Luo En, feigning sleep, had his brows twitch almost imperceptibly. He maintained a steady breathing rhythm, but his right hand stealthily reached for the "Ripper" hidden at his waist.
"Splash—" The life raft lurched.
Something was moving, Luo En realized.
"Bang!"
The muzzle flash briefly illuminated the sea. A distorted figure fell in response, twitching a few times on the deck before becoming still.
Luo En took a step forward, and by the moonlight and faint gun flash, he clearly saw the Monster's appearance.
"A Merman, huh…"
Its entire body was covered in dark green scales, with green-colored mucus everywhere, but more than a human, it resembled a giant fish that had grown strong limbs, with obvious webs between its fingers and toes.
I thought it would be similar to a Deep Diver, but it looks like a beast…
Dragging marks… Luo En looked at the puddle of water on the ground and the displaced crystal coffin.
The target isn't me, but the crystal coffin… No wonder it was taken down by one shot from me; its attention wasn't on me at all.
He kicked the Merman's hideous head: "It couldn't be a Merman princess in the crystal, could it?"
This was said in a joking tone.
After all, no matter how you looked at it, the young girl in the crystal coffin and the Merman didn't resemble the same species at all.
"Now the problem is what to do with this Merman's corpse…" Luo En muttered softly; he didn't know much about this type of marine creature.
"As emergency rations?"
Looking at its hideous corpse, Luo En felt a surge of irritation. There was a strange sense of déjà vu about this human-like, yet not human, thing.
It's disgusting!
"Could it be that I have to throw it back into the sea?"
"No, you'd be too wasteful doing that…"
A slightly weak female voice came from behind him.
"Click!"
Feeling danger, Luo En immediately turned and raised his gun.
The black-haired young girl was now standing on the other side of the life raft, her azure eyes, misty with water, watching the wary Luo En.
"You…" Luo En didn't know how to speak at this moment, should he say hello?
The most crucial thing was, the young girl's current appearance was not good.
Perhaps because she had been lying in the crystal earlier, it wasn't immediately apparent.
But when she stood up, Luo En noticed that none of her clothes were intact; her dark red coat was in tatters, and her long pants were full of holes.
The only thing still relatively complete was a white linen shirt.
But because it was soaked, some beautiful and indescribable things were faintly visible.
He subconsciously swallowed.
The young girl seemed to notice Luo En's embarrassment; she lightly parted her cherry lips and said:
"Merman is very good food, and parts of its body are excellent materials."
After a brief standoff, Luo En slowly lowered his weapon.
"Mm~ That's right." The young girl curled her lips in satisfaction, then suddenly reached out and cupped her proud curves, "Give me your coat." This soft command carried an undeniable authority.
"No, I refuse."
"Why?" Tracy was a bit surprised; she hadn't expected Luo En to refuse her. Normally, no male would refuse her.
"The sea wind is too strong; I'm afraid of the cold."
"…"
…
Under the moon, by the campfire,
"Here." Luo En handed a piece of tender Merman flesh to Lachi.
"Meow~"
Watching the cat devour its meal, Luo En also put a piece in his own mouth.
It was a melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness, with a very faint bloody taste and just the right amount of saltiness.
Drifting at sea, being able to eat such a delicacy was indeed a blessing.
"Hmph~"
Tracy, wrapped in Luo En's coat, also picked up a piece of fish meat and savored it. She was in a very bad state and needed to replenish energy and build up her strength.
Luo En had ultimately given the coat to her, although letting such a beauty display her figure was indeed pleasing to the eye… cough cough… I mean, it was indecent.
"Cough cough…"
Because the life raft was not very large, even though Luo En intentionally avoided looking, her beautiful figure still occasionally entered Luo En's line of sight.
It made Luo En's imagination run wild.
It's not that I want to see it; this is an irresistible force.
Luo En tried his best to avert his gaze, but still felt a familiar heat.
'Temptation'…!
Luo En's pupils suddenly contracted. He had felt a familiar sensation from this young girl before.
Now he confirmed it; this feeling was just like the "Phantom" pistol. No, it was stronger than the "Phantom" pistol.
Through long-term exposure, he had already become largely immune to the level of temptation from the "Phantom" pistol.
But he couldn't completely ignore the charm of the young girl in front of him.
This indicated that she was a very strong Beyonder, no wonder even the Merman was tempted…
Why can't I meet a normal girl? Luo En sighed in his heart.
…
Finally, Luo En broke the silence: "That storm destroyed the passenger ship I was on and swept me and my cat into this sea area… Miss, what about you?"
Tracy, wrapped in the oversized coat, was silent for a moment before saying:
"Like you, I am an innocent victim of that storm."
"Then do you know our location?"
Luo En guessed that she might be related to that pirate ship, which meant she was likely a pirate, but he didn't point it out.
He also didn't mention anything about the crystal and Beyonder.
After all, in an empty environment, it's best not to appear too detail-oriented, and he didn't have a helmet either…
Tracy looked up at the sky, then surveyed her surroundings: "It shouldn't be too far from Bayam, but I'm not sure of the exact location."
"But we can try sailing north; it'll be easier to encounter land that way."
Luo En nodded, agreeing with her point of view. Even if the passenger ship had deviated from its course, it shouldn't have gone too far off track, so their current position shouldn't be too far from Bayam.
"It seems we can only weather this period together."
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Brando."
…
For the next two days, Luo En used a wooden board as an oar, trying to sail north.
But unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, there was only the vast sea before him.
"It's your turn." Luo En looked at Tracy, who was feigning sleep nearby.
"You're from Loen, aren't you?" The young girl lazily stretched her body, deliberately letting her coat slip down a bit, revealing a section of her snow-white shoulder, "Making a lady work is not gentlemanly."
Clearly, Tracy, riddled with injuries, didn't want to work. The power of the lightning was greater than she had imagined, and her wounds were healing very slowly.
But she also didn't want Luo En to see her overly weak state. She could only endure the discomfort and resort to temptation.
As one of the more distinctive individuals within the Demoness Sect, if she could, she didn't want to actively enchant males.
But at this moment, she had no choice but to emulate her fellow Demoness.
"Thanks, I'm not a gentleman."
"Ah?" Tracy suspected she had misheard.
Luo En seemed to ignore her charm and simply tossed the oar aside.
Thanks to the Robot's ability and his own resistance, now that it was clearly identified as enchantment, how could Luo En fall for it?
Besides, the experience of a certain parasitic beast was still vivid in his memory. It was better to be careful with this unknown young girl.