Voice of Enchantment
The singing rose from the island.
The sound wasn't loud, but it didn't diminish with distance and reached the ears of everyone on the ship.
"Um?"
Linsey and his group were on the deck and were the first to be hit.
The moment that sound entered my mind, an irresistible impulse and desire erupted within me.
It felt as if the person I loved most was calling out to me from the island.
Even though reason tells Linsey that she cannot give in to this desire.
But he couldn't help but walk towards the boat, preparing to jump into the sea and swim back to the island.
—An artist on the island is singing.
—The other side discovered the group's escape plan, so they used their singing to lure them back.
Linsey realized the problem.
But emotions had completely overwhelmed reason.
The sudden attack forcefully and domineeringly took control of everyone.
They couldn't even mobilize their own Essence, and they genuinely believed that returning to the island was the right choice!
At least Seventh Stage awakened being.
The ability to render everyone so powerless is something no ordinary artist could achieve!
"E minor, Op. 95——"
Please enjoy your appreciation.
Amidst an overwhelming torrent of emotions.
on deck.
The girl's opening remarks rang out.
A slow tempo introduces the piece into the prologue, creating an atmosphere of anticipation and exploration.
The crescendo and fading of the strings emanated from the instrument played on the girl's fingernails, as if an unknown journey was slowly unfolding.
A powerful melody, the vastness and mystery of the new world, and a gradually rising sense of courage and hope.
It's just a prologue.
The girl's emotions were laid bare, making the listener feel deeply empathetic.
Then, as the prologue ends, even deeper emotions flow from the strings.
This piece of music cannot compare to the highly seductive singing of the island's artists.
But on this small deck, they disrupted each other's singing with rich and tight harmonies, barely tearing open a chaotic crack.
"Wala Wala?!"
Linsey struggles with the control of her emotions.
He turned his head sharply and, sure enough, saw the girl's figure.
Wala Wala's figure was trembling constantly, and even the way he held the instrument was unsteady.
Trying to go against this kind of artist is naturally incredibly difficult.
But even in this extreme performance, with her trembling body, she conveyed her emotions through the music, powerfully expressing her unwavering inner strength! "Ah!"
Just then, a loud shout came from the side.
Ala Song also reacted to the chaos created by Wala Wala.
This Lone Painter used his paintbrush to paint on his head and plug his ears.
Below the cabin, other passengers also began to walk onto the deck.
Most of them were in a daze, and even when they entered the area of the "Wala Wala" music, they were powerless to resist the allure of the island's songs.
The weak don't even have a chance to fight back at this moment!
However, the captain of the Fishing Boat, upon seeing Linsey and her companions, reminded them in his most strained voice:
"It's useless."
"An artist's music is a manifestation of their soul and emotions; you can't resist it even if you plug your ears!"
Ala Song had already plugged his ears.
It's unclear whether they genuinely failed to recognize these people's warnings, or if they had already made up their minds.
The one-armed painter struggled to walk on the deck, knocking down passengers as they boarded and leaving them on the deck.
Regardless of the final outcome.
He should at least do something he can do in the present moment.
"..."
Seeing the scene before him, Linsey took a deep breath, and the Willpower from the Stairway to Heaven began to surge forth.
"Call--"
"At least... at least we need to buy some more time."
"Datafication!"
Through sheer willpower, Linsey unlocked the Origin Ability of the [RPG] module.
As his condition changed, the influence of the song indeed decreased, and like Ala Song, he regained some mobility.
But Linsey turned her head and looked.
Wala Wala almost collapsed to her knees! In her current state, she could only hold on for a minute or two at most before she broke down! At that point, without the resistance of the other party's music, who on the entire ship could resist the singing of the island's artists?
"By the way, the article on ocean currents!"
The Ocean Current Crest has the effect of passively resisting charm.
Linsey changed the magic runes on the back of her hand, and her chaotic mind cleared up a bit. She began to calmly analyze the current situation.
"The island's Fallen Artist use the power of music to bewitch the masses."
"Wala Wala then used his music to distract the other party."
"The key to everything lies in music, sound..."
Linsey mentally reviewed her abilities at an unprecedented speed.
He finally discovered an inconspicuous item that might actually work! "Yes, that's it!"
Meanwhile, Ala Song continued to knock out the humans who emerged from below the deck.
The one-armed painter's heart had sunk to the bottom.
As a lone traveler, he knew what the strength of the strong meant to the weak, so knocking out the other passengers was nothing more than his last-ditch effort.
To put it bluntly...
If it weren't for the Wala Wala music, it would be a resistance.
He's probably already jumped into the sea and willingly thrown himself into the mermaid's arms.
"Linsey, you..."
We are now in a desperate situation.
For some reason, Ala Song thought of Linsey. After all, Lindsay was no ordinary person, and perhaps she still had a way out?
But when he turned his head, he noticed Linsey's inexplicable actions.
This man of unknown origin and mysterious identity neither jumped into the sea to save himself nor helped the passengers on other ships.
Linsey pulled out a small blade of grass from somewhere and held it in her hands.
That cautious look on his face was as if he were watching for the last glimmer of hope in a desperate situation.
"..."
"Has this guy been driven mad by this desperate situation?"
[Miraculous Plant: Echo Grass]
[After planting, a small grass will grow, its leaves containing countless tiny tubes that can store surrounding sounds. Effective for 2-3 days.]
Bang! At that moment, a piercing sound rang out.
Wala Wala, standing to the side, finally couldn't hold on any longer.
The violin string in her hand snapped instantly, and she fell to the ground like a cuckoo crying blood, curling up in pain on the deck.
"Ugh—"
The girl lying on the ground was still unwilling to let it end there and wanted to mobilize her Essence.
But her skills, now completely broken, could no longer respond to her calls; only her fingers continued to tremble on the ground, playing a melody that could not be sung.
"It's over..."
The final outcome flashed through Ala Song's mind.
But just as he closed his eyes to accept his fate, the allure of the song did not come.
"My dear, why did you leave me and why did you leave me?"
"Do you still remember the sunset over the Red Sea, the moon faintly appearing and disappearing among the stars...?"
A voice, exactly the same as the one singing on the island, rang out on the deck!
Entangled with the other's alluring power! Identical voices mingled, causing disastrous consequences.
Everyone on the ship felt a headache and dizziness, as if two giant hammers were striking each other in their minds, almost tearing their souls and emotions to shreds! Ala Song, on the deck, saw it all very clearly.
It was the little blade of grass in Linsey's hand that made this sound.
But as the song began to play, the once vibrant green leaves withered rapidly! It was foreseeable that this plant's ability wouldn't last long.
Boom—
This slightly extra time is enough to change everything.
Not far from the ship, a huge shadow slowly emerged from the sea, and an ancient whisper came from it, "Summoner, you have sounded the talisman, what are your commands?"
That sound...
Are they using Beast Language?!
Almost no one on deck recognized the language, but the deckhands, known as "Wala Wala," seemed to be muttering something.
In contrast, Linsey rushed onto the deck and shouted down in Beast Language:
"Tow the boat and take us to the City of a Thousand Sails!"