Chapter 503 Taking the bait
Ash Island.
The waves hit the rocks on the shore fiercely again and again. The splashed white foam stayed briefly in the ravines of the rocks, and then was quickly swallowed up by the next wave.
A gray-feathered seabird slipped quietly out of the low-hanging clouds, its wings spread almost parallel to the sea level.
its feathers trembled slightly in the humid sea breeze, but it always maintained a stable gliding posture.
This seems to be an ordinary seabird, but what is reflected in its eyes is not an ordinary seabird's desire for food, but an almost human scrutiny.
Bang!
A very penetrating gunshot.
The bounty hunter standing in the shadow of the reef released his finger from the trigger of the magic gun.
The light blue halo emanating from the body of the magic gun in his hand has not completely faded away.
A bullet wrapped in blue demonic flames, like a sharp arrow guided by the god of death, accurately shattered the skull of the seabird.
Huge red blood mixed with finely chopped brain matter exploded in the air, like a low-quality firework that withered instantly in the wind.
One shot to the head.
The seabird lost all power in an instant, and its smooth gliding turned into a straight fall, its gray feathers turning messily in the air current.
When it fell halfway, it seemed as if it encountered an invisible hand. The body suddenly lagged behind and began to move sideways, finally landing in front of the bounty hunter who fired the gun.
He snapped his fingers, and a little orange spark was rubbed out, and then he threw it towards the seabird.
The seabird's body instantly burst into flames.
The flames greedily licked the feathers and muscles of the seabirds, making a subtle "sizzling" sound.
Soon, a smell mixed with burnt aroma and salty sea breeze spread among the rocks, and the aroma was overflowing.
At his feet, there were pieces of tiny, bitten bones scattered randomly.
Obviously, this is not the first seabird to encounter this ending.
The moment the gray-feathered seabird was shot in the head, the man on the hunting boat suddenly opened his eyes, looking a little ugly.
“It’s prudent...:::” he murmured to himself.
He understood that it was impossible to explore the situation on the island without cost and risk.
In the process of constant cycle exposure to blue flames, soul damage, and recovery, Gaode's blue flame energy tolerance and mental injury recovery ability began to increase rapidly again.
As the resistance increases, Gaode can stay in the blue flame for longer and longer, and the pace of exploration gradually goes deeper into the hinterland of the island.
On the third day after returning to Gray Island, his blue flame energy tolerance had reached 70%.
But at this point, the increase in blue flame energy tolerance has slowed down significantly.
Every 1% increase requires twice as much time and effort as before, and it has begun to enter a period of slow growth.
This afternoon, when Gothe crossed another rolling circle of blue flames and entered a safe area not covered by blue flames, a small group of simple abandoned buildings appeared in front of him.
Several houses are crawling on the exposed black stone slope of the mine.
They can't even be called walls. Several metal mining picks are inserted deeply into the ground to serve as pillars. Broken iron fibers are strung across the tops. Many places have been rusted through, exposing honeycomb-shaped holes.
The thick hemp ropes wrapped between the steel rods have long been eroded by the sea wind and turned gray-black. The remaining fibers trembled in the wind, barely holding up a few pieces of spliced canvas.
The canvas was originally brown, but now it seems to be covered with a layer of old grease, appearing gray-black, full of torn holes, and the edges are rolled into crispy strips.
Next to the house, there is a small vein of blue flame spar that still has traces of mining.
Gothe looked closer and could still see some faint blue light.
There are many blue crystal stones the size of pigeon eggs embedded in the veins.
If nothing else, I just picked up those mining picks, loaded them with a few picks, and put the gorse coins into my account.
This should be one of the small camps established by the people who came to the island to mine when the blue flames of Gray Island disappeared.
Gothe scanned the traces in the camp and felt slightly shaken.
Finally started to see the buildings.
He immediately opened Mandora's Magic Eye and cast [Detection Magic] at the same time, searching the abandoned buildings, trying to find a treasure, but unfortunately, he found nothing.
In those days, Dracula brought the elite mages of the Black Wing Gang to the island to clear the area. Although it was a domineering act, in a sense, it also saved the lives of countless mining mages on the island at that time.
These mining mages were originally driven away before the resurgence of the blue flames. They did not die tragically on Gray Island like the members of the Black Wing Gang. Naturally, they would not leave anything good behind.
