Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 379 Mana
Su Ming walked forward in the prison passage.

The passage was very long and the effect of the ghost potion had lost its effect. Seeing that the demon jailer had no intention of catching up, Su Ming did not refill the potion.

A bunch of monster souls were clinging to the prison door, looking at Su Ming with longing eyes and making creepy screams.

The key that Su Ming had used before disappeared, but there was still a pair of "golden scissors" that "Gentle Madness" dropped.

Gold Scissors (Special Item): Use it to destroy locks, magic traps, and magic arrays below Dark Gold level. Number of times it can be used: 3/3.

Charging time: 60 minutes.

Su Ming tried a cell with the scissors and was able to open it.

The second monster released by Su Ming was a former crew member of the ghost pirate ship. His body, like Mana's, was covered with seaweed and corals, which was a bit scary.

He salvaged a broken iron box, and seeing that there was no money inside, he used the box as a storage box.

But Mana's possessiveness had reached a crazy point. When she saw him taking the things he had salvaged without reporting to her, she flew into a rage, beat him up, and put him in a cell.

Similarly, after this guy came out, he directly attacked Su Ming and was killed by Xiao Hei in two moves.

A large number of prisoners in the cell are Mana's crew members. They were all imprisoned one after another in the past ten years because they made Mana unhappy for various reasons.

From Finley, Su Ming learned that Mana seemed to be the only creature left on the main body of the ghost pirate ship. Only when new toys were captured would people other than Mana temporarily appear on the main body.

This is different from the Ghost Pirates that Su Ming learned from Leo.

This pirate ship plundered and killed an entire island's worth of people, and was cursed by the island's residents. The curse prevented them from ever leaving the ocean, from ever using their accumulated wealth, and at the same time granted their souls eternal life.

The immortality of the soul is not a good thing. They need to endure the pain brought by hunger, illness and aging, so the crew of the Ghost Pirates use wealth as bait to make those who mess with their wealth infected with the same curse and suffer the same pain as them.

So, this should be a ship, not an island; there should be many crazy crew members, not just Mana...

In fact, Mana is the daughter of the former captain of the Ghost Pirates. She grew up on a pirate ship, but never participated in any pirate activities. However, the curse fell on the ship, so Mana was also affected.

In order to save his daughter, the original captain entered the mysterious sea to search for the fragments of Poseidon. However, they were affected by hallucinations and became more vicious. They often regarded Mana as the object of hallucination, so Mana was often injured.

The pirates' capricious moods left a deep trauma on Mana's young mind and distorted her personality.

One day, the former captain accidentally killed Mana under the influence of hallucinations. Mana became a soul like them, suffering eternal torture. Even if they got the fragments of Poseidon, they could not lift the curse, because once the curse was lifted, Mana's soul would dissipate.

After Mana was killed by her father, her mind was completely twisted. She no longer trusted anyone and was bent on revenge. She took advantage of the crew's love for her and gradually took control of the entire ship. She stole the captain's kerosene lamp, gained powerful strength, and became the real captain.

Compared to her father, she had no complicated desires, only the desire to torture others. During the time when she was in control of the pirate ship, the legend of the ghost pirate ship gradually spread.

One day more than ten years ago, Mana found the fragment of Poseidon and rekindled her desire to get rid of the curse. She absorbed the power of the fragment of Poseidon, and as a result, her soul almost dissipated.

Although she was tortured by the curse of eternal life, Mana was afraid when death really came. She merged with the ghost pirate ship to save her life. The pirate ship also continued to "proliferate" due to the dissipated power and became what it is now.

After merging with the pirate ship, Mana's desire for control became stronger and stronger, and she began to attack the crew members. Since she couldn't kill the crew members, she locked them all up.

These are all the background stories of the dungeon, and can only be understood after triggering relevant tasks. It is difficult for Su Ming to guess them by blindly guessing on his own, but this does not affect his ability to complete the dungeon.

As a game that is played by people rather than people, the ultimate goal of the dungeon is to defeat the BOSS, leave the dungeon, and get the reward. In certain specific cases, the background story may help players reduce the difficulty of the dungeon, but most of the time, it is useless...

Su Ming followed Finley into an unlocked cell.

Finley ran to the corner of the cell, lifted up the seaweed, and said to Su Ming:

"This is the entrance to the Soul Storage Layer. An unlucky guy who didn't know the structure of the Ghost Pirate Ship thought he could dig a hole and escape, but ended up falling into Mana's hands for the second time and was tortured miserably."

