"Bang——"
Angel, who saw the incoming enemy clearly in Dark Vision for the first time, raised the "Good Luck" revolver and fired the first bullet fired by the hammer out of the barrel.
The precision enhanced by Mystical Item allowed her to directly hit the first diving Azure Shadow Falcon. Unfortunately, it did not have the effect of increasing its power. It only knocked away a handful of blue feathers, causing the "Luck bird" to scream strangely, flap its wings and fly horizontally, quickly avoiding the position where Angel was standing.
The sound of the gunshot was like a starting gun, activating the other two Beyonder. Klein squinted his eyes and stared at the sky. He quickly locked on the other adult giant bird under the moonlight. He raised his hands high and fired "Air Bullet" repeatedly. Sequence 6's "Faceless" Compared to Magician, this ability is more powerful. Invisible bullets fly out from his fingertips. Although the accuracy is not good, the quantity makes up for the quality, making the swooping Azure Shadow Falcon feel like diving into a rainstorm of bullets, with blue blood and feathers splashing in the air.
But compared with the young bird attracted by the bait piglet, these two adult Azure Shadow Falcon had rough skin and thick flesh, and bullets could not cause fatal attacks. After a brief fright, they regained their height and spread out, surrounding the grass, looking for opportunities to attack.
"Into the woods!"
"Hanged Man" Alger shouted, ignoring the flashing light spots, Azure Shadow Falcon's body, which was slowly condensing Beyonder Characteristic, took the lead in running towards the dense jungle ahead. Due to his fighting style, he only brought a scimitar that was easy to chop in close combat. At this time, he had nothing to do against the enemies wandering in the air.
But his action seemed to be some kind of signal. The two Azure Shadow Falcon fluttering under the Crimson Moon light seemed to have made an appointment, and dived downward again. They no longer moved forward in a straight line, but flapped their wings randomly, drawing irregular arcs, making it difficult for Angel and Klein to aim. Bullets flew past with whistling bullets, leaving only a few slowly falling feathers.
Alger looked back, his eyes widened, and then he realized that his escape was a sign of weakness in the eyes of these raptors, and he became their primary target. However, regretting it at this time was useless, and it was impossible for two legs to outrun two pairs of wings.
He gritted his teeth, turned back and stood still, his body suddenly expanded in a circle, his muscles were tense, his seaweed-like blue hair stood on end, his eyes were fixed on the incoming blue shadow falcon, the scimitar in his hand was held in front of him, and he was about to try to counterattack the moment it passed by.
"Slow!"
A Devil word that condensed countless filth came, and Angel's eyes turned bright yellow, with lava surging inside them. The invisible extraordinary power instantly swept across the two Azure Shadow Falcons that were rushing faster and faster with the help of gravity, making them seem to fly into the viscous liquid. The speed was instantly reduced to one-tenth of the original speed. There was also a trace of hesitation in the fierceness in the gray eyes.
What a great opportunity!
Alger originally planned to exchange injuries for injuries, but when he saw this opportunity, he felt happy and rushed forward with the scimitar in hand. He held the handle in one hand and held down the middle of the back of the knife with the other, pointing the sharp tip towards the direction of the flight of the first Azure Shadow Falcon.
In just two seconds, the two raptors had broken free from the constraints of "slowness" and regained their speed, but their original targets had disappeared before their eyes.
"Wow——"
The first Azure Shadow Falcon flew across the ground at an extremely fast speed, and its soft belly hit the scimitar blade that had been prepared. It was instantly disemboweled, dragging a trail of blue blood across the grass for more than ten meters before rolling to a stop. The bird's claws raised toward the sky shook twice and stopped moving. Its internal organs leaked out of the wound and lay on the ground.
The other Azure Shadow Falcon let out a sharp cry, but the instinct of the creature made it flap its wings quickly and fly upward again. In just a short moment of "slowness", the situation was completely reversed. Now it was alone and had to face the attacks of three Beyonder. Even with the bird's small and pitiful brain, it could judge the outcome of its continued resistance.
