Chapter 67
Seizing this hard earned break, Sheyan immediately used the hamburger he got previously, rapidly replenishing his HP to above 80 points. All of a sudden, a splashing sound drifted through the hole in the cabin, before a rotting green liquid covered palm extended out to cover the gap. Then, it climbed back up through the broken wall!
This merchant ship was an open ocean ship, the wood material used was of top quality and was specially reinforced. Although this was the case, a crunching sound could be heard from outside. After the decaying undead emerged from the water, it drilled its hands into the wall of the ship and ascended it with brute force. It then reentered the ship with a large amount of seawater flowing off it.
Dong! Dong! Dong! It dragged its broken right leg while unleashing a miserable and crazed shriek, and charged towards Sheyan.
After rinsing with seawater, the stench from this decaying undead had lessened substantially. Moreover, its body had undergone certain changes. The injured burnt portion of its head now looked like a melted candle. While charging, its momentum caused the rotting green liquid covering its entire body, to spurt out; exhibiting an exceedingly heinous appearance brimming with immense threat.
Despite barrelling in at a fast speed, the decaying undead did an apparent pre-charge action which allowed Sheyan to simply pinpoint its destination and evaded easily. After knocking consecutively for a few times, smashing fruitlessly inside this unlucky merchant ship, the decaying undead utterly decimated the wooden walls of the cabin.
Once again, the decaying undead bent forward to charge. Instead this time, Sheyan fished out something he had already prepared from his waist. That was a string lasso that was commonly seen on a pirate ship. Its noose was extremely durable and tough, and the twin ends of the rope were tied together like a stone; giving of a shape that looked like a dumbbell.
During naval boardings, it was used to fling onto enemy ships to latch onto anything sticking out. Thus, the pirates could use it as a passageway to get onto the enemy ship.
Sheyan gently bent his waist while whirling the lasso in loops. Next, he hurled it with strength. The lasso rapidly uncoiled in midair; in a flash, it flew across and latched onto the bulky thighs of the decaying undead! The lasso spiralled round the thighs before tightening, binding completely the thighs of the decaying undead!
In response, the decaying undead issued a vicious roar alongside the rope tightening sounds from the binding lasso. This unfortunate beast could no longer take one step further, as its cumbersome body collapsed to the ground with a loud thud!
This decaying undead was without its fearsome hatchet, in addition to its immobile right leg, its speed had dipped greatly. That was why Sheyan could act in this manner. If it had the gigantic hatchet, its attack range and explosive power would be insanely boosted. If Sheyan had unleashed the lasso then, the first possibility was that the lasso could be easily parried away by the gigantic axe head. The second worse possibility was that the lasso would be easily sliced by the hatchet!
The decaying undead struggled frantically on the floorboard, without intelligence it did not know how to undo or loosen the lasso; where its aggressive struggling only resulted in the lasso tightening further.
Sheyan gently examined the decaying undead. He then turned around and headed out to the deck. Very swiftly, he carried a barrel and returned. The liquid within the barrel gave off a piercing odour and rippled with viscosity. Indeed, it was kerosene that could be used to set ablaze enemy ships.
Sheyan placed the barrel approximately 4 metres away from the decaying undead, before proceeding to kick it over; allowing the viscous kerosene to flow towards the decaying undead. The viscous kerosene started mixing against this crippled decaying undead, its oily nature caused the undead's struggle to be further in vain.
Sheyan then grabbed a flaming torch from a nearby pirate that came to help him, calmly he proclaimed.
"Amen."
He then spun round to ascend the flight of stairs leading to the deck, at the same time closing the cabin door. Before closing the door, a flaming torch was tossed over; rotating a few rounds in mid air, the torch finally resting before the decaying undead's face.
A raging inferno surged upwards, swallowing everything in a matter of seconds.
Sheyan walked out drenched in blood, behind him smoke continued billowing out. One pirate hurriedly rushed over and opened his mouth to speak, but when Sheyan glanced at him, he became intimidated by his fiery glare. After a while he finally muttered out softly.
"Crew... crew head, the captain and chief mate are inviting you over.
Sheyan slightly shaken, but calmly replied.
"Chief mate?"
This pirate could no longer conceal his joy and said.
"Yes, chief mate Harry has regained consciousness, he doesn't look very bad. Navigator Xiaer has examined him, he should be fine after resting for a few days."
Sheyan gently nodded his head, and softly replied.
"The goods on the merchant ship are almost done shifting, I will go over once I settle this trifling matter."
