Hoffa and the two German wizards were standing on a narrow reef. They were less than half a meter away from each other. They were so close that they could hear each other's breathing. Both sides did not hide their killing intent at all, but they were extremely cautious and took an extremely conservative stance.
The two black-robed wizards were not in good condition. Their faces were pale as they supported each other. Their bodies were burned by the acid spat out by the insects.
Hoffa was not any better. He was dripping wet and holding a sun-dried shell in his hand. This was the best weapon he could find at the moment.
He held the shell in his hand and faced the two wizards on both sides of the reef.
"Get down!" he said.
"You should be the one to go down, Bach. There are two of us," the red-haired wizard said.
"Anker, don't waste time talking to him. Just kill him," the golden-haired wizard said in a weak tone.
"Get rid of the insects on your body before you talk," Hoffa said sarcastically to the golden-haired wizard.
Unexpectedly, the golden-haired wizard's expression changed drastically after hearing what he said. His pale face suddenly became as white as paper. He jumped more than half a meter high and frantically touched his body with his hands. "Insects … Where are the insects? Where are the insects!?"
It was not enough for him to touch himself. He grabbed his companion tightly. "Anker, where are the insects on my body?"
The red-haired wizard did not look at him. Instead, he stared at Hoffa.
Huo Fa kindly reminded him, "It's behind your ear."
He grabbed the finger-long red and green caterpillar from behind his ear, and after letting out a deafening shriek, he fainted.
Huo Fa was dumbfounded. He was just being stubborn and sarcastic, but he didn't expect this seemingly tall and strong man to have such a deep-seated fear of insects.
"Oi, Aldo, are you a f * cking woman?"
The red-haired wizard cursed. His face was cold as he kicked his friend. When he found that he could not get up from the ground, he silently retreated to the edge of the reef.
"Looks like there's only one of you."
Hoffa said slowly.
The red-haired wizard snorted and sat down cross-legged, ignoring him.
Hoffa put down the shell and sat down to meditate.
He was just bluffing to scare his opponent. Even if it was a one-on-one battle, his opponent was still a man in his prime without magic power. Fortunately, he was afraid that he might have some unknown trump cards. He did not dare to offend them immediately and began to try to recover his magic power.
It was the safest way. In the current situation, whoever recovered their magic power first would gain control of the situation.
However, an hour passed, two hours passed … At night, the moon rose high in the sky, and the tide rose, gradually submerging the reef in the shallows. The giant carnivorous insects left on the shore gave up on their plan to hunt the three people in the sea and silently disappeared into the dark forest.
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... The three of them did not look good.
A crab crawled out of a hole in the reef and climbed between the two men in black robes from Hoffa's trousers. After circling around, it jumped into the sea.
"Can you use your magic?"
The red-haired wizard asked cautiously.
"Take a guess," Hoffa answered ambiguously.
"Hey, student of the Grindelwald, whose side are you on?" The blond wizard said. "Why don't you just join our association?"
"The last person who called me by that name lost his head."
The blond wizard subconsciously reached for the wand at his waist, but was stopped by the red-haired wizard. "Now that you don't have a weapon, do you still want to be so arrogant?"
Hoffa spat into the sea and sneered. "What, a guy who's afraid of insects wants to threaten me?"
"You say it like you don't have any weakness. I'm afraid of insects, but I'm not afraid of you."
"Why don't you try? What's the point of talking?"
He cracked his knuckles. The muscles on his arms and shoulders bulged.
"You …!!"
The red-haired wizard was calmer. He pressed the blond wizard down. "It's not time for us to fight to the death. Bach, where's Lemour? Isn't she with you? Why haven't I seen her? "
Hoffa did not answer.
"Did you hide her? Our target is Lemour. It has nothing to do with you. As long as you hand her over to us, we won't make things difficult for you. "
"Unfortunately," Hoffa said in a mocking tone, "Lemour is also my target. As long as you stay away from her, I won't make things difficult for you."