Fortunately, the sky still belongs to it...
Swish——
As it climbed rapidly, several invisible threads shot out from behind and entangled its strong bird claws.
"Quack!"
Amid its confused and frightened cries, a figure quickly approached under the moonlight. The left wrist bone bracelet transformed into a dagger, slicing across its neck at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye.
Bang, the bird's head with a tuft of dark blue feathers landed heavily in front of Alger, its round gray eyes looking at him blankly, as if accusing the culprit who killed its family.
Shrinking his neck subconsciously, Alger looked at the sky. The headless Azure Shadow Falcon corpse was spinning down. The figure of Angel above him slowly descended under the influence of "Feather Fall". His windbreaker fluttered, looking like a ghost seeking life under the crimson moonlight.
If her target was me, at the speed just now, could I escape... He didn't dare to think about the answer to this question.
As the body of the last Azure Shadow Falcon fell to the ground, the light spots on the baby bird he killed first gathered together, forming six unique feathers with crystals on both wings.
This is one of the Main Materials of "Wind-blessed" Potion.
Alger took a deep breath, put the scimitar back into its sheath, and stopped thinking about the issues that made him uncomfortable. He stepped forward, carefully plucked out the feathers one by one, and put them into the delicate small box that had been prepared.
Their original plan was for Angel to receive the material and then secretly hand it over to Alger afterwards, but since there were no "outsiders" at this time, there was no need to bother.
As for the feathers of the other two, Alger decided to take the initiative to make concessions. Although each Sequence 6 Potion and Main Materials were worth more than 1,500 pounds, the one who contributed the most in the battle just now was undoubtedly Angel. Moreover, the three of them had made an agreement before this operation. Except for their own feathers, all other spoils would belong to them.
Of course, the combat power displayed by "Empress" Miss is the key to his decision. Otherwise, he may argue with reason and demand more spoils on the grounds that he has killed two-thirds of his prey.
"It appears to be a family of three."
Walking to the Azure Shadow Falcon whose body and head were separated, Klein lowered his head and looked into his dead eyes, and said after a moment.
"The last time I came here was five years ago. At that time, there was only one Azure Shadow Falcon. Unexpectedly, it has become a family now..."
Alger also felt a little regretful. Of course, it was because of the error in intelligence rather than copying Azure Shadow Falcon's cozy little home.
Fortunately, he had helpers by his side this time, otherwise even if he used Charm and a scimitar to deal with the additional enemies, he would have been severely injured. Not only would he be unable to explain to the crew and the church, but he would also miss the opportunity for promotion in the near future... He covered the small box he kept close to his body and expressed his foresight.
During the conversation, the other two dead Azure Shadow Falcon also condensed crystals on their wings. After plucking a total of twelve feathers, Angel put these precious Beyonder Ingredients away, looked at Alger who was a little excited, but restrained enough, and asked softly:
"What now? Return your Ghost Ship, or continue exploring?"
Keep exploring!
Alger was already itching and wanted to go back to "Blue Avenger" and carefully hid the unheated materials he had just received. But when he heard Angel's inquiry, he felt that this was indeed a good opportunity.
Five years ago, he discovered this Primitive Island located outside the waterway. He carefully explored it and chose to leave because of lack of strength. This time there are Sequence 5's "Empress" Miss, and Mr. Sequence, who is unknown but should not be weak, "Fool" Followed by the disciple Gehrman, he also upgraded Sequence and obtained Mystical Item. The lineup is much stronger than last time. Can you try to explore the ancient ruins that you were unable to penetrate last time?
Looking at the dense jungle and towering peaks deep in the island, he was silent for a moment and said:
"The island is very quiet at night. Except for creatures like Azure Shadow Falcon, which are not very alert by nature, most Beyonder Creature are hiding in their nests, waiting for dawn. This shows that the island has additional dangers that they are all afraid of that only appear at night."
