Chapter 1 Mirror's Revelation

Mirror Mister's words directly broke the Dawnbreaker's predicament.

This legendary "Sea Ruins" (Hai Xu), said to have no return, actually had a way out.

Watching Soren finish communicating, the people on the deck exchanged glances, and the originally serious atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

Qiantiao always had that nonchalant expression, and now he was even more relaxed, laughing, "I knew it, Philo should know."

Dr. Banks didn't say anything, but the expression on his face, like venom, suddenly became less fierce.

Barrett's eyes were also full of relieved expressions.

Sure enough, the surname "Isaac" was favored by fate.

How fortunate to be able to rebuild the Dawn with legendary figures.

On the high mast, Lolota, Kama, Tani and a few other half-grown folks who had been eavesdropping, grinned, revealing their neat white teeth.

Soren breathed a long sigh of relief.

A method had been found, but he also said, "Now we have to go to the due west of the Sea Ruins to find the 'River of the Underworld' to get out. There are also many dangers, everyone be careful."

Everyone nodded.

The magnetic field in this Sea Ruins was problematic, and the compass had completely failed.

But the team had the [Black Sam's World Sea Chart], an alchemical item that could prevent navigators from getting lost at any time.

And there was also Tani, an excellent navigator.

They were fully equipped to navigate in harsh environments.

......

Thus, the Dawnbreaker's three warships sailed slowly on the sea.

The overall tone of the space in this Sea Ruins was dark cyan, like the world before dawn.

The fog on the sea was not very thick, and the water was very clear. But strangely, the seawater here seemed bottomless, with endless cyan-black depths. Staring at it, it felt like your gaze would be sucked in, giving you a sense of vertigo like falling from the clouds.

Moreover, there were no marine creatures in the sea, making it deathly silent.

Even Tani could not hear any sounds.

Unlike the previous storms, there was now no wind at all, and the sea was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

The three ships used the alchemical arrays on their sails to move forward slowly.

The crew stared intently, fully alert.

Soren stayed on the deck for a while, then suddenly thought of something and walked towards the cabin.

Next to the captain's room, there was a small compartment, which was Pandora's private room, and no one could enter it on weekdays.

Knock, knock, knock!

Soren stood at the door and knocked, asking, "Miss Pandora, may I come in?"

At this time, a response came from inside, "Come in."

Soren's mouth twitched slightly. Although the tone was very cold, he still walked in.

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled an intoxicating fragrance.

Pandora's body, from the moment it was created, had the most captivating fragrance in the world.

Soren felt a kind of silk-like pleasure in his body as this fragrance entered his nostrils.

Looking again, that gorgeous face appeared before his eyes.

Because he had signed a contract, he dared to look directly at her.

Well... no matter what angle you looked at it from, this beauty was indeed impeccable.

Pandora sat cross-legged on the bed, glanced at Soren out of the corner of her eye, and asked, "What is it?"

Those clear blue pupils seemed to hide the most fascinating depths in the world. Even though her expression was very indifferent, this glance was like the stars twinkling in the summer night, incredibly charming.

Soren glanced at her, then averted his gaze and said directly, "Thank you for your help in the previous battle, Miss Pandora."

He had not forgotten that Pandora had helped a lot during the previous naval battle.

If she hadn't blocked "Thief Emperor" Meldith's attack, Soren himself would have been seriously injured, if not killed. He might not have been able to scare away that Princess Mafa.

Pandora listened without any change in expression, and said, "It's just the contract."

Soren shrugged slightly, noncommittally, and didn't say much on the topic.

Instead, he took out the spoils he had salvaged from the sea earlier.

The [Hero's Heroic Spirit], [Muse's Quicksand Crystal], [Fertility God Frey's Golden Wheat Ears]... Although precious, Soren couldn't use them for the time being.

Instead, after re-identifying them, these materials all had the label "Can bear faith."

Soren knew that these things must be very important to Pandora.

But Soren also knew that even if she needed them very much, she would never ask a second time.

This was politeness.

Soren also felt that this was her "tsundere" nature engraved in her bones.

And the... arrogance that a god should have.

Soren said directly, "These things are of no great use in my hands for the time being. I thought Miss Pandora seemed to need them more, so I brought them to you. As spoils of war, you also have the right to a share."

His words were very polite, and all the steps were arranged, just waiting for her to take them.

He wasn't trying to curry favor.

Giving gifts was partly to thank her for her help just now; and the most important thing was that he might need her help next.

Soren suspected that the so-called "Sea King" in this Sea Ruins was a false god.

When encountering enemies that were not in the realm of normal humans, with unknown methods and abilities, the best choice was to ask this lady, who was also a "god," for advice.

When Pandora heard this, she knew that accepting something from someone made you beholden to them, but she didn't refuse, and said lightly, "I understand."

