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

At sea, the captain's orders are greater than the sky.

Following Xia En's order, the [Black Swan] began sailing in the misty sea under the guidance of [Siren Scale].

have to say.

After the negative status of [Blood Sacrifice Curse] was lifted, it underwent an all-round strengthening, and [Black Swan] felt different when driving.

It's like switching from a second-hand car to a supercar, it's exceptionally smooth.

But even so, Xia En didn't dare to race at full speed in the fog.

After all, God knows there are other terrifying beings in this fog that he can't afford to offend. If he hits a reef hidden in the fog, it's no joke.

In this way, three days flew by in a hurry.

During this period, An was successfully promoted to a second-level Mystic Pathfinder, and his profession was - [Guardian Knight]!

[Status "Knight's Guard" changed! 】

[Quality: precious]

[Description: When your knight is nearby, your mental resistance and toughness will increase moderately, and the probability of falling into a negative state will be greatly reduced. 】

[Your knight can consume his own secret power and vitality to provide you with shields, restore status, and heal injuries! 】

【——Selflessness, sacrifice, dedication. 】

Having said that, this state is quite powerful and can be called a minor auxiliary skill.

The only problem is that Xia En is worried that his physique is too different from An's, and the healing will drain him of his secret power!

Another thing that left Shane quite speechless was...

Ever since the crystal coffin was placed in the cabin, the ghost Vivian has not woken up even once!

On the panel, her status also changed to [Vivian (unbound) (sleeping)].

Xia En suspected that this ghost's concept of time seemed different from that of ordinary humans?

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This afternoon.

Xia En stood on the bow deck of the ship, looking at the sea. The [Siren Scale] in his hand gave off a faint light.

These days, [Siren Scale]’s reaction has become obviously more intense.

This means that the distance between [Black Swan] and [Siren Islands] is constantly shortening.

In fact, Xia En didn't know much about the [Siren Islands].

In addition to knowing that this place is suspected to be Joey's hometown and the hometown of all sea monsters, the only other things left are the legends about sea monsters in previous lives.

But there has always been a big gap between legend and reality.

What exactly you will encounter can only be known after you get to the island.

Thinking of this, Xia En glanced at the silver-haired girl not far away.

Joey seems to be practicing magic.

But judging from the chaotic flow of magic power around her, the ice crystals spreading on the deck, and the inaccurate spell trajectory.

Her thoughts may have flown to nowhere.

In order to prevent the girl from causing greater damage to the [Black Swan], Shane walked to Joey and spoke.

"Joy, let's put aside the practice of magic for a while. How about chatting with me for a while?"

"Ship, Mr. Captain!"

Hearing this, Joey suddenly came back to his senses and put away his magic power in a panic: "Yes... I'm sorry..."

Looking at her appearance at this time, Xia En inexplicably remembered the first time he met Joey.

At that time, she was also timid, afraid of strangers, and had a very poor disguise.

Who would have thought that Joey would not only take off his disguise and guard, but also become a real secret traveler?

"In a blink of an eye, it turns out that so much time has passed."

Xia En sighed with emotion, waved his hand, and said calmly: "We are going to the Siren Islands soon, how do you feel?"

Joey was stunned, and then said frankly: "To be honest, I feel quite complicated."

"A little nervous, a little uneasy, and a little expectant..."

"This is normal."

Xia En comforted and said: "In my hometown, there is a saying - shyness when you are close to home."

"The farther away people are from their hometowns, the closer they are to their hometowns once they return, the less peaceful they will feel."

Joey was confused and curious: "Isn't Mr. Captain's hometown... Duke Island?"

Xia En shook his head, looked at the vast sea with complicated eyes, and said.

"Joy, you are actually lucky. After all, you still have a chance to return to your hometown."

"But I...maybe never go back."

Joy was a little confused, but from the tone of these words, she could also tell that Mr. Captain was not calm.

By some strange coincidence, a sentence blurted out from the girl's mouth.

"Mr. Captain, you still have me!"

"……Um?"

"Uh...ah...I mean, you, me and the other crew members are all companions you can trust."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the [Black Swan]! Isn't the [Black Swan] our home?"

Joey's face turned slightly red and he explained very quickly.

In fact, she didn't know why she had to explain in a panic, let alone why her heart was beating so fast.

——Thumping, thumping, as if it was about to jump out of the chest.

