A foreigner's journey

Not long after, an island came into view.

The edge of the island is rugged with rugged rocks and winding cliffs, and countless seagulls are chirping and circling at low altitude. Desolate is the best way to describe this island.

The bay can't even accommodate a serious three-masted sailboat. The ship can only be anchored offshore and then drive the boat into the bay area. There are five dilapidated boats parked on the beach of the bay, and there are uneven stone steps next to them.

Between the huge cliffs about 400 meters to the west of the bay, there is a huge, dark, bottomless cave. The sea water surges inside, and the sea breeze makes a frightening whine when it passes through the cave.

Directly putting the Nautilus back into the scimitar, Heather headed towards the interior of the island along the bay path.

This island doesn't even have its own name, but there is a small fishing village built at the foot of the island. The rows of drying grounds and private houses are arranged one by one, giving it a terraced feel.

Walking on the small roads in the village, you can occasionally see strange shrines on the roadside. A strange statue is placed in the shrine made of stones and straw. It is an octopus-like being with a large number of crawling tentacles carved below. The head has no organs, only layers of folds that look unpleasant. Pile up. Under the statue are placed a variety of dried or smelly fish, which seems to be a sacrificial process in this village.

"This is a very old statue of an ancient deity."

Rin Qishi appeared next to Heather, her beautiful big eyes looking at the stone statue. Jian Jigu interpreted the relevant information for her:

"Now that the teachings of the King's Hall are spreading in the world, He has been forgotten. The ancient gods who disappeared in the depths of the nether world have retained their ancient customs because this is an isolated island."

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

"There is no doubt that He is the 'pagan evil god who attempts to destroy the world with floods' mentioned in Chapter 6 of Revelation." Ruan Qishi nodded, and then turned into dots of thoughts and dissipated, returning to Heather. deep in the heart.

After receiving the confirmation, Heather whistled happily. As the sky darkened, he looked for a tavern in the center of the fishing village. The sign of the tavern was a fish and a wine glass overlapping each other.

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

All kinds of hideous, weird and poorly made sea fish specimens hang on the walls, which is the source of the fishy smell in the tavern. There are also many sharp giant sea fish and shark jaws hanging directly above the fireplace, and the firelight of the fireplace makes these jaws pale and oozing.

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

Noticing the guests coming in, the boss wiped his hands with a dirty towel and came to the kitchen counter and slightly poked his head out: "Oh, they are foreign guests. Is the boat broken?"

There are only a few people on the island, and they are all familiar faces. Anyone who is an outsider can tell at a glance.

Heather looked around at the layout of the tavern and said casually: "Well, I drifted here. Fortunately, there is an island where I can resupply and take a rest. Is there a hotel in the village?"

"It's a pity that I'm the only hotel and tavern in this village."

The boss rested his hands on the kitchen counter, and there were still beads of sweat on his bald head from the steam in the pot: "What do you want to eat?"

“Let’s order some from the recommended menu.”

The boss gestured to the stove behind him with his thumb: "Smoked fish, sweet potato dumplings, kelp soup, homemade wine. It's winter, so it's good to have some. Do you want some?"

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

Looking around, I found that there were only two tables of villagers sitting in the tavern. They were drinking wine together, with a piece of smoked fish in front of them, and they were secretly peeping at the outsider Heather 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 dishes. He was the only one working in the tavern, and there was not even a waiter.

After grabbing the boss and giving him a silver coin, Heather smiled and began to talk, gradually gaining some understanding of the village.

This is an isolated island far away from the mainland and normal shipping lanes. It does not even have enough food and drinking water to supply large ships. Therefore, the only outsiders who have been forced to land on the island to replenish their ships are those who were damaged.

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 unwelcome here." Heather picked up the clay wine glass and took a sip of her own brew. Well, the taste was indeed not that good.

"Oh, if you ask me to just pay, don't worry about outsiders or not. Anyway, this fishing village has been like this half-dead state for so many years." The boss rarely saw outsiders, and he talked enthusiastically: "Brother, Where are you from?"

"Balidanis." Heather was too lazy to tell more lies and went directly to the topic: "Is there any more magical legend on this island?"

"Ah? What do you mean?"

"Things like sea monsters and mermaids."

"How is such a thing possible... Well, wait a minute, it seems that it really does exist."

The boss thought for a while and replied: "There is a fisherman named Im living outside the village. It is rumored that he had sex with a mermaid, and his daughter has mermaid blood. How is this possible? It's completely It's those talkative idlers who are arranging others..."

"where?"

"well?"

"I'm asking, where does the fisherman named Im live?"

"Well, walking along the fishing village road to the east, there is a lonely house that is very conspicuous. There are weird turtle shells and shells around the house... Huh? Guest? Guest?"

Heather raised the glass and drank it down, leaving two silver coins on the table, then picked up the wooden staff placed beside the table and walked out of the tavern.

It wasn't until night fell that Heather finally found the hut the tavern owner had mentioned.

The house was very small, made of bricks and stones, and stones were piled up next to the house to create a simple courtyard. There were two chimneys on both sides of the roof, one of which was emitting white smoke.

After getting closer, Heather discovered that there were various shells and turtle shells piled under the corner of the house, with strange symbols engraved on them. On the wooden door of the house, starfish, conchs, fish bones, and shells are used to mark the magic circle in the upper, right, lower, and left directions. In the center of the magic circle is a strange-looking large conch.

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

Knocking on the door, a man's voice soon 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 if you are an old friend of the mermaid, you don't want to meet him?"

Squeak! The door was suddenly opened, and an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with a beard looked at Heather outside the door in surprise: "Who are you?"

Heather took off her hood and smiled:

"Nice to meet you, you can call me -

【Mermaid Prince】. "

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