Episode 1030
“A ghost ship?”
Raon lowered his eyebrows deeply as he looked at Paros.
“What is that…?”
I was embarrassed when the word ghost ship suddenly came up while talking about the blue wolf.
“hey!”
Martha frowned as she aimed her sword at Paros’ head.
“If you’re going to talk nonsense that even little kids won’t believe, I’ll punch your head in the head right now.”
She raised a red glow over the blade as if she was sincere.
“Are we a bit annoyed right now?”
Burren let out a thud and clenched his fists.
“You’d better choose your words carefully. You might not just die, you might die painfully.”
He chewed his lip deeply, as if he was thinking of the port of Velder, which had been destroyed without a trace.
“… … .”
Runaan just watched Paros trembling with calm eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
“It’s clear that he’s talking nonsense just to survive on his own!”
Crane twisted his mouth to kill Paros now.
“I can’t believe that guy. He’s the captain, and he tried to run away by abandoning his men.”
Trevin also shook his head, saying there was no need to keep him alive.
“I really do!”
Paros shook his head vigorously, holding the blade in front of him, saying that there really was a ghost ship.
“I can say this because I saw it with my own eyes!”
He quivered as he said that he had clearly seen the ghost ship that had destroyed his port.
“good.”
Laon motioned for Buren and Martha to step aside.
“I’ll listen, so explain it properly.”
Since even the smallest clues were important at the moment, it didn’t seem like a bad idea to listen to Paras’s words and then decide.
“Tch!”
Martha clicked her tongue as if she was disappointed and stepped back.
“All right.”
As soon as Burren heard his instructions, he bowed and stood behind Paras.
“Then, if I explain everything, will you spare my life?”
“If it is reliable information.”
Raon nodded, telling them to start.
“Oh, I understand.”
Paras realized that this was his last chance and knelt before Raon.
“Actually, the first problem I had with the port I run was almost a year ago.”
He groaned softly, saying that he had been having a similar problem for a year now.
“Operation is f*cking hell! It must be robbery!”
Martha frowned and told him to speak properly.
“At that time, villages and ports were not completely wiped out like they are now, and only a few people went missing.”
“Missing?”
“Yes. To be honest, it’s quite common for there to be runaways from the villages we operate, no, rob.”
Paras lowered his eyes, saying it was common for villages and ports to flee.
“Of course. They would have just taken money from people as taxes without any benefits.”
Martha twisted her lips as if she could see everything clearly.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Paras nodded in agreement, seemingly deciding that he could not be fooled.
“In fact, the ports and villages we protect have almost a set escape route, either by land or sea. If ten people escape, nine of them can be caught. However… .”
He shook his head with a heavy sigh.
“About a year ago, there were runaway slaves. No, I couldn’t catch them. They suddenly disappeared as if they were taken away by a ghost.”
Paras lowered his eyebrows as he released his men to search for the escapees, but found no trace of them anywhere.
“In the harbor and the entire village you protect?”
“Yes. Not just a village or a port, but an entire population has disappeared.”
He nodded, saying that it was the first time in his life that he had experienced something like this.
“so?”
Raon nodded as he asked what he did after that.
“So, as a last resort, they took the remaining residents and tortured them… .”
Paras lowered his voice as he watched Martha.
“Usually, people who run away because they are afraid of their own lives tell me where and how they went, but in that case, I wouldn’t know even if you cut off my arm.”
He groaned deeply, thinking that since then, things have been out of the ordinary.
“As the number of people decreased, income decreased, and public sentiment was bad due to torture, I wandered around outside for a while.”
Paras was pleased to see that they had briefly stepped out of their own territory to conduct business.
“In short, it means that they committed piracy outside.”
Burren laughed at Paras’ talent for covering up evil deeds.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Paras nodded honestly, as if he thought he could no longer be fooled.
“After about a month of piracy, we got bored and left the fleet in the open sea, and our ship returned first… .”
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His blue lips trembled as if he were still feeling fear.
“I met a ghost ship.”
***
A stormy night.
“Move quickly!”
Paras stamped his feet violently on the deck.
“yes!”
“Oh, I understand!”
Upon hearing his shout, the pirates, drenched in rain all over their bodies, pulled at the ropes and lowered the sails that were flapping as if they were going to tear.
“What the hell is this all of a sudden!”
Paras frowned as he watched the wind and rain rumble as if they were going to shatter the night sky.
