Thinking about it, even if he only went to the safest area indicated on the map, the wealth he could obtain would be comparable to the wealth of four or five Raging Flame Planes!
How shocking was this …
Now, this wealth was waving at Lin Yun.
After putting away the largest map, Lin Yun was in a very good mood and let out a rare laugh.
He walked out of the room filled with nautical charts.
It didn't take long before he found the First Mate's study. It was covered in dust and the bookshelves were piled with books. But Lin Yun sighed with regret.
He casually released a bit of mana to move the wind elements, and as the breeze blew, all the books turned to dust.
These ordinary papers had no magic protection. If they had been placed outside, with good preservation methods, they might have survived. But this was the Intrepid, and the corrosion of time had already turned these books into ashes.
Thinking about it, the study of the Intrepid's First Mate, the number one person under Red Beard, the books inside had to be extremely valuable. Unfortunately, they had all been destroyed.
He cast a Gale spell and blew the dust away through the window. But suddenly, Lin Yun was startled and walked to the side of a bookshelf with large strides.
This bookshelf had originally held seven to eight hundred books, but they had all turned to dust. But in an unremarkable corner of the second floor, there was an intact book with a leather cover!
Lin Yun frowned and cast a probing mana spell, but it didn't show any abnormalities.
This was just an ordinary book.
He picked up the book and discovered that there was a very thin secret compartment hidden behind it. After cracking this simple mechanism, he found a necklace inside.
It was an ordinary-looking necklace made of Mithril with a ruby embedded at the bottom.
Lin Yun 'expression instantly changed when he touched that ruby.
'Powerful, extremely powerful mana!'
This ruby actually contained a kind of mana that made Lin Yun apprehensive!
But his probing mana couldn't detect it!
He tried probing it and found that the mana within the ruby was very stable. Moreover, there seemed to be some kind of obstruction. Let alone extracting the mana, he couldn't even touch it.
After looking at it for a while, Lin Yun frowned and put down the necklace. He then picked up the leather cover book. The book was very simple and exquisite. It was thirty centimeters long and had a simple rune imprint on the cover. Lin Yun didn't understand what that imprint meant.
After flipping through the first page, Lin Yun had a very surprised expression.
This was actually a diary!
"Cold Moon, 13th. Today, I finally became a sailor and no longer need to sleep in a dirty slave cabin. I even saw the captain …"
Lin Yun flipped through a dozen pages and found that the diary's owner was a sailor.
After reaching the 25th page, Lin Yun suddenly stopped.
"The 28th of the Month of Raging Flames. Today was originally a good day. After a month, we finally killed that crafty Heaven Rank sea beast. But who would have thought that something terrible would happen when that Heaven Rank sea beast died. A huge whirlpool actually appeared on the surface of the sea. That whirlpool was too frightening and had no end in sight. It was as if the entire sea had turned into a whirlpool. It was the first time I saw the wise and calm Captain, who didn't care about a Heaven Rank sea beast, showing an alarmed expression. He crazily ordered us to escape from that whirlpool." That was the first time I saw the calm and farsighted Captain, who didn't care about a Heaven Rank sea beast, showing a frightened expression. He crazily ordered us to escape from that whirlpool.
"Even the Heaven Rank sea beast's corpse that we didn't have time to bring on board was unhesitatingly thrown away by Captain. Everyone could see that Captain's heart was already filled with fear. The pitiful Squad Leader Hardedef fell off the ship. I also saw that terrifying whirlpool swallow Hardedef in an instant …"
Lin Yun looked at that page of the diary and could even see through the messy handwriting that the diary's owner was terrified. His hands were shaking as he wrote the diary.
'Whirlpool …'
Lin Yun suddenly recalled the greatest danger mark on the largest nautical chart. That was also a very sloppy whirlpool mark. That mark didn't fit in with the other marks on the exquisite and accurate nautical chart. It could be seen that the person who made that mark was filled with fear.
There was even a blood-red cross on that whirlpool mark. Even the Intrepid couldn't approach that huge area of the sea.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Yun flipped to the next page.
"Raging Fire Moon, 29th. Today, I heard that the kitchen's George died. It seems that he choked to death on a piece of bread that he ate. Serves him right. We were risking our lives, but that damned b * stard was actually stealing food …"
He flipped to the next page.
