Charlotte toyed with the Crystal Bottle in his hand, watching the swarms of insects darting through the thick black smoke. He had no idea what those things were.
The sailors who had tracked Anastasia and Belisa were identified by the City Patrol as Chatham's men. The two strongest were called Red-Bearded Morgan and Poison Bee Jack. Each possessed a Supernatural Artifact said to have been brought back from a treasure deep beneath the sea. If they had been at Chatham's side, Charlotte might not have found it so easy to bring the situation under control.
With those two Supernatural Artifacts, Red-Bearded Morgan and Poison Bee Jack had roamed the seas and gained some small measure of fame. They had once been fairly renowned pirates, but now they were infamous slave traders.
They had been unlucky. Belisa's shot had pierced Poison Bee Jack's Bag of Insects, causing him to lose control of the swarm and suffer its backlash.
Red-Bearded Morgan had encountered the Over-the-Back Red Bear Warrior and been beaten to death by the Hundred Bear Chief and Bear Honey, two Transcendence superhumans. He had not even had the chance to use the Supernatural Artifact he carried.
After failing to catch Chatham, Charlotte had conveniently taken over three merchant ships before hurrying over without pause to deal with this troublesome matter.
Although the Bag of Insects had been shattered, it still retained a strange attraction for the terrifying swarm. Thus, these bizarre insects capable of devouring living creatures had not left, merely circling within a certain area.
Cappadocia City's Chief Inspector was called Cruz. He was from Goling Island, though he had been born in another city. In his youth, he had gone to Briton to study, and after graduating, he became a civil servant of the Empire of Inglima. Later,