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

"Village Chief - Ruhr Village Chief!"

In the bitterly cold sea water, Yan Yan struggled to move his arms while shouting loudly.

"Listen to my advice..."

But soon, Yan Yan, who was covered in flames, froze.

Because the person who poked his head out from the deck of the [Diamond Star] was not the village chief of Ice Island, but the captain of the [Black Swan] - Xia En!

Xia En jumped onto an ice floe on the sea with a slight jump, looking at Yan Yan with a half-smile.

"What do you want to do here?"

Yan Yan has a simple personality, but he is still very smart. Looking at Xia En's expression, he guessed that he was probably late, so he said honestly.

"I saw the [Diamond Star] missing on the coast before, so I guessed that the mayor of Ruhr might want to take action against you."

"So I followed him and tried to persuade him to give up."

"But now it seems that I am still a step too late."

Hearing this, Xia En also said directly: "Yes, the mayor of Ruer and other villagers have been captured by me, including the young man named Gray."

"...Do you want to plead for them?"

To Xia En, the life and death of these villagers did not matter at all.

Anyway, after getting the chart and snorkeling in the [Emerald Ancient City] a few times, he will leave this sea area.

I probably will never see these villagers again.

Except for Ruer, the first offender, and Xia En had the idea of ​​​​killing him, it didn't matter whether the others were dead or alive.

In contrast, what Xia En values ​​more is this burning fireman - Yan Yan!

If he really begs for mercy from him, Xia En is willing to be a favor and let him help lift the "extreme cold seal" under the ice sea.

But what Xia En didn't expect was.

At this time, Yan Yan shook his head firmly: "How could this be?"

"If they haven't taken action yet, forget it, and they have done so now. That means they are enmity with Captain Xia En."

"No matter what the outcome is, they are responsible for it. As an outsider, why should I intercede on their behalf?"

Hearing these words, Xia En glanced at Yan Yan in surprise.

Obviously, although this young man is kind-hearted, he also has his own bottom line and principles, and is not an annoying "Madonna."

"but……"

Yan Yan looked at Xia En and continued: "I do have a request."

"Please say."

"Captain Xia En, please don't anger other villagers on Ice and Snow Island and leave them a way to survive."

Yan Yan said sincerely: "Many of them don't know Ruer's thoughts and plans. Now that so many young and middle-aged people have been lost, life is already more difficult. There is no need to kill them all."

Xia En smiled and asked, "Do you think I am the kind of person who would kill an island casually?"

Yan Yan stopped talking.

The scenes he saw in the extreme cold storm left a deep impression on him.

Even the storm has to bow down in front of the captain and slaughter an island. For this kind of person, it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration, right?

Shane: "..."

Although when necessary, he will also use the most cruel methods to eradicate the roots.

But normally, in his view, killing is only a means, not an end.

Why does he look like a villain in Yan Yan's eyes?

"...Am I that terrible?"

Xia En's mouth twitched slightly, and he took the initiative to change the subject and said: "As far as I know, your relationship with the villagers on the island is not good, right?"

"Why do you still want to protect them?"

After a brief hesitation, Yan Yan sighed and explained.

"Actually, the spontaneous combustion curse in their village does have a lot to do with me."

"……Um?"

Xia En was stunned. He originally just asked casually, but unexpectedly, he seemed to ask some big secret.

"This ice island is remote and the weather is extremely cold."

Yan Yan slowly recounted: "The food needed by the villagers on the island mainly comes from hunting, fishing, and a piece of farmland in the core area of ​​the village."

"farmland?"

Shane thought about the relatively warm temperature in the village, and guessed that some valuable food crops, or other fruits and vegetables, might be grown in that field.

After all, anyone with a little common sense knows that eating only fish and animal meat for a long time will cause damage to the human body.

And this farmland is probably the key factor for Ice and Snow Island to continue to this day.

But what does this have to do with the so-called "spontaneous combustion curse"?

Soon, Yan Yan's words answered Xia En's doubts.

"Hundreds of years ago, a terrible snowstorm swept over this island."

"That snowstorm was really big. Even if these villagers had special blood, they couldn't leave the village too far, otherwise they would be frozen into ice sculptures."

"During these months of wind and snow, villagers cannot go out to hunt, and the food reserves in the village continue to decrease."