Gothe was not disappointed, and took advantage of the situation to make repairs in the camp.
He sat down next to a relatively complete mining pickaxe, cast [Magic Berry +], and ate the two generated gem sweet berries.
The so-called blue flame coverage area does not mean that all the land in the area is covered with blue flames, but that the blue flames block the only way to pass, and the areas that cannot be reached are all blue flame coverage areas.
Hence, Gaode can continue to deepen, instead of constantly going back and forth from the starting point.
Under the "burning" of the blue flame, his soul is like fine iron that has been beaten repeatedly in a forge. Its ability to withstand and recover is getting stronger and stronger. Just a short meditation and rest can quickly calm down the impact on the soul.
Soon, Gothe stood up again and explored deeper into Ashes Island.
naturally, after seeing the first camp ruins, I saw more similar camp ruins one after another.
Most of these ruins are built against the mountains, and the layout is similar to the first camp. They are simple shelters built with mining picks, iron drills and canvas, and there must be exposed veins of blue flame crystals next to them.
It is conceivable that in the month when the blue flames briefly disappeared, countless miners swarmed in, turning this silent island into a bustling mining field.
Every time he discovers a new camp ruin, Gothe will routinely open the Mandora Magic Eye and cooperate with [Detection Magic] to search carefully.
To be honest, he didn't expect to find anything good in the remains of these small camps.
Mainly the process of hunting for treasures in ruins is extremely attractive in itself.
If you can really find something good, then of course it’s the best. If not, then it doesn’t matter.
This is a bit like when he was a child and went to the recycling station near his home to "hunt for treasure". He would be very excited when he occasionally found some valuable items in the garbage.
In fact, if those little things were given to him directly, he would not be excited.
This is why scavengers are a classic profession in various types of novels and biographies.
Because the feeling of pleasure brought by this unexpected treasure hunt is universal.
Just because it has been too long since the camp was established.
For five to six hundred years, even though the blue flame has isolated most treasure hunters, its burning state has always been unstable, often switching between extinguishing and re-igniting, and its position will also change with the flow of energy.
Over the years, many people have landed on the island one after another in search of treasure.
Except for the blue flame in the hinterland of Ember Island, which has never been extinguished and is an absolute restricted area that no one can approach, most of the surrounding camps have been touched by these people, and there is no oil or water left.
After two consecutive days of Taobao scavenging, he found nothing, and the blue flame energy tolerance was increasing more and more slowly, Gaode finally couldn't hold it any longer.
He decisively gave up on this tentative movement on the edge and headed straight to the hinterland of the island where the blue flames were the most turbulent.
After clarifying the goal, Gothe followed the direction with the strongest blue flame energy.
Only one day passed, and he had already reached the edge of the hinterland.
It is obvious that the blue flames in front of you are completely different from the blue flames elsewhere on the island.
The jumping indigo is so deep that it is almost close to purple, condensing into a torrent of energy like a river, meandering on the ground.
Everywhere he passed, whether it was the ground or the rock surface, was coated with a layer of radiant luster.
These blue flames contain purer and more violent power, forming a torrent of blue flames that stretches in front of them like a city wall, keeping no one close.
The surrounding area is surrounded by irregular cracks in the ground.
These cracks in the ground are like irregular small volcanoes, spewing out torrents of cold blue flames from time to time.
Gothe squinted at the jumping indigo blue flames.
There is no need to touch him. Just being so close creates a subtle needle-pricking feeling in his soul.
Pain is good, I'm not afraid of the pain, I'm just afraid that you don't have enough pain... Gao De murmured in his heart.
He was talking "trash talk" to "embolden" himself, while gritting his teeth, he stretched out his right hand towards the terrifying blue flame, and cautiously tested it.
Every inch of movement of the palm is accompanied by an increasingly strong sense of oppression at the soul level.
When Gothe's fingertips were still more than ten centimeters away from the torrent of blue flames, a violent energy impact was already about to come.
His pupils shrank, but he did not flinch. Instead, he resisted the pressure and stretched his fingertips forward a little further.
Finally, Gothe's palm completely touched the blue flame.
A feeling of extreme coldness and stinging followed.
Leave aside the damage to the soul, this alone is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Fortunately, both of these are areas that Gaode is good at: [Intermediate Ice Blessed Body] + [Dharma Ninja Body].
