After going into the sea, I met the witch.

After going to sea, I met the witch. (Author: Xia Hai Gu)

Summary:

People are in a mysterious world; they open their eyes and find themselves already at sea.

The story begins with the protagonist being framed and rescued after a difficult ordeal. However, the captain turns out to be a ruthless witch who is indifferent to life and kills without hesitation.

How to do?

Fortunately, I have a cheat code!

An unnamed, jet-black ship sculpture led Ryan on his journey through the heavens.

This shark is on the verge of death because it witnessed a highly private rendezvous. If you save it, in return, it will take you to join them.

This planet is dead, all life has been wiped out; it seems like a good source of material for a long-range warship?

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My name is Freyne, and I am the captain of the "Black Rose." On the surface, I am a fledgling female pirate, but in reality, I am the fifth princess of the Augustus Dynasty who has just escaped, and a sea witch who has just awakened.

To escape the pursuit of the "Despicable Ones," I had no choice but to set sail, carrying the treasure map passed down through my family, to the depths of the ocean in an attempt to find the lost treasure and restore the dynasty!

On the way, I rescued a drowning person.

The good news is that this guy is very knowledgeable and can serve as the navigator of the "Black Rose".

The bad news is that this guy is really weird. Not only does he say things that are hard to understand from time to time, such as "Captain, what do you think it would be like if the sun were a warship?" or "Pirate King, here I come!", but he also brings back some strange and unusual things every now and then!

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Welcome to the Age of Exploration!

Chapter 1 The Dark Ship Sculpture

The intense pain felt like saw teeth were tearing at every nerve in my body.

Leo's consciousness awoke from the chaotic swamp, and before he could even open his eyes, his ears were filled with a cacophony of noise.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Open your eyes, newcomer. This is your initiation certificate for joining the [Blood Shark]!"

"If you don't take him down, you'll be feeding the black sharks! Hehe, I'm really looking forward to that."

Shouts, threats, gloating... interspersed with a faint plea.

"Please...please...spare me..."

"Killing me... will do you no good... it will only bring endless pursuit..."

“If you spare me… I swear by Mogus… I will reward you handsomely…”

Leo struggled to open his eyes, and in his blurry vision appeared a young man's face covered in blood and tears.

The young man's clothes were covered in black grime, footprints, and bloodstains. His once luxurious clothes were torn and torn, revealing gruesome bloodstains inside.

At that moment, Leo was holding a brass flintlock pistol, the muzzle pointed at the young man's forehead.

With just a gentle pull of the trigger, a vibrant life would vanish before his very eyes.

The scene before him stunned Leo.

who I am? where am I? What am I doing?

The three classic questions about life flashed through his mind.

However, before Leo could even react, his finger involuntarily pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The pungent smell of gunpowder filled Leo's nostrils, and a deep bloody hole appeared between the young man's eyebrows, abruptly ending the pleading look on his face.

The venomous look in Leo's eyes before his death was deeply etched into his mind.

"Okay! Well done!"

"Kid, if you want to be a pirate, if you want to be a member of the Blood Shark, you've only just begun!"

"What a pity, I was really looking forward to seeing the black shark hunting, tsk."

The noise filled his ears, but Leo could no longer hear anything at all.

His hand holding the flintlock pistol was trembling.

This was his first time killing someone, even though it wasn't an act he intended to commit.

Leo was certain that he was not dreaming at this moment.

The delicate texture and feel of his fingertips touching the flintlock trigger, the pungent smell of blood filling his nostrils and making him want to vomit, the salty sea breeze... all of this was something that could not be presented in a dream.

Leo's blurry vision gradually sharpened, and at the same time, a series of strange gray characters appeared next to the young man's corpse.

[Baron's Corpse: A baron from the Kingdom of Augustus and the Violet Family, he died aboard the pirate ship [Blood Shark] from a flintlock bullet to the head. A spirit not belonging to you is entwined within the brass bullet lodged in his forehead. Under the influence of the [Golden Law], any "sea villain" who attacks a noble will be marked, attracting the Royal Navy's purge. —Please note, you have been marked!]

The bloody mark will last for one week, after which it will be automatically removed!

