Whispering Verse

Taking a step forward, the monster's trotters made a very funny "please" gesture:

"After I became a chef on the ship, the highest record I encountered so far was that a witch drank 7 bowls of soup at my place. After figuring out everything, she successfully left. I think you also have such hope."

The temptation didn't work on Shade, but he did feel like he could keep drinking. Although I am very hungry now, this hunger is completely bearable. Drinking the third bowl will only increase my hunger and increase the number of souls that can be consumed. This price is exchanged for a five-year-old who is familiar with this ship. Ring Warlock, definitely worth it.

Thinking of this, he reached out to take the bowl thrown out by the pig's trotters, reached out again and used [Satisfactory Food] to process the liquid, drank it in small sips, and then threw the empty bowl back into the room.

Shade can now clearly feel his stomach and intestines moving. This terrible hunger is something he has never experienced in his two lives:

"A red-haired girl whose hair is dyed golden with a potion. She has a ruby ​​earring in her right ear. She is also a ring magician. The one who meets this condition is my companion."

After taking the empty bowl, the monster in the room snorted. Seeing that Shade could still speak rationally, he came to the wall, stretched out his pig's trotters and slapped the wall panel hard.

This sound was not loud among the sounds of the storm coming from the outside world, but after the knocking ended, the germ carpet on the wall of the cabin corridor next to Shade suddenly exploded. As Shade hurriedly dodged the dirty slime, Miss Princes, whose hair turned mostly red, was knocked out from behind the germ blanket.

"Um?"

Both sides were surprised, but neither was happy:

"Prove your identity."

the sorceress shouted warily.

"The souvenir from last time was a fish. Prove your identity."

"You have two Rhodes cards from the founding series. Oh, how do you, how do I..."

She hasn't figured out the situation yet. It looks like she has just been through a battle, and her breath is obviously unstable. Not only that, Miss Princes did not have the strange characteristics of Shade, so due to the assimilation effect of the ship, her mental state was very bad, and her originally rosy cheeks now looked pale as if she had not slept for several days.

Time was running out, so Shade simply explained the current situation. The sorceress looked into the room in surprise. When she saw the monster, she immediately groaned and almost fell on Shade:

"Why are you so stupid? How dare you drink this kind of thing for me? This is the inside of a sage-level relic!"

"There's going to be a fight, and I need you."

Shade said, and then added:

"I'm just a weak second-level warlock, I don't have the power you have."

When Miss Princes heard this, she looked at Shade in surprise, as if she couldn't understand what Shade had just said:

"You? Weak?"

But Shade had already drank the third bowl of soup, and time could not be turned back. They could only accept this result.

"Now I know I need to go to the lower level of the cabin to see the captain, but I still don't know how to get the captain to let us go. You know what?"

Shade asked Miss Princes, who grabbed Shade's arm, shook her head slightly and looked ugly:

"When I was writing my course paper, I studied fairy tales related to pirates, so I knew about the [Fishbone Pirate Ship]. But just like the [Mermaid Song], there are very few records about this relic, and it only appeared in the early part of this era. , so I just knew that I couldn’t jump into the sea, and the hope of leaving was in the deepest part of the cabin.”

Dang rang~

The hull of the ship shook, and the bowl filled with transparent liquid appeared at the door for the fourth time.

"What's the meaning?"

Shade, who was holding back his hunger and holding his stomach, looked warily into the cabin.

"I know how to deal with the captain. I will give you the answer as long as you drink this bowl of soup."

The hoof waved the spoon, and the expression on the human face was still weird.

"I come!"

The blonde girl bent down to pick up the bowl, but Shade held her back. He looked into those green eyes, and the intensity in his eyes made the sorceress feel a little scary for some reason.

"With your current mental state, you might get into trouble if you drink a bowl. I don't want to fight in a small space with a five-ring warlock who wants to eat me alive."

Although the hunger made Shade feel that his stomach was about to be perforated, compared with the powerlessness and pain when facing the gods, the feeling at this time was more bearable:

"Ma'am, please don't underestimate me."

As he spoke, he bent down to pick up the bowl, used the magic technique again, and drank the fourth bowl of soup in small sips. The pungent smell of fish would probably make Shade not want to eat fish again for a long time.

"Oh~"

Throwing the empty bowl back into the room, he staggered back a few steps. While his soul felt a surge of satisfaction, his physical hunger had reached an unprecedented level. He really wanted to taste that filling food now. Fish soup for belly.

At this time, the dislocation between the soul and the body actually made Shade feel like there was a slight separation between consciousness and body. Fortunately, this was just an illusion at the moment.

Miss Princes hurriedly supported him, and Shade groaned softly. He had never missed the feeling of a full meal so much.

"You can actually drink the fourth bowl. We all have the power of gluttony. I'm really looking forward to having one more chef on this ship. You will also be fascinated by the feeling of dissecting a living person. We are the descendants of the great one. Wait. Here you are eternal life.”

It narrowed its eyes and looked at Shade, as if expecting him to suddenly bite its companion.

"Answer my question quickly, how to deal with the captain?"

The sound came from Shade's mouth, and he even wanted to fill his stomach by breathing in air.

"Very good. You are the thirteenth person to drink the fourth bowl in the three thousand years since I boarded the ship. Dealing with the captain is actually very simple.

The Great One lets us drive this ship to hunt in the ocean, but we must also abide by the rules and cannot kill you directly. This is the basic principle engraved on the formation of this ship. Breaking the principle will attract the righteous gods. Gaze (note). Find the captain, and the captain will ask the sailors to duel you. If you survive, you will get a chance to make a bet with the captain. If you can still win the bet, you can leave. "

"So simple?"

"Simple?"

The face was slightly lowered, hidden in the shadows:

"How many people do you think can find the captain, and how many people can defeat those undead sailors, beat the captain in gambling, and avoid the trap of greed? If it was really that easy, I would appear here?"

Shade then remembered that the other party was also caught on the ship and stayed here forever.

"These are the only questions I have."

Shade slowly backed away. Now the huge hunger was almost unbearable for him, and he could no longer drink the soup.

"etc!"

"What's wrong?"

Shade asked warily.

"Give me the bowl back!"

"Oh, sorry."

Shade glanced at the bowl containing the whispering element in his hand, and then threw it into the room without hesitation. The monster with a human face, fish body and pig trotters snorted again:

"Very good, you have understood the price of greed on this ship. However, I still hope that you can stay here. Mortal, what's wrong with becoming a dependent of the gods? Don't you think the fishman's posture is beautiful? ?”

It got no answer from Shade, for Shade and Miss Princes had left.

The monster hummed with a smile, threw the bowl to the ground, and in the green firelight, used the copper spoon to stir the liquid in the pot, just like it had been doing for thousands of years.