Chapter 440: Sea Tooth

"Damn it..."

"I knew it! I knew it!"

The messy and sloppy street scenes on both sides retreated rapidly, the air became thick and stagnant, pressing on the face with cold raindrops.

"Broken Brow" Bati ran wildly in the direction away from the shed without looking back.

His speed was very fast. Every time he landed, the shadow on the ground behind him vibrated and rippled like water, and behind him, one could vaguely see some silver mist points composed of magic particles that were dissipating rapidly.

It really was just as he had guessed. What "signal" and "safe passage" were complete bullshit.

The noble lords in the White Cliff District never thought of leaving them a retreat!

The Great Shark Gang had been completely abandoned!

The drowning person in the vortex can never see the way out.

Even until now, only when the fleeing Bati took off his identity as the second-in-command of the Great Shark Gang and stood outside the field, did he finally clarify the train of thought in his mind.

What did he, or his "Great Shark" Lailuo big brother, want?

It was the resources and help from the White Cliff District, allowing the "Great Shark Gang" to get rid of the embarrassing situation of limited development in front of them and expand their power.

What about the nobles who gave the mission?

They just wanted to give Baron Faluo a lesson, so that the other party would turn a blind eye to certain approval applications in the future and seize more benefits.

Kidnapping the Baron's daughter was just a way to achieve their goal.

Thinking from another perspective, if he were those bay nobles who held a large amount of resources, how could he hand over such an important matter to a third-rate small gang like the "Great Shark Gang" that couldn't even speak in the Saltwater District.

Even if they had to spend more money, they had to find a more reliable partner.

The reason they chose them was just because the Great Shark Gang was small in scale, convenient for subsequent processing, and could be thrown away at will after use.

To some extent, although the nobles explicitly required the safety of the Baron's daughter during the kidnapping, in reality, it didn't matter whether she was dead or alive.

From the moment they snatched the Baron's daughter from the carriage, the nobles' goal had been achieved.

And his own boss actually fantasized that those noble lords who seemed to have dirty gold coins flowing in their blood and were profit-seeking would fulfill their promises and find a retreat for them.

Bati even suspected that even if this operation ended perfectly and the Baron found his daughter, they would be silenced.

Of course, what had to be admitted was that even if Bati pondered how thoroughly right now, and how clear his train of thought was, when he took the mission with Lailuo, he hadn't fantasized about the bright future described by the other party.

"Damn... really damn..."

Bati gasped, ignoring the surprised gazes of passersby, and ran wildly in the direction of the southwest of the Saltwater District.

But in his mind, he couldn't help but recall the scene that had happened before his eyes.

A spellcaster, two human warriors, a bard, and a powerful adventurer whose profession he found difficult to judge.

There was no doubt that the people attacking them were a professional adventurer team.

While cooperating tacitly, they even had mastered the specific information on their side in advance.

Even until now, Bati could still recall the ferocious wolf beast that squeezed into the shed door, and the deep screeching sound that made people feel cold on their backs.

He was very clear about the overall strength of the Great Shark Gang.

And just at the moment when these adventurers blasted open the shed door, based on reason, Bati made the wisest decision.

First, he used his own 【Rogue】 professional characteristics to manipulate shadow energy to weaken his presence to the greatest extent.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that a few people were not paying attention, he hid in the corner and tore up the magic scroll that he had been using as a trump card for many years, recording the second-ring conjuration spell 【Misty Step】.

He directly teleported himself to the street outside.

At this point, what "Great Shark Gang," or that Baron's daughter, were no longer important.

He just wanted to live.

And fortunately, Bati's cautious personality, as early as a few years ago when he determined that he would stay in Shoal Bay to operate the gang for a long time, he had already left a retreat for himself in advance.

That was a small boat he hid in a rock cave by the sea in the southwest of Shoal Bay.

The wooden boat was not big, and could only sit three or four people.

Including "Great Shark" Lailuo, no one except himself knew.

As Bati's last reliance, this was precisely why he was able to propose to Lailuo to hand over the Baron's daughter to those pirates among the islands.

It was just that it was not a proper port in Shoal Bay. The small boat was facing the sea, and the nearby waters were full of hidden reefs and dangerous vortexes.

It was deliberately left by the Governor's Mansion without cleaning, in order to prevent illegal trade to the greatest extent and control all incoming and outgoing ships at the Broken Wave Pier.

Sailing rashly was very dangerous, almost entrusting his life completely to illusory luck.

But it was precisely because of this that his small boat was preserved until now as the last trump card.

This was Bati's last retreat.

If he guessed correctly, that little flesh-colored octopus that squeezed into the room door should be some kind of tracking spell.

Continuing to hide in Shoal Bay was just a dead end.

Only by leaving the island and heading to the open sea could he earn a way to survive!

"Ang..."

The cold wolf howl came from behind again.

Bati subconsciously glanced behind him.

In an instant, the cold air surged, and his whole person felt like falling into an ice cellar.

I don't know when, that pitch-black wolf beast with swaying mane had already stepped on the roof of the shed.

A ferocious wolf beast that seemed to be condensed by shadows lifted slightly, and its nostrils flared as if sniffing something.

Then...

Hum——

A pair of cold black eyes, as if feeling some kind of invisible breath, crossed the space barrier and looked fiercely in the direction where he was.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"

Bati didn't dare to look more, and ran wildly in the direction of his memory.

Xia Nan naturally noticed this rogue who disappeared from the beginning of the battle.

The perception attribute as high as "12" points allowed him to vaguely capture the obscure breath even if the other party had weakened his presence as much as possible through shadow energy.

Xia Nan had even prepared corresponding countermeasures in his mind.

First, pretend not to notice the other party's existence, pretend to be fully focused on cleaning up the miscellaneous soldiers, and fight with "Great Shark" Lailuo.

In reality, he always remained vigilant, even leaving a bit of spare strength when swinging his sword.

As long as this rogue dared to take action, the invisible shackles from 【Gravity Control】 would be put on the other party for the first time, and with the "Deflection Field" of the 【Deathline】 ring as a fault-tolerant guarantee, Xia Nan was confident that he could seize this opportunity to give the other party a heavy blow.

Until that silver magic flash that suddenly erupted in the corner of the room, and the magic scroll that fell on the ground.

Suddenly disappeared, and then flashed past the shed outside a few dozen feet away, the weak breath made Xia Nan realize——

This rogue... ran away?

He couldn't help but feel a bit subtle, feeling that he had overestimated this gang member.

However, even if the enemy fled in the face of battle, it was impossible for Xia Nan to really let the other party have a way to survive. ===== CHAPTER 441 =====