It was the first time in his decades of pirate life that such a violent storm had struck the previously calm seas.
In addition, white fog rose up, making it difficult to see what was in front of us. It was the worst possible situation for sailing a boat.
‘There’s nothing going on these days.’
More than a hundred slaves ran away from the ports and towns, and not a single one was ever recaptured.
To make up for the loss, I went out and committed a month of piracy, but I didn’t make much money.
I couldn’t stand it any longer, so on the day I was supposed to return, a storm came and I became so annoyed that I couldn’t stand it anymore.
‘In the end, we have to save people.’
Whether you are a slave trader or a farmer, what you need in the end is people.
It seemed likely that the next voyage would involve going south and kidnapping people.
“The port is just around the corner, so keep your distance so you don’t collide!”
Paras raised his voice, grabbing the railing of the rocking ship.
“Let’s turn on the lights first… .”
“Hey, Captain! Look over there!”
The captain approached with a frightened look on his face and pointed to the harbor covered in white fog.
“What do you want me to see…?”
Paras frowned and stopped moving forward.
“What is that…?”
In front of the port they were to enter, an old sailing ship covered in white fog was moving slowly and calmly as if there was no such thing as a storm.
“Is it a shipwreck?”
Sometimes, a ship that had lost its owner would come in following the ocean current, and since no sound was felt inside the sailing ship, it was assumed to be a shipwreck.
“I think it’s a shipwreck, since there’s no response to the signal!”
The captain nodded, saying the ship appeared to be empty.
“Good. Something that size would probably have some nice stuff.”
Paras nodded and pointed to the shipwreck.
“Go and get everything that is worth money!”
“yes!”
The pirates who followed his instructions jumped into the sea without hesitation and climbed onto the shipwreck.
However, as soon as the pirates climbed onto the shipwreck, their presence disappeared as if dead.
Squeak!
Soon the shipwreck, as if it had sensed the presence of the pirates, turned around and began to approach Paras’ ship as if it were alive.
“Hmm….”
Paras swallowed dryly and stepped back.
‘It’s dangerous.’
As he saw the sailboat approaching without any sign of movement, a chill ran down his spine. An unpleasant feeling that tickled his heart. The same feeling that had made him the captain was now sounding an alarm telling him to run away.
“What? Why are there sounds from the kids…?”
The captain shook his head as if he didn’t understand.
“All of them! Send them all up. Quickly!”
Paras grabbed the captain’s shoulder and ordered all the pirates to board the ship.
“Okay, I understand.”
The deckhand nodded and raised his hand.
“Everyone, get on that boat!”
He stepped forward as if he was going to take action himself and gave instructions to his subordinates.
“Ugh… .”
Paras did not miss the moment the pirates boarded the ship, ran behind them, and jumped into the sea without making a sound.
‘It’s clear.’
That’s not a normal ship.
Living as a pirate, you hear many tales about the sea. That sailing ship was definitely the ghost ship that he had heard about when he was young, eating people.
No, even if it wasn’t a ghost ship, he had to run away no matter what. His ominous sense was never wrong.
‘Ugh…’
Paras dived deep into the sea, regardless of what happened to his stomach.
Since the martial arts he was learning were water-based, he went down to a place where the boat was out of sight and breathed very slowly.
Paaaaak!
Paras waited until he could no longer hold his breath, then very slowly rose to the surface.
“The boat, the boat is gone… .”
The pirate ship he had been on was obliterated, leaving not a single plank behind, and the pirates who had been on it were gone, without a single body.
‘My hunch was right.’
Paras let out a deep breath and shook his head. It was a shame to lose the largest pirate ship of the five, but if he had survived, there would have been no problem.
“Let’s go back to the port and make contact… Huh?”
He opened his eyes wide as he tried to swim into the harbor.
“Ha, the port… .”
Cox’s Harbour, which had been his home for over a decade, was completely destroyed as if it had been there for decades.
The entrance where the ships anchored was half destroyed, and the village behind it was reduced to rubble, leaving not a single building behind.
It seemed as if a giant wave had swept through the entire village.
“What is this….”
Paras swallowed dry saliva and went up to the harbor.
“Is anyone there?”
I tried shouting, but no one was there. Even the dogs the residents were raising had disappeared.
“Oh, come to think of it… .”
I remembered the fog that had been rising from the ghost ship, covering this port.
“Was it really a ghost ship?”