Shane heard what Joey meant to comfort him and chuckled, "That's right."

Suddenly, at this moment.

The [Siren Scale] in Xia En's hand bloomed with a brighter blue light and began to vibrate slightly.

Joey also felt something, looked in a direction in the fog, listened carefully and said.

"Listen, it's singing!"

Xia En's heart moved, and he carefully distinguished the sounds in the mist, and sure enough he heard a melodious song.

The singing was different from any singing he had ever heard.

Sweet, melodious, mysterious.

With intoxicating magic.

But the moment he heard the song, Xia En's expression became solemn, and his eyes became wary.

[You heard the siren’s song! 】

[After judging mental toughness and resistance, you successfully resisted the "charm" and "mind control" states! 】

You know, in the legend that Xia En knows, the sea monster can lure ships to hit the rocks and sink!

Perhaps the aborigines of the Kraken Islands are not friendly towards outsiders?

In fact, it is precisely because of this concern that Xia En will wait until the [Black Swan] is strengthened and his own strength is improved again before going to the [Siren Islands] to explore.

"The influence of singing is not just for me..."

Thinking of this, Xia En immediately looked at the other crew members on the ship.

"Captain, what happened?"

Xian Ge took the lead and flew over, curiously asking: "What is this sound? It sounds pretty good."

As a bronze dragon, it has good mental resistance, which is quite normal.

Xia En didn't have time to pay attention to it and turned to look at Fei Ya and An.

The former looked as usual and just murmured: "Is this the song of the siren?"

The latter came silently behind Xia En, seemingly ready to fight.

Think about it too.

Fei Ya can even overcome the blood-sucking desire engraved deep in her blood, and resist the temptation of the siren's song, so don't take it too easy.

And An is both a knight and an elf, so it is normal for him to be immune to abnormal mental states!

"..."

Shane's mouth twitched.

The person closest to ordinary people on this ship is me, the captain?

From a certain perspective, this is probably the benefit of having a crew of alien species. In the event of such a special event, there is no need to worry about their safety.

Finally, Shane looked at Joey beside him.

After hearing the singing, the girl had a complicated look on her face.

Soon, Joey took a breath, and then spit out an ethereal and crystal-like song.

We were clearly in the white mist, and the sky looked a little bleak.

But her singing immediately reminded Xia En of the scene of the evening breeze blowing through the window on a summer night and the wind chimes swaying gently.

There is an indescribable sense of clarity and transparency.

It makes people who hear the singing unconsciously feel at peace.

Although Xia En has long seen Joey's [beautiful singing voice] talent from the panel.

But it was also the first time for him to hear a girl singing loudly, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

And as if hearing the songs of the same race, the siren's voice paused slightly in the mist.

When it started playing again, the strange feeling in the singing subsided.

Instead, there was a close, gentle kindness.

If the previous singing was "bewitching" and "seduce", then the current siren's singing has become an "invitation."

Upon noticing this change, Xia En breathed a sigh of relief and slowly drove the [Black Swan] in the direction where the singing came from.

However, Joey didn't stop singing.

Two similar but different songs, one after another in the mist, seemed like a special way of communication.

After a while, as if attracted by the singing, several different voices sounded in the fog one after another.

Gradually, they gathered into a chorus of sirens.

This is not an ordinary chant, but a ritual with mysterious qualities.

[You listened to the welcome chorus of the sirens! 】

[In a short period of time, your endurance and mysterious attributes have been slightly improved! 】

After seeing these lines of prompts, Xia En lowered his guard a little.

He was quite worried at first, but the encounter with the Kraken turned into a situation where the fight started within three seconds of meeting.

Now it seems that the worst case scenario should not evolve.

It didn't take long.

Under the guidance of the song, a strange archipelago slowly came into Xia En's eyes.

And on the sea surface and rocks near the [Black Swan], mermaids began to appear one after another.

They have beautiful faces and figures, and their lower bodies are strong and powerful fish tails.

Black hair is spread behind the mermaid, and a large area of ​​white skin is exposed to the air, with only the most limited shielding using shells.

"Giggle~"

Noticing Xia En's gaze, the sirens laughed like silver bells and waved to him without shyness.

Among them, there was also a siren who let out a low exclamation.

"It's a man..."

Amidst the harmless laughter of the other sisters, the siren who exclaimed shyly dived into the sea and hid.