The blond wizard was furious. He struggled to sit up on the reef. "Brat, don't force me to teach you what respect is on behalf of your teacher!"
The red-haired wizard pressed him back down.
"Aldo! Calm down! "
"What are you waiting for? He's only one person!"
"Not now, don't make things difficult for me!"
Aldo, whose eyes were bloodshot, finally calmed down after being pulled by his companions. He tugged at his collar, snorted coldly, and turned his head away.
Huo Fa looked at the red-haired man called Anker and became wary. He was not afraid of an impulsive enemy, but he was more afraid of someone who could remain calm in this situation.
"At least you know how to talk. Unfortunately, Lemour isn't by my side. She got separated from me. So there's no point in asking me. "
"Is that so …?" The red-haired wizard narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "If that's the case, what's your plan?"
"Why should I tell you?"
The red-haired wizard was not angry. "I have a suggestion. Mr. Bach, are you interested?"
"Not interested."
The red-haired wizard continued, "We don't have any magic power now. You've seen this island. It's strange and dangerous. I think we might have to work together to survive on this island."
"Work together?" Hoffa laughed. "What if you recover your magic power before we work together?"
The red-haired wizard said frankly, "We might kill you, or we might send you to the headquarters of the association in Berlin and hand you over to your teacher, Grindelwald. What we do depends on the situation. "
"Do you think I'll agree to this kind of cooperation?"
"I think, if you recover your magic power first, you'll kill us without hesitation. Maybe in Mr. Bach's options, there's no such thing as imprisonment," the red-haired wizard said calmly, almost cruelly.
Hoffa was slightly moved. The red-haired wizard's calmness made his hands itch. He wanted to get rid of this scourge as soon as possible, but he forcibly suppressed this impulse.
The red-haired wizard was right. They were in a very bad state. They lacked food, water, and even shelter. They could only hide on the reef.
If there was another life-and-death battle at this time, even if he won, the final result would be that he would be eaten by the ferocious and strange carnivorous insects on the island, or that he would sit on the shore and be roasted into dried fish by the distorted sunlight of the day.
"I have a small suggestion."
The red-haired wizard said. "Since our target is Lemour, why don't we find her first, and then we'll deal with this small matter between us?"
"I can't guarantee that Lemour is on this island."
"Liar, she's clearly on the same boat as you," Aldo suddenly said.
"You're looking for her everywhere. I thought you'd know more about her abilities," Hoffa mocked.
"This …"
The red-haired wizard frowned and touched his chin.
"Lemour is on this island," Aldo said with certainty.
"What did you say?"
"I said, Lemour is on this island," he repeated.
This time, even his companion was confused. "Have you seen her, Aldo?"
"No, but I know that she's hiding in some corner of this island."
"Which corner?"
"I don't know."
"Aldo, don't joke around, okay?"
"Why would I joke around with you? It's just a feeling, just like how I'm sure I hate insects. She's on this island."
"Bach, what do you think?"
Hoffa frowned. He thought of the strange giant insects on the island, as well as the plants he had never heard of before. He had a hazy understanding, but he didn't dare to believe that the thought that flashed through his mind was real. He shook his head and suppressed that strange feeling.
"Okay, then let's cooperate. Since our target is Lemour, let's put our conflict aside for now. If she's really on this island, then she must be in danger. "
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… …
Chloe didn't feel that she was in danger. In fact, she just felt that the place she was in was a bit strange.
After Mary died of fear, she chose to go berserk again. However, the place she appeared at was a million miles away from where he expected her to be.
She thought that she would appear on the sea when she woke up, but that wasn't the case.
Since she could remember, she had somehow come to a white stone square with a hubbub of voices.
Three sides of the square were houses with sharp stone roofs. On the fourth side was a majestic building with only a few small windows on the wall that were taller than the chimneys of the houses. The building was made of solid limestone and looked like a fort or castle. The square below it had some market trellises, and there were people coming and going under the trellises.
What a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere, not at all like the world war period where the flames of war raged.
Not long after she stood in the square, a group of people in the distance attracted her attention.
