Deep Sea Embers

A sudden sound of waves woke Duncan up from his dream.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and the phantoms he saw in the half-dream and half-awake had left only a few thin silhouettes. He only remembered that he saw fish swimming in the air, and the fish that surrounded him seemed to be very strange. Delicious - but what did those fish look like?

Fish... do they swim in the air?

Duncan blinked his eyes, a strange feeling of tearing and blending reality and dream made him a little confused for a short time, he looked at the three fishing rods he fixed on the fishing rod rack, and did not see any signs of fish taking the bait, but The sea surface in the distance has already begun to undulate, and waves are hitting the hull of the Lost Home.

Immediately afterwards, the waves became bigger. Within the range visible to the naked eye, waves stronger than one wave began to come continuously from afar. The huge hull of the Lost Homeland was shaking in the wind and waves, and the surging waves The sound filled my ears.

Duncan looked up at the sky and found that the weather was still fine. It seemed that there were just a few more winds and waves, but there should not be any extreme weather phenomena such as big storms.

"It might not be a good day for fishing..."

He muttered something, thinking about whether he should put away the fishing rods, but at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw the front end of one of the fishing rods bend suddenly!

The strong fishing line specially prepared for sea fishing became tense in an instant. The short, thick and tough sea fishing rod seemed to catch something big, and the entire front half was bent like a bow. There was a harsh sound, and the fishing rod rack used to fix the fishing rod also made the sound of wood rubbing under the huge force, and all this conveyed a signal to Duncan:

Here comes the fish! big fish!

He instantly dismissed the idea of ​​taking a rest after reeling in the rod, the enthusiasm of the fisherman was burning in his chest, and he came to the "shipped" fishing rod in two steps, holding the fishing rod with one hand to prevent it from falling off the rod rack , the other hand began to adjust the tightness of the fishing line little by little.

"I'll just say it! How could I be in the Air Force!"

Duncan talked excitedly to himself, and began to compete with a certain huge creature at the other end of the fishing line. Even with Duncan's strength and the support of the fishing rod rack, the stalemate still seemed precarious.

The wind and waves around the Lost Homeland got bigger and bigger, but to Duncan, this little shaking was nothing.

He was just annoyed by the stubborn "prey", and worried that the opportunity to improve the food in front of him would slip away for nothing.

The tension of the fishing line had reached a critical point, and the big fish was about to break free from his grasp.

After a stalemate for an unknown amount of time, Duncan finally shook his head, and a cluster of dark green flames suddenly diffused from his hand holding the fishing rod.

The green fire ignited fiercely, spreading like water, and then quickly flowed out along the fishing rod and fishing line. The fire of the spirit body burned all the way, forming a "fire line" that went straight into the sea along the fishing line. In the next second, around the Lost Homeland An illusory outline of green flame suddenly appeared in the depths of the sea, and under the reflection and outline of the dark green flame, a huge shadow emerged in the sea.

The shadow was like a lump of flesh that swelled and shrunk, covering almost the entire sea surface within hundreds of meters around the Lost Homeland, and a large number of constantly changing and growing dark things extended from its edge, like thousands of arms. Squirming and waving in the ocean, stirring the sea water around the Lost Home, controlling the undulating waves of the invisible waves.

Duncan heard some strange movements in the sea, and while maintaining a stalemate with the "prey", he looked out curiously with his head.

He didn't see anything but the undulating waves, which hadn't changed much from before.

And he obviously felt that the force of resistance from the fishing rod was a little weaker than before.

The fact that his prey was starting to lose strength brought a big smile to his face.

He began to tighten the fishing line vigorously, dragging his prey out of the sea little by little...

...

Alice was taken aback by the roar and whistling coming from outside the cabin, and the violent shaking came from under her feet, causing a series of clanging and crashing sounds from the furnishings in the cabin. She quickly grabbed a nearby railing, and this Only then did he not let himself fall, and there was a look of surprise on his face: "What happened?"

The Lost Home was shaking, as if a huge storm was raging outside, and there was also a low and depressing strange sound coming from the depths of this ancient ghost ship, as if it was roaring and roaring, fighting against the horror brought by the deep sea , fighting against a behemoth trying to devour itself.

All kinds of things in the cabin were clanging and rattling. At first Alice thought it was the collision caused by the shaking of the ship, but soon she discovered that many of these noisy things were actually making noises in place—— They were making sounds to communicate with each other, but Alice couldn't understand this language that only the Lost Country could understand.

