Hmm... With my strength, and if I catch him off guard, I can probably kill Ozil the Giant even if he has a powerful item hidden away... So the real question is how to deal with the aftermath?
Abner's thoughts raced as a plan took shape. He would use someone else to do the dirty work—or rather, make someone else take the blame. It was simple, but he couldn't think of anything better.
Inside a villa at 36 Coastal Defense Street, Ozil the Giant entered the adjoining study and sat down at the desk.
"Something feels off... Maybe I'm imagining it..." Ozil frowned, then rose and went to the bookshelf. He shifted several books, opening a hidden compartment behind them.
Inside lay an ancient notebook made of animal hide and an ordinary-looking crystal ball sealed with numerous runes.
Ozil carefully avoided the compartment holding the crystal ball and took out only the notebook.
As he ran his fingers over its cover, memories surfaced.
More than ten years ago, when he was still a pirate captain, he had intercepted and killed a team of Nighthawks.
The notebook and the crystal ball had both been spoils from that attack... as had the formulas for Sleepless and Midnight Poet.
Of course, he had only succeeded because the team had suffered the terrible luck of running into an attack by one of the King of Immortality's squadrons. Its best members had stayed behind to cover the retreat...
Afterward, through Spirit Channeling performed by one of his men, Ozil learned that the Nighthawks had discovered a tomb while carrying out a mission. They had found both the notebook and the crystal ball inside.
They had intended to take the two items back to the Church of Tranquility. Unfortunately, from the moment they left the