At dusk, "Blue Avenger", whose voyage was delayed due to the encounter with Vice Admiral Dusk, finally arrived at Bodo Port. They will replenish fresh water and food here, rest for a night, and then go deep into the unexplored waters the next day to find Angel's target - the island where "Gazer" is wandering.
Moreover, Angel also needs to make some final preparations to capture Beyonder Creature, which can shuttle Spirit World.
The Sailors on duty pretended to pull the cables and hung the sails, and the "Blue Avenger" moved lightly onto the pier. The gangway seemed to have fallen on its own and hit the bridge. The Passerbys who were passing by were frightened and cursed a few words in a local language they did not understand.
"We will spend the night at the port tonight, meet up early tomorrow morning, and set off for Nameless Island in the southwest."
"Hanged Man" Alger ordered on the deck, and all the Sailor cheered. After a while, they walked down the gangway, left the dock, got into the port town, and went to have fun everywhere.
Although they were all Storm Believer and were half of the "organized" armed personnel, whether it was to keep in line with other pirates or to relieve the pressure of working at sea for a long time, the church acquiesced to them doing things that did not violate the law but were contrary to the doctrine.
Seeing "The World" and "Empress" also mixed in with Sailor and leaving Ghost Ship, Alger chuckled secretly and looked away.
The two had obviously shown a close relationship in the past few days, but they slept in separate rooms at night, probably sensing the prying eyes of the Ghost Ship. This is the self-defense mechanism of "Blue Avenger", and even the captain Alger cannot stop it. Therefore, taking a "night off" after docking in port today can be regarded as giving the two of them some private time.
"I am truly a qualified ally..."
He put his hands on his hips and looked at the gradually brightening lights of the port town on the deck. He sighed and prepared to go back to the captain's cabin to study tomorrow's route.
"Captain, do you want to go down together to release yourself? I know a good place."
A Sailor who had not yet left saw Alger standing alone in the sea breeze. He leaned over and asked with a smile, winking at the same time, hinting at the true meaning of "release".
This "mission" has a nominal reward of 600 pounds, of which 300 pounds Angel has been paid in advance, and a large part of it has been distributed to all Sailor through Alger. This generous reward makes every Sailor who goes to sea feel a little itchy and has more respect for this usually unsmiling captain.
This change in attitude can be seen from the fact that Sailor dared to come up and invite Alger. Usually, whether it is out of fear or subconscious alienation from the superiors, they rarely invite their captain when disembarking for entertainment.
Alger subconsciously wanted to refuse, but looking at the retreating figures on the pier, he opened his mouth and finally said:
"Then go have a drink.
"Remember to keep someone on duty."
He added, following this Sailor off the ship, his back straight, as if some kind of burden had been lifted.
"The reward has actually... increased again..."
Looking at the wanted poster with "Angelica Zaki" written on the table, Angel pursed his lips and murmured in an unbelievable tone.
Originally, when she and Klein got off the ship, in order to reduce the time it took for the "hypocrisy" ring to change her appearance, she only wore a wig and did not change her Face Changing shape or eye color. But as soon as she entered the port town, she saw her brand new wanted poster on the roadside notice board.
There is a reward of 18,000 pounds on it.
Without hesitation, she activated "hypocrisy", changed her appearance, and then tore off the wanted poster and took it away without anyone noticing.
Of course, as a port that deviates from the main waterway, Bodo Port does not belong to any country. It is a paradise for all kinds of pirates. The wanted order here is more of a comparison and negotiation among pirates. But when well-known pirates worth tens of thousands of pounds appear here, I am afraid there will be many people with the idea of "reforming evil" and taking their heads in exchange for bounties.
This is an amount close to the value of Pirate Admiral's head. If it weren't for Intimidation of Mr. Fool, I'm afraid "Hanged Man" Alger wouldn't be able to help but report it to Church of Storms...
"It was probably the incident of 'Black Death'. If the official Beyonder or the navy had arrived in time, it would be easy to connect its sinking with the 'City Breaker' incident, and the latter was already your fault in Church of Storms's eyes."
Klein rubbed out a trace of flame, lit the wanted poster, watched it turn into ashes on the table, and said with a chuckle.
Suddenly a rivalry thought came to his mind.
As early as when they left Backlund and embarked on the Five Seas journey, the two of them had agreed to "compare the bounty amount." Although this bet was constantly rising due to Angel, so much so that they themselves felt a little bit He was worried about the amount of the reward and never mentioned it again, but when it reached 18,000 pounds, a figure that could enter the first echelon of pirates, "Mad Adventurer" Gehrman's restrained yet crazy character began to make moves again.
He solved flying heads and headless monsters in Bansy Harbor, killed "steel" Maviti in Bayam, and helped the garrison clean up the fanatic believers of "Sea God" and the rebels who attacked indiscriminately. It can be considered that he has done a lot of publicity, but it has either become the gratitude of Donna's family, or it has become a bounty and military remuneration received on his behalf, but he has not appeared on the bounty list, and has become a "legend" that can be discussed in Above the Five Seas.
