Meeting Again

A scholarly-looking man came around the corner, his cold gaze carrying a hint of madness as it landed on Danitz. Danitz shuddered and instinctively straightened his back to report:

"I ran into 'Steel' Maveti at the contact point. He was planning to hunt me down, but someone seemed to attack him right then, so I took the chance to escape."

Pfft, looks like I left him with quite a psychological scar-hiss, 'Steel' Maveti, 6,000 pounds... A fleeting frenzy showed in Klein's demeanor, leaving Danitz trembling with fear. Then he saw the mad adventurer tug at the corners of his mouth, producing a gentle, warm smile as he asked amiably:

"The contact point?"

Danitz's teeth chattered violently, and a chill seeped out from deep within his bones.

Old Lynn sat on the floor, watching the scene in terror.

He was in charge of this contact point for the Golden Dream and had been coerced into helping "Steel" Maveti. Yet "Steel" Maveti's death brought him no joy, because the way he had died was utterly inexplicable!

The notorious pirate, whose body was as hard as steel, had suddenly seemed to suffer a fit, clutching his head and rolling on the floor in agony.

This was, in fact, Neph's doing.

No matter how extraordinary a Sequence 6 Beyonder appeared, he still fell within the bounds of mortality. Although Maveti's body could heal itself after his heart was stolen, losing his heart still wounded him-and grievously at that.

It was just that the damage could not outpace his ability to heal.

But theft was not a Marauder's only method. If stealing did not work, what about putting things into his body? Neph had originally intended to put bullets or other foreign objects into his blood vessels, but she soon discovered that this was too