Soren put down the storage ring and smiled slightly.

Whether it was a deal or not, there was now an exchange of favors.

Smart people didn't need to waste words, and Pandora obviously knew his other intention.

Soren wanted to chat for a few words, but unexpectedly, she said directly, "The one who controlled the storm before was a very special undead creature. I sensed fluctuations of faith. If possible, I would like you to help me with something."

"Oh?"

Soren had an expression of listening attentively.

That "Sea King" was indeed a pseudo-god existence, as expected.

Pandora narrowed her eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I want to seize his faith."

The word "seize" was used very cleverly.

Soren's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he agreed directly, "Okay!"

They had to get out of the Sea Ruins, and the "Sea King" was bound to be an enemy.

Since Pandora had spoken, then she must have some targeted methods.

It would be great to be able to solve the biggest threat in Soren's mind.

He also asked, "What do you need us to do?"

Pandora looked at him, and revealed one of her secrets, "You should have guessed that I have the ability to seize the power of faith. When the time comes..."

Actually, even if she didn't say it, Soren could guess something.

Before, in Mountain Shadow Country, Pandora had become the "Tsukuyomi no Mikoto," which was obviously done using some special method.

It was very likely that this was the "factory setting" that his teacher, Selia, had when she created this alchemical homunculus.

Although Soren and Pandora had met in a less than pleasant way, they now gradually had entangled interests and gradually became tacit.

Soren also felt that ever since Pandora confirmed that he was Selia's disciple, it seemed that he had never felt that hostility again.

.......

The two were chatting when suddenly someone on the deck shouted, "Everyone, be careful, there are strange shadows in the water!"

When Soren heard this, he looked at Pandora and said, "I'll go out first!"

With that, he used a space displacement and appeared on the deck.

At this time, everyone was staring at the water with full alert.

Holding the black umbrella, Soren already felt clusters of cold spiritual bodies appearing in the water.

"Huh, aren't those the priestesses of the Agapa Nong Temple? Why are they in the sea?"

"Putting aside everything else, their figures are really good."

"Are they alive or dead? Why are they swimming in the sea?"

"Be careful, I feel like these things are very evil. They seem to be the legendary 'Sea Burial Corpses'."

"..."

When Soren arrived, everyone was already pointing at the bottom of the sea.

He also approached the ship's rail and took a closer look. In the water were actually lifelike female corpses!

Blonde hair, blue eyes, and charming looks, the gauze clothes on their bodies appeared translucent in the water, their proud breasts were completely visible, and their graceful figures were clearly visible. They were like sleeping beauties, eyes closed, drifting in the sea...

The number was still increasing, and they were swimming under the bottoms of the three warships like fish.

Soren's left eye flashed with light, and he identified them.

[Sea Burial Corpse]

Details: Undead creature, sacrifices to "Sea King" Francis Drake from Agapa Nong Temple; in other words, they are the Sea King's wives; good at mental attacks, do not look directly into their eyes;

When Soren saw the information that was identified, his heart tightened, and he immediately shouted into the communicator, "Be careful, don't look at the eyes of those corpses."

But it was already a moment too late, the female corpses in the water suddenly opened their eyes, and those blue pupils emitted a faint light.

The Tier 3 and above professionals were just a little dazed, and were awakened by this loud shout, and immediately came back to their senses.

But the crew members on the warship with low mental strength looked like they had lost their souls, and reached out to fish for the female corpses in the sea.

With this reach, their bodies leaned forward, and they fell down unconsciously.

Fortunately, Soren was quick-witted and pulled up seven or eight people who were about to fall off the side of the ship with silk threads, but even so, dozens of people still fell from the other two ships.

"Plop", "plop", "plop"...

The sound of falling into the water was endless.

"Quickly pull people up!"

"The magic team releases mental dispelling!"

"Medical team, inject the brothers who were hit with sobering agents!"

"Shoot, kill those..."

"..."

Qiantiao and Barrett, those high-level professionals, also moved, jumped into the water, and launched an attack on the corpses in the water.

Soren dropped a few Mechanical Alchemist octopuses, and the strangulation efficiency was also extremely high. The water was instantly stained red with black blood, and a large number of broken limbs floated up.

At this moment, the observer on the mast suddenly issued a warning: "Captain! A large number of unknown ships have appeared in the six o'clock direction! No... there are also the nine o'clock direction, the three o'clock direction... we are surrounded!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Soren looked up and saw countless warships gathering from all directions in the mist.

Looking closely, those warships looked very old, and the styles were various, some new and some old. Most of them were not shipbuilding styles of this era. But what these ships had in common was that there were holes all over the ship, the sails were tattered, and there were a lot of aquatic plants such as coral shellfish, like a sunken ship that had just been salvaged from the bottom of the sea. I don't know how they can sail...

