When Torras told him the answer, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Who put the sword in the rudder? It was Torras himself.
The story started from before Torras' Savage Beast entered the sealed island. Back then, Savage Beast was still sailing at Devil's Water. One night, a group of pirates led by the vice-captain betrayed Angor.
Basically, it was a feud between brothers. Angor didn't need to think too much to guess the reason.
Torras wanted to go to Fey Continent to find a way to become a wizard, so he had to bring all the treasures he had collected over the years with him. They didn't want to go to Fey Continent. Instead, they wanted to return to their homeworld and enjoy their lives. That was how a group of pirates fought among themselves.
In the end, Torras won the fight.
Torras had just killed the vice-captain when he was near the stern of the ship. He pulled out his sword and stabbed it into the rudder. "The vice-captain is dead! Don't you see the situation you're in? Surrender now and I'll spare your lives!" Torras threatened the rest of the people around him.
As soon as the threat was made, the vice-captain's men surrendered after a period of stalemate.
This was why Torras put the sword in the rudder. After regaining control of Savage Beast, he didn't pull the sword out of the rudder to show his power.
Not long after, they arrived at the Gear Ocean Abyss. In the end, everyone fell into eternal slumber on that deathly still island.
"So you put the sword in the rudder yourself? In that hidden underground room, the treasures were also yours? You didn't give it to anyone else? "Angor asked.
Torras nodded. "That's right."
Angor frowned. It was the same story again. The account in Lucas's voyage diary had once again deviated from the original version.
Lucas' original words were: He encountered pirates, and all the pirates died under his sword. He even chopped off the head of the pirate leader and seized a ship full of treasure. To show his power, he stabbed his sword into the rudder of the pirate ship. In the end, he took all the treasures and put them into his own treasure vault.
Almost every story mentioned in this passage happened in history.
However, Lucas wasn't the subject of the sentence. Instead, it was Torras. Whether it was killing pirates, stabbing swords, or stashing treasures away, Torras had done all of these things.
In fact, Torras was the one who chopped off his head.
But it wasn't Lucas who cut off the pirate's head. Instead, Torras had chopped off Lucas' head in The Feather Fan and even brought it back as a souvenir.
Everything was so coincidental, but it didn't match the "prophecy" at all. It was exactly the same as the flowers and the wishing tree.
"Is this really a prophecy?" Angor rubbed his temples. He felt like he was getting close to the core of the story, but he couldn't find a way to connect all the pieces together.
Lucas's logbook, the dead island, Torras. But what was the relationship between them?
Angor decided to keep listening. He believed that the clue that could connect all the dots had not appeared yet. The story could not be just an outline. He needed a logic to tell the story.
Maybe this "story" was the power of a third party.
"Go on. Tell me about your life on the island. Tell me about the time when you were still alive. If you find anything strange, don't hide it from me. "
Torras began to tell his story.
After the underground cave was repaired, they decided to stay there for the time being. They didn't find any danger or wild beasts on the island. At first, they were glad that they didn't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts. But as time went by, they realized that the biggest punishment was the lack of living creatures. If there were any living creatures, they would at least have enough food and water.
The first problem they encountered was the lack of water.
After the ship ran out of fresh water, they ran out of water. There were lakes on the island, but the water in those lakes was filthy. Just standing by the lake and smelling it made them want to throw up, let alone drink.
But they had no choice but to drink the dirty water. Of course, it was boiled. There was still some sediment in the water, but it was still edible.
The water problem seemed to have been solved, but the consequence was that several people fell sick with diarrhea. There were not many medical supplies, so in the end, all the people who fell sick had to endure it. They had to drink water, which only worsened their health. It was like an endless cycle. In the end, they became the first to die.
The second difficulty was loneliness and loneliness.
Surrounded by eternal darkness and endless loneliness, everyone despaired when they couldn't find a way out. The reason why Torras' obsession was so deep was because he had slowly built a wall of obsession in this boundless solitude.
The third problem was the lack of food.
Many people died of illness, and more people died. Loneliness also drove many people to suicide. The ship had enough food at first. After all, they were going to cross the sea and reach Fey Continent, which meant they had to store enough food for years.
But eventually, they ran out of food.
After everyone else had died, Torras was the last person left alive. Not only was he lonely, but he also started to run out of food after staying in the darkness for so long. He tried to save food every day, and he didn't even go outside. He just lay on his bed in the hole to live longer.
Torras didn't want to die at all. As long as there was a chance to live, he would do it even if it took decades.
Unfortunately, he didn't have enough food. No matter how hard he tried, he still ran out.
In the end, Torras died of starvation. During his last days, he prayed every day. He prayed that someone would take him out, prayed that a ship with enough food would bring him in, prayed that he wouldn't die.
But in the end, death still came.
Torras's face was filled with sorrow when he told his story. Almost everyone who lived on the sea knew how to survive on a deserted island. However, they were stranded on a lifeless island. Even if they had survival skills, it was useless.
"Maybe this is my fate. Fate is like a pair of hands hiding behind the clouds, and we are like marionettes that can be manipulated at will. This is how we are destined to end up. "Torras' voice was very downcast. He sat cross-legged on the bed with a sorrowful expression.
An idea came to Angor's mind. He tried to grab it, but it was too late.
What was it? What was the truth?
He couldn't stop thinking about what Torras said at the end of his speech, "Destiny Theory." Many pessimists had the same idea. But why did he have a flash of inspiration when he heard those words just now?
"Are you sure you didn't see anything strange during the process?" Angor considered for a moment before asking again, "Are you sure nothing strange happened?"
Torras shook his head. "Apart from the ship that suddenly showed up, and the skeleton that came out of nowhere, I don't think there was anything else. Wait! "
Torras seemed to have recalled something. "I remember now! That head!"
"What head?" Angor finally remembered what Torras said. "Lucas' head?"
"Who's Lucas?" Torras was surprised.
"The owner of the skeleton you cut off," Angor explained.
"Oh!" Torras nodded. "That's right, it's that skull. Lucas' skull!"
"In the last moments of my life, I was in a dying state, so I often had hallucinations. There were many things that I couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion, but there was one thing that I could distinguish clearly, and that was Lucas' skull. It often glowed."
"Glowing skull again?"
Angor suddenly remembered something. He once stayed in the underground cave to avoid Leviathan's detection, and Toby told him that there was something golden inside. However, after he entered, he did not see the so-called glowing object.
Could it be that this glowing object was actually the skull that had been placed beside Torras's bed all this time?
"You said you saw the skull flashing. What color?" Angor couldn't help but ask.
"Golden light!"
Angor didn't know what to say. So it was the same skull Torras had mentioned. Unfortunately, he didn't know what it was back then. He thought there was something glowing inside the cave.
Angor felt a little regretful that he didn't take the skull with him. But it wasn't strange. Who would take a skull away for no reason?
Meanwhile, Toby, who was sleeping in Angor's chest pocket, turned around happily.
"How did you know that it wasn't your hallucination when you were dying?"
"Because after I died, I became an undead spirit. I still remember that skull glowing from time to time. "
"It glowed after becoming an undead spirit? Is there a pattern to it? "
Torras shook his head. "No pattern. It just glowed for no reason. Oh, right. It has two modes. One is blinking, and the other is always bright."
"What's the difference between these two modes?"
"As for the blinking, I don't think there's any pattern. Anyway, whenever I'm around, it's always blinking for no reason. As for the "always bright" thing … "
Torras was about to say something when he suddenly froze. His memory box was opened, and a memory fragment hidden in the deepest recesses of his mind popped out.
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