Part 3 the traveler chapter 47 the tacit understanding
48 Sour Lemon Street, outside the “Blue Breeze” hotel.
In his thick jacket and wide-legged pants, Danez “The Flame” took a detour back to the corner, where he didn’t move a step for a long time, debating whether or not to take advantage of the opportunity to run away and not face that horrible madman, Germaine Sparrow, again.
Unlike the encounter in Banshee Harbor, this time he was hiding on a distant roof, able to take in the entire battle area, and therefore, while assisting Germaine Sparrow and fighting against “Scarlet Thorn” Huntley, he finally got a clear view of the crazy adventurer’s fighting process, and grasped the extraordinary abilities and idiosyncrasies that the other party had demonstrated. The paper doubles, the flame flashes.
Paper double, flame flash, spiritual impact, the divine light of the “sun” field, the air bullets hit by rubbing hands and fingers, the ability to completely disguise as another person, as well as the magical glove that changed its shape several times and swallowed up Scor, the number of them exceeded my imagination, and several of them were incompatible, which could not be explained by adding one or two magical items to a mere sequence. This can’t be explained by just a sequence plus one or two magical items. …… Also, the hunger that comes from the depths of the soul says something. …… The glove of the “Hurricane Lieutenant General”, the “Creeping Hunger”. “Creeping Hunger”! The captain made a point of reminding us that the glove can graze the souls of multiple extraordinary people and thus use their abilities …… Danez’s mind flowed through what he had been thinking about earlier and his final judgment:
Germaine Sparrow was the current owner of “Creeping Hunger”!
He didn’t think lightly of his opponent because he relied on powerful magical items to make him look so terrifying, but instead grew more and more in awe.
The reason for this was that the amount of power most magical items could bring to bear depended on their own caliber, and without a certain amount of strength and rich experience in fighting in the Transcendent Realm, Gelman Sparrow wouldn’t have been able to take care of “Iron” in 10 seconds or so, even if he had possessed “Creeping Hunger”! McVittiga’s calm Scorcher.
Secondly, his captain, “Iceberg Admiral” Edwina Edwards learned from a secret channel that “Hurricane Admiral” didn’t die at the hands of the Storm Church, but was quickly killed by a certain powerful person on his way to escape.
Peak “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Zilingus how powerful, Danez not lack of understanding, understand a can easily solve his strong in which position, that is equal to stand in all the pirates at the top of the king, but also the most powerful and most horrible two of them, “the king of the five seas “The King of the Five Seas” and “Mysterious Queen”!
Although there is the factor of the raid, but also at most downgrade some evaluation, will not be worse than the “immortal king” how much, stronger than the “hell admiral” and “blood on the general”! …… “Creeping Hunger” is now attributed to Germaine Sparrow, which means that either he is the one who killed Tsilingus, or there is a Four Kings level figure standing behind him, either way, it’s even more terrifying than I originally thought and expected! Daniz’s body tightened, really not wanting to face the adventurer with crazy blood in his veins.
呼…… He exhaled, feeling that he had hesitated here for too long, and had to make a decision as soon as possible.
Germaine Sparrow knows divination and is quite confident in his ability in this area, and my “Cloak of Shadows” is in his hands, not only is it difficult to escape, but it will also provoke him …… “Cloak of Shadows” is a rare magic. “Cloak of Shadows” is a rare magical item …… Danez clenched his teeth, turned out of the corner, entered the hotel door, and came all the way to the outside of the luxury suite.
After cautiously waiting for a few seconds and watching for movement, Daniz took out his key and opened the door to the room.
He saw that the room was dimly lit, the gas wall sconces unlit, and the not-so-bright morning sunlight streaming in through the window and spilling over Germaine Sparrow, who was facing the door.
The adventurer had changed back to his original dress, a black tweed overcoat with dark pants, a half-height silk bowler hat in his hand, and his right foot raised and resting on his left thigh.
He leaned back slightly, his face appearing shadowy and blurred because his back was to the window, except for the dark brown eyes, which were unusually clear and gazed indifferently and calmly at the door.
Daniz unconsciously lowered his head and said with a dry smile:
”As you instructed, I went around to the location of several newspapers and wrote down the news of ‘Flame’ killing ‘Steel’ McVittie, ‘Scarlet Thorn’ Huntley, and Si Cowell’s news on paper and threw it in.
”Of course, within this news, I have a powerful helper who is mysterious, unknown, a top-notch adventurer, and a seasoned and veteran bounty hunter.”
Klein nodded softly and gave a polite smile:
”Very well.”
Daniz sighed in relief and looked around for a few moments, seeing the peacock blue colored “flying carpet”.
He froze for a few seconds and asked suspiciously:
”Where’s Steel and Huntley’s head?”
Klein spoke evenly:
”Didn’t take them.”
”Didn’t take?” Danez blurted out in shock, “What about our bounty?”