Soon, ship shadows broke through the mist and entered the field of vision of the Dawnbreaker's team. Everyone then saw clearly that on these undead ships, probably numbering in the thousands, were densely packed with various decaying undead monsters, holding the decaying weapons in their hands, and looking over with their terrifying faces...

[Undead Captain Dirk (Gold)], [Undead First Mate Anida (Bronze)], [Undead Sailor], [Undead Vulture]...

Because they were monsters, Soren identified them at a glance.

Ordinary monsters, bronze, silver, gold, and even lord-level monsters, were all available.

The number was too large to count.

Barrett, as the team's battle commander, also reacted immediately. He immediately judged the situation and gave combat instructions: "The fleet is arranged in a '1' shape, go full speed ahead. First round of artillery, prepare!"

"Ship No. 1 is loaded!"

"Ship No. 2 is loaded!"

"Ship No. 3..."

In less than half a minute, the cannon rooms of the three ships responded in unison that they were loaded.

"Fire!"

With an order, nearly two hundred cannons on both sides of the three ships spewed out flames at the same time.

There was no need to aim at all, the undead warships were in all directions.

"Boom", "boom", "boom"...

The shells hit the hulls of those undead warships, and countless pieces of wood and debris exploded immediately.

But what was surprising was that those concentrated sea ships, which should have sunk, continued to sail against the laws of physics.

"Ship wraiths?"

Soren's eyes narrowed as he looked at them. He then realized that the warships themselves were also a kind of monster attached to the aura of the undead!

Unless they were completely smashed, these ships would not sink, even if they were riddled with holes.

This also led to the fact that although the firepower of the Dawnbreaker's three warships was fierce, it did not stop the trend of the undead ships from all directions from besieging them at all.

It looked like it wouldn't be long before they would be submerged in the tide formed by these undead warships.

Barrett was on the lead ship, Qiantiao was on the stern ship, and Soren was on the middle ship.

He unlocked the Eight-Armed Spider Spear, and the crucifix on top of his head could cover almost three ships.

Beside him, Kama's face was pale and she was fully alert.

Ten mechanical puppets surrounded her. The heavy breathing showed that she was very nervous in the face of such a situation.

A thousand people versus hundreds of thousands, or even millions of undead monsters. Not everyone has the courage to face this scene.

Especially a little girl.

Soren turned his head to look at his disciple, patted her on the shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Relax a little. Appropriate nervousness will allow the body to perform extraordinarily, but excessive negative emotions will affect your on-the-spot judgment."

"Teacher..."

Kama's body trembled slightly when she heard this, and she turned her head to take a look.

She then realized that it seemed that no matter what happened, her teacher was extremely calm.

Looking at the smile on her teacher's face, she suddenly felt courage in her heart and nodded seriously: "Yes."

......

"The stern ship is dropping naval mines and incendiary bombs into the sea..."

"Continue firing! Rush over at full speed! Except for the gunners, everyone go on deck and prepare for boarding action!"

"..."

On the ship, the Dawnbreaker's team held weapons in their hands, nervously staring at the countless ghost ships getting closer and closer.

Five hundred meters, three hundred meters, one hundred meters... getting closer and closer.

Those who could fire a gun started long-range sniping with muskets.

For a time, the sound of gunfire was deafening.

The Dawnbreaker's team had Mafa's standard equipment, which was considered the best firearms on the market. There were also several heavy machine gun positions temporarily added to the deck.

"Da da da..."

Firepower covered the area, and tons of shell casings were dumped on the deck.

But at this time, everyone discovered a big problem, that was, the monsters that were clearly seen to be crippled could still continue to stand!

"Damn it, those undead monsters can't be killed!"

"It's really evil. These monsters have been blown into two pieces, and they can still move around while lying down."

"Be careful, this is the legendary undead creature. Use holy light spells, holy light bombs!"

"..."

Normally, almost no one has seen undead monsters.

The Dawnbreaker's team also felt that these unkillable monsters were tricky.

Although holy light spells and holy light bombs had miraculous effects, the number was limited after all, and the monster-killing efficiency was too low.

If this continued, they would be exhausted here sooner or later.

The uneasy emotions were also spreading rapidly.

Soren had been observing everything and had already understood the characteristics of the monsters.

Feeling the panic of the crew, he suddenly shouted: "When the monsters get on the ship later, everyone just focus on fighting, I have a way to completely solve them!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately cheered up as if they had taken a stimulant!

Everyone in the Dawnbreaker's team knew that "Mr. Soren" was a person who could always create miracles.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

Everyone's fighting spirit burned up in an instant.

......

These undead creatures were indeed very special. In this special "Sea Ruins" space, they were indeed "dead" and could be resurrected infinitely.

Soren had encountered such a situation several times before.

Because he had encountered it, he had confidence.

