Chapter 467 Generous Investment
Early Saturday morning, Angel and Klein arrived at Fragrant Tree Avenue near the Bayam Wharf area and entered a house with a nondescript exterior.
This was one of the properties that Daniz had purchased using his savings over the years. The interior was simply decorated and only partially furnished.
When he came to Bayam on vacation, Danitz would occasionally stay here, but most of the time he just used it as a safe house.
He had already been waiting at the door, wearing a simple disguise. His black wig was draped stiffly behind his head, and the glasses on his nose made his eyes look a little dull. Seeing the two people arrive, he pointed in the direction of the bedroom and said,
"The red-haired lady is inside. She knows she has a large reward outside, so she didn't try to escape."
In fact, it doesn't matter if she escapes. "Lieutenant General of Disease" Tracy is now busy with her own affairs. If other forces find her, they will at most send her to the Intis Embassy and hand her over to the Soren family. That may not be a bad thing for her... Angel thought about it, pushed open the bedroom door and entered the simple bedroom with only a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and closed windows. He saw Elaine Soren, who was wearing a simple dress and had messy red hair, looking at him blankly.
"Where's Tracy? Have you seen her?"
When she saw the newcomer, her first question was about offering a high reward for the capture of her pirate general. Combined with Tracy's reaction last night, Angel wanted to laugh.
"She should be trying to find a way to escape from the encirclement of the navy and the Church of Storms. After all, the Black Death has sunk in the fjord east of Bayam."
Klein had now returned to his "Crazy Adventurer Hermann" attire. He spoke at such a length, a rare occasion, but his expression remained as calm as usual, as if he was discussing what he had for breakfast.
"The Black Death... sank?" Elaine murmured, her eyes shifting to Angel beside Klein. "It's you! You know him? No wonder, if it were you, it's indeed possible..."
She remembered the battle in which Angel easily crushed the City Breaker, and no longer had any doubts about why Vice Admiral Disease's flagship sank overnight.
But these words sounded like thunder to Danitz, the Flame, who was standing by the door watching the show.
Yesterday, he cooperated with Klein to find Elaine who was discovered by the rebels. He used the ability of the "Faceless Man" to replace her. After sending the fake Elaine to Mithor King, the third mate of "Vice Admiral Disease", he brought the real Elaine to this safe house for protection.
It was not until this morning that he learned that "German" and "Angelica" had happened to sneak into the Black Death together, defeated the pirate general, and obtained the necessary intelligence.
But he never heard that the entire "Black Death" was destroyed in the battle.
That was the flagship of Vice Admiral Disease, one of the seven great pirate admirals. Not to mention Tracy herself, even if only her men were on board, there were more than ten Beyonders, including a Sequence 6 like Mithor King.
Excluding the golden cannon, the probability of the "Golden Dream" winning against the "Black Death" would not exceed 50%. But these two lunatics climbed onto the "Black Death" and defeated Tracy and all her men, and even dismantled her ship?
If they had a conflict with the Golden Dream and its captain...
With this in mind, Danitz quietly took two steps outside, moving a little further away from Angel and Klein.
Not noticing the actions of the strange-looking man at the door, Elaine's face was full of disappointment.
She should have been delighted to learn that Tracy had been defeated and gone, and that the greatest burden on her head had been lifted. All she had to do next was to go to the Intis Embassy in Bayam, find the members of the Soran family stationed there, and then she could embark on the journey back to her homeland.
But at this moment her heart felt empty, as if something was missing.
"You should be safe now. Do you want us to take you back to the embassy?"
Seeing a hint of helplessness in the red-haired lady's eyes, Angel chuckled inwardly. He glanced sideways at Klein, who looked like he was watching a show, and said helplessly.
"No...I, let me think about it."
Elaine subconsciously refused, but then realized that this was the moment she had been waiting for for a long time, and she became conflicted again.
During the year she was captured by Tracy and trapped with her, she was always thinking about how to escape and returning to her homeland to see her relatives.
But now, she was a little confused and didn't know whether she should embark on the journey immediately.
If I come to the sea with a ship, funds and goods provided by my family, but return empty-handed a year later, it will only increase my father's debt and make it impossible for our family to escape from the debt... She looked for excuses.
What if I stay in Bayam? I'm already a Sequence 7 Beyonder, at the stage where I can gather a team and venture out to sea... Most of the predecessors of the Soran family did the same thing. They built their power alone in the Rorsted Archipelago, the Interstellar Sea, and even as far as the Southern Continent, only returning to Intis with a team of loyal followers...
Looking at the witch in front of her with her arms folded, waiting for her answer, Elaine suddenly felt endless courage in her heart.
During the year she had been by Tracy's side, she had always been well protected, keeping her away from all danger. She had no concrete idea of the strength of this Sequence 5 pirate general, but after seeing Angel, also a Sequence 5, easily destroy an entire warship, she developed a strong yearning for such a powerful Beyonder.
Yes, even though no female in the Soran family had yet become a High-Sequence Beyonder, why couldn't I do it myself? Wasn't this a great opportunity?
