Pirates of the Skeleton Scepter

The ship sailed on the sea for two days and two nights, and a strange pointer appeared on the surface of the iron box containing the banshee's head, always pointing to the direction of the sunset.

The sea has been calm for the past two days, and the crew members are all in a panic.Jiang Liu also didn't want to stay in the cold cabin, so he stayed on the deck for a few days to enjoy the sea breeze, secretly observing the mysterious silver-haired swordsman by the way.

The boat moved smoothly, and Exxon's technology was so proficient that people could barely feel the boat shaking.The afternoon sun was warm and bright, and after being exposed to the sun, waves of tiredness hit Jiang Liu, who couldn't help but yawned, and fell asleep leaning against the railing in a daze.

When he woke up, the boat had sailed into an unfamiliar sea.

Rubbing his eyes, Jiang Liu was surprised to find that the sky had changed at some point—the entire sea was almost dark green in color as if it had been dyed with ink; the sun disappeared into the layers of dark clouds, and occasionally a few rays of light penetrated through the gaps in the clouds When illuminated, it looks like a golden ladder between the sea and the sky, which is very spectacular.

However, in the blink of an eye, the dark clouds rolled up more and more, and soon blocked all the sunlight, and the sea suddenly turned into a frightening black, the waves rolled, and the boat swayed from side to side.

The crew immediately got busy, fixing items, reinforcing sails, etc. before and after running.When the ship calmed down completely, they were already in a strange sea area.

This is a sea area shrouded in thick fog and black clouds. Even in the daytime, it is as dark as night.

Jiang Liu poked his head and looked around curiously, and there were many vague boat-like shadows around him.Gradually, the outlines of those shadows became clearer and clearer. Looking carefully, they turned out to be the wreckage of many ships. There were all kinds of ships, and some of them could still see flags and sails.

Suddenly, a huge moving black shadow loomed in front of him, slowly approaching Jiang Liu and their boat.

"Huh? Why are there other ships here?"

Jiang Liu said something curiously, and the expressions of the other crew members immediately changed.

"Doctor, don't talk." Hans broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly pulled Jiang Liu's clothes, signaling the other party not to speak.

"Don't look at it, it's a ghost ship, it will seduce people's souls!"

Anyone who has sailed at sea for many years knows that there will be some dangerous sea areas with hidden reefs and dangerous undercurrents on the vast sea.Pirates called these sea areas "devil's land".Without the guidance of an experienced helmsman and an excellent navigator who is good at observing the direction of the current, few ships can safely sail out of these invisible and dangerous seas that kill people.

Most of the ships and sailors who strayed into the devil's land by mistake became sacrifices to the sea god.With the passage of time, more and more shipwrecks drifted with the currents and piled up in the devil's sea, so this place is also called "the cemetery of the sea".

Hearing what Hans said, Jiang Liu didn't dare to look around now.

Soon, the boat floated over and entered everyone's line of sight.Jiang Liu tried his best not to squint, but although his eyes could not look, his ears could not stop listening.

There was obviously no wind or waves at sea, but the boat seemed to be shaking a lot. The deck on the boat was still creaking, and it sounded like it was about to fall apart.As the boat got closer, Jiang Liu could already clearly hear the creaking sound from the boat, as if there were many people walking on the deck.

Jiang Liu felt indescribably flustered, the white shirt on his body was completely wet by the sea water, and with his own cold sweat, he was very uncomfortable.He always felt that there were people on board the ship, and there were quite a few of them, just like the sound of walking back and forth on the deck.

The boat was getting closer and closer, and they drove towards Jiangliu almost directly, and it seemed likely that they would collide with Jiangliu's boat.

Jiang Liu felt as if a cat was scratching his heart. He couldn't help but turned his head and glanced at the boat—this glance was no small thing. He watched the old and rusty boat crashing straight ahead. It seemed that the tip of his nose could smell the musty smell of rotting wood emanating from the ghost ship.

"Ah──" Jiang Liu couldn't help exclaiming, he was ready to accept the impact as soon as he closed his eyes.

