Pirates of the Skeleton Scepter

The moon is bent like a hook, breaking pieces of silvery light on the black sea.

Irean came alone to the coral-colored courtyard in the center of Moon Shadow Bay. The courtyard directly connected to the sea. Irene stood quietly by the water. A moment later, a delicate face emerged from the golden threads.

The body of the mermaid princess gradually protruded out of the water, her hair flowing like flowing water, like the most beautiful rhythm in the world.

"Your Royal Highness." Irean put one hand on his chest and bowed reverently.

"You can just call me Celia." The mermaid princess fiddled with her wet blond hair, which shone like sunlight in the dark night.

"Irean, my friend, you don't need to use honorifics to me." The thin red lips parted slightly, and a beautiful voice that was clear, flexible, and smooth as a string was released.

"This is due respect and courtesy, Celia."

Irean smiled, his handsome face seemed to be shrouded in a hazy mist under the moonlight, his azure blue eyes were as clear and bright as ever, no less than the top sapphire.

"Compared to me, you are more suitable for the name 'Son of the Sea'." Celia looked into Irean's eyes and expressed her sincere admiration, "I have never seen such beautiful blue eyes, which are deeper than the sea. ,purely."

"It was inherited from my mother."

Irean stretched out his hand, and Celia naturally stretched her hand into his palm. The warm and slippery touch was like suet jade.

With a little force, Irean pulled the mermaid princess out of the water, and the two sat together by the coral-colored pool like old friends they hadn't seen for a long time.

"Alicis... Yes, your eyes are exactly the same as your mother's, even the blond hair." The silver eyelashes of the mermaid princess fluttered slightly, and crystal water droplets flowed from the corners of the eyes along the clean face to the pointed chin , on the white and jade-like skin, water marks were drawn, and finally dripped on Irean's palm.

Irean lowered his eyes, and clenched the Mermaid's Tears in his hand—a beautiful white pearl, quietly exuding a soft light in his palm.

"Many people say that, but unfortunately, I don't remember what she looks like anymore."

"You were very young when she left you." Celia raised her head and shifted her gaze to that gentle and beautiful face. The little baby in Alisis's arms has now grown into an outstanding man.

"Actually, not only your appearance, but also your rebellious personality is very similar to her."

"Celia..."

"West came to look for me." The mermaid's eyes were ice-coloured, almost transparent. "He hoped that I would not lend you the pearl. He is still the same. In his heart, you will always be the most important."

"Have you promised him?"

Shaking his head, the golden hair draws a beautiful arc. D_A

"It depends on your heart, Irene. I promised Alisis that I will do my best to help you. But Irene, you must understand that the pearl of a mermaid can communicate with the sea, but if you You can't see anything in a pearl without a strong love of the sea and a great spiritual power."

"I understand, Celia. I don't need pearls for treasure."

"Oh?"

"I've figured it out."

"tell me the story?"

Yi Liean raised the corners of his mouth happily, and there was a smile in his eyes, as well as unscrupulous arrogance.

"Compared to being protected, I want to be his protector. I need pearls to find West, not for treasure, not to compete with him, and not to prove myself. This time, I want to protect him."

Celia raised the corners of her mouth and burst into a beautiful smile.She took out a nearly transparent, light pink pearl from her bosom, and solemnly handed it to Irean.

"If you put your mind to it, you can see what you want to see. But remember, it can only be used at sea."

"Thank you, Celia."

"Good luck, Eleon."

A slightly cool kiss fell on Irean's cheek, and there was a splashing sound in the water, and the mermaid princess returned to the sea.The ink-colored water surface was lightly crushed by the thin and flexible tail fin, leaving only bits and pieces of moonlight.

Without saying goodbye to You Yue, Irean drove the Sea Eagle and left Moon Shadow Bay.The relationship between him and his legendary aunt is more like a tacit friendship. You Yue can always know what he wants without enthusiastic words or actions.

No, food and fresh water have already been replenished on board, and even the hull has been repaired.

After leaving Moon Shadow Bay, everyone finally returned to a regular life with distinct day and night.

"It's amazing~ There is really only night and no day in Moon Shadow Bay." Jiang Liu excitedly reminisces about the good times he spent in Moon Shadow Bay.

Although he saw the mysterious and beautiful creature mermaid that existed like a myth, he still couldn't figure out why he couldn't see the sun in Moon Shadow Bay.

"That's magic~" Irean smiled and explained to him. "There are some people in this world who have powerful spiritual power and can manipulate magic. This is an extremely rare talent."

"Isn't that amazing?"

"Yeah, it's amazing." Irean narrowed his eyes and glanced in Leo's direction pointingly.

As always, the silver-haired swordsman stayed in the old place with his black long sword in his hands, closed his eyes, and was not interested in participating in their conversation.

"The royal family of the demon clan can also control magic, and the magic power in their bodies is even stronger."

"Demon race?" For Jiang Liu, this is another new term.

