Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 258: The traitor Gagran?

"You're more sensible than I thought."

Catalina nodded. "The news about the Fountain of Youth that Agaritu released was indeed a cover-up. He was preparing to be promoted to the Devil by spreading similar rumors to attract adventurers to the sea, and then ambush and kill them."

She took a sip of Sonia blood wine and said leisurely:
"However, the 'Fountain of Youth' we discovered this time does exist."

"Where to start?"

Adele asked subconsciously, but then she realized that her words might cause misunderstanding, so she quickly added:

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that this matter is of great importance. Many of my subsequent missionary plans will require the use of this ironclad ship, and there is really no room for any mistakes."

"It doesn't matter. After all, it's time to tell you some things."

Catalina smiled, and after initially confirming that Adele had not joined the Source Faction, her malicious intent dissipated.

"Have you heard of the 'Law of Convergence of Extraordinary Characteristics'?"

Adele showed her surprise at the right time. All her memories related to the Tarot Club members were deleted, including the information she got from Mr. "The World" whom she had never met.

"What is that?" Adele asked.

"Gagran didn't tell you? It seems like she really didn't have any influence on you, but that's a good thing."

Catalina nodded. "The Law of Aggregation of Beyonder Characteristics: High-Sequence Items in the same path will intermittently and unconsciously attract low- and medium-sequence Beyonders to its vicinity, and they tend to aggregate together. High-Sequence Beyonders can sense this attraction."

"In other words, the Fountain of Youth is related to the Beyonder Characteristics of the Witch? Is it a high-sequence characteristic of the Witch's pathway?"

Adele immediately noticed the hidden meaning in Catalina's words.

"You're really smart, you got it right." Catalina praised, "In addition to me, the 'Immortal Witch' of Sequence 3, the sect also sent out a Sequence 3 Sealed Artifact. The original plan of the sect was to use that Sealed Artifact to lure Gagran over and then control her, but we didn't expect..."

"Wait, why does the cult want to keep Gagran under control?"

Adele was confused. "Isn't she a demigod of the sect?"

"She really didn't tell you anything."

Katarina sighed, "The sect suspects that Gagran does not believe in the 'Original Witch', but the 'City of Disaster'. For this reason, she deliberately recruited new witches in Backlund and let them use the rituals from the 'City of Disaster' to advance, in order to train her own team."

Hearing this, Adele was shocked, and the four witches who were originally laughing became quiet as well, waiting anxiously for Katarina's next words.

"The life of a witch who relies on rituals to advance can usually only last a month after the potion is completely digested. If she is not promoted quickly, the only result will be loss of control."

Katerina glanced at everyone meaningfully, "However, Gagran chose witches who were transformed from men just like her. In other words, if you, Adele, are okay, then everyone else will be okay too."

Then, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, she continued, "Finally, I want to give you a piece of advice: the sect can forgive the past, but if anyone continues to contact Geglan and provide her with help, the sect will officially regard her as Geglan's accomplice."

Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Catalina stopped talking about this topic, put down her wine glass, and started talking about things related to the "Fountain of Youth".

"The Sequence 4 of the Witch Path is called the 'Immortal Witch'. Since it can be called the Fountain of Youth, it means that it is at least a Sequence Beyonder characteristic of the Witch Path. And Geglan is now a Sequence Transition Beyonder. Although this has bought her a lot of time, the time she has bought is almost up."

Catalina explained, "That is to say, whether the 'news about the Fountain of Youth' is true or false, Gagran must find a way to confirm it. And her method of confirmation can only rely on the aggregation effect of the high sequence to make a vague judgment. For this reason, the sect deliberately asked me to use the Beyonder characteristics to disguise the 'Fountain of Youth'."

"However, when we arrived at the abyssal vortex, we found that the vortex here had become regular at some point, and would periodically generate a huge vortex that swept across the entire sea area, rolling the ship to the center of the sea area. And I felt a strong aggregation effect in the center of the sea area, which means that there was originally a high-sequence Beyonder characteristic of the Witch there!"

At this point, even Catalina had an incredible expression on her face. "This kind of coincidence is something I could hardly imagine before. It's a pity that the royal family put all the blame on us for the smog in order to clear themselves of suspicion. Now we can't get any support from the military."

"Mother will use her power to protect the ship, but the ship must be strong enough to withstand Mother's power."

Tracy added, "My 'Black Death' is not as good as the 'Future', or even the 'Golden Dream', so I can only work on the strength of the ship itself. Your 'Honeysuckle Queen' is already the best ship the sect can find during this period of time."

"But then why not let Ms. Pellet go by herself?"

Adele asked in confusion, "This distance shouldn't be a problem for a demigod like Ms. Pele. Our strength will only hinder the saint."

"How big do you think that extraordinary characteristic is? Can it be put into your pocket like the potion you drank?"

Catalina Pellet sneered. "Advancing to Sequence 3 requires more than just Beyonder characteristics. The spring water infected by the characteristics of the 'Undying Witch' is also an important part of the promotion ceremony. We want not only Beyonder characteristics, but also the surrounding things affected by Beyonder characteristics. In other words, we have to move the entire spring water away."

"Don't worry about that. Leave the fighting to me and mother."

Tracy comforted her, "You just need to ensure that the Honeysuckle Queen is operating normally and can provide me with fire support at any time. You don't need to worry about my mother. Her casual attack is much more powerful than your naval gun salvo."

"Okay, I hope you're ready."

Adele stopped talking and began to deal with the food on her plate which was already a little cold. However, she did not stop thinking. Now her mind was full of what Catalina had just said about Gagran.

(End of this chapter)