foreigner's journey

Chapter 580 The Legend of Mermaid on Sea God Island

Not long after, an island came into view.

On the edge of the island, there are strange rocks and winding cliffs, and countless seagulls are singing and circling at low altitude.Desolation is the best way to describe this island.

There is not even room for a serious three-masted sailing ship to berth in the bay, so the ship can only be parked offshore and then drive a small boat into the bay area. There are five dilapidated boats parked on the beach of the bay, with uneven stone steps beside them.

Between the huge cliffs about 400 meters west of the bay, there is a huge dark, bottomless cave, in which the sea water is surging, and the sea wind makes a chilling whining sound when passing through the cave.

Putting the Nautilus back into the scimitar, Heather headed towards the interior of the island along the coastal path.

The island doesn't even have its own name, but a small fishing village is built against the foot of the island.The layer-by-layer drying yards and private houses are arranged in a layered sense of terraced fields.

Walking on the small roads in the village, you can occasionally see weird shrines on the side of the road.There are strange statues in the shrine piled up with stones and straw. This is an octopus-like existence, with a large number of creeping tentacles carved below it. There are no organs in the head, only layers of folds that look unpleasant. pile up.Below the statue are various dried or stinky fish, which seems to be the process used by the village for sacrifices.

"This is a very old ancient statue."

Rong Qishi appeared beside Heather, her big beautiful eyes just looked at the stone statue, and Jian Jigu interpreted the relevant information for her:

"In today's Dharma King's Hall, the teachings are spread in the world, and He is forgotten. The ancient gods who disappeared in the depths of the secluded world, because this is an isolated island, they have retained the ancient customs."

"Is it the goal of our trip?" Heather tilted her head, the power of Qishi is reflected through [Jianjigu], which is more useful than the so-called identification system.

"Undoubtedly, He is the 'pagan evil god who attempted to destroy the world with floods' mentioned in Revelation Chapter 6." Qishi nodded, and then returned to Heather's heart in a dissipated figure. deep.

After being confirmed, Heather whistled happily.As the sky darkened, he searched for a tavern in the center of the fishing village. The sign of the tavern was a sign of overlapping fish and wine glasses.

Pushing open the wooden door, Heather found that the inside of the tavern was full of fishy smell. Even the burning fireplace could hardly bring warmth to the whole tavern. Only a few torches brought light, and the whole tavern still looked groggy.

There are all kinds of hideous, weird and poorly made sea fish specimens hanging on the walls, which are the source of the fishy smell in the tavern.There are also many sharp jaws of huge sea fish and sharks hanging directly above the fireplace, which is pale in the light of the fireplace fire.

There is no bar in the tavern, only kitchen counters.Through the kitchen counter, you can see the misty kitchen exuding the aroma of food and the busy and strong boss inside.

Noticing that a guest came in, the boss wiped his hands with a dirty towel and came to the kitchen counter and poked his head slightly: "Oh, it's a foreign guest, is the ship broken?"

There are only so many people on the island, all of whom are familiar faces, and outsiders can tell at a glance.

Heather looked around at the layout of the tavern, and said casually: "Well, for those who drifted over, fortunately there is an island where they can replenish and rest. Is there a hotel in the village?"

"Unfortunately, I am the only hotel and tavern in this village."

The boss leaned on the kitchen counter with both hands, sweat from the steam in the pot still remained on his bald head: "What do you want to eat?"

"Come order the recommended menu."

The boss compared the stove behind him with his thumb: "Smoked fish, sweet potato dumplings, kelp soup, home-brewed wine. In winter, some are good to eat. Would you like some?"

"Let's all have one." Heather sat down at a table in a corner.The surface of the table is not very clean, and there are even residual soup stains that have not been wiped off.

Looking around, I found that there were only two tables of villagers sitting in the tavern. They were drinking wine one after another, with a piece of smoked fish in front of them, and they were secretly peeping at Heather, an outsider, with indifferent eyes.

For some reason, Heather always felt that the eyes of these villagers were like dead fish, dull and lifeless.

After a while, the boss came over with the dishes. He was the only one working in the tavern, not even a waiter.

Grabbing the boss and handing him a silver coin, Heather smiled and began to talk routinely, gradually getting to know the village a little better.

This is an isolated island far away from the mainland and normal waterways, and there is not even enough food and drinking water to supply large ships, so the only outsiders have been forced to go to the island to resupply because of damaged ships.

There is only a small fishing village here, and the villagers have always disliked outsiders and are very xenophobic.

"I see. No wonder I feel like I'm not welcome here." Heather took a sip of the homemade wine from the pottery glass. Well, the taste is really not very good.

"Oh, if you want me to say that you only need to pay, don't care about outsiders or not, anyway, this fishing village has been in this half-dead state for so many years." Where are you from?"

"Baridanis." Heather didn't bother to make up more lies, and cut directly to the topic: "Are there any more magical legends on this island?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Such as sea monsters, mermaids, and the like."

"How could this kind of thing be possible... Well, wait a minute, it seems that there really are."

The boss thought for a moment and replied: "There lived a fisherman named Im outside the village. It was rumored that he had intercourse with a mermaid, and his daughter was of mermaid blood. How could such a thing be possible? It's the group of talkative idlers who arrange other people's..."

"where?"

"Ugh?"

"I mean, where does that fisherman named Im live?"

"Uh, walking east along the fishing village path, there is a lonely house that stands out. There are strange turtle shells and shells around the house...Huh? Guests? Guests?"

Heather raised the wine glass and drank it down. After leaving two silver coins on the table, she picked up the wooden stick beside the table and walked out of the tavern.

Until night fell, Heather finally found the hut that the tavern owner said.

The house is small, made of piled bricks and stones, and a small yard is simply piled up with stones beside the house. There are two chimneys on each side of the roof, one of which emits white smoke.

After approaching, Heather found that there were all kinds of shells and turtle shells piled up under the corner of the house, with strange symbols engraved on them.On the wooden door of the house, starfish, round snails, fish bones, and shells are used to mark the magic circle in the upper, lower, right, lower, and left directions respectively. In the center of the magic circle is a strangely shaped large conch.

Seeing the magic circle on the door, Heather suddenly felt the 'Scimitar Mermaid Prince' in the [Mythical Weapon Catalog] whispering. This is... the magic power of the mermaid.

Knocking on the door, a man's voice came from behind the door: "Who is it?"

"A traveler who came here specially to visit."

"...I have nothing here, just a poor fisherman, please leave."

"Oh? Even an old friend of the mermaid doesn't plan to meet?"

creak!The door was slammed open, and an ordinary middle-aged man with a beard looked at Heather in surprise: "Who are you?"

Heather took off her hood and smiled:
"Fortunately, you can call me—

【Mermaid Prince】. "

　PS: I forgot to write the title, add 3/5 for the leader.

　
(End of this chapter)