Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 2 Malice
After a long time, Cheng Lang stood up staggeringly, clutching the long black whip.

"Congratulations, honorable captain. It seems that you already know how to steer the ship." The Magic Mirror, which had just been spit out a mouthful of blood, became more flattering.

"That's right. That's right."

Cheng Lang responded in a mumbling voice, then ignored the magic mirror, dragged the long black whip, turned around and walked out of the cloakroom.

He did know how to use the ship's heart and the captain's token.

The fact is just as the magic mirror said, the heart of the ship does have the ability to devour raw materials to repair damage to the ship, and it only has this ability, but the abilities that the heart of the ship gives to the captain are more diverse.

The jellyfish that once appeared in the form of a pendant was now parasitic in his heart, and he and the ship had a life-and-death relationship.

In exchange, he first gained the ability to breathe underwater.

Secondly, the whip was endowed with the deadly sting of a jellyfish.

Lastly, and most importantly, he can make the ship invisible in a sense!

Cheng Lang couldn't help but look at the whip in his hand. The whip was pitch black and the handle was only 30 centimeters long at most, but the whip itself was four or five meters long and covered with fine scales that were only the size of rice grains.

If necessary, its length can be made longer, especially the tip of the whip, which hides a large number of tiny stings that are deadly enough.

In addition, he also learned the biggest secret of the ship through the heart of the ship - its keel was actually made of Poseidon's spine, and the whip in his hand was actually the tendons pulled out from Poseidon's body!

Bone dislocation and cramps
This is a secret that must be kept!

Cheng Lang took a deep breath. He remembered the magic mirror saying, "The Valkyrie killed Poseidon."

He also knew the principle of being guilty of possessing a treasure. No matter what the world was like, this ship that inexplicably belonged to him used Poseidon's spine as the keel and his tendons as a whip. This was the crime of possessing a treasure!
The moment he figured this out, he even had the urge to smash the flattering mirror to keep all the secrets.

He is a fisherman and more importantly a sailor. This is a profession that requires practitioners to be braver than a boat and more attentive than fish eggs.

If he were asked to kill someone, he might resist, but he would only break a talking mirror. Who hasn't broken a few mobile phones?

But in the end, he still gave up the idea. Now he was completely in the dark about this world and had no idea how to return to the world he was familiar with. He still needed the help of the mirror that claimed to be omniscient and omnipotent.

Keeping this matter in his heart, Cheng Lang began to think about the most important thing at the moment.

Repair the boat, find the chimpanzee statue and enough food supplies, and most importantly, find enough fruit wine, and then leave this dangerous island.

Of course, before planning all this, he must first verify whether the ability given to him by the ship's heart is real or his own illusion, or whether it is all a scam.

Dragging the black whip from the stern deck back to the open deck, Cheng Lang simply flicked the whip lightly, and the whip tip followed his will and wrapped around the collapsed mast as easily as his arm.

Pulling the whip back, he walked to the edge of the boat and swung the whip again, this time with a little more force.

"Snapped!"

With the crisp sound of the whip, the slender black whip tip hit hard on a black reef exposed above the water.

The power of this whip was far beyond his expectations. The black reef, which was as tall as a person, was actually broken in half.

When the upper half of the reef fell into the sea with a "splash", he shuddered and came to his senses. He quickly ran to the bow of the boat and swung the whip again towards a coconut tree on the edge of the beach.

This time, the black whip, which was originally only four or five meters long, stretched rapidly in the air, and finally fell powerlessly on the rocky beach before it could touch the coconut on the tree.

After some estimation, Cheng Lang had a rough idea. The whip could only extend to a maximum length of about ten meters. This was far beyond his expectations and was enough to prove the truth of this weird thing.

Next up is underwater breathing and invisibility.
Cheng Lang hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not jump into the sea.

He remembered that the magic mirror seemed to be able to see every corner of the ship, and he also remembered that the other party said that the power given to the captain by the heart of the ship was the biggest secret.

Since we don't know whether the mirror has ulterior motives, being reserved may give us a way out.

After all, it is a magic mirror. In all the fables, animations or movies that I have read or watched, none of the magic mirrors are good.

