I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 84: The Mermaid’s Starfish
The next day, amid the readers’ demands for updates, Rogel once again entered the Mysterious Sea.
[Meow~]
Big Orange leisurely walked out of its cat bed, glanced at Rogel, and sauntered to the bow of the ship, finding a suitable spot to continue sleeping.
"..."
"This lazy cat, getting up early just to change spots and sleep?"
Rogel was a bit speechless.
I have to say, he felt like Big Orange had been gaining some weight lately.
Arriving at the planting area, Rogel diligently watered the crops.
Then he took the wooden frame he had made before and entered the room of the Exotic Grape Species.
After watering, the favorability of the Exotic Grape Species increased once again.
At this time, the Exotic Grape Species had already grown a few leaves, with some mysterious purple along the edges.
Rogel took out the wooden frame, inserted it next to the Exotic Grape seedling, and manually wrapped some little tendrils around the frame.
[Exotic Grape Seedling’s favorability towards you +5.]
The favorability of the Exotic Grape Species increased again.
Rogel walked out of the room satisfied.
[Good morning, Captain.]
[Breakfast is in the kitchen.]
The night-watch Yas nodded at Rogel, wiping sweat off with a towel.
It seemed like Yas had not been idle last night, working out.
[Go rest now.]
Rogel nodded at him, ready to take over his shift.
[The meat and stones are still in the warehouse.]
Yas said.
Before leaving Nadewilo, he had already brought plenty of meat and carefully selected stones.
Rogel nodded.
The stuff for the Mud Giant can wait a bit longer; this guy wouldn’t dare slack off anyway.
[Here’s the fruit for you, I might not be on the ship sometimes.]
Rogel handed the Crimson Fruit to Yas.
If Mira’s strange illness acts up while he’s in the cave, it would be troublesome.
After Yas received the fruit, he went back to his room to rest.
Rogel went to the helm, found a suitable spot, and took out a fishing rod.
The never-empty-handed fisherman is online!
With a plop, the float landed.
Strangely, as the Gelin moved, Rogel’s float was being dragged along.
Yet, he could still catch fish!
[You caught: Big Sea Fish ×1.]
[You caught: Small Shark ×1.]
[You caught: Mermaid’s Starfish ×1.]
Wait a minute...
Did I catch something odd?
Rogel looked at the starfish in his hand, lost in thought.
Mermaid’s... starfish?
Mermaid? Where did she get a starfish?
"..."
Rogel squinted, sensing something was not simple.
...
While Rogel fished in reality, his clone wasn’t idle either.
By now, after days of thrashing weaker creatures and deep sleep, the Dark Sea Hunter had grown another size, nearly two meters tall.
Moreover, the Ice Spike’s level had been raised to level two.
He used the Key to transport the Dark Sea Hunter to the Underwater Cave.
The first layer of the Underwater Cave had been explored by him; next was to explore the second layer.
The Dark Sea Hunter approached the statue in front of the whirlpool passageway.
Looking at the statue before him, Rogel felt a bit puzzled.
Why don’t Land Caves have this thing up there?
After thinking for a while, Rogel shrugged.
Looking at the spiral passage before him, Rogel controlled the Dark Sea Hunter to dive in.
...
As the screen turned black, Rogel couldn’t help but pray.
"No more underwater passage no more underwater passage..."
The last time’s one out of five choices in the underwater passage truly gave him a headache.
Luckily, three of the five passages were connected; otherwise, he’d probably get lost in them.
As a result, Rogel didn’t want to explore such passages anymore.
However, as the screen lit up again, Rogel’s face froze immediately.
[Harmony Cave, Underwater Second Layer.]
With a line of bold letters appearing at the top of the screen, Rogel saw three enormous rock passages before him.
And where he was located was an enlarged version of a Gray Rock Node.
"Damn it!"
Rogel was utterly speechless, fearing something, yet it came.
However, there was no choice; Rogel’s real body needed to watch over the ship, otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t choose to explore this damn Underwater Cave.
Oh, dear, tell me which cute little thing designed this cave. It’s so user-friendly; I promise, I’ll gently caress this cave designer with my tentacles...
After some complaints, Rogel began searching the surroundings.
Before long, he found a statue in front of the three rock passages.
[Secret Statue——Gray Rock Major Node has awakened.]
[You can now teleport to this node using the Key.]
"Damn, just add a word ’major’, right, can’t even be bothered to disguise it?"
Rogel’s face turned dark.
When will these damn passages and nodes come to an end?
"This is annoying, can this game still be played?"
While Rogel was feeling frustrated, he suddenly noticed a familiar silhouette next to the Secret Statue.
"Treasure Chest!"
Rogel instantly broke into a wide grin, controlling the Dark Sea Hunter to swim over.
But when he saw it was a Wooden Treasure Chest, his smile faded significantly.
[You found a Wooden Treasure Chest, it looks like it can be opened directly.]
Wooden is wooden, better than nothing.
Rogel stepped forward to open the treasure chest.
However, the moment his tentacle touched the treasure chest, something unexpected happened.
[Roar!]
The Wooden Treasure Chest suddenly grew fangs, sprouted wooden fins on both sides, and multiple tentacles emerged from below, snapping at Rogel’s tentacle.
"Damn!"
Rogel swiftly retracted the tentacle, clamped the Treasure Box Monster with his left pincer, and slashed down with his right bone blade.
[Your clone, the Dark Sea Hunter, has slain Box Dog·Wood, gaining combat experience.]
[You found Floating Wood ×3.]
[You found Magic Potion——Drowning Monster ×1.]
[You found Iron Ore ×3.]
After defeating the Box Dog, Rogel was about to gripe but suddenly noticed the Magic Potion among the loot.
"Can Wooden Treasure Chests actually drop Magic Potions?"
"Is this a bug?"
Rogel was somewhat incredulous.
In his view, things like Magic Potions were high-end items; aside from a bottle he caught while fishing, Sea Spirit Potions were all obtained from Silver Treasure Chests.
How could a Wooden Treasure Chest, the lowest level chest, possibly contain such high-grade goods?
However, upon reading the Magic Potion’s information, he immediately understood the reason.
[Magic Potion——Drowning Monster (semi-finished)]
[Type: Special Artifact] 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
[Quality: Gray]
[Usage Requirements: Character Level 1—10, Body 1, Spirit 1.]
[Effect: Raises the user’s tier to Extraordinary, slightly increases body value and spiritual value, and grants the exclusive skill of the Drowning Monster, with a chance to gain additional attributes upon level up.]
[Explanation: The most basic and lowest tier Sequence Magic Potion, with extremely low Sequence Compatibility and very high mutated probability, perhaps because it’s merely a semi-finished product inadvertently concocted by a beginner.]
This Magic Potion not only allows the user to "possibly" gain additional attributes when leveling up, but also has an extremely high mutated probability.
6.
That’s all Rogel could say about it.
Perhaps its only redeeming quality is its ridiculously low usage requirements.
"... No wonder it can be found in Wooden Treasure Chests."
Rogel was a bit speechless.
