After leaving the pier, the strong wind surprisingly calmed down a lot. Although the weeds and leaves on the ground were blown away, at least it would not blow Angel's hat into the sky.
Residents throughout Bansy Harbor adhered to the custom of "not going out at night when the weather changes drastically", closed the doors tightly, and hid in their homes. At this time, there was no one on the street, and the street lamps with candles as luminous objects were not lit. Only the crimson moonlight shone faintly on the road, adding a touch of color to the dark port.
Under the guidance of Danitz, the three people quickly walked towards "Lime Restaurant". Klein was in front, holding a cane in one hand and a borrowed lantern in the other. The lantern protected by transparent glass steadily emitted a warm but weak light in the wind, illuminating the way forward for the two people except Angel.
Angel was at the end of the team, protecting the weakest Danitz between the two. She put her hands into the pockets of her windbreaker, holding the "Good Luck" revolver in her right hand, and her left hand was always ready to turn the "Knight Bracelet" on her wrist into a suitable weapon to deal with the enemy.
The only one who was not in a good state, Danitz, had not yet realized that he was being protected. He pressed the skirt of his clothes fluttering in the wind with one hand and put a tent on his forehead with the other hand, trying to identify the direction in the wind as usual.
"Turn left. On the right is the road out of the port and up the mountain."
He reminded that Klein in front of him changed direction, walked to the left, and turned into another street. His figure disappeared from the sight of the two people behind him for a moment.
At the moment when the formation changed, a black shadow emerged from the thick fog, the size of a watermelon, and quickly hit Klein's back like a cannonball.
What!
Danitz, who was following behind him, immediately reacted, raised his right hand, and at some point there was a classically styled revolver in his palm. He aimed slightly and was about to shoot at the black shadow.
Swish——
Invisible threads shot out from all sides, like a net, sealing the direction of the impact of the black shadow. The shadow that lost momentum after hitting the net revealed its true face in front of Danitz.
It's a floating human head!
It has no part below the neck, only a red and yellow esophagus hanging under the head, swaying in the wind like a tail. The skin on the head's face is shriveled and droopy, covered with mold spots, outlining the outline of the cheeks.
Between the cheeks, the highly decayed nose and lips were dripping with green pus, the sharp teeth underneath were exposed, and the eyes were bulging and turbid.
Is this the head of a corpse? Why does it fly?
Danitz has followed "Iceberg Admiral" to explore many sunken ships and secret treasures on isolated islands. He has encountered monsters of various shapes, so he is well-informed, but this horrifying shape with only the head and eating organs still scared him into a cold sweat.
He was about to aim and shoot at the head that suddenly stopped in the air, when a pure bright yellow light fell from the sky and was inserted into the flying head like a sharp sword. Along with an inhuman scream, the head was wiped out in the holy light, leaving only a handful of ash floating in the wind.
With it as the center, the web-shaped flames spread out in all directions, as if an invisible spider web was lit.
This is the invisible thread that bound me this morning... Could it be that the holy light was released by this guy Gehrman Sparrow? He looks hateful and acts crazy. Who would have expected that he is a believer in "Sun"? Or is it just the damage caused by a certain Mystical Item?
Based on the battle that just ended in an instant, Danitz assessed the strength of the two temporary teammates and was about to say a few words as usual when he suddenly discovered that where the flying head had just appeared, several more black shadows appeared, the same size and the same speed.
One, two, three, four... a total of four!
Counting the number of heads flying towards him, Danitz became excited. The battle was over before he could show his performance. At this time, the number of attacking enemies was even more than the number of people in the team. He wanted to fight two!
Bang——
A shot was fired, and the large-caliber bullet penetrated the eyebrow of the nearest head. The huge force caused it to stop in mid-air. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Danitz pointed a finger with his free left hand, and a red flame appeared from his fingertips, expanded rapidly, ejected, and hit the flying head.
With a bang, bright firelight rose up, illuminating the surrounding streets shrouded in fog.
In the haze, more black shadows gradually approached. They appeared in the flash of firelight, and then disappeared into the thick fog.
Five, six, seven... shit, I can't count them!
Danitz only felt that there were flying heads hanging from the esophagus in all directions. He forced himself to calm down and looked at the target that was solved first. However, he was horrified to find that the skin of the head was scorched black after being baptized by the flames, dragging black smoke, and flew here completely unaffected. The rotten mouth opened wide, and the sharp teeth were about to bite Danitz's neck.
Bang——
At the critical moment, Danitz leaned back to avoid the fatal bite, raised his right foot, accurately kicked the head in the air, and kicked it behind him. After falling to the ground and rolling, he pinched out a fireball that was much smaller but brighter than the flame just launched, guiding it to catch up with the kicked head and accurately drill into the mouth full of fangs.
The fire came along with the huge sound, and the flying head was blown to pieces from the inside. Countless fragments dragged black smoke and fell to the ground. It was too dead to die.
Huh, we finally solved it. This thing is much harder to deal with than it looks. Those two people easily solved one of them. I thought it was just an ordinary monster...
Danitz exhaled, gripped the pistol and quickly climbed up. He still remembered that there were at least six or seven heads like this around him!
