Chapter 36: Sea Devotee
The mission content was clear to the point of absurdity—just kill one target, and a World-Class Chest would be the reward.
This represented one thing: this mission was dangerously absurd, too simple and crude.
Have the cursed people besiege one of the two? Not to mention that the Sea Devotee was responsible for managing the cursed people in the black mist, but even the Old Hag couldn’t be killed by a siege of cursed people. This was Mingguang Island, and the Old Hag had been here for who knows how many years.
From the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao learned a key piece of intelligence: if he completed this achievement mission, he could obtain the method to lift the curse in advance.
This also represented another piece of information: in the main mission, there must be a method to lift the curse.
Weighing this, he absolutely couldn’t be tempted by a World-Class Chest right now. This achievement mission reeked of strangeness—it didn’t even have a mission description, and worse, it was a no-penalty mission.
Su Xiao closed the wooden door of the hut and went to find the Sea Devotee to replenish the number of cursed people. Whatever grievances existed between the Old Hag and the Sea Devotee, they could handle it themselves.
Arriving at the small wooden hut where the Sea Devotee was, Su Xiao took out several large money bags of Demon Sea Gold Coins, totaling 13,300 coins, enough to help 266 cursed people break free from the black mist.
Loud laughter and roars came from the black mist on the island again, as the cursed people in the mist began fighting for the chance to escape.
Su Xiao looked at the face on the wall ahead; the Sea Devotee had already closed its eyes.
“Sea Devotee, do you recognize this thing?”
Su Xiao took out a compass. This item was called the [Navigation Compass], which he had obtained in the Death House. The title “Sea Devotee” reminded him of the Sea Devotee Clan mentioned in the [Navigation Compass]’s prerequisites.
“This is… a compass. Give it… to me.”
With a series of cracking sounds, the Sea Devotee’s right arm broke free from the wooden wall. It reached out its hand, asking Su Xiao to hand the [Navigation Compass] to it.
After a moment of thought, Su Xiao raised his hand and released the [Navigation Compass], which fell into the Sea Devotee’s hand.
“This is… the treasure from the Great Vortex.”
The Sea Devotee held the compass, and the coin-sized mini-dial on the compass lid spun on its own.
The reason the Sea Devotee could make the [Navigation Compass] change was that it had once obtained a small bottle of blood beneath the Great Vortex. It drank that small bottle of blood, and from then on, it began calling itself the Sea Devotee.
Crack, crack, crack~
After a series of sounds, the mini-dial on the [Navigation Compass] lid was calibrated. The Sea Devotee returned the [Navigation Compass] to Su Xiao, and for this, Su Xiao paid 17,000 Demon Sea Gold Coins.
The Sea Devotee was the complete opposite of the Old Hag. Any benefit gained from the Sea Devotee required payment in Demon Sea Gold Coins.
[Navigation Compass]
Origin: Wind Sea Continent · White Hoof Port
Quality: Immortal Rank (Engraving Calibration Complete)
Category: Single-Use Equipment
Usage Requirements: Strong Will, Sea Devotee Clan (The Sea Devotee·Fake has left a spiritual source within this equipment, exempting this prerequisite).
Effect 1: After using this compass, the compass needle will point toward what the user desires in their heart.
Effect 2: Can designate a target for use, marking them. After use, it will lock onto the world where the marked target is located, and the Navigation Compass will transform into a key to enter that world.
Note: Entering a world this way has no main mission; the entry time is 12 natural days.
Item Rating: 1498 points (Immortal Rank item rating is 1000–1500 points)
Introduction: This is a wondrous fate.
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After checking the [Navigation Compass]’s attributes, Su Xiao looked at the Sea Devotee ahead. He suspected that the Sea Devotee came from another world, the Transcendent Primordial World: Wind Sea Continent.
The Sea Devotee had just mentioned that this [Navigation Compass] came from the Great Vortex, but from the equipment data, that wasn’t the case.
This was very intriguing. Thinking from another angle, the Sea Devotee had discovered something related to the Sea Devotee Clan beneath the Great Vortex, something that could enhance power. So, the Sea Devotee used it, transforming into the Sea Devotee·Fake.
Analyzing this way, that thing should be a bloodline-type item, originating from Wind Sea Continent, arriving in this world by chance, where the Sea Devotee discovered and used it.
This was a fully open Primordial World, where contractors from various paradises could enter, so leaving something behind was normal. In Canglong Continent, Su Xiao had encountered plot characters conspiring to trick a contractor, then using that contractor to leave Canglong Continent and temporarily enter another world.
Thus, the Sea Devotee was undoubtedly a native of the Demon Sea World. The equipment introduction fit the current situation perfectly—this was indeed a wondrous fate.
“You must… be careful of the Crow.”
The Sea Devotee hadn’t forgotten about killing the Old Hag, constantly reminding Su Xiao that the Old Hag was a traitor and must be killed.
“…”
Su Xiao turned and left. He had already seen that, compared to killing one of the two, maintaining the status quo was the safest option. Not to mention the consequences of killing the wrong one, neither of these two was easy to kill. The malice of this mission was practically slapping him in the face.
Su Xiao returned to the deck of the Doom Number. It was time to act. With his current accumulated combat power, he could fight the West Sea King to the death.
The main sail of the Doom Number was lowered, and it sailed into a black mist vortex, leaving Mingguang Island.
Everything around was pitch black. The Doom Number, with a lantern hanging from its bow, sailed at high speed. A few seconds later, light appeared ahead.
With a loud crash, the Doom Number landed on the sea, splashing water everywhere. The sun slanted at the edge of the sky; it was about eight in the morning.
Inside the captain’s cabin, Su Xiao looked at the sea chart on the table. This was obtained by Kaisa from Admiral Murray, marking the territories of the four great pirates.
Among the four great pirates, the Duke had the largest territory, including 54 pirate islands, 27 trade islands, and so on. A vast sea area belonged to the Duke, and he also occupied part of one of the three continents.
Next was the West Sea King, while the Twin Towers·Empress ranked third in territory. Last was Black Witch Sa, who was the type that didn’t provoke anyone, but once provoked, he became an absolute mortal enemy, holding grudges to an absurd degree.
Black Witch Sa once slaughtered an entire island because one of his ordinary pirates was killed. His pirates both respected and feared him, with respect and fear split evenly.
The West Sea Domain was the collective name for the West Sea King’s territory. Su Xiao’s target was here. The best way to fight the West Sea King was at sea. The “Annihilation Heavy Cannon” on the Doom Number wasn’t just for show. Once the enemy ship was sunk, the shadow-like cursed people would become the enemy’s nightmare.
Having made up his mind, Su Xiao had Bubu Wang go find Winnie.
When Winnie entered the captain’s cabin, her hair was still a bit damp. She must have secretly taken a bath in the rear cabin of the captain’s quarters. With Amangsi, an Imperial noble, around, the cursed people’s vulgar behavior of peeping at a lady bathing was not allowed, with two types of punishment.