Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 797 Assassins and Cursed Masters
"Brother Yu, why does this curse master bloodline always get scolded by NPCs? Is it that unpopular?"

"Um... this bloodline isn't very popular in the background story of Spirit Candle, but its abilities are useful."

"Hmm...that's true, you can fight monsters by hiding in the back and sticking little sticks in your mouth, hehe."

"That's right, Baozi, remember this: if the monster tries to use a skill on me, you quickly stab it to interrupt its spellcasting, understand?"

"Can I prick you?"

"Why did you try to stab me, Baozi?"

"Hehe, you stab me every day outside the game, so it's my turn to stab you in the game too."

"Pfft... Stop messing with Baozi, focus on fighting monsters. I'll let you do the damage after we're done, okay?"

"Okay, then I'm going to stab your throat! And you're not allowed to gag!"

“…Baozi, I was wrong.”

"Even if you're wrong, you have to get punished!"

On a newly opened dungeon at sea, a male and female couple of players were sailing and chatting, but the topics of their conversation were always slightly risqué.

A male player named "Mr. Qin Youduzhong" was fishing with a fishing rod, while a female player named "Miss Qin Yijianzhong" was resting her chin on her hand and muttering to herself next to him.

"Look at you, other people's boyfriends always take their girlfriends out for sightseeing, shopping, and taking pictures, or at the very least, eating. But every time we go on a date, you take me into this horror game to fight monsters, with pustules and corpses, and sometimes you even splatter blood all over my face... Is this how you treat people?"

Miss Qin complained.

"The Spirit Candle isn't a horror game, you know."

Mr. Zhong first corrected her statement, then rolled his eyes.

"You're talking like you don't like playing games. Don't think I don't know you secretly logged in and farmed monsters yesterday."

"What do you want to do?"

"Just tell me."

Upon hearing his words, Miss Qin giggled, wrapped her arms around his neck, and then whispered something in his ear.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhong blushed instantly and couldn't help but laugh as he patted her on the shoulder: "So addicted?"

But despite his words, he coughed once, his eyes darting around, showing some interest.

"Well, let's talk about it after we've explored this dungeon."

After saying that, the young couple finally got serious and began to check their personal panels and weapons.

This is a habit that almost every new Spirit Candle player must develop... After all, it's not the first time that someone has been beaten up by a boss after exploring a level without changing their skills after using up all the wax.

Mr. Qin Youduzhong

[Rank: Firefly]

【Level: 45】

[War: The Black-Clad Envoy (Beginner)]

[Power of Fire: Shadow Spirit Fire (Unsuppressed, by consuming the power of fire, you will be able to create a shadow and enter into it to avoid damage. When you emerge from the shadow and attack enemies, you will deal massive penetrating damage.)]

[Ability Values:]
Power: 31
Constitution: 25
Agility: 60
Spirit: 11
Faith: 10

[Talent: The Envoy's Sight, Precise Throw]

[Abilities: Evasion, Regeneration of Wax Blocks...]

[Skills: Shadow Step, Full Moon Bow, Silent Flying Blade, Cliff Climb and Wall Attachment, Bloodthirsty Blade, Lusen's Howl.]

Judging from Mr. Zhong's personal panel, it's not hard to guess his playstyle; he's clearly an assassin player.

In a sense, the profession of Black-Clad Secret Envoy can also be considered part of the Gurad Empire.

Its source is naturally a small copy, in which the black-clad envoy goes to a heretical chapel to carry out an investigative order from a local administrator of the Gurad Empire.

However, just as the local governor had predicted, the entire cult's prayer hall was filled with evil people. So, after gathering the evidence, the black-clad envoy took over the mission of the Gulad army as well... that is, the purge.

Yes, a single black-clad envoy wiped out the entire cult's worship hall. According to the evidence, there were even two cult members among them who shared the same ignition point as him...

This made the players feel a little strange when they first entered the dungeon and saw the boss.

Why are there cultists and monsters in front of us, but the boss is a black-clad envoy?
After reviewing the text, I realized that it was the ruthless Black-Clad Envoy who did it. The reason he became the boss was naturally because he hadn't had time to evacuate before the moment of annihilation arrived.

The Black-Clad Envoy's impressive backstory has naturally attracted many players, and some players who like the assassin playstyle are particularly fond of its flame.

