Sinbad stood and watched as Duke raised the gangplank, smirking inwardly. Although he had given two out of the three gold coins to Duke, he didn’t feel any regret. The two young ladies he met today carried ten times more gold.

“When you’re sacrificed to the captain, all I’ll need to do is dispose of your bodies along with your gold,” Sinbad thought.

…

Meanwhile, Eleanor and Evelina were sitting with their backs against the cabin wall. As they sat, Eleanor noticed something strange. Most of the people in the cabin were young women or children. There wasn’t a single adult man in sight.

While Eleanor was pondering this, a voice suddenly echoed in her mind.

“Maybe we ended up in the women’s cabin?!”

It was Evelina’s voice. Eleanor turned and asked in a low voice, “How did you do that?”

“I think it’s called the Voice Transmission Spell. It uses magic sense to transmit thoughts to the other person. According to my memories, it’s one of the most basic spells using magic sense.”

Hearing this, Eleanor was surprised, but not too much.

“Is it difficult to learn this spell?” Eleanor asked eagerly.

“I naturally learned it when I used my magic sense. The knowledge just appeared on its own.”

Eleanor came to a big realization about Evelina’s chaotic and unreadable memories. It seems they become clear when she needs them or when the situation is appropriate.

“Don’t worry, big sister, I’ve already thought about how to teach you my knowledge. And I’ve found a way in my memories. Don’t move for a few seconds.”

Hearing this, Eleanor froze. Evelina raised her hand and pressed her index finger between Eleanor’s eyebrows. In the next second, soul power began to flow into Eleanor’s consciousness along with an unfamiliar formula. It was the formula for the Voice Transmission spell.

Evelina removed her finger and asked, “How is it? Did it work?”

Eleanor closed her eyes and concentrated. She began to use her magic sense according to the formula. The formula was quite simple. If Eleanor had been thinking in this direction, she could have figured out the Voice Transmission formula on her own within half an hour. A moment later, she sent a weak wave of magic sense into Evelina’s consciousness.

“Can you hear me?” Eleanor’s voice sounded in Evelina’s mind.

“I can, I can,” Evelina replied through Voice Transmission. “Couldn’t think of a better message?!”

Eleanor looked at Evelina and then hugged her with all her strength.

At first, Evelina blushed, then she began to struggle. But Eleanor didn’t let her go.

“People are watching,” Evelina whispered.

“Hehe. Let them watch and be jealous. Only I have such a cute and beautiful little sister,” Eleanor said with a grin.

Eleanor knew that Evelina’s resistance was just playful. She guessed that after the Golden Crystal ’s blessing, Evelina was much stronger physically than an ordinary child.

Suddenly, the ship rocked. Eleanor and Evelina simultaneously released their magic senses. Their magic senses instantly covered the vessel. Outside, they saw that the mooring lines tying the ship to the pier had been released, and the ship began to sail.

But at that moment, when they covered the ship with their magic senses, they also sensed a strange and sinister aura coming from the captain’s cabin. The girls immediately withdrew their magic senses.

“I feel like throwing up,” Evelina said, covering her mouth with her hands.

Eleanor fell into deep thought. That aura was cold and vile.

“The energy of death, corpses, and murder,” Evelina said in a low voice.

Eleanor looked at Evelina, whose eyes had lost focus.

“The aura seeping from that cabin consists of three types of evil energy: the energy of death, the energy of corpses, and the energy of murder. This means that killings often occur in the cabin, and the corpses remain there for a long time,” Evelina explained.

“Could this energy be caused by the killing of fish or animals?” Eleanor asked, using magic sense.

Evelina closed her eyes, and a few seconds later, answered using magic sense.

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“Of course it could, but ordinary animals are weak creatures without wisdom, so they won’t emit much energy of death, corpses, or murder. Usually, this amount of evil energy is formed by killing sentient beings like humans or powerful magical creatures. However, the scattered nature of the evil energies shows that it wasn’t formed by killing a magical beast, but by the death of many ordinary people.”

Hearing this, Eleanor began to draw conclusions. After some time, she came to several conclusions, but all of them required further confirmation.

Eleanor released her magic sense again. However, when her magic sense reached the captain’s cabin, she stopped again due to the enormous amount of evil aura.

But this time, she overcame her fear, and slowly, her magic sense entered the cabin.

However, as soon as her will crossed the cabin walls, she felt a sense of mortal danger in her mind, and she immediately withdrew her magical sense.

Eleanor clutched her chest and took a deep breath. She didn’t know why, but when her will crossed the cabin wall and was about to explore the cabin, a feeling of mortal danger filled her heart. If she had been a second slower in retreating, she might have died.

Eleanor decided to wait and observe how the situation would develop.

Suddenly, an idea came to Eleanor’s mind. In the past, she could faintly sense ether. But now, thanks to her magic sense, she could not only feel the ether but even see it if she connected her magic sense to her vision.