"In fact, even the farmland was covered by the blizzard, and the crops previously planted failed to yield any harvest."

"A terrible hunger hangs over the whole village like a dark cloud."

An expression of memories and pity appeared on Yan Yan's delicate face, and she spoke in a complicated tone.

"And once a person is hungry and crazy, he can do anything."

"Captain Shane, you should be able to imagine that situation, right?"

Xia En nodded slightly.

"Seeing that the whole village was about to perish due to hunger, I thought of a solution that was not a solution."

Yan Yan pointed at himself: "I can survive without eating, and my body can regenerate indefinitely..."

His expression was calm, as if he had said something insignificant.

But Xia En's eyes suddenly changed.

Yan Yan didn't need to say any more, he already understood everything.

If we say that the [Rusty Grand Duke] of [Rusty Wasted City] uses civilians as consumables and resources, squeezing out their remaining value.

And Yan Yan is just like himself, using himself as firewood, burning himself and illuminating others.

This kind of awareness and courage really shocked Xia Endu.

Yan Yan showed a wry smile and continued: "But what I didn't expect is..."

"After that, the villagers in the village were infected with the 'spontaneous combustion curse'. Every few months, someone would spontaneously burn to death."

"That's why I said that this curse is related to me."

Shane immediately figured out the reason behind this.

There must be some unique secret power hidden in the flesh and blood that never burns out and is infinitely regenerated.

After this secret power entered the bodies of the villagers, it was passed down from generation to generation, and accumulated to the limit one day, detonating like a time bomb, thus igniting that person's body.

This is the truth behind the "Mystery of Spontaneous Combustion" on Ice and Snow Island!

But how can we say that Yan Yan did something wrong?

Without Yan Yan's sacrifice, this village would have ceased to exist hundreds of years ago!

Xia En looked into Yan Yan's eyes and said extremely seriously.

"You did nothing wrong."

"It's those ignorant and stupid villagers who are wrong."

"If you ask me, you are amazing...really!"

Looking at Xia En's sincere eyes, Yan Yan felt as if his heart had been hit hard by something.

On the ice and snow island, what he heard was always the villagers' reproaches and scoldings, and what he felt was only disgust, alienation, and fear...

No one had ever said to him, "You did nothing wrong."

No one praises himself so sincerely.

At this moment, Yan Yan felt a complex emotion that he had never experienced before.

"Don't worry, I had no intention of attacking the villagers on the island."

Xia En explained his purpose directly: "And just by chance, I have one more thing that I hope you can help me with."

…

…

the next day.

After the number of [Submarine] was refreshed, Xia En brought Yan Yan to the sea area where the [Emerald Ancient City] was located.

The only parts of Yan Yan's body that were not covered by flames were his feet and head, which allowed him to barely stand on the deck.

Of course, there is still a risk of fire if it gets too close to other things on the boat.

Without Xia En's reminder, Yan Yan stood at the very corner of the deck, trying hard to shrink the flames around him, for fear of making a big mistake.

Judging from his height of 2.5 meters, he even feels a bit "pitiful".

At this time, the [Black Swan] and the [Diamond Star] were sailing in tandem.

Because the [Diamond Star (Incomplete)] was severely damaged.

Going to sea hastily will undoubtedly seriously slow down the speed of the [Black Swan].

Therefore, Xia En plans to brush its level to LV2 in the [Emerald Ancient City] first, and then leave this sea area after the hull is healed.

At first, Xia En was worried that it would be difficult to control two ships at once.

But in actual operation, it is much simpler than expected.

Under normal circumstances, he only needs to control the front boat, and the rear boat follows silently as if the "auto-follow" function is turned on.

However, if you want to micromanage the two ships, you must devote yourself to the perception of the two ties in the soul.

It didn't take long.

Facing the pale sunlight in the sky and the cold air blowing on the deck, the [Black Swan] came to the edge of the ice again.

It only took less than two days.

The ice that was previously full of cracks and holes was once again frozen as smooth as ever, with no trace of the battle that day visible.

And with the arrival of the [Black Swan], some existences under the ice seem to be ready to move again.

Xia En really has no interest in dealing with the cloned sea beast that cannot give experience.

