My Magic Age

Justus was lying on the cold stone slab of the cave, his body curled up into a ball, his mouth open and breathing rapidly, like a rainbow trout leaving the water.

After draining the last bit of strength from his body, he began to twitch all over. The blue fish scales under his skin became more and more obvious and gradually spread to his face.

The green light in his eyes dissipated little by little, and his eyes gradually became clear, but the pain in his body did not diminish at all. The outbreak of drug addiction caused him to lose his mind, unable to suppress the blood of the sea monster in his body, and turned into a monster with fins on his limbs and fish scales on his body. He was violently beaten by Kalancso who came after him, and the sea monster's The physical signs disappeared from Justus' body bit by bit, and he woke up.

Justus had been tortured at the Black Magic Priory's stronghold, and his physical condition had been in poor condition since we rescued him.

The term 'rescue' seems a bit inappropriate, maybe Justus didn't think so. Probably he thought that he was just moving from one devil's cave to another, nothing more.

I don’t know what kind of pain I have to endure when the drug addiction attacks after becoming addicted to taking ‘Devil’s Blood’.

I still remember that when Su was addicted to drugs, he would enter the state of 'shadow body'.

As if Kalancuo knew what I was thinking at the moment, she said to me: "Compared to Su at that time, his level of drug addiction is far behind!"

"It might hurt a little, bear with it!" I walked up to Justus and said to him.

A light blue six-pointed star formation rose at my feet, and a 'hydrotherapy spell' fell on Justus' body. The severe pain made his face become extremely distorted.

I knelt down and asked him: "Are you a descendant of the Kraken?"

"...I am like this now, can I still say 'I am not' to you?" He smiled bitterly, and the fish scales on his face made him look a little ferocious.

I said: "Do you know? I came all the way to Dunay Island just to find you!"

Justus lay on the stone floor, as if his whole body was paralyzed. Only his mouth and eyeballs could move.

He said a little weakly: "What do you want to know? Maybe what kind of treasures do you think my mother will leave me? If you think so, then you will definitely be very disappointed, except for this figure with the siren She has nothing left of her bloodline body.”

"After so many years, there are always people coming from all corners of the world. Like you, they are also looking for the whereabouts of my mother, but these people have never thought that the sea monster also has a lifespan, and she will also As you grow older, you will die as well.”

He stared at me with a rather complicated look in his eyes.

I was surprised: "She is dead?"

He wanted to smile, but found that when he pulled the corners of his mouth, the muscles on his face were a little stiff. He just moved the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "In total, it's about more than twenty years."

"Oh, so that's it. I heard she has a soul horn?" I asked Justus.

Justus told me: "Every sea monster will have a soul horn, and she is of course no exception. I thought you were for the half of the treasure map left by the rumored pirate king, but I didn't expect you were. Come find that soul horn."

I said to him: "I can...well...I mean I just want to borrow the soul horn. Of course I will pay you a fee that satisfies you, and I will sign a magic contract with you. I promise to return the original thing after the ceremony."

"I don't have any soul horn in my hand. In fact, her soul horn was taken away a long time ago!" There was a trace of nostalgia in Justus' eyes. Those memories seemed to be a long time ago. His eyes moved and his thoughts changed from The memory came out and he said to me again: "In fact, I have never even seen it. It only exists in my mother's memories."

"The soul horn was taken away?" I said in a voiceless voice.

Although I found it a bit unbelievable, I felt a sense of self-consciousness: Everything Justus said was true.

"That's right... of course, you can choose to believe it or not, just like I don't have half of the treasure map in my hand. In short, who will believe what I say?" he said.

"I believe you!" I said to him.

"Huh?" He looked at me in astonishment.

"I believe what you said is true." I looked into his eyes and said to him seriously.

"Should I show my gratitude for your trust at this time?" He smiled bitterly again and asked me in a self-deprecating tone.

"Of course... no need." I was still a little uncomfortable with his humor, so I said to him casually: "If possible, I want to know whose hands the soul horn fell into in the end. I just want to find that soul horn." Soul Horn, it’s very important to me.”

He didn't say anything, just looked at me with a look that said, "You are no different from anyone else."

In silence, I suddenly realized that I didn't know how to speak.

After a while, he suddenly asked me: "Am I going to die?"

I said to Justus: "Speaking of which, you are very addicted to drugs. It is a magic potion that comes from the hell world. Although it can be seen occasionally in the Green Empire, it is also a very rare magic material. , the magicians of the Green Empire like to use it to make 'Jade Fire Ink', which is the main material for drawing 'Magic Catalysis' scrolls."

"Does it sound expensive?" Justus asked me.

"Generally speaking, rare things are worth more!" I said.

Then, I said to him: "However, 'drug addiction' will not affect your life, but in the following days, your life will become more and more difficult. This is a method commonly used by the Black Magic Monastery. , but the cost of this interrogation method is very high, and not everyone can enjoy it.”

"What is your relationship with the Priory of Dark Arts?" Justus was slightly curious about me.

He asked me: "Alliance?"

I shook my head.

He asked again: "Enemies?"

I nodded.

"oh!"

He agreed noncommittally.

"I can help you get rid of your drug addiction, but the price is that you have to stay with me for a while." I said to Justus, "Of course, you don't have to accept my help. In that case, you will get it right away." Free, I can send you to the dock on Dunai Island."

He stared at me strangely and asked, "Don't you want to know the whereabouts of the Soul Horn?"

I smiled and replied: "Didn't you tell me already?"

