The voyage across the sea was somewhat boring, but Su Xiao had grown used to it. He had experienced worlds with seas, the One Piece World, and the Sea of Thieves—all of them required long journeys across the ocean.
Ever since they boarded the ship, A'm sat upright on the deck as if facing a formidable enemy. Only he knew how powerful an enemy the sea truly was.
After six hours of sailing, the sky darkened. It wasn't that the climate had changed; this sea region was simply like this. Anything dangerous could appear on these waters.
"From now on, don't say a word or make a sound."
Toothless Captain sat beneath the mainmast, tapping his long-stemmed pipe and knocking out the black ash inside. The old man had sailed back and forth across the Sea of Demons seventeen times. He had long since taken life and death lightly. Until the day he died, he would continue doing this. He hadn't taken to the sea willingly.
As the waves washed over the ship, the wooden planks rubbed against one another with a creak, like the final groan before the ship fell apart.
A shadow swept past beneath the sea. Toothless Captain's hand, which held the long-stemmed pipe, paused, and he grinned, baring his teeth.
"Old friend, have you come to take my life?"
"Shh, shh!"
The sailor beside him went weak in the knees. He knew what was beneath the sea and had even witnessed it with his own eyes. That thing had wrapped itself around a gigantic five-masted ship and snapped it in half, sending the vessel sinking beneath the waves.
"You're afraid."
Toothless Captain's grin became increasingly eerie.
"Shh!!"
The sailors all gripped the sailor knives at their waists. He swore that if the old bastard dared make