We Agreed to Set Sail, but You Became the Ruler of the Deep Sea?

Xia En originally thought this thing was a bit evil, but after seeing the prompts on the panel, he breathed a sigh of relief.

[Statue of the Storm Goddess (broken)]

[Quality: Poor]

[Type: Statue]

[Description: The Storm Goddess controls the sea and protects the people on the sea. This statue tried its best to save the ship, but she failed. 】

【Place it on the ship to increase the "mysterious" attribute! 】

[May the storm bless you. 】

"Storm Goddess?"

Of course, Shane had heard of this goddess's name.

In this era, the sea surrounds the entire human civilization, and the power of the Storm Goddess has been enhanced like never before.

The Deep Sea Church that believes in Him is one of the most powerful churches in the Seven Seas Federation.

Even in a borderland like Duke Island, there are many believers of the Storm Goddess.

What worried Xia En more than the name was another sentence in the description.

"Improve the mysterious attributes..."

Xia En was thoughtful.

This is a world where extraordinary power exists, and many things have mysterious qualities. Strictly speaking, the so-called "ship soul" is a mysterious thing.

After the mysterious attributes are increased, the Black Swan may have some incredible abilities.

"It won't be covered with strange tentacles, or turn into a ghost ship that emits will-o'-the-wisps, right?"

Shaking his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Xia En took out the statue and placed it on the table in his captain's cabin.

[Black Swan "Mysterious" +1! 】

At this moment, Xia En vaguely felt that there was a hazy veil covering the entire ship's appearance.

It also seems to have some kind of protective effect.

While the mysterious attribute increases, [Captain's Majesty] also feeds it back into Xia En's body.

However, unlike the feeling when the [Solidity] attribute is improved, the changes it brings to the body are not obvious, only a sense of coolness flows through the mind.

Xia En touched his chin curiously: "Speaking of which, what attribute of mine does [Mystery] correspond to?"

He couldn't think of an answer yet, so he didn't care. He turned to look at the opened black box.

Xia En noticed just now that there were two books underneath the statue.

One is the Storm Bible.

This is a must-read classic for followers of the Storm Goddess.

Xia En only glanced at it and ignored it.

The other one is a logbook.

Although there is a saying, "Who the serious person keeps a diary?", but at sea, the logbook is still very important.

Especially in some strange sea areas, the logbook is the key to preventing the ship from being "lost".

There was nothing to do now anyway, so Xia En opened the diary out of curiosity.

Most of the previous contents are normal and are things that ordinary ships will experience at sea.

But starting from a certain page, the contents recorded in the log gradually became weird.

[April 3rd in the federal calendar. 】

[...We came to the sea area where Coral City is located. According to the treasure map, the legendary Ember Treasure is somewhere in Coral City. 】

[However, the authenticity of the treasure map has not yet been determined, and it is impossible for me to bet all my wealth on this treasure. 】

[But with Anil and Andre from the Shark tribe as salvagers, there should be some unexpected gains. 】

[Goddess above, may the storm protect us. 】

[April 5th in the Federal Calendar]

[...Today is the first day of diving and salvage. The two sharks seemed very excited. Perhaps, they prefer to stay in the sea than life on the boat. 】

[According to Anil, they found an ancient dark door at the location marked on the treasure map. 】

[Could it be that there is a treasure of embers behind the door? 】

[April 8th in the Federal Calendar]

[...Today, only Anil is back. 】

[Moreover, his expression was extremely frightened, as if he had seen an extremely terrifying scene at the bottom of the sea, and he kept urging me to leave this sea area. 】

[But that is the ember treasure! Do I want to give up this hard-won opportunity? 】

[April 9th ​​in the Federal Calendar]

【I gave up. 】

[Although treasures are good, they must be taken with a life. 】

[A young captain like me should not try to get my hands on treasures that don’t belong to me. 】

[The area behind the door can be explored later. 】

[Anil was relieved after knowing my decision. However, I don’t know if it was my imagination, but Anil’s appearance seemed a little strange. 】

[He began to hide in a corner and talk to himself, whispering to the sea with an intoxicated expression. It was a language I had never heard before, like an ancient ballad. 】

[But when I asked him about it, he said he had never sung. 】

At this point in the log, a gap suddenly appeared.

Several pages seemed to be torn out, and the recorded content became somewhat fragmented.

[...The third deceased appeared on a rainy night. 】

[Like the previous deceased, their heads were missing, leaving only headless corpses that had been eaten away. 】

[The crew began to doubt each other, and Anil was the biggest suspect. He became more and more taciturn, and his eyes became colder and colder. Sometimes I suspected that he was no longer Anil, but some evil person. The incarnation of a different being. 】

[What should I do? 】

[Goddess, please show me the way forward. 】

[...I executed Anil. 】

[He is the murderer and the source of the curse! 】

[When I chopped off his head, I felt a joy that I had never felt before. 】

[Everything is over, we can return safely. 】

…

[…No, it’s not over! 】

【The storm is coming! The headless dead appear again! 】

【the fourth! the fifth! 】

[I gathered the crew in the captain's cabin, I want to find out the real murderer! 】

…

[...Has any sailor heard me singing? How can it be? He must be crazy! 】

[Why are they all looking at me with fear in their eyes? They are crazy! All crazy! 】

Another weird gap.

Xia En turned to the last few pages and saw several lines of crooked text.

[Curse, this is the curse of Ember Treasure! 】

[From the moment we opened that door, the outcome was already determined. 】

【We will all die! 】

[Death, die, die, die, die, die! 】

In the end, all that was left in the voyage diary was a page full of the word "death" written in blood and messy graffiti.

It can be seen that when writing these words, the captain's mind had completely collapsed.

A chill spread across Xia En's back.

The information recorded in this diary vaguely revealed to him the tragedy that occurred on the sunken ship.

It also made him understand the cause of the many headless corpses in the captain's cabin.

But the deceased have passed away, and it is difficult for Xia En to be deeply touched by the deaths of these people he has never met.

In contrast, what he cared more about was what was mentioned in the logbook...

Ember treasure!

As we all know, there are countless treasures buried under the sea, and Ember Treasures belong to a rather special category among them.

According to legend, there was a king named "King Xin" in the last era. In order to preserve the fire of civilization, he buried his secret treasures in the corners of various cities.

Those secret treasures are not gold, silver and jewelry, but the crystallization of the highest technology and secret methods of that era.

There are even extinct species, lost grimoires, and historical records of ancient civilizations.

It can be said that the discovery of every ember treasure is enough to advance the technology of the Seven Seas Federation for decades.

A glimmer of light left behind by a drowned civilization.

Therefore, it is called "embers".

Such a treasure naturally has a huge temptation for Xia En.

He rummaged briefly and quickly found a yellowed treasure map in the pages of the Storm Bible.