentacles, the length of the Octopus Kraken is an astonishing 130 meters; and its weight is a full 97 tons! It is a complete monster, and it is not something that human power can contend with. Even a 20th-level engraver can hardly penetrate its skin. The power of the tentacles is too strong.

Enough to crush a mountain—

Leila said unkindly: "You raised it?"

"No, no, don't say that. I caught it. It took me a lot of effort."

Marinus denied it.

"Seven years ago, there were reports of sightings of the Octopus Siren, and I noticed it. It took me four years to finally capture it. I learned some very interesting magic in the Stitching Society, which allows me to control large creatures with low intelligence and become their master."

As Marinas spoke, he raised his arms.

A dark light flickered, and a rune appeared on the back of his hand. At the same time, the water on the three sides of the tunnel collided violently, causing the light to flicker. The same rune appeared in the blood-red eyes of the octopus mermaid, resonating with Marinus.

"Get down, Octopus."

At Marinus's command, the octopus really crawled to the bottom of the water.

He turned and looked at Leila: "Lady Leila, you see, I can indeed control it. I became its master three years ago. If you have read the reports, you should have found that there have been no reports of the Octopus Siren attacking ships since three years ago. There are only occasional sightings on the route."

Is that right?

Lyra looked at Han Solo, who nodded.

Since three years ago, reports of "attacks" by the Kraken have indeed ceased, while "sighting reports" have been on the rise.

Han Solo felt strange when he read the intelligence.

How come the number of sightings has increased, but the number of attacks has decreased?

It turns out the answer is here.

If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the case.

Three years ago, the Octopus Siren acted on instinct and attacked ships probably to get food. After being recruited by Marinus, there would be no shortage of food, and Marinus would naturally not risk attacking ships after getting such a "big toy". What if he was killed?

But he must have wanted to play or show off, and couldn't help but take the octopus monster out for a "ride".

The increase in sighting reports is understandable.

Moreover, Han Solo finally understood why in the game, the pirate leader named "Duan Chao", who was obviously from the Far East Islands, was able to capture the long-sought sea monster in the waters near Sturgeon Town.

He asked, "Do you know a man named Duan Chao?"

Marinas 1: "He is the leader of a pirate group, very powerful, I have some business dealings with him.

He played a big role in capturing this octopus monster. Does Mr. Han know him?"

It turned out to be the case.

There was no such thing as a "coral island" from the beginning, and the date for hunting sea monsters was not mid-November.

It was Marinus who sold the Octopus to Duan Chao and helped him pass the audition!

"How scary."

Han Solo had mixed feelings.

If nothing had happened just now, and Han Solo had just blindly followed the "game plot", he would never have found the sea monster.

This "S-level commission" will eventually be completed by Duan Chao.

fortunately.

I had originally planned to follow the first generation of heroes, but unexpectedly I ended up helping the audition cause. Life is really unpredictable.

He smiled and said, "Sir Marinus, I need this siren. Tell me, what are your conditions?"