Curious about the unknown environment, she chose to go over and investigate.
After squeezing into the crowd, she found that in the middle of the crowd was a middle-aged woman who had fainted on the ground. There was a pile of low-quality flyers scattered around her.
"Is she going to die?"
"Maybe she's dying."
"Who is she?"
"Berkley's woman. The child is gone … Sigh, let's not care."
The crowd surrounded her, pointing at her and whispering to each other, but no one dared to help her.
Chloe's heart skipped a beat. These people were all speaking German. She didn't know what was going on, and she didn't know where she was, but out of professional habit, she squatted down and picked up the flyer.
There was a black and white photo on the flyer. In the photo, there was a little boy with light hair of unknown color.
"Aldo Berkley."
She read the name on the flyer, but didn't find anything. So she bent down again and picked up the unconscious woman.
She touched her head. Her body temperature was very high, and her skin was burning, but her limbs were cold and her face was pale. This woman had a heatstroke, but she wasn't as hopeless as the crowd said.
She helped the woman up, pushed through the crowd of onlookers, and led her to the slightly cooler shade of a tree.
Then she went to the shop next door and asked for a glass of ice water and some salt. Thanks to her beautiful face and the cloak of the monastery, she easily borrowed what she wanted.
She brought the water back and fed it to the woman who had a heatstroke. Not long after, she slowly woke up.
"How do you feel?"
Chloe asked.
"Uh …"
The middle-aged woman woke up in a daze. "Did you see my child …?"
"What happened to your child?"
"My child is lost. I'm here looking for him."
She searched her body. "Where's my flyer?"
Chloe handed her the stack of flyers behind her.
The woman took the flyer and sighed in relief. "Did you save me? You're so kind."
"It's okay."
Chloe asked humbly, "Excuse me, where is this place?"
"Where is this place?"
"It's here!" Chloe pointed at her feet.
"Berlin. You're confused, child. You don't even know where this is. "
Berlin …
Chloe couldn't say a word for a long time.
Although she was a little mentally prepared when she heard these people speak German, she couldn't help but tremble when she heard the exact news.
What had happened? Why did the time ability he activated take him across geographical space and directly arrive in Berlin ten thousand meters away? What about Huo Fa? Where was he at this very moment? Could she still save Mary?
For a moment, countless questions and perplexities intertwined in her mind.
"What happened, child? Tell me. Maybe I can help you?"
The middle-aged woman beside her asked in a gentle tone.
Chloe grimaced. "I'm lost."
"Are you lost?"
The middle-aged woman patted her head and said sympathetically, "Poor child. If you don't mind, you can come to my house for a while."
Chloe was at a loss. She couldn't think of a better way. All she could do was nod blankly.
The woman brought Chloe to a small house in the city and prepared some snacks and drinks for her. However, the nun had no appetite at all.
The middle-aged woman sat beside her and comforted her while giving her ideas. "Where are you from? I can help you contact the National Guard. When the time comes, you can ask them to bring you back. Of course, it'll be even more convenient if you can contact the monastery. "
Chloe's mind was in a mess. She didn't eat, drink, or respond.
The woman worriedly nagged, "My child is a little younger than you. I really hope he doesn't meet any bad people outside. Sigh … Before my damned husband got divorced, he beat him three times a day. He beat him when he was drunk, when he lost money in gambling, and when he was in a bad mood.
Now, the child ran away. Who can I blame? It's too late for a divorce. In 1911, my family tried to persuade me not to marry him. But I was young and impulsive back then. Now, it's too late for regrets … "
The woman's mouth was like a fountain, endlessly spewing out her resentment toward the world.
Chloe was still thinking about Mary and Hoffa. For a while, she didn't react. When she did, she stood up abruptly.
"What are you talking about?"
"Hmm? My terrible husband? "
The woman was startled by Chloe's sudden outburst.
"No, the previous question, when did you marry your husband?"
"1911 …"
"Then what year is it now?"
"1922. Why are you so agitated?"
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