After convincing herself in her heart, Elaine slowly stood up from the bed and looked at Angel with her emerald green eyes firmly.
"I've decided not to return to Intis for now," she said, pursing her lips. She clenched her fists and encouraged herself. "Going back now would simply mean more debt and letting the family members who lent me money control me... I want to stay here until I earn enough to pay off all my debts, and then I can embark on my journey home. I'm already Sequence 7, which is enough to navigate the sea..."
"Sequence 7?"
The one who spoke was Danitz, who had been hiding outside the door. He sneered and mercilessly provoked Elaine who was overestimating her own abilities:
"I became an 'arsonist' five years ago, but so what? Mid-Sequence Beyonders can indeed solve most troubles at sea, but there's no shortage of adventurers and pirates more talented and powerful than you across the Five Seas. Perhaps if you take a vacation and walk into a bar, you'll run into several nasty guys who can finish you off in a minute, or even hang you out of a porthole..."
He suddenly stopped chattering because Angel was looking at him coldly.
"No, I have a way to digest...master potions faster. Given the right opportunity, I can be ready to advance to Sequence 6 within a year."
Ignoring Danitz's ridicule, Elaine spoke slowly.
Sure enough, she should have mastered the "Acting Method". Was it Tracy who told her, or was it inherited from the Soran family... The former is more likely. Based on the law of immortality of Beyonder characteristics, such an ancient family that has lasted for thousands of years would not easily disclose the Acting Method to the public. They would only select a few outstanding descendants to train... Angel thought about it and came up with a plan.
"If you're truly as you say, perhaps I can give you a chance, or rather, an investment." She looked at Elaine, whose eyes widened in surprise at her words. "But you have to demonstrate your worth to me first. Otherwise, not only will I recoup my investment, I might even sell you for a good price."
Apparently thinking of who the "buyer" would be, Elaine's expression darkened for a moment, then she nodded and replied:
"That's a reasonable request. So, what should I do?"
After closing the bedroom door and locking Danitz, who was consciously keeping away, out, Angel continued:
"First, within a month, you must prepare a team capable of sailing out to sea. I don't care whether you hire, trick, or rob them; I only care about the results. Then, sail the boat I provide, and within a year, repay my investment, plus an additional 2,000 pounds. Similarly, I don't care whether you stick to your old trade or try to rob like Tracy; I only care about the final results.
"As a token of my support for you, I will provide you with 1,000 pounds, an ordinary unarmed sailing ship, a magical item that can conceal your identity, and... the hope of your promotion."
"Hope for promotion?"
Elaine's eyes lit up and she asked, not feeling embarrassed by the other conditions.
As a Sequence 7 Beyonder, she was well aware of the preciousness of potion formulas. The Soran family naturally had formulas up to high Sequences, but this was not something she, a descendant of a debt-ridden branch, could access. Even Tracy, who had given her the "Arsonist" formula, had said that Sequence 6 potions were something she had to find on her own and were almost impossible to buy from the outside world.
"Yes, the promotion potion. Once you have digested the current potion, you can purchase the subsequent formula from me. Of course, this will all be counted as your debt."
Angel replied with a smile.
The other party has already revealed the fact that she knows the "acting method", so she does not need to break the oath she made in front of the "Sword of the Goddess" Creste. This is also one of the important reasons for investing in Elaine - even if she has no talent, at least she is lucky enough to know the acting method, and she will definitely go further on the road to extraordinaryness.
What she was thinking about at this moment was the ruined city she saw after her "death", and the "Red Priest" card that was inside it together with the "Witch" card.
On it, the formula for the "Hunter" path potion from Sequence 9 to Sequence 0 is recorded!
Seeing that Elaine still didn't believe it, she glanced at Klein and said calmly:
"As a partial advance payment and to give you confidence, I can tell you that when you advance from Sequence 5 to Demigod via the Hunter Path, the potion will forcibly transform you into a male."
"What? That's impossible!"
The red-haired lady exclaimed, instinctively taking a step back and nearly tripping over the edge of the bed.
But a voice in her head told her that it was all true.
No wonder, among those ancestors in the family tree who lived over a hundred years and clearly reached high-sequence status, none were female... I thought it was some kind of training bias, but I didn't expect the deeper reason was actually the properties of the potion...
And that strange smile on the face of the family elder when he approached me and offered me the Hunter potion and a funding agreement. He said I resembled an ancestor from the Fourth Epoch, but I couldn't find any relevant records...
Thoughts popped up one after another in Elaine's mind, and she accepted this reality at a speed that surprised herself.
Anyway, Sequence 4 is still too far away for me... She shook her head, throwing away the strange thoughts that emerged in her mind, then looked at Angel and said:
"I agree to these conditions. Should I sign some agreements, or..."
A moment later, Angel left the bedroom with a bottle of fresh blood. Walking beside her were Klein, who watched the entire transaction with a nonchalant expression, and a heroic lady with long brown hair and an ordinary face whose details were difficult to remember.
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