Ball of Nothing Chapter 585: Ship That Sinks

Chapter 585: Ship That Sinks

Over lunch, Monoman shared the side of his story that Truen wanted to know.

"We lived in the wilderness closest to where Indra Seagloo was thought to be. Every year, we get attacked by sea monsters, and I defended the village against it. However, in recent years, the attacks beca more frequent. Thus I decided to relocate the villagers. I initially went to Deadman Town to ask Dwayne there for a favour. Fortunately, I t you. It might be a little overdue, but thank you for giving us a new place to live!"

The semi-giant lowered his head and bowed deeply. Zero looked at the sincere man and smiled. He didn't make a mistake in judging this man's character. He was a good leader who truly cared for those under him. Half Moon Village was blessed to have such a loyal ally. Perhaps when he left Earth, the people he left behind would be alright. After all, they now had one another to rely on.

"Don't say that," Zero sighed. "I took you in because I trusted your abilities and my judgent in a person's character. I ca back for two reasons. The first is to take a much-needed break to recuperate from all the stress, and the second is to find out more about Indra Seagloo from soone who had first-hand encounters. You ntioned that the only way to get to Indra Seagloo was by travelling in a ship that sank?"

Bringing the topic of Indra Seagloo to the table made the mood sombre. Monoman rembered the horrors of fighting the sea monsters very clearly.

"It's not sothing I've done personally, but we heard from various sources. I don't know how credible the stories are, but sailors who stop by our lawless village would often tell stories when they are drunk."

According to Monoman, the ship that sank wasn't created by a gno, even if they had sothing similar. Indra Seagloo wasn't located in a fixed location. The base of operations moved according to the seasons and Queen Leah's preference in lovers. So sailors tried to chart the location of Indra Seagloo over the years by marking out the area of disasters and when they happened. Nobody knows the truth, but sailors claim that Quen Leah had a peculiar preference for exotic lovers.

"How is that related to a ship that sinks?" Bob asked.

Monoman sighed. "This is the first part of the legend. A ship that sinks can enter Indra Seagloo, but nobody who entered it ever returned. Call them superstitious, but the sailors believe that if the ship they are on gets attacked and beco shipwrecks, they beco reborn into sea monsters in Indra Seagloo if they were not chosen as Queen Leah's new lover."

That made a lot of sense. The trip to Indra Seagloo for sailors would be a one-way ticket. The legend would make a lot of sense, but Zero didn't know how many ships they had to board just to get a chance at eting Queen Leah instead of a watery grave.

"You said that was the first part of the legend," Truen pointed out. "Is there a second part to it?"

Despite going all over the place to find information about Indra Seagloo, Truen ca back with more questions than answers. The only ones who had direct contact with Indra Seagloo were the water sprites in U.N.U. and the beastfolks at Lycantopia who suffered at the hands of petty sea thugs. Monoman was another survivor of encounters with sea monsters from Indra Seagloo, but none of these people actually knew the real Indra Seagloo.

"The second part to this legend that only myself and a few villagers know. However, I cannot confirm the truth."

Intrigued, Zero asked for details.

"I t beastfolks before Jermine ca along. In a way, the beastfolk I t was rather similar to Jermine. He travelled a long distance from ho because of an argunt with his brother and was on a journey to find his answer when he stopped by our humble village. It should be about a decade ago when I t this sea otter beastman who went by the na of Pocky. He was a shipwright."

Monoman recalled how shipwright Pocky lived with them for several months, studying the sea and drawing maps.

"Pocky was a very serious shipwright. Together with his brother, he claid to be able to build ships that could sail anywhere in the ocean, including to Indra Seagloo. Beastfolks do not have much magic. Like gnos, the sea otter shipwright brothers used more science than magic to design their ships. I rember asking him why he continued to travel and study the sea patterns. He replied that he was trying to find evidence to prove his brother wrong."

"What kind of argunt did they have that Pocky had to travel such a long distance just to study the sea?"

Monoman groaned. "It was a stupid argunt. Even I cannot understand why they were so obsessed with the shape of this planet. Pocky claid that the world was flat while his brother swore that it was round. Hence, Pocky left on a journey to record the images of the sea he saw. He believes that the edge of the world is where the sea lies. I don't know the details, but Pocky was very heated up when he explained his theory."

Amused, Zero asked what theory Pocky's brother had about the shape of the Earth. Truen recalled sothing similar to his previous life. Back in those days, it was challenging for people to prove that the world was spherical. Many people assud that the world was as flat as the map they drew until sea exploration beca famous.

"I don't recall the details, but I will agree with Pocky's brother about the world's shape. I believe it is round."

"How co?" Zero asked, and Monoman grinned. He pointed to the sky.

"The sun and moon move throughout the day. If the world was flat, the position of the sun and moon would not change vertically. It would change horizontally."

Zero deadpanned. Was this really the correct answer?

"I see. What was the theory Pocky's brother had?"

Monoman scratched his chin. "He said sothing along the lines of walking in a straight line. Eventually, soone will arrive at the sa spot if they continue to walk and sail in one straight line. This proves that the world is round and not flat. If it was flat, we would have fallen off the edges at the end."

Impressed by the wisdom of Pocky's brother, Zero tried to find out if Monoman knew more. The semi-giant frowned. "I don't know the details, but the shipwright brothers were supposed to create a ship capable of sailing in one straight line to prove that the world was round. It was a ship that should be able to sail on any terrain. They called it an airship, but the project failed. It was later known as the sinking ship. I believe this is the second part of where the legend ca from."

An airship, a sinking ship and a world shape theory by shipwrights... Suddenly, this matter has beco more complicated than it should be. Zero wondered if they would ever co close to finding the true location of Indra Seagloo. As of now, they were clutching at straws, but Zero's best chance of success was to find either brother and ask for a special ship commissioned for a trip to Indra Seagloo.