Just now, he also discovered that those undead monsters could indeed be resurrected, but after being hit, their souls changed from a stable state to a wandering state.

Although they would recover in a short period of time, in Soren's eyes, that wandering process became clusters of "gray mist" that could be harvested.

.....

A moment later, the Dawnbreaker's warship rushed into the ghost ship pile of undead monsters like a sharp knife.

Mechanical octopuses and artillery cleared the undead ships in front, so the three warships were not completely trapped. But as they got closer, countless decaying undead monsters jumped onto the ship and fought hand-to-hand with the Dawnbreaker's team.

Soren controlled hundreds of rune golems and joined the melee.

The black scythe slashed one at a time, the gargoyles punched one at a time, and the golem legion also killed a large area.

Clusters of gray mist rose up.

Soren quickly roamed the three ships, harvesting those gray mists.

[You have harvested the spiritual fragments of 'Undead Sailor', mental strength +0.7]

[You have harvested the spiritual fragments of 'Undead Sailor (Elite)', mental strength +1.1]

[You have harvested the spiritual fragments of 'Undead First Mate (Silver)', mental strength +3.2; you have obtained information: 'Lord Sea King orders to kill these humans']

[...]

The souls of these undead monsters were very simple, and they almost all acted by instinct.

Those gray mists could only strip a little mental strength, and there was no useful information.

Soren harvested all the way, and the monsters that jumped on the deck never resurrected after they died.

Corpses of undead monsters quickly piled up on the deck, getting higher and higher.

But those undead monsters who did not know pain continued to come...

The terror of undead monsters lies in their "undead" characteristics.

Now that they could be killed, their combat power was almost the same as that of skeletons, and the threat was not great.

Even if there was a "gold monster" out of a thousand, it was only at the level of a Tier 3 professional.

The Dawnbreaker's team was powerful, especially Qiantiao and Barrett. One's sword energy traversed hundreds of meters, and the other's fist strength blasted half a ship. Killing a large area, they were completely unreasonable.

Various heavy bombs were launched into the monster pile without caring about the cost, and alchemical technology also gave these legendary monsters a head-on blow...

.......

Originally, under normal circumstances, if the Dawnbreaker's team faced the endless monster tide head-on, they would probably be exhausted alive before they found the "River of the Underworld".

But Soren was not flustered, because that "Sea King" would definitely not watch his subordinates continue to be slaughtered.

Especially Soren's mechanical octopuses specifically killed his "beloved concubines."

Counting the total number, at least dozens of them had been killed.

The Agapa Nong Temple sacrificed a few at a time, and this number was probably the accumulation of hundreds of years.

Sure enough, while fighting, Pandora's warning came from his ear, "That guy is coming!"

Soren then looked and saw a giant sailing ship slowly sailing out of the distant mist!

A tattered flag hung on the mast of the sea ship, but you could still see a skull flag with a black sun background.

"Sea Emperor-class warship!"

"Could it be... that's 'Pirate Emperor' Francis Drake's 'Eternal Night Emperor'!"

"Oh my god, that legendary pirate from more than two hundred years ago? I grew up listening to that legend."

"Is this guy the 'Sea King' in the Sea Ruins?"

"..."

Looking at the super-large sailing ship with a hull of more than 300 meters and three layers of turrets, everyone in the Dawnbreaker's team was shocked.

The best of the Dawnbreaker's three warships could barely be considered a "second-class battleship."

Single-layer artillery room, twenty conventional-caliber artillery pieces on one side.

The largest sailing ship on the market now is the "Sea King-class" warship.

The "Princess Sitka," which Soren had seen before, was only over 100 meters long. Compared with the magnificent black sailing ship in front of him, the difference was simply too great.

It was not that they could not build it bigger, but the materials were limited. This was almost the limit of sailing wooden ships.

And in the legend, there was also a sea overlord-level warship, that was the "Sea Emperor-class" warship!

Thirty years ago, Pirate King Black Sam's flagship was a "Sea Emperor-class" warship. But after they went to sea and were silent, there was no longer any sailing wooden ship in this world that could be called a "Sea Emperor-class."

Moreover, after Soren identified it, this warship was actually a legendary alchemical item!

[Eternal Night Emperor]

Quality: Legendary

Details: A warship made from the trunk of a 'golden oak tree cursed by the demon god', completed by shipbuilding master Moses based on the dwarven 'River Styx Ship' blueprint; it has super natural corrosion resistance and unparalleled toughness; the ship has roamed the Sea Ruins for hundreds of years, surrounded by a strong aura of the undead, it has a powerful ship wraith, this is a conscious warship, it can repair itself; it can carry people to the underworld; this is a super warship that only a sea overlord can control;

And on the deck of this ship stood a guy who was nearly three meters tall, with one leg made of wood.

The name displayed in the identification was: [Sea King Drake]