"On this ghost ship lives a guy from the long-extinct ancient kingdom of Wein, who specializes in banishing the undead. We're going to board the ship now and take down that bastard!"

"But why should we kill it?"

"Exactly! We have no grudge against it, why would we kill it?"

Upon hearing this, Jack's veins bulged, and he viciously smacked the two ungrateful bastards on the head, roaring, "You two bastards, do you still want the curse lifted?"

"It hurts!" Miral clutched her head, looking at Jack with teary eyes.

But Jaketon, furious, tackled Jack to the ground and demanded, "Why did you hit me?!"

"Hey! Are you two having an affair?" Lu Ming walked over with his hands in his pockets and asked with a smile.

"Eh~! They're having an affair!?" Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Miral, who was rubbing her head, was immediately shocked!

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Jack shoved away Baggetton, who was stunned by Lu Ming's joke and Miral's exclamation, and got up from the ground while angrily shouting.

"I'm unwanted, I'm unwanted, I'm unwanted..." Before Lu Ming could speak, everyone heard the mutterings of the already broken Baggot beside him.

Speechless and facepalming, Lu Ming exchanged silent glances with the others before deciding that it was best not to bring that troublesome Bajerton along.

But just as they were about to abandon Bajton and head towards the ghost ship, Bajton suddenly sprang to his feet and hurriedly caught up with Lu Ming and the others.

After some playful banter, Lu Ming and the others developed a budding friendship. Unlike previous dungeons, this time Lu Ming didn't feel like he was being used. Although, apart from the healer Jack, the rest of his teammates were all terrible.

Passing through a deck, Lu Ming and his companions boarded the ghost ship, where they were greeted by three fearless barbarian undead.

As a result, they were easily killed by Lu Ming and his men.

Standing at the white misty door of the boss room, Lu Ming was giving Jack and his men a pre-battle briefing.

"In a moment, Bageton will use his shield to hold off the Four-Armed Guardians. Miral and I will stand behind Bageton and attack the Four-Armed Guardians with all our might. Jack, your only task is to keep Bageton alive!"

"learn!"

"Okay... okay."

"understood."

Seeing that Jack and the others knew what to do, Lu Ming immediately turned around, dispelled the white mist, and walked into the boss room with his teammates.

"I thought I wouldn't be going on any more missions. I never expected you would..." The four-armed guard in the room slowly stood up, picking up a pair of longswords and a pair of bronze maces from the ground, while looking at Lu Ming and the others with his two heads: "You asked for trouble!"

"Hey! You guys didn't say this bastard looked like this!" Looking at the conjoined twins standing back to back with their butts connected like a giant spider, Baggetton took a step back in fear and complained about Lu Ming and Jack for not explaining things clearly!

If they were just conjoined twins, Baggetton wouldn't have anything to fear, but the problem is that the four-armed guards are more than twice the size of Baggetton!

Although the Four-Armed Guardian is only half a head taller than Buzzard, he's still bigger than you!

"So, how well do you guys handle the cold?" Lu Ming asked Jack and Miral, ignoring Bajerton.

"If you don't die, you won't get sick. As long as the cold doesn't kill you instantly, nothing will happen."

Having received Jack's reply, Lu Ming looked at the water slowly seeping from the floor. A plan formed in his mind; he intended to make the four-armed guard taste the bitterness of despair!

“I, Ada, the executioner of the Kingdom of Wein…” “…Raku, I will cut off your limbs and imprison you until the end of the world!”

Seeing the arrogant four-armed guard, Lu Ming immediately shoved Bajaton aside and, while leading Miral and Jack away from the four-armed guard, commanded, "Bajaton, hold off the four-armed guard! Miral, use the Soul Gun! Jack, don't let Bajaton die!"

"You think..." "...I would care about this onion... Ah!! My toe!"

As a living, breathing human being, not just game data, the Four-Armed Guardian certainly wouldn't foolishly attack the melee-type Bageton while allowing Lu Ming and Miral to attack him at will. But as a tank, how could Bageton not have some skills to draw the boss's aggro?

