【Beginning】
The food stored in the hold was running out. The cook went to the deck in annoyance. He looked far into the distance, but he could only see a vast expanse of whiteness. The whole vessel was covered with fog, and this exasperated him.
- Cook: Let’s go back! We cannot hold out any longer with our supplies.
- Cook: Just let those crazy scholars get themselves killed if they want to.
- Cook: I don’t wanna die here.
- Captain: Darn, we have almost given away our lives.
- Captain: If we get out of the heavy fog, we will start sailing back.
The crew consisted of a cook, a captain, and two sailors recruited especially for this trip. They were hired and lured by enthusiastic adventurers for a considerable reward; together, they had already been at sea for more than a month.
The adventurers’ hearts were as heavy as those of the crew. They gathered on deck. Whenever there was seaweed floating on the water, they would look at it carefully, in hopes of finding the legendary island.
A dark-green glint came out from the fog. This did not help light up the ship’s way, but turned the fog into green colour. The ship was going in an unknown direction, and a pale-coloured gas filled the air. An unpleasing noise came out of the bottom of the ship as the keel scratched the bottom of the sea. In order to prevent themselves from inhaling the unknown gas, the adventurers covered their mouths and noses with their hands. At the same time, some of them curiously picked up stones curiously and played with them in their hands.
As the adventurers traced their fingers through the slits on the stones, the fog in the air was pulled towards the stone as if it was attracted by gravity. Then, the stones lightly vibrated and the rust on them disappeared. As the traces of aging on the stones vanished, the adventurers threw them away in fear, but they could not get rid of the consciousness that resided within the stones. The crew members felt as if a sleeping monster was stretching its tentacles towards them.
【Before Battles】
- Adventurers: Where are we?
【Enemy Dialog】
- Adventurers: Help!
【End】
The crew members on board panicked. The ship drifted forward uncontrolledly due to its inertia. It finally crashed into a reef and broke into pieces. The fates of the crew members were uncertain.