First mate is not easy

25 years ago.

In 1443 AD, at the age of 30, Resardin Barcelo, the captain of the Seaz, who was known as "the treasure walking on the Babylonian sea, the brightest pearl in the history of navigation", was transferred from the incumbent King Christine I at that time. The queen personally received a royal secret order mission: ordering him to find the secret treasure that can open the route to the island of Barcelo, and after finding the secret treasure, secretly transport the secret treasure back to Silton.

When he received this order, the son of the old Captain Barcelolo had just learned to walk. He had black hair and black eyes, which looked very much like his mother. "Mother and Uncle" yelled indiscriminately—because his wife died of dystocia when she gave birth to his son, Captain Barcelo naturally cherished his young son very much and couldn't part it. Even though he was very reluctant, he got it. After the royal family promised that his son would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, he still gritted his teeth and set off bravely.

According to the treasure map given by the Queen, Resardin Barcelo quickly found the location of the legendary secret treasure.

At that time, when the whole task came here, everything went smoothly.

……

I remember the day when the legendary "secret treasure" was excavated from the deep sea. Listening to pleasant and cheerful music, the sailors were busy back and forth on the deck with cheerful steps. The sailors who had no work at hand for the time being, neatly pouted their buttocks, lay on the side of the ship, and headed toward the ship. Look down——

And as far as their eyes could see, there was Captain Resardin Barcelolo, who was riding a small boat, standing on the boat with his hands behind his back and directing the hemp ropes in the hands of the sailors rhythmically. Under the bright sunshine, he His captain's hat cast a shadow on the bridge of his nose, and as large drops of sweat slid down his tightly knit, tense cheeks, he heard a loud "crash" on the surface of the water. The huge black statue entangled firmly, just like this splashed water.

The onlookers were all stunned——

The lifelike statue of Leviathan is just like that mentioned in all the fairy tales - the twisted snake body, snake eyes carved with rare black gemstones, delicate scales, sharp fangs, in the snake There are spread wings behind it, which are different from any known creatures such as birds or flying insects. The wings are slightly retracted and hang on both sides of the statue body. It can be vaguely seen that it has webs and distinct joints. You can see it carefully. , the part of the fleshy membrane that connects the joints, and even carved blood vessels and the like.

The real statue seems to come alive in the next second.

This is absolutely true, without a doubt, a work of art that can only be created by the hand of God.

However, when this statue of Leviathan buried deep under the sea was carefully excavated, a strange phenomenon appeared - it seemed that it left the bottom of the sea and broke the calm of the entire surrounding sea area. A gust of wind blew up without warning, and at the same time, the clear sky was covered with dark clouds at some point, the sun was gone, the sky was dark, and it seemed that a storm would strike at any moment.

The abnormal weather made Resardin Barcelo, who was still young at the time, slightly frowned on the small boat: he started sailing with his father when he was nine years old, and so many years of sailing experience made him well aware of all changes in the sea area , it is precisely because of this keen insight that he was able to make a breakthrough in this unpredictable ocean, and he has been safe and sound so far.

Conquer the ocean while remaining in awe of it.

But now, because of this ability, Resardin Barcelo felt a little bit uneasy.

Unfortunately, at that time, everyone was immersed in the shock of the statue just out of the sea, and no one even noticed that there was anything wrong. The first officer of the Shiz at the time, Padhexiu, was the first to bear the brunt. s.

"—This will definitely become the treasure of the Silton Royal Museum, my esteemed captain."

Full of admiration, praise, and a trace of imperceptible greed, the first mate of the Shiitz was also standing on the boat. At this moment, Pad was carefully observing the cautious ship with a brass telescope. The statue was pulled up by the sailors, he couldn't move his eyes, he even felt his eyeballs rolling around on the wet statue——

"There's no question that it's priceless - I don't think anyone will have any doubts about that judgment the first second they see it."

The first mate's tone made Resardin frown frequently, because he knew his first mate's habits too well, and now he had to remind: "Put down your strange tone, Pad, it doesn't belong to any of us , doesn’t even belong to the Silton royal family, it should be a product from the sea, and now I’m almost worried that if I take it away, something terrible will happen.”

"You are too worried to make you say such outrageous words, my dear Resardin." Pad sneered noncommittally, and put down the brass binoculars, "This is just an overly delicate statue, I'm even skeptical about whether it can really lead to find that ghost island-it's all a legend, if it's not as exquisite as it is, I almost think it's Queen Shildon playing tricks on us, oh , haha, I also said outrageous things!"