Xia En's eyes swept over them and looked at the nearby rocks, but he didn't see any dry corpses or white bones.

So far, the attitude of the Krakens is relatively friendly.

After a while, the [Black Swan] docked on the shore of this small island.

Unlike normal islands, which are built in the central area of ​​the island, the Kraken's residence is located not far from the coast.

They used wood to build houses on the rocks and on the sea, somewhat similar to the floating houses in previous lives.

Several wooden houses are connected together to form a coastal village.

As soon as the [Black Swan] anchored, two very similar-looking sirens swam over and spoke in a voice as clear as spring water.

"Captain from afar, welcome to the Siren Islands!"

"The clan leader has learned of your arrival and invites you to visit the island."

Xia En was not surprised by this, nodded and said: "Okay, please wait a moment."

Although the sirens seem to be harmless, Xia En has always believed that it is necessary to be on guard against others.

There must be a few crew members left on board the Black Swan.

After thinking for a moment, Xia En decided to take Joey and Fei Ya, and the three of them went together.

The identity of the bronze dragon is very special, and it would be bad if it attracts the attention of the sea monster.

It is quite inconvenient to move on this kind of floating building, and the floating wood may collapse with just one step.

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…

It didn't take long.

Led by the twin mermaids Lulu and Lily.

The three of them arrived at the largest and most eye-catching floating house on the sea.

What surprised Xia En was that the scenes on these floating houses and corridors were not as primitive and ancient as he expected.

The wood is cut extremely smooth.

At the joints of some wooden blocks, you can see the way rivets are connected.

The interior of the house is even more beautiful with bright windows and exquisite decoration. There are also several exquisite flintlock guns hanging on the walls.

If it weren't for the mermaid form of the residents here, it would be almost indistinguishable from ordinary island buildings.

It seems a bit too modern!

"How is this going?"

With a doubtful attitude, Xia En raised his head and looked at the Siren Clan Leader not far away.

This patriarch is a young woman who still retains her charm.

Her lower body was still the tail of a fish, lying on the soft cushion on the floor.

But her upper body was wearing a purple dress with exquisite workmanship, which outlined her mature curves.

"I am the leader of this Kraken clan, Natasha."

Xia En also said: "I am the captain of the [Black Swan], Xia En, they are my crew."

After introducing herself, Natasha chuckled and said, "You must be curious now why we are different from the legendary Siren."

"The reason is simple... Times have changed!"

"In the past, we were very closed-minded and rarely communicated with the outside world."

"And just when we were completely unaware of it, human technology has already undergone earth-shaking changes."

"Whether it's artillery, steam engines, or the technology for building houses and making clothes, they have all evolved to a level that is difficult for us to understand."

Natasha's tone was complicated, but soon she said it proudly.

"Why can't Siren have these technologies that improve the quality of life?"

"So, my ancestors made a bold decision."

"She began to actively contact the passing ships and lured them to the Kraken Islands to absorb the outstanding talents on board."

"Um?"

Xia En was stunned for a moment, and asked with a strange expression: "Absorption...means?"

"As the name suggests, it is to absorb them into the Kraken's tribe."

Natasha looked at the dress she was wearing, then at the flintlock gun hanging on the wall, and said slightly sadly.

"This dress was made for me by my husband's own hands, and the pistols were also part of his collection."

Xia En asked carefully: "May I ask your husband..."

"Yes, he is a human captain."

Natasha said frankly: "He passed away three years ago."

"..."

Shane was in a weird mood.

Because he suddenly thought of the legend of the Seven Seas.

The Kraken will use its songs to lure sailors to the Kraken Islands and let them stay on the islands forever.

At first glance, it sounds like a sea monster took the lives of the crew.

But from another perspective, if the crew died of old age on the islands, wouldn't they also stay forever?

After satisfying his curiosity, Shane looked at Joey aside and gave him an encouraging look.

After hesitating for a moment, Joey plucked up the courage and spoke with determination flashing in his eyes.

"Ms. Natasha, actually... I also have the blood of the sea monster flowing in my body."

"Ok, I know."

Natasha nodded without surprise: "Besides, your bloodline is very special."

"So, why did you come to Siren Islands?"

After the words were spoken, Joey felt much more relaxed and said directly: "I came to see my hometown, but I'm not sure whether the Kraken Islands is the hometown in my memory."