However, after waiting for a long time, the expected collision did not appear. He opened his eyes suspiciously, and Jiang Liu suddenly heard the creaking sound coming from beside him!He was taken aback when he saw that the ghost ship was already side by side with theirs.The deck has rotted and turned white after years of soaking in sea water, the tattered cloth strips are windless, the cabin door has long been broken, and the dark hatchway is like a sad eye facing the river.

There was a sudden "click" in his heart, Jiang Liu felt that his consciousness was suddenly out of control, and his body moved in a daze, and he was about to step onto the boat...

Suddenly, the arm was grabbed by a huge force.At this moment of pause, the ghost ship also drifted past and left a long way away.

Jiang Liu looked at the hand holding him with lingering fear—it was Leo.If it wasn't for Leo to hold him back, he might be on that weird boat now.

Looking at the ship floating out of sight from a distance, Jiang Liu was still frightened for a while, and he didn't know if he was bewitched or what. At that time, he wanted to run to that ship, probably as the crew said. As you said, it must be a ghost ship.

The wrist was a little numb, Jiang Liu realized that Leo was still holding his hand and didn't let go.Jiang Liu was thin-skinned, blushed slightly, and whispered a word of thanks, but Leo still didn't let go of his intentions, and firmly held Jiang Liu's wrist and dragged him directly to the bow.

"Stand over there." Leo didn't talk nonsense, and directly pointed to the position beside Irean.

He opened his mouth, then closed it depressingly, Jiang Liu felt indescribably depressed: He is not a child anymore, he rushed to the side of the boat just out of curiosity, is Leo like this?

Complaints are complaints, of course Jiang Liu has no guts to blatantly disobey Leo's words.On this boat, except for Irean who was not afraid of Leo at all, everyone else was full of fear for the taciturn silver-haired swordsman.

"Hehe~" Yi Lie'an looked like he was watching the show, he blinked at Jiang Liu, and then let out a few extremely ambiguous smiles.

Jiang Liu was even more embarrassed by his smile, his head was so low that it almost stuck to the railing.This Irean doesn't know what to do, every time he has to bring himself and Leo together, Jiang Liu was very curious about Leo, but after being disturbed by Irean, now he can't wait to avoid Lei Oh far away.

He glanced at Irean with cold eyes, and Leo responded with two words, which immediately made Irean's smile froze on his lips.

"Yaoh."

"I said don't mention him on this boat."

Irean growled at Leo almost gnashing his teeth, and Leo was not willing to show weakness and stared back at each other. The eyes of the two met in the air, and fierce sparks were created by friction.

Hans kindly pulled out the river that was in the center of the storm. The other crew members on the ship seemed to be used to it. On the surface, they kept their eyes on each other and did their own things, but they had already pricked up their ears in private.

"The Night King is..."

Just as Jiang Liu wanted to ask Hans who the Night King was in a low voice, suddenly, an excited voice came from the watchtower──

"Island! There is a small island ahead!"

At this time, the ship was still driving in the "Devil's Land". There was a gloomy and dark fog and the wreckage of the shipwreck. How could there be an island?

"Why is there an island here? Give me the binoculars." Irean ordered his men to bring the monocular binoculars, looked carefully for a long time before putting them down, and his brows were tightly knit together.

There is really an island in front of it, which is covered by thick fog. If you don't pay attention, you may think it is the wreck of some kind of huge ship.

"Captain, do you want to go and have a look?" The faces of the crew showed both excitement and fear. Irean thought about it and asked someone to take out the iron box.

The color of the pointer floating on the top of the box is much lighter, but it can still be vaguely seen that the pointer points to the direction of the island.

"Cast anchor, go ashore."

Irean did not hesitate, and directly ordered everyone to bring the boat to the shore.

Take a closer look at this small island, which is no different from ordinary islands, with soft sandy beaches and dense bushes.It's just that it looks a bit weird in this environment surrounded by dense fog and the sun can't be seen.

The heavy anchor was thrown into the water, and the boat stopped six or seven meters away from the islet.Irean left some people on the boat, and he jumped into the sea first, Leo followed him and turned over to get off the boat, followed by Hans, a tall black man named Joe, Geely...