"I'll tell you a secret." Irean blinked his eyes mysteriously. "The demons all have light-colored hair, and it is said that the eyes of their royal family are as red as blood."

"Light-colored hair, red eyes..." Jiang Liu muttered to himself, suddenly thinking of someone.He stared at Irean with wide eyes in surprise. After the other party nodded in affirmation, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Leo in disbelief.

Leo—is actually the royal family of the Demon Race!

Well, Jiang Liu felt that he shouldn't be so surprised.After all, Irean, the captain of the Sea Eagle, was himself a prince.In Jiang Liu's traditional concept, nobles are the kind of people who go out and have a large number of servants following them.Irean and Leo should be regarded as different.

"Compared to humans, demons are more loyal to their partners~" Irean deliberately leaned into Jiang Liu's ear, and whispered in an extremely ambiguous tone.

Jiang Liu's face immediately turned red, he took a few steps back in embarrassment to distance himself from Irean, and then ran away under the pretext of visiting Urian.

"Did you do something to him, Leo?"

Seeing Jiang Liu running away, Irean clicked his tongue lightly.

Leo was still silent, without saying a word. Of course, Irean didn't expect him to speak.

Boring to dig out the pearls, under the sun, there is a blue mist like the sea flowing inside the pearls.Irean closed his eyes and concentrated, and the appearance of West appeared in his mind.

Soon, the blue mist inside the pearl began to flow rapidly... Irean saw a huge black pirate ship sailing west quickly.

"Exon!" Elaine shouted to the old man at the helm, "Go west, and go at full speed."

Days at sea are dull and dull.

On the first day, the Sea Eagle robbed a merchant ship, and the harvest was ten baskets full of tomatoes.

The next day, the Haiying stopped a returning cargo ship and threw ten baskets of tomatoes on board.

On the third day, the pirates began to have nothing to do, because they did not encounter any ship all day.

On the fourth day, Urian was finally able to leave his cabin, but he didn't speak a word to anyone except Jiang Liu.

On the fifth day, the Haiying finally encountered another ship, but the other ship was traveling together.The bored pirates start a race, which ends with the Seahawk far ahead of its opponent.

On the sixth and seventh days, not even a seabird flew over the sea, except for sea water, which was still sea water.

On the ninth day, a slight change finally occurred on the surface of the sea.Irean found that the Sea Eagle was caught in a strange current. He looked down the ship, and the black water seemed to be alive, holding the ship firmly like a big net, while the sea outside the current was Normal blue.

The crew were a little panicked, but Irean was very calm, and it could even be said that he was a little excited.He knew very well that they were not far from their destination.

Sure enough, on the tenth day, the Sea Eagle sailed into a mysterious sea area, where there was no sunlight, and the sky was covered with thick black clouds.The sea water here is darker and weirder than the strange currents before, and even faintly exudes a strange stench.

"It's an island! There's an island ahead!"

Hans, who was guarding the watchtower, exclaimed loudly, and the crew all gathered around the bow, and soon, a black spot the size of a sesame seed appeared in front of him.

Irean ordered the ship to speed up, and the outline of the island gradually became clear.

"It's a skeleton!"

Hans' screams of surprise and joy came from above the crowd.

"It's a skull-shaped island! It's Skull Island!"

Skull Island, one of the most ancient and mysterious legends among pirates!

Legend has it that the world's greatest wealth is buried on Skull Island; legend has it that all those who set foot on Skull Island will be cursed by evil, and no one can leave alive.Some people even say that one end of Skull Island is connected to hell, which is the resting place of dead souls.

Of course Irean knew about these legends, and he also knew one more thing: before she fell, the Sea Banshee was a beautiful sea nymph who guarded the Sea God Temple, and the Sea God Temple was used to guard the mysterious and dangerous Skull Island!

"It's great." Irion felt the blood in his body boiling.

For pirates, this is the ideal place for adventure - wealth, curses, enemies, unknown dangers, the combination of all elements can arouse the excitement of any pirate to the extreme!

Without Irean's orders, the flushed Exxon quickly docked the ship, and some crew members even threw the anchor onto the beach in a hurry.

"I only took five people ashore, and the rest stayed on the boat."

As soon as Irean's words fell, there were a lot of complaints on the deck.

"This time is different from previous adventures." Irean raised his eyebrows, and after the crew members finished complaining, he slowly continued: "There is a huge evil force on Skull Island. I can feel it. There are undead, undead, and even something much scarier."

He raised his saber, the blade trembled violently, and even the light of the ruby ​​on the hilt dimmed a lot, the color was not as conspicuous as usual, showing an ominous dark red like solidified human blood .

"My sword is the best proof."

The crew members looked at each other in blank dismay, and all of them fell silent, and those who were excitedly clamoring to go ashore also retreated into the crowd.

"How? Who wants to go ashore voluntarily?"

Irean withdrew his saber and asked coolly.Despite the uneasiness and fear in their hearts, there are still many crew members who are not afraid of death and rush to go ashore.