"That's it..."

Natasha's words were somewhat gentle: "So, child, do you still have any impressions of your former hometown?"

Joey thought hard, biting his lip and said, "I remember... when I was a child, I lived in a very bright and empty white room."

"There seems to be transparent glass on the walls, and several black towers can be seen through the glass."

"White room... glass... tower..."

Natasha frowned and shook her head: "In my impression, there should be no such place on the Siren Islands."

"Do you remember your parents' names?"

"If they are sirens who lived in the Siren Islands, I can probably still remember their names."

Joey fell into a longer memory and spoke with difficulty after a long time.

"My mother seems to be called Diana..."

"Diana!?"

Natasha's tone suddenly rose, and a flash of disbelief flashed in her eyes.

Hope appeared on Joey's face and he asked, "Ma'am, have you heard of this name?"

"certainly."

Natasha stared at Joey with extremely complicated eyes.

"Diana was my best playmate, and she was also the most talented girl in the Siren clan for thousands of years."

"Even I can only look up at her back."

"However, she disappeared mysteriously when she was sixteen years old. I searched the entire Siren Islands but could not find her."

Joey was confused: "Sixteen years old, missing?"

"In other words, I was born after my mother left the Siren Islands?"

"That's how it should be."

Natasha sighed: "It's a pity, but I'm afraid the Siren Islands are not your real hometown."

Xia En silently chewed and digested the information in the two people's words.

He thought that by taking Joey to the Siren Islands, things would come to an end naturally, but he didn't expect that there were so many hidden secrets behind it.

Instead, more doubts arose.

Why did Diana disappear mysteriously?

Did she leave voluntarily, or was she kidnapped?

A white, glassed-in room that sounded like some kind of laboratory.

And who is Joey's father?

While thinking about these issues, Xia En looked at Joey worriedly, a little worried that she would be depressed because of this.

But to his surprise, Joey cheered up quickly and respectfully thanked Natasha: "Ms. Natasha, thank you."

"It's just a little effort."

Natasha looked at Joey and murmured: "It seems that you and Diana are indeed somewhat similar..."

At this time, Joey asked again: "I heard that there is a place on the Siren Islands that can stimulate the potential of the Siren bloodline. Can I give it a try?"

Her idea is simple, and it comes as she comes.

Although I couldn't find my true hometown, I could at least improve my strength and become a help to Mr. Captain.

"Of course, kid, it's just..."

Natasha apologized: "The ancestral land with the power of transformation has been occupied by a group of monsters contaminated by the blood of the ancient dragon in recent years."

"If you want to go to the ancestral land, you will encounter many dangers."

Xia En said in surprise: "Ancient dragon bloodline?"

"Yes, in fact, in the center of the Siren Islands, a real ancient dragon once slept."

"However, it failed to wake up from its long sleep and eventually died here, causing many living beings to be contaminated."

Natasha felt quite ashamed and said: "Our sea monster clan's combat power on land is extremely limited, so we are no match for those monsters, so our ancestral land has been occupied for many years."

"If Captain Shane is willing to help us destroy the monsters, I would be really grateful."

Hearing this, Xia En's eyes lit up.

A creature like a dragon is full of treasures!

Materials such as keel bones and dragon teeth are even more natural and extraordinary materials.

He happened to be worrying about what materials would be used to fill the next upgrade of the hull. Isn't this a perfect opportunity?

Not to mention, it can also help Joey complete the transformation of his bloodline.

If you bring the bronze dragon with you, you might get an unexpected reward!

Thinking of this, Xia En said: "Since Patriarch Natasha said so, we will accept this commission."

"Many thanks."

Natasha smiled: "However, since everyone has come a long way, why not rest in the village for a day before going to fight against the dragon-blooded monster tomorrow."

"We can also host a banquet."

Under Natasha's warm invitation, Xia En couldn't refuse.

However, I don't know if it was his misunderstanding. During the dinner, the sirens all showed a little disappointment when they saw the combination of "two women and one man".

After finishing the meal, Fei Ya walked to Xia En and spoke earnestly.

"Mr. Captain, I think...these sirens don't look at you right, so be careful tonight."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Fei Ya just smiled and said nothing.

Not long after, Xia En walked into the guest room arranged by the sirens.

Not long after he lay down, the door was quietly pushed open and two figures walked in.