Fisher glanced at Alagina beside him and at Ossie in front of her, feeling that Ossie’s not-so-tall figure had suddenly taken on too much.
Helldor didn’t feel pain, but immediately threw the golden box back to the inside of the island. As the golden box returned, the growth of feathers on Helldor’s hand also stopped abruptly, but the feathers on his arm did not disappear and became comically like a feather duster.
Philis had originally placed all the treasures she picked up in their small boat. Seeing this scene, she began to worry that those treasures might also carry a curse, but she was reluctant to remove them from the boat, preferring to stay away from it rather than lose the treasures...
Valentina frowned, looking at Helldor’s arm, she asked,
"Sizzle... No worries, just that my right hand is out of commission, will have to replace it when we get back."
Seeing his guess confirmed, Fisher shook his head with some regret. Although he was talking to Alagina beside him, his gaze was fixed on Valentina in the distance,
"It’s a pity, only a true Phoenix Species can take the scroll off the island. If you want to see the contents of the scroll, it has to be opened here... Let’s go, let’s see if there’s any food on the island to take back to the Iceberg Queen."
"May the Frost Phoenix protect us, cash checks are a bit sweeter, farewell, farewell."
Afraid that Valentina and her group might change their minds, Pahetz hurriedly pocketed the check and walked towards the forest behind them with Alagina, leaving Valentina and her group staring at the mess on the ground with a headache.
"Boss, I think I can explain, I really did not expect that only the true Phoenix Species could take it from the island... No, this is completely unreasonable, all the Phoenixes had disappeared at that time, yet the Phoenix’s Son brought this scroll to overseas, waiting for another Phoenix to take it away?"
Balzac carefully picked up the golden box from the ground. He was a scholar hired by Valentina with a high salary, but his oversight had brought lapses to her expedition, so he appeared somewhat guilty.
But Valentina sighed, shook her head without fussing, and said,
"If we can’t take it away, then we can only try to open it on the island. I’ll have Helldor help you, you Philis, go back to the ship and call others over to help..."
Valentina had other helpers hired on her ship. To obtain the information inside the scroll, she had made many preparations before departing from the Northern Realm, yet still, an unexpected event had occurred.
Valentina suddenly thought of the man who mingled among the pirates. He must have already speculated that the scroll could not be taken off the island, so what did he want with this scroll?
Like herself? Or to obtain the treasure of the legendary Wutong Tree? Or was he serving someone else?
Surely, it wasn’t just to see what a legendary Phoenix Species looked like?
But anyhow, until the man’s true intentions were clear, she needed to keep a wary eye on him...
Just as Valentina was pondering, she suddenly started coughing violently, covering her lips with her pale fingers. After one or two severe coughs, she slightly bent over, gasping for breath.
"Sizzle... Valentina, you should head back to the ship first."
Valentina raised her hand, cutting off Helldor in mid-sentence. Her gray pupils locked onto the golden box in Balzac’s hands, she slowly articulated,
"I want to see the information inside myself, the sooner the better."