Chapter 440 Pain and Disaster
Angel's clothes were soaked, clinging to his body. His light golden hair dripped with seawater. His face, enhanced by multiple potions, appeared before the pirates, a terrifying sight, like a siren singing the praises of death. (Performance)
She slowly walked up the stairs from the lower deck. This meant...the companions left behind had either been killed by her or were so completely defeated that they didn't even have time to raise the alarm...
"Invasion!"
Following Captain William's roar, the pirates who were close by subconsciously raised their weapons that were originally intended to be aimed at the Blue Mountain Rose in the distance, screamed to build up courage, and rushed towards Angel.
Those in the distance were more clear-headed. Some protected their companions in front of them, took out their single-shot muskets and secretly aimed, while others pushed others to cheer for the pirates who dared to move forward.
“Bang, bang—”
Several bursts of gunfire rang out, and Angel Miaoman's figure disappeared in the thick smoke.
"She's on it!"
William's first mate "Button" Jason, a 2.1-meter-tall burly man who was completely different from his nickname, frowned and looked at the rustling sails above his head. Under the cover of the dazzling sunlight, Angel used the invisible silk thread to pull him down as fast as lightning, and the "Sword of Dawn" in his hand drew a white blade light and slashed at Jason.
At the critical moment, "Lucky William" beside Jason once again demonstrated his alertness and luck, which always helped him survive naval battles. He kicked away the first mate, who weighed almost twice as much as him, and used the reaction force to jump to the other side.
The next second, Angel's heavy chop hit the place where they were originally standing, smashing a large hole in the thick fir deck that led straight to the bottom. The entire tail side of the "City Breaker" trembled because of this force, making a creaking sound under the heavy load, and debris flew all over the deck.
Behind her, many pirates who were a little confused because they had lost their target had been infected by the invisible bacteria that surged from below and began to show various symptoms that affected the battle. The weak ones had begun to feel dizzy and cough, and the strong sailors were also gasping for breath and their steps were no longer steady.
From the moment he stepped onto the deck, Angel's real target was the captain "Lucky William", a Beyonder. As for the other pirates, he only needed to wait for a minute before they would completely lose their combat capability due to illness.
Of course, she did not completely ignore the pirates behind her who were holding swords and muskets. Several invisible silk threads quickly wrapped around her, tied up some lucky pirates, and made them entangled with each other. In an instant, she rolled up those who still had the strength and courage to approach her, making them fall to the ground as they collided and dragged each other down.
"Pain...Witch..."
William, one of the captains under Vice Admiral Disease, recognized Angel's potion sequence with his eyes wide open. The impulse of resistance that had just emerged in his heart was instantly extinguished like a flame in a storm. He threw the exaggerated double-barreled musket in front of him and ran towards the side of the ship at an incredible speed.
Knowing the power of "pain" well, he knew that he probably only had less than a minute to move. If he could not escape the range of the disease, and various serious illnesses broke out, his fate would not be much better than those unlucky people who dared to offend Tracy.
I dodged her attack aimed at me, jumped off the side of the boat in three seconds, and fell into the water in another three seconds. With the speed of the "City Breaker", even if I couldn't float, I could leave the range of the "Disease" in twenty seconds... William's brain, as precise as a machine, calculated his escape route.
He stepped on a rag thrown on the deck and slipped, luckily avoiding a sharp ice spike that was flying rapidly from behind him. His body froze in the sudden burst of cold air, allowing another wisp of black flame to fly past his forehead.
Very good, my accumulated luck has come into play again... As soon as a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he climbed up using his hands and feet, climbed onto the side of the ship, turned his head to look behind him, and prepared to jump down and escape from the "City Breaker".
At this moment, a black shadow flashed past his eyes, drew an elegant arc and fell into his escape route - the blue sea.
It was the head of "Button" Jason, with his eyes wide open, his mouth torn, and a streak of blood.
He is a "fighter", I can't beat him in a head-on fight... Just as this thought flashed through William's mind, his limbs were touched by the silk threads extending from behind, and he was instantly wrapped around them several times, pulled into the shape of a cross, hanging in the air above the side of the ship.
His last bit of luck still didn't allow him to avoid the opponent's attack.
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After putting away the "Good Luck" revolver that had not fired a single shot due to two consecutive bad bullets, Angel looked curiously at the "Lucky William" hanging in the air, and understood the origin of his nickname.
This guy must be a Beyonder from the "Monster" Path. Just like the Beyonder characteristic of the Lucky Revolver, it can bring him luck... He dodged my attacks several times, and he must have used up all his luck... Of course, the "Lucky Revolver" also brought me a lot of bad luck. The combined effect of the two was so powerful that it almost allowed him to escape the attack of the Sequence 5 Beyonder.
Angel chuckled and looked back at the pirates lying on the ground at the back of the deck. These guys, whose bodies were only slightly stronger than ordinary people, had lost their fighting ability due to the pervasive disease. Like the seriously ill patients on the deck below, they could only breathe and could not even lift their weapons.
"No, don't kill me. This is Vice Admiral Disease's ship, Tracy. She's also a member of the Witch Cult..."
William's voice came with some trembling.
The Witch Cult... As expected, Tracy's advancement to Sequence 5 must be related to this secret sect that possesses the "Assassin" path potion... Angel remembered what Edwina said, that every "Pirate General" has a stronger force behind him, and it seems that "Lieutenant General of Disease" is no exception.
"You were the first to attack the passenger ship I was on. Is this what Tracy meant?"
She asked back in a tone that was fake serious but with a hint of anger.