As long as he had the heads of “Steel” and “Scarlet Thorn”, he would be able to get the corresponding bounty through some people with connections and backgrounds, although this would result in a loss of fifteen to thirty percent of the money, but as a pirate, it was impossible to collect the money on his own, and he could only adopt this way – just because the military and the church used the bounty to encourage the pirates to kill each other doesn’t mean that they would let go of the gift that was delivered to their door.
What Daniz did not expect was that Gelman Sparrow, who had a mad thirst for money in his eyes, did not take the heads of Steel and Scarlet Thorn, which was equivalent to automatically giving up the bounty.
Klein didn’t answer him and pointed to the “flying carpet” on the ground:
”You are a collaborator, you have two choices.
”One is 3,000 pounds in cash, the other is this ‘flying carpet.
”You have 5 seconds to think about it, after that time, you will be considered to have given up.”
3,000 pounds in cash, or a flying carpet? This flying carpet seems to have only two abilities, levitation and flight, and the speed is not fast, not too useful …… not right, at sea, for the “sailor” outside the path of the extraordinary people, this kind of item is very precious, at least do not have to worry about the problem of what to do after the ship sinks …… Danitz hesitated for a moment.
Then he heard Germaine Sparrow count:
”Three, two ……”
! Daniz was shocked and spoke in a panic:
”Flying Carpet!”
Klein nodded:
”Good.”
Knowing that the other party was reputable, Daniz finally relaxed and asked, half muttering, half complaining:
”Why didn’t you count 5 and 4?”
The deal was 5 seconds!
Klein replied with an unchanged expression:
”Mentally counted.”
Mentally counted …… Danez took a deep breath and revealed a twisted smile.
Klein slowly stood up and, with a flick of his wrist, threw the bowler hat in his palm, letting it hang precariously on the rack before walking to the bedroom.
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Church of the Waves.
Alger, who had entered in the name of Morning Prayer, met with Diocesan Bishop Jogoli and recounted last night’s encounter as it happened, the only trimming done being the replacement of the Blood narcotic gas with the Church of the Night’s Sleeping Charm.
Jogori nodded appreciatively:
”For the sake of faith, daring to go deep into the enemy’s cave and bear the threat to your life, such behavior deserves commendation, you are a true Storm Servant.
”Last night, we captured five Extraordinary Ones, killing two on the spot, and killing McVitie, Huntley, and Scorchers as a result; the heads of these three pirates will either no longer be seen, or they are in our hands, and the government’s bounty will be returned to us.
”This totals over ten thousand pounds, and you will receive the greater part of it, or six thousand pounds.
”Do not excuse yourself; the Lord tells us that he who fights for the faith shall not be made to stumble.”
”Storm above!” Alger pounded his left chest with an excited fist.
Although he and the “world” did not agree on how to share the booty, but he believed that the two had a certain tacit understanding of this, for example, each hunted pirates on the body of the things, do not interfere with each other, bounty because of the Church of the whitewash, the two equally divided.
As for the bounty of Intis, Fusak and other countries and organizations, Alger did not have the luxury of hope, because each time to collect the target needs to be handed over a complete body or head, so can only pick one of the family, the only deep background, and the relationship with the various organizations of various countries, can get all the people.
3000 pounds belongs to the “world” …… I am missing 3000 pounds at once, will inevitably arouse suspicion, well, we have to look for an opportunity to buy a magical item, this kind of thing because of the scarcity, often have a premium, the urgent need is even more so, 3000 pounds to buy the newspaper! 5000 pounds no one will suspect …… and then the old Quinn got a sale, this account will be flat …… Alger quickly had a follow-up treatment.
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Knowing that there will be 3,000 pounds in the account, Klein sat happily in the high-backed chair of the “Fool” and thought about a serious problem.
That is, after grazing “Steel” McVitie, according to the promise, he will release a soul within the “writhing hunger”.
Their extraordinary abilities are very useful, and it would be a shame to release them before finding a replacement. …… Besides, I’ve already released the Faceless Man, so this time it doesn’t seem necessary. …… Hesitation, hesitation, and reluctance festered in Klein’s mind, leaving him with no decision for a long time.
After a while, he leaned back and exhaled.
”Can’t fool myself.” He shook his head and lost his smile, all relaxed by his resolve.
He would keep his promise and free a soul.
The previous Faceless Man had been released early because he wanted the appropriate information, in essence a quid pro quo.
Which one to release? Ms. “Justice” bought the materials of “Psycho”, bought 5,500 pounds of magical items, and even if she is rich, she should be in a cash crunch, so it is not a good time to sell “Psycho”. This time to sell the “psychiatrist” extraordinary characteristics is not too appropriate, well, she is still short of my dependents 2000 pounds, February and March to repay …… Klein vetoed the previous idea, intends to release the “nightmare” first.
As a former “night watchman”, he always has some impression and emotional bias towards the extraordinary people in this field, so without other factors, the choice is not difficult to make.
After calming his emotions, Klein picked up the human skin glove that he had brought into the gray mist earlier, and closed his eyes to sense the distorted and illusory souls.
Without hesitation, he unleashed “Nightmare”.