His eyes widened, his speaking speed was a little rapid, and his pitch was slightly higher, making his voice a little sharp: "When did I say that?"

I pointed at his eyes and said to him: "The answer is hidden in your eyes. It was you who told me with your eyes that the Soul Horn is hidden in the Pirate King's treasure. Only by finding the Pirate King's treasure can you find the soul." Horn, so I want to try to see if I can find the Pirate King’s treasure.”

"Well, you are right. It was indeed the Pirate King who snatched the horn from my mother. As for whether it was hidden with the treasures, we don't know. After all, no one has seen that horn. Batch the treasure." There was a trace of fatigue in Justus' eyes, and his eyelids kept fighting.

His consciousness gradually became trance-like, and he said to me again: "I'm a little sleepy. If I can still wake up, maybe I can tell you a story!"

"Have a sweet dream!"

Watching Justus fall into sleep, the fish scales on his face were dissipating little by little, and the bone spurs growing on his elbows, ankles, and back retracted into his body little by little, returning to his original human appearance, and his face became even darker. He looked pale, and it seemed that after using up all his strength, he could sleep well.

Turning around and walking out of the stone room, I was ready to have a chat with another evil mage to see what new things he could tell me.

…

The evil mage was no different from the previous evil mage named 'Utley'. He said in unison: He came to Dunay Island just to find out the whereabouts of the half of the treasure map from Justus.

The feud at sea in Vashj's plane decades ago clearly appeared in my mind:

Decades ago, a powerful pirate king appeared in the waters of the Vashj plane. His life was spent almost constantly conquering other pirates. He led the most powerful pirate army to steal countless treasures. (Including the soul horn of the sea monster)

After the Pirate King died, he hid the treasure he had accumulated throughout his life in a secret place, and drew a treasure map. He divided the treasure map into two and gave them to his two sons, hoping that they would be brothers. They were able to work together and share the treasure together, but what people didn't expect was that the two sons of the Pirate King turned against each other because of this.

The eldest son of the Pirate King teamed up with the Siren to defeat the second son of the Pirate King. In the end, the Siren stole half of the treasure map from the second son's hands, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Years later, the pirates still obsessed with that version of the treasure map. They searched everywhere for the whereabouts of the Kraken, but never shared this secret with others.

The second evil mage didn't show any surprise when he saw me. He was worried that I would drag him into the textile workshop and feed him to spiders. He kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief and told me another thing: he is a pirate. The king's eldest son did not have the ability to command the tribes left by the pirate king. A few years later, he died in a pirate rebellion. The whereabouts of the half of the treasure map in the eldest son's hands were also missing.

Thinking of this, I thought of Captain Johnny Jones on the Slave Trader and the half of the treasure map found on his ship.

…

When Justus woke up again, the Hierro indigenous woman who had taken care of him found Kalantso and told her: 'Justus wants to talk to me. ’

Kalantso found me again.

I saw Justus in the stone room. He looked much better than before, but he had two big dark circles under his eyes, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked haggard. He was leaning against the stone wall with a wolf skin behind him. Zengzi, seeing me coming over, smiled reluctantly at me and seemed like a very polite gentleman.

He has been resisting the 'drug addiction' in his body, which is why his spirit looks so haggard.

In front of his couch lay a bowl of fish soup and half a scone, which were only slightly moved.

It seems that the Hierro indigenous woman is very good at taking care of people.

When I came over this time, the Hierro indigenous woman even moved a stone bench from the corner of the stone room and let me sit in front of Justus. I saw that he was covered with a thick layer of fur, but his face still looked... livid.

Justus saw me, cheered up and said to me: "Now that we have agreed, if I can still wake up, I have to tell you a story!"

I nodded to him and expressed my willingness to sit aside and listen quietly.

“My childhood was probably spent at sea, living a wandering life.

My mother has taken me with her since I was a child, living anonymously on various islands. Life was very hard. She never showed her extraordinary power in front of me. All along, I thought she was an ordinary civilian woman, different from other people. Mothers are no different.

We often rush to the sea at low tide just for a bite to eat. What she often says is: Thank the Poseidon for giving us everything.

I have never seen my father. When I was a child, I once asked her: Why do I have no father?

She never explained it to me.

In fact, I have never felt that I am any different from other people. If there is any difference, it would be because my physique is slightly better.

It wasn't until I awakened the power of the Siren's bloodline for the first time that I discovered the difference between myself and others. It scared me that time. I thought I had been transformed into a human by some magician's 'transformation'. Monster, I later learned from my mother that the reason why I became like this was because my body had blood that was different from others.

That's right, when I use the power of blood, some bone spurs will grow in my body, and a layer of blue scales will appear on the surface of my skin. These signs can give me the ability to 'breathe underwater', allowing me to In the sea, as free as a fish.

That’s when I realized I was different from other people.

I heard the past things from her mouth. In those years, she had been taking me everywhere to search for the whereabouts of the Pirate King's second son, Dominic. She wanted to find the Pirate King's treasure and get back the weapon that belonged to her from the treasure. She had been looking for the Soul Horn for many years. Later, as I grew up and needed a stable place to live, her search for the Soul Horn gradually faded away.

However, over the years, although we have not recovered the soul horn, we have collected some clues.

You say you need a soul horn and just want to perform a soul ritual? "

Justus suddenly asked me.

"Ah...yeah, I just want to use the soul horn to perform a soul ritual." I said.

"Although I don't know where the Pirate King's treasure is, I do know the whereabouts of half of the treasure map..." Justus said to me.