Resardin cast a speechless glance at the chief mate who was laughing to himself.

At this time, the huge and heavy statue had been pulled onto the deck by the sailors. Such a big thing could not be packed into the cargo hold, so it could only be kept on the deck. Fearing the destructive power of the torrential rain, when a group of people swarmed up to inspect it at a close distance and carefully wiped it dry with a huge cloth, and covered it up, the sailors on the deck leaned out cheerfully and told their captain: "That's the job, captain, come back quickly, I see that the weather is going to rain, before it gets dark, let's see if we can rush to the nearest port—"

Resardin responded, put aside his doubts temporarily, and began to call the sailors on the ship to row the boat towards the Sheath, but at this moment——

"Captain! Wait, there seems to be something underneath!"

A sailor's nervous voice sounded behind Resardin.

He was slightly taken aback, then turned around, only to find that a sailor who had just returned from the bottom of the water was lying on the edge of the boat at this time. He was obviously the last sailor to return. Gill sac, he said with a pale face and trembling, "Yes, it is an extremely beautiful pot, my God, I swear I have never seen such a treasure - it is right next to the statue Far away, we hadn't spotted him before, Captain—"

Before Resardin showed any surprised emotion, Pade next to him yelled exaggeratedly: "What?! Oh, the queen's secret order didn't mention that there are two kinds of treasures, so I need to add some rewards ——But having said that, are you sure there are two treasures, only two? We might have found a group of treasures!"

"Only that one pot was pulled down, Mate Pad." The sailor said in a very sure voice, and after he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Resardin with hesitant eyes, "Then, Captain, are we -"

To Pad's annoyance, his dear captain hesitated in the face of such a question that apparently had nothing to wonder about.

Just like Resardin knew Pad, Pad also knew very well what kind of person his captain was—for fear that he would make a terrible decision next, so before Resaldin had time to speak, The first mate of the Seaz had already raised his voice, taking the lead to make a decision for their captain: "Of course, what reason is there for us to come here for nothing? Listen, let someone prepare for it now. Pull up what you said, hurry up, the storm is coming, bad weather is not suitable for finding treasure!"

This time the sailors were clearly on the side of the mate, even though his eyes were glowing green now.

But Resardin's silence was regarded as acquiescence, so after the "Leviathan Statue", all the sailors began to prepare for the second excavation of the unexpected receipt——

The things they dug up for the second time did not disappoint them.

In fact, compared to the Leviathan statue, which is mainly stone, the exquisite jug that was suspended from the water for the second time almost blinded them-looking at the golden body of the jug, the body of the jug is exquisite. The three behemoths "Xize, Leviathan, and Abyss Beamon" depicted by the complete gemstones of various colors, standing on the deck of the Xize, some sailors have already chanted "My God" and "God" in amazement. The name of the road god——

Yes, they guessed, probably they would never see a utensil more exquisite than the pot in front of them in their life.

If the statue of Leviathan was carved by the hands of God, then the exquisiteness of this pot can only be made by God's father-don't ask God's father, in short, this is quite serious adjective.

Following the accidental appearance of the jug back on the deck, Ressardin opened the sealed lid of the jug, and found a wooden box inside. The wooden box made of waterproof wood and sealed with beeswax was opened, and there was a book inside. The yellowing book, Resardin and Pad came to the captain's room, opened the book, and unexpectedly discovered that it actually contained some things recorded in ancient runes——

To be precise, this book is the instruction manual for the kettle.

[On a full moon night, fill the pot with water. When the bright moon is reflected in the water tank, the blood of the descendants of Babrus will drip into the water. If you bury your head in the water tank, you can hear the mermaid singing from the water. , the singing guides the direction of the Leviathan statue. 】

Pade: "Mermaid singing? Is there really a mermaid in this world?"

Resardin: "The sea is boundless and magnificent, and everything we see is even just the tip of its iceberg—"

Pade: "This jug shocked me even more than the statue of Leviathan, my dear captain, if the book in your hand does not record the name of this thing, as the first person who discovers it among the people alive today , according to the rules, we have the right to give it a name - and we can't call it 'this pot' or 'this pot', it is really wronged for such a good thing."

When the old Captain Barcelolo heard the words, he closed the book in his hand with a snap, and after a moment of meditation, he said lightly: "Let's call it 'Aria of the Mermaid'."