Snap!
The head drew an arc and landed in front of Krivis, who was at the head of the team. He quickly lowered his gun hand and took aim with the faint moonlight. Then he looked carefully and found that it was a rotting head.
Those bulging white eyes were facing this way, causing the ladies in the team to let out frightened but suppressed shouts.
A ray of light fell from the sky, penetrated the shriveled head, and burned it to ashes.
The light seemed to have endless warmth, dispelling the coldness in the fog and giving everyone a glimmer of hope.
They all looked towards the direction in which their heads flew, where a dim yellow light gradually approached and emerged from the fog. First it was a lantern, then a cane, and finally, a figure wearing a half-top hat and a long windbreaker appeared. Under the brim of the hat was a familiar face.
"Gehrman Sparrow?"
Krivis said in surprise. He subconsciously looked behind the other person. Sure enough, another figure soon appeared, it was Angelica Zaki who was inseparable from him.
There was also a man with short black hair and bright blue eyes. His flat facial features reminded him of a certain pirate on the bounty order, but the matter was urgent, so he did not think about it in detail, but said immediately:
"Cecil and Donna are missing. We just escaped from the restaurant. Everyone there is very wrong..."
As he said that, Krivis looked back. In the windows next to the closed restaurant door, locals were still looking at them quietly, with plain faces and cold eyes.
"I didn't see them on the road. Do you have any clues?"
Angel took two steps forward, looked at the weird restaurant, and asked casually.
After the three people got off the boat, they followed the shortest route to get here. They did not see Donna and Cecil on the way. They must still be in Bansy Harbor.
"Tig and I searched around the restaurant and didn't find them. The boss said that the two of them had gone out half an hour ago. Maybe they were caught by someone else..."
Krivis is also a little anxious. His employer's daughter disappeared under his nose, and even one of his partners disappeared with him. If he fails to find her in time, his reputation will be ruined.
What's more, after seeing the weird head and the powerful light from before, his mind was already filled with all kinds of folklore he heard at sea, as well as the vivid monsters described in them. Frankly speaking, it was a bit difficult to think.
Seeing that Krivis looked a little strange, Angel stopped asking. She turned back to look at Klein, and was surprised to find that the latter had already asked for a bright yellow shawl from Donna's father, Mr. Blanche. She threw it on the ground, held it against it with a cane before it was blown away by the wind, and let go after a moment.
Divination staff looking for people... Angel felt relieved. It was great to have professional Seer in the team at this time.
Snap——
The cane fell against the wind, pointing in the direction the three came from.
That is also the dock location where White Agate is docked.
Go back? The two of them missed themselves and have returned to the ship?
After interpreting the same result as Klein, the two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Blanche, your daughters are fine. They should have returned to White Agate when the wind blew."
Angel spoke to comfort the still panicked father, who glanced at her with uneasy eyes, full of distrust.
"Didn't you say you didn't see them on the road? How can you be sure? Rely on that cane?"
He asked questions in rapid succession, his voice rising continuously, as if he was releasing all the emotions he had suppressed before.
Out of understanding for the panicked father after his daughter disappeared, Angel did not get angry because of the other party's tone, but simply replied calmly:
"Please believe in our professionalism. You saw that monster just now."
Including Blanche, everyone's hearts trembled as they thought of that shriveled and strange head and the light falling from the sky.
"Where's Captain Aierlan?"
Klein took two steps forward and asked in an indifferent tone.
This successfully ended Blanche's time-wasting questioning. He looked at the darkness around him, seeming to be looking for direction:
"He separated from us at the entrance of the restaurant and said he was going to the nearby Telegraph Office."
"Telegraph Office."
Klein repeated, and it took Blanche a few seconds to understand that this sentence was not addressed to him, but to Danitz beside him, who nodded silently and pointed to a certain location in the fog.
"First go to Telegraph Office to find the captain, and then return to White Agate together. Everyone gathers together. If you get separated, please be lucky."
Amid Angel's loud shouts, the Blanche family and their servants, Dimodo and Kate families stood together in an orderly manner, the men were outside, the women and children were in the middle, leaving only a small gap between each other. Two bodyguards with guns consciously stood beside the team, holding lanterns on guard, and gave the leading task to Angel and his party of three.
Klein nodded silently. He stroked the "Sun Brooch" in his pocket and activated the "Sun Halo" ability that came with Mystical Item. An invisible force spread rapidly with him as the center and surged through everyone.
At this moment, they seemed to be bathing in the summer sunshine, and the chill in their bodies and the panic in their hearts were swept away.
The same was true for Urdie Branch. His courage to return to the body made him feel extremely guilty for yelling at a lady before. When he saw Angel walking past him and rushing to the front of the team, he quickly whispered:
"I'm sorry for my attitude just now..."
"I can understand."
Angel did not dwell on such a trivial matter. The number of people who needed protection increased sharply, which made her feel a little pressure. She stretched out her hand that had been in the pocket of her windbreaker, held the "Good Luck" revolver, and came to Klein's side.
The latter was handing a Copper Whistle full of exquisite patterns to Danitz, directing him to walk at the front of the team.
"What is this?"
