In the Extraordinary World, those who are too curious often don’t live long.
Especially when Sparrow, originally a wizard, analyzed:
"It’s a very evil extraordinary spiritual light; it’s possible that their bodies are no longer controlled by their own consciousness.
Since there was contact with the scouts before nightfall, the anomaly couldn’t have occurred more than a few hours ago, and forces below official transcendents absolutely can’t achieve that."
Hearing this, even though one of their Pirate Gang mbers was involved, Alek did not dare to take the risk of bringing him back.
Taking a look at the already half-plundered town, Alek gritted his teeth hard, trying to restrain his greed for wealth, and decisively ordered:
"Send an ergency signal, everyone evacuate the town imdiately!"
The few pirates beside him, although they had also heard that strange noise, did not have Alek’s ability to see through the night.
However, even after hesitating slightly because of the treasure, they imdiately followed the captain’s order. In the New Continent, where there’s no church to strongly suppress, any slight disturbance cannot be ignored.
The guys who carelessly dismiss a strong warning have grass three feet high on their graves.
The next mont.
Swoosh—
The sharp sound of a copper whistle cut through the night sky, reaching the ears of all the pirates.
When Alek and the crew followed the main road back to the town entrance, the pirates scattered around the town had already started retreating after receiving the signal.
Most of them carrying large bags, although they hadn’t plundered every inch of the land, they still had a considerable haul.
So pirates even brought back the four scouts who had been sent into the town earlier, found asleep like the other townsfolk beside alley walls.
"Captain, what happened? There are still a lot of gold coins we haven’t found."
No matter how reluctant, obeying the captain during plunder is a pirate’s iron rule.
Once orders are executed, asking for reasons is acceptable.
"There is an unknown danger in the town, we must evacuate..."
Suddenly.
"Woof woof woof..."
"Caw caw caw..."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Sounds like dogs barking, crows cawing, or the roar of a storm suddenly filled everyone’s ears from the sky.
Then everyone saw one part of the dark clouds above them gently falling onto the town, covering most of it.
A few breaths later, various noises like the roars of humans and beasts, chaotic running sounds, and... rapidly approaching the town entrance, erged from all around the town!
Everyone’s expressions changed, turning their heads towards the town.
Alek directly ordered:
"Prepare firearms!"
None of the pirates questioned Alek’s decision anymore, imdiately raising their rain-covered firearms, lining up in a wide area at the town entrance.
When they saw the "things" running out of the town, amidst shock, they were thankful for obeying the retreat order and leaving the town promptly.
Because they could clearly see with the entrance gas lamps.
The entities erging from the clouds covering the town, their ugliness simply shattered their worldview.
Town residents were still the sa residents, but each had a human-sized grotesque growth on their shoulder, neck, chest...
"Aw—!"
"Roar—!"
Howling like crazed beasts, they lunged toward the pirates’ positions.
"Open fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Two hundred bright red firelines interwove into a dense web of firepower, penetrating the rain, like a flaming hamr abruptly halting the charge of those monsters.
Simultaneously, Alek raised his right hand high and clenched it tightly.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
On the coast, from three Pirate Ships, pirates already prepared for support launched a volley. Whistling shells smashed into the group of "cyst monsters," huge kinetic forces easily tearing them apart.
Even the part of the cloud covering the town slowly dissipated in this earth-shattering bombardnt.
When the dust settled.
Looking at the now quiet town, even treasure-obsessed pirates dared not propose to continue collecting spoils.
"Bring along the sleeping brothers, we’re retreating!"
No one now wanted any connection with this eerie town.
Back to the present mont.
"The ones now inexplicably falling ill are exactly the four brothers brought back at that ti.
When they first slowly woke up, we thought the danger was over, but their condition worsened gradually.
The most severe one, in just three days, almost completely lost consciousness like those townsfolk."
Alek’s tone was heavy, an ordinary plunder operation turning into such havoc was unforeseen.
"Okay, I understand, your decision wasn’t wrong."
Aiven comforted Alek with assurance; Alek fulfilled his captain duties by evacuating and avoiding greater losses.
Leaning back against the chair.
Seemingly contemplating with closed eyes, Aiven had already connected to the Seagull stationed near Orokin Island through the Mind Network, effortlessly observing movents on the island.
"Indeed..."
At this mont, not only the town Alek visited, but the entire island consisting of five towns belonging to the Hilus People, had turned into hell!
Whether the Hilus rulers in the towns or their enslaved Anuma People, they had all beco Alek’s so-called "cyst monsters."
Although not in a colonial hub, Hilus responded quickly.
Priests from the Eternal Fla had already set foot on Orokin Island. Cooperating with fully ard soldiers, they began brutally suppressing those infected behaving like beasts under the guise of purging demons.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
"Roar!"
"Ah!"
In the expansive view created by nurous Seagulls.
The "fire" had already spread beyond the isolated Orokin Island, with disturbances appearing along the Golden Sea routes, and even coastal areas of the New Continent.
Thus, Aiven realized the severity of the situation was far beyond his expectations.
"Storm Bottle couldn’t predict the rainy night, strange noises before the airborne anomalies like dogs, crows, and storms, degrading cyst-infected humans...
And the speed of this epidemic-like spread, soone is massively spreading a dangerous source of infection!
Evil God Sect? Sinister Black Wizards? Unknown forces? What’s their purpose?"
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