Bonus Chapters [6] - 960 Power Stones
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Rigel didn't feel tired or sluggish at all, his mind was returning to its initial calm, so he simply opened the coffin lid, thinking it was Jack calling him.
As soon as he opened it, Rigel looked at the giant wooden snake head sticking out of the wall and was stunned for a moment, the snake opened its mouth and hissed, and soon Rigel understood what was happening.
Sighing, he stood up, took care of his basic hygiene, and went to the kitchen, ready to find out what Dalma was up to.
Arriving in the kitchen, he saw Anna and Clemens helping Dalma cook, but when he saw their clearly unhappy faces and glanced at the enormous bubbling pot on the stove filled with strange things, like a floating bat's head, Rigel almost wanted to turn around and pretend he hadn't seen it.
Unfortunately, he had already been seen. "Captain!" Elizabeth ran to him with a face full of terror, she had heard the conversation between Rigel and Dalma, so she knew that the woman was a sealed goddess, which is why she didn't dare stop Dalma, but she really didn't want to eat it!
Therefore, she could only ask Rigel for help.
Rigel glanced at Elizabeth, feeling weary for a moment, even after spending the night in the Count's Coffin, his lips trembled slightly before he turned to Dalma.
Dalma noticed Rigel, she smiled and said. "Rigel, don't worry, my food is delicious."
Rigel merely stared at her for a moment, glanced at the pot of liquid that looked like mud, looked back at her, glanced at the crew with a look as if they were going to death row, took a deep breath and pulled out his wand, waving it at the pot. He used the levitation spell to levitate it to the ship's wall. Jormungandr was kind enough to open a 'window' through which Rigel threw the pot and soup all into the sea. He only hoped not to poison the fish with it.
Seeing Dalma's offended and shocked look, as well as the grateful glances of the crew, he turned around and spoke over his shoulder. "Do it again, and besides, Dalma is forbidden from touching a pan."
"Hey! That was rude! My food is extremely nutritious!" Dalma shouted, chasing Rigel angrily.
Rigel walked even faster, almost running, even passing through a wall that Jormungandr had opened for him. Hearing Dalma's muffled cries, with her still banging on the closed wall behind him, he quickly ran back to his own room and locked himself in.
His policy toward Dalma was summed up in one sentence at that moment: What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't feel.
Eating in his cabin, Rigel thought about the course they were following, their course had been set from the moment he took Dalma. He was going after the diary with the ruby used to find Poseidon's trident.
Although Rigel didn't use the power of the sword, the simple acceleration of the pirate hat made his ship incredibly fast, the Revenge itself wasn't slow, now, its top speed must have been around 31 miles per hour.
For a car, that's just a standard trip, but for a boat, it was extremely fast, it would only take about 16 hours to go from England to Spain. Of course, the actual distance between the two sides is less than 500 miles by sea.
A longer journey, like that of the Demeter, from Transylvania to London, which was about 5.200 miles and took more than a month, would be done in less than a week by Ragnarok, even less if Rigel was in a hurry and used the power of the sword.
Destiny, however, was near, very near.
Rigel left his cabin and went to the helm where Anamaria was, the woman was no longer so nervous around him, just like most of the crew.
Compared to some pirate captains out there, Rigel was very calm, despite his power.
"Captain." Anamaria nodded to him, Rigel merely nodded back, gazing at the sea and vaguely seeing a black dot in the distance, an island.
Anamaria wasn't actually controlling the helm at the moment, Jormungardr was in charge of that. He managed to maintain the correct direction even after Rigel first pointed with the compass, much better than the human eye.
So, seeing the island in the distance, Rigel wasn't surprised in the least.
"Ah... Skeleton Island." Dalma's soft voice came from beside him. Rigel almost jumped, but he controlled himself, that woman had cat feet!
Rigel looked at her, panic giving way to curiosity. "Skeleton Island?"
"Indeed... the compass led you here?" She asked with a smile, seemingly having forgotten the previous chase.
Rigel simply nodded, there was no point in hiding it.
"Skeleton Island?" Elizabeth, who was nearby, jumped up excitedly. "The one they say is where Captain Flint hid his treasures?!"
The other pirates also perked up, when treasure was mentioned, they were the first to appear. At Elizabeth's words, the entire crew gathered at the bow, gazing excitedly at Rigel.
Captain Flint, his infamy was even greater than Blackbeard's. Although Blackbeard wasn't a nice guy, he was more passive than active, John Flint, on the other hand, seemed to love treasure. He looted as a life's purpose, torturing, raping, and killing everything in his path. The man was truly wicked.
However, the pirates were more concerned with something else.
Finally! Finally Rigel acted like a normal pirate, going after treasure instead of hunting those cursed things!
Many of the pirates even included Dalma in their recent 'misadventures' after seeing what the witch was cooking up.
Rigel blinked, as if remembering something. "Treasure Island."
He looked at the Adventure Book, curious, and asked. "Is this another Easter Egg?"
The book that was being written turned the page and began to write the reply to Rigel.
[Yes and no, John Flint did indeed exist in this world, but well before his previous counterpart, he had already died by this point along with his crew, but in the original book he would have died much later due to rum poisoning .]
Rigel seemed thoughtful, while Dalma looked around, appearing confused for a moment. She hadn't heard the conversation between Rigel and the Adventure Book, but she felt strange for a moment, as if she had missed something.
However, she quickly ignored him and looked back at Rigel, still smiling. "Yes, Treasure Island. They say Captain Flint hid all his treasure on that island, a treasure worth over half a million pounds. However, he was unlucky enough to die at sea, they say his crew was attacked by a monster from the deep."
Rigel narrowed his eyes, he only knew one monster that could do that. "Kraken?"
The pirates around them froze for a moment, their smiles slowly fading.
Why?! Why do they always encounter monsters when they're with Rigel?! If the term PTSD had already been invented, these pirates would feel like they were starting to develop it.
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A/N: For readers who want to know the current voting status on P_treon:
Harem, but without Calypso -> 5%
Single Female Lead -> 23,5%
Harem and add Calypso -> 61,5%
(Calypso) Single Female Lead -> 10%