All she knew was that something might be wrong outside.

Miss Doll decided to go to the deck to have a look—she stumbled and ran out of the cabin, while leaning on a nearby wall to avoid falling, she ran towards the deck.

After almost tripping over the flying cables and the rampaging barrel several times, she finally came to the end of the stairs. She pushed open the wooden door that was constantly swinging in the wind and waves, and saw the astonishingly huge waves in the boundless sea.

The sky was as dark as ink, and the ominous thick clouds almost condensed into heavy clumps. The clouds approached the sea in a dark manner, and the wall-like waves rolled and surged under the dark clouds, undulating near the Lost Homeland like an enveloping ship!

It was the first time Alice saw such a scene. She didn't know if this was a normal situation at sea, but she knew that the captain must be found at this time.

She looked around the deck, and found Captain Duncan who was standing on the edge of the deck with little effort.

...

The wind and waves around are a bit annoying, but to the soon-to-be-successful Duncan, these are just insignificant "interruptions". Under the double feedback of the fishing line and the green fire, he can clearly feel that his prey has stopped resisting, that The behemoth was being pulled out of the water bit by bit by him.

"Come on you!"

He yelled happily, and pulled the fishing rod in his hand hard one last time.

A big fish jumped out of the water - really big, almost half his size.

For a brief moment, Duncan had eye contact with the mid-air fish.

"... pretty ugly."

This was the first emotion in his heart.

It was indeed a very ugly fish. The surface of the black body seemed to be covered with some kind of bumpy growths, and there were strange gray and white patterns spreading randomly along the fins on both sides, and many fish heads could be seen. A bone spur-like structure, and a pair of hollow and white eyes stared at Duncan under those bone spurs.

Duncan felt very uncomfortable. He actually felt that the fish was looking at him maliciously.

But in the next second, he saw the fish twitch suddenly, its eyes staring at him burst out of nowhere for some reason, and blood flowed instantly.

The fish fell heavily on the deck, jumping and twisting crazily as if struck by electricity, and then calmed down after a few seconds. Blood seeped out from its mouth and burst eyeballs, and fell on the deck little by little. superior.

Duncan watched in amazement at this extremely ugly fish rapidly dying at his feet. He vaguely remembered what he had read in books: most fish in the deep sea are indeed ugly, and due to long-term living Under the water pressure environment, after they are fished out of the sea, their blood vessels will rupture due to pressure changes, and they will even die quickly because of this-is it the same for fish in this world?

Just as he was so dazed, a crackling sound suddenly came over again.

Duncan followed the sound curiously, but saw several smaller "strange fish" also landed on the deck.

Their appearance is about the same as that half-human tall strange fish, but their size is only about half a meter, and they are the same as big fish-when Duncan watched them, they were already bleeding violently, and soon Then he was dying.

Duncan was a little dazed, and it took him a long time to react: "Gourd baby save grandpa? A bunch of them as a gift?"

...

Alice tightly grasped the railing next to her, nervously watching the ferocious fighting scene not far away that was enough to drive ordinary people crazy.

She saw Captain Duncan standing on the edge of the deck, the green flames on his body exploding violently, he faced the sea like a burning giant, three hooks extended from the deck under his feet, one of the hooks was burning with a terrifying flames.

She saw a huge shadow suddenly appear in the boundless sea, and then a tentacle almost thicker than the main mast of the Lost Home protruded from the sea, and countless malicious eyes opened on the surface of the tentacle, and then There are countless sharp teeth rubbing and chewing between the eyes, as if the whole ship will be bitten into pieces in the next moment.

Alice almost exclaimed, she wanted to remind the captain to avoid, and wanted to rush up to help, but before she had time to act, the tentacles fell towards the captain.

She saw Captain Duncan raised his head, under the blazing flames, the captain's face was full of joy of harvest—he was looking at the countless eyes on the tentacles, and the countless eyes on the tentacles were also looking at him.

In the next second, all the eyes on the tentacles burst open, and hundreds of sharp teeth let out piercing and painful hisses. Immediately afterwards, the tentacles broke out of thin air—as if A certain huge body hidden under the sea level took the initiative to cut off the connection with the tentacles, and directly discarded the severely damaged end of the tentacles on the deck.

The tentacles fell to the ground with a bang, and the dirty, sticky flesh and blood spilled from the cut also fell to the ground with a crackling sound, landing at the captain's feet.