"You..."
Angel squeezed out a word from his mouth, but didn't know how to continue.
"Meow-"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Black Cat Wensa's body rolled violently, breaking away from the bite of the blond head with red eyes, and landed lightly on the altar table. He bared his teeth and looked up. A bunch of short black hairs floated in the air and disappeared before landing.
The headless messenger no longer attacked, but straightened up gracefully, floating in the air, holding four heads in both hands, with four pairs of eyes staring at the black cat, Angel, Klein, and the door.
This scene would have been more serious if one of the heads didn't still have a few marks from cat claws on its face.
Alger, who had just arrived outside the door and stopped to knock on the door to ask, felt excited. He slowly lowered his outstretched hand, continued walking, walked through the door, and walked back to the deck from the other side of the corridor.
It's as if he just came to this floor to take a walk.
Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't read what you shouldn't see... "Hanged Man" felt like he was back to the state of participating in Tarot Club for the first time.
But isn't this my ship?
Back on the deck, there was only one question left in his mind.
In the room, the two messengers and their owners looked at each other and fell into a long and awkward silence.
"Summon..." "I..." "What..." "Something."
Finally, the headless Messenger Miss broke the silence. The four heads in her hand spoke one after another, trying to distribute the words evenly, as if they were performing a funny comedy.
"Ms. Reinette Tinekerr, we may encounter some dangers on the island in front of this ship. I hope to call you for help later to deal with the creatures that shuttle through Spirit World, okay?"
After hearing his words, the four heads of the headless messenger Reinette retracted their gaze and looked in a certain direction at the same time.
That is exactly the goal of Ghost Ship's trip and the location of Nameless Island.
After a moment, her heads came back.
"You want to..." "Deal with..." "Which one?"
It seemed that there was a problem with the assignment. The last person didn't get the line. His lips were very pale in color, and his mouth seemed to be slightly open because of lack of blood. He was stunned on the spot.
"'Gazer'."
Angel answered for him.
"Okay."
That head quickly added a word, and then all the heads spoke again:
"But," "Need to..." "Pay..." "Two thousand gold coins."
Two thousand gold coins... Even if calculated based on the highest value Loen Gold Coin, it is only 2,000 pounds... Of course, this is not to say that 2,000 pounds is not high, but compared to Sequence 4 and Potion Main Materials, it is already very cheap...
Angel agreed immediately without much hesitation.
"No problem, but I have to wait until the payment is completed because it will take some time to raise the gold coins."
Although it was only the first time to see the headless messenger Reinette Tinekerr, her method of dealing with the black cat Ms. Wensa she contracted left a deep impression on Angel, and he had high expectations for the role she could play.
At the very least, as a messenger who can travel between Spirit World, she can also track the escaped "Gazer".
Upon hearing the answer, Reinette's four heads nodded at the same time, making her hands holding her hair shake a little.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Angel looked at Black Cat Wensa, who had been silent on the table, and saw its blue eyes looking at him sadly, and suddenly felt guilty.
After all, I summoned it with a spell, but I made an agreement with someone else's messenger in front of me to assist in the subsequent battle. It always felt like... in person.
Just as she forced out a smile and prepared to sincerely apologize, she heard Wensa open her mouth and meow, and then said:
"I only want 1,500 gold coins."
After being stunned for a full second, Angel realized that Wensa was preparing to compete with Ms. Reinette Tinekerr for this "contract."
But immediately, she felt a burst of joy in her heart. No matter how the battle ended, at least Wensa could compete with Tiny Cole in Spirit World. If her offer was relatively low, could it be...
As soon as the thought came up, Angel felt several eyes on her face. She glanced out of the corner of her eyes and found that all the heads in Reinette's hands had been turned around, and the pairs of scarlet eyes were staring at her.
Are you planning to break the contract now?
She didn't even need to wait for the other party to speak, the threat sounded in her mind, imitating the speaking style of the headless messenger, word for word.
However, the price quoted by Wensa was very cost-effective. Although she was excited, she also had a glimmer of hope that Reinette would also feel the pressure of competition and take the initiative to lower the price.
"Or, we can..." At this moment, Klein beside him suddenly took a step forward and said softly, "Want both?"
In an instant, twelve eyes of different colors looked at him.
