The Tranquilizer Dart shot out, but Sea Eye Venerable seemed to sense the danger and dodged it at the last possible moment.
"Damn it—you didn't come here to trade!"
He shouted as he slapped the alarm bell beneath the table. The alarm blared throughout the room.
Sea Eye Venerable then hurriedly fled backward, knocking over a bookshelf to stop April from pursuing him.
Yet this series of actions instead restored April's confidence.
Though dodging the Tranquilizer Dart had been somewhat unbelievable, everything else he had done demonstrated physical abilities no different from those of an ordinary person.
As far as Combat Power went, Sea Eye Venerable truly wasn't much different from any ordinary middle-aged man on Earth—even one who barely exercised and lacked physical activity.
Although April had just lost a close-quarters fight, that didn't mean she lacked an [Item] for this kind of situation!
Putting away the [Tranquilizer Pistol], April took out a thin black dagger.
"You shouldn't have dodged!"
As she spoke, she stepped onto the table and pounced at Sea Eye Venerable. The dagger sank into the Sea Monster Noble's back.
"Gah!"
Sea Eye Venerable collapsed onto the floor. Blood rose in wisps from his back and spread through the seawater, like cooking smoke rising above a woodland cottage in the evening glow.
He seemed temporarily unable to move because of the intense pain.
April sighed and raised her pistol again, aiming at his body.
This time, she wouldn't fire a blank.
"Bang!"
April pulled the trigger. The Tranquilizer Dart sank into Sea Eye Venerable's body, and he completely lost consciousness, collapsing into a coma on the spot.
Pulling the dagger from his back, April collected the five [Mermaid's Tears] on the table.
Then she frowned at the continuously blaring alarm, somewhat puzzled.
"Why is the alarm