Danitz asked doubtfully, but he still took Copper Whistle obediently. He immediately felt a cold, evil touch spreading throughout his body along his fingers, and he couldn't help but shudder.
"Something that makes you more useful."
Klein did not explain, but picked up the cane on the ground and held it in his left hand, and took out a revolver in his right hand.
"Go to Telegraph Office."
His order caused the huge team to start moving. Behind everyone, in the windows of Lime Restaurant, several pairs of eyes were quietly looking at the crowd in the strong wind and fog.
"Shit!"
Danitz jumped forward and avoided the path of a flying head, but before the head could get close to him, a Black Flame landed on it and exploded, instantly making it lose all life.
He got up from the ground, holding the cold Copper Whistle tightly in his hand, and cursed angrily, feeling extremely excited inside.
This Copper Whistle turned out to make itself the first target of all monsters. As soon as they emerged from the fog, they swooped over like a raw Mad Dog with their mouths full of sharp teeth, completely ignoring the dozen or so targets behind who were easier to bully.
I knew that Gehrman Sparrow had no good intentions! What "makes me more useful", am I useless before?
Danitz looked back angrily, and suddenly remembered that when he faced the flying heads before, he had to hide on the ground in embarrassment, and even used a condensed and compressed fireball to deal with one of them.
On the short journey to Telegraph Office, he had already encountered nearly ten of these monsters. All of them were easily eliminated by the two people behind him while ignoring everything and rushing toward him...
From this point of view, it seems that I am indeed quite useless...
He glanced at the crowd and was surprised to find that ordinary people were looking at him with surprise and gratitude.
Hum, without me, Mr. Danitz, the "flame", to attract the monster's attention in front, you would have been bitten to death long ago.
Involuntarily straightening his back, Danitz held Copper Whistle tightly and continued to lead the way. This time, he complained a lot less.
After burning off two digits of heads along the way, as well as two Zombie that could still move without their heads, just like those "matching" with those flying monsters, Angel's group finally arrived at Telegraph Office.
This is a two-story building with the door closed and darkness behind the windows. Several thick wires are pulled toward the dock on the second floor. They will meander along the bottom of the sea and send telegrams to all parts of the world in a timely manner.
Angel knocked on the door, and a female voice came from inside after a moment. It was just like the locals in the restaurant described by Krivis on the road, calm and lacking in emotion.
"Yes, who?"
"We are looking for Captain Erlan of White Agate, and his First Mate."
"They left and went to the church next to it."
Church?
Angel turned his head and looked to the side, and was surprised to find that Bansy Harbor's only church was not far from Telegraph Office. It was so close that you could see in the thick fog that it was a bit old, with moss-covered buttresses and outer walls. Candles were lit in the tall tower, and the dim light shone from the narrow windows.
"Thank you."
She responded, leaving the gate and returning to the group.
Klein, who also heard the answer from the female voice, said nothing and directed the others to turn around and go to the church that Church of Storms had established for more than two hundred years.
Danitz, who was at the front of the team, was hesitant at this time and his pace gradually slowed down. However, considering his name worth 3,000 pounds, this is not surprising.
Feeling a little funny, Angel simply passed him and walked in the front, relying on his Dark Vision to clear the way.
But perhaps because they were close to the church, they did not encounter those monsters again.
After walking around the side wall of the church, Angel came to the door of the church and tried to push the tightly closed double wooden door. The door did not move at all.
"Dong dong."
She knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
Angel heard this alert voice coming from Captain Aierlan, so he answered directly:
"Angelica, Gehrman, and the three families dining at Lime Restaurant."
"How do you prove it?"
Aierlan is still not Door Opening, and his voice is more vigilant.
"You gave 'White Shark' two pounds at Damir Harbor and saved his life."
The captain behind the door was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning of the other party's words. He chuckled lightly, opened the small window on Door Opening, and through the moonlight and the light of the lantern in Krivis's hand, he saw clearly that they were all people he knew, and then he carefully unlocked the door and opened the church door.
Behind the door is a long and narrow passage. The stone carvings on the walls on both sides depict Storm Believer's great achievements in conquering the sea. Captains Aierlan and First Mate were holding firecrackers and swords, watching the people outside the door vigilantly under the weak candlelight.
Behind them, in the center of the church prayer room, lay a headless corpse. Just when Angel was wondering which of the burnt heads his head belonged to, he discovered a head in a pool of blood next to a bench. Luck found that there was no esophagus attached to it.
"That's Pastor of the church. When we came, he had been separated and died inside. Bansy's bishop Miller was missing, and the other Pastor and the servants were also missing."
Aierlan counted the passengers one by one, then put away his sword and gun, followed Angel's eyes and looked at the headless corpse and said.
After that, he lowered his voice and kept the conversation between the two of them.
"The Mandated Punishers team is dispatched. There are cultists gathering on the hill next to the pier. They are carrying out Living Sacrifice. They go to deal with it."
He confirmed that the woman in front of him who could kill a fishman with one blow must be Beyonder, so he did not hide these facts.
Angel's eyes widened in an instant, and she thought of something.
When Klein divined the location of Donna, the divining staff pointed at the dock, and they all thought it was pointing at White Agate.
But that direction is also where the highest mountain of Bansy Island is located!