Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 299 The Return of the Black Pearl

There were only a little over a hundred banshees in total. Excluding the team that followed Zoe to Blood Harbor and those stationed in Gem Bay to continue exploring, the rest were all in this room.

They discussed in low voices, and it was even more lively in the mind connection.

Seeing Zeus coming, the banshees all made way.

At the forefront of the banshees is Nini. Ash has gone to Blood Harbor, and now she is in charge of all matters related to the banshees on the island.

"how's it going?"

"I think I'll wake up soon." Nini glanced at Monica and reached out to pinch her face.

Monica seemed to be fast asleep and subconsciously waved away.

"Look, I could hardly lift my hands just now."

After saying that, Nini pushed Monica to the side and let her lie on her side.

The banshee had six arms, and lying on her side was a very uncomfortable position. Monica crawled on the bed a few times and then lay flat on her back.

"Impressive, now he can turn over on his own."

The surrounding banshees applauded.

Xius covered his face and asked, "Are you here to visit her or to bully her? Why do you seem to be having so much fun?"
"Don't worry, Lord. The body of a banshee is different from that of a human. Look—"

She grabbed Monica's tail and lifted her up, then turned to look at Xius and was about to say something.

At an angle she couldn't see, Monica slowly opened her eyes, turned around, and looked at Nini who was holding her tail.

Monica's eyes became fierce and she slowly opened her mouth.

"what!!!!"

In short, Monica woke up safely.

After a messy fight, Monica hugged Hughes and cried, refusing to listen to anyone's advice.

It took Xiusi a long time to comfort the little banshee with gentle words before she stopped crying.

Zeus had always worried whether the trumpet-shaped banshee he knew was still there, or whether it was a strange soul to him.

But all these worries vanished when he saw Monica's emerald green eyes.

The banshees surrounded her and chatted for a long time. Except for Nini's question, she didn't answer out of spite. The other banshees answered everyone's questions one by one.

Monica is Monica. No matter whether she is the short Monica or the grown-up banshee, the soul of Poseidon has never really affected her. To be precise, after thousands of years, the fragments of Poseidon's soul no longer have any independent will, and even the pirate king can easily steal them.

Of course, his weak soul could not withstand the power of the sea god, and it was shattered after stealing this power.

However, the Poseidon soul was not completely unaffected. Monica had gained a lot of scattered knowledge, but most of it was fragmented and difficult to apply directly.

According to Monica, new knowledge can only be acquired through occasional flashes of inspiration.

A flash of inspiration.
Xiu Si suddenly had a bad feeling. Monica already had a lot of strange ideas, and now she could suddenly master new extraordinary knowledge?
Who knows what this might lead to.

Xiusi could accept a flash of inspiration, but he was afraid that her inspiration would be too random.

Seeing that Monica looked healthy, Hughes was relieved and took the box he had brought.

This cake was made to celebrate Monica's recovery.

The cooking skills of the chefs on the island are always hard to describe, but the desserts are still quite delicious. Hughes opened the cake box in front of everyone.

The cake was specially ordered by Zeus. He asked the kitchen to make a cake suitable for the banshee, and then he didn't care about it anymore.

He still trusts the pastry chef.

Of course, this trust was gone when they saw the fish head stuck in the cake.

Yes, this round cake is sea blue, with white waves and reefs specially made. The overall appearance is quite good - except that the cake is full of fish heads.

The cake was now in Zeus's hands. He could clearly see that the fish heads were not made of cream, but were real fish heads, stuck straight into the cake, with lifeless eyes looking up into the sky, as if accusing something.

A strange feeling arises spontaneously.

Zeus' smile froze on his face, and the room fell into dead silence.

Look up at the starry sky?!

No, isn't that something that only appears in jokes? Did the chef here come up with "Looking Up at the Stars"? Oh no, Monica didn't think I was teasing her, did I?

Zeus's eyes were already wandering as he began to plan his escape route.

At this time, Monica reached out her hand tremblingly, cut off a piece of cake, and stuffed it into her mouth together with the fish head on it.

"Well, there's no need to force yourself to eat it if you don't like it." Zeus felt guilty.

But the expression on Monica's face had nothing to do with "dislike". She chewed it and narrowed her eyes, like a happy kitten basking in the sun.

"Delicious!"

The surrounding banshees also started to talk.

“Wow, this cake is so well made!”

"Indeed, the fish head above looks delicious!"

“This design is so beautiful!”

"Ahhh I love it. If I pass out, will the Lord send me cake too?"

"Hey, you really fainted? Don't fall on me, you're so heavy!"

The smile on Zeus's face slowly turned into confusion.

"This cake... doesn't it look weird to you? It's about looking up at the stars!"

The banshees fell silent again.

After a while, the banshee who had just pretended to be unconscious spoke in a slightly trembling voice: "What did you say the cake was called?"

Xius was stunned: "Look up at the stars."

The banshees took a deep breath of cold water and cool air.

"What a beautiful name."

Hughes: “.”

Oh no, he just remembered that what these banshees love most is the starry sky. Every time they are on night duty, they would rush to go and look up at the starry sky for the whole night.

I don’t know why these deep-sea fish like the starry sky.

In short, this name struck a chord with the banshees, and Monica now had a look of happiness on her face, as if she was about to faint.

Zeus stood among the group of banshees, holding the cake in both hands, his face full of confusion.

It seems that there are still cultural differences.

No one noticed that there was an additional voice in the lively mind link.

"I'm back!"

"Woo woo woo, Monica!"

"Look up at the starry sky. I want it too."

"I'm back!!"

"Isn't it too late to pretend to be unconscious now?"

"Let's try it. Let's do it together. You fall to the left and I fall to the right."

"No, please change the direction. The room is already crowded."

Finel: "@Everyone, I told you I'm back! I brought the Black Pearl back to port. I swam for three whole days! Didn't anyone come to pick you up? Where did everyone go? Did the murlocs break into the cathedral?"

Zeus's eyes lit up and he walked quickly to the window. Sure enough, a boat was slowly approaching on the distant horizon.

Hughes: "Great, Finelle, is everyone on board okay?"

Finelle: "Wait. What's with that cake picture posted in the group? It's so pretty!!"

Hughes: 『.』

(End of this chapter)