Seeing them devouring their own ships and destroying their harbors in less than an hour, I could only think of them as ghost ships straight out of sea legends.
“Kueeeeek!”
Paras, unable to overcome his nervousness, retched as the water flowed into the sea.
“Huhhhh… .”
He raised his head, wiping the drool dripping down the corner of his mouth, and met eyes with a blue wolf floating on the sea.
“Hey, what is that!”
As Paras screamed and backed away, the wolf looked at him intently and then disappeared into the sea.
“Huh!”
Paras could not bear the fear and collapsed on the spot with his eyes rolled back.
***
“You, that was the last time I saw the ghost ship….”
Paras swallowed dryly as he watched Raon.
“Similar things have been happening all along at ports I manage.”
He shook his hands and said that it was all the work of a ghost ship.
“Hmm.”
Raon stroked his chin as he looked at Paras, who was terrified just by hearing him speak.
‘If what I said is true….’
So this means that it wasn’t the Blue Wolf who destroyed the town and the port, but someone else’s doing.
-No!
Lars shook his head vigorously.
-Couldn’t that little dog be part of the gang too?
‘That may be true. But….’
Raon licked his lips as he looked at the calm sea.
‘It’s definitely human work.’
It is unknown whether the owner of the ghost ship keeps a blue wolf or whether the wolf follows him around alone, but it was clear that this incident was committed by a person, not a ghost.
“Hearing that, I feel more confident.”
Martha frowned, tapping Paras’ forehead with her finger.
“This kid, he sent his men forward again today and ran away to the sea.”
She laughed, saying that she had followed him all the way to the bottom of the sea and brought him back.
“I’ve also seen people jump into the sea without any hesitation.”
Burren burst out laughing, finding it ridiculous.
“Me, me too… .”
Dorian rolled his eyes and raised his hand.
“It seems real.”
He nodded, saying that when he looked deep into his heart, he had not lied.
“Yeah. It’s not a lie… .”
Runaan also seemed to feel something similar and blinked.
“I’m telling you, seriously!”
Paras let out a sigh of relief, feeling alive as others believed in him.
“How big was the wolf you first saw?”
Raon wiggled his finger at Paras.
“Well, at the time, it wasn’t much different from a normal wolf.”
Paras scratched his head, saying that when he first saw it, it was the size of a normal wolf.
“But it just grew bigger and bigger as the port collapsed and the town disappeared.”
He later shook his head, saying that it had grown to the size of a house.
“What happened after that?”
Raon knocked on the deck, asking to hear what had happened since the destruction of the first port.
“And then, a few days later, the same thing happened in the port next door. Only the ghost ship was no longer visible, and after the fog cleared, the town collapsed and its people disappeared.”
Paras let out a low groan, saying he had not seen the ghost ship since then.
“So you thought this wasn’t something you could handle on your own, so you ran away with the villagers?”
“No, that’s not it.”
He shook his head with a soft groan.
“If I run away with the villagers, I think the ghost ship might follow me….”
Paras continued speaking, keeping an eye on things.
“I took my fleet and went in a different direction.”
He sniffled and said that he only took the pirates with him because if he ran away with people, they might find out that he had seen the ghost ship.
“이런 개새끼가!”
Martha ground her teeth and grabbed Paras by the hair.
“Oh, I couldn’t help it! We had to survive….”
Paras bowed his head, saying that was the only way.
“So when you came back, the village and port you said you would protect were all destroyed?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
He lowered his gaze, seeming embarrassed by the subject.
“I thought you went up after destroying our territory, but you came down here before I knew it… .”
Paras looked at Rabawin, who was trying to escape after his last raid.
“Now that you’ve heard everything, can we deal with it?”
Martha ground her teeth, saying she wanted to cut off Paras’ head herself.
“Now, wait a minute! If I tell you reliable information, you’ll spare my life….”
“You can’t trust a guy who throws his men away like old shoes.”
Raon waved his hand and told Martha to do as she pleased.
“Let’s go. I don’t think we can just kill you.”
“Okay, just a moment… .”
“Shut up and follow me.”
Martha said that it was a waste to let blood flow on this ship, and jumped into the sea with Paras.
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Raon licked his lips as he listened to Paras’ screams.
“Now I’m starting to get a little more clue.”
I understand why they’ve been quiet for ten days.
Based on what Paras said, it was clear that whoever was operating the ghost ship knew that he was circling around here and hid himself.
In order to make them move again, the name of the Sword Master Laon Sieghart had to be erased from these seas.