To Ammand, Scarface Harry turning out fine was like a cardiac stimulant. As long as this loyal and formidable viking remained, Ammand would once again occupy superiority over his crew. He no longer needed to worry about Robben solidifying his second mate position. The valiant Scarface Harry was a formidable chief mate, the mediocre Robben would undoubtedly be marginalized by him easily, thereby lowering his influence.
Nevertheless, Sheyan had no plans, and could not remain on the Bell and Mug forever, his earlier spectacle was only to gain more benefits, that's all.
The fire beneath gradually extinguished, Sheyan once again opened the door to enter. The cabin floor was thoroughly burnt, as seawater gushed in through the holes, rapidly filling up the entire cabin. The decaying undead had been utterly set ablaze and only a heap of black ash remained, which very quickly dissolved into the seawater. Sheyan bent his waist, scooping up a glowing light blue key, he then received the nightmare imprint's notification.
[ You have killed the decaying undead "Chewed ear" (Medium degree injury) ]
[ Your reputation amongst the pirates is raised by 500 points ]
[ Your reputation is now amicable: 777/3000 ]
Sheyan observed the notification, his heart plagued with several regrets. Because this decaying undead had already suffered medium degree injuries before he eliminated it. That was why the dropped key reward was only light blue.
Based on his previous report, the realm encouraged contestants teaming up to engage in battles. Therefore from this reasoning, if Sheyan had formed a party with him as the authority, then killing a perfect state decaying undead wouldn't be impossible. He may even have received a deep blue key rather than a light blue key, which may even produce weapons that were similar to that terrifying gigantic hatchet. But more or less, the victory rewards would be split up between 7-8 people.
More importantly, 7-8 people can already be considered a medium sized party. Under the previous scenario, leading a small party of 2-3 people would already produce certain difficulties. How was he going to achieve the commanding privileges of a medium sized party so easily? Therefore, by temporarily going solo, his rewards would definitely be much richer!
Pondering a little, Sheyan formed a cold smile with his lips. He then summoned forth the chest and unlocked it, a series of notifications followed.
[ You have received an item: A Beating Heart ]
[ A beating heart (Mission item) ]
[ Item rarity: Black ]
[ This heart has indications of rotting, but continues beating steadily! This is an unfathomable miracle. Be it the Flying Dutchman's second mate, old Bill, or Queen Anne's revenge's Captain Blackbeard, they all hold interest to this object. Please decide for yourself, who you would like to exchange it with ]
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[ You received a dark blue ability scroll: Voodoo cult basic witchcraft lvl 3. ]
[ Voodoo cult basic witchcraft lvl3: learning this skill will require basic prayer lvl 4, basic meditation lvl 4, intelligence above 25 points. ]
[ Learning effects: Raise your voodoo cult basic witchcraft effectiveness by 10 (Inclusive of might and duration) ]
[ Learning effects: Enable you to further learn high grade voodoo cult witchcraft abilities. ]
[ Completion of the respective mission will enable you to grasp the dark curse ability: Consume sorcery material to cast a curse on an enemy within 5 metres, causing the enemy's spirit and physical body to suffer torment. Within 10 seconds, total of (20 + spirit value) x 4 damage. Ability may be further influenced by personal spirit points. ]
[ Details: If you place the curse on a target away from his scope of vision, you will not enter the battle state, and will not result in notifications from your nightmare imprint. ]
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[ You received a light blue equipment: Rotten bone ring ]
[ Rotten bone ring ]
[ Equipment rarity: Light blue ]
[ Equipment effects: strength +1, physique +1 ]
[ Equipment requirements: Strength 8 points, physique 10 points ]
[ Equipment position: Finger ]
[ Material: bone ]
[ Weight: 4 g ]
[ Description: This ring was made by using bits of rotting finger bones pieced together, it also emits a nauseating odour. May God bless you will not be pestered by the grieving spirits ]
[ Equipment battle score: 7 ]
This light blue ring actually produced out a dark blue characteristic scroll, one black type mission object, and a ring. This unexpected surprise no doubt caused Sheyan to become delighted.
Furthermore, that rotten bone ring was somewhat an item that Sheyan had anticipated, similar in the strength nature of the decaying undead beast. Most of the time, the loot or equipment would be related to the master. He suddenly recalled previously killing the patrol guard 'Dice' Coutts and receiving an unappraised brass ring. He still had no clue what were the equipment's attributes.