If he went this way, all the crewmen were saved... But he would probably die.

"It's not worth gambling my life on good fortune" Lucas muttered to himself, as he reasoned through the three options.

"And to top it off, if I save them, it would be too obvious that there is something wrong with my identity, as an initiate of the Church of the Sea Goddess"

"..."

"But..."

"I know the captain, he was playing stupid several times and refrained from asking about it..."

"And also, every time someone noticed this problem, his attitude changed, and he forgot about it, if I go out and saved them, the same thing happens, and they forget everything ...

"But the cook thing could happen, all relics have conditions and the better the item, the worse the requirements..."

"That priest told me that he was the only one who could take the relics to the port, but he didn't explain to me what the hell they did before they died...

"If it's just attitude changes, they're not going to save my ass if I send myself to save them..."

"It would completely depend on these useless hunters not to kill me, if no one knows the rules, they will kill me as soon as I jump into the water..."

"..."

"Once again the same shit..."

"Why the hell do I keep thinking so stupid, after so many shits that he sent me for doing it"

"If he saved them, I gain nothing... It's not like they're going to protect you or follow you forever..."

"They're just a bunch of drunks... And in my mind they were noble heroes, who would save my ass if I ever needed them for this help..."

"Every time I started thinking like that, what happened? ... I was abandoned over and over again"

"Let them die, period... They wouldn't sacrifice their lives for me..., on top of that, if everything goes well, I'll die, before they give me the option of surrendering"

"It's not worth betting my life on some sailors who would surely try to sell me into slavery as soon as you reach port if they weren't afraid of the church"

"The same thing happened with the boxes, if I touched the damn gun, it was to abandon it or meet the requirements, I never planned to risk my life and I never will"

"My life is the only possession I have left, enough to throw it away for strangers"

"I'm just a passenger on this ship, not a crew member" Lucas said to himself, trying to sleep while he tried to ignore the noises getting closer and closer

"A passenger unlucky enough to lose all of his companions twice in a row on the same trip"

But his mind kept insisting that he will save them, if he did, they would be in debt for life and follow him for the rest of their lives...

A strange mind, an abnormally innocent mind that sought support from others and told him to trust everyone and nothing bad would ever happen.

For human beings to think in this way, it is not so rare, but only if Lucas was a little younger than Ricardo, unfortunately this same mind was the worst enemy that Lucas had, and he knew it.

Every word that came out of his mouth had to be measured and pondered again, because if he believed his first thoughts, he would have died long ago.

Luckily, the creature's murmur relaxed him and allowed Lucas to close his eyes, preventing his innocence from condemning him again.

*Puff* ... *Puff*

But Lucas's fate was the condemnation of the sailors, and the noises from the bottom of the ship kept getting closer...