Ragnarok and Bootstrap approached the Flying Dutchman. Will waved gratefully to Rigel, then went to talk to his father, excited to finally see him. Rigel stepped onto the Flying Dutchman, ready for the warning from the Adventure Book.
Just as he expected, the Adventure Book opened with the sound of pages turning, stopping on a new page, and the writing began to appear.
[Congratulations, writer, for embarking on the legendary ship, Flying Dutchman, and updating the attributes of the "Figurehead".]
[Figurehead (Platinum)]
[Type: Bound Equipment - Ship (Only obeys the Writer and can only be attached to a ship.)]
[Effect 1: Living Ship -> When placed on a ship, it gains a life of its own, loyal to the Writer, and the figurehead can move freely, even passing through walls as if they didn't exist. Both the figurehead and the attached ship can heal extremely quickly from any damage. The figurehead can now leave the ship for up to 100 meters.]
[Effect 2: Hidden First Mate -> The ship can now navigate autonomously and control the objects within it, even merging with the ship. The entire ship can become a weapon. It can completely merge with the ship, retaining its ship form or assuming a giant figurehead form.]
[Effect 3: Ghost Ship -> Can transform into a ghost ship, capable of flying, submerging, and becoming invisible. The entire ship, its cargo, and its crew become incorporeal, like true ghosts. (Each day of use requires one hour of recharge, with a maximum of 7 days of continuous use. You can turn this effect on and off at any time, as long as you don't exceed the maximum time limit.)]
[Effect 4: One ship, one captain. - The main ship serves as an anchor point, the writer can teleport directly to the ship as long as they are in the same world. Teleportation is instantaneous and cannot be prevented by magical barriers or limitations. (One-day cooldown)]
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Rigel looked at the effects of the Figurehead, the first effect changed two things, the ship's healing speed became "extreme", whatever that meant, the concert speed must have increased greatly, although Ragnarok rarely got damaged after he took it over.
Furthermore, Jormun could now leave the ship, although only by 100 meters, which could prove useful later.
The second effect also underwent a major change, now Jormun could completely merge with the ship, disappearing into it, or he could make the ship merge with him, at which point Jormun would grow considerably, becoming a gigantic wooden snake.
Rigel felt this would be very useful in the future, after all, he wouldn't always be at sea. The ship's ability to transform into a snake is the same as acquiring a terrestrial form. Rigel even thought he could use this to move around in more magical worlds.
Along with the power of the Crown, Rigel can always take Jormun with him and let him go whenever needed, whether for combat or transportation, it was a useful effect.
Effect 3 was even more interesting, in addition to the ability to become intangible, fly, and submerge, Jormun could now become invisible, and could remain in this state for up to 7 continuous days before needing to recharge for only 7 hours.
If Rigel didn't want to travel by land, he could fly with the ship and nobody would even see it.
Another point is that since Jormun can now assume a purely snake-like form for battle, nothing prevents him from using these effects in that form, that is, a giant snake that can fly, become invisible, and intangible.
The note at the bottom made it clear that it could freely switch between modes, as long as it didn't exceed the maximum time limit of 7 days. The vast majority of battles would last less than that, and with its extreme healing, there was no fear of Ragnarok being permanently damaged.
Aside from the ballista attached to it, the cannons, the flamethrower, and even the black flag.
The last ability was the simplest, one-way teleportation.
It seemed like a small thing, until you realized it could be used at any time, regardless of where he or the ship was, no magical limitations or barriers could stop him.
In other words, as long as the ability is not on cooldown, he can escape at any time.
Even if he's at Hogwarts, he can't be stopped, if he ends up in Azkaban, he already has a way to get out easily.
Rigel nodded, satisfied. That was a good thing, although only he could use it, it was still an extremely useful escape skill.
Rigel glanced at Ragnarok, Jormun was already writhing with pleasure, feeling the growing power. Noticing his gaze, Jormun hissed joyfully, expressing gratitude.
Rigel simply nodded. Calypso noticed the change, but by this point she had already noticed the random things happening around Rigel, so she didn't bother questioning him, after all, Rigel wouldn't answer anyway.
Rigel glanced back at Will, who was hugging his father, both of them smiling brightly with excitement.
