Chapter 78 - Greatsword Tinia 1 (1/2)
“I am freed now, so please help Davy Jones. He suffers from such a cruel fate all due to me.”
Anne Bonnie strongly believed in Woohyuk’s uprightness. Triton, an offspring of the Sea God, was his servant. She had also learned from Triton that he commanded a young Kraken as well.
Seeing the earnestness in Anne Bonnie’s eyes, Woohyuk nodded back.
“I accept your request.”
“Great, if you hand him the jewel, I’m sure he will reward you handsomely.”
It was the very same red jewel that Anne Bonnie had been obsessed finding, since it had been the betrothal gift given to her by Davy Jones.
It was something that held many happy memories of the two of them, yet Anne Bonnie was willing to hand it over to Woohyuk.
“By the way, can you forgive this old man over here?”
“Of course, it isn’t like he was in the wrong in the first place, and he doesn’t have long to live either way.”
According to Anne Bonnie, Wallace was nearing the end of his life. Most likely he’d pass on something tonight.
“I won’t take any more of Wallace’s precious minutes, I'm leaving.”
“May the sea waters you travel be ever calm.”
Anne Bonnie smiled and pecked Woohyuk lightly on the forehead.
As she returned to her ghost ship, Wallace finally spoke, breaking out of his stupor.
“It’s like a dream come true. I can’t believe I got to meet the legendary pirate Anne Bonnie.”
“You can meet her again very soon.”
Wallace’s days were already counted. Most likely he had just 4 or 5 hours left to live. Still, he didn’t seem anxious about it.
“Death comes to us all eventually, I’m ready.”
“In the end you aren’t able to see your daughter’s face one last time. Are you okay with that?”
“It’s indeed a pity, but there’s not much I can do about it.”
He had already entrusted Woohyuk to deliver the pendant, so he could be at peace when he goes.
Wallace grabbed the ship’s once wheel again, as his blue eyes got lost in reminiscing about the past.
* * *
Wallace had successfully completed his final voyage. At dawn, Campbell sailed in Delphoa port, as he passed away on the deck, his hands holding the wheel with a large smile on his face.
As the sun rose, the passengers that had lost consciousness last night, finally began to open their eyes.
Everyone was confused as to what had occurred.
Agatha, the only one to have resisted the effects of his Cradle of Grief, had her memory wiped by hsi Lost Lyre.
Once in the city, Woohyuk set out to locate Dorothy, carrying Wallace’s body on his back.
The second floor of a stone building in the residential sector, situated adjacent to a flower shop.
It was a nice place for an old couple like them to raise their granddaughter.
“Grandpa!”
“He died of natural causes at the end of the journey. He wanted me to give you this.”
After a short period of time, Woohyuk handed Dorothy the secret pendant he had been given by Wallace.
He had managed to keep his promise without having any greedy thoughts.
Dorothy gave him a blank stare, as she pulled out a purple gem from his pocket. As she placed the gem in the pendant's socket.
Huiiiiing!
They proceeded to fuse, in a dazzling flash of light.
“Granpa...said, he left some very precious things here.”
Dorothy cried.
Woohyuk nodded and watched her evaluate the pendant.
“Well…”
“What is it?”
“These are my grandfather’s memories from his younger days. Back when he was a famous pirate. There are also his adventures with his colleagues after he quit piracy....”
The pendant contained Wallace’s most precious and meaningful memories from throughout his life, saved as a form of video.
Dorothy sifted through them all, until finally arriving at his last recording all the way at the end.
[My dear Dorothy, by the time you are seeing this, I am surely no longer of this world. Don’t be too scared just because I’m not around. Life is a series of adventures, and if you have the courage to press forward, you’ll discover unexpected treasures along the way. If ever you are going through a tough time, or feel lonely, take a look at my memories saved in this pendant, so as to liven up your spirit.]
Wallace had always been worried that Dorothy’s meekness wouldn’t allow her to overcome the adversities one faces in life.
The reason that he kept the pendant until the last moment, was that he wanted to fill it with a more complete set of his memories.
Now that the pendant was in her hands, Wallace’s most precious treasured memories would always be with her.
“Thank you for fulfilling grandfather’s request….”
“I just did what I felt was right.”
Still, Woohyuk wasn’t the type to do a good deed without expecting something in return.
After refusing some silver coins from his wife, a system message appeared.
[Quest: Wallace’s sincere request has been completed.]
[Reward: Obtained a Memory Pendant.]
‘Is it the same kind which Wallace had?’
Since it was a reward for completion of the quest, he felt that it should be superior to the other one. As he placed the pendant around his neck, additional information appeared.
[Memory Pendant]
Type: Jewelry
Grade: A
Durability: 30,000
Effect: Can save the owner’s memory in the form of a high definition video, to be viewed at any time. In addition, it can reveal a random meaningful memory of a person you come into contact with (once a day)
‘It’s amazing.’
He knew of a few other artifacts that allowed one to record memories, but to be able to spy on another’s memory was an entirely different matter.
Although the random element and the fact that it could only be performed once a day were heavy restrictions, it could still be very useful if used in the right situation.
“Then I’ll go there next.”
Woohyuk took his leave, giving the old grandmother a gold coin to pay for the cost of the funeral.
It was time to focus his attention on Medusa’s Temple. He already knew its approximate location, so he only needed to do some basic reconnaissance.
‘Witch’s Forest.’
It was definitely on the map. The sanctuary of Witch Grimhilde that had once engulfed the Izuna kingdom in chaos.