Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 263 Fall
In the restaurant, Adele felt the whole boat shake violently, and then she heard Catalina's serious voice.

"We are already twelve miles into the center of the vortex, get ready!"

In an instant, the scene around the Honeysuckle Queen automatically emerged in Adele's mind:
The water wall suddenly became steeper from here, soaring from 20 degrees to nearly 45 degrees. The resistance on the inside of the ironclad ship, which was originally pushed by the ocean current and swirled towards the center of the vortex, disappeared, and it plunged headfirst into the bottomless darkness!
Then, Adele's vision turned pale, and surging silk threads like the tide fell from the top of the mast to the surroundings of the ship, wrapping the entire ironclad ship.

The ironclad ship, wrapped in white silk threads like a cocoon, turned its bow and rushed straight to the center of the vortex.

The solid steel hull cut through the sea water, forming waves tens of meters high on both sides of the hull. Pushed by the lateral ocean current, they slammed hard against the side of the Honeysuckle Queen.

The ship drew an arc under the squeeze and pull of the sea water, and then fell into the center of the abyss.

The sailors in the restaurant flew up and hit the ceiling. Toast, white bread, butter, and raisin jam also flew up and fell to every corner of the restaurant.

With the agility and balance that the "Assassin" stage gave her, Adele easily adjusted her body in the air with the help of her core strength. She stretched out her hands and gently supported herself on the ceiling, allowing herself to land steadily back on the boat. At the same time, she caught two slices of bread with jam, put them in her mouth and took a bite.

Adele looked around and saw that most of the sailors had bruised and battered faces, but they had all been on the ship for half their lives and were used to similar things. They just didn't expect the magnitude of the fall to be so severe this time. They were not fully supported and only suffered some superficial injuries.

The other witches were either holding up the ceiling, or twisting in the air to adjust their balance, or holding each other and supporting each other, all maintaining their elegant demeanor.

But Wendy was not so lucky. Although the archaeologists also enhanced her physique, this enhancement was more focused on physical fitness, making her an expert in extreme sports. "Stay elegant" has never been within her consideration.

She was sitting next to Natalie just now. When the change happened, Natalie's first reaction was to look in the direction of Leila, and she didn't care about her at all. Although she later hurriedly used both hands to support the wall to ensure a stable landing, the light beer in her hand, which was used instead of water, still spilled on her face.

"Go to the bathroom and clean up."

Adele held back her smile and comforted Wendy, who was feeling sorry for the makeup she had just put on.

At this time, the steel hull creaked under the twisting force transmitted through the silk thread. Even though everyone knew that the "Honeysuckle Queen" was not strong enough to withstand such a situation, it was still difficult for people not to have bad associations with this catastrophic scene.

"The last time I came here, the attraction wasn't this great. It was slightly smaller than it is now."

Tracy placed her hand on the steel hull, feeling the vibrations. "The last time my mother and I came here, although the Black Death had sustained some damage, the attraction of the seawater was not this strong."

When I came here with Katarina, the attraction wasn't this strong...

Adele thought for a while, then said, "Since you said that the center of the vortex might be a high-sequence seal of the Witch Path, is it possible that the seal will change the strength of its attraction based on the sequence and number of people on the corresponding path on our ship?"

"You react very quickly."

Tracy nodded. "In the center of this sea area, there is an 'Unaging Witch', and even a suspected 'Disaster Witch' Beyonder characteristic. It does have an impact on Beyonders of the Witch Path. I'm afraid that this huge whirlpool that appears periodically is the masterpiece of that Beyonder characteristic."

The Immortal Witch or the higher-level Disaster Witch... Adele was slightly shocked. Although Tracy did not explain what a "Disaster Witch" was, she probably thought that Adele, who already knew that the "Immortal Witch" was a Witch Path Sequence 3, could infer the status of the Disaster Witch from her tone.

Although, having already seen the Blasphemous Card Game, I already knew that "Disaster Witch" was Sequence 2 of the Witch Path...

Adele was lost in thought, and then suddenly became frightened.

If Gagran is also on this ship, can Katarina determine her whereabouts through the increased attraction?
Adele hesitated for a while, but still asked Tracy this question. She could see that Tracy and Gagran had a good relationship, so she would not be reluctant to answer this question.

"I'm afraid not."

Tracy's black eyes were dazed for a moment and she said:

"That thing is just an Beyonder characteristic after all, and its intelligence is not that high. You see, the second time it added four mid-sequence Beyonders from the Witch Path, but it didn't increase its appeal much."

"Mother guessed that its attraction might be related to the number of high-sequence witch Beyonders. The attraction of Demigod-level Beyonders is not nearly on the same level as that of ordinary Beyonders. Even a quasi-demigod like me who is already preparing for the ceremony of promotion is not even one-tenth as important as a Demigod in its eyes."

"As far as I know, Aunt Gagran jumped to the Death Path at Sequence 5, so in the eyes of the Fountain of Youth, the difference between her and Sequence 5 may not be that big. There are five witches on your ship besides my mother, so it's not that effective."

"Then if, I mean if, Gagran really chases after us somehow, how are we going to find her?"

Adele secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but in order to smoothly transition to the next topic, she continued to ask Tracy, and only felt relieved after getting the answer that "there is no way to confirm it."

The situation is now very delicate: the things that the Witch Cult wants to find out include whether Adele and Gagran have been in contact during this period of time, whether she has found the blasphemous cards, whether Gagran has caught up, and whether Adele believes in the "City of Disaster".

However, Adele had no connection with Gagran and did not believe in the City of Disaster; but the blasphemous card was indeed in her hand, and she had no idea whether Gagran would get on board.

Moreover, the Witch Cult had only one way to verify these questions, and that was whether or not Gagran appeared. In other words, if Gagran appeared on the ship, Adele would be sentenced to death by Catalina, and she would either give up the mission and escape from the Witch Cult, or be killed by Catalina on the spot.

The problem is, even if I didn't contact her, she might still show up on the boat, and then I wouldn't be able to explain myself...

(End of this chapter)