561 Hitting the hare while gathering straw (2/2)

Evidently, those three sealed letters were the handiwork of Sheyan. His objective was obviously to beat around the grass to alert the snakes. Will Turner was perfectly delighted to be used by Sheyan, as he successfully played the persona of being the rash poop stirrer.

Ultimately, the facts verified that Sheyan was no immortal. Lord Ben Fleming, whom he identified as the greatest suspect, was actually clean and no incriminating evidence could be found against him.

Nevertheless, Sheyan’s conjecture was still spot on. Lady Elizabeth Swann was indeed kept in one of the residences on Sheyan’s name list. Will Turner had managed to obtain the truth after seizing the neck of a servant with lower mental fortitude. Then, he and Norrington mounted an explosive attempt and successfully rescued their beloved maiden.

Of course, Lady Swann wasn’t raped or killed, as those two conducts would undoubtedly incur the wrath of two nemesis while having no benefits at all.

The family harbouring those offenders were executed. Instead, the mastermind and kidnappers had successfully escaped.

Unbeknownst when, they had dug out a huge tunnel from the courtyard of that family all the way to the outskirts of Port Royal. Of course, when the winds of justice came blowing, those contestants had already made their getaway.

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At present, the trio was seated on a hill west of Port Royal as thei strained their eyes to scan around. The raging storm seemingly couldn’t hamper them, and the trio appeared like three stone statues. Sheyan gazed towards the distant shady dark clouds and muttered.

”I reckon this rain will continue until the next morning.”

Mogensha suddenly asked.

”Boss. Say, do you think Nick and his gang would resort to directly returning to the realm?”

Sheyan replied.

”That is a possibility. Still, a direct return to the realm would frequently cost one a devastating penalty, and they would probably have to relinquish everything they gained in this world. If I were Nick, I would definitely not resort to such means unless necessary.”

Actually, the trio had been waiting here for nearly two hours.

Through observation, the manhunt back in Port Royal should be intensifying greatly like the howling wind and torrential rain. The search should be at its high tide now. Yet from this bird’s-eye-view, nothing strange was happening.

A proverb speaks wonderfully of hitting the hare while gathering the straw. However, now that the straw was nearly gathered full, why hasn’t the hare surfaced?

At this point, the topographical shape of the island Port Royal was on, had to be mentioned.

This island appeared like a gourd, while Port Royal was situated on the mouth tip of the gourd. For any who desired to escape from Port Royal and deeper into the island, it was imperative to pass through the long and narrow land which was the ‘neck’ of the gourd.

At present, the trio had situated themselves on a hill near that ‘neck’ of this gourd shaped island, where the long and narrow path was plainly visible.

”Here!” Mogensha abruptly alerted.

One could vividly observe a brilliance flashing at a certain area amidst the heavy downpour. In that plain area, the mud started rolling away while the speckles of brilliance didn’t disperse even in the downpour. Then, the speckles repeatedly congealed and flashed, gradually forming into an extremely clear and tiny teleportation array.

Following that, a human could be seen trudging out from the teleportation array. If one were to examine close up, the features of some of those humans could be tallied with those aggressors back at the ceremonial plaza.

”So it is actually a short distance teleportation. The tricks of this Nick aren’t small at all.” Mogensha announced with amazement.

”That short distance teleportation arrangement is a specialty of the Star Wars world and can only be employed once. In non combat state, it can directly transport a fixed amount of individuals to a fixed destination five kilometres away. Although it is a one time use product, it is exceptionally useful for both defending or attacking, and is extraordinarily valuable.”

(TL: Title of this chapter is a Chinese idiom, means conveniently settling something while executing another task, or reaping an accidental harvest)