Chapter 107: Be the first to act
The thought flashed through everyone's minds at the same time, and everyone's movements were just as fast, and almost instantly, all six of them hid behind those tall stone pillars. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In this kind of place, who else can it be other than the people of the Brohn Empire? Luca was a little worried, he had just forgotten for a while, and his voice was not small, would the other party have already discovered his existence?
But the sound that continued to come from the top of the steps showed that he was too worried.
The empty passage echoed, and Lukka could barely hear bits and pieces of phrases, such as "broken", "clumsy", "thrown into the sea to feed the sharks", etc.
Together, it probably means that someone accidentally broke something and is being scolded.
It seems that we were not found. Lukka spoke silently to his companions, then pointed upwards and tiptoed up the steps.
At the top of the stairs, before entering the massive stone door, he cast a group invisibility spell.
Mores, who experienced this effect for the first time, was dumbfounded, of course, no one could see his expression now, but it was this reaction speed that was half a step slower than others, which made Daniel behind him directly collide.
In order to maintain his balance, he casually reached forward with his right hand, which happened to be pushed on Nora's back.
Nora, who was already lightweight, was unsteady on her feet, stumbling sideways, and the cloth bag around her waist hit Luka's waist.
Lukka grinned for a long time holding his waist and baring his teeth, before he couldn't hold back and didn't scream. Even so, the flying gravel kicked in the messy footsteps caught the attention of several people in front of them.
The men looked back for a long time, but found nothing, so they muttered, "Maybe it's the wind," and continued to turn around and carry the rocks on the ground.
"What are you doing with a dragon egg?" Lukka grumbled as the men turned around.
"I'm afraid it's not safe to stay on the ship. Nora winked innocently.
"Forget it, that's all about that," Lukka had lost hope in Nora's brain circuit, and turned his attention back to the busy figures in front of him.
Those people were dressed in nothing special, and the sailors that could be seen everywhere in the Sunset Islands were basically dressed like this, but one of the guys with a birthmark on his face made Luca a little concerned: this face, it seems that he had seen it somewhere.
"Back to Sail Harbor, in the Barrel Tavern, those pirates who want to join us. Crete recognized the man, too.
"Yes, he's right. Lukka nodded, it seemed that the fellows hadn't found new thighs, and had come here to steal graves again.
In front of these people was the passage leading to the main hall, and there was also a faint sound of moving heavy objects inside, and there seemed to be more uninvited guests over there. It seems that we can only get past these people and go inside.
As soon as Luca's stun spell reached his mouth, the men fell to the ground one by one, and it was obvious that Ollie and Daniel were moving faster.
The ceiling and stone pillars in the middle of the main hall have long since collapsed, obscuring the patterns on the ground. Dozens of people were busy trying to move the clutter. Farther into the depths of the main hall, it sounded like there were more people.
Lukka walked in, found a taller rock in the corner of the hall and climbed up. He planned to wait for these people to do their job almost completely, and then he would do it himself.
However, a man in front of the gravel suddenly turned around, sensed something was wrong, and glanced back.
The other party did not have Cretan eyesight, and of course did not find anything. But this look made Luka suddenly alert.
The man was tall, about fifty years old, with several hideous scars across his face.
Although Lukka had not dealt with each other face-to-face since he crossed over, he had seen this face on countless wanted notices.
Edward Hugh.
After that naval battle, this old adversary even ran here to excavate the ruins.
Lukka couldn't help but laugh at the thought that the June Alliance and the Bronn Empire had each hired a team of pirates to do this for him.
Luka is not Daniel and has no preference for head-to-head matches. He gestured to his companion, pointed to Edward Hugh's back, and gestured with his hand across his neck. Everyone should have understood this action, but a few minutes passed without any feedback from Luca.
"What about invisibility, they can't see. Crete whispered.
"Uh......" Lukka whispered back to describe his plan, still without any feedback.
They nodded. Crete said again.
Since there were no dissenting opinions, all but Crete, a non-combatant, slowly approached Edward Hugh's position from the rear. Even Mores, a supernumerary member, followed, and it was his long-cherished wish for many years to kill the head of the Black Sails.
However, even Crete didn't notice that the outermost circle of the huge circular pattern in the hall, hidden by rubble, was right in front of Luka's toes.
The five of them crossed the line at the same time, and with a flash of bright light, the invisibility effect on all of them disappeared!
Lukka stood in place, a little surprised, for the first time since he had learned to cast invisibility.
More than a dozen meters in front of him, Edward Hugh let out a piercing laugh, and the pirate leader turned again, the scars on his face distorted by the ecstasy of the moment.
"Do you think I haven't found out about you? How many times do you think this trick can be used against me? Do you think you can become the most powerful pirate in the Sunset Islands by destroying a few of my fleets?" his voice was filled with the joy of imminent revenge.
"Stop blowing, can't we beat you without invisibility?" Ollie rushed with his greatsword raised.
Just as she was within a few steps of Edward Hugh, the ground in front of her suddenly fell, and a deep furrow suddenly formed to separate her from the enemy on the other side.
"Girl, don't underestimate the power of science. Bane Soban, a researcher at the Imperial Laboratory, stood beside Edward Hugh and smiled triumphantly.
"You don't know, in the passage that I just came up from the sea, I activated several vibration receptors, and I can see clearly from here every step you take!" he said, pointing to a device with several wires connected to it.
Looking at the device, which was obviously not a product of the Empire, Lukka sneered and said, "I'm afraid this is not your invention, right?"
Soban seemed to be poked in the sore spot, and eagerly defended: "What if it's the original device in this temple? If it's not my research, who knows how this will be used?"
"That's enough!" interrupted Edward Hugh's ramblings, "send them on their way!"
Rumble!
A loud roar erupted from behind Luka.