After going into the sea, I met Miss Witch

When Ryan opened his eyes again, it was already dusk.

Soft golden sunlight shone in from the window on the bulwark.

"Have I slept for so long?"

Ryan was a little surprised, then shook his head.

It seems that the previous battle with the Scimitar Pirates consumed more energy than he imagined.

Looking at the food placed on the wooden table not far away, Ryan felt a little warm in his heart.

In all kinds of details, Furen is still very thoughtful and a very gentle person - ahem, the premise is to ignore her brutal appearance when she tortured the pirates.

After solving the dinner problem, Ryan sat on a wooden chair and looked at the black ring on his palm.

The carving of the octopus is lifelike, giving people a weird and hideous feeling.

Ryan looked at the introduction of this thing in gray font.

[Low-level Wonder · Black Eclipse Ring: After use, a "black fog area" with a radius of five meters can be expanded. Except for the user, any living being will be eroded by the black fog, resulting in negative states such as weakness, blood loss, and blindness, which lasts for one minute. Usage conditions: one-fifth of the body's blood (the higher the rank, the lower the cost)]

[This wonder contains a weak essence of spirituality, which can improve the repair rate of the [nameless ship sculpture] after absorption. ]

Looking at the introduction in front of him, Ryan's pupils shrank slightly and his heart was trembling.

"Can improve the repair rate of the [nameless ship sculpture]?!"

The effect of the "Low-level Wonder · Black Mist Ring" is nothing to say, it is similar to what Furenyi introduced, but the role of improving the repair rate of the [nameless ship sculpture] makes him feel uneasy.

Before this, Ryan always thought that only after conquering the "travel place" and finding the [anchor point] can the [nameless ship sculpture] be repaired.

But now...

No!

In a flash, Ryan recalled the scene when he first came to this world.

At that time, he was controlled by an unknown force, pulled the trigger, and blew the head of a baron from the Augustus Kingdom and the Violet Family.

Now recalling, it was after that that the [Unknown Ship Sculpture] was opened, or in other words, it was initially repaired.

In other words, the unknown power was most likely from a certain strange object, and the power of the strange object had been absorbed by the [Unknown Ship Sculpture], which resulted in a 1% repair rate.

Thinking of this, Ryan felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

"The owner of the strange object is the mastermind behind the conspiracy that led me to bear the 'blood mark'!"

Ryan thought.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the [Unknown Ship Sculpture] had not been repaired at that time, he did not get any relevant information, and could not know the name of the unknown strange object, and therefore could not infer the identity of the owner of the strange object.

A strange object that can forcibly control people's behavior?

Ryan kept this in mind.

Putting aside the matter of the mastermind behind the scenes for the time being, Ryan looked at the [Black Eclipse Ring] quietly in his palm and fell into a dilemma.

Should he keep it and use it? Or would it be better to let the [Nameless Ship Sculpture] absorb it and improve the repair rate?

Although the side effects of using the [Black Eclipse Ring] are great, and the loss of one-fifth of the body's blood will cause dizziness, fatigue, palpitations, strong weakness and other symptoms, its effect is really powerful.

A full minute of "weakness, blood loss, blindness and other negative states under the erosion of black fog" is enough to determine the outcome of a battle.

And if the [Black Eclipse Ring] is absorbed by the [Nameless Ship Sculpture], how much the repair rate can be improved is still unknown.

If the "Pirate Magic Potion" does not have hidden dangers and can be used, Ryan will definitely not hesitate to "sacrifice" this strange object on the spot.

But the problem is that under the premise that he cannot take up his post at the moment, this strange object will greatly increase his combat power, and it is estimated that it will play a significant role in the subsequent crusade against the "Dragon Head Crab".

The size of the "Dragon Head Crab" alone is enough for Ryan to judge that its defense must be ridiculously high, and the effect of the [Black Eclipse Ring] can just weaken the defense and strength of the "Dragon Head Crab".

After weighing all the options, Ryan finally decided to keep this strange object first.

"Huh..."

With a light breath, Ryan stood up and prepared to take a walk on the deck - after digesting for a while, he was ready to come back to practice sword until the arrival of midnight the next day and enter the "Travel Land".

Today's battle made him deeply aware of his own weakness.

Not to mention the professionals, just two or three enemies like the Scimitar Pirates would kill him.

This made him feel full of a sense of crisis.

Especially after knowing the hidden dangers of the "magic potion", it was even more so.

Pushing open the door, the sea breeze in the night came towards me, bringing a hint of coolness.

The Black Rose was sailing slowly on the sea.

The movement of Ryan opening the door immediately attracted the attention of several pirates on duty on the deck, but after taking a look, they showed Ryan a flattering and respectful smile, and then immediately turned their heads away, not daring to look at him any more.

Ryan saw the change in the pirates' attitude, but he didn't say anything.

In the world of pirates, the strong are respected, this is their way of survival.

Walking alone on the deck, walking against the direction of the sea breeze, only the sound of waves beating beside his ears.

This unprecedented feeling made Ryan's heart calm down.

Unconsciously, he had walked from the bow to the stern.

At this point, he paused, with a look of surprise on his face.

On the deck at the stern, a dark blue figure leaned against the bulwark.

The soft moonlight poured down on the girl, floating like a firefly, beautiful and dreamy.

Beside the girl, a female knight stood quietly, the dancing moonlight reflected a cool color on her silver chainmail.

"Mr. Ryan, how is your rest?"

A clear voice like a mountain spring came out from Freni's mouth. She turned her head slightly and looked at the young man who stopped, with a faint arc at the corner of her mouth.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm almost done with the rest." Ryan responded, walked forward, and stood at the bulwark 1.5 meters away from the two women.

After a few seconds of silence, Ryan said: "Lord Freni, I am ashamed to say that as the navigator of the [Black Rose], I still don't know our destination."

"If I don't know the specific location, I can't provide accurate navigation suggestions."

"...I neglected it." Freni brushed a few strands of hair to her ears: "But for the time being, there is no exact waypoint. Our goal is the deepest part of the sea, the origin of everything."

"The deepest part of the sea? The origin of everything?" Ryan was slightly stunned.

"Yes, the deepest part..." Freni opened her arms, as if to embrace the entire sea in her arms: "Mr. Ryan, do you still remember the golden tree I told you about?"