Chapter 40: The Mysterious Shadow

The translucent shadow floated erratically but very resolutely towards Allen, not fast, even slow, but after Allen tried to dodge, he couldn't dodge at all!

The shadow was like a maggot on the tarsal bones, and it didn't matter if he changed places or hid in the house, the shadow had no effect!

It was as if only Eren could see it, and the others didn't notice this anomaly at all, except for seeing the hurried lord.

Alan even tried to hide behind others, but the shadow directly penetrated the body of passers-by, chasing Alan unaffected!

After tossing for about a quarter of an hour, seeing that there was no hope of dodging, he decisively stopped, and then his right hand was weakly grasped, and a one-handed sword steaming with blue smoke appeared in his hand out of thin air.

He's ready to fight hard!

"Hope it works. Leaning against the wall of a deep alley, Alan stared at the exit of the alley, waiting for the shadow to arrive!

The shadow didn't make him wait long, and after about five minutes, it slowly drifted from the entrance.

Its appearance was also completely exposed to Allen's eyes.

I hadn't paid much attention to it before because of the evasion, but at this time Alan took a closer look at this shadow and found that this thing looked similar to the monster he had shot on the city wall before, with a human head and a snake body, three arms, and a narrow dorsal fin from head to tail, all covered in sea blue, except for the hazy and transparent body, it was exactly the same as the juvenile Naga!

The body was hazy and illusory, through it, Alan could even see the ground behind it and the people hurrying by, the long snake-like legs about half a meter above the ground, fluttering, dragging an illusory tail of smoke.

As it approached, Alan could still spot its glittering blue eyes, strange and... Godless!

Yes, godless, the monster that Alan faced was like losing his mind, it looked "lifeless", and the fluttering at this time was like its instinct!

Despite this, Eren was not careless, he stared at the monster and slowly floated towards it, and after reaching a certain distance in front of him, the mist sword in his right hand stabbed out!

Allen's stabbing attack this time was fast and steady, and when the long sword pierced the air, the mist on it was involuntarily swung backwards, revealing a sharp and cold sword tip, and stabbed at the monster's unblocked forehead in a daze!

It's a pity that this attack, which Allen had high hopes for, pierced directly after stabbing the monster, as if there was nothing in front of it, and stabbed into the air!

"Won't magic weapons work too?"

Allen's mind turned and finally he simply dispersed the magic sword in his hand, and then his left hand was forward, and his wrist was exposed, blocking in front of him.

At present, the only attack spell he can use is to summon a long sword, but it turns out that this spell can't be used at all.

He didn't know what would happen after being touched by the monster's shadow, and Alan didn't want to experiment with his body, so he pinned his last hope on the six-pointed star on his left wrist.

"What a damn accident!"

With a low curse, the monster shadow floated in front of Allen, and then under his nervous gaze, it began to shrink rapidly!

No, not to shrink, but to absorb!

Under Allen's dull gaze, this monster shadow seemed to be attracted by a powerful suction fan, and illusory smoke continued to float out of it and roll into the six-pointed star, just like a range hood in the previous life!

As the substances that make up the body continue to be absorbed, the monster becomes smaller and smaller, and finally like a point of light, it is completely sucked into the six-pointed star!

Seeing this, Alan couldn't help but raise his arm and check the current situation of the six-pointed star.

Overall, the six-pointed star looked the same as before, but when Alan took a closer look, he still noticed the change.

At the top corner of the six-pointed star, you can vaguely see an illusory white mist wrapped around it, faint and faint, and it is very faint, you can't observe it at all without careful observation!

"What is this?"

A big question mark appeared in Allen's heart, but he was unconsciously relieved.

Allen still trusts this six-pointed star that has existed since birth, just like an arm, and the six-pointed star has been regarded by him as a unique organ in his body.

Mysterious and unknown, but as reliable as instinct!

Compared to the transparent Naga just now, Alan believed that his six-pointed star was much more powerful, and since the monster shadow could be absorbed by it, it shouldn't bring him any harm.

"Is it because of the special talent of that young Naga, or is it because of the six-pointed star?"

Thinking back carefully about the Naga that he had killed before, Alan felt that it should be nothing special, no different from what he had seen in Reef City before, so...

Stroking the birthmark on his left wrist, Alan muttered, "How many more things do I not know?"

Obviously, the six-pointed star has other functions besides drawing gifts, other functions that Alan didn't notice before!

"Hopefully it's a good thing. ”

Shaking his head, and abandoning his plans to study the six-pointed star now, Alan walked out of the alley and headed back towards Pochi Castle.

It's just that it didn't take long to go before there was another accident. A guy with a hidden head and tail suddenly blocks Allen's way!

"Hello, Lord Ellen. ”

"Can you borrow a step to speak?"

The person in front of him was of short stature, wrapped in a cloak all over his body, covered with a black scarf on his face, and could not see his appearance at all except for a pair of narrow eyes.

Alan looked at him suspiciously, didn't intend to pay attention to it, and directly bypassed him and continued on his way.

He wasn't interested in this kind of makeup.

It's just that the next words spoken by the roadblocker stopped Allen's departure.

"I have news that is vital to you, and the survival of Bay City is at stake!"

Alan turned to look at him, waiting for the follow-up.

"I felt that with your generosity, I could have paid me a reward equal to the amount of gold coins in this message, so I found you. ”

The greed that could not be concealed in the masked man's tone made Alan frown, and then he was relieved, he smiled, and said, "It shouldn't disappoint you, if you get the news is valuable to me." ”

The cloaked man nodded with satisfaction: "Please come with me, this is not the place to talk!"

He cautiously turned his head around for a moment, then walked towards a path not far away.

Alan didn't hesitate and followed directly, but while he was walking, the magic sword was quietly summoned by him.

The Cloaked Man was completely unaware of Allen's movements, and he led the way on his own, and then stopped at a remote corner of the path.

It's a secluded place, with ruined stone houses on the front and right, the kind of houses that are common on the edge of Bay City, most of which were abandoned by the sudden death of their owners.

Walking to the shadow of an abandoned stone house, the Cloaked Man stopped, then untied his face towel and turned to look at Alan.

What didn't match the beautiful narrow eyes was that the person in front of him had an ordinary-looking, even ugly face, with flat and distorted facial features, mixed with some scars.

It's just that Alan didn't care about his appearance, and at this time his attention was completely focused on a tattoo on the cloaked man's cheek, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"You're a member of the Black Hand Pirates?"