On the sea that was golden in the evening sunlight, "Hanged Man" and Alger rowed the oars hard, and after sending Angel and Klein to the beach, they breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at "Blue Avenger" parked not far away.
Finally sent them out, otherwise I was worried that something strange would happen to my ship... He silently praised Mr. Fool and Lord of Storms in his heart, and then said loudly:
"It's dusk now. We can wait up to 24 hours. If I don't see you tomorrow night, I will choose to leave for the safety of my Sailor and to keep this ship that is not only mine.
"Of course, if you pray to Mr. Fool and ask Him to convey it to me and ask for a longer wait, I will consider it as appropriate."
This is basically a polite statement. If you have the opportunity to pray to Fool, it means that the situation is not too bad, so waiting for a while is not a problem. If you really encounter a crisis where you cannot return to "Blue Avenger", you may not even have a chance to ask for help.
"Thank you, we'll get there in time."
After Angel nodded to express his thanks, he and Klein walked toward the woods in front of the beach. Behind them, Alger was paddling the boat and was struggling to leave the shoal.
Compared to the Primitive Island that the three of them explored at night last week, with no visible sides at all, the area of this Nameless Island is pitifully small. The side facing "Blue Avenger" is a beach and a not-so-luxurious jungle. In the center, there are two mountains about 300 meters high, one in the south and one in the north, with a long and narrow canyon in the middle.
According to the information provided by Arrodes, "Gazer" are wandering in the canyon between the peaks. That will be the target of the two tonight.
Of course, Angel first took Klein to the east side of the island, which is where she saw a stranded ship in Para Island's Church of Evernight senior deacon Pierce's dream.
When observing with a telescope in the distance, she did not find the ship, so she kept worrying in her heart-could it be that this was not the island she was looking for?
But when the two of them landed on Sun from the west and came to the cliff on the east side just as night fell and looked at the sea below, they immediately understood the fate of the ship.
In the waves that are constantly beating against the cliff below, floating wooden barrels, wooden boxes, various cables, glass bottles and other daily items are constantly rising and falling, looming between the waves and the rocks.
Further away, two broken masts were stuck in the rocks, swaying slowly under the wash of the sea water.
There are countless fragments of wooden boards among the rocks, which are gradually carried away by the turbulent currents in different directions.
The stranded ship had been shattered into pieces by some powerful attack.
Of course, Angel can tell at a glance that this is not an effect created by "Calamity" Charm. The ship hit by the power of Calamity will show obvious signs of decay, as if it has spent a thousand years in an instant, but the various fragments underneath are very new, as if it was a complete hull a few days ago.
There are also many sharp fracture marks on the surrounding reefs, as if they were formed after being attacked by large-caliber artillery.
"No wonder I didn't see it in the telescope. It turned out to be broken into pieces like this..."
Angel is a little disappointed. If it is a complete stranded ship, there may be some valuable things left inside.
"Based on the time, the fleet of 'Vice Admiral Dusk' Bulatov Ivan happened to pass here two days ago. This ship may have been destroyed by them."
Klein judged, threw a coin, did a divination, and confirmed his idea.
"Or search first, then destroy, so we don't have to go there again..."
Angel said somewhat discouraged.
After fulfilling their wish, the two quickly returned to the jungle and walked towards the canyon between the two iconic peaks.
The jungle after dark was quite lively, completely different from the Primitive Island that Alger took them to. Unfortunately, the animals that appeared were all ordinary animals, mostly small herbivores, and there was no sign of Beyonder Creature.
But in fact, this is a common ecological group on isolated islands in the sea. Even in Blue Mountain Island, the capital of the Rhoside Islands, where Bayam is located, it is rare to see traces of Beyonder Creature. Even if there are a few occasionally, they have been hunted and killed.
Primitive Island's Southern Continent's curly-haired baboon, Intis's Hunting Black Spider, Sonia Island's The scene where Azure Shadow Falcon gathers together is simply a miracle in the eyes of experienced Beyonder, just like a hodgepodge designed for the protagonist's experience in Adventure Novel.
"Even the trees on that island are not of the type that the climate of the archipelago can breed. Instead, they are like the snake scale trees on the Southern Continent, and the species is quite single."
Following Angel who was using Dark Vision to explore the road ahead, Klein analyzed while holding the lantern and looking around.
