In the dark night, a narrow bay resembled a long and narrow dark mouth waiting for people to enter. The gloomy and terrifying forest on both sides made it difficult for the moonlight to shine in.
A small boat sailed slowly over the shallow sea towards a dark wooden cabin by the shore. The cabin emitted a strange and lifeless atmosphere, causing discomfort and chills in people's hearts.
Especially in the sea, there were more than a hundred people holding thick candles with bean-sized flames, slowly gathering towards them in silence. They all had almost the same expression on their faces, unable to reveal any obvious emotions, but with a hint of numbness and dullness in their eyes.
In this eerie scene, everyone on the boat was inevitably attracted to turn their heads to look, and Li Xiu was no exception.
He knew who lived in the cottage in the forest, and the scene before him made him associate everything together.
The power of Western gods is more or less related to the number of believers in it. Calypso was sealed and fixed into human form, and her divine power should have weakened to the point of being unusable. But she was still able to bring the dead back to life, probably because she used some kind of witchcraft that made all the people on the island her followers.
The boat was anchored, and the group entered the cottage.
The light inside was dim and yellow, with many strange and unknown objects, emitting an unidentifiable strange smell. There were also many jars containing various creatures and organs placed everywhere in the room, making it cluttered and terrifying.
Soon, a dark-skinned woman walked out. Her teeth were black, and she wore a tattered and dirty skirt made of patches of cloth. Her hair was braided or in dreadlocks, adorned with various miscellaneous trinkets.
It's hard to say if she was beautiful or ugly. At first glance, she looked very ugly, but after looking for a while, there was a different kind of charm that made people feel a sense of trust.
Li Xiu understood that the latter should be caused by witchcraft, and it was very weak, easily immune to those with a strong will.
When Tia Dalma saw that someone had come to visit, she turned around and went back into the cottage to prepare drinks.
Li Xiu couldn't tell if her recent resurrection of someone had weakened her powers or if she was hiding too well, but her spiritual sensitivity was far beyond that of ordinary people, and he couldn't sense any of her divine power.
But he still didn't dare to underestimate her. She was a god, even if she was sealed.
The Sea Goddess - Calypso, her temperament was as changeable and cruel as the sea. She liked men with wild and ambitious hearts, or perhaps she liked to capture them and make them fall madly in love with her.
And when she gets tired of them, she reveals her true nature and disappears, leaving behind a heartbroken man and endless emptiness.
This cycle repeats itself, and she never gets tired of it.
But one day, she pays a heavy price for her actions and ends up in a desperate situation.
Davy Jones, a handsome and ambitious young pirate, is captivated by the sea goddess Calypso. He willingly becomes the captain of the ghost ship "Flying Dutchman" and agrees to guide the souls of the dead to the underworld, even if it means only being able to set foot on land once every ten years.
Davy Jones sacrifices his freedom, his soul, and his heart for this love. Ten years is a long time for Davy Jones, but he endures it with the support of his beloved Calypso. However, ten years is even longer for Calypso...
When Davy Jones arrived at the agreed-upon island ten years later, he did not see Calypso.
The person he loved had betrayed and abandoned him. In despair and heartache, Davy Jones dug out his own heart and buried it along with the love letters from the past on that island in a chest.
From then on, Davy Jones refused to guide the souls of the dead for Calypso, which led to a terrible curse.
His loyal heart no longer existed, and the beautiful love turned to ashes and hate. The handsome man also turned into a grotesque and terrifying monster.
In order to take revenge on Calypso, he told the Brethren Court ( Nine Pirate Lords ) how to seal Calypso, which caused her to lose her powers and be sealed in the form of a normal human.
After that, the dark lord that made all the pirates on the sea tremble, would always hide in his captain's room, playing the same song over and over again, when the night is deep and the people are quiet.
He can only sleep peacefully by listening to the familiar melody that once made him feel so wonderful, coming from the peach-shaped music box pendant on his hand.
Similarly, Calypso, who doesn't know if it's love or hate, also often wears the same peach-shaped music box pendant when she became Tia Dalma.
In the room, after Will Turner repeats the news of Jack Sparrow's death, Li Xiu took his gaze back from the pendant.
Tia Dalma walked to Elizabeth Swann with a tray of wine glasses, Elizabeth, due to guilty conscience, was a bit dazed and shook her head to refuse, but Tia Dalma said meaningfully: "Wine can keep you warm and also ease your sorrows."
Elizabeth had no choice but to take the wine glass and didn't think much of it, but in Li Xiu's eyes, this "witch" was almost able to guess the truth.
Tia Dalma walked to Will's side and passed him a wine glass. "It's a pity that I know you've always wanted to defeat the devil and save your suffering father with the Black Pearl..."
"It doesn't matter anymore, the Black Pearl and its captain sank into the sea together." Will sighed and took a big gulp of wine with a gloomy expression.
Gibbs was moved and raised his glass, "Since Jack Sparrow's death, the world has become a little darker. He sacrificed himself in the end to save us, cheers to the forever Captain Jack Sparrow!"
The one-eyed man raised his cup and said, "There will never be another Captain Jack."
"He was a gentleman worth respecting!"
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Tia Dalma walked to Li Xiu's side and was about to raise her head and pass the cup, but her hand trembled slightly.
She sensed that the silent man in front of her was almost as strong as an angry whale, but there was no trace of power in his body. Was he a descendant of the lost gods? It was hard to imagine!
Li Xiu felt the emotional fluctuations of the person in front of him, but he didn't say anything, just politely took the cup and said thank you.
Tia Dalma looked at the man in front of her deeply, and she didn't know what she was thinking. A few seconds later, she turned around with a normal expression but with a strong hint of manipulation in her tone.
"If there was a chance to save Jack Sparrow now, would you be willing to do it?"
Several people in the room looked up, wondering if the powerful witch had any other solutions.
Tia Dalma's face showed a hint of a strange expression, and she spoke loudly again, "Are you willing to sail to the ends of the earth, to the end of the world, to save the Black Pearl and its captain?"
Hearing these two sentences, Li Xiu's mouth lifted in a cold smile. He knew that the sea goddess's self-rescue plan had begun. She wanted to break the seal and regain the boundless divine power that could cause the sea to roll and surge.