But when he looked at the two people who had made no movement with a gun, he found that there were more than a dozen flying-headed monsters piled up in the open space between the teams. They were trapped in invisible nets and restrained in place. Some of them were biting their fangs, and some were shaking their esophagus, but they were unable to move at all.
Poof——
A black flame the size of a fist appeared out of thin air, seemed to fall slowly and quickly into the pile of heads, and then expanded in a silent explosion into a flame that could engulf all the head monsters.
A few seconds later, Black Flame gradually receded, and there was no movement among the dozen or so heads that were netted together. Their external damage was not even as severe as the burns caused by Danitz's first flame, but they seemed to have lost their inner souls, leaving only rotten empty shells.
Fascinated by the terrifying power contained in Black Flame Intimidation, Danitz looked blankly at the instigator Angel, who had already Bypassing the pile of smoking monster corpses, he followed Klein who was holding a lantern. His hands were still in his pockets, and the hem of his windbreaker was fluttering in the strong wind, as if he was a tourist visiting Bansy Harbor for shopping.
And I looked like I was rolling in the mud... Danitz looked at the mud that rolled out of his body to avoid the flying head, twitched the corner of his mouth, brushed off the dust as if nothing had happened, and quickly followed.
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At this time, the atmosphere in Lime Restaurant was tense.
The two bodyguards Krivis and Tig were holding revolvers tightly. One was pointing at the fat restaurant owner, and the other was pointing at the other approaching waiter. Their faces were serious, and the index finger on the trigger had been pressed down, ready to fire at any time.
The restaurant owner Fox also held a revolver in his hand, but he did not point it at the bodyguards or the passengers behind them, but lowered it downwards. His fat face had an indifferent expression and he said word by word:
"Don't go out on foggy nights, otherwise, bad things will happen."
"Bullshit! Hand over Cecil and Donna, we'll leave immediately!"
Krivis swore a rare curse word and pointed the gun at the boss's fat, almost round head.
"They went out half an hour ago, but don't go out."
The restaurant owner ignored the muzzle that was almost touching his face and still answered in that unhurried tone.
Krivis was confident that he would kill this guy with one shot, and the other waiter a second later, but out of the corner of his sight, several local diners had appeared on the stairs on the second floor. They were all Gentlemen and ladies in formal attire, with indifferent expressions and calm eyes, but with invisible pressure.
I remember there were more than ten diners on the second floor, not including those who were already surrounding us... Even all the bullets in the bullet chamber could not kill so many people. We also had to deal with possible accidents on the road. The situation was extremely unfavorable and we had to leave here immediately... But where were Cecil and Donna? I went out half an hour ago. Could it be that I went back to White Agate by myself?
The former Adventurer quickly made a decision in his mind. He took two steps back and looked sideways at his employer Urdie Branch behind him. The latter put one arm around his son Danton and held his wife's hand with the other. His face was pretending to be calm, but his eyes revealed panic and trance.
"Mr. Blanche, we have to leave first. After returning to the ship, let the captain bring Sailor to help find the missing people."
Krivis's whispered suggestion woke up the distracted Blanche. He looked around. His wife and son, the newly married Dimodo couple, the Kate family of three, and several servants all looked at the import and export businessman, expecting him to make a decision and direct the hired bodyguards to take everyone back to White Agate's safety.
But where did Donna go?
For this group of weird locals, the boss and waiters were obviously hospitable, and the ladies and Gentlemens behaved elegantly, but as soon as a strong wind blew and fog surged outside the restaurant, everything changed!
Blanche was sweating on his forehead. He looked at the waiters and locals who had surrounded them in the corner and stood quietly. He knew in his heart that Krivis's suggestion was the most correct. Although there were more than ten of them, only two bodyguards had guns. If there was a fierce conflict, I'm afraid they would all have to stay here.
But Donna...
He Affliction closed his eyes.
"Let's go back to the ship first."
At this moment, Blanche could feel that except for his family, everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief.
Krivis was still pointing the gun at the restaurant owner, and another bodyguard Tig was standing by the door. After everyone squeezed through the circle of waiters and locals, they reached the door, held the doorknob, and took one last look at the scene on the first floor of the restaurant.
All the waiters and diners stood quietly and looked at them quietly. Only the fat boss Fox was still whispering:
"There's still danger out there."
He never raised his hand holding the gun, and it seemed that he really stopped these passengers from leaving for the sake of their safety.
This restaurant, this whole port, is so weird...
At Krivis's signal, Tig turned his head no longer to look inside the restaurant, turned the handle hard, and pushed open the door.
A moderate gust of wind blew into the restaurant. It was dark outside the door and filled with mist. The light from outside the restaurant could only illuminate a few meters away from the door. There seemed to be countless monsters hidden in the darkness outside.
"Let's go!"
Krivis, who had been aiming his gun, waited for everyone to leave, walked backwards out of the door, and shouted loudly, letting his voice reach everyone in the wind.
Bang——
The restaurant door closed in front of him, cutting off everyone's escape route.
Seeing that the row of windows on the first floor that exuded warm candlelight were gradually crowded with waiters and diners standing quietly, Krivis turned around and no longer tried to understand all this weirdness. He and Tig walked in tandem, sandwiching other unarmed men, women and children in the middle. They found the direction of the dock and took steps.
Woo——
A black shadow the size of a watermelon jumped out of the fog and flew towards the team with a strange cry.