Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 194 Rewards and Encirclement
On the outskirts of the Frost Duchy's oilfield, at the entrance to the tunnel dug out by the digging beetles, the undead Xiao Bao hid most of his body in the rocks, leaving only his wooden face vaguely visible outside the stone. He stared blankly at the road in the distance and a patrol of eagles that had just flown overhead.

Behind him, in the warm hunting tent at the end of the tunnel corner, Cheng Lang and the others, having eaten and drunk their fill, had returned to their respective compartments, but unusually, none of them had fallen asleep.

In Yafso's room, the little girl stared blankly at the green light gathering in her hand.

This was an ability bestowed upon her by the sacred tree of verdant green, and also the most commendable healing ability of the elven race.

But beyond this medical capability.
As soon as Yafso had this thought, the green light gathering in her palm turned into a dangerous red.

She gently picked up a tree branch that she had deliberately broken off outside. The originally green needles turned yellow almost instantly as she held it up to her eyes.

However, as the red in her hand turned green again, the withered branch sprouted green buds at a rapid pace visible to the naked eye.

But before the green bud could fully unfurl, Yafso's face turned pale, the green turning red, and the branch withered again. Her complexion regained some color.

This is the power bestowed by the Verdant Sacred Tree, or perhaps by the Verdant Fruit, or maybe it's a reward for raining blood alongside the captain.

Yafso couldn't discern the origin of the red light, but she had somehow learned it since she flew away from the Dwarf Mountain.

She can easily control the life and death of most plants, and in most cases, she can ensure that her companions' injuries heal as quickly as possible.

Yun Ji is also studying her own changes.

In her much more spacious single room, which had been remodeled by Van Hart, she was "standing" in a rather peculiar way on the wall, which was at a 90-degree angle to the floor and parallel to it.

She also couldn't tell who had given her this ability, but like Yavso, it was something she received the moment she flew away from the Dwarf Mountain.

In the next room, Shenba sat on the bed, looking like a complete idiot, chuckling to himself as he used a broken stone he'd picked up from who-knows-where to polish a sickle that didn't need any polishing at all.

He also gained a strange ability, but he insisted that the bizarre ability to cut through the souls of his enemies no matter what weapon he used was not given by the Green Fruit that tasted as bad as raw fat, but by the great blacksmith, Van Hart!

"I'm so lucky!"

Shenba chuckled foolishly. He had already decided that if he ever encountered pirates again, he would definitely cut off the part of their soul that belonged to their penises!
Compared to this idiot, in the next room, Yun Lan, reeking of alcohol, was sitting cross-legged on the bed, resting her chin on her hand, examining the thorns growing on the floor.

Of course, there are also the golden roses blooming on the thorns.

She originally thought that the reason her thorns could grow golden roses was only due to the special circumstances that occurred in the energy-rich, verdant sacred tree at that time.

But in fact, even here, she can still make her thorns grow and even be covered with golden roses, just like before she fell asleep. If these golden roses grow on a person, they can use the person's life force as nourishment.

So now I'm the Drunken Golden Rose Princess? Or the Drunken Golden Rose Thorn Princess?
After muttering to herself for a while, Yun Lan snapped her fingers, and the thorns that had grown on the floor vanished into thin air, leaving only bright red petals that slowly drifted to the ground.

"Screw the princess!"

Yun Lan blurted out a swear word she'd picked up from who-knows-where, "I'm going to be the new Pirate Queen!"

Next door to this man making such grand pronouncements, Gerta wasn't actually asleep either. In fact, he was sniffling repeatedly.

Similarly, since flying away from Dwarf Mountain, he had never felt his sense of smell was so developed, nor his eyesight so good.

even
Gerta bent his arm, and the bulging muscles gave him the illusion of becoming young again.

No. No, no, no.
Gerta sighed inwardly. He hadn't had such a good sense of smell, eyesight, or physical abilities when he was young; otherwise, he might have had the chance to join the Cunning Fox Raiders.

In the next room, where he was breathing and thinking wildly, Cheng Lang was also not asleep. Not only was he not asleep, but he was also hanging upside down from the ceiling by an invisible whip.