"I'm going!" The boy's immature voice was mixed with a group of noisy rough voices, very abrupt.

Ireon raised his eyebrows.

"I'm going! I'm going ashore!" The young man struggled to push through the crowd, and stood in front of Irean and announced loudly.

There was silence on the boat, and everyone turned their attention to Urian, the boy raised by the undead.

"Oh? Why?" Irean neither agreed nor refused the boy's request.

"Gem! The gem guarded by the Mata clan for generations! I want to take it back!"

The boy's eyes were clear and bright, and he looked at Irean firmly.If you look carefully, there is a deeper and more determined emotion in it.

Julian, the 15-year-old child, seemed to have grown up overnight as if he had been washed.

"Even if you don't agree, I will get off the boat secretly!" The child is still a child, and he will not hide and conceal his emotions.He was afraid that Irean would not agree, so he added eagerly with a guilty conscience.

"This is not playing a game, nor is it pretending to be a house party. The island is full of dangers you can't imagine." Irean folded his hands on his chest, and looked directly at the young man with blue eyes, as if he could see through a person's heart .

"I know, I'm ready!"

"Courage alone is not enough."

"I understand, I won't hold back!" The boy eagerly took out a slingshot from his arms. "Look, I can shoot very accurately!" The slightly trembling voice reveals the slightest pleading.

"Please let me go. I really want to get back the gem, which is a relic of the tribe."

"Okay." With a sigh, Irien agreed to let the boy go ashore.Just as he finished speaking, another clear voice came from the crowd.

"I'm going too." Jiang Liu squeezed to the captain with an excited face.On the one hand, he was out of curiosity, and on the other hand, he was worried about Julian.

On the Sea Eagle, the person You Rui'an trusted the most was Jiang Liu, and Jiang Liu was the only one who had been by You Rui'an's side for more than half a month, and the two had almost nothing to talk about.Jiang Liu took care of You Rui'an like a younger brother, and it was because of him that the young man was able to gradually recover from the shock of losing his loved one.

Irean was a little embarrassed, he turned his head to look at Leo, as if he was asking about the attitude of the other party.His unintentional action made Jiang Liu very annoyed.Following Julian's example, he deliberately said something loudly to Leo.

"If you don't agree, I will also sneak off the ship!"

The silver-haired swordsman's tight jaw twitched violently. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then nodded helplessly.

"Okay." Irean spread his hands, "You can follow me, but I won't take care of you." The implication is to take it easy for me.

Jiang Liu and You Rui'an looked at each other, then clapped their hands and cheered.

This scene made Leo's brows frowned even tighter, and the already cold air pressure around him dropped to the lowest point.The crew all shuddered, but the innocent duo didn't feel it.

In the end, Irean selected Joe and Jilly from the jumping crew. The two were completely opposite combinations: the dark-skinned Joe was tall and silent, serious; while Jilly was recognized as having a big mouth, short and wretched.

Irean, Joe, Ji Li, together with Leo, Jiang Liu and Urian, went ashore together.

Stepping on the soft sand, Jiang Liu suddenly staggered, but fortunately a pair of big hands came across to support him.

"thanks……"

Jiang Liu was a little embarrassed, but Leo didn't intend to let go of his hand, and his blood-red eyes were fixed on him.

"I'm fine."

Jiang Liu took a deep breath, just now his chest was really heavy, and his feet were so soft that he couldn't use his strength.But that feeling was only for a moment, and he is much better now.As for why, he couldn't say it himself.

But Irean didn't say anything, untied the saber from his waist and threw it to Jiang Liu.

"Take it."

"what?"

"Don't let this sword leave you."

"But you..."

"I'll be fine."

Irean didn't say much, and his expression didn't look like he was joking.Jiang Liu thought for a while, and silently fastened Irean's saber.

The six of them set off officially, and this time Leo led the way.He seemed to be very clear about the situation on the island, and soon he led everyone to the middle of the mountain.

Jiang Liu looked at the terrain and vaguely remembered that this place should be where the teeth of the skeleton should be.

After walking a certain distance, a huge dark door was sunken deep in the rock wall, staring at everyone like an opening in the night.Many indistinct symbols are carved on the huge arch, and these symbols also appeared in the remains of the Mata people.

Leo walked quietly into the Dark Portal, and the others followed him into the arch, beyond which lay a downward slope sandwiched between steep cliffs that plunged into the sky like sharp knives.

The scene of this line of sky made the people below barely see that the sky is dark, and there are many stars shining on it.Jiang Liu remembered very clearly that it was afternoon when they set off, and there was still a long time before sunset.However, after passing through this door, time was completely reversed for them.

Soon, they left the path, and the terrain changed as if they suddenly came out of a crack in the wall. There was a huge valley in front of them, and the small river around them merged into many icy waterfalls.

The magnificent and huge temple is located in the very center of the valley.

"Sea God Temple..."

Irean's eyes darkened, containing many complicated and intense emotions, like the gray sky before the storm.