Having made up his mind, he returned to the cloakroom. As for his captain's token, the jellyfish had already parasitized his heart, and the whip had transformed into a black venomous snake tattoo wrapped around his wrist and palm.

"Magic Mirror, where are the materials to repair this ship?" Cheng Lang asked after entering the room.

"Please wipe the blood off my face first."

The magic mirror trembled and replied in a terrified tone, "It is corroding my body. By the Valkyrie! By Saint Barbaya! I am dying, I am dying! Please help me!"

"Hurry up and say it"

Cheng Lang casually pulled over a shirt and asked while wiping the mirror.

"The secret room, of course it's in the secret room."

The magic mirror quickly replied, "It's in the stairwell. There's a door there. Open it and you'll see the captain's stockpile of Iron Oak Blood Cores. Simply feed the Iron Oak Blood Cores to the ship's heart and it will easily repair most of the damage to the ship."

"Feed the center of the ship?" Cheng Lang asked blankly, looking at the location displayed in the magic mirror. "How should I feed it?"

"My dear Captain, you will understand once you find the blood core."

The magic mirror suppressed his excitement and said, "Also, the key to that room is behind me. Please be careful when taking the key. My body is very fragile."

After a little hesitation, Cheng Lang, who was in a sense desperate, finally decided to give some trust to this flattering magic mirror.

Trying to take off the magic mirror that looked small but weighed at least a hundred pounds, Cheng Lang immediately noticed that there was a retro-style golden key hanging on the back of the mirror.

"Please hang me back to my original position," the magic mirror requested flatteringly.

Hearing this, Cheng Lang could only hold the key in his mouth, pick up the magic mirror again, and hang it on the wall.

"My body is a little crooked. Please move my lower body to the left, no, to the right. Sorry, I forgot I am a mirror."

"You have a really sharp tongue."

Cheng Lang, holding the key in his mouth, mumbled something incoherently, but still carefully adjusted the position to meet the strange requirement of the mirror.

"You are such a gentle, patient and just captain."

The green face in the mirror gave flattering compliments without paying, and at the same time revealed an additional key piece of information.

"When the damage to the ship is being repaired, some strange phenomena will occur. Please do not worry, and do not be afraid. You are the captain, and nothing on this ship will harm you."

"Anything else?" Cheng Lang asked, holding the key in his hand.

"That's all, please remember to find it as soon as possible."

At this point, the magic mirror paused, and a new image appeared on the mirror. "Dear Captain, is that ship on the sea your friend?" "The ship on the sea?"

Cheng Lang looked at the image appearing on the mirror. On the blue sea, a white three-masted sailing ship with two gun decks was approaching them in a zigzag pattern. There was a huge pattern painted on the white sail.

The pattern is a sea-blue scale with a gold edge, wearing a blood-red crown. In the center of the scale is a black trident, and there is a skull on the trident.

"No, I don't know him." Cheng Lang said truthfully.

"That's the sailboat of the Royal Witch Hunting Group of the Principality of Boerland."

The Magic Mirror introduced in a grim tone, "They are Poseidon's lackeys. When the previous captain came here to look for the treasure map of the Vine Mandrill, it was a gift from the Grand Duke of the Principality of Boerland.

Now it seems that this is all a conspiracy to kill the previous captain!"

"So it's an enemy?" Cheng Lang couldn't help but tense up.

"At least definitely not friends"

The magic mirror said, "Noble ship."

"Cheng Lang, my name is Cheng Lang."

"Honorable Captain Cheng Lang, please take me to the secret room and hide there immediately." The magic mirror made an unexpected request.

"Hide?"

"if not?"

The magic mirror said as a matter of course, "There are so many of them, but you are the only one between the two of us who can fight, so the best way is of course to hide.

Of course, it would be best to find the Vine Mandrill first. I guess they are definitely here to find the Vine Mandrill as well."

"So they have fruit wine on their ship?" Cheng Lang asked back very quickly.

"You really like to joke. Any ocean-going ship will have enough fruit wine in its cabin."