"But it's much more normal here, with towering palms and low shrubs... very similar to the rainforest of Blue Mountain Island."
"So there's something weird about that island?"
Angel asked casually, looking forward warily. Although there is no Beyonder Creature here, there are more dangerous "Gazer". You must know that if you are stared at by them for too long, you will fall into various negative states. Once surrounded, it will be difficult to escape.
"There is no need to doubt that there must be some kind of force at work when so many creatures from different regions and habits gather together. Maybe it was the Mystical Item that Alger was talking about, or maybe it was the person who ordered "Vice Admiral Hurricane" Qilingus and "Desire Apostle" to assassinate Duke Negan."
Indeed, the purpose of "Desire Apostle" is a certain "Card of Blasphemy" that will allow him to be promoted to High Sequence, and Qilingus is also looking for the "Mystical Item" that can be obtained after completing the mission. They are most likely provided by the mysterious organization behind it that cannot even be mentioned, "Twilight Hermits Society".
Wait, Mr. Fool also seems to have a "Black Emperor" card. Could it be that he is also somehow related to this organization?
And in the ruined city I arrived after my death, there were also two Card of Blasphemys, "Demoness" and "Red Priest"...
Angel vaguely felt that there was some hidden connection between them, but could not grasp the context.
The two of them analyzed each sentence one by one, and soon passed through the jungle and arrived at the entrance of the canyon between the peaks.
"This is..."
Pushing aside the branches of the bush in front of her, Angel stopped in her tracks. Klein behind her took a curious look and stood there.
This is an open space that has been deliberately cleared, and a temporary camp is set up in it.
Railings made of random shrubs and branches, collapsed and broken tents, iron pots full of rust, bonfires with ashes condensed into lumps, and simple stone stoves all showed that this place had been abandoned for a long time.
One person held a lamp and the other used Dark Vision. They quickly explored the small abandoned stronghold. Except for some documents written in Fosac Language that had been unrecognizable due to time and rain, they found no other useful things.
"It looks like a shelter built by the distressed Sailor. The facilities here are complete, and there is plenty of fresh water, fruits and small animals nearby. There should be no shortage of survival supplies, but it has obviously been abandoned for many years, and... not even the bones have been found."
Angel concluded, holding a similarly badly rusted scimitar in his hand. This is a weapon that is loved by Sailor and pirates at sea. It can chop and cut, and is easy to maintain.
"The Sailor on the ship that was sunk by 'Vice Admiral Dusk'?" Klein analyzed.
"Probably not. The fragments of that ship are very new. If it had experienced the same time as this camp, it had been stranded here for many years and lacked maintenance and repairs. It would have rotted away in the wind and rain."
Angel shook his head and denied Klein's speculation.
Fortunately, the two people present were both experts in divination. Klein just found an open space to sit down, used the rusty scimitar he picked up to conduct a Dream Divination, and quickly got part of the answer.
"They are pirates who were stranded on the island five years ago because another ship lost its way and ran aground here. Because it is far away from the normal route, they chose to live here after reaching a balance of... number of people."
After waking up from the dream, Klein frowned and explained the results of his divination. Judging from his face, this "balance of numbers" was obviously achieved through some violent means.
After all, a pirate ship has at least hundreds of Sailor, and this camp can only accommodate less than half of them at most.
"But after living here as a primitive for a month, they mysteriously disappeared again. My divination was disturbed to a certain extent and I was unable to know their whereabouts."
Maybe this kind of interference can be eliminated in Grey Fog Space, but I can't do it in front of Angel. Even if the excuse is convenient, it's not long before we get off the ship, and I really can't say anything... Klein grabbed the scimitar and hesitated.
"That was probably done by the 'Gazer's. They can easily kill ordinary Sailor, and the characteristics of Anti-Divination make it difficult for you to restore the scene."
Angel didn't notice his confusion. He looked around the abandoned camp and came to his own conclusion.
"The possibility is very high, so these 'Gazer' have pure hatred and malice towards humans, we have to be careful."
Throwing away the rusty machete and standing up from the ground, Klein patted the dirt on the hem of his windbreaker and said.
Even if there is no malice, wouldn't I kill it to get the materials? Every step of Beyonder's promotion, he stepped on the corpses of countless Beyonder Creature... Angel quickly shook off this sentimental mood, took out the "Good Luck" pistol and held it in his right hand, carefully left the camp, and continued to walk forward.
