chapter 148

* Ostoris is a metal that, when heated, “forgets its shape” and behaves like rubber. But as soon as he “straightens up” and returns to the form specified during casting, he instantly hardens. A rare and expensive material used for all sorts of dangerous things.

If Arthur wanted to kill the two dozen pirates that were now in charge of the residence, it would take him surprisingly little time. But this option had to be scrapped, since the redhead with the black beard was in a different weight category. Even though the woman looked about thirty years old, Arthur was not deceived by her age. An inner feeling clearly told him: she was the type of people who developed their spiritual and physical strength so much that the aging process began to partially obey the will of a person. After all, Arthur himself is already over a hundred, although the appearance of the butler is rarely given more than sixty.

Pirates, meanwhile, were engaged in one aspect of the piracy business, namely, outright r