I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 35: The Pact
The Contract Spirit’s speed isn’t fast.
The Dark Sea Hunter quickly caught up with it.
After entering the hole in the deck of the Black Brick, the Contract Spirit led the Dark Sea Hunter to the second level of the cabin.
This was a wide room, seemingly a cafeteria or a conference room, with many chairs and tables.
But by this time, it had been corroded by seawater, decayed to the point where it was almost impossible to maintain its shape.
The Contract Spirit brought Rogel in front of a small iron box.
Treasure Chest!
Rogel’s eyes lit up.
After arriving in front of the box, the Contract Spirit went to a corner where there seemed to be a wooden cabinet.
Seeing this, Rogel started searching the wooden cabinet.
The Contract Spirit is quite special; Rogel tried to touch it when it first appeared, but found he couldn’t make contact with it at all.
After guiding Rogel to the wooden cabinet, the Contract Spirit no longer made any moves, silently floating to the side, seeming as if it was waiting for something.
Within the wooden cabinet, almost decayed into mud, Rogel found a key that wasn’t rusty.
[You found Iron Box Key ×1.]
Rogel couldn’t help but glance at the Contract Spirit, pondering.
It looks like this Contract Spirit has some task or commission to assign to me?
So is this my reward?
Sure enough, after putting the Iron Box Key into the lock of the iron box, the iron box opened.
Brilliant, sparkling, golden!
Wow!
The light was almost blinding Rogel’s eyes.
[You opened the Iron Box.]
[You found 52 Gold Coins.]
[You found 1 Gold Ring.]
[You found 3 Silver Rings.]
[You found 1 Sapphire.]
[You found 1 Diamond Necklace.]
The game’s hints nearly filled the notification box.
Money! Money! It’s all money!
Although Rogel had already guessed that this shipwreck would have lots of treasures.
Still, when he saw this scene, he was stunned.
Is this the charm of treasure hunting at sea?
This is really...
Rogel took several deep breaths, struggling to calm his emotions.
After Rogel opened the iron box, the Contract Spirit circled him a few times, seemingly hinting at something.
Then it began floating slowly toward another place.
The Dark Sea Hunter locked the iron box, stretched out four tentacles to hold it tightly.
A pile of gold coins and jewels, the weight did not need to be said, but Rogel felt no heaviness at all.
The Contract Spirit passed through a broken door.
The Dark Sea Hunter followed closely behind.
This was a relatively luxurious room, a skeleton missing a left arm lay on a large chair, wearing a black hat adorned with the emblem of the Black Brick Pirate Gang.
Undoubtedly, this was the captain’s cabin.
The skeleton sitting in the chair was the captain of the Black Brick Pirate Gang!
At this moment, the Contract Spirit floated to the right side of the captain’s skeleton.
This drew Rogel’s attention to the black Treasure Pearl clutched in the skeleton’s hand.
Iridescent energy flowed over it, seemingly harboring some mysterious power.
Rogel directed the Dark Sea Hunter to take the black Treasure Pearl from its hand.
Clatter!
Once the pearl was removed, the captain’s skeleton collapsed like a tent losing its support.
At this moment, the black Treasure Pearl burst out with thick black vapor, like a sky curtain, instantly enveloping the surroundings.
Rogel remained calm, showing no panic.
The vapor moved so swiftly that the Dark Sea Hunter had no time to evade.
If there was indeed a trap here, then all he could do was face the consequences.
However...
No worries, I’ll reload.
Under the cover of black vapor, only Rogel and the Contract Spirit’s figures remained in sight.
Yes, it was Rogel’s figure and not the Dark Sea Hunter’s!
Noticing this, Rogel couldn’t help but feel amazed.
Then, a large circular mirror suddenly appeared in front of him.
On the other side of the mirror was a luxurious room, a one-armed man wearing a pirate hat and a high-collared cloak sat in a chair.
His face looked terrible, his Spirit extremely fatigued, but the viciousness in his eyes was unmistakable.
After a moment of distant eye contact, the one-armed man grinned.
[Seems like you’ve found my treasure, junior.]
[Being able to see me indicates you’ve must have beaten that little creature Viluo, hahahaha.]
[But didn’t the Rot Spirit I left with Viluo give you a headache?]
...not at all.
Recalling the perplexing antics of those Rot Spirit minions, Rogel couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
After a bout of hearty laughter, Captain Black Brick coughed violently twice.
Taking a deep breath, he rudely spat out a mouthful of thick blood onto the ground.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Captain Black Brick seemed even more fatigued but the fierceness in his eyes grew stronger.
[...As you can see, I don’t have much time left.]
[Let’s cut the crap and get to the point.]
After saying this, Captain Black Brick stood up, holding a black Treasure Pearl in his right hand.
He grinned, producing a special parchment densely covered with incomprehensible symbols.
[When you found the treasure and touched this pearl, the contract was already activated.]
[If you don’t sign the contract, you won’t get a single penny; the treasures will all turn to seabed sediment.]
[Choosing to sign the contract to take away the treasure means you’ll have to find someone and kill them; in exchange, you’ll also gain a powerful Sea Treasure.]
Captain Black Brick pulled out a portrait, depicting a man who looked gentle and wore glasses.
[Doyle Devis!]
At this moment, Captain Black Brick’s veins bulged, gritting his teeth, his fiery eyes blazing with anger.
[That piece of trash!]
[You must kill him in the most painful way possible! Bind his soul to Hell! I’ll be waiting there for him, tearing at his soul day and night once he arrives!]
Captain Black Brick cursed the man with the vilest words imaginable for nearly five minutes.
Then mercilessly ripped the portrait to shreds.
Rogel felt a bit numb from listening.
Why doesn’t this black Treasure Pearl have a fast-forward feature?
Disappointing.
After venting his anger, Captain Black Brick calmed down his emotions.
[If Doyle Devis dies a thousand times, it’d still be too few.]
[If I were bad, just a scoundrel, then this guy is a total Demon!]
[If I could kill him, surely I would be forgiven by the Sea God and enter Heaven!]
As he spoke, Captain Black Brick’s anger rose again.
But he regained his cold composure amidst bloody coughing. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
[Honestly, if I had enough money, I would’ve bought an ancient contract; those things are simpler and unilateral.]
[But I’m short on cash, so I can’t even scam you, rest assured.]
[What you need to fulfill is just the promise to find and reach Devis, dead or alive.]
[Believe me, no matter who you are, once you find Devis, you’ll want to kill him.]
[No idea if the scumbag’s dead or not, it would really be merciful if he just died of old age.]
[Alright then, if you sign the contract, Viluo will lead you to the thing I prepared for you, the choice is yours.]
After finishing his words, Captain Black Brick smiled somewhat eerily, but the smile was cut short by his violent coughing.
This time, he directly coughed out blood clots mixed with internal organs.
At this moment, a dolphin-like creature swam over, nuzzling his arm, calling out, seemingly very concerned for him.
Seeing it, Captain Black Brick paused to gently stroke it, his expression softening, carrying a hint of tenderness and guilt.
[Good kid, Viluo, good kid...]
