Chapter 186 - Dark Veiled Sea 2 (1/2)

A powerful storm was approaching in the distance, the Kraken was in front of their ship, and the Nautilus was about to fire torpedoes at them from the bottom of the sea.

It would be impossible to avoid this crisis unless their ship grew some jet engines and soared into the sky.

However, Woohyuk calmly controlled the Deep Sea Orb.

After a while,

Splaaaash!

A giant pillar of water lifted the Abyssal Ship into the sky.

At the same time...

Swooosh!

A torpedo loaded with mana swam to where their ship was located previously as blue light streaked behind it

They had avoided the Nautilus’ attack by a slight margin.

Immediately, Woohyuk summoned the baby Kraken in the sea below the ship.

“Kuooooooooooooooo!”

Currently, it was difficult to communicate with Davy Jones, so he would try to talk to the mother Kraken.

As Woohyuk had expected, the two Krakens touched each other’s tentacles, making strange cries.

“Uooooooooooooooh?”

“Woooooooooooooooooh!”

The reunion of a parent and child who had been long separated due to the Creator’s arrangements.

He couldn’t understand them, but Woohyuk sensed emotion within each of their cries.

The mother Kraken was in tears and rubbing her head against the baby Kraken, when suddenly...

Swoooooosh!

A black object resembling a submarine rose above the sea out of nowhere.

The legendary pirate ship, Nautilus.

The appearance of Davy Jones, the Captain of the Dead.

[Just who are you?]

Woohyuk heard a deep man's voice from the device in the front of the Nautilus.

Boom!

Subsequently, he landed the Abyssal Ship on the sea and Woohyuk climbed onto the bowsprit.

“I am the captain of the Abyssal Ship. And here is the former Pirate King, Francis Drake.”

[Drake? Lies! He's already long dead! That ship may be the Abyssal Ship, but you’re speaking nonsense!]

“I did die. But I did not vanish from existence, Davy Jones. Take a good look at me through that dark window of yours!”

Drake intervened in the conversation when he heard his name.

Silence followed for a while, and...

[It’s true. How did this happen, Drake?]

Davy Jones’s startled voice resounded from the Nautilus.

Suddenly,

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dark clouds in the distance approached them and surrounded them, and a strong storm began to rage in their area.

Woohyuk tried to calm the raging sea with the Deep Sea Orb, but it wasn't enough.

He could barely stop the ship from capsizing.

Drake and Davy Jones continued their exchange while Woohyuk summoned Triton and tried to contest with Mother Nature.

[Yeah, I knew you would get in some big accident someday, Drake. That’s why I tried to stay away from you as much as possible. But I also ended up like this. Got betrayed by a long time friend.]

“That's the fate of us pirates. We are free and powerful in our prime, but our deaths are never admirable. Well, I personally don't have any regrets since I had a lot of fun.”

[Is that why you handed over your precious ship to him? That’s very unlike you.]

“I am no longer the Pirate King. I am simply a ghost wandering the seas. And without Woohyuk's help, I would have been forgotten by the world forever.”

Drake told Davy Jones what Woohyuk had done for him.

The captain of the Nautilus then reacted with surprise.

[The Sea God was driven out of his Divine Throne and confined somewhere?]

“Woohyuk said so. And Triton didn’t deny it, so it seems to be true.”

[Then what about the contract I made with him? Can I stop collecting the souls of the dead who wander the seas?]

“That should be the case, no? Your contract partner is virtually dead now.”

[I have to talk to that human right now. In truth, I have been looking for a certain woman for a long time.]

Anne Bonny.

She was his lover and a fellow pirate who was pregnant with his child.

After a while, the hatch of the Nautilus opened, revealing Davy Jones.

Woohyuk noticed him and took out a red jewel from his pocket.

“This is Anne Bonny's keepsake. She told me to pass it on to you.”

“Where is Anne? I want to meet her. Even if it's just once.”

“Anne Bonny has already left for the world of the dead. She was aware that you couldn’t die because of her and were wandering around the seas.”

“…I see. So she’s finally laying to rest? You must be telling the truth since you have that jewel. Thank you very much. I can now close my eyes in peace.”.

For Davy Jones, Anne Bonny was his everything.

The guilt of not being able to keep her safe had kept him alive until now.

Woohyuk stopped Davy Jones when he tried to throw himself into the raging sea with a peaceful look.

”You mustn’t die yet, Davy Jones.”

“… Why? I wish to meet Anne as soon as possible. There is nothing of value left for me other than her.”

“Anne Bonny told me to get my reward from you when she gave me this gem. Check the memory stored in the gem if you doubt me.”

Anne Bonny's red jewel had a function that could store memories.

Davy Jones caught the jewel thrown by Woohyuk and silently stared at it for a while.

Afterwards, he spoke with a determined expression.

“What do you want as your reward? I don't have many things with me right now.”

“Then work for me. Work for me until all the Divine Thrones of this world are filled.”

With the Nautilus, Woohyuk would be able to investigate the secrets of the Erendia Kingdom.