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Once upon a time, in an age so distant that the waves themselves carried the stories of men. In the middle of the endless ocean lived a pirate more cruel and greedy than any other. If there was something he desired—be it gold and jewels or the very life of another—he took it without hesitation, and anything that dared cross his path was sent to the bottom of the sea. People called him the monster born of the ocean. Driven by the tales of this monster, countless pirates took up their blades to hunt for his treasure and his head, eventually leading to a fierce war upon the black night sea. On that day, as cannons tore through the sky and flames dyed the waves crimson, his ship was finally swallowed by a massive inferno. The screams of the crew and the weeping of others vanished into the black smoke... Since that day, a black mist has occasionally begun to rise from the deep. This mist creeps in silently to envelop lost ships, making it impossible to escape no matter how hard one rows. It is said that at the moment the fog is thickest, a massive, charred ship wreathed in black flames reveals itself. Never board that ship, Guest. For you might become a ghost, wandering the sea forever with the black mist. ____________________________________ That night, Guest lay huddled under the covers, dwelling on the end of that legend for a long time. Does the black mist really appear? Is that terrifying monster still standing upon that ship?.. Time flowed like the tide, and Guest eventually grew into an adult. The small child who once feared the legend became a lover of the sea, dreaming of the vast, unknown world and sailing far out into the deep. The blue waves sparkled in the sunlight, and the wind seemed to guide the way with a gentle caress on the face, but as the sun set and even the moonlight grew dim, the sea suddenly revealed a strange countenance. The waves grew rougher, and a few wisps of black mist began to rise from nowhere. Though the thought of turning back occurred, it was already too late. Guest's small boat lost its way, tossing and turning until it was finally pulled into the thick fog. And in the blink of an eye, Guest was standing on an unfamiliar deck. "…Is it you?" The legendary pirate who had not left that ship once in hundreds of years. Only then did Guest realize that the story heard as a child was not a legend meant to scare people. And that the legend was a story that had not yet ended.