Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 256: The Witch Cult's Test

After hearing Tracy's introduction, Adele quickly stepped forward and bowed to Katarina.

"It's an honor to meet you, Ms. Catalina."

"You're welcome, little one." Katerina nodded kindly, with a strange twinkle in her eyes. "Didn't Gagran come with you?"

"No, I haven't contacted her since Backlund left."

Adele answered truthfully.

"So, she didn't help you with the ritual when you became a witch?"

An ambiguous smile flashed across Catalina's face, and the colorful and strange light in her eyes became even brighter.

After confirming that Tracy had not told Adele about the hostile relationship between the Witch Cult and Gagran, Katarina immediately began to test Adele after meeting her.

At her level, it was easy to see through a lie of a Sequence 7. Before coming here, she had solidified a similar spell on her eyes. If Adele lied, she would be able to tell the difference in the other person's spirit state immediately.

At that time, we will just capture this guy, seize the boat, and head to the abyss whirlpool with Tracy...

However, just when Catalina was halfway through her plan, she heard Adele's confused voice from the other side.

"Ritual? What ritual?"

"You didn't use the ritual assistance when you were promoted to a witch? Didn't Gagran give you the formula?"

Catalina was a little surprised, because in her sight just now, Adele's spirit state was unusually stable, without any fluctuations.

"No, the recipe is a reward for an assassination."

Adele replied calmly, "What's the problem?"

Audrey's spell erased her memories of the Tarot Club members and repaired the resulting void. This resulted in the original memory of the ritual of the Source Faction's promotion to a witch being directly erased due to the participation of Mr. Fool.

Catalina opened her mouth but no words came out. After a while, she swallowed the question and said:
"No, no, just think of it as me being overly suspicious."

……

"Please follow me and I will arrange a room for you."

Adele led Katharina and Tracy to the cabin. "I just got this ship not long ago and haven't had time to make any modifications. It's definitely not as comfortable as my sister's 'Black Death'. I hope Aunt Katharina doesn't mind."

"Captain, the two ladies' rooms have been cleared!"

Wagner trotted up to Adele and bowed respectfully to the three of them.

"This is my boatswain Wagner. I gave him the Assassin potion." Adele briefly introduced him and then waved her hand. "Thank you for your hard work. You should share a room with the first mate and the others for the next two days."

"Originally I didn't expect you to come so soon. I wanted to clean up your room tomorrow."

Adele touched her cheek a little embarrassedly. "This cabin is the best equipped room on the ship besides the captain's room. You two should take a rest first and have something to eat on the ship before heading to the Abyss Whirlpool."

"Can't you just go over there?"

Tracy seemed a little anxious. "My crew is still there. If I leave for too long, something might go wrong."

As one of the pirate generals who became famous relatively late, many of her subordinates were forcibly controlled by her using her charm ability, just like most of the rebellious sailors on the "Honeysuckle Queen".

If Vice Admiral Disease or Adele left their ship for a short period of time, the sailors and pirates might not do anything; but if they did not return to the ship for too long, the pirates' evil intentions would likely develop into an uncontrollable situation.

"Don't worry. The maximum stable speed of the Honeysuckle Queen is 26 knots. Even if we try to avoid the sight of the Black Death for the sake of secrecy, we can reach the location you mentioned within two days at the latest."

Adele comforted Tracy. "We will set off after the sailors have dealt with the body of the Obnis sea monster."

Just now, she learned from Tracy and Catalina the location where their fleet entered the abyss vortex last time, which was not far from the current location of the "Honeysuckle Queen".

"I didn't expect you could actually kill this sea monster."

Katarina pushed open the door of her room and glanced out the window at the purple-red iceberg-like sea monster corpse beside the ship. She said with some surprise, "I thought that a group of witches below Sequence 5 could at most drive it away. It seems that this ship is stronger than I thought."

The Obnis sea monster was actually very powerful at sea. For ships that still used sails and steam hybrid power, its tentacles and the waves it created were fatal to the wooden hulls. The power contained in their huge bodies was amazing, and once the Beyonders on the ship fell into the water, even a true Sequence 5 would hardly be a match for this monster.

However, there is a reason why the Ironclad Ship was called a "groundbreaking invention" by the Kingdom of Loen. The sturdy hull made of steel could not be harmed by the arms and legs of sea monsters or the wind and waves on the sea; the maximum speed of nearly 30 knots was beyond the reach of all monsters.

This kind of ship with excellent mobility, extremely long range and strong firepower will be the protagonist of naval battles for a long time in the future. With the help of several mid-sequence extraordinary people on the ship, killing a sea monster is no problem.

"Just process the extraordinary materials of that sea monster and throw the body parts into the sea."

Tracy insisted, "Don't stay here to deal with the sea monster's body. Let's get ready to leave now. I will compensate you for the losses according to the market price."

"Okay then." Seeing Tracy's firm attitude, Adele no longer insisted and signaled the sailors not to start the boiler, cut two pieces of sea monster meat to taste, and set sail in half an hour.

……

Listening to the footsteps outside the boiler gradually fading away, Britton, who already had 2-172-1 in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief.

Britton, who was hiding in the furnace door, had originally prepared to risk being discovered by Catalina, manipulate the spirits to control everyone present, and find another place to hide. However, he did not expect that the sailor who came to burn the refinery was stopped by his companions halfway through his journey, and then left the boiler room.

"What's going on... Did these guys discover me?"

Britton was a little surprised and was hesitating whether to leave here, but suddenly a strange female voice appeared in his mind. Then he was horrified to find that his body was out of control again.

"They haven't discovered me yet. Just stay here and don't move."

The voice was mature and sweet, with a strong hint of seduction. "If my sister finds out, you'll be in big trouble, okay?"

(End of this chapter)