After discovering this, Connor was overjoyed. At first, he wanted to leave the residential building immediately. However, the forty or so Magi that were lying in ambush at the Semedo Mansion hadn't left yet. No matter how brave Connor was, he didn't dare to act rashly. After waiting for an hour or so, Connor saw Old Victor walk out of the Semedo Mansion with a dark expression on his face at the first glimmer of dawn. He got into a carriage and left without a second thought.
After Old Victor left, Roberto and his five intermediate apprentices, as well as the church's arbiters, left one after another. Connor then quietly left the residential building and was about to catch up with Martina. He didn't expect to meet Division J who "insisted on doing his job". Left with no choice, Connor had no choice but to deal with him.
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"Steve, how much does it cost for you and your boat to go out to sea?" In a brick house in the fishing village of Aravis, Martina looked at the tall and dark-skinned man in front of her.
Ten minutes ago, under Martina's expectation, the men of Aravis returned to the fishing village with their fishing boats. Overjoyed, Martina decisively found Steve. She inquired about the home of Steve, the fisherman who was most adept at sailing fishing boats out to sea, and found the fisherman named Steve who had just returned home.
When Steve heard the woman who suddenly barged into his house asking him how much it would cost for him to go out to sea, his tired face froze for a moment. He then curiously sized up the mysterious woman who was wearing a loose gray robe and a thick veil. Although he couldn't see her face, her cold voice told Steve that she must be a beauty who was prettier than any woman he had seen in his 20 years of life.
"Who are you? What do you want to do out to sea? "Steve hesitated for a moment before asking the mysterious woman who suddenly appeared.
Martina frowned impatiently when she heard Steve's question. She wasn't interested in answering a mortal's question. If it weren't for the fact that the fishing boats in the fishing village were too old and different from the ones she used to operate, she wouldn't need a mortal's help at all.
Martina flipped her hand and threw a five-gold pound note to Steve. She then said to Steve, "This money is enough for you to work for a few months. After you send me to my destination, I will give you another five gold pounds. Now, put on your clothes and bring the items you need to go out to sea. Follow me!"
Looking at the five hundred pounds that the mysterious woman had thrown at him, Steve revealed a troubled expression. The mysterious woman in front of him wasn't wrong at all. He only earned one gold coin and a few pence a month from fishing. The five hundred pounds in his hand was enough for him to earn for three months, not to mention the five hundred pounds that the mysterious woman had mentioned after the matter was settled. However, the meaning behind the woman's words made the honest Steve feel a sense of danger.
"Madam, if you don't tell me who you are and where you're going out to sea, I can't take you with me. The empire's constitution states that if I send you out to sea without permission, I'll be considered illegal immigration. I'll have to go to jail!" Although the temptation of the money in his hand was great, Steve still resisted the temptation when he thought of the rumored cold and terrifying Loen Prison. He made a difficult decision and said to Martina with a sincere expression, "I'm sorry.
Seeing this lowly fisherman reject her request, a cold glint flashed across Martina's eyes under the veil. If it weren't for the side effects of the Appearance Potion, which caused her to feel a piercing pain every time she used her magic, she would really let this lowly fisherman feel the wrath of a Sorcerer.
Martina took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart. Then, she took out another five-gold pound note and threw it at Steve. She then said in an unquestionable tone, "Now, take your things and follow me!"
Looking at the second banknote that was thrown at him, the honest Steve didn't feel any pleasant surprise. Instead, he felt a bone-piercing chill. Even though he was only a fisherman, he wasn't an idiot. A person who was secretive and didn't want others to see his face, under the circumstances where he could clearly spend three shillings to buy a boat ticket, yet he insisted on giving him ten gold pounds to drive the boat out to sea. This was undoubtedly too suspicious ….
However, just when Steve was at a loss and didn't know what to do, Martina's patience was completely exhausted. She didn't hesitate any longer, and directly took out a very small and exquisite revolver from her space ring.
Just as Steve lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and made a decision to reject Martina and the ten gold pounds, he heard a gunshot. After the gunshot, Steve felt a burning pain on the left side of his face. Steve subconsciously wiped it with his hand and saw that his hand was covered in dark red blood. When he looked up again, he saw that this mysterious woman was raising a revolver and aiming it at his head.
As an ordinary and honest fisherman, Steve had never seen such a scene before. His seemingly muscular and sturdy thighs went soft at once, and he knelt down in front of Martina.
"Don't kill me … Don't kill me! I'll take you out to sea! " Between dying on the spot with his head blown off and going to Loen Prison, Steve decisively chose the latter without hesitation. He hurriedly begged Martina for mercy. Steve seemed to have thought of something. He immediately raised the two notes that Martina had just thrown to him above his head and continued to beg Martina, "I don't want your money. I'll send you wherever you want to go, as long as you don't kill me!"
Looking at Steve's cowardly manner of refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, a trace of disdain flashed through Martina's eyes. She then looked at the two five-pound notes that Steve had left a mark on, and the disdain in her eyes increased. She then coldly said, "Put the money back into your wallet, then bring your tools and follow me out to sea. As long as you do as I say, not only will I not kill you, I will even give you another sum of money!"
Hearing Martina's words, Steve, who was kneeling on the ground in fear, calmed down a little. Then, under Martina's gaze, he immediately nodded frantically to show that he would definitely be obedient.
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