Sheyan maintained his composure as he followed Chris's instructions and tossed an apple, a portion of bacon and two dozen rye bread into the water. At this moment, a peculiar sound resonated in the air, like the gentle sound of a greek harp. Following that, a black shadow emerged from the bottom of the water. The speed of these black shadows was extremely fast, like a wide black belt traversing through the water at high speed. Sheyan gazed at the black shadow, his heart welled up with an extreme sense of danger, as though being tainted by it would result in grave consequences. He knew this was a warning from his high perceptive sense, and couldn't help but take a step back, so that he could hide behind a nearby rock at any time.
Fortunately, these black shadows didn't have any intention of going ashore, after finishing the food Sheyan tossed down, they gradually dissipated. The silver brilliance of the sea surface gradually dimmed. At this moment, a drifting bottle covered in moss and algae could be seen drifting towards them at breakneck speed from the distant sea surface. After scooping up the drifting bottle, the silver brilliance instantly dissipated as the sea returned to its previous state of torrential downpour.
At present, Sheyan wasn't willing to stay by the coast any longer, because walking alone in the middle of the night was too conspicuous. He arrived at a bar, and directly tossed 2 pounds to the bartender, requesting for a room. At present, the bar was a supermarket, a hotel, and even a brothel. Hence, the bartender wasn't the slightest bit surprised. He then led Sheyan through a back door, and entered a room.
Probably because most of the customers were pirates and sailors, this room was built in a similar style to a cabin. There was a decoration that looked like a rudder hanging on the wall. The window was also a typical small oval window. Beside it, there were some very popular hand darts. The wooden bench by the side had distinct burn marks, it seemed like it was caused by a careless tenant's smoking pipe. Commendably, the linen grey striped bedsheet looked old, but was relatively clean. It even emitted a fresh scent after being washed and exposed to the sun.
Sheyan sat down on the bed, carefully sizing up the bottle he scooped up. This was a dark brown bottle with a thin neck and round belly. The bottle mouth was sealed with a thick layer of wax, allowing the cork to remain dry. The surface of the bottle was no longer glossy, as barnacles, seaweed and other plants grew on it. Touching it with his palm, he could feel an unintentional primitive roughness. What made Sheyan astonished was that this bottle felt extremely cold, as though it was just taken out from a freezer. Holding it in his hand, he felt as though the heat in his bone marrow was being sucked away.
According to Chris, if this bottle was opened, the mission would be terminated, and a malevolent spirit would emerge. This malevolent spirit was in an illusory state, no attacks would be able to harm it. This malevolent spirit would curse a person, causing their HP to drop by 100 points for 5 minutes, before disappearing. At that time, there was an unlucky guy in their party who hurriedly opened the bottle, and was cursed by the malevolent spirit.
In the end, this unlucky guy was a pickpocket before entering the nightmare realm, he was known as an expert who could scoop up 10 1 dollar coins from a frying pan. His agility was intentionally stacked to over 20 points, but because of this, his physique was only on par with a normal person. In the end, after this guy was cursed, his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. He racked his brains, but could only stare blankly as he slowly walked towards his death within 5 minutes ….. before he died, one could only imagine his crumbling state of mind.
After encountering such a situation, of course no one dared to rashly open the bottle. After a series of probing, Chris's party finally discovered that an old man in Tortuga castle named Russell was very interested in this item. This old man's position in the castle was not low, he was similar to a trusted butler. Every morning at 9 am, he would come out to purchase vegetables. As long as one passed this bottle to him, one would be able to obtain a reward of 20 pounds sterling (World currency, unable to be brought out). Furthermore, one would be able to obtain his friendship. From then on, one could use the excuse of visiting Mr Russell to freely enter and exit Tortuga castle. This authority was not without its benefits, according to Chris, using a whetstone in Tortuga port could permanently increase one's weapon attack by 1-1, there was also a chance to accept other deeper missions.
However, Sheyan didn't intend to follow Chris's instructions anymore.
First of all, Chris was not a good person, previously he had cleverly exploited a loophole in the contract, purposely skipping over the key point of establishing a good relationship with that stingy Mole Waller. Thus, it created a huge problem for Sheyan. According to psychology, when one is closest to success, one's guard would be the lowest. Thus, if he continued following this plan, he might just bump into another trap laid by Chris.
