Black Sail

Celeste could not outmaneuver Liszt in the end.

The trio set out for the Central Temple at their usual walking pace, conserving energy to meet the dangers that lay ahead.

They were thirty miles from the Central Temple.

The terrain became increasingly level, and the surrounding stone-built houses and ruins grew larger in scale, suggesting that this area once boasted the greatest prosperity around the Central Temple.

Liszt’s face was solemn as his boots crunched over the vine-covered ground.

"You can still regret this now. Though I’ve never been an adventurer, this is too weird. Not even a bug in sight, just the faint sound of the wind."

Liszt wiped the rainwater off his hair; earlier, there had been a heavy downpour, but now it had stopped, the sky remaining overcast.

This place was somewhat ominous.

"Don’t worry about me. I’m rather curious about your partner here."

Celeste was very interested in Haywood. Through the blood-red skin on his wrist and neck, she discovered that this man named Brother Hai was out of the ordinary.

"Curious, huh? I admire your courage, and you’re one of us now. But some secrets, once you know, you can’t get away. Do you understand? Once you know his identity, you’ll have to stay. Are you prepared for that?"