Finley recalled the day when Mana caught the prison escapee and tortured him in front of everyone in the cell. He couldn't help but shudder and began to wonder whether it was a suitable decision to take Su Ming to see Mana. After all, he was also a prisoner who had escaped from prison.

However, Finley quickly put this idea behind him. As a righteous and brave fishman, he would not be afraid of bad guys.

Finley sat on Moo's back. Moo's head had already entered the cave. Finley said to Su Ming:
"Come and hold onto Moo Moo's tail. You must hold onto it tightly. You will definitely fall into the Soul Storage Layer. What awaits you are endless vengeful spirits. No matter how strong you are, you will not be able to outlast them."

Su Ming nodded, collected the pet, and hugged Moo Moo's tail tightly. With a strength attribute of nearly 800 points, he would not be easily thrown off.

"I'm ready." Su Ming said.

Finley took Moomoo's reins, leaned down, held his round hat with one hand, and said:

"Moo, let's go."

It mooed and slid down like a fish, arriving at a green ocean.

In the center of the ocean, there is a broken ship floating, which should be the heart of this island - a real ghost pirate ship.

"Stay~~"

"Stay with us~~"

After Moo Moo brought Su Ming and Finley into the green ocean, the ocean began to boil. Eyeless and mouthless ghosts kept gathering. Some were as small as a fist, and some were as big as a building. They swam irregularly in the ocean like ocean currents.

Su Ming had never seen a map with such a high density of monsters. Ordinary monsters, elite monsters, and BOSS monsters were squeezed together. They were now completely moving inside the bodies of the monsters.

A burst of white light burst out from Moo's body, enveloping Su Ming and Finley. Outside the shield, damage numbers popped up densely. If it weren't for Moo's special ability to protect him, Su Ming really wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Moo Moo swam faster and faster, and the ghost pirate ship gradually became larger in Su Ming's field of vision.

Finley shouted:
"Hold on! Moo is getting ready to land! Don't get thrown out!"

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The ghost pirate ship's main body and deck.

Mana sat on the throne she had robbed. She no longer looked as pitiful as she did when she first met Su Ming.

She had a small red crown on her head and wore a black Lolita dress. Half of her arms covered with reefs were covered by cute puff sleeves. Her kelp-covered hair was combed neatly. Her pale face due to blisters and dark circles under her eyes like smoky makeup made her look like a scary doll.

In front of her stood wooden stakes, to which were tied the crew members of Su Ming's ship.

Of course, Leo was tied to the stake at the front, on the same side as his grandson Robin.

Robin was still wearing the clothes he wore more than ten years ago, and his appearance hadn't changed at all, except that he looked a little dull and kept drooling.

"You have the last 10 seconds. 10, 9..." Mana swung the kerosene lamp and wiped the sword at hand.

She was playing a game with Leo, and as long as Robin could recognize Leo within 10 minutes, she would let Leo go.

But think about it, it's impossible to succeed. Although Robin looks normal, her brain has been dug out by her, so there is no way she will respond...

Thinking of this, Mana's eyes narrowed with a smile. The game was about to reach its climax. She controlled herself to count down in a steady voice. Although those adventurers disappeared strangely, it was also a happy thing to catch those who escaped more than ten years ago and play with them again.

And there are two of them, and they have a hateful blood relationship.

"6...5..."

Leo tried very hard and kept telling Robin's past in an attempt to awaken Robin's memory. When he failed to wake Robin up, he started to scold Mana, but Mana looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. She was not affected at all and continued to count down.

Under the pressure of losing the game, Leo shouted:

"Just kill me! Stop playing games with me! Just kill me now!"

Before this game, Mana had played many other games with Leo, and Leo lost all of them.

Every time Leo lost, Mana would chop off the head of a crew member, and now there were more than a dozen heads piled on the deck.

"1." Mana jumped off the chair and waved the long knife in her hand. She walked behind a crew member, raised the knife, and all the crew members closed their eyes.

Mana laughed, and the blade changed its direction, slashing lightly, but instead of killing the man, it cut the ropes that bound Leo.

Looking at the surprised Leo, Mana said:

"Since you have played so many games with me, I agree to your request. I will kill you, and you can go and say goodbye to your grandson."