So, after throwing Yan Yan from the bow of the ship, he drove the two ships to a slightly farther sea.

Immediately afterwards...

"Submarine, start!"

The dark and deep projection body emerges like a ghost in the cold sea water.

Soon, Xia En saw a torch-like flame not far away.

This bright firelight is very eye-catching in the dim sea water.

But perhaps it was the instinct of creatures. The surrounding sea beasts who had never seen flames in their lives showed a faint emotion of awe.

So much so that no sea beast dared to approach him.

"Are fish in the sea afraid of fire?"

Xia En was in a weird mood and quickly swam towards Yan Yan.

"Uh...huh!?"

It can be seen that Yan Yan was obviously startled after seeing Xia En's projected body, and seemed to be unable to figure out what the humanoid shadow in front of him was.

No wonder.

With the improvement of the [Mysterious] attribute, Xia En's body on the ship is still covered in a handsome skin, and his charm is greater than his mystery.

But the projected body under the sea is originally unclear, and its temperament becomes more and more mysterious, which naturally makes people feel frightened.

If someone with a high level of inspiration looked at him, they might have some crazy hallucinations and start thinking about it.

At this moment, Xia En is more and more in line with the image in the strange story of [Shadow without Face].

"I'm Shane."

With the help of [Underwater Conversation], Xia En spoke decisively, allowing Yan Yan to calm down quickly.

‘Captain Shane under the sea turned out to be like this…’

‘Or is this some kind of special secret ability? ’

While Yan Yan was still surprised, he saw Xia En's figure diving down first, and immediately followed him.

Soon, the [Emerald Ancient City] submerged in volcanic ash came into view, which made him secretly surprised.

But Xia En still didn't stop at all and went straight through the ice under the ancient city.

The city of elves under the ice opened Yan Yan's eyes even more, and he secretly admired it.

"Captain Shane can actually find such a hidden city. It's amazing!"

The two people's dive naturally attracted the attention of the sea beasts under the ice.

But perhaps because Yanyan's flames are too special, these demon-patterned sea beasts hesitate to approach.

"Come on!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia En immediately brought Yan Yan to the front of the Elf Temple.

"Go and melt this layer of ice!"

Yan Yan nodded heavily, quickly swam towards the temple, and opened his arms toward the ice.

At some point, Fairy Tracey came to Xia En and murmured.

"Do you think he can succeed?"

Xia En said firmly: "It must be possible!"

After all, Yan Yan lived up to Xia En's expectations.

The moment his body came into contact with the ice, the strange flames immediately spread to the ice, and the unquenchable fire flowed around the outside of the temple like water.

Fire swept out of Yan Yan's body, covering the gate, the stone pillars, and the murals...

The flames intertwined like a web and rose from the walls like breath.

Click...

With a slight cracking sound, a crack appeared in the ice.

Immediately, the crack continued to expand, covering the entire temple in the blink of an eye.

What surprised Xia En even more was that part of the icy power penetrated Yan Yan's body and gradually offset his flames.

Let him escape from the flames.

The charred skin that was constantly sprouting granules was truly exposed to the sea water for the first time.

Yan Yan himself was very surprised, but soon showed an expression of ecstasy.

"……This is?"

Xia En's heart moved.

This situation is almost like the reward given to Yan Yan by the "extreme cold seal". It is really difficult to explain it by coincidence.

Could it be that his previous guess was right?

Yan Yan is the [key] prepared in advance to unlock this seal?

Squeak——

At this moment, the door to the Elf Temple slowly opened.

Xia En looked up and saw that the interior of the temple was dilapidated and empty. The floors and walls had withstood the baptism of time, and seemed to have experienced a tragic battle.

A statue of a goddess whose face cannot be seen clearly stands at the end of the hall.

For some reason, this statue gave him an extremely familiar feeling.

By some strange coincidence, Xia En walked into the hall subconsciously.

Fairies Cuiqian and Yan Yan naturally followed.

next moment.

"Click" sound.

Xia En looked at the palm of his hand in shock. He took out the pocket watch named [Instant Time] at some point.

At this moment, the hands on the pocket watch, which had been moving continuously, stopped on their own and froze at this moment.

In silvery white light.

Xia En's eyesight went dark, and countless bizarre scenes came into his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, the world would be completely different!