BXBX NOVEL Chapter 97 97: Decision
"Do you need help young man."
A calm voice spread out unto the environment, reaching Corey's ears, causing him to turn the source of the voice.
"Do you need help young man?"
The voice spoke out once more and with a surprised, confused and suspicious expression.
In front of him was a ship made out metal and at the edge of the ship, was a middle aged man in black shorts and tees.
This middle aged man was the person who spoke and was currently looking at him. Apart from the middle aged man, Corey could see other people moving around in the ship, some shouting orders while others were busy working.
"If you're done looking, do you want help young man?"
The middle aged man asked once again causing Corey to look at him, and when he did, he noticed that the man had a face filled with sincerity.
"I hope you know that the approaching mist in the distance is extremely dangerous. The mist is not actually a mist, it's a bunch of vengeful spirits that would attack anything that has life around them.
Also, know that their range of perception is actually high.
So, unless you have something that can defend against powerful spirits or hide your presence, just know that you can't survive with your strength."
The middle aged man spoke and explained with a sincere expression after seeing the cautious expression on Corey's face.
He expected the cautious expression on Corey's face to decrease but to his surprise, Corey's cautious expression did not decrease.
"That mist of vengeful spirits are actually going for that titanic abomination."
The middle aged man gestured towards the titanic creature which was already extremely far away from them, but the mist of vengeful spirits, although not fast and not slow, were reducing the distance between them.
"If you're wondering how we plan on surviving the mist of vengeful spirits, this ship has a function which can mask our life force, thereby not allowing the vengeful spirits to notice us.
You'll be safer with us... that is if you don't have your own way of surviving the mist of vengeful spirits."
The middle aged man then glanced at the mist of vengeful spirits with a slight frown on his face.
"What are you doing here?... In the black sea?"
Corey asked with a calm expression and the middle aged man turned towards Corey, a slightly confused expression on his face.
"We're fishermen of the black sea. Some of this monster's sell for a high price and sometimes we find treasures which can be sold for lots of money.
But unfortunately, today was such a bad day for us to fish."
The man spoke and Corey had raised brows.
"Why?"
"We encountered one of the forbidden, the true dangers of the black sea, the titanic abomination."
The middle aged explained while gesturing towards the titanic creature which they could still see despite the distance between them.
"So do you need help or what?"
The middle aged asked and Corey glanced at the mist of vengeful spirits which were about 500m away from them.
'Record'
Corey activated his talent skill, Record on the mist of vengeful spirits and his left eye changed to rapidly changing numbers, symbols and letters.
A few seconds later, his eyes changed back to normal.
According to Record, the 'mist' in the distance was a bunch of vengeful spirits just like the man said, and some of those spirits were tier 3 or higher since Record could not record some.
He looked at the middle aged man with a calm expression, though he was slightly surprised internally that the man was not lying.
'Record'
He activated Record once again, but to his surprise, his talent skill did not get activated.
A frown crept up on his face when he realized that and he glanced at one of the men that was giving orders on the ship.
He activated Record once again, and this time, it worked but he was shocked when he realized that the man was tier 2.
"Answer me young man. Are you coming with us?"
Just as he was lost in his thoughts, the middle aged man spoke with a frustrated tone.
Corey glanced at him and for two seconds, he kept quiet before he spoke:
"Thank you for your offer, but I would have to decline that offer. I'll be fine on my own."
Although the mist of vengeful spirits were dangerous and would probably kill him, Corey would rather face them than enter a ship filled with powerful humans that mysteriously appeared around him and were also 'fishermen' of the black sea.
Humans were much more dangerous creatures because of their ability to think deeply, cunningness and sometimes cruel nature.
Corey did not entirely believe that this group were 'fishermen' that just encountered him then decided to help him.
For all he knew, this group might even be part of the Temple of Flames or they might want him for the reward given by the temple of flames.
It would not be the first time that Corey would encounter a group that would want attempt to help him but truly, they meant him harm cause of the rewards given by the Temple of Flames.
The group that he killed before he entered the black sea was such a group.
When he first encountered them, they saw him when he was walking and offered him a ride despite him not telling them where he was going.
When he realized that the group were not as strong as he was, he decided to use them and go somewhere near the black sea port, but the moment he reached near the location, they attacked him and the battle that ended their lives occured.
Despite all that had happened to Corey, Corey is not the type of person that would say he wouldn't trust any human just because of everything that happened to him.
He's also not the type of person that would say that all humans were evil and would cause him harm, so he was not going to trust anybody.
It's just that this ship, this group in front of him was extremely shady and suspicious to him despite the sincerity the middle aged man who he assumed to be the captain of the ship/group showed.
And unfortunately, it seemed that his worries were not unfounded.
"Oh. That's too bad, but you can't leave."