In the blink of an eye, Baghedon unleashed his signature Graveyard Greatsword toe-slapping technique on the Four-Armed Guardians, causing them... well, they? Anyway, the Four-Armed Guardians screamed in agony!

"Fine Snow!" Taking advantage of the moment when the Four-Armed Guardian's toes were struck by Bajedon's Greatsword and he screamed in pain, Lu Ming used Fine Snow to freeze the Four-Armed Guardian's feet to the ground!

"Lu Ming! You bastard! You tricked me!" Because he was standing too close to the four-armed guards, Bajaton was naturally caught in the crossfire.

"Don't worry! We'll blast the Four-Armed Guardians to smithereens before you get killed!" After shouting this to Bajaton, who had become a fixed target just like the Four-Armed Guardians, Lu Ming and Miral began throwing spells and skills at each other, attacking only Bajaton's Four-Armed Guardians since they couldn't hit anyone else.

"Seed Machine Gun!" "Fireball!"

"Fireball? What happened to the Soul Spear?!" Bajaton, carrying the four-armed guard, shouted when he saw that Miral's spell wasn't the Soul Spear.

"I can't learn it!" Miral shouted as she threw spells.

"Can't learn it?! Are you kidding me?! Your fireball spell is even worse than my fireball!! How about we switch?!"

"Have you no shame?! Miral is a girl! You're making her tank monsters? Be careful no girl will like you in the future!!"

"Jack! You bastard! Don't be so venomous!"

Looking at his teammates who were bickering while fighting monsters, Lu Ming really didn't know how to complain. All he could do was use the seed machine gun to mow down the four-armed guardian. And after the seed machine gun was finished, he would use a bow to shoot poison arrows to poison it.

Under the combined assault of seeds, poison arrows, fireballs, graveyard greatswords, and the occasional lightning spear, the four-armed guardian quickly fell to its knees.

The four-armed guardian, now transformed into a soul bubble, replenished Miral, Jack, and Bajaton with a large amount of souls, leaving behind only two skill books before disappearing.

Since Lu Ming is a captain or world master, he will be in charge of distributing the two skill books.

Looking at the illustration on the cover, Lu Ming kept one copy for himself and gave the other to Jack, with whom he would be working in the future.

As for why he didn't give them to Miral and Bajdon, it's because Lu Ming felt that if he did, they would escape even faster in the next dungeon run. That's because those two skill books are for high-speed movement!

"I have a spell in my head? This thing is really strange!" Unfortunately, although Jack learned the skill book's high-speed movement ability as soon as he got it, just like Yusaha and Dex did, the skill book didn't disappear after he learned high-speed movement; instead, it remained safely in his hand!

Chapter Four - Memories of Dreams

"Yusaha's Amber Eyes: A pendant inlaid with the eyes of a foolish woman."

The amber eyes on the pendant belong to a foolish woman, eyes yet to be corrupted by the darkness. By harnessing the last vestiges of soul within those eyes, the wearer can gain the skill called "Yosaha's Soul Arrow." Furthermore, they can decipher Miracath's script.

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Standing on the deck of the ghost ship, watching the waves splashed up by its voyage and the crescent moon hanging on the horizon, Lu Ming tried his best to suppress the inner demons in his heart, but ultimately found that he could not expel them at all.

"Mr. Lu Ming, aren't you going to rest?" Just as Lu Ming sighed helplessly, Miral suddenly came onto the deck.

"No. I slept long enough today." Lu Ming glanced back at Miral and shook his head.

"Is something on your mind?" Miral couldn't help but ask, noticing Lu Ming's strange expression.

"It's not something that can be said out loud," Lu Ming said with a smile as he slowly sat down on the deck.

"Let's talk. It's much better than you just sitting here overthinking things!"

Seeing that Miral was a little worried about him, Lu Ming thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"Judging from the ring on your hand, you must be a mage from the Dragon Academy in Behem, right?"

