Chapter 22: The Hunt
Daniz, who was seriously injured, could no longer hold it and fell to the ground with a "plop".
"How so? Why are you so unlucky! β
Esther raised her hand to summon the point of light to backtrack, but was stopped by Crane's eyes, and he shook his head at her slightly.
It's on the street, and it's too conspicuous.
"But......" Esther said and stopped, standing silently.
Klein leaned over and squatted beside Daniz, who breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't wait to explain what was going on:
"Tell the captain that old Lynn has been discovered, and that 'steel' McViti is for, for that treasure!"
Klein quickly connected the pirate information he had learned from Danizna: "Blood Admiral? β
"Yes, tell the captain, tell her!" As Daniz breathed hard, his broken ribs stuck in his abdominal cavity, which made his face twitch violently with pain, "Leave me alone, I'm dying......"
Seeing Klein's calm expression, Esther calmed down, knowing that he must have the corresponding means of rescue to appear so indifferent.
No matter how much he plays "Gelman", Klein under the mask will not be a person who is indifferent to the situation.
Daniz is already giving his last words:
"Help me sell it, bring the money and bring it to the small town of Nossière, south of Intis, to my parents, and say that I am really, rich......"
"Say I, say I've become, a brilliant adventurer."
"And ...... Say, say, I'm sorry ......"
Daniz gritted his teeth, tears rolling in his eyes.
Esther couldn't bear it.
Crane raised his hand and pressed it against Daniz's wound.
Daniz's left hand instantly became a blur of flesh and blood, but the wound on his chest was gone.
Esther was the first to recover from the grief of "a man is dying, and his words are good", and she covered her face and turned away, her shoulders shaking as if she had been electrocuted.
Daniz's face was stunned, and he hadn't come back to his senses yet: "Why not, treat it first?" β
"Wait until you're done."
"It's courtesy."
There were no emotional fluctuations in Klein's words.
Esther was already laughing so hard that she fell to the ground, and not laughing directly was the only conscience she had left.
Daniz was furious: "Hamel, stop laughing! It's not funny at all! β
He rolled over and got up from the ground and looked at the dock where a cloud of smoke was rising, which was the direction he had come.
Esther looked up at the increasingly gloomy sky, "Hurry up and find the hotel, we'll talk about it then." β
Crane wiped a little raindrop from his shoulder and nodded silently.
Daniz immediately nodded: "Okay." β
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A few minutes later, 48 Sour Lemon Street, the "Blue Wind" hotel.
As soon as the three of them stepped into the door of the hotel, the torrential rain outside hit the ground, and all the sounds were drowned out by the rain curtain.
After paying a deposit for the luxury suite, a few people went upstairs, where the suite with the living room configuration had three bedrooms, but the price was much higher than that of a one-bedroom suite.
Esther didn't care where she lived, and to be honest, she could stay awake all night, but if she wandered around all night, there was no chance that many ill-intentioned people would send her to her.
Klein snapped his fingers and lit the fireplace, and the house was quickly warmed up, and the chill of the rainstorm was dispelled.
Esther's satchel is always stocked with bandages, and when she helps Daniz with her wounds, the "hunter" has mixed emotions, as Esther always laughs at every turn.
This made Daniz constantly replay in his mind the extremely humiliating scene on the street just now.
Klein sat on the chair next to him and looked at Daniz indifferently: "What treasure?" β
Daniz recounted the last time their fleet was in a shipwreck, a huge black iron key, and at some point the news spread that many people regarded it as the "key of death", believing that it could open the rumored treasure left by the god of death.
Although Esther was interested, she was more interested in the speculation of the "Lieutenant General of the Iceberg" about the key: "It may involve the Second Age?" How big is that key? β
Daniz gestured with his hand, almost a lap larger than his guitar:
"But there was no clue on that key, it was simply big and heavy."
Esther shook her head: "Even if there is really a treasure of the Grim Reaper, it is not something that ordinary people can explore, there are too many people who are not self-sufficient." β
Crane didn't show much interest in this on the surface, but just told Daniz with a blank face:
"Write down all the things that the 'Blood Admiral' has done, including 'Steel' Maiviti and his men."
Esther tore a few pages from her notebook and threw the pen on the table.
Daniz immediately complained: "How could I possibly remember? I don't have any extraordinary abilities for this! They're not like captains...... I also remember the main deeds, and the parts that impressed me, what do you want to do? β
Klein slowly hooked the corners of his mouth, and Danitz had that feeling of panic again.
"If it's suitable, I'd like to hunt them."