"Month of Raging Flames, 30th day. That idiot Byron, as the most agile thief, actually fell to his death from the 2nd floor, damn …"
Lin Yun kept flipping and found out that every page had similar content. A person died every day, and he flipped over twenty pages in a row.
"Raging Plum Rain Moon, 23rd. Sh * t, another person died. This is too frightening. There's a rumor spreading on the ship that hunting a Heaven Rank sea beast angered a terrifying existence and that something evil came aboard. People are dying every day, and it's not just low-ranking sailors and slaves. Today, a captain died …"
Lin Yun frowned and quickly flipped to the next page. After flipping a few dozen pages, they were all filled with this kind of information. But the diary's owner went from being indifferent at first to becoming more and more terrified. Even the date of the diary was intermittent.
Suddenly, Lin Yun stopped, his expression becoming serious as he carefully looked at the new page. Just like before, the handwriting on this page was very sloppy, and the diary's owner's hands were shaking in fear.
"Raging Frost Moon, 18th. Everyone was resting. I went to clean up the hold and encountered a terrifying thing. It looked at me and I couldn't budge. It asked me if I was willing to become the most powerful person on the ship. How could I believe it? Isn't the most powerful person Captain Red Beard? Then, it asked me if I was willing to become the most powerful person under Captain Red Beard …" It must be joking.
I'm only an ordinary sailor, I'm too scared. I agreed, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die. It said it would help me, but the price was that I had to do something for it in the future. I could only agree. That damned captain, if he hadn't made me clean up the hold at night, I wouldn't have encountered that thing. It's definitely that evil thing. Everyone dies at night. That damned captain definitely wants to harm me, I must kill him … "
After flipping through a few pages, there was nothing of value. After flipping through eight pages …
"Raging Frost Moon, 30th. Today is the day of the competition on the ship. I challenged the captain to a duel, and then I regretted it … I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect that I would actually kill the captain. I won, and I became the new captain …"
When Lin Yun saw this, he immediately thought of the unkillable monster.
As he flipped further, there was nothing special. As for the diary's owner, he began to rise through the ranks. Whether it was his level or position, the speed of his promotion was extremely fast. It could be said that he was taken care of by the Goddess of Luck. Either his superior died in battle, or he broke through in battle.
When he flipped to the second last page, the diary's owner was promoted to first mate, and he was deeply trusted by Red Beard.
"Could this be the legendary main character?" When Lin Yun saw this, he was also dumbfounded. The diary's owner really had the potential to be a main character. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was possessed by the Goddess of Luck. The entire process of his rise was unbelievably smooth, as if everything had been arranged, and he was just waiting for him to take the position of first mate …
However, when Lin Yun flipped to the last page, he suddenly changed his mind …
There was only one sentence on the last page: "It came to find me, and wants me to betray the captain …"
When he flipped further, there was only half a page left, and only some incomplete words could be seen on it.
"I don't want to betray the captain, and I don't dare to go against him. No, no, I have to think of a way to deal with it. I can't become a puppet, I heard …"
"Eh?" After reading these incomplete words, Lin Yun suddenly realized that there was only half of the diary in his hands. The other half seemed to have been torn out …
"Hold on, what is this …" Just as he was about to put down the diary, Lin Yun's gaze stopped on the last page. A faint red mark caught Lin Yun's attention.
Lin Yun cautiously extended his hand, wanting to erase that red mark, but just as he stretched out his hand, Lin Yun knew that something was wrong. This wasn't a red mark, it was a red beard!
Yes, a red beard!
"The remaining half of the diary must have been taken by Red Beard!"
'That's right, it must be like this …'
He recalled the First Mate's words on the blueprint. 'If I die, hand over the things in my room to the captain.' Based on this, Lin Yun was certain that the First Mate must have found some clues related to the monster and placed those clues in the other half of the diary.
But that half of the diary was taken by Red Beard …
'Looks like I have to go to the captain's cabin …'
Lin Yun slowly closed the diary, and just as he left the study, he saw Xiuban walking over.
"Xiuban, did you find anything useful?"
Xiuban scratched his head and cautiously answered.
"Sir Merlin, I didn't find anything, there are only some ruins …"
Lin Yun shook his head.
"Forget it, let's hurry up and leave this place."
Hearing Lin Yun's words, Xiuban curiously asked, "Sir Merlin, did you find anything useful?"
"Sir Merlin, did you find anything useful?"
Lin Yun looked at the diary in his hands and casually answered, "I found something."
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