Chapter 60: Bayam under Martial Law



Seeing Gehrman Sparrow put on his coat, hat, and picked up his cane, Danitz remembered that he seemed to have been forgotten.

He coughed, and said under the gaze of two people:

"S-should I go with you?"

It’s better not to… Who knows what will happen! I just stopped at Bansi Port before, but I encountered a very strange incident. Last night, I took Gehrman Sparrow to visit the contact of the resistance army, and ended up provoking the curse of the "sea god". Today, I followed this madman to check the archaeologists in Laeticia. Who knows what will happen again! Danitz lowered his head and glanced at his left arm that was still tied with a splint. He felt that in just a few days, he had encountered more things than in the past few months, or even half a year.

"You can stay here, but someone will come to investigate later." Ai'erlan laughed.

Someone came to investigate? Then the great pirate "Flame" was caught and turned into gold pounds? Danitz frowned and laughed dryly:

“Besides taking the bounty, there aren’t many opportunities to make money from the military, and I’m more than happy to give it a try.

"The only problem is that you have to wait a few minutes while I disguise myself. Captain, I don't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and embarrass you."

If I didn’t disguise myself, a great pirate like me would only be pinned down and arrested if I went to work with the military and the church... Danitz imagined himself being pinned down, with his back kneeled against his, and struggling like a catfish.

Ellan thought for a few seconds, took out an iron-black mask from his inner pocket and threw it over:

"Just put it on and I'll explain the rest."

Well, there's no need to waste time on a useless disguise... Klein commented in his mind.

Without saying a word, he turned the handle and walked out of the room.

Ellan followed closely behind, and Danitz hurriedly chased after him while putting on his iron mask and taking his coat.

Coming to a street with a lot of water and no pedestrians, Klein touched his hat and said:

"How do I find it?"

Ellan smiled and said:

“Investigate by region.

"My extraordinary profession has some characteristics. As long as I have seen the real person, photo or sketch of the target, I can remember the target's appearance and gain additional supernatural sensitivity. Well, I can also detect abnormal factors and grasp subtle traces. Combining these two, I can conduct investigations quite effectively."

Sequence 8 “Sheriff” of the “Arbitrator” pathway… Klein nodded thoughtfully and asked as he walked:

"Are there any of their belongings?"

——The notice Danitz posted last night included a portrait of Leticia, which Klein completed using ritual magic and praying to himself.

"No." Ellan shook his head. "We haven't tracked their whereabouts yet. What we can confirm is that they returned from Simim Island around 3 pm yesterday. After 2 pm, no passenger ship left the port. Due to weather conditions this morning, they only came in but not out."

In other words, Laticia and the others have not yet been able to leave by boat... Klein understood what Ellan meant.

Danitz suddenly sneered:

"That doesn't prove anything. Perhaps they left Bayam yesterday afternoon and headed for other cities on the island."

Blue Mountain Island is the largest island in the Rorsted Archipelago. It has a large area and is rich in forests and mineral resources. Therefore, there are many cities on the island, which are built around fertile land and astonishing reserves of minerals.

In order to obtain these riches, the Kingdom of Loen first bribed the indigenous princes, then used force, and finally directly established the Governor's Office. In a relatively efficient way, it opened up broad roads connecting various cities and completed several important railways. This was achieved by establishing a corresponding railway company and selling shares on the Backlund Stock Exchange to raise funds.

Of course, these large projects were accompanied by the deaths of many local people. The hazardous construction environment, excessive workload, near-slave treatment, and very meager wages left countless bodies buried under the roadbeds and railway sleepers.

To this day, many locals still hate the railway, believing that it has consumed a large number of lives, brought countless sufferings, and is a symbol of evil gods and demons.

Ellan glanced at Danitz and said:

"If they leave by land, there's nothing to worry about."

"Why?" Danitz asked in confusion.

It was simple. Those roads passed through the jungle and were directly threatened by the rebels, most of whom were followers of the "Sea God". So how could Laticia and others, who were causing the collapse of Kalvetuva, dare to pass through these areas at night? If they dared, it could only mean one thing: they did not realize how serious the consequences of what they did in the "Sea God" ruins on Simim Island would be. This also negated the speculation that the "Moss Ascetic Order" or the "Elemental Dawn" had other intentions... Klein controlled the urge to shake his head and followed Ellan into another street.

Ellan did not explain anything, but directly took out a notice and handed it to Gehrman Sparrow:

"The main target is the woman above."

I drew the woman above... Klein took a look and threw it to Danitz.

Just then, they heard a fierce fight coming from the house next to them.

"Found it?" Danitz asked the question Klein wanted to ask.

