Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 167 Disaster Priest
Adele quickly stood up, wiped her hair which was a little messy due to water, then turned around and ran quickly on the deck.

She soon reached the control room at the bottom of the watchtower, which was an important place for controlling the direction of the entire ironclad ship. However, she did not go through the door, but jumped up and stepped on the protruding part of the window frame below the control room. Then, in the stunned expression of the helmsman, she punched the glass of the control room with an action that was not in line with her status.

Adele nimbly climbed into the control room through the hole and instructed the helmsman:
"Turn around and head for the boat that just hit us."

There was no point in hiding or running away from this kind of enemy who could manipulate fate, especially on the sea, when one did not have the ability to breathe underwater and move freely. The enemy was able to hit the gun position of the Small Warhorse this time, but there was no guarantee where the next shot would hit.

Besides, being exposed to similar situations would most likely exacerbate Sophie's abnormality...

Although Adele didn't know how much of Sophie's strength could be exerted when she lost her mind, the contamination left by the devil in Sophie's body was equivalent to the level of a genuine "Apostle of Desire". Adele absolutely didn't want to and couldn't deal with Sophie's problem while fighting against the mid-sequence Beyonder who could manipulate fate.

"But ma'am, we are still surrounded..."

The helmsman had to shut up before he had finished half of his words, because while giving the order, Adele neatly lifted the hem of her robe, revealing the tight black lace tights underneath... and the revolver holster tied to the side of her thigh.

"Turn around," Adele ordered calmly.

"Even if you say so...these ships have already begun to gather in the direction of that ship. Even if we turn around now, we won't be able to break through..."

The helmsman seemed to want to say "We can't break through the protection of those ships", but his words were ruthlessly interrupted again. However, this time it was not Adele who interrupted him, but the sound of explosions coming from the sea in the distance.

Among the ships that were originally approaching the Little War Horse from all directions, a ship that was sailing between the target ship and the Little War Horse suddenly exploded. It seemed that it was too close to the Little War Horse during the preparation for boarding, and Vinata found an opportunity to hit it directly with a flaming spear from 300 meters away.

Although Venata's flame spear could reach this distance after deliberately strengthening the "range", this also limited the power of the flame, and the actual energy contained in this attack was not as scary as it appeared. The reason for such a brilliant victory was entirely because Venata accidentally hit its ammunition depot, causing the remaining gunpowder inside to explode.

The entire ship was broken into two pieces as if by an invisible hand. The remaining keel that was still connected slowly bent under the stress between the two sinking hulls, making a terrible cracking sound. The sailors on the ship jumped into the sea to avoid the blazing flames on the ship.

At this time, Adele's voice rang in the helmsman's ears again.

"Go sailing. The sea is quite spacious."

……

"Tsk, it really came towards me..."

On the ship just now, a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket and felt hat, which are common in the Jianhai region, saw that the "Little War Horse" completely ignored the other ships behind it that were stunned by it, and rushed straight towards the ship he was on. He sighed in annoyance.

This man's name was Key Parado, and he was a member who defected to the Rose School when the "Life School" split. Unlike other members who joined the Rose School, he was not a Beyonder from the "Moon" Path, but a Sequence 6 "Disaster Priest" from the most common "Monster" Path in the Life School.

"I originally thought that this operation only required the elimination of some ordinary sailors. I thought that I could directly board the ironclad ship and rely on the misfortune that followed me like a shadow to eliminate all the people on the ship..."

Parado shook his head. "It's true that I followed the guidance of fate. I've never seen those two women on the ship, but judging by their abilities, if we confront them head-on, I'm unlikely to be able to defeat them together."

Next to him was a dead sailor lying, with the back of his head hitting the protrusion on the outer wall of the cabin used to hang harpoons. The sharp protrusion pierced directly into the central nervous system of the back of his brain. Although his death was tragic, there was also a sense of absurdity and humor.

Combined with the water stains on the floor, it can be seen that he was knocked backwards by the sudden shaking of the ship when he fired the cannon just now, then stepped on the puddle and could not keep his balance, and was finally killed by the sharp protrusion.

Parado ignored him and kicked him away from the gun position roughly, then stepped forward and lit the fuse of the old mortar.

The two Beyonders seemed to resist the shells by detonating them in advance, so the fireballs and ice spears they created were not very strong. Facing this old-fashioned mortar that fired solid iron balls, their defense was actually average. Neither the fireballs nor the ice spears had the momentum to knock the mortar shells directly out of the air.

Among the six ships, only this one was equipped with several of these old-fashioned mortars with front-loading gunpowder, and Parado happened to be on this ship. Everything was just a coincidence. Although Parado didn't know why he boarded this small boat before, he knew that he should follow the guidance of fate.

The fuse burned out, but the iron ball did not fly out. Parado seemed to understand something and suddenly curled up.

Almost at the same time, the mortar suddenly exploded. The old-fashioned barrel had been at sea for so long that it could no longer bear the heavy load. The shot that just paralyzed the gun position of the Little Warhorse was the limit of the remaining luck of this cannon.

Due to advance precautions and the fact that the Beyonders of the "Monster" Path had greatly enhanced their physical strength at the Sequence 8 "Machine" stage, the explosion just now only blew Parado away, sending him flying about dozens of meters toward the deck.

At the moment when Parado flew out, the thick pneumatic spear in front of the "Little War Horse" also opened fire at the same time, aiming at the deck where Parado was.

The thick, barbed spear flew hundreds of meters away and shattered the deck where Parado had been. The sailor's body was only touched by the spear and immediately became a bloody mess. He flew backwards and landed next to Parado.

"What a shame, man," Parado stood up, not surprised by his blessing in disguise, as if he had long been accustomed to escaping death. "You seem... unlucky."

(End of this chapter)