More importantly, if he continued doing this, the rewards would not be attractive to Sheyan. Under Ammand's generous sharing of the spoils, Sheyan's current amount of pounds sterling had exceeded 3 digits, a mere 20 pounds sterling was not important anymore. As for entering Tortuga castle, it seemed like there were many opportunities, but to the Bell and Mug's crew head who killed the castle owner's wife, frequently entering and exiting that place was not a good idea. Who knows, the benefits might not even be worth the trouble.
Thus, Sheyan decided to try another route, which was the route that Chris and his crew met with a wall – to open this bottle!
The vengeful spirit's curse appeared to be extremely vicious, but unfortunately, this degree of damage wasn't much of a threat to Sheyan. If he wore the title of 'Sea Pirate Chieftain' on the ship, his maximum HP could reach 190 points. Even now, his HP was as high as 170 points. A loss of 100 HP for 5 minutes wasn't a problem for him at all ….. this didn't include the damage reduction ability of his high HP.
After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Sheyan very calmly picked up this' Message in Bottle ', allowing the cold to wantonly absorb his body heat. He then picked up the candlestick from the side, using his finger to touch the candle flame, as if to verify the temperature of the candle flame. He then placed the 'Message in Bottle' over the candle flame, allowing the thick layer of wax seal to melt away.
Following the heat of the flame, the wax seal on the 'Message in Bottle' started to melt, drop by drop dripping onto the table. Unknowingly, the air was filled with a faint fragrance. Looking at this scene, Sheyan suddenly thought of the 'Haunted House' story that Dasi's father had told him when he was young. Roughly speaking, Dasi's father was travelling with friends in his early years, when the sky was already dark, they came across a small hut. The hut was empty, in the central room was a headless statue of an evil deity. However, rice, firewood and a bed were all complete, even though everything looked sinister, they were hungry after walking for a day in the mountains. Furthermore, it was raining heavily, so they decided to rest here for the night.
Naturally, these few merchants planned to start a fire to cook, and after eating, they would sleep early. In the end, the hut didn't have a chimney, hence the smoke from cooking permeated everywhere. Not long after, before their rice was cooked, they realized many terrifying evil spirits were frantically pouncing towards them. Frightened, they fled for their lives, and two of their companions even fell down the slippery cliff. Afterwards, they heard from an experienced person of the same trade, that this hut should be a trap set up by the bandits. The problem lies in the firewood they used to cook.
That firewood should have been mixed with the 'ingredient' extracted from the poisonous mushrooms of Ailao mountain. Using the 'tide' language to translate, it was a hallucinogen. After inhaling the smoke from the firewood, it would naturally cause one to hallucinate. In addition to the sinister environment, the evil headless statue of an evil deity was naturally a terrifying hallucination.
At present, Sheyan glanced at the melted fiery oil, as well as the faint smell in the air. His heart couldn't help but develop a faint ominous premonition. Because in this current era, the most common method to open this' Message in a Bottle 'was undoubtedly to use fire to break open the wax seal. Therefore, it was hard to say whether or not there was a trap. Thus, he immediately moved the bottle away from the candle flame, and opened the window to take in a few deep breaths of fresh air. Unsure if it was a psychological effect or some other reason, Sheyan instantly felt his mind becoming much clearer.
Although he didn't receive any notification from the nightmare imprint, he still had that ominous premonition in his heart. He swiftly inspected his personal attributes, and immediately found the source of his uneasiness! Because below his personal attributes, there was a shocking notification:
"When your attack hits an enemy, there is a 14% chance of nullification." “
But obviously, this hateful effect was rapidly fading away. Because after Sheyan read this line of words and carefully observed his own situation, he discovered that apart from this damned DBUFF, there wasn't any other abnormalities. That attack nullification rate had already dropped to 13%. It seems like in less than a minute, this DBUFF would quietly dissipate away without alerting anyone. (To be continued.) If you like this work, I welcome you to donate your monthly votes to * * (qidian.com). Your support, is my greatest motivation.
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