“Evelina, do you know what ether is?” Eleanor asked through magic sense.

“Let me think.”

Evelina closed her eyes for half a minute, then answered uncertainly.

“It seems it’s one of the names for the power of the world”

When Eleanor heard the term power of the world, she was incredibly excited. She had never heard this term before. However, ether could indeed be called the power of the world. Evelina’s memories were truly a treasure trove of knowledge.

“Can you feel ether?” Eleanor asked.

“Ever since I awakened my magic sense, I’ve felt a strange aura in the air. Now I know it was ether.”

“Can you absorb ether?”

“Ever since I first felt ether, I’ve wanted to absorb it for some reason, but I didn’t know how and ignored it.”

“Try using your magic sense to direct the ether into your body.”

Evelina followed Eleanor’s instructions and used her magic sense to guide a weak stream of ether into her body. Surprisingly, everything went smoothly, and the stream of ether entered her body, then merged with her flesh and blood. Moments later, a faint golden energy appeared in her flesh and blood.

Evelina felt incredibly good when the thread of golden energy appeared. However, she didn’t understand why the ether disappeared and was replaced by this golden energy.

Evelina absorbed a stream of ether again, and this time she observed the entire process more closely using her magic sense. She noticed nothing. The ether disappeared, and then the golden energy appeared.

Evelina absorbed a stream of ether again, and this time she concentrated all her magic sense on one part of her body. Then, she saw a strange sight. When the ether entered her body, tiny golden runes appeared in her flesh and blood, then pounced on the ether like hungry wolves and devoured it. After devouring the ether, the runes became brighter. Moments later, the runes released the golden energy and then disappeared back into her flesh and blood.

At that moment, memories also appeared in Evelina’s consciousness.

“Bloodline Runes. The true essence of any bloodline. Bloodline Runes refine the World’s Power into magic force and allow humans and other races to embark on the path of magical practice. The Runes also contain the hereditary secret spells of the bloodline.”

Evelina shared her new knowledge with Eleanor and then continued to absorb ether.

A day passed.

Nothing happened. Food was brought to the cabin twice and distributed to everyone. The food wasn’t of the best quality, but it was better than nothing. After all, it was food that had to be stored for many weeks or even months.

…

The sixth day of the voyage.

Eleanor occasionally covered the ship with her magical sense and eavesdropped on the crew. By now, she had heard quite a lot of information. However, whenever the crew members accidentally began to talk about the captain, they stopped in fear or quickly changed the subject.

One thing was clear: the captain constantly stayed in his cabin and never left. However, sometimes Duke or Sinbad entered the captain’s cabin.

…

The seventh day.

Sinbad invited a woman from the cabin to a more spacious cabin. The woman gladly agreed and followed Sinbad. Eleanor watched them with her magic sense. Sinbad led the woman to the captain’s cabin, and together they entered, but a minute later Sinbad came out of the captain’s cabin alone.

Minutes later, the ship was filled with the screams and cries of the woman. However, these cries were very strange. They didn’t sound like cries of pain. These cries were more like the cries of palace maids when they provided special services to noble guests.

Eleanor began to suspect that the ship’s captain was a pervert. She wasn’t the only one who listened to the woman’s cries from the captain’s cabin; Evelina was also monitoring the situation. When she heard the cries from the captain’s cabin, she turned as red as a tomato; her neck and even her ears were flushed. She quickly turned off her magic sense and continued her cultivation.

The eighth day.

Sinbad invited another woman to a more spascious cabin. The woman also gladly agreed.

She entered the captain’s cabin.

For several hours, she also screamed and moaned, and then there was only dead silence.

The ninth day.

Sinbad brought another woman to the captain’s cabin. This time, the woman hesitated a bit because they hadn't seen or heard about the two women who had gone before. Hovever, Sinbad persuaded her with sweet talk and dispelled her doubts.

The same thing happened as before. First, there were moans of plesure, and then silence.

At this point, Eleanor had come to some conclusions. The women who entered the captain’s cabin must all be dead by now. There is a high likelihood that the captain is killling them all.

Hmm. It seems like the whole ship is just one big trap to collect women for the captain.

The tenth they.

Sinbad came to the women's cabin again. This time, his gaze fell on Eleanor.

Eleanor quickly realized that it was her turn, but she knew that resisting was pointless – sooner or later, it would be her turn. She asked:

“Is it my turn today?”

“You are not beautiful but also very clever, young ledy,” Sinbad replied, turning around. “Please fallow me.”

Before following Sinbad, Eleanor asked:

“Can I take my sister with me?”

Sinbad stopped, turned to Eleanor, and, glancing at Evelina, scratched his head and said, ambarrassed:

“Sorry, miss, I forgot you have a sister. Of course, she can come with you.”

If you want your sister die before you, so be it. The captain likes children even more than beautiful women, Sinbad smirked internally.