Regardless of whether the desolation of this camp is related to the Gazers, her goal has not changed.
When we entered the narrow valley, the moonlight above our heads had become clear. The crimson light shone on the tree crowns and filtered through the branches and leaves, giving the quiet valley a strange atmosphere.
The two took turns to open Spirit Vision and search for traces of Gazer, but except for bushes, big trees, and pieces of gravel at the bottom of the valley, there were no signs of any biological activity.
Swish, swish.
In the night, there was only the friction sound of their footsteps on gravel and soil, and the rustling sound of the leaves caused by the occasional breeze blowing from high in the sky.
After Klein, who was lagging behind, walked through a bush, a pale figure slowly rose under the flat stones he stepped on.
It was covered in a white robe made of an unknown substance, with its hands and feet curled up in it. Only its head was exposed, but on the top of its head, which had the same facial features as humans, there were thick tentacles where the hair grew.
At the top of each tentacle, an eye with no whites and only pupils opened. These eyeballs turned quickly and stared at Klein, who was at the back of the team and was unaware of the danger.
In an instant, Klein, who was being stared at, felt a cold touch on his back, followed by a feeling of fatigue that spread throughout his body, as well as stiffness in his limbs. He wanted to call for help, but it became difficult to breathe, and the vision in his eyes was rapidly weakening. Like an old TV, it became dim from all sides to the middle. Even the figure of Angel, who was wiping sweat from his forehead and patrolling carefully in front of him, gradually dimmed.
His "clown" intuition could sense the gaze of "Gazer" emerging from the ground behind him, staring at him. It was a gaze from more than ten eyes that far exceeded their expectations before taking action.
This will make it too late for him to call for help, and his whole body will collapse and he will die here!
The next second, Klein kept walking forward and fell to the ground stiffly. Under the gaze of more than a dozen eyes, it turned into a rough-cut, translucent but equally stiff Paper Figurine.
At the same time, the healthy Klein walked out from behind the tree next to him, stretched out his palm, and snapped his fingers.
A bright yellow flame burst out from the side of Gazer, who was covered in white robes and covered with tentacles. They licked Spirit World Creature, who failed to attack, but were unable to cause any effective damage.
But this provided an excellent landing point for another Beyonder. With a bang, the flames merged and surged, and the figure of Angel, who was just ten meters away, emerged from it. She held the "Good Luck" in her right hand. E" revolver, he pulled the trigger without missing a beat, "Sun Brooch" flashed continuously on his chest, and all the bullets with the power of "Purification" were fired into the body of the white-robed figure.
And in the left hand that was held empty, a sharp Bone Blade appeared out of thin air, burning Black Flame, and went straight to chop off the tentacle with eyeballs on the head of "Gazer".
Before he could even take his eyes away from Paper Figurine, Gazer was hit by the blade of Black Flame and Purification Bullet. The thin and fragile figure disintegrated instantly, shattering like an illusion.
Mirror Substitution, this Beyonder Creature actually uses "Demoness" Beyonder Ability!
In another place far away from the two people, the pale figure of "Gazer" emerged from the void. One of the tentacles on its head had a broken eyeball.
But there are still more than ten eyeballs left, which means that it is almost invincible in a short battle, unless all the "stand-ins" can be consumed by some means.
"Boom——"
Without hesitation, Klein activated "Creeping Hunger" which he had been afraid to activate due to concerns about side effects, and his left hand bloomed with brilliance like Sun.
"Holy Light!"
A thick beam of light fell from the sky and enveloped Gazer, who had used his avatar to distance himself. Its pale face seemed to be melted with a layer of golden color, and all its tentacles and eyeballs were tightly closed, squirming to dodge the dazzling light.
Angel's eyes were also locked on Gazer, who was bathed in brilliance. She summoned invisible threads, pulled the surrounding trees, and ejected her like a projectile. She was reborn at a speed that almost pulled out the afterimage. Xin approached the opponent, and Bone Sword with Black Flame on the tip of the sword stabbed into the body inside Holy Light with her speed, and once again smashed it into fragments all over the ground that were still reflecting the holy light.
