The man shrank back.

He didn't know why, but the person who just came in made him feel far scarier than the other person threatening him with a sword, and it was countless times scarier.

Just looking at it makes people's hair stand on end.

The man began to tell his story and the story of this abandoned town.

This man's name is Matt, and like Xia Yanzhen and others, he is an unlucky man who accidentally entered this abandoned town.

After entering, Matt and his companions were trapped in the town.

No matter day or night, no matter how they walked, they could not leave this town.

A group of people searched through the entire town and found out from the diary left by the "predecessors" that this town was a "cursed city".

Anyone who enters the town cannot leave and will stay in the town permanently.

Matt and others definitely don't want to die, they want to live.

But in the town, apart from water, there is nothing else to eat.

Whether it's canned food or any other food, it's all rotten.

The only food that can be eaten is the fish in the sea - these stingrays that Xia Yanzhen brought back.

When people are very hungry, they don't care what the food looks like.

Moreover, it is not as uncomfortable when cooked.

Even if they felt something was wrong, Matt and others had to eat.

They relied on fish and lived in this cursed city for several years.

I finally understood what those diaries meant by saying they would stay in this town forever.

As time went by, everyone's bodies mutated one after another.

Scales began to grow on their bodies, their mouths protruded, and they took on obvious fish characteristics.

And one after another they went crazy and sank into the sea on the edge of the town.

Those dark shadows are mutated people like Matt's companions.

They will "sleep" on the bottom of the sea most of the time, and will come ashore during certain dark nights - especially after someone accidentally enters the town.

These mutated people will drag the survivors who accidentally enter the town to the bottom of the sea and quickly become one of them.

The mutated people are called "cursed shadows".

Matt is also a member of the Cursed Shadow, but he said that for some reason he didn't know, he didn't lose his mind.

Staying rational is a kind of torture.

Becoming a cursed shadow did not give Matt any special power, it just "eternally" stayed with the cursed town, like the town's shadow.

Endless hunger and the pain of suffocation after entering the water have been tormenting him.

Only by occasionally landing ashore can we gain freedom.

"So what do you want to do when you approach us?" Xiaoyao asked after hearing Matt's inaccurate and flawed description.

"I don't know either."

Matt showed a painful expression, "I want you to save me, but I also want to drag you into the water." Really.

"How long have you lived here?"

"I don't know, ten years, twenty years or more."

"Didn't you encounter these cursed shadows at the beginning?"

"No, there was just no one there at the beginning. I don't know why those cursed shadows didn't appear." Matt answered many questions obediently.

"Apart from us, is there no one else who has entered this cursed city?" Xiaoyao continued to ask.

"Yes, they have all become cursed shadows." Matt said.

There was a time when he still wanted to cooperate with others.

But gradually, playing with these strays, approaching, integrating, deceiving, watching them go from hope to despair, watching them go crazy, and letting the survivors sink together became what Matt really wanted to do in his heart.

It's just that this time it seemed like I'd hit an iron plate.

The shadow of the curse was swept away by the blazing flames.

When he saw the flames, Matt even had an urge to throw himself into it like a moth to a flame.

The light and heat frightened and fascinated him.

"Do you know where this island is? There is also Mouth Island, have you heard of it?" Xiaoyao did not dwell on the secret of the cursed city.

This cursed city can trap ordinary people, but it may not trap them.

He did not forget that the mission was to kill the mermaid princess.

"Mouth Island, the legendary island where people lived under the sea? I heard that it was all a group of weirdos." Matt said.

"Yes, do you know where Mouth Island is?" Alec interjected.

He was thinking about Mouth Island and wanted to see it.

Matt shook his head, but immediately met Xia Yanzhen's gaze and said, "I know there is a sea map somewhere, and maybe I can find clues."

There are no "maps" for the archipelago, only nautical charts.

"where?"

"In town..."

"Take us there."

"Now?" Matt said, "There are many more cursed shadows. If you wander around, you will be arrested."

The tone is like a parent telling a child: If you don’t sleep, a wolf will come and snatch you away.

"You will be back in the sea by tomorrow morning, right?" Xiaoyao said, "How will you take us to find the sea chart then? Go now."

"Okay, if you are dragged away by the cursed shadow, remember to kill me." Matt reminded.

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It's just that his own mind is very confused. He wants to be free but also wants to drag others into sinking.

Jumping sideways over and over again.

"Okay." Xiaoyao agreed immediately.

"Are you leaving now?" Alec looked at the dark night outside, feeling uneasy.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will protect you." Xiaoyao was full of confidence.

He didn't have this information just from them alone, but with Xia Shiyi here, Xiaoyao didn't think that a mere cursed shadow could stop him.

"Okay." Alec was easy to talk to and didn't object anymore.

Several people walked out of the store carrying kerosene lamps.

The cold rain falling outside made Alec shiver and tighten his tight clothes.

Matt led the way, followed by Tiamat, and then Xia Yanzhen.

Then came a group of happy people, who did not forget to surround the prince Alec.

As long as this mission has some shadow of a fairy tale, then Alec is the key figure to find the mermaid princess, and we can't let anything happen to him.

Not long after walking, there were some noises around.

"Here they come," Matt said.

"Leave it to you." Xia Yanzhen said to Tiamat.

"Then..." Tiamat asked Xia Yanzhen for his opinion, "No more hiding?"

"No more hiding."

Xia Yan is really sure.

Tiamat jumped up, and suddenly, the wind and rain in the sky stopped.

No, it's not a pause.

Instead, a terrifying behemoth appeared above everyone's heads, directly covering the sky and blocking the raindrops falling from the sky.

Tiamat's entire landscape was submerged in darkness, and only the outline of a huge shadow could be seen.

But the burning eyes were as dazzling as two blazing flames.

"dragon?"

Xiaoyao and others were stunned, knowing that Xia Shiyi was very strong and the absolute number one among the Dream Apostles.

But a dragon suddenly appeared, and the gap between it and us third-level apostles who are still painted in martial arts style is too big!

"Roar!"
To be continued...