Before him, in a field of vision visible only to him, a huge spider web had been erected in the room.

"whoosh"

With a gentle flick of his finger, Cheng Lang's spiderweb instantly tightened, transforming into a pocket. He knew very well that this was the Rainmaker's reward.

However, at this moment, compared to this strange ability that is comparable to Spider-Man, but far more bloody, it is something else entirely.

What really bothered him were the worm-eaten earring in his ear and the metal heart.

"Your abilities are strange."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Night Demon licked its paws and said, "This is not a power bestowed upon you by Poseidon, but another power, a terrifying power from the land."

"Valkyrie Luo?" Cheng Lang asked.

"I do not know"

Ye Di shook his head, then flicked out a sharp fingernail, hooked the metal heart around Cheng Lang's neck, and tossed it to him. "But I recognize this thing."

"What is this?" Cheng Lang asked as he took the metal heart.

Its name is Armor of Ambition.

Ye Di said, "Even in our time, such things were extremely rare."

"Armor of Ambition?"

Cheng Lang examined the metal heart in his hand from all angles. "What's the use of this thing?"

"Protect your heart"

Night Demon pressed down on its tail, which seemed to be acting out of control, with its claws, and said distractedly, "It doesn't matter whether it's your heart or the Valkyrie's ship's core."

"So you can only choose one of the two?" Cheng Lang asked.

"That's right, but I suggest you use it on your own heart."

Night Di advised, "The Valkyrie's defenses are far more robust than you think, but you are too fragile, as fragile as a glass cup."

At this point, Ye Di, as if by accident, pushed the glass on the table to the floor with one paw, and just as he wished, heard a "crack" sound as it shattered.

Thank you for your description.

Cheng Lang ignored the broken cup. "How do you use this? Are there any side effects?"

"The side effect is that as long as the heart remains intact, it can be revived by providing blood from the same race."

Night God said, "I guess this is Poseidon's purpose, and the Valkyrie you speak of seems to have taken advantage of his idea."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Lang pressed.

"If I kill you"

Ye Di flicked out his sharp nails once more, "If you used the Armor of Ambition, to revive you, it would probably take... let me think, it would probably take squeezing ten idiots like Shenba dry."

So, how much blood do you think would be needed to resurrect Poseidon?

"so."

Cheng Lang immediately understood, "This is probably why Panini didn't want Poseidon to be resurrected, right?"

"To resurrect him, too many sacrifices are needed."

Ye Di, however, gave a different answer: "It's hard to say whether those dwarves deliberately let you take away this Armor of Ambition."

"So this means they've found an even better way to resurrect themselves?" Cheng Lang asked.

I cannot answer that question.

While kneading his own tail, Yedi said, "But I heard from the little princess and Lady Shenwei that Poseidon has many hearts, and it is not impossible that they could sacrifice a few hearts to gather the blood they need."

"How do I use this thing?" Cheng Lang asked, weighing the metal heart in his hand.

"You've decided to use it?"

As Ye Di spoke, he jumped onto Cheng Lang's bed and, before Cheng Lang could react, hooked the heart out of his hand with his fingernails. "I..."

"Then let me help you."

Before Ye Di could finish speaking, it suddenly swung its claws.

Under Cheng Lang's horrified gaze and amidst excruciating pain, Ye Di actually broke his bones and opened his chest cavity!
"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, Ye Di pried open the Armor of Ambition with its furry claws, and then actually pressed it directly into Cheng Lang's chest cavity!

"Crack!"

There was another crisp sound, like a door being locked, as Ye Di used its claws to hook Cheng Lang's skin and close its chest.

Immediately following, amidst an indescribable, intense itching, Cheng Lang's chest healed completely, and a warm current flowed from the worm-eaten earring in his ear to all parts of his body.

"That's how it's used."

Ye Di licked the bloodstains on its claws, then flicked its barbed tongue in disgust. "Do you need me to take them off for you?"

"Forget it, forget it," Cheng Lang quickly shook his head to refuse, having made up his mind.

I forgot to tell you.

Night Di jumped back onto the table and squatted down to add, "I just saw a Poseidon's Reverse Scale inside the Armor of Ambition, and I forgot to take it out."

