I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 150 - 141: Gatekeeper Stone Fish

Crash——

At this moment, a raging fire was rapidly spreading across the merchant ship, with many parts already beginning to collapse, emitting loud noises.

Lina frowned, looking worriedly at the merchant ship.

The next moment, a cloud of black mist flew out from the merchant ship and landed on the deck of the Gelin.

Rogel returned to the Gelin unscathed from the merchant ship.

But when he saw the little girl in Lina’s arms, his heart grew heavy.

The monster was just a fuse.

Its arrival had drawn out an even more terrifying monster aboard the merchant ship.

That was the sinister human heart.

It’s hard to imagine what a massive blow it must be to a child, being tied up with her mother and then watching helplessly as her mother was devoured by a monster.

Rogel sighed.

He glanced at the item inventory, at the things dropped by the Frankenstein.

[Unknown Creature’s Egg (Shattered)]

[Type: Special Artifact]

[Quality: Gray]

[Explanation: The egg of an unknown species. No one knows what it can hatch, but it definitely won’t be a Pikachu.]

After killing that Frankenstein, Rogel found many of these things in the back.

It seems that the monster was intentionally or was being controlled to devour flesh to reproduce.

Who on earth created this monster?

...

{"Shire, it’s okay, mommy is here, don’t be afraid... "}

The woman suppressed her inner fear, her voice trembling as she comforted the girl, shielding her behind.

Sigh...

The monster ahead gave a low, rank heavy snort, continuously gnawing at the flesh in front of it.

Finally, after finishing the flesh, it glanced around the nearby corpses and focused its gaze on the mother and daughter in front of it.

Watching as the monster approached them step by step, ultimately, the blood-stained giant claw fell towards her mother.

In despair, the mother firmly shielded the girl behind her back.

{"No——"}

Bang——

A shrill whistling sound echoed.

A sharp spear with terrifying speed pierced through the monster’s skull.

Immediately, the sound of the deck shattering rang out, and a tall, daunting figure stood in front of the mother and daughter...

...

"Mom!"

The girl awoke from her nightmare, her face was streaked with tears.

She started to search for her mother’s figure.

Due to the tears in her eyes, she couldn’t clearly see the scene before her, but she could feel the presence of the familiar person before her eyes.

She lunged into the woman’s embrace.

A gentle and familiar voice sounded.

"It’s okay now, Shire, mommy is here, it’s okay now..."

The voice brought Shire immense comfort.

"Thank you, Mr. Rogel..."

Tears welled up in the mother’s eyes once more, and she expressed heartfelt gratitude to Rogel.

If it weren’t for Rogel’s sudden arrival, she wouldn’t have known what terrifying events might have happened.

Next to the mother and daughter, Rogel slightly nodded, showing a faint smile.

Letting a little girl watch her mother die, Rogel couldn’t stand for that.

As long as he could intervene, he would do so without hesitation.

After changing timelines to let Deep Sea Blood Touch get him to the merchant ship as fast as possible, he barely managed to save Shire’s mother.

That’s all he could do.

After the intense crying, the little girl Shire’s sobs gradually subsided, and she fell into a deep sleep again.

This time, however, she slept soundly.

After Lina dressed the girl’s mother’s wounds, confirming she was no longer in danger, Rogel began to ask her about the story of the Frankenstein.

The details of the situation were not much different from what those men had said before they died.

The woman’s name was Martha. She, her husband, and their daughter were planning to head to the Royal City Sea Area.

That monster, Rogel called it Frankenstein.

The Frankenstein boarded the merchant ship during its voyage, killed the guards, and deliberately damaged parts of the ship, making it unable to continue its journey.

Then it went into the rooms below the merchant ship from the side and began to build its nest.

Periodically, it would kill someone on the ship and seemingly intentionally prioritized killing passengers trying to escape.

Over time, passengers aboard the ship fell into despair.

Except for those few men.

To delay their deaths, they relied on having guns to forcefully throw the other passengers into the Frankenstein’s nest for it to devour.

Martha and her daughter Shire, protected by her husband, survived until later.

But during a dispute, a fire ignited, and her husband was also thrown into the nest.

Then it was their turn.

Because those men saw the Gelin approaching, wanting to hide the truth, they threw them down ahead of time...

"That monster appeared suddenly? No signs at all? Had any strange people appeared on the ship?"

Rogel inquired.

The Frankenstein must have been artificially created.

When feeding, it appeared almost unintelligent, but when boarding the merchant ship, it knew to sabotage the ship, preventing it from proceeding.

All behavior indicated that there was someone controlling this Frankenstein behind the scenes.

But where the mastermind hid, there were no clues yet.

Regarding who created such a monster, Rogel had only one thought—kill it for Explosive Gold Coins.

"It appeared suddenly."

"As for strange people... I haven’t seen any on the ship."

Martha shook her head.

Hearing this, Rogel could only give up for now. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

It seemed it wouldn’t be easy to find.

He then asked Martha about her plans and destination.

She and her daughter intended to head to the Royal City.

But after this disaster, with her husband deceased and the mother and daughter barely escaping, they only wanted to return home.

At the next island, they would disembark and leave the Gelin.

Rogel nodded.

He still hadn’t found the exact location of the underwater cave yet, but they weren’t far from a small island ahead, so changing the course midway wouldn’t be an issue.

...

Two days later.

The Gelin made a brief stop at an island. After Martha and her daughter disembarked, Rogel and his team set sail once again, following the pointer.

Rogel straightforwardly had the Cave Pointer carried by Deep Sea Blood Touch, setting it to auto-explore.

[Deep Sea Blood Touch starts moving according to the directions of the Cave Pointer.]

[In a deep-sea area, the pointer starts wavering erratically, indicating you have found the precise location of the underwater cave.]

[Deep Sea Blood Touch begins descending, with the surrounding temperature gradually dropping and the lighting growing dimmer.]

[Not long afterwards, you discover a rift. Following the pointer’s guidance, you enter the rift.]

[After a thorough search, you spot an ancient stone doorway. There’s nothing behind the doorway, only in front of it is an octopus-head secret statue. However, the statue head features a keyhole, and it seems that only by finding a key can you enter inside.]

Is it a Teleportation Gate?

Rogel frowned and instructed Deep Sea Blood Touch to start searching around.

[After scouring the inside of the rift for a while, you spot a gigantic figure.]

[It’s a giant stone fish with a strange appearance; it has sharp teeth and a sleek body. On its head, there’s a small key.]

[Gatekeeper Stone Fish]

[Type: Monster]

[Quality: Boss]

[Level: 20]

[Tier: Extraordinary]

[Explanation: A creature that guards some mysterious object. Its tough exterior makes it extremely difficult to kill.]