"Mother..." Castor whispered blankly, staring at the souls, feeling bound in his heart, unable to do anything.

  "Castor, you must leave..." Mother said in a soft and gentle tone, but abandoned her own son. The next moment, she vanished suddenly into the air.

  "Alright... Brother... I have to go now. Goodbye~" Mary said in a happy tone, but she couldn't hide her sadness in her voice.

  "We... we're leaving too." Older brother and sister said.

  "Cas, Be careful on the path in front of you, before you find your father... you need to get stronger first." Uncle reminded.

  "...We will stay in the basement, if you have some problem or if they want to hurt you, then come to the basement..." Aunt said with worry.

  After each soul finished speaking, without giving Castor time to speak, they immediately vanished into the air like the mother. Castor sighed subconsciously and felt empty inside his mind.

  In previous birthdays, every soul was happy, but not like today, which vanished so soon. Castor silently took off the wreath his little sister had given him and held it in his hands, then sat on a worn-out sofa and began to wait.

  .....

  "Captain! There are seagulls and an island to our east!" A tall, muscular man yelled with a rough voice. He stood on the side of the ship and glancing around with a telescope in hand.

  But now, he didn't need the telescope in his hand or even inform his captain, because everyone had seen it. In their eyes, there was nothing in that direction just now, but now an island appeared out of thin air.

  Besides, they can see the forest on the island. It is impossible for them to discover the existence of the island now, unless everyone on the ship is blind.

  A series of leather-made boots echoed on the wooden deck, and another muscular man came. He wore a white collar with a black coat and a black tricorn hat that had a white feather on the right side. His rough medium bronze skin and facial scars reveal a sense of dominance.

  "Yeah, we saw it, Frank! Hard to starboard!" The captain commanded with a magnetic voice to the helmsman, who was named Frank.

  "Aye, Captain, turning to starboard!" Frank replied, as he rolled the steering wheel in his hands, and the ship slowly turned towards the island.

  After that, the captain stood at the bow and stared at the island ahead with his sharp eagle-like eyes and yelled, "Everyone get ready! Jalen and Bob, and five other people follow me later on the island, the rest people guard the ship!"

  He turned his head and looked at everybody behind him, "Listen up! We don't know whether there is any danger or not, so be prepared to die at any time!"

  "Yes! Captain! We pirate mock in the face of death!" All the people shouted, unleashed their cutlasses, and raised them high.

  Seeing this, the captain turned his head and looked at the island again, his hand holding Cutlass trembling invisibly. He is afraid, yet he does not know the cause of his fear. The greatest fear of human beings stems from the unknown.

  "Mark..." He whispered to the muscular man who held the telescope behind him.

  "Yes?" The man who named Mark asked.

  "As a first mate, you have you're responsibility... listen, if I didn't come back from that island in one hour or you hear our screams... or even something worse! Just remember... do not! do NOT! DO NOT COME TO US! You and Frank bring all of the people here out of this island." The captain said.

  "But-'' Just when Mark was going to speak, the captain stopped him.

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  "This is order! Mark! You know where we are?! Here is the forbidden sea! Every second we stay in this area! The risk is rising!" The captain turned around and faced Mark with his voice suppressed, trying not to shout it.

  "Yes... Captain." Mark bit his lip.

  "Okay... okay... go tell Frank." The captain turned around and closed his eyes, taking several deep breaths.

  Mark nodded silently and turned around, walking towards the helmsman, Frank. In this ship, only five people know they are in the 'forbidden sea', which is the Captain Raigh, helmsman Frank, first mate Mark, boatswain Jalen, and quartermaster Bob, all of them are important officers in this ship.

  "You can do it... You can do it... You can do it... Raigh, this is just one of thousands of challenges I've faced." Raigh encouraged himself in his mind.

  After a few moments, he opened his eyes again. The fear has no longer remained in his mind, his hands are no longer trembling. Now he believes in his mind, he believes that he can lead his team members out of this forbidden sea.

  "That storm... is really weird..." Raigh whispered and recalled what happened a few days ago.

  .....

