After finishing, Mr. A turned and left, his hands still clasped.
Half an hour later.
The two returned to their rented apartment and looked at each other in silence.
After a long while, Xio scratched her already messy short hair and asked,
"Fors, do we have to move again?"
"Moving alone might not solve the problem this time." Fors held her head in both hands. "Aaaah, why do we have to run into something like this?!"
8:30 p.m.
The night was deep and quiet, the crimson moon hanging high.
Torches scattered everywhere lit up Bayam Island.
Danitz followed Edward, gasping for breath as he sprinted and shouted, "I knew it, I just knew it! How could those bastards possibly stand by and watch me recruit people?"
He held out his arm, revealing a bloody wound. "That little shit 'Steel' Maveti nearly tore my whole right arm off!"
Edward cast a Healing Charm on him and said soothingly, "All right, all right, you've been complaining the whole way."
"What do we do now?"
After making sure the wound had completely healed, Danitz vigorously wiped the blood on his arm onto his clothes. "Just keep running like this? You're not planning to fight back at all?"
"That's right."
"What about that dragon of yours? Let it out and burn those bastards to death!"
Just then, Edward suddenly stopped. "We've shaken off our pursuers."
"Phew-"
Danitz let out a long breath. "Good, let's hurry and... You, what are you doing?"
Boom!
An explosion erupted with a flash of fire. The nearby pirates who had lost their trail immediately noticed the commotion and changed direction, chasing after them.
"You're insane! You really are insane!"
Hearing footsteps rapidly approaching from all around, Danitz swore as he broke into another sprint.
"Don't you think it's