King of the Nine Seas

　　 Slowly approaching the island, a nasty stench came with the wind.

This stench is similar to the smell of various fish and marine products after rot and fermentation, but it is several times more violent, which makes people very uncomfortable. Among them, Ewa, who has the lowest resistance, returned to the cabin after vomiting several times. Inside, closed the doors and windows and went to rest.

"What's the matter with this island? This stench doesn't seem to be formed naturally!" Aran frowned. He has superb senses derived from the cat's figure series of potions and has a keen sense of smell. This smell makes him Somewhat unbearable.

　　 Old Snorer looked at the island in front, narrowed his eyes, and said thoughtfully: "Let’s take a look first. If there is no danger on it, we can consider exploring this island."

　　As the Black Cat gradually approached, Aran and the others also saw the true face of the island.

This is a small island. There is a dark mountain in the center of the island. There are not many trees on it. Instead, it is mostly aquatic plants and black rocks. As for the periphery of the island, there is a piece of ground after the mud has dried up. The stench comes from the corpses of aquatic organisms mixed in the mud on the ground, various crustaceans, fish, or half, or the whole corpse is buried in the ground, like the graves where aquatic organisms died.

　　 "Interestingly, this island does not seem to have any animals, and the appearance of this island is more like a piece of ground rising from the bottom of the sea than an island."

Hearing what Aran said, Old Snorer nodded slowly and said: "According to what you said, I feel that the more and more this island looks like it is formed on the sea floor, how about going to this island? ?"

　　 "Of course I want to go!"

　　Adventure and exploration, this is the most primitive attribute of pirates.

Besides, living in this world, you are adventurous all the time and want to live a life that is not adventurous. Unless you are a descendant of a nobleman from the five major countries or a high-ranking royal official in a medium-sized country, otherwise you want to live a better life, or even be able to To survive, you need to take risks to engage in various dangerous jobs.

For example, one of the most profitable jobs in the world is to explore submarine relics. It is necessary to risk their lives all the time. It is precisely because of the existence of these people that the world can dig out those buried under the sea from the endless ocean. The ancient technology has made human beings stronger a little bit.

For example, the heart of the ancient ship on the Black Cat, such as the creation of a wide range of potion series formulas, are all excavated from the depths of the sea, and as a pirate, every plunder is an adventure, a pirate who perishes in plundering and resisting. There are countless, don't these people want to live in peace, do they like taking risks?

of course not!

　　 is just to live steadily. It is the greatest luxury in this world. For most people in this world, if you want to live, you must take risks!

　　Adventure has been written into the depths of pirate genes, and Aran is the same.

If he cringes, fearing wolves and tigers before, Aran will not be what he is now. He would have been among the ordinary pirates on the Black Shark a long time ago. Noble's plaything.

　　 Boom!

　　 The anchor dropped, and the Black Cat docked in a natural recessed harbor on the island.

Russell looked at Aran and said to him: "When I was in the navy, I had heard about the Yellow Sea. The navy had done great explorations in the Yellow Sea, but it suffered a big loss. I don’t know what it is. Yes, but I know that the Navy lost three fleets that time. There were a lieutenant general, three major generals, and more than a dozen school-level officers. If you want to explore here, I have no objection, but you must be more cautious. "

　　 "Don't worry, I understand, you guard our boat and wait for me to come back."

　　 Aran, Old Snorer, Frey, Stump, a total of four people disembarked and walked towards the mountain peak in the center of the island.

　　 The stump was heavier. When he got off the boat, his feet sank slightly under the ground, and a more violent stench rushed out of the collapsed ground, almost hitting the stump.

　　 "This smell is too strong, Captain, the ground is not completely dry, the surface is okay, and the bottom is muddy."

　　 The stump shook his feet and followed Aran and the others step by step.

　　 Aran's footsteps are light, and the power of the cat's footsteps is just right here, walking forward on the dry ground fairly easily.

　　The road from the seaside to the central mountain is not long or short. In addition, the road is a little difficult to walk. The group of four people walked for about forty minutes before finally reaching the foot of the mountain.

　　 The stump was rubbing the smelly mud on a black rock at the foot of the mountain, while rubbing his mouth in disgust.

　　 Old Snorer took a pipe and looked at the not-too-high mountain, and said, "Do you need a rest? When you go up the mountain, you have to go up in a hurry, and don't rest in the middle."

　　 "No, at this height, just go straight up."

　　 "Fur...that's OK, then let's go."

　　Old Snorer and Aran nodded to each other~www.novelmt.com~ Two people were in front, Frey and the stump were behind, and the four people climbed towards the top of the mountain.

　　 The mountain is not difficult to climb.

　　 is not steep, there are still many footholds.

　　It didn't take long for everyone to climb to the top of the mountain, and saw the panoramic view of the island in half light and half dark by the dawn of the sun.

　　 There is nothing to say about the edge of the island, it is all dry mud, a cemetery for marine life.

　　 Instead, it is this mountain, but there are many things to see.

Originally thought this mountain was just an ordinary low mountain, but after Aran and the others climbed up, they discovered that the mountain was hollow. There was a gorge inside the peak, and the sound of water flowing inside the gorge could be faintly heard. Of course, there is nothing surprising about these for Aran and the others. What really surprised them was a huge stone stele on the opposite mountain peak, which was obviously derived from intelligent life!

　　 This stone monument stands high on the mountainside, with obvious traces of artificial carving.

　　 The four people glanced at each other, did not say much, and walked towards the opposite side of the stele together.

They walked down the mountain peaks along the not-so-steep cliffs and came into the gorge. They looked at the river under the valley with the gleam of the morning sun. The water was clear and there was no smell of smell outside, and the tree stumps were rinsed in the water. Shoes and feet, looking at the clear river water, I wanted to pour some water into my mouth.

　　 raised his hand to block the movement of drinking water from the stump. Aran looked at the stump with a blank face, and pointed his finger upstream.

Looking upstream under the guidance of Aran, the stump's face turned white. There was a corpse lying in the river. The water flowed down from half of the body of the corpse. This one looked crystal clear. The stream is a complete river of dead water!