After taking great pains to control his expression, Costa adjusted his tie with slightly trembling hands, and then spoke to the priest beside him.
"Ah... since the registration is complete, I will go back and rest. May the Virgin Mary bless you all."
As Costa was about to leave, a familiar voice sounded behind him.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave, Mr. Costa. You've been busy for so long today. Why don't you stay and have dinner with us?"
At this time, behind Costa, on the railing of the front deck of the tall cruiser, Jod, an officer of the Holy Sacrament Knights in a ceremonial uniform, was standing there, with his hands behind his back, staring at Costa with a solemn look. Beside him, there were three officers in captain's uniforms. At this moment, they were staring at Costa below with serious expressions together with Jod.
In their eyes, at the edges of their pupils, a circle of faint orange light appeared.
"By the way, we still have a lot of seats for dinner. Mr. Costa can invite more friends, such as the one over there." As he spoke, Joad turned his gaze to the distant corner, staring at Massimo who was standing in the shadows with a surprised look on his face. Massimo was so scared after being looked at that he almost fell to the ground.
Faced with this situation, Costa could not help but grit his teeth and clench his fists.
"Thief...k..."
Costa's extraordinary ability began to take effect while he was muttering with gnashing teeth. The sea water near the dock began to stir up abnormal waves. The nuns and priests nearby quickly moved away from him after being surprised. Several Knights Templar officers on the deck also showed obvious spiritual fluctuations, and two of them immediately drew the swords at their waists.
Soon after, a loud noise was heard from the originally quiet and peaceful Navaha Port.
…
In the afternoon, outside Navaha.
On a rocky coast far away from the city of Navaha, the waves of the Conquering Sea kept hitting the rugged rocks. There was no trace of a person on the desolate rocky coast, only the seabirds in the sky were circling and calling.
On this deserted coast, a hand stretched out from the crashing red waves and grabbed the rocks on the shore. Then, with a burst of force, a body was dragged fiercely onto the shore by this hand. That person was a one-armed man. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Massimo!
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Gasping for breath, the soaked Massimo staggered to his feet on the rocks. He was in a very miserable state, with his clothes torn in many places and his hat missing. There were obvious scars all over his body, and his entire right hand was missing, with the huge wound covered with charred flesh.
"Damn it... Love... How could it become like this..."
Gritting his teeth, Massimo covered his broken arm and staggered forward on the reef. Amid the burning pain from the wounds all over his body, his steps were very unstable and it seemed that he might fall at any time.
Just now, because of the inexplicable eruption of spiritual mist around them, he and Costa were targeted by a group of church personnel at the port. Under the opponent's powerful detection ability, their fragile "shadow" barrier collapsed in a short while, and Costa and Massimo were completely exposed to the eyes of the church.
After knowing that they were exposed, Costa and Massimo did not choose to surrender, but resisted and fled on the spot. They spontaneously mobilized their abilities, summoned the sea water in the port, turned it into a torrent and whipped it towards Joad and others, and then wanted to take this opportunity to escape.
The gap in strength at the scene was too great. The church's fleet had four officers stationed at the port at that time. In addition, there were a group of priests, nuns and knights soldiers around them. Under the pressure of multiple forces, it was impossible for them to retreat unscathed.
After a chaotic and fierce fight, Massimo was not targeted at the first time because his current location was far away from the dock and all the church forces. After using some life-saving methods, he successfully escaped by jumping into the sea. However, the price was also painful. When he dived for the last time, he was hit by a flaming sword thrown at him, and his entire right arm was burned and cut off.
Massimo escaped successfully, but Costa was not so lucky. He was too close to Joad and others. Although he resisted with all his might, he was unable to escape successfully under the all-round attack.
What is Costa's situation now? Was he killed directly or captured by her? Massimo didn't know. After jumping into the sea, he used all his abilities to control the water flow and swam at high speed under the water. After swimming towards the ocean for a long time, he chose to turn around and swim back to the deserted coast far away from Navaja Port and land again.
Massimo stumbled onto the shore and walked forward on the rocky beach. At this moment, his heart was filled with resentment and confusion.
He didn't understand why he and Costa were fooled again... that thief K... why he could always break their plans and force them into desperate situations step by step, and why that thief K deliberately went against them.
With deep doubts, Massimo dragged his heavy body slowly towards the land. Now he needed to find a place to hunt and restore his strength and spirituality. Now he needed to rest and recover, and then make long-term plans for the future.
Just as Massimo walked on the stone beach for a while, his nose moved slightly. At this moment, with the effect of the Breath-Seeking Talisman on his body not yet dissipated, he smelled a very familiar scent, the scent from that button!
Massimo was slightly startled when he smelled the breath, then he widened his eyes and looked in the direction where the breath came from. What he saw next was a young man wearing a windbreaker, standing on the rocky beach in the distance. At this moment, he was smiling at the embarrassed Massimo.
"Oh my, look who's here, isn't this Xianbei, the jewelry collector from the Haiyuan Cult?"
"You are... Thief K?!"
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