The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 554 The True Treasure

"Of course it's a real treasure!"

Aquinas was also a little excited: "After all these years, someone has finally found the real treasure! I told you my shipwreck treasure platter contained real treasure, it wasn't a lie! It's just that previous customers were too unlucky and didn't win the real grand prize."

Moran was surprised: "Really?"

Did she stumble upon a real treasure?

Their voices attracted the attention of some mermaid waiters and customers.

“Of course!” Aquinas poured the key out of the bottle. “That’s right, it’s this one! If I’m not mistaken, you found it in the jellyfish ape’s territory, didn’t you?”

"Yes." Moran nodded and said, "Buried at the very bottom of the Glass Bottle Mountain of the Jellyfish Ape."

"That's it. A hundred years ago, when I was a newly graduated witch, I had to borrow a glass bottle from a jellyfish ape to use as a container for my drinks in order to save money. Then I encountered a jellyfish ape under a death curse who brought back this bottle. This key is hanging on its tentacle."

After checking that the bottles and keys were free of curses, I 'borrowed' them and took them home to study them.

The bottles weren't empty back then; the liquor carried an aura of curse.

A barnacle albatross, who loved to come to me for drinks, stole a sip of the wine I poured out to test when I wasn't looking, and from then on lost the courage to fly.

The final test results confirmed that it contained an aged magical wine that could rob people of their courage.

Legend has it that some shipwrecks, under certain conditions, can transform into ghost ships and set sail again, and the old objects on board will also undergo a metamorphosis.

Ghost ships may deliberately lose some "tickets" that carry the aura of death during their voyage.

Holding your ticket, wait alone at the abandoned dock at night, and the ghost ship will come to pick you up.

This bottle of wine likely came from the ghost ship, and this key is probably the ticket for the ghost ship.

However, I am not good at curse magic and necromancy, so I dared not go looking for the ghost ship and left it aside.

I thought of it later when I was making a treasure map for a shipwreck treasure trove.

However, the wine inside was too dangerous, and I was afraid it would hurt the guests, so I poured it out. I only engraved this line on the bottle cap to enhance the treasure hunt atmosphere.

Then the key was taken inside and returned to the glass bottle mountain of the jellyfish monkey, waiting for a destined guest to take it away.

I never imagined that it would take so long for someone to draw this treasure map and find them.

Equina was deeply moved and said to the onlookers, "See! I told you there was a real shipwreck treasure! A whole ghost ship! Even though it was just an ordinary cargo ship before, after it became a ghost ship, it was full of precious magical items."

The guests: "..."

That's a ghost ship! They're after money, not a death wish!
Even mermaids have to hide when they encounter a ghost ship!

How could humans, who rely on mermaid bubbles to dive into the sea, dare to go on a ghost ship that might be cursed?

“Ghost ships, huh! Equina, do you know where there are abandoned docks near Moon Harbor?” Moran asked.

Other guests: "!!!"

Good heavens! Are they going to go find a ghost ship?

Who is this witch?!

Equina wasn't surprised by Moran's audacity. After all, she was a witch! Her magical talent was limitless, and curse magic and necromancy were no challenge for her.

While others fear the curse of the ghost ship, the witch, skilled in curse magic, is not afraid.

“Fly south along the coastline for about a day, and you’ll find a pearl farm with a small dock. The farm closed down ten years ago, and the dock is probably abandoned now,” Aquinas said.

Moran noted down the place name, planning to visit it later.

Just not now.

Her curse magic and necromancy are currently only at the advanced level.

Ghost ships are different from ordinary superhumans and magical beasts, so Moran wanted to be even more cautious.

The purpose of her trip to Moon Harbor was to find a scenic spot to study and practice magic for a while, to consolidate the mage magic she had learned at the Imperial Magic Academy, as well as the witch magic she hadn't had a chance to practice in a long time.

It's not too late for her to explore this ghost ship after she has reviewed all the mage magic in the memory palace and improved her witch magic!

But since we're already here today...

“Order a shipwreck treasure platter, to go!” Moran said.

She didn't have much hope of finding another genuine treasure like a ghost ship ticket, but that didn't stop her from wanting to enjoy a sunken treasure platter again.

"Alright! Ready in a minute!" Aquinas waved her wand, and the kitchen utensils moved even faster.

Moran changed his flying broom into a flying carpet and took out a small table, ready to go.

As soon as the shipwreck treasure platter was finished, it was placed on her small table.

After paying, the flying carpet flew north.

If she didn't leave soon, the Mermaid Song Festival would start again, and she didn't want to waste her magic and mental energy fighting against the mermaid's vocal magic.

The flying carpet operates autonomously, and Moran enjoys a platter of shipwreck treasures.

The communication card received a new message notification from the "Witch's House" group chat.

She sent the photos of the Mermaid Tavern she took last night, along with photos of the house and the surrounding scenery she took this morning, along with the letter to her friends, and they have finally received them.

[Washida: So much delicious food! I wish I had stayed in Moon Harbor for two more days before leaving!]

[Sylph: Ah! A late-night food attack! Why aren't there any such amazing food cards in the card shop? @Moran, please add some new ones!]

[Moran: My knowledge of Valen's cuisine is limited, so I can't create dishes with such special effects. The tavern's dishes all use Aquinas's unique recipes; she didn't upload them using the management card, so she couldn't create such food cards.]

Of course, she could also have the Book of Cards consume a ready-made tavern dish to create a food card, but that would infringe on Aquinas's interests.

She could do this to other races, but she didn't want to do it to witches.

[Vashida: How about trying the dragon food from Delicious Island? I've uploaded quite a few dragon dishes, and the taste is simply amazing, but none of them are as fun as Moran's.]

[Sylph: I've tried them all, but there's too much meat; I'm getting a little tired of it.]

[Lilith: Am I the only one who noticed the mermaid in the background? She truly lives up to her reputation; the troll's looks are nowhere near as good as the mermaid's! By the way, Moran, could you get me some mermaid blood to make a processed {mermaid blood card}? Mermaids don't even come to the Chaotic Realm anymore; my blood collection is only missing a mermaid.]

[Moran: I'll ask Aquinas; she has a lot of merman employees. If that doesn't work, I'll think of something else. Oh, by the way, I found the treasure map for the sunken ship. The treasure is a ticket to a ghost ship. I'll explore it when I leave Moon Harbor.]