High in the sky, the white-robed figure with a trace of Black Flame on it appeared again. Just as it looked down with its missing eye tentacle, it felt its brain heat up in the gaze that suddenly lit up like lightning. "Mental Shock" was like a hot knife inserted into its head, causing severe pain and suppressing all its thoughts.
"Bang——"
The pinch of Black Flame that was about to go out suddenly exploded. Angel once again used "Flaming Jump" to track the opponent into the air. He raised Bone Blade and was about to chop it down with a knife.
At this moment, all the eyes of "Gazer" that were squinted due to severe pain suddenly opened. Their cold gaze focused on Angel, and her left hand immediately slowed down.
Taking advantage of the momentary opportunity, this Spirit World Creature turned to the other side without hesitation, his figure gradually became illusory, and he was about to leave here with the help of Spirit World.
Just as Arrodes said, once it feels that the battle situation is unfavorable, this kind of creature will choose to escape.
"It is forbidden to escape here Spirit World!"
As the sight left, Angel, who recovered from Slowing, used "Feather Fall" to briefly stay in place, and at the same time switched Rose Necklace to the soul of "Judge", delimiting the surrounding large area into a range that prohibited entry to Spirit World.
The white-robed figure that had become illusory paused, and then became clear again. A flaming Bone Blade was inserted from behind it and passed through the chest. Among the Black Flame that suddenly jumped up, pieces of illusion fragments were scattered.
The figure of "Gazer", which once again used a substitute to escape, emerged from the air below, and flew to the ground without hesitation with the help of gravity. It wanted to escape from this space that could not enter Spirit World, drill into the ground or fly into the mountains on both sides to avoid these two terrible hunters!
On the ground below, Klein switched "Creeping Hunger" from Interrogator to Zombie. The strength of his whole body surged, and he moved like a beast. He formed Frost with both fists and ran step by step towards the landing point of "Gazer".
At the moment when the two sides were about to come into contact, Klein once again felt the Slowing, weak feeling he felt when being attacked by a sneak attack. He squinted and looked up, and all the eyeballs of "Gazer"'s tentacles were staring at him again, superimposing layer upon layer of negative effects on him with their concentrated gaze.
At this moment, Slowing caused him to miss the white-robed figure.
"Forbidden Here escapes into Spirit World!"
Ancient Hermes came from above again. The illusory figure of "Gazer" that was about to drill into the ground became solid. The pale head with tentacles hit the hard ground. More than half of the tentacles stopped twisting in the violent impact, and the eyes at the tips were tightly closed, no longer looking around.
Seeing that it could not get into Spirit World, it moved its legs under the robe without hesitation and ran towards the depths of the valley at a speed that surprised the two of them.
If it leaves the range of Prohibition again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep it... Angel and Klein chase in that direction in tacit understanding, lighting Black Flame alternately throws or ignites flames on dead branches and grass in the distance, and then jumps forward, closely followed by "Gazer" that flees hastily, but has never been able to enter Spirit World.
It seems that "Lady Despair"'s ability to use his eyes as Magic Mirror Substitute comes from "Gazer", and this guy actually has so many eyes... It has consumed three of its eyeballs, and there are about ten more left. If it continues to follow this tactic, it should be able to use up all its substitutes and keep it... It keeps disappearing and appearing in the flames, Angel is calculating in his mind while chasing the pale figure in front.
When she stepped out of the flames again, she was less than ten meters away from the escaping "Gazer". She seemed to sense danger, and the movable tentacles on the top of the opponent's head turned back one after another, and their white-less eyes stared at her closely.
"Mental Storm!"
Without hesitation, Angel raised his right hand, and the "Good Luck" pistol released a dizzying wave. The pile of tentacles immediately trembled and closed their eyes.
But at this time, Angel had no way to catch up, and was chopped down with a knife. She was also stiff, and her limbs were weak as she stood on the spot. The same was true for Klein behind her, who used Flaming Jump to catch up.
Around the two people, pale figures rose from the ground, their eyes staring at them indifferently.
The fleeing "Gazer" turned around, a smile appearing on his pale face with human facial features.
It successfully led two enemies into its own group's lair.
Happy New Year, and thank you to the leader of "Dan Gou"... These two chapters were merged today. Because it was not easy to separate, I posted them together. There is no need to worry about it tonight.