  The weather was excellent, with no clouds but winds. But a strong storm formed in such weather. Dark clouds gathered into a storm in an instant, and even formed several waterspouts.

  Heavy rain hit everyone. When the captain ordered the sails to be retracted, a huge wave directly submerged them. It seemed that several hours had passed before everyone woke up one by one at night.

  The captain also woke up, but found something wrong. He couldn't help but look at the night sky and infer his current geographical location from the position of the stars. It was the forbidden sea, representing death. But as a captain, he couldn't panic.

  He quietly gathered all the important officers together and told them the truth. Everyone believed in the captain because he was the most prestigious and respected captain on the ship, and the only navigator.

  "That's just like arcane... did an arcanist strike us?" Raigh thought.

  In this way, they sailed on the forbidden sea for a day, and nothing strange happened. This was totally unlike the forbidden sea that people said represented death. It was too peaceful here.

  "Too weird... too weird... do I overthink? Maybe Forbidden Sea is not dangerous? It was just a myth?" Raigh gazed at the sea anxiously, "No... no... wait... no sound...? Even no sound of wind... and... sound of the sea...?"

  His eyes immediately widened, nobody realized a thing, there was no sound of the wind, and the sound of the sea. From this moment on, he was certain that the forbidden sea was not a legend. Strange things began to happen, and this was the first strange thing.

  And even faster, the second strange thing happened. An island appeared out of nowhere. He decided to explore and see if he could find anything useful.

  .....

  "Captain! We're ready!" Jalen and Bob said in unison, breaking Raigh's recall in an instant.

  Two of them are leading different teams with different weapons. In Jalen's team, they wield a cutlass, but in Bob's team, they hold a rifle.

  Jalen wore a white collar with a red coat and grey pants, grey boots. His body is not as strong as Frank's and Raigh's, but just less muscular. His red hair gave him an extraordinary temperament. He was also recognized as the most handsome man on the ship.

  As for Bob, he wore only a white collar and grey pants, black boots. His body is are same as Jalen's. His long, raven black hair has been tied up in a ponytail.

  "All of you, ready to die?" Raigh said.

  "Yes, captain!" All of them shouted.

  "Then let's wait... I have a feeling... something was waiting... for us..." Raigh frowned, he really felt something from this island was calling him in his mind.

  After a few moments, the ship arrived near the beach, the crew took in the sails, and the ship came to a stop. The captain also jumped into the sea and said to the people behind him.

  "It's time to go! Jump!"

  "Here we go, baby boy!" Jalen shouted excitedly and called his team, and jumped off one by one.

  "Hey! Our gun can't touch water! It will be no work!" Bob shouted to them.

  "That's why I prefer cutlass and mock you guys who use rifles are cowards! Hahaha!" Jalen mocked him mercilessly.

  "...Everyone! Block any openings through which water could enter and jump!" Bob gritted his teeth and commanded his team, and jumped.

  "AHH! LET'S GOO! Don't be underestimated by those who only have brute force!" Bob's team shouted and jumped off the ship.

  At sea, the captain led the way to the island, followed by Jalen's team, who swam very fast. At the end was Bob's team, who swam the slowest with one hand holding the gun and the other hand paddling.

  "Good luck y'all!" The rest people in the ship shouted.

  The pirates swimming in the sea swam for a distance and reached a shallower area where they could stand up, so that Bob and his team would not be so tired.

  "Hmpf! Jalen, see it? We can also do it even if we need to take care of our rifle!" Bob said with a happy tone.

  "Hah? What are you talking about? Be fast! We're on the beach now, you guys are so slow." Jalen grins, they stood on the beach with the captain and were waiting for Bob's team.

  "You...!" Bob's face twisted, "I will punch your face very soon!"

  "Ah?! Captain, you heard it? As a captain, you should stop him!" Jalen tried to find help from his Captain Raigh.

  "Haha... Jalen..." Raigh chuckled and got closer to Jalen's ears with a smile, but soon he whispered with a cold tone, "You were the one who peed in my hat, right...?"

  Jalen stunned.