The next moment, a white light exploded in front of Gothe's eyes.
The mental attack from the blue flame had reached his soul.
【Suffering from the attack of Abaddon's blue flame energy, your spirit is damaged, your tolerance to Abaddon's blue flame energy is increased by 73.4%...Your mental injury recovery ability is increased by 36.9%...】
The pain this time is a bit unbearable, even if Gaode has the [Body of Legal Ninja].
Because it came from the depths of the soul, not the physical body,
The severe pain made Gothe tremble all over, the clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat, and the muscles of his arms were throbbing due to excessive tension.
He quickly pulled his hand away.
But the blue flame energy follows him like a shadow and will not disappear immediately just because he draws his hand.
Gaode could only grit his teeth and wait quietly.
These blue flames that wrapped around his arms and followed him were, after all, sourceless water and would inevitably be exhausted.
Of course, this process is not easy.
Gaode's chest began to rise and fall violently, and he was breathing heavily, feeling very painful.
His slightly ferocious expression was filled with excitement and determination.
Because, Abaddon's blue flame energy tolerance is improving at a rapid pace.
73. 5%... 73. 8%... 74. 4%.....
73. 5%... 74. 4%...
While Gothe was busy on Ember Island, Sarah was also busy.
David is a cautious and cunning man. He will not easily believe rumors, but he is also an "arrogant" and greedy man.
Otherwise, he would not have added a bounty of 1 gorse coin to his bounty list every time he returned from a trip.
And if David wants to believe that Gothe really has the ability to find the [Spell Bottle] on Gray Island, he must make good use of this.
· The relics of the Black Wing Gang that Gothe sold at the auction are "real" bait. They are credible information that cannot be easily falsified and can point to Gray Island, which establishes the credibility of the entire plan.
The character played by Gothe has been carefully considered: a Plantagenet foreign mage with special abilities, but inexperience and a certain vigilance.
This kind of personality is unlikely to be a trap for David.
In addition, whether it was the seemingly secret conversation on the Fire Knife, or Sarah's dispatch of men to conduct a vigilance stand on Ember Island, they were all designed to create an illusion for David that he must act as soon as possible, otherwise he would miss the opportunity.
There is still a certain gap between her strength and power compared with David.
But if the [Spell Bottle] really got into her hands, it would be unrealistic for David to take it away.
With the help of [Spell Bottle], Sarah may be able to fight him.
Hence, David's best choice must be to take action before Gothe "finds" the [Spell Bottle], and to hold Gothe in his hands.
Moreover, you must act quickly.
Who knows when Gothe found the [Spell Bottle]?
This created sense of urgency and window period will leave David with no time to make complete preparations and investigations.
But based on Sarah's understanding of David, as a cruel and cunning mage, he will almost certainly send his mage to explore the path first.
At this step, she must discover the pathfinding mages in time, and let some people go deep into Ash Island to see the illusion that "Gothe" can walk freely in the blue flames.
Then, hunt them down, and in the process let one or two seriously injured ones go back to report the news to David, thereby confirming everything.
Weave lies using multi-layered, indirect, information that is difficult to falsify in a short time and can be mutually corroborated.
Then use huge benefits to seduce David, use time pressure and competitors to force him, and use early "success" and "difficulties" to paralyze him. This is Sarah's plan.
In addition, we must also consider that David will not follow the script and be prepared to face various temptations and countermeasures.
And last but not least, how to kill David after he really takes the bait?
These are things that Sarah needs to consider arranging the deduction.
All this is cumbersome and heavy like a big mountain, pressing on Sarah's shoulders, making her even heavier than Gothe, who is suffering from the pain of blue flames.
Da da da!
At this time, rapid footsteps sounded.
Bao Zai quickly walked into the cabin and reported to Sarah, who had her back turned to him. His voice was filled with uncontrollable nervousness and excitement: "Abnormal magic fluctuations were found on the northwest side of the island. It is most likely the reconnaissance mage sent by David!"
When Sarah heard this, she immediately turned around, with a sharp light flashing in her eyes.
Finally took the bait...
"According to the plan." She said softly, her tone was calm, and there was no trace of nervousness or excitement like Baozai.
Sarah has planned and rehearsed this day so many times, as if she had experienced it countless times.
So when everything really happened, she was calmer than ever before.