For a moment, Rigel couldn't tell if Bootstrap Bill Turner was lucky or unlucky, on the one hand, his years of servitude to Davy Jones were over, but on the other, he was now bound to the fate of taking the souls of the dead at sea to the underworld.
At that point, it depended on the perspective.
Rigel didn't feel bad about it, he hadn't killed him, nor had he caused the 'curse' to fall upon him alone, it was all by chance.
Bill finally left Will and went to Rigel.
"Captain Black, thank you." Bill nodded humbly, not even his unfortunate fate could diminish the man's gratitude. Not for freeing him, Bill believed he deserved to suffer for the things he had done, but for Rigel taking care of Will.
Rigel didn't bother trying to understand Bill's mind, he simply nodded, satisfied that the man didn't seem to blame him.
Will approached, his face showing concern. "Rigel, is there any way to free him from the curse?"
Rigel looked at Will thoughtfully. The coffin? It wouldn't do any good, the coffin is too slow and would probably break before it could handle Charon's power.
Perhaps the Curse-Breaking potion would work, but that would probably only expel Bill's black heart, without a heart, Bill would die anyway. Of course, Rigel had no way to prepare the potion right now.
Rigel thought for a long time, but shook his head, he had no idea what to do.
Will pursed his lips, suppressing his anxiety, his eyes turning to Calypso as if pleading for a solution.
However, Calypso shook her head. "What fate has joined together, not even I can separate. Perhaps if we still had the trident, it could be done, but my power is not enough to separate them. Even if someone kills him and becomes the new captain, I could not revive him, his soul would not be lost at sea to be found, but would be bound to 'his' own heart."
Rigel blinked, at the end of the fifth film, during the credits, a scene appears, the shadow of Davy Jones appears after the curse has been broken.
Perhaps, at the moment the curse was purged from Will, one of the trapped souls, perhaps the most useful, perhaps the strongest, perhaps the last, or perhaps it was simply by chance, the fact is that the heart cannot be destroyed, at least not by them. If the heart wasn't destroyed, without connection to anyone else, it may have simply extracted Davy Jones' soul from within it to bring him back.
Rigel only had theories, but in the end, it didn't matter, the fact was that Bill Turner was bound to this fate, unless another item like the Trident of Poseidon could be found, something that could completely separate Bill's soul from this black heart.
"I'm sorry." Rigel looked at Will and said, in the end, there was nothing he could do.
Will could only look at his father, his eyes filled with guilt, but Bill just looked at him and smiled, placing his hand on his shoulder.
"It's alright, son. In the end, this life isn't so bad after all." Bootstrap said.
Will opened his mouth, but in the end he could only sigh.
"But..." Bill spoke suddenly, hesitantly.
"What?" Will asked, looking at his father, wanting to help in any way he could.
"Ten years. I must carry the souls of those who died at sea for ten years, but when the ten years are over, will you still be there?" Bill asked, hesitant but hopeful.
Will smiled, a gentle smile. "No."
Bill felt a tightness in his chest, but before he could find an excuse to make Will feel better and plan to advise him on how to live a good life, Will continued.
"I'm not going to wait 10 years." Will said. "I'm a pirate, you don't need to go ashore to see me, I'll always be here with you."
Bill froze, staring stunned at his son. Although the fact that his son had chosen a life of piracy weighed heavily on his conscience, he couldn't refuse. Instead, he simply smiled, hugging Will tightly.
Rigel watched this calmly, he only wanted to ask Will about the losses from the battle against Davy Jones, but in the end he just sighed, it wasn't the right time.
"Let's go." He said to Calypso, turning and heading back towards Ragnarok.
Calypso looked at the father and son figures for a moment, a smile lingering on her lips as always. She closed her eyes and blew lightly, a gentle breeze enveloped them both, surprising them. Even Rigel stopped, looking back, curious about what Calypso was doing now.
"You will always feel each other while you are at sea." The goddess said, smiling one last time at them, then turning and going after Rigel.
Rigel watched Calypso's figure approach and pass by him, he walked beside her as he spoke.
"How rare it is for you to act so kindly and sentimentally." Rigel joked.
Calypso looked at him and said, "That's how fate wanted it... besides, you know very well how 'kindly and sentimentally' I can be."
She finished by giving Rigel a gentle wink, who looked away, returning to his serious expression, pretending not to have heard.
This made Calypso let out a soft laugh, she always loved these moments when she left Rigel speechless.