"Probably not." Ellan shook his head. "According to the arrangement, after discovering the main target, the first reaction is to set off red fireworks. Whenever this happens, everyone must move towards that place. If the person they encounter is another wanted criminal who they cannot deal with, they will set off orange fireworks and several groups around will rush to support them. If it is just an ordinary pirate or criminal, they will handle it themselves. Let's wait and see. Maybe it will be too late to set off the fireworks..."

While he was speaking, the glass on the third floor of a house facing the street shattered with a snap, and a sturdy man like a giant bear jumped down and ran towards the distance at an extremely fast speed like a cheetah.

At this moment, a huge shadow enveloped him, and a clattering sound came from the sky.

The sturdy man's body was almost torn apart by machine gun bullets. He fell on the street without any resistance. Blood gushed out, staining the ground red. If the residents had not been forbidden to go out, there would surely have been screams one after another.

The airship that had floated over at some point suddenly moved away without stopping and headed to another location.

“…Goldat.” Danitz recognized who the dead man was.

Seeing Gehrman Sparrow looking over his shoulder, he forced a smile and said:

"This is the leader of a pirate group, a Feysac man, with a bounty of 950 pounds."

The Feysac people... are they really all barbarians... They are actually running on the streets under martial law, completely unaware of the attack from above... Well, these pirates just had a night of drunkenness and had no idea that even the airships were dispatched... If he had planned an escape route, he might not be able to avoid the machine gun fire from the air... Klein retracted his gaze and watched the dark blue-painted aerial monster fly over the roof.

Danitz saw what happened to the pirate and was extremely glad that he had followed him out.

Seeing that the alarm here was lifted, Ellan did not stop and led Klein and Danitz to the area he would be responsible for.

After walking quickly for five or six minutes, they saw barricades built at the intersection ahead, with guns and artillery set up, and red-clad Loen soldiers standing guard there silently.

On the other side of the barricade, twenty or thirty corpses lay scattered on the ground, forming a charging formation.

They were dressed in rags, had skinny faces, and were all locals.

A little further away, several young indigenous children hid in the corner, looking over here quietly and coweringly, looking at the deep, iron muzzle of the gun, their eyes were black and their faces were dirty.

Klein and the others were silent for a few seconds and bypassed this place.

…………

Backlund, Cherwood District.

Fors picked up the ceramic water cup on the table and felt it was slightly hot.

She concentrated her mind and waited quietly for changes to occur.

The temperature of the hot water dropped rapidly, a thin layer of ice condensed on the surface of the water, and white frost appeared on the edge of the cup.

"I am now a 'Master of Magic'..." Fors closed his eyes in joy.

After receiving the Soul Eater's stomach, she mixed the potion without delay, completed the promotion, and gained a lot of lower-powered spell-like abilities.

Among them, Fors' favorites are "fog making", "wind blowing", "flash", "freezing", "electric shock" and "falling technique" that makes people slip.

It was not until this moment that she felt that she was a complete Beyonder, no longer limited to passing through walls and opening doors, and no longer had to rely on ritual magic.

…………

Near noon, Ellan, with the assistance of Klein and Danitz, completed most of the investigation.

"Eat a piece of bread and drink some water first, then continue." He took off his boat hat and said with dry lips.

Klein was about to nod when he suddenly saw an orange firework rising into the sky and blooming not far away.

Ellan barely hesitated, put on his hat, and ran in that direction:

"I'll go over to provide support first."

"Orange means there are other wanted criminals who cannot be dealt with... Who could they be?" Danitz muttered to himself with great interest.

He moved forward with his legs raised high, making sure to wait until the battle was over. Then he saw Gehrman Sparrow abandon him and follow the fair Ellan.

Glancing at the "deep blue monster" flying in the air, Danitz laughed dryly and suddenly quickened his pace.

More than two minutes later, they arrived at the target location and saw three or four military personnel lying outside a house with a lawn facing the street. They all had blue faces and were shaking, as if they had been thrown into a frozen lake.

The further Klein walked in that direction, the more he felt like he had encountered a cold disaster and arrived at the polar regions.

Soon, he discovered that the ditch outside the house was filled with thick white snow.

At this moment, a burst of female laughter suddenly rang out from the house, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes crazy, sometimes weird:

"Hahaha……

“Hehehe…

"Hahaha……

“Hehe…”

Danitz couldn't help but stop and touched his pimpled neck with his right hand.

With a clang, the window opened and a charred human body flew out.

He landed heavily on the ground, as if he had been caught in fire.

Klein only took a glance and relied on his spiritual intuition to identify that this was one of the three male adventurers following Leticia.


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