Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 429 A SOS Message Inside the Fish's Belly

Lu Ze thought about it for a moment.

With his current abilities, he couldn't determine the veracity of Gilchrist's words. And even if he did know, it wouldn't be of much use to him for the time being. Rather than worrying about such trivial matters, it was more important to first gather the spoils.

Then he turned to Anderson, raised the soul in his hand, and said:
“I killed this guy, so he’s under my control. He’ll get his bounty and extraordinary traits.”

“No problem,” Anderson shrugged. “Then these pirates I kill are mine. If they have any special abilities or bounties.”

"can."

Lu Ze nodded, "As for all the valuables found in the cabin, we'll split them 40/60."

"Very much agree!"

Anderson smiled and snapped his fingers.

He knew very well that even if the other party wanted everything and didn't share anything with him, he wouldn't have any objections. Of course, it would be even better if the other party was willing to share.

Luze nodded and began preparing to "herd" Gilchrist.

His body was full, so he released the soul of the "demon dog" before swallowing the soul into his body.

"Roar"

Having been tormented by his "herding" for so long, the giant dog's soul had become pale and weak, and even its barks after being freed sounded feeble. Fortunately, it no longer needed to bark. As soon as it was released, Lu Ze grabbed it with his right hand and crushed its soul between his fingers.

"Snapped!"

His soul shattered with a scream, only his extraordinary abilities reassembling in his palm. At the same time, Gilchrist was absorbed into his body and imprisoned in the space that had just been vacated.

Gilchias's three fixed abilities are "Malice Perception", "Magma Sword" and "Demonization" - exactly the same as the ones fixed when she herded the demon hounds.

In other words, Luze replaced the Sequence 6 ability with the same Sequence 5 ability, thus making it even more powerful. Combined with the desire-related abilities of the "Apostle of Desire" he also herded, Luze essentially possessed the full power of a Sequence 5 demon!
"Cough cough."

Anderson's lips twitched at the horrifying scene of "herding." He quickly lowered his head and ran to search the pirates. Unfortunately, the pirates didn't have much money, let alone any extraordinary items.

Surprisingly, the same thing happened inside the cabin.

"There wasn't much money at all."

Anderson said incredulously.

The two searched the entire ship, from the captain's cabin to the ordinary sailors' quarters, from the storerooms to the lowest cargo hold. Apart from essential supplies such as food, light beer, cannonballs, and weapons, they found only a few dozen pounds in cash.

For a pirate belonging to one of the "Four Kings," this is far too meager!

"Could it be that Agaritu took all the money and left them with very little?"

Anderson guessed.

"Or let's try a different approach."

Luze, however, had a different opinion: "Gilchias is telling the truth. They are controlled by the 'Death Note' and are its servants. They have no choice but to obey the ship and have no personal will to plunder its wealth?"

Anderson gasped.

"If that's really the case, then these so-called subordinates of the Four Kings are really in a sorry state."

He said.

"Who knows? I'm just guessing," Lu Ze replied casually, pulling out a bag of flour and placing it on the ground. At that moment, he was walking around the ship's kitchen, intending to take some ingredients back with him.

Although there are plenty of supplies on our ship, it's always good to replenish them as much as possible.

Cured meat and flour can be stored for a long time, so take plenty; light beer, take a few buckets as well; fresh fish, but not really necessary, we can catch it from the sea anytime.
Wait!

Lu Ze's body suddenly jolted violently.

Because he suddenly saw something strange.

On the cutting board in the back kitchen lay a fish that had just been cut open, its belly dripping with blood. This was not only because the fish's belly was bleeding, but also because three blood-soaked fingers were stuffed inside its belly.

Human fingers!
Lu Ze walked over quickly.

The closer he got, the more solemn his expression became. As an expert in flesh and blood, he could tell that these three fingers were unique—they were not the fingers of an ordinary human, but rather those of an extraordinary being of at least the Rose Bishop level, belonging to the Mystic Path!
These three fingers are not merely fingers; they are a letter. The sender used a special flesh magic to preserve the message within their fingers!
"This is."

Anderson asked cautiously, "Did they fish it out while they were fishing?"

Judging from the state of the scene, it appears the cook discovered the body while preparing fresh fish, cutting open its belly. However, he hadn't had a chance to process it before encountering them. Currently, the ship's cook lies peacefully among the bodies on the deck and has not commented on the matter.

Lu Ze removed three fingers and placed them bloodily on the cutting board.

"brush!"

Three fingers froze together briefly, then melted away like a molten candle, turning into a pool of writhing flesh and blood, outlining a bright red word on the cutting board:

"Help!"

Help?

Looking at the words on the cutting board, Lu Ze, who was secretly praying for help, seemed to quickly guess what was going on.

The person who sent this message is very likely the trapped Aurora Society saint!
Luna's divination has been proven correct!
With a mix of joy and excitement, Lu Ze tapped on the cutting board, causing the mass of flesh to come together again, returning to the shape of three fingers.

He can use the spiritual imprints within these flesh and blood to trace back to the person who sent the message, thus finding the location of that saint!
“Take your things and let’s go back,” he said to Anderson. “Hurry up.”

"Are you in such a hurry because you're planning to rescue him?"

Anderson couldn't help but ask when he saw him retract his fingers.

save him?

Luzer smiled and said to Anderson:
"you guess?"

I guess not.
Anderson gave a forced laugh and then helped Luzer carry the supplies onto the deck.

After that, they collected the traits extracted from the pirates (Anderson was pleased to find that the Sequence 6 Beyonder was on the wanted list), and then, using the gale created by Luzer, they sent the supplies and bounty-sent corpses back to their ship.

As for the large ship with black sails, it was too conspicuous and was burned down by Luzer and Anderson.

"Luna, well done, your divination was very accurate."

Back on his boat, he smiled and complimented his cat. Then he steered the sails in the direction his finger indicated.

"It's a pity that the adventurers on that ship left, and we didn't get any clues about the 'Fountain of Youth'."

Anderson thought with some regret.

(End of this chapter)