[A deep connection has been established between you and this spiritual entity... Absorption in progress... Absorption complete!]

This is?

The gray text that appeared before his eyes stunned Leo.

The Augustan dynasty… spirituality… [the Golden Law]… and, the bloody mark!

At the same time, he felt his consciousness tremble, and his vision suddenly collapsed and contracted, focusing deep within his body on a tiny, broken, black, boat-shaped statue.

The next moment.

A panel, also gray but with an intricate and magnificent border, exuding an epic and weighty feel, jumped out in Leo's eyes.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

[Unnamed Ship Sculpture]

[Rank]: Damaged (1% Repair) - Can be slowly restored and improved by absorbing the essence of spirituality.

[Functions]: Attachment lv.1, Protection lv.1, Travel lv.1

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

[Attachment Lv.1]: Select an unclaimed object as your ship's vessel. After attachment, a detailed navigation attribute panel will be displayed. You can only change the vessel once per day. (At this skill level, you can only attach to objects with a volume of no more than 100 cubic meters.)

[Shelter Lv.1]: Creates a secondary barrier that lasts for one minute. 1/1 of the remaining uses. (Requires 24 hours to recharge before it can be used again.)

【Travel lv.1】: Cannot be activated. You need to expand [Attachment] and have your own ship before you can view it.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Leo was completely stunned as he stared at the broken, black ship sculpture deep within his consciousness.

He was familiar with this thing.

Not long ago, he used this self-created "bug equipment" to dominate an unknown nautical game.

He had used the abilities [Attachment] and [Protection] in the game, but he had never seen the third ability [Travel] before.

Just as he was piloting a giant ship the size of a small island, full of vigor and ready to crush the other poor players, everything went black before his eyes. When he opened them again, he was witnessing the scene from the previous moment.

"Hey kid, take your 'trophies' and come with me to feed the sharks. It's a ritual that every newcomer has to go through."

A rough voice broke into Leo's ears. A burly, bearded pirate, who stood out among the other pirates, spoke.

Trophies?

Combining the "feeding the sharks" analogy, Leo quickly realized that the "trophy" the bearded pirate was referring to was the young nobleman who had just died at his hands.

However, before he could react.

"boom!"

A violent explosion, accompanied by bursting flames and the disintegrating ship, even the bearded pirate's upper half of his body was clearly reflected in Leo's vision.

A terrifying shockwave swept across the entire Blood Shark in an instant.

From afar, the Blood Shark sailing on the sea looked like a pitiful toy, which was instantly shattered and destroyed in a raging sea of ​​fire.

The massive ship gradually sank, and all the cries of agony gradually faded away in the process.

A white seagull, several nautical miles away from the Blood Shark, took in everything. It plunged straight into the wave, letting the seawater seep into its body, which gradually turned into a heavy stone and fell into the endless depths of the sea.

Everything will be lost to time after this massive explosion.

However, what no one could have imagined was that on the Blood Shark, which was gradually sinking into the abyss, a figure protected by a pale white spherical light shield remained completely unharmed.

The surging seawater was blocked by the "secondary shield," and charred ship hulls and unidentified human parts floated around. Leo's face was pale. If he hadn't activated the [Sanctuary lv.1] of the [Nameless Ship Carving] at the critical moment, he would have perished in this sudden explosion like the other pirates.

But at this moment, his crisis is not yet over.

The "secondary shield" lasts only one minute, but the moment it disappears, Leo will be in the sea.

In the vast ocean, there is no place to rest; even the most skilled swimmer will eventually drown.

A minute passed quickly. The moment the "secondary shield" disappeared, Leo didn't hesitate for a moment. He reached out and grabbed a piece of the charred edge of the hull, silently chanting:

"Dependence!"

Chapter 2 The Bloody Son

"Wow..."

The waves kept crashing, splashing up snow-white foam.

A simple, primitively constructed sailboat, barely three meters long, drifted on the sea.

The raft is predominantly dark, with visible black streaks left by the burning wood. The billowing sails move slowly forward, propelled by the sea breeze.

Under the mast of the raft, a young man, soaked to the bone, was panting heavily. It took him a long time to calm down.

Looking up at the azure sky, a sense of relief washed over him, and Leo took a deep breath.