The magic mirror finally reacted after saying this, "Oh! Wise Captain! I am so stupid that I only just realized your plan."

"You could give less false compliments"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he took down the mirror he had just hung up, took it out of the cloakroom, and came to the locked compartment door at the bottom of the stairs on the other side of the door.

After successfully opening the small door of the compartment with the golden key, Cheng Lang went in and asked, "Are you sure it's safe here?"

"Of course, there's no safer place on the entire ship than here."

The magic mirror explained, "Please hang me on the wall. With me here, no one can find this place."

Cheng Lang did as he was told and hung the magic mirror on the wall. At the same time, he looked at the small stairwell with the light from outside the door.

This room, which is narrower than a cloakroom, is filled with wooden boxes.

However, most of these boxes are empty. Even if there are a few that still have things inside, they are already rotten and moldy and will rot at the slightest touch.

"No need to change. The previous captain spent almost all his gold coins to come here. Now please close the door and lock it."

As the magic mirror spoke, the dazzling sun appeared in the mirror, making the windowless room much brighter.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lang immediately closed the door and locked it with the key he had just used.

"Please open the door opposite me"

The magic mirror continued, "The iron-rubber blood core needed to repair the ship's heart is in there, and there's also a staircase leading to the lower cabin. You must bring Vine Mandrill back as soon as possible. That's the key to our escape."

"You better not lie to me"

Cheng Lang said as he opened the wooden door on the right. Under this door, there was indeed a narrow staircase that was only wide enough for one person to walk on.

"I swear by Saint Barbara and the Valkyries that no one is more loyal to the captain of this ship than I am." The magic mirror answered flatteringly.

After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Lang walked through the narrow and low wooden door and went down the stairs.

At the same time, a pale green light flashed on the magic mirror, and soon after, the wooden door outside the stairwell disappeared and completely merged with the wall.

With the help of the "sunlight" coming in from behind, Cheng Lang walked all the way to the bottom of the stairs and finally saw a narrow secret room that was only ten square meters and barely two meters high.

On one wall of this secret room, there is a small door leading to an unknown place. On the other three walls, there are three wooden boxes, two meters long and one meter square.

In the center of the room, there are thick blood vessels connecting the surrounding walls and a two-meter diameter "pool" in the middle of the floor.

In this round pool, there is a giant, slowly beating heart.

He even vaguely saw that there seemed to be a jellyfish hidden in this heart.

Almost at the moment he saw the heart, he had a hint of enlightenment. As long as he threw the things in the box into the pool, he could fill the heart with vitality and repair the stranded ship!
He bent down and opened a box, and inside were blood-red "wooden sticks" less than one meter long.

Similarly, the moment he opened the box, he could even feel the huge heart beating faster and developing a strong desire to devour.

Still have to wait
Cheng Lang closed the lid of the wooden box again. No matter what the magic mirror was thinking, there was a big ship getting closer and closer outside, and he didn't want to attract the other party's attention at this time.

Standing up and walking to the only wooden door, Cheng Lang opened it cautiously. There was a staircase leading down to the flooded lower cabin.

After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Lang took out the long whip and swung it carefully, letting the tip of the whip fall gently into the flooded bottom cabin.

He shook the whip left and right, and seeing that there were no crocodiles in the lower cabin, he followed the scene he had seen in the magic mirror and waded through the water to the base of the mainmast.

Without any effort, he found the black gorilla statue, about the size of a volleyball, in the gap between two ballast iron ingots.

After taking the statue, Cheng Lang returned to the secret room as quickly as possible and closed the heavy wooden door with force.

When he walked up the stairs and returned to the stairwell, the green face in the magic mirror also breathed a sigh of relief and switched the sunny picture to the approaching sailboat.

In just a short while, the large sailboat was less than a hundred meters away from them!
But the ship did not stop. Instead, it continued to move forward and stopped at the edge of the island in an almost drifting manner. It then used the ram of its bow to violently smash the rudder at the stern of the Valkyrie from the side!

At the same time, Cheng Lang also heard a violent collision and felt the huge vibration caused by the boat under his feet!

These bastards did it on purpose! And with malicious intent!

(End of this chapter)