Jiang Liu was the last one to disembark, and it wasn't a big deal. As soon as he stepped on the beach, he felt a creepy feeling in his heart, and the hairs on his body stood up one by one. His intuition was rarely wrong. , as if warning him that something terrifying existed on the island.

Leo also felt something was wrong. "There's something weird about this island."

"Indeed." Irean looked around for a few moments, "But this is the island that the sea monster pointed out. Since we have come, we can't leave empty-handed."

"How about this." He thought for a while and said, "I don't think the island is very large, so we will divide into two groups to go to the island, and if there is any danger or something is found, we will send a signal to notify others."

"Jiang Liu..." Irean called out Jiang Liu's name with a prolonged tone on purpose. Jiang Liu thought that Irean was going to be with him, so he trotted over. D_A

"You and Leo are in the same group." Irean smiled and admired Jiang Liu's astonished expression, and deliberately delayed for a long time before finishing the second half of the sentence.

"You guys definitely did it on purpose." He muttered in a low voice, and Jiang Liu reluctantly moved to Leo's side.But once he was with Leo, most of the oppressive feeling in his heart disappeared immediately.

Leo didn't say much, and took the lead on the island.

The entire island is shrouded in a mysterious thick fog, and the eyes can only see clearly the objects within a few meters in front.Jiang Liu didn't dare to walk around, and followed closely behind Leo. Through the thick fog, he could vaguely see some strange-shaped shadows. When he got closer, he realized that they were just some trees and unusually tall thorns. On this dark and hazy island, looking at the trees from a distance, they look like monsters with claws and claws.

Before he knew it, Jiang Liu followed Leo far away from the coast, and his heart beat faster and faster, as if something was about to come out of the woods.

Uncontrollably thinking wildly in his mind, Jiang Liu accidentally bumped his nose into a hard object in front of him.

"Ouch." With a scream, Jiang Liu squatted down covering his nose.The hard object he hit was Leo's back. Leo didn't know when he stopped, and he didn't even say a word, his eyes were fixed on the front.

"What's the matter..." Jiang Liu grabbed Leo's clothes and got up. The impact just now was so strong that he almost collapsed his nose.

"Why did it stop suddenly... Ah!" Jiang Liu screamed, and then tightly covered his mouth.

──There is an open space ahead, densely packed with countless skeletons.

These skeletons still maintain the posture before death, either sitting or lying down, and some even face up to the sky, with their hands folded on their chests, as if they died suddenly in their sleep.

Leo drew his sword and walked up. "This is a camp," he said, using his sword to tear away the tattered canvas hanging from a tree, the remains of a tent covered with rotting leaves.

"There are also inside." Leo turned sideways and motioned Jiang Liu to look at the few remaining tents on the ground. There were a lot of daily necessities inside, and thick dust had accumulated; similarly, there were also many skeletons "lying" here. Due to too long time, these skeletons have decayed into black, and their dark eye sockets are facing the river, as if they are expressing their grief before death.

"It's a bit strange." Jiang Liu looked through some of the bones, "No trauma, no signs of fighting. How did they die?" Attacked by wild animals?No, there should be traces of fighting left behind; poisoned to death?That's not right, if it was poisoned to death, people should be in pain when the poison occurs, and there is no sign of dying struggle on these bones.

"These people are pirates." Leo pulled out the weapon next to a certain skeleton. The blade was already rusty, but some small lettering on the bottom remained intact.

"Captain Bart Teddles."

"You know him?" Jiang Liu pointed to the black skeleton on the ground in surprise.

Raising his eyebrows, Leo weighed the rusty long sword in his hand.

"His name is engraved on the sword. Bart Tidyles was a famous pirate more than ten years ago."

"Then why did he die here?"

"do not know."

Shaking his head, Leo put down the long sword in his hand.

Bart Teddles, known as "The Dragon", is a vicious, brutal and ruthless pirate captain.It is said that he got a treasure map by chance more than ten years ago, so he led a whole fleet of eight ships to search for the treasure. However, after that, there was no news of Bart Tydiers and his fleet.It was rumored that he died in a shipwreck, but they did not expect his bones to appear on this strange island.