Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 267 The Lost Island of Bimini

When the clock on the ship showed four o'clock in the afternoon of Saint-Milon time, Adele and her companions landed on the island.

This place has a completely different atmosphere from the Twilight Kingdom that Adele had explored before:

Everything in the Kingdom of Dusk is frozen in the deep dusk. The dead tree trunks have been pointing straight to the sky for thousands of years without changing. The whole world seems to be frozen in time at the moment before death.
The scene on the island before them was thriving, with plants growing wildly in the eternal daylight and growing to twice the size of their counterparts on the ground.

After discussion, the witches in the bar stayed on the ironclad ship, while Adele, Tracy, Wendy and Catalina entered the island first to conduct preliminary exploration.

Although Catalina did not say it explicitly, Adele knew that she did not trust the witches under Gagran very much, so she brought the two people who could drive the boat with her. In this way, even if any of the witches under Gagran really wanted to do something, they would not be able to escape Catalina's pursuit.

Adele and her group of four were walking on the sand mixed with stones. This was one of the few places on the island that was not covered with vegetation. The ground was rugged and uneven, with potholes in some places, making it difficult for ordinary people to move forward.

From time to time, large birds would fly out of the surrounding pits, flapping their huge wings and making shrill cries. Wendy took out her revolver and shot one down, then observed it carefully.

"They look not much different from seagulls on the surface, except that their eyelids have evolved to be very thick, probably because there is no night here."

Wendy held the bird in front of everyone and explained in detail, "There is no trace of pollution on them. It seems that the sunlight here can really kill the pollution completely."

Tracy and Adele looked over with great interest and found that what Wendy said was true.

"Well, now we know their eyelids are thicker than those of our gulls."

Catalina was not in high spirits and said sarcastically, "What a great discovery."

"That's right, but the more important discovery is yet to come."

Wendy, who was suffering from occupational disease, did not hear Katarina's ridicule, but excitedly raised the bird in front of Katarina and shook it, and the bird's blood splattered everywhere. "Look at its wound."

Catalina looked unhappy and was about to lose her temper when Tracy suddenly said, "Its wound has begun to heal..."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they carefully examined the wound on the bird.

The bullet from the large-caliber revolver pierced directly into its abdomen, leaving a rather hideous wound and killing the bird instantly.

However, even though its vital activities had ceased, the wound never stopped repairing. The pink granulation tissue squirmed around the wound, completely repairing the bird's body in less than five minutes.

Although the wound parts grew together randomly, forming large wrinkles, there were tiny gaps in the middle of the overlapping curled skin, and half of the broken intestines were exposed from the inside, like a crudely made rag doll, but it was repaired after all.

"If you kill one of these birds and eat only a little at a time, I'm afraid it will keep growing new body parts until the influence of the island disappears completely..."

Wendy said faintly, with an indescribably complicated tone.

Adele swallowed nervously, and she was sure Tracy did the same, only more imperceptibly.

"This is good news, it means we are in the right place."

Catalina calmed herself down, waved her hand and said, "Don't waste time here anymore. Let's go deeper into the island. There may be other dangers here. Don't do anything here unless it's necessary."

"If there are any extraordinary creatures along the way, we will try to bypass them. If we can't bypass them, I will kill them and the items will belong to the sect."

Catalina took the lead and walked in front, announcing the rules unilaterally with the people behind her.

"But don't worry, the sect won't let you work for nothing. If I get what you want this time, I can even apply directly to the sect for a reward equivalent to a Sequence 5 potion. If I can't get it, I can at least give you 5000 pounds."

As if she felt a little embarrassed for making Adele's boat so shabby, Katarina was quite generous in rewarding her. Anyway, although the Witch Cult was not a wealthy sect, it worked under the True God and had a strong foundation.

Moreover, with the witch's ability, even if the great nobles are protected by extraordinary people and cannot be attacked, those emerging entrepreneurs who bought their titles with money and have no status in the old aristocratic circles are just mobile vaults in the eyes of the witch.

Geglan had revealed to Adele intentionally or unintentionally that every June, before the start of the nobles' social season, the Witch Sect would arrange a group of "instigators" to be promoted to witches, and then find ways to break into the social scene and earn funds for the sect.