Angel and Klein did not answer, waiting quietly for him to continue.
"In the depths of the island, among Black Forest, there is an ancient ruin of unknown age. It is an area that even the most ferocious Beyonder Creature on the island dare not enter. Inside the ruins, it is said that there is something very precious and important. Its value is higher than that of most Mystical Item, and even... not even worse than the kind of playing cards made by Emperor Roselle."
After looking at Klein, there was a slight pause in Alger's tone.
The Emperor's deck of cards... is it "Card of Blasphemy"? He was worried that Klein knew the precious knowledge circulating inside Tarot Club, so he was vague about it, but in fact Klein had seen the "Red Priest" brand a long time ago., and also learned more information from Spirit Channeling of Desire Apostle... Angel chuckled secretly, and was about to continue asking, when Klein beside him said:
"It is said? You are not the only one who knows about this island?"
"Yes, I discovered this island together with another person, but don't worry, he will never reveal the secret," Alger replied with a weird smile, "Because that person is 'Vice Admiral Hurricane' Qilingus, and dead people cannot speak."
"Hanged Man" actually explored this island with "Vice Admiral Hurricane"?
Angel subconsciously glanced at Klein beside him. Although the latter's expression did not change, there was curiosity in his eyes.
Qilingus's death in Backlund was big news in the newspapers, so he would not reveal the secrets of the island, but when did Alger, a believer of Church of Storms, get together with Qilingus, one of Pirate Admiral?
Moreover, "Hanged Man" even revealed the movements of Qilingus on "Tarot Club", trying to get everyone to help investigate, and praying to Mr. Fool to send his followers to kill him.
Could it be that he wanted to kill people and silence them and monopolize this Primitive Island?
As if seeing Angel's doubts, Alger did not give in and continued:
"Five years ago, Qilingus, who had not yet become Pirate Admiral, and I discovered this island by accident. At that time, I was just Sequence 8's 'Folk of Rage' and did not have the ability to explore in depth. However, Qilingus found some traces and suspected that the ruins deep in the island contained extremely important secrets.
"But he refused to explain in detail, and I could only understand the general situation from a few words. There was a relatively well-preserved church among the ruins. He briefly explored Underground Area, and came out with a weak breath in less than ten minutes. He said that only by becoming Sequence 5 would he have the opportunity to continue deeper. After that... you should also know his ending."
The ending... "Vice Admiral Hurricane" died at the hands of Backlund or Mr. Azik before he could be promoted to Sequence 5... By the way, according to Hanged Man, he sneaked into Backlund for a difficult task - to assassinate Duke Negan, and the reward would allow him to rival Pirate King of Sequence 4. Could it be this item hidden in the ruins?
Wait, Desire Apostle, who succeeded in assassinating Duke Negan and died in the hands of me and Klein, also acted for a task issued by a secret organization. He will exchange Duke Negan's death for a "Card of Blasphemy" that records the complete Potion Pathway!
So, the item in the ruins that Qilingus covets and lures him to assassinate Duke, which is said to be able to quickly promote him to High Sequence, is also a "Card of Blasphemy"?
Alger's words helped Angel connect many of her previous doubts, and the "Card of Blasphemy" recording the formula of Potion undoubtedly moved her heart. But she knew that even Qilingus, which owned "Creeping Hunger", did not dare to explore deeply. It could only be obtained by completing "difficult tasks". There must be a huge danger close to Demigod deep in the ruins...
"Ding——"
Klein beside her stretched out his hand, threw out a coin, caught it firmly, and spread his palm.
The relief face of George III faces upward, looking at Crimson Moon above his head.
This means that Alger did not lie.
"Let's... go in and take a look."
Collecting the coins carefully, Klein said slowly, moving his gaze forward to look into the dark jungle, where unknown dangers were hidden.