"More or less, I just studied there for a while."

"The magic there must be amazing! I could hear people talking about the magic of Piheim when I was there!"

"I don't know. However, I think Miracaiser's magic will eventually be more powerful than Piheim's."

"Hey! Mr. Lu Ming, you know Mirakessa too? Nobody around here knows!"

After chatting idly with Miral for a while, Lu Ming suddenly asked him, "Hey Miral, what's your last name? Sachi?"

"Eh~!!" Miral gaped in astonishment, asking incredulously, "How does Mr. Lu Ming know my surname is Sachi?!"

'Just as I thought. Did the God of Light do it on purpose? Or was it the work of another deity?'

Lu Ming smiled helplessly, gently stroked the azure eye on the pendant, and said, "Because the way you yearn for new magic reminds me of an old friend of mine."

"Is that so?" Miral sat down opposite Lu Ming, smiling as she said, "Because my sister and I are both illegitimate children. So when we were little, we were often bullied, and no one would help us. Later, after overhearing people talking about the great man who founded the magic academy, my sister and I decided to build our own magic academy. However, before I came here, my sister passed away..."

"She passed away? That stupid woman..." Although he knew that the Miral in front of him was not the one he thought she was, Lu Ming was still a little sad when he heard the news of her sister's death.

"Stupid woman? Do you know my sister Yusahar?"

"We don't really know each other..." Lu Ming lowered his head, recalling the memory of swallowing the wandering spirit Yusaha bit by bit, which made him feel uncomfortable both physically and mentally.

“At least she has friends now. But I…” Miral didn’t notice Lu Ming’s strange behavior. She only noticed that Lu Ming was looking down, as if he was feeling ashamed because of the death of her sister.

"Aren't I, Bajerton, Jack, and the others all your friends?" After forcibly banishing those unimaginable memories, Lu Ming looked at Miral, who was about to cry, and asked with a smile.

"Huh! Really? Are you guys really my friends?"

"Yes! We are your friends!"

Upon hearing Lu Ming say this, Miral immediately threw herself into Lu Ming's arms and burst into tears.

As Lu Ming stroked Miral's head, he offered her silent comfort, while also hearing her happy murmur, "I finally have a friend..."

"You're a...silly girl too." Holding Miral, Lu Ming smiled helplessly. The amber eyes on the pendant glanced at Lu Ming, then turned to Miral, as if remembering something, or perhaps knowing nothing at all...

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After a four-hour voyage, the ghost ship finally arrived at a new area: the Forgotten Cage.

"Everyone, we've arrived at a new place!" Lu Ming said with a smile to the others from the bow of the ship.

"Yes! A new place, new hope! We can finally learn something about the curse!"

"Curses don't matter! The important thing is the girl!"

"The important thing is magic!"

"You bastards! Who gave you two permission to talk nonsense?!"

"Jack, let it go. Let them be happy for now! When they encounter the Cursed One, it will teach them the true meaning of death!"

"Fine! I'll listen to you. Anyway, these two guys haven't encountered any cursed beings before, so we'll just watch the show."

"Is the Cursed One a girl? Is she pretty?"

Does she know magic?

"Her? No, no, no! Now is not the time to talk about it. You two will know what suffering is when the time comes!"

"why?"

"Imagine the scenario where all the portraits are used up, and people keep dying!"

"No!!"

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When the ghost ship arrived at the dock of the Forgotten Cage and stopped, Lu Ming and his companions ransacked the entire ship. Finally, they found a fire-type skill book, Nitro Charge, in a box.

Just like with the previous high-speed movement, the skill books for Jack, Baggetton, and Miral didn't disappear after they learned Nitro Charge, but they disappeared after Lu Ming learned it. This left Lu Ming somewhat puzzled. However, now that he had two new skills, tackling the new dungeon wouldn't be too difficult.

However, both of these skills are a bit of a pain for everyone!

"High-speed movement: ultra-high-speed movement in an instant."

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