"Did you do it on purpose?"

Cheng Lang narrowed his eyes; he couldn't resist using that invisible spiderweb to envelop the other party.

"That's right"

Night God replied, “This is not a bad thing. The Armor of Ambition is far more useful than the Eternal Coffin in your cabin. That Reverse Scale can only benefit you.”

"What are the benefits?" Cheng Lang asked.

"I do not know"

After Ye Di finished speaking, he bent over and stuck out his buttocks. Then, with an exceptionally frightening leap, he charged at Cheng Lang once again, and finally transformed into a fluffy black cat doll pendant.

This stupid cat
While cursing under his breath, Cheng Lang put his body back on the bed, then sat up and carefully examined himself.

Unfortunately, there was nothing abnormal inside the chest cavity, and no scars were left on the chest at all.

Suppressing his unease, Cheng Lang lay back down on the bed, secretly wondering whether he should use the blood of Poseidon to invite Aunt Shen Wei to consult him when he got back.

Amidst these wild thoughts, everyone except for the ghostly Xiao Bao, who was keeping watch outside, slept soundly thanks to the alcohol.

Once everyone had woken up and filled their stomachs with a hearty meal, Gerta, who seemed much more energetic, immediately urged everyone to get into two moose carts and leave the hidden tunnel that was being blocked by foam.

"We are actually very close to Death Valley from here."

Once the moose wagon was moving, Gerta explained, "According to what I asked yesterday, we only need to drive along this road for three days to reach Oil Town. Gate Death Canyon is just east of Oil Town, only half a day's journey away."

“It’s not close at all,” Cheng Lang shook his head and retreated into the warm carriage.

“It’s very close.”

Yun Lan, who was also hiding in the carriage, asked, "Captain, where will we go next after we leave the Arctic Ice Sea?"

"To the Sea of ​​Despair"

Cheng Lang gave the answer everyone wanted to hear: "Let's go find the other five Hearts of Poseidon."

"Hopefully, no one will be competing with us for business by then," Yun Lan said.

"Our harvest has been quite good."

Cheng Lang smiled and said, "And it's all thanks to the information provided by Yun Hai, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."

"I have a feeling I'll see her again soon."

After Yun Lan finished speaking, she opened her mouth, but swallowed the words she seemed to want to say.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Yun Ji asked bluntly.

Our fleet consists of only two ships.

Yun Lan finally said, "If we can bring Yun Hai on board, it might be a good option."

“She won’t join us,” Yun Ji said with almost certainty.

“We are not qualified to let her join us,” Cheng Lang said, equally clear-headed.

"We're not bad either."

Yavso said confidently, or rather, she had never been so confident before.

"Ladies, and of course, Captain, we're in trouble."

At that moment, Gerta's voice came from outside, and then the carriage stopped.

"what happened?"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he was the first to emerge from the carriage, and then he saw a group of people dressed as pirates in front of him.

“And behind and around,” Shenba, who was driving the other car, reminded them.

Looking around, Cheng Lang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Behind them was a group of elves, and on their left and right sides were orcs and humans, respectively.

Captain Cheng Lang of the Valkyrie

Just then, a burly man wearing a black eye patch shouted from directly in front, "Hand over the Blood Pump, the Valkyrie Spear, the Ambition Armor, and of course, those three beautiful girls."

"If we hand over these things, will you let us go?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Of course not," the pirates opposite laughed heartily.

"And what about you? Can you guarantee my safety and freedom?"

Cheng Lang asked the people to his left, right, and behind him, but at this moment, it was pointless to find out how they had been exposed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cheng Lang."

The pursuers behind him said, "Given your alleged involvement in the subversion of the Elven Duchy, we must exile you and your subordinates."

"what about you?"

Cheng Lang looked to his left and right.

"Kill! Leave no survivors!" The men from both sides charged forward even more decisively.

Led by them, the enemies in front and behind them rushed over, and even several burrowing beetles emerged from not far away!

"Then let's kill them, it'll be a good test."

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Shenba and Yunji had already rushed out. However, before they could even engage the enemy, a large patch of thorns had already grown between them and the enemy.

(End of this chapter)