Esther covered her mouth with one hand, making her snickering expression less obvious: "So you can write, the more detailed the better, anyway, your right hand can still be used." β
Daniz, who had almost lost his life at the hands of "Steel" McVeigh, was of course willing to cooperate with Gelman's hunting operation, and this was a good opportunity for revenge. He immediately picked up the pen that Esther had just dropped, and wrote quickly on the paper, and even found a few extra pieces of paper in the room to write down everything he could think of.
Both Klein and Esther read the information carefully.
It's just that compared to Klein's still expressionless indifference, Esther's expression became more and more solemn, and her frowning brow showed obvious disgust and murder.
"I've really done everything, a pure villain with no bottom line." Esther glanced at Daniz, "I don't think I should have any romantic fantasies about ordinary pirates." β
Daniz held his head up proudly: "Of course we are different! Our captain has his own philosophy! β
After Klein further inquired about the information of "Blood Admiral" Seigor and "Steel" McVitty, he also made a decision.
He walked to the window where the rain was howling, and his indifferent gaze seemed to penetrate the curtain of rain and land farther away.
Although his self-talk was slight, the two extraordinaries in the room could hear it clearly:
"Tonight, Gelman joins the hunt."
Although she knew that Crane was playing and playing a joke at the same time, Esther couldn't help but glance at Daniz next to her - Crane was more of a "hunter" than him!
"What kind of eyes are you?" Daniz asked.
"A little bit of everything." Esther replied with a friendly smile.
ββ
The next morning, when Daniz got up leisurely, he found Esther already sitting in the living room, tidying up
Looking up at Daniz's inquiring gaze, Esther pointed to the door:
"Gelman went out early in the morning to find out about Byam's situation and seek an opportunity to play by the way."
Then Esther pointed to the cold omelette, toasted white bread slices, and apples on the table: "Your breakfast." β
"Play?" Daniz sat down unceremoniously in the chair next to him, sandwiched the omelette in a slice of bread, and shoved it into his mouth with a big grin.
"Didn't your captain teach you this? Well, it doesn't rule out that she may not know ......"
Daniz struggled to fill his mouth with bread and glared at Esther with a look of disbelief.
Esther smiled and nodded at him, "Just take you, I guess it shouldn't have been smooth when you were promoted to 'Arsonist'?" β
Daniz's movements froze, he tried to swallow the food in his mouth, and looked at Esther in shock: "You can also divination, don't you?" β
"You don't need divination to guess this, you don't have the talent to provoke at all, and being provoked is almost the same."
"Shit!" Daniz just wanted to refute two sentences, but he couldn't find the words for a while, and just raised his eyebrows and glared at Esther.
Instead, Esther explained:
"Potions that are drunk are digested through 'playing', and the basic method of digestion is the corresponding name of the corresponding potion. In the absence of proper digestion, the risk of promotion is greatly increased. β
Daniz's originally unhappy face quickly calmed down, and he quickly thought about Esther's words, and he could be promoted to Sequence Seven without knowing the "way to play", which is enough to show that he is talented and not stupid, and even has a lot of good luck.
He was only bullied too hard by the "cold hunter Gelman" to appear restrained in front of Crane and Esther.
Esther continued, "The closer your actions are to the instructions contained in the name of the potion, and the more you can summarize the corresponding laws, the easier it will be for you to integrate the extraordinary power of the potion with you. But also remember, 'play is just play', don't lose yourself or your heart by imitating. β
"To play is to play ......," Daniz repeated the phrase accentuated by Esther.
Esther was pleased with Daniz's humility at this time: "Then it will become a potion digesting you, not you digesting potions." β
"Digest me!?" Daniz was stunned for a moment, and quickly recalled those extraordinary people who failed to be promoted and lost control, "Will it become a monster?" β
Esther nodded, "Almost." β
She touched her forehead.
It's just that the spiritual part can also become a monster.
Daniz carefully reviewed these words, and quickly finished the rest of the food, before he wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand:
"Can I tell the captain what this 'trick' is?"
"Of course, this was told to you by an ancient god in your dream, just an adventure dream, what does it have to do with me Hamel?"
Daniz looked down and said, "...... This excuse sucks. β
However, he quickly said, "But thank you very much for telling me this, although I have always felt that you have a problem with your characterβ"
"There's something wrong with my character!" Esther gritted her teeth, feeling a nameless fire in her heart pop up.
Daniz subconsciously moved his chair back and distanced himself from Estella: "I just seriously thank you!" β
He seemed to really feel a little digested and stable in the potion.
That's practice.
(End of chapter)