Why was Vice Admiral of Ailment Tracy here?!
Danitz stared at the gorgeous woman before him in utter disbelief, his mind grinding to a halt.
Had Kayson and the others gone back for reinforcements?
But... but this was way too fast!
Hadn't the Church of Storms put all of Bayam under lockdown? And the deranged Sea God could destroy it at any moment. Mandated Punishers and their informants were everywhere now.
Why would Tracy dare take such a huge risk and come here herself at a time like this? With the situation so volatile, wasn't she afraid of being surrounded and hunted down by official Beyonders?
Could she think the Church of Storms was so focused on the Sea God that it had no attention to spare for pirates, and had slipped into Bayam to seize the opportunity?
Was she really that confident in her strength?
Tracy gave Danitz no more time to think. Smiling, she walked toward him one step at a time, her tall boots clicking crisply against the wooden floor.
Y-you stay away from me!
Being noticed by a beauty of her caliber should have been enough to make any normal man wake up laughing from his dreams. But if her interest was the kind that could kill him...
Damn it! Of all times for that lunatic Gehrman to be out! Had Tracy worked out that I was alone before showing herself so brazenly?
If Gehrman were here, and Tracy were their only enemy, Danitz was confident that together, even if they could not defeat her, they could at least drive the Vice Admiral of Ailment back. But now he was alone, badly injured, with his arm still in a splint. There was no way he could fight her!
"Ah!"
Danitz mustered all his strength to conjure