Blood flowed down the white palm and dripped onto Audric's ugly face.
With a "swish" sound, Charles raised his knife and chopped off his hands. The vampire screamed and turned into a bat and fled quickly.
The severe pain in his abdomen made him bend down involuntarily, but he couldn't stop at this time because Dipper from above had already rushed down.
Charles raised his prosthetic limb and the sharp blade cut directly on it.
Looking at the crazy Dipper in front of him, Charles had no desire to fight and turned over and dived into the sea.
The icy cold water washed over Charles' entire body, and the blood flowing from his abdomen spread in the sea water.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Gunshots continued to ring out on the deck. Those were the shots fired by the crew of the Narwhal. Bullets continued to hit the pool of water that was stained red with blood.
"Whoosh~" Four-meter-long flesh wings stretched out from under the water and flapped quickly a few times close to the water surface. Soon Charles in the form of a bat flew up and flew straight towards the distant V12 island.
The blinding sunlight appeared behind him, and Charles felt a branding iron pressing directly on his back.
Charles had thought of this a long time ago. He folded his wings and dived back into the water, letting the cold sea water offset the power of the sunlight.
When the sunlight disappeared, Charles quickly found another place and emerged from the water again. After going back and forth several times, Charles' body was covered with scars, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.
As they understood Charles, Charles understood him.
As a qualified captain, Charles knew the quantity of various supplies on the Narwhal. They didn't bring many mirror boxes on this voyage, and they had almost used up what they had.
By the fifth time, Charles knew that the mirror box was gone, and rushed towards V12 which was a kilometer away.
"Boom boom boom!" The deck gun of the Narwhal began to exert its power.
Charles' body flipped and moved in the air, nimbly avoiding the aerial shells.
The V12 was getting closer and closer, and the artillery fire was becoming more and more intense. Even if Charles deliberately flew close to the sea surface, it was of no avail.
Finally, just as he arrived over the V12 island, a shell exploded directly on Charles' left wing.
The world spun around and Charles fell diagonally toward the ground.
Regardless of the risk of running aground, the Narwhal rushed directly to the shore. Dipper was the first to rush down, and in the darkness, he was the first to find the bloodstains on the ground.
"Come on! That guy is badly injured! He can't run far!"
The crew rushed out in full force, following the trail of blood towards the distant mountains.
In the dim stairwell, Charles climbed the stairs breathlessly, holding the railing with one hand and the injured waist with the other.
The continuous escape had already consumed most of his physical strength. Coupled with the injuries on his body, he had never felt that climbing stairs was such a difficult task.
"Mr. Charles, are you okay? I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be injured so badly..." Lily took her head out of her pocket and said with drooping ears.
As Charles shook his head, drops of sea water fell from his wet hair. "Huh~ No... It's okay, huh~ We're almost there."
One floor, two floors, three floors, Charles was getting closer and closer to the staircase on the eleventh floor. He could already see the light coming from the crack in the door, which seemed to be the light of a flashlight.
But at this moment, a sharp pain suddenly came from the calf.
A figure rushed out from below and pushed him against the wall of the stairs.
Charles' prosthetic limb popped out the chainsaw and was about to fight back, but a big hand reached out and held the chainsaw down tightly. It was James' hand.
A group of Narwhal crew members rushed up from the bottom of the stairs, staring at Charles with murderous eyes.
Everyone below looked up at the same time. At the door of the eleventh floor, there was also a group of crew members standing there, holding a wounded Charles in their hands.
The person who just spoke was Dipper, with the dagger in his hand against the neck of the other Charles.
The two groups of people who looked almost identical stared at each other, like a mirror standing in the middle.
After a brief silence, Charles raised his chin towards himself and said in Chinese: "Exchanging hostages is okay, right? There is no conflict of interest between us."
Before, they just didn't trust each other and had to fight each other. Now that both Charles have been caught, things have become simpler.
Charles, who had a vertical scar deliberately cut on his face, said in a low voice: "Okay."
"Let him go."
"Let him go."
As the two Charles spoke at the same time, the two gangs let go at the same time.
Footsteps were heard, and two people slowly approached, one going up the stairs and the other going down.
Seeing the two men meet, the hearts of the two gangs instantly rose to their throats, and their fingers were on the trigger again.
Fortunately, the process went smoothly. The two Charles, who were cautious, slowly exchanged positions.
"Captain! You're finally back!" Dipper hugged Charles excitedly.
Looking at his crew, Charles finally felt relieved. "How did you find out about the abnormality of 1344-1?"
"When we returned to the ship and found that Lily was not in his pocket at all, we knew something was wrong. You cared about Lily so much, and she was missing, you couldn't just remain indifferent." Dipper responded with a smile.
Charles patted Dipper on the back, signaling him to let go.
Charles turned his head and looked down the stairs, where he was excitedly talking to his crew. "Your crew is quite alert."
"Hmph, yours is not bad either." Charles below said, and followed the crew members down the stairs.
Seeing the flashlight gradually moving downward, Charles prepared to turn around and leave.
He took Lily out with his hands, touched her furry little head and comforted her: "Lily, we are back, everything is fine now."
Lily smiled sweetly when she heard Charles' words. "Well, Mr. Charles is amazing."
But the next second, Lily showed a hint of doubt, "Mr. Charles, are they really from another world?"
"Don't worry about that. Even if they are from another world, they are not as powerful as us because we have Lily and they don't."
"Hmm!" Lily hugged Charles' hand and rubbed it gently.
Looking at Lily's cute rat face, Charles' mouth corners slightly raised. He put Lily on his shoulder and prepared to leave.
But just as he reached the center of the empty room, his relaxed pace suddenly stopped.
Charles turned around quickly and rushed to the stairs. "Everyone, follow me! I suddenly realized something!"
(End of this chapter)