Because its innate talent "Secret Envoy's Judgment" can see through weaknesses and provide bonus damage, and its skill "Shadow Escape" is both elegant and practical.

More importantly, the weapons and equipment of the black-clad secret agents are also very cool.

Weapons like the "Night Rapier" and equipment like the "Black Mask Robe" have almost become the representative equipment for players of this assassin class.

However, although the Black Envoys belong to the Gruud faction according to the backstory, they do not seem to be as openly represented as the three Gruud factions.

Therefore, the next source of the Black-Clad Envoy's flame has not yet appeared, and some high-level assassin players are using the fused flame.

However, it is likely that a higher-ranking flame of the Black-Clad Envoy will emerge from the Spirit Candle in the future.

As for Mr. Zhong's talent, it has a rather unique personal style.

Precision throwing allows him to throw more accurately and powerfully.

As for the power of fire and skill point allocation, they are naturally all geared towards the assassin system and built around this system.

As for his girlfriend, Miss Qin, she naturally possesses the bloodline of a curse master.

Although she hasn't offered the fire yet and was just complaining, she's actually a true gamer. Not only did she quickly get the hang of the spirit candle, but she can also provide considerable assistance to Mr. Zhong in battle.

Otherwise, Mr. Zhong certainly wouldn't have dared to bring her out to explore this newly released two-player dungeon.

After the inspection was completed.

The two also turned their attention to the sea area of ​​this new instance.

This is a sea area with unique scenery.

The sky remained dark, and not far ahead of them lay a cluster of hard, dark brown reefs, among which one could see many ancient shipwrecks and human skeletons.

It seems that a very fierce naval battle once took place here.

The two quickly sailed the Spiritfire Sail to a shore near a rocky island and began searching the island.

Before long, they made some gains.

"So many ancient coins and collectibles..."

"This looks like a merchant fleet... Why did it perish here?"

"Was it because we encountered the enemy's navy...?"

Mr. Zhong pondered.

Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Ms. Qin, was busy picking up items from the wreckage of the ancient ship, enjoying herself immensely as she collected trash, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons.

"These corpses didn't turn into zombies or monsters... is it because they've been dead for too long?"

Mr. Zhong examined one of the mutilated skeletons, but strangely, there were no obvious external injuries on it.

Aside from picking up trash, they didn't gain anything else from this place.

Mr. Zhong was suspicious, but he did not linger. After Miss Qin had collected most of the items, the two set sail again, heading towards the center of the instance to continue their exploration.

But before they had sailed for long, Mr. Zhong’s gaze sharpened, and he quickly maneuvered the Spirit Fire Sail to a stop.

"Why...why are there so many ocean whirlpools?"

Miss Qin gripped the railing of the Spirit Fire Sail, looking at the several huge whirlpools in the sea ahead with some surprise.

These whirlpools in the sea exerted a tremendous suction force, drawing in all the planks and debris floating on the surrounding surface. "Perhaps these whirlpools lead to some kind of hidden area?"

"But let's check out other places first..."

After a moment's thought, Mr. Zhong made a decision to leave these strange ocean whirlpools for later exploration.

"Wait a minute, Brother Yu, look over there, there's a treasure chest floating around!"

Miss Qin pointed excitedly.

Mr. Zhong took a closer look and, lo and behold, there really was a magnificent treasure chest floating on the sea.

But he quickly twitched his lips, pressed down on Miss Qin's head, and turned it back.

"Baozi, what kind of treasure chest do you think would float on the sea?"

He said somewhat helplessly.

Then, he took out his fishing rod, aimed the hook, and swung it sharply.

Soon, the fishing hook hit the treasure chest, and even hooked the lock on it with great precision.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

"Jie hahahaha!"

A dilapidated ancient ship emitting a ghostly green light was seen sailing against gravity out of the ocean whirlpool, with half of its bow already showing!
On the bow of the ship, a half-human figure with a face covered in barnacles and algae was emitting an extremely piercing scream.

"Fresh prey! Greedy little fellow!"

"Hand over the treasure, and then..."

"Stay here forever!!!"

Strangely, along with the halfling's shriek, the Spirit Fire Sail beneath Mr. Zhong and Ms. Qin seemed to be affected by some force, and began to drift uncontrollably in the opposite direction.

No... or more specifically, it's because of the ocean currents beneath the Spiritfire Sail!
You have been attacked by a ghost ship.

