The truth was, a person's potential always exceeded her own expectations.
When Green gave her a two-day deadline, Hicaros had whined that it was impossible. Yet with more than ten hours to spare, she came trotting over with the latest intelligence on Sonic.
Green took the report and praised her with a grin. Even he had not expected Hicaros to get such precise information so quickly. He had given her two days to put pressure on her, so she would not merely go through the motions.
Green skimmed the report. It said High Priest Sonic and the members of his newly established Nature Church, an organization now calling itself the "Nature Hermitage," were hiding on an island a hundred and fifty kilometers from Black Forest Port.
After receiving the intelligence, Green temporarily set aside his Nicrot avatar and left it in Hicaros's wardrobe. He then summoned the White Seagull, which had been waiting offshore from Black Forest Port.
Gomez and the hundred-odd pirates under him had been climbing the walls aboard ship these past few days. Green had ordered them to stay, so they did not dare leave, but remaining there kept them on edge. Duke Morrisonte's arrival had raised security around Black Forest Port by several levels. Fortunately, the White Seagull had not yet earned a particularly serious bounty, so the port patrols and the Divine Eagle Empire's navy paid them little attention. Even so, the pirates complained bitterly. Some urged Gomez to take them away at once, but he suppressed them all.
The others did not know what was going on, but Gomez knew his own situation. Even with ten times his courage, he would not dare abandon his post before Green gave the word! Someone could end up dead! Luckily, he did not have to wait much