Chapter 41 The Legend of Mermaid on Sea God Island
Not long after, an island came into view.
The edge of the island has rugged rocks, winding cliffs, and countless seagulls squawking and circling in the low sky. Desolation 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 chilling 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 layers of drying grounds and private houses are arranged like terraces.
Walking on the path in the village, you can occasionally see weird shrines on the side of the road. In the shrine made of stones and straw, there is a weird statue. It is an octopus-like being with a large number of creeping tentacles carved underneath.
There are no organs on the head, only layers of wrinkles that look unpleasant to look at. Under the statue are placed a variety of dried or smelly fish, which seems to be used for sacrifice in this village.
process.
"This is a very old statue of an ancient god."
Rin Qishi appeared next to Heather, her beautiful big eyes looking at the stone statue. Jianjigu interpreted the relevant information for her:
"As the teachings of the King's Hall are spread in the world today, He has been forgotten. The ancient gods who disappeared in the depths of the underworld 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 was reflected through [Jianjigu], which was 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 4 of Revelation." Yan Qishi nodded, 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 specimens of sea fish 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 white and oozing.
people.
There is no bar in the tavern, only a kitchen counter. Through the kitchen counter, you can see the misty kitchen exuding the aroma of food and the busy and muscular boss 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 them 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 am the only hotel and tavern in this village."
The boss rested his hands on the kitchen counter, his bald head still covered with beads of sweat 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, and homemade wine. It's winter, so it's good to have some. Do you want some?"
"Let's all have one." Heather found a table in the corner and sat down. 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. There was not even a waiter.
After grabbing the boss and handing 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 for so many years." The boss rarely saw outsiders, and he talked enthusiastically: "Brother,
Where did you come from?"
"Balidanis." Heather was too lazy to tell more lies and went straight to the topic: "Are there any magical legends on this island?"
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"Such as sea monsters, mermaids and the like."
"How is such a thing possible... Well, wait a minute, it seems that there really is."
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 east along the fishing village path, 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 in one gulp, 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 is very small, made of bricks and stones. A small courtyard is made of stones piled up next to the house. There are two chimneys on both sides of the roof, one of which is 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. Starfish, conchs, fish bones, and shells were used on the wooden door of the house in the upper, lower, right and left directions respectively.
The magic circle is marked, and in the center of the magic circle is a large conch with a strange shape.
Seeing the magic circle on the door, Heather suddenly felt the 'Mermaid Prince of Scimitar' in the [Mythical Weapons Catalog] whispering 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?"
Creak! The door was opened violently, and an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with a beard looked at Heather outside the door in surprise: "Who are you?"