(The Backlund social season written by Squid in the book is every June. I think I wrote it according to the British social season before. Please ignore it.)

Because of this, the witch cult barely developed any power in Feysac, and only placed a half-dead branch of the Gnosis Society there - the aesthetics of the Feysac people were very different from those of other countries, and the economic level was even more different. Investing in witches here was completely thankless, not only was it difficult to seduce a sucker, but even if you did, you wouldn't make much money.

Adele nodded, indicating that she was satisfied with the arrangement.

"As for this lady..." Catalina looked at Wendy, shook her head, nodded, and finally compromised: "Originally, I wanted your captain to find a way to reward you, but it feels a bit wrong. How about this, Adele, you give whatever you want, and then come to me for reimbursement."

You are a demigod, whatever you say is what it is... Adele quickly replied:
"Yes, Ms. Pellet."

……

Soon, Adele and her group crossed the beach and turned south.

They walked through the thick grass and along the steep bank of the river. From the bend in the river, the river flowed southwestward, the flow gradually decreased, and the banks formed a hidden riverbed, completely hidden by the canopy of trees.

The terrain here is relatively flat, and the terrain gets higher as you go in, but it's not obvious. Some of the ground is quite wet, like a swamp. Even without Wendy's archaeologist's intuition, Adele can still feel the network of water flowing in all directions below. Through the underground fault, the groundwater is poured into the river.

"Do you think this is the branch of the Fountain of Youth you are looking for?"

Wendy jumped around in the jungle like a clever monkey. The Sequence 8 "Archaeologist" potion made her feel like she was back home in such ruins. She first came to the stream and wanted to use the kettle she carried with her to get some river water.

"Perhaps their source is the Beyonder Property we are looking for, so these rivers should also have certain special properties..."

While Adele was still guessing, Wendy had already curiously rubbed some stream water on the back of her hand. Then, Adele heard her surprised voice.

“I feel like my skin has gotten smoother!”

Adele looked over and saw Wendy showing the back of her hand to everyone with a look of surprise. The skin on the surface that was touched by the spring water fell off, revealing the smooth and tender new skin inside.

"Adele's guess is right." Tracy also walked to the river. "There should be a trace amount of extraordinary effects in this water that can improve skin conditions. But it can't be used in large quantities, otherwise it might end up like that seabird."

"A bottle of the river water here would be sold at a high price in a luxury store in Loen..."

Adele, who used to be a salon beautician, objectively commented, "Those middle-aged noble ladies would probably go crazy because of this."

"Alright, alright, once we find the source of the Fountain of Youth, we'll have as much of this stuff as we want... so don't wash your face there!"

Catalina gave a loud command, and Wendy reluctantly left the river.

"Okay, okay, it's no big deal." Adele comforted, "It's just that your skin is a little better, you can do that."

"That's easy for you to say, but you are witches..." Wendy and Adele complained quietly, "Before doing research on the ship, you were exposed to the wind and sun, and your skin has been damaged beyond recognition. You Versailles people whose skin won't get worse won't understand!"

"Where is Versailles?" Adele asked in confusion. "It sounds like the name of a place in Intis, but I was born and raised in Backlund."

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything..." Wendy realized she had said something wrong and stopped caring about it. She continued on her way.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, St. Miron time, they came out of the forest and saw two conical peaks.

The top of the mountain is slightly round and slightly tilted, like a top hat; the ground is bare, with light red rocks everywhere.

“It looks like a volcanic landscape.”

Wendy picked up a piece of basalt fragment from the ground and made such a judgment.

There were thousands of these fragments, mixed with pumice and obsidian, scattered everywhere as far as the eye could see. Layers of solitary conifers grew at the end of the narrow valley hundreds of feet below, so dense that they blocked out the sunlight.

"Do we still have to climb up on our own two legs?"

Looking at the towering mountains, Adele pointed at Catalina's dress, her meaning was very clear.

"We can move closer to the mountain, so that even if there is an accident, as long as we can reach the rock wall, we can deal with it."

Tracy tactfully agreed. Although Katarina seemed to be quite concerned about using her abilities here, she finally agreed with the others' idea.

Catalina released several bundles of fine white silk threads, which wrapped around the waists of the three people. Then more invisible silk threads quickly appeared, hooked onto the rocks on the cliff, and quickly pulled the people