“I guess….”
Raon raised his eyebrows as he looked at Lavawin and the inspectors.
“I guess I’ll have to disguise myself a bit.”
***
“Haaaaaah….”
Martha exhaled heavily as she sat in a corner of the old tavern.
“I’m bored.”
After getting information from Paras, Raon pretended to return to Sieghart and returned to the sea again, dividing the storm warfare inspectors into groups and infiltrating the surrounding ports.
However, the blue wolf and the ghost ship, which I thought would reappear soon, did not appear for a month after that. They were extremely cautious.
‘Isn’t it not showing up anymore?’
It was to the point where I thought that the name of the swordsman, Raon Sieghart, was so fearful that he fled from this coast and went to another region.
‘This is a waste of time.’
While training with Raon, I could feel the joy of growing after a long time, but my body started to shiver as I stayed still in the harbor where only the sea was visible.
Kuuung!
Martha roughly put down her empty beer mug and returned to her room.
‘…I can’t stand it.’
I tried to train myself with Aura, but I gave up and took out a gray crystal ball from my subspace pocket and injected it with Aura.
Wooooow!
A soft blue light flashed from the bead, revealing Raon’s face.
[It’s not reporting time, what’s going on?]
Raon tilted his head as if wondering what had happened.
“How long do I have to stay here! It’s already been a month!”
Martha wrinkled her nose, saying that her whole body felt heavy because she couldn’t move properly.
[You know, there are many missions that take a year.]
Raon waved his finger, saying that it was still far away.
“But this is so boring! Or at least let me stay by your side!”
Martha sighed, saying that she couldn’t even practice properly here.
[Next to me? It would be troublesome if you like me too much.]
Raon shook his head, asking people to refrain from expressing their personal feelings.
“That’s not it! I can’t train with you!”
Martha waved her hands wildly, her face flushed red.
[I’m joking. Sorry, but just hold on a little longer. They’re definitely coming.]
Raon shook his head, saying that the guys leading the ghost ship would definitely come looking for him.
“How do you know that?”
[These guys who took over more than 10 ports and towns in a year can’t just sit there and wait. They’ll move soon.]
He smiled with confident eyes.
“Ugh… .”
Martha scratched her red-dyed hair.
“okay….”
Raon is the man she serves as her lord. When he says something like that, she has no choice but to accept it.
[Once this is over, I will train and spar with you as you wish.]
He extended his hand as if to make a promise.
“Keep that promise.”
Martha wrinkled her nose and held out her little finger in front of the crystal ball.
[What are you doing? You’re on a video call, and you want to make a promise with your fingers crossed?]
Raon waved the cloth in his hand as if he was just trying to wipe the crystal ball.
“Ahh… .”
Martha bit her lip, her face turning even redder.
[Our Nachaljeonju. Still a child.]
Raon smiled as if he thought it was cute.
“Everyone, shut up! You… huh?”
Martha shook her head and turned her gaze toward the window.
[what’s the matter?]
“I just heard a strange noise outside.”
While talking to Raon, a sound like glass breaking was heard from above his head. It seemed like he wasn’t the only one who felt it, as people were coming out.
“I’m going out for a bit. Huh? Raon?”
Marta looked into her crystal ball to tell them to talk later, but the call was ended.
“Could this be…?”
As I swallowed dry saliva and went out of the inn, a white current enveloped the entire city, and an old sailing ship covered in a hazy fog was approaching from the sea.
‘Ghost ship…?’
The great sailing ship seemed to be a blur, as if it did not exist in this world, and it did not make any sounds or movements. As Paras said, it could only be called a ghost ship.
‘I’m really here!’
As Raon said, the bastards couldn’t wait even a month and took the bait they had laid out.
‘It can’t be a real ghost…’
Let’s look at that face.
Martha leaned against the back of the guest house building, her eyes focused on the sailing ship that had arrived in the harbor.
Thud thud thud!
As the ship reached port, white steps descended from the deck.
Phew!
The first person to appear on the foggy sailboat is a monster wearing a white robe with red lines drawn on it.
As he stepped down from the ship onto the steps, the foul smell of blood began to permeate the air.
Kuuung!
As soon as Martha saw the white-clad monster, she forgot that she had to hide and rushed forward.
“Yes. You are the only ones who have done such an ugly thing.”
She roughly drew her sword, her eyes red with murderous intent.
“White Blood Church!”