Next time, you can try to be more assertive and arrogant, and grasp the characteristics of the role you play...
Klein, who had already concluded Acting Rule and was not worried about being affected by "Gehrman", was thinking about it when his waist was suddenly poked. The unbearable memories of "Blue Avenger" for the past few days began to attack him instantly, causing him to jump out of the chair with some stress.
"What are you thinking about? "Angel smiled and retracted his finger, "Are you interested in my bounty?"
In fact, it's for you... Klein hasn't changed from the "Mad Adventurer" way of thinking for a while. He really didn't have the nerve to say that, so he coughed lightly and changed the subject:
"I'm thinking, before going to find "Gazer", I should use that Radio Telegraph to ask Machinery Hivemind's Sealed Artifact, 'Arrodes' to see if it has a better way to deal with these Spirit World Creature."
"Well, although I have some other ideas, it's not bad to ask it, but are you sure it will contact you?"
"You have to try it first."
Klein took out the telegraph receiver that he had put in Gray Fog in advance from the suitcase, connected the complicated lines, and placed it in the living room window of the hotel suite, letting the dim moonlight shine on its surface.
Of course, based on the last experience, the ticker would not immediately change to "Humble Arodes", and Klein also performed a divination on Grey Mist, confirming the safety of this contact, so he left the room with peace of mind and went to the restaurant downstairs for dinner.
About half an hour later, the two returned upstairs. The moment they pushed the door open and entered, as if they had been waiting for a long time, the ticker's letter firing pin immediately struck, and an illusory piece of translucent white paper spit out from below.
"Loyal servant Arrodes has been waiting for a long time, are you two masters?"
There is also a simple smiley face drawn on it. It must have taken Arrodes a lot of thought to use monotonous letters to spell out such a "kaomoji".
This is too... humbling. Is it really a Sealed Artifact controlled by the official Beyonder?
Angel was stunned, but Klein replied as if he had expected it:
"It's us.
"What I want to ask is, is 'Gazer' on the small island southwest of this port?"
This is an issue that the two of them have already discussed.
"If you ask this question, I only need to answer 'yes' to end the question. I have modified it for you and changed it to 'Where is the specific location of Gazer on the southwest island?' Do you think it's okay?"
The ticker was running at an almost smoking speed, completely ignoring that it was not replenishing any power under the hand-cranked generator.
"Okay."
Even though he had seen Arrodes's behavior many times, the expression on Klein's face was barely tense.
"Their locations are as shown in the picture below. They have been making a lot of noise recently and seem to have been frightened in some way. The overflowing breath has reached Spirit World, so it can be captured by me. Please go and capture it as soon as possible, otherwise these Spirit World Creature will soon change their homes."
Attached to the illusory page is a map drawn with simple lines and black dots, marking the relative position of Bodo Port and the island, as well as the approximate location of "Gazer" on the island.
This is equivalent to answering two questions at once. It not only confirms that Gazer is on the island, but also provides the location. It also reminds us to go quickly... Angel kind of wants to step forward and dismantle the machine to see if there is a "flame" Danitz lying inside.
"Now it's my turn to answer the question."
Seeing Angel writing down the map information, Klein said lightly.
"You've already answered it and I'm satisfied with the answer."
Another piece of white paper came out, and you could see the flattery of the other party through the line Loenese.
Answered?
Moving his eyes upward, he saw the sentence "Can you see it?" at the beginning of the question. Klein felt a little unexpected, but looking back at Sealed Artifact's character, he thought it was very reasonable.
"The second question is, what is the activity pattern and ability of 'Gazer'?"
It seemed that he was planning to use all tonight's questions and answers to answer Angel's questions. Klein continued to ask questions without hesitation.
"They can freely travel between Spirit World and reality. They are very mobile. Once they burrow into the ground or mountains, they are almost impossible to attack. Targets caught in their eyes will have negative effects such as Slowing, weakness, disease, etc. If they do not leave the line of sight in time, they will become more and more serious and eventually die. In addition, they will also use some of the same Pathway, that is, the ability of 'Demoness' Pathway, such as a stand-in. Once it feels that the outcome of the battle will be unfavorable to itself, Gazer will immediately get into Spirit World and leave. To solve them, it is best to have the means to enter Spirit World at any time.
"'Gazer' often live in small groups, but rarely help each other. If the enemy shows a certain strength and only targets one of them, the rest will choose to escape instead of helping their companions. You can take advantage of this when choosing tactics.
"It's my turn to ask a question. Do you know that some friendly and communicative Spirit World Creature can be temporarily contracted to serve as helpers in battle?"
Combined with the previous question and the current situation that both of them can summon the messenger, the direction of this rhetorical question could not be clearer.
"I didn't know that before."
Klein replied, glancing at Angel, who also looked over, with the same emotion in their eyes:
This Sealed Artifact, this "Arrodes" are so good, right?
"Last question."
After a long time, Angel took a breath, took two steps closer, almost stood beside the ticker, and asked:
"How do I get my own 'Ghost Ship'?"