"No, no, it's all a misunderstanding," William denied hastily. "I was just following orders to intercept the passenger ship and search for a young woman. I absolutely had no intention of offending you!"
It seems that Vice Admiral Disease has indeed locked onto Elaine's position through some method. Her so-called anti-tracking ability is less than half of her provocative ability... Angel glanced at the Blue Mountain Rose, which was still approaching due to the headwind. His heart moved, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Are you looking for a red-haired lady named Elaine? She is indeed on that passenger ship."
Seeing a hopeful smile suddenly appear on William's face, Angel added:
"But don't expect to find her. Go back and tell your general that she... is already mine."
"Okay, okay, I'll pass it on for you..."
William's expression changed several times, and finally stopped at a disappointed but slightly relaxed expression. He answered in a low voice, as if he had given up the idea of capturing Elaine.
This should cause the other party pain and digest some of the potion... but the effect doesn't seem strong enough, because capturing Elaine is just his mission, not his true wish?
Looking at the constantly changing expressions on the pirate captain's face, Angel thought for a while, and used a silk thread to lift him back to the deck from the side of the ship, and tied him tightly to the rudder that had begun to deviate due to no one controlling it, and then walked to the other side of the ship.
Angel stepped onto the side of the ship, making a move to jump off the "City Breaker". He suddenly turned his head and looked at William, who was secretly glancing at him, waiting for this evil star to leave. He chuckled and said:
"By the way, Elaine just mentioned that there seems to be a £2,800 reward on 'Lucky William'?"
She retracted her foot, her eyes shining a little, and walked back to the center of the deck, her right hand on the holster at her waist.
"No, that's just me bragging! I did have quite a few bounties before I started hanging out with Tracy, but after a pirate who looked a lot like me was captured and claimed the reward, all my bounties went to zero!" William was puzzled at first, but then he quickly realized what was happening and explained in a panic, "Now that Vice Admiral Disease doesn't allow us to kill people recklessly, there aren't any bounties on anyone. Really, just ask them..."
He looked around and saw the headless "Button" Jason lying in a pool of blood. The other pirates were either unable to respond or pretending to be unable to respond. No one was paying attention to the situation here.
This guy is so lucky that his bounty was cleared just because someone who looks similar to him was captured... No, maybe it was done intentionally by those adventurers who took credit for the reward... Angel smiled secretly and nodded.
"I see. Then there's no point in killing you..."
Her right hand left the gun handle, and she patted her head lightly, her face suddenly looking as if she remembered something.
"...But since I left so many of your men behind to deliver a message to Tracy, there's no point in saving your life!"
Wisps of black flames emerged in the air, followed the silk threads and gathered on the rudder, igniting William, whose mood instantly plummeted to the bottom and whose face was filled with anger and despair.
The black flames that could burn both the flesh and the spirit obtained sufficient fuel, and a flame wave more than two meters high shot up, burning fiercely on the speeding "City Breaker", mixed with William's wails that gradually became low and finally stopped abruptly.
From the charred corpse, wisps of spiritual light gradually emerged, transforming into a thumb-sized pale yellow crystal. This was the extraordinary characteristic of "Lucky William", which was likely a Sequence 7 Extraordinary Characteristic of the "Monster" Pathway.
Do most sailors and pirates who call themselves "lucky" always encounter bad luck?
Thinking of the "Lucky Nick" in Bayam, Angel chuckled and picked up the Beyonder characteristic, putting it in his pocket. Together with the characteristic extracted from the burly pirate, he regarded it as his harvest from hunting pirates today.
From beginning to end, none of the pirates lying on the deck dared to move. Even if they coughed in pain, they suppressed their voices for fear of being heard by the witch.
Feeling the fearful glances from the deck and the scrutinizing eyes from the Blue Mountain Rose in the distance, Angel confirmed that the digestion of the "pain" potion in his body had made considerable progress.
"To plunge someone from hope to the depths of despair... This acting style is worthy of a 'witch'..."
She sighed secretly and came to the side of the ship again. This time she was really ready to leave.
But before you jump in, maybe try...
Angel took out the "disaster" talisman from his pocket, which he had never had the chance to use since it was made. He looked back at the pirates who followed "Lucky William" and whose hands might have been stained with blood. After hesitating for a moment, he began to infuse spirituality into the dark red iron piece engraved with complex runes.
"Disaster."
She murmured, and the spiritual energy in her body instantly accelerated and transferred into the talisman. It was not until nearly half of the spiritual energy disappeared that the iron sheet began to emit a cold touch, which made her feel a dangerous omen.
Angel flipped the talisman forward like a coin, letting it spin and land on the deck. He quickly jumped off the side of the ship, changed an elegant posture in the air, and fell into the water with a splash as phantom scales appeared on his skin.
Behind her, a dangerous aura surged, making her feel fear and trembling. Before this, only Megose in Tingen, pregnant with the child of the "True Creator," and Lanevus before Backlund was severely injured by the "Goddess's Sword" had given her a similar feeling.
Floating from the water, Angel silently looked back at the "City Breaker". This huge ship, which was showing off its might and rapidly approaching the Blue Mountain Rose a few minutes ago, had now silently turned into countless scattered wooden fragments, each of which was riddled with holes, as if it had been rotten for a hundred years, falling on the sea like rain.
The screaming pirates fell into the water one after another. A few who were still unconscious sank to the bottom of the sea with bubbles, but most of them climbed onto the rotten debris and scattered wooden boxes and wine barrels. Regardless of the symptoms that had not yet subsided, they paddled hard to get away from the stunned Angel, as if he was the most terrifying evil god in the world.
Is this the power of "disaster"?
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