Ghost Ship!

Mr. Zhong's heart tightened, and his mind raced as he began to think of a solution.

His past combat experience told him that they absolutely could not be led by the nose in this situation. If it were a naval battle, their combat effectiveness would be greatly limited.

"Brother Yu, what should we do?"

Miss Qin looked at him, waiting for his reaction. She was not flustered because she knew her man was reliable.

"Let's try to escape the pull of this ghostly ancient ship!"

Mr. Zhong spoke quickly and then asked her to call his ship from behind.

Although his own Spiritfire Sail was being pulled by the ocean currents, Miss Qin still had a boat.

They can use the ship-summoning function of the spirit candle to temporarily avoid the influence of the ocean currents. Even if they can only move slowly, it is much better than being led by the nose into the whirlpool by the ocean currents.

So the two quickly began to work together to escape, using the constant summoning and retraction of the spirit fire sail to "build a road," and they actually managed to avoid the gravitational pull of the ghost ship's currents, avoiding being pulled in, and even getting further and further away.

Seeing this, the halfling at the bow of the ghost ship suddenly became anxious.

"My prey, my treasure, do not escape!"

"Big Eye, bring my prey back!"

The halfling's body twisted and writhed, roaring ferociously.

As he moved and called out, the "Big Eye" beneath him also made new movements.

As the vines on the side of the ship broke, pieces of the ancient, eerie green ship planks fell off one by one. Several monsters formed from tangled algae and barnacles roared and then plunged into the sea, swimming swiftly toward the two people in the distance.

"So many strange things?!"

Seeing these monsters rushing towards him, Mr. Zhong was startled.

We really can't fight them at sea.

Moreover, that ghost ship is quite strange; boarding it would likely be suicide.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhong became even more determined. Looking at the rocky island not far ahead, he looked at his girlfriend beside him.

"Baby, keep it up!"

"Don't worry about the monsters behind you, leave them to me!"

As he spoke, Mr. Zhong flipped his hand, and some flying blades formed from the power of war appeared in his palm.

Then, he began throwing flying blades while changing ships. Each blade, after leaving a pale white afterimage in the air, would accurately hit a monster that was trying to attack them.

With their combined efforts, the two quickly reached the shore of the rocky island, jumped off, and successfully reached the land.

"No! My treasure!"

The ghostly ancient ship in the distance let out a venomous cry before its entire hull fell into the ocean whirlpool, seemingly giving up its pursuit of the two.

"This ghostly ancient ship must be the boss here, right?"

"Why did it stop chasing...?"

Miss Qin was somewhat dissatisfied. They had finally managed to bring the battlefield to the shore, but the boss didn't even follow.

Doesn't that mean they wasted all their time?

Is a naval battle absolutely necessary?

"That's a bit troublesome..."

Mr. Zhong felt a bit of a headache. Although he had bought soft-body adhesion fluid and underwater breathing potions, there was still a huge difference between fighting with your feet off the ground and fighting with your feet firmly on the ground.

However, just as the two were troubled...

The entire rocky island suddenly shook violently.

Immediately afterwards, the center of the reef shattered with a deafening roar, and the bow of the ghostly ancient ship reappeared from below, laughing maniacally.

"No prey or treasure can escape the net of the Yeston and the Big Eye!"

"Hahahaha!"

Swish!
Seeing the rock flying towards Miss Qin, Mr. Zhong took a step forward and with a flash of light, he cleaved it in two.

"Baby! Quick! Put a voodoo doll on him!"

Looking at the ghostly ancient ship in the distance, Mr. Zhong became excited.

【Man and Ship · Yeston】

[Rank: Firefly]

【Level: 41】

[War: People and Ships]

[Power of Fire: ?]

[Talent: Greedy Captain (The more treasure he seizes and the more lives he kills, the stronger he becomes, and the greater his control over the Big Eye will be.)]

[Skills: Whirlpool Current, Algae Crew, Corrosive Cannon, Decoy Chest, Ghost Scimitar.]

[Description: A greedy captain, obsessed with treasure, ventures into mysterious waters after believing a legend, intending to find an unprecedented treasure... Ultimately, he achieves his goal.]

what!
We were just worried that it wouldn't be easy to fight at sea!
As a result, you ran ashore by yourself!

Mr. Zhong excitedly raised the Black Night Rifle in his hand.

(End of this chapter)