Leo took two deep breaths and clenched his fists. Although he was filled with endless anger, he could not attack Mana because his grandson's life was still in Mana's hands.

He walked towards his grandson step by step, and slipped out a bottle of "Purifying Potion" from his sleeve, ready to give it to Robin to drink.

More than ten years ago, Robin successfully allowed him and three crew members to escape. Although no one knows what method he used, as long as he wakes up, he should be able to save a few more people.

He walked slowly to Robin, then suddenly made a move and poured the refreshing potion into Robin's mouth.

"Grandpa! Grandpa!"

Suddenly, Robin's hair was blown away, and a stuffed monkey popped out of his head, shouting "Grandpa" non-stop.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Mana rolled on the ground with laughter, she held her stomach and said:
"At least you can rest assured that your grandson is not an idiot, hahahahaha!"

Leo was so humiliated that he lost his mind. He smashed the potion bottle and rushed towards Mana with a roar.

Mana waved her hand and the kerosene lamp flew over and hit Leo on the head, knocking him down and pinning him down.

Mana stood up, wiped the tears from her eyes, and said:
"I have confiscated all your weapons, and you still think you can beat me?"

Leo said nothing, staring at Mana with red eyes.

Mana waved her hand and said:

"Okay, okay, I admit that I was wrong to lie to you before. But I will do what I promised to do to kill you. After you die, you will be free."

No way. Mana planned to kill Leo, extract his soul, and let him watch these people continue to play various games before they all die. Then she could get Leo's surprised and angry expression again.

Mana threw the long knife into the hands of the idiot Robin. Robin was controlled by Mana and walked towards Leo step by step, ready to chop off Leo's head.

Mana sat back in her seat, ready to enjoy the scene of "grandson beheading grandfather with tears", just like her father killing her. Killing relatives is her favorite thing.

It’s a pity that she couldn’t kill her father, so she could only lock him in a kerosene lamp and let him burn forever.

Leo looked at Robin, whose forehead was half cut off, sighed, turned his head and closed his eyes.

Robin raised his sword and was about to strike down, when suddenly a loud shout came from outside the ship:
"Hold on! Moo is getting ready to land! Don't get thrown out!"

Attracted by the sound, Mana turned around and looked—a manatee, a merman, and a human wearing a crocodile hat were rapidly approaching the ghost pirate ship.

In the blink of an eye, the manatee hit Robin who was about to swing his knife. Robin was knocked off the deck by the huge impact force and was submerged by the wronged souls.

The manatee used its chin to brake and raised its tail high, throwing both the fish-man and the human out. However, the human grabbed the fish-man with one hand and the railing with the other, steadied his body, and returned to the deck.

Finley returned to the deck, and before he could see the situation clearly, he put his hands on his hips and scolded Moo:
"Damn it! Moo, your landing skills are so bad! You almost killed me!"

What? Did you hit something? What did you hit? Why didn't I see it?

Nonsense, how could I be so scared that I closed my eyes?

You said you knocked me into the sea. Damn it, I told you so many times, that’s not the sea, it’s the spiritual layer.

Hey! So many heads! What’s going on? "

Finley was so scared that he hugged Su Ming's thighs.

The crew members who were tied to the stakes and had originally looked desperate couldn't help but smile in surprise when they saw Su Ming, and exclaimed in unison:

"captain!"

Mana puffed up her cheeks and snorted. What was there to be happy about? Did these people think that they would be saved by the presence of this listener? She was much better than this listener.

"Hey, why did you come in from outside?" Mana asked Su Ming.

Su Ming looked around and naturally saw those heads. These crew members had been following him since Venus set sail. Although they were all NPCs and a bunch of data, now seeing them die, the scenes of communicating with them flashed through Su Ming's mind one by one, and sadness also surged up.

Just like the previous encounter with "Angie", the death of a familiar person always brings sadness.

"Did you do this?" Su Ming asked Mana.

"So what?"

Su Ming summoned his pet.

"Want to fight me? Unfortunately, you are no match for me." Mana said with a smile, "If you lose, they will all die. Why don't we play a game? If you win, I will let them go."

Mana's name is purple, and it is an epic monster. Su Ming thought: I am indeed no match for the epic BOSS. Although I can become stronger and complete my revenge after death, the NPCs will have no chance. Maybe "playing games" is the way to break the deadlock.

"Okay, I promise you."

Mana smiled again and said:
"I knew you would agree."

(End of this chapter)