Chapter 39 (Final Chapter)
While still fighting, Jiu Nian and Cliff were stunned into mid-air after realizing that the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments had disappeared thanks to Shanks's miraculous dodge.
"What?! I've been searching for so long, and it's gone?!"
Staring in horror at the mountaintop, Jiu Nian frowned, his face full of resentment. With a crisp sound, he clenched his back teeth and crushed them.
"Tsk...you bunch of bastards!"
He felt dizzy, and an unventable anger welled up in his chest, causing him to tighten his grip on the spiked club.
With difficulty, he turned his head to look at the distant sea, where flames soared into the sky at the horizon; the maritime trade alliance had also arrived…
"well…"
Putting away his spiked club, all his resentment and anger finally turned into a sigh. Jiu Nian glared fiercely at Cliff before flying towards his fleet.
"..."
As Jiu Nian departed, the entire island fell silent, leaving Cliff alone in the sky, lost in thought.
"Strange, according to you, that thing should be indestructible, so how did it suddenly disappear?"
This question lingered in Cliff's mind, so he simply looked up and asked the viewers in the live stream.
...
"I don't know! Maybe it's hidden on someone's person."
"I think I heard Victoria say that it cannot be destroyed."
"Master Jiu is gone just like that? Looks like no one will be able to get the 10 million RMB!"
He turned and left...
"Jiu Nian: Don't move around here, I'll go buy you some oranges."
"He went and bought you some oranges! Hahaha!"
...
Seeing that many viewers said they didn't know, Cliff could only shake his head helplessly and finally used his magic to check Vortex Island again.
After still finding nothing, he could only wave his hand innocently before turning into a streak of light and disappearing into the horizon.
At this moment, three figures on the mountaintop looked at each other in bewilderment, while Amy stood frozen in place, trembling, staring blankly at the mountain that had been split in two.
"Well…"
After spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, Lovelyt quickly stabilized her injuries, and with the help of Shanks' healing magic, she soon recovered completely.
"Feel sorry…"
Shanks stood frozen beside Lovelyt, his guilt evident in his expression.
Without the trees to block the light, the shimmering moonlight fell, shining through her fair fingertips onto the girl's face.
Lovelyt gently rubbed her face with her fingertips. Although the wound had healed, the force of the blow still made her ache slightly.
"You came at just the right time, at least you made it in time, didn't you?" She tugged at the corner of her mouth and casually patted Shanks' shoulder.
"..." Shanks, unsure of what to say, could only remain silent.
"that…"
Amy, noticing the strange atmosphere, fidgeted with her hands and let out a soft sob.
His gaze shifted, and Shanks was immediately surprised: "Who is she?"
Lovelett's gaze also fell on Amy. She blinked and said, "I don't know, but it's related to Victoria, who is also a demi-human like me."
"But why did she leave her to us?" Shanks became even more curious upon hearing a familiar name again.
Seeing that the two women's gazes seemed to pierce her, Amy timidly raised her hand: "That older sister said... only... only by following you, can the demi-humans have any hope of..."
"I understand..." Lovelace placed a hand on her lips, stopping her from saying anything more.
Shaking the dust off her cloak, Lovelyt stepped forward first: "Let's go back first. This trip wasn't entirely fruitless."
"Cliff, Lao Chen, Jiu Nian, live stream, RMB, bullet comments..."
She rubbed her head, feeling a headache coming on, as she recited a string of unfamiliar terms.
Based on the information she had gathered during her previous undercover work, she felt that the world was in chaos.
"And the residents here..."
Following closely behind Lovelyt, Shanks' tone carried a hint of apology.
Holding Amy's hand tightly, Lovelytie chuckled to herself.
"The airline association is here to clean up our mess. Isn't that what they always love to do? Let them clean it up."
The moonlight was bright as the three of them slowly left the mountaintop, heading towards the port to leave this island that had been ravaged beyond recognition.
At this moment in the sea, the fleets of the Allied Lines and the Beasts Pirates had distanced themselves and were forced to end this farce.
Several fleets were preparing to land on Whirlpool Island. A girl standing at the bow of a ship was stroking her long coral hair, silently clicking her tongue at the horrific scene before her.
"call…"
She took a breath and waved to a middle-aged man who was squatting on the ground and had been beaten half to death.
The middle-aged man, grimacing and clutching his head, didn't understand what the girl meant, but he still endured the pain and stood up to approach her.
The girl decisively brought her mouth close to his ear, whispered something, and then patted his shoulder: "Remember to do as I say, and be quick."
"yes..."
After a moment of surprise, the middle-aged man nodded quickly and then led a group of soldiers to land on the island.
"What are you doing! Get back inside!"
The island's native inhabitants seemed quite unhappy about this, each raising their muskets and gathering their magic, ready to fight at the slightest provocation.
"Well..."
"Fellow elders! I am Lieutenant General Kui Xing of the Air Route Alliance." The middle-aged man immediately clasped his hands and respectfully bowed to the island's natives.
"The shipping alliance has received news of a pirate attack on Whirlpool Island, and has therefore come to provide reinforcements..."
"We will provide assistance to the residents in their reconstruction efforts later."
He spoke calmly and sincerely, introducing himself and explaining the purpose of the fleet's visit.
With his palms outstretched, Kui Xing gestured for everyone to look at the soldiers behind him: "These are supplies prepared for our fellow villagers."
Looking in the direction he pointed, a group of soldiers were orderly unloading supplies from the ship, arranging them box by box in the courtyard next to them.
The serial numbers on these boxes are extremely precise, even specifying the exact year, month, day, and hour they were sealed…
What's particularly eye-catching is the Chinese characters "[罗夏]" written in the lower right corner of each box.
Before the natives could react, many medics from the other approaching fleets disembarked and conjured healing spells in their hands even before getting close.
Seeing this, most of the indigenous people, feeling a strange sincerity, put away their muskets, but still watched them warily.
As everyone was negotiating, a night owl happened to fly overhead, soaring over the cliff and onto the mountaintop.
Its sharp eyes quickly swept across area after area; it flew through the night sky for an unknown amount of time.
She swooped down into Lovelyt's arms only after finding a pile of ruins.