People are pirates, creating Cthulhu

Climb the bell tower.

"Shh, look over there!"

When Teach was still troubled by the murmuring that lingered in his mind, Weber pulled him back to his senses.

On the other side of the bell tower is a large open space with a slightly psychedelic mist floating above it.

"Is this a ritual? Why don't you see anyone else?"

Teach took a closer look and saw that there was only a thin layer of fog underneath, and it looked very calm. It didn't look like anyone was inside at all.

Seeing this scene, he even felt a little disappointed.

"Don't worry."

At this moment, Weber, who had been urging Tikki just now, turned to comfort Tikki.

Then Tiqi saw his palm spread out, revealing something that looked like a shell, and his palm was stamped hard on the large hanging clock made of pure gold.

hum!

A loud bang spread out from the bell in all directions.

The violent vibration left several faint sound waves in the air.

Tiqi, who was standing closest to the golden clock, was the first to bear the brunt. Countless sound waves poured into his ears. He only felt that his soul was about to fly out of the sky under the harsh sound waves.

His body also staggered back a few steps, but there wasn't much space on the high platform of the bell tower to stay. He took a few steps back, and suddenly his foot was in the air, and he fell down from the bell tower like an onion.

As it fell, there were strong winds in my ears.

In a trance, Teach reluctantly opened his eyes, only to see Weber standing on the bell tower like nothing happened, watching him fall towards the thin mist with an expressionless face.

Did he do it on purpose?

Just when Teach was questioning Weber's true motives, his back suddenly shook, and he fell hard onto a soft foreign object.

The calmness of the fog was broken by Tikki's arrival, and the misty colors rose high like smoke. Through these colors, Tikki could faintly see Weber on the high platform moving his mouth slightly as if he was facing him before leaving. say something.

sorry?

There was no special tacit understanding between Teach and Weber, but he could barely tell through the mouth shape that Weber was apologizing to him.

Now that you've done this, what's the use of apologizing to me?

Teach was extremely angry and wanted to jump up and tear Weber in half.

However, the next second.

He felt like the mist around him was like a giant eating beast, completely engulfing him.

Then his vision went dark, and Teach completely lost consciousness.

……

Tikki felt as if he had slept through it.

Very strange.

He had never known what sleeping felt like since he was a child, and he never expected to experience sleeping here.

Tikki opened his eyes blankly, but his mind was still reminiscing about the feeling of sleeping.

Just like a glutton who finally eats the food he has been longing for for a long time, he must repeatedly squeeze out all the aftertaste of this food before he will give up.

"Buzz... la..."

The dull sound suddenly woke him up, and Tiqi suddenly realized that he had been sneak attacked by Weber and fell into the psychedelic mist.

But where is this?

Obviously, this is no longer the golden ancient city of Shantora.

The swamps covered with black mist and the undulating low hills in the distance all remind Tiqi that this is not a kingdom of gods suspended above the Emperor Cloud, an empty island.

On the contrary, it looks like the lair of some kind of monster.

I don’t know whether it was affected by the black mist or it was just like this. Tiqi felt that this place was more strange than the existence of Sky Island, as if he was completely immersed in a void.

No matter what Weber's purpose is, he must not sit here and wait for death, at least he must find out what is going on here.

Tiqi struggled to stand up, randomly selected a direction and carefully explored outside.

The mud pools in the swamp are of different depths. Several times, Teach almost stepped on the air and was almost sucked into the bottomless mud pool.

Fortunately, the black mist potion that Weber gave him was indeed effective, and he was able to break free every time with brute force.

If so, it seems like I have to thank that guy!

Tiqi left the swamp with one foot deep and one foot shallow. With a fierce look in his eyes, he dug out the large pieces of mud on his body and threw them to the ground.

It was as if he regarded this mud as a substitute for Weber, and wanted to use it to vent his anger.

call!

After cleaning the mud off his body a little, he finally felt a lot more relaxed. Tiqi stood on the highest point of the hill and glanced around. Then he climbed over several hills of similar height and entered the forest in the distance. .

The scenery further outside is blocked by trees.

Staring at the forest behind the hill, Teach was a little scared, but also a little excited.

As soon as he left the swamp and the black mist, Tiqi smelled the aroma of the black mist demon again. From disgust to alertness and now excitement, every time he smelled this aroma, Tiqi would be sad to find that he was It always has a new feel.

However, near the outskirts of the forest, Teach also saw densely packed skeletons.

These skeletons belong to both humans and animals, but they are all completely pieced together to look like they were when they were alive. They are strung together with sticks to form a fence-like defense line on the outside of the forest.

Even from such a distance, Teach could feel a chill rushing to his forehead.

Although his body resisted, Teach walked towards the forest without hesitation.

Just like the pattern discovered before, the closer you get to Forest Teach, the more intense the fragrance becomes.

call!

A gust of evil wind blew by.

Some warmth was taken away from Tikki's body.

Click...!

The skeletons strung on wooden sticks made a series of banging sounds, as if they were lining up to welcome Teach's arrival.

Before entering the forest, for the sake of being conservative, Teach stood at the outermost area and took a few glances inside. However, there were so many shadows in the trees that it was impossible to tell what was hidden inside.

It seemed that the only option was to venture in.

Teach had no other choice. He held a gun in one hand and pushed aside the bones blocking the road with the other, then stepped over the low shrubs and entered the woods.

After entering, Tiqi not only felt that his vision had become much darker, but also felt that compared with the hills outside and even the swamp where Tiqi was in such a mess, it was simply a green hell.

Rustling leaves.

A thin gleam between the shadows of the trees.

I don’t know where exactly the strong aroma comes from.

These seemingly normal things were tormenting Tiqi's heart all the time, making him suspicious, as if if he didn't pay attention at all, something would pop out from somewhere he wasn't prepared for.