Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 172 Conversation between Cousins
(The description of the witch sect’s way of addressing in the previous chapter didn’t seem to be very detailed, so I added a little more. “Mom” is what the witch sect calls the biological mother, but when the biological father also becomes a witch, the biological father can also be called “Mom”. Katharina has both attributes at the same time, and Tracy calls her “Mother” mainly to distinguish her from her biological father)

"There is actually such a relationship..."

Adele's expression also became a little strange. "But, Gegran told me that your mother seems to be a saint who has survived from the Fourth Epoch, and Gegran is her...brother, doesn't that mean..."

"Didn't Aunt Gaglan tell you?" Tracy replied in a somewhat strange tone.

"She also survived the Fourth Epoch. At Sequence 4, she switched to the Path of the God of Death and became an 'Undead'. This also satisfies the ritual of advancing to Sequence 3, the 'Undying Witch'. However, it takes more time because she needs to die repeatedly and then wake up. After all, the interval between two resurrections of the Undead will not be recorded in the ritual of the Undead."

"The Path of the Witch can lead to the Path of the God of Death, and the sect also has potions for the Path of the God of Death?"

Adele noticed this and asked.

"That's right and it's not right," Tracy replied. "The Beyonders of the Witch Path can indeed turn to the Night, Death, and Warrior Paths, but the sect currently does not have the high-sequence potion formula for the Death Path. The corresponding formula is only in the hands of Aunt Gagran, who gave it to her by her former husband."

"Her husband could actually come up with this... a high-ranking official from the Fourth Epoch Balam Empire?"

Adele only now realized that Gagran's background was even more mysterious than she had imagined. Now that she thought about it, she was able to answer every question in Backlund's underground trading market, not just because of the power of the sect.

"I heard from my mother that there seems to be a 'Death Archon' from the Eggers family."

Tracy recalled, "At that time, the sect cooperated very closely with the Death Cult. Aunt Gaglan was the one with the highest rank and status among the members who intermarried with the Death Cult. But I only heard my mother mention this once in a while, so it may not be accurate."

"...I noticed that you thought it was strange to determine the relationship based on the witch sect's name, but why did you still call Gagran 'Auntie'?"

Adele suddenly thought of this question and asked casually.

"Before I transformed, Aunt Gagran often came to my house to play with me. It wasn't until I drank the assassin potion when I was sixteen that her frequency of coming decreased."

Tracy's face flushed slightly, which was rare. She hesitated for a while before saying, "Besides, she thinks I don't look much like her mother."

Seeing Tracy's look, Adele was a little curious, but her reason told her that the person in front of her was a witch of the pirate general level, so she stopped asking subsequent questions in time.

Tracy quickly controlled her emotions and handed the long pipe in her hand to Adele, who quickly waved her hand to indicate that she didn't smoke.

"It's strange that you, her child, don't smoke." Tracy said half in surprise and half in admiration, "I thought Aunt Gaglan's child must be the kind of person who can't bear not to immerse himself in tobacco and cocktails."

"Just thinking about it makes me feel that it's not good for my skin, so let's just forget it..."

Adele spread her hands and watched Tracy blow out a smoke ring not too skillfully.

"So what did the sect ask you to come here for this time?" Tracy asked Adele while unconsciously turning the long-handled water pipe in her hand.

"Gerran didn't explain it very clearly. After all, the situation was urgent when we evacuated Backlund. She only had time to throw a bunch of information at me and asked me to come here to revitalize the power of the Feysac Spiritual Knowledge Society."

Adele spread her hands, "I plan to start by controlling this fleet and developing my own power. But I didn't expect that besides me, there were others who were eyeing this fleet. I just dealt with one and then ran into your fleet... Oh, by the way, many of the crew members on that ironclad ship have been initially controlled by me, and I am going to inject them with magic potions in the future. Don't kill them all."

"You want to take the ironclad ship?" Tracy frowned. "The ironclad ship is a high-end technological achievement of the Loen military. We don't have the relevant technicians and don't know how to maintain it."

"Besides, if we only sank this unguarded semi-civilian ironclad ship, it would be fine. But if this ship is captured by non-Loen forces, the kingdom will definitely not let it go. Even if it is given to me, I will have to think carefully about whether I dare to take this ship. To be honest, I don't recommend you to go pirate with this ship."

"What? Become a pirate?" Adele smiled. "No, no, no, I have no intention of giving up this legal fake identity. Besides, one pirate general is enough for the sect's power at sea. Any more might cause trouble for the sect."

"I plan to expand my fleet and start some new businesses in this area. Originally, I just wanted to monopolize the shipping business in the sea before other competitors reacted. But now I think it's a bit of a waste, especially since there is a spinel mine nearby... I'm sure you know what this mine means to the sect."

Tracy nodded. "Indeed, I once led a fleet to help the sect collect these ores in the Sea of ​​​​Interval, but at that time there were too many warships from the two countries in the Sea of ​​​​Interval, and most of the pirates did not know how to mine. In the end, I found that it was not as convenient as buying them directly."

"So, I plan to make a new attempt, which can also be regarded as finding a cover for the sect."

Adele smiled and said, "But since I can see you this time, I'd like to ask you if you want to join in the fun?"

"How can I get involved? You want to do a legal business, right? I am a pirate general. If I get involved, your legal status will be gone."

Tracy waved her hand and said, "I can't delay your business."

"Your identity is illegal, but don't you have anyone with a legal identity among your subordinates?"

Adele smiled and said, "It's impossible for all the hundreds of people in your pirate group to have their own bounty orders. It's easy for you, a pirate general, to find someone with a clean identity and give him a businessman's identity to cooperate with. "

Tracy thought for a while and nodded. "Good idea, I'll arrange it later. Go find Annie first and ask her to treat your injuries. She is a 'harvest priest' of Sequence 7 'cultivator' and has the extraordinary ability to heal wounds and repair bones."

(End of this chapter)