The night continues.
On the deck of the coffin-like ship, the missing Shirley, Parker, Darnell, and the third-level apprentice Gus who should have been guarding the deck, the four of them stood upright with their backs to the exit of the stairs, facing the sea, Like four stone statues.
Potter stared with wide eyes, took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and shouted: "Shirley?!"
The sound was like a handful of sand, blown away by the night wind as soon as it came out of the mouth, and then... there was no response.
"Parker! Darnell! Gase!" Porter called out the names of the other three people, but there was still no answer. The four people stood motionless.
Potter took a step forward, the blood-colored gem in his hand made a clicking sound, his knuckles turned blue, and the sound of mana running at high speed in his body echoed deep in his ears, and he gradually approached the four standing people.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Finally, Porter walked up to the four people and saw the four people standing on the deck with no expressions on their faces. They collectively looked at the sea in the distance, as if there was something important.
Porter stepped forward, approached Shirley, and touched Shirley's body: "How are you, Shirley?"
There was still no response, but at the moment of contact, Shirley's eyes seemed to move slightly, and then a stream of blood flowed from the corners of her eyes. Blood flowed down his cheeks like tears, flowed down his neck and onto his clothes, soaking them, and then fell to the deck "tick-tick-tick".
Potter turned his head and looked at the other three people, and saw that the other three people were also shedding tears of blood, causing blood to continue to collect on the deck. Under the influence of some mysterious force, the blood slowly drew a pattern similar to a five-pointed star array.
With a "bang", Shirley lost all her blood, swayed and fell to the deck, and the other three people fell to the deck one after another.
Potter looked at the bodies of the four people and opened and closed his lips several times. He wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
Before, he wanted to say "be careful" to Shirley, but now there was no chance - there would never be a chance.
Potter's whole body trembled slightly, not sure if it was because of fear or anger, but he suddenly heard a strange noise behind him, turned around suddenly and launched an attack without even looking.
"Go to hell!"
"brush!"
A blood-red ray shot out from the gem held by Potter, hitting a seabird that wanted to fall to the deck to rest. Seabird screamed, and his body exploded, blood and flesh flying everywhere.
A few drops of blood spattered on Potter's lips. Potter felt that the bloody smell was disgusting. His body swayed and his face became extremely pale, as if his soul had been severely wounded.
"Bang", as if someone had taken away his bones, Porter's body softened, leaned forward, and fell to his knees on the deck. He lowered his head, clenched his fists, blinked his eyes and opened his mouth. There were no tears or crying, just silence.
At this moment, Potter himself didn't know what he was thinking. It took a long time before he stood up, staggered towards the cabin where the wizard was in the distance, and knocked on the cabin door in the night.
…
At about the same time.
On the third deck of the deck, in the cabin where Richard lives.
With a "squeak" sound, Richard closed the cabin door.
He was still a little surprised that Porter knocked on the door just now to ask questions, but judging from the other party's appearance, he should be even more surprised, or perhaps already panicked.
The guess he had made before, now seems to be correct: the murder on the giant ship was not just a simple killing, but a complete plan.
Starting from sailors, to ordinary students, and now to wizard apprentices, this gradual escalation was deliberately done to continuously strengthen the terrifying atmosphere on the ship. The ultimate goal is to stimulate the wizard bit by bit, making the wizard unable to sit still and want to take action - the target of the murderer is the wizard, and he has always been the wizard from the beginning to the end.
Now it seems that the plan has reached its end, the real drama is about to begin, and the real result is about to be revealed.
Although there were four genuine wizards on the giant wheel, he was not optimistic about the prospects of the four wizards. The murderer was obviously well prepared. The other party had been able to implement the plan on the giant ship for so long, and the four wizards still couldn't find the other party. The fact that they had no clue already meant a lot.
The result at that time is likely to be a disastrous defeat for the four wizards, and they may be slaughtered.
By the way, should he consider his options
It has to be said that if he really knew that this would happen, he might have chosen another way to go to the mainland instead of taking the giant ship with the white stone tower.
But now that we are at sea, it is too late to regret.
Is there really any danger? There is no problem in diving and escaping with Pandora, but the question is where can you escape
The sea is very big and dangerous. The giant ship sailing in it is like an oasis in the desert and like a prison, making it impossible for people in it to really escape.
In fact, it is precisely because of this that the constant deaths on the ship will make the atmosphere of terror continue to increase.
A relatively closed environment, isolated from the world, unable to communicate normally, no one can leave, strange things happen, and people die one after another...
This situation is a perfect interpretation of the "Blizzard Villa Mode" in typical crime novels. Of course, it is now more appropriately called "Island Mode".
By the way, the murderer doesn't really want to kill everyone on this giant ship, right
According to common sense, after the opponent has dealt with the wizard, it should be over. Judging from the other party's appearance, he didn't look like the kind of being who really liked killing people. He only did this to deliberately take revenge on the White Stone Tower.
But we should also try our best to make some preparations in case of emergencies.
With these thoughts in mind, Richard groped his way to the side in the dark cabin, lit the oil lamp, and illuminated the cabin.
Looking to the side, he saw... under the bed, Pandora was fast asleep with her eyes closed. It was the other party who rolled over and fell out of the bed that attracted Potter. Fortunately, he covered it up perfectly without arousing any suspicion.
With a sigh, Richard walked over, picked up the fleshy Pandora, and placed her on the bed. Then he thought of something and turned his head to look at the corner of the cabin.
On the ground in the corner, there was a pile of black powder quietly left.
Without much surprise, Richard walked over, took out the glass bottle, and carefully put away the black powder.
Putting away the powder, he walked to the table and sat down. Richard squinted and muttered to himself: "Every time I visit, I have to leave something to clean. It's a bit troublesome. But the most troublesome thing is, What does the other party mean? It seems that they don’t want to explain it clearly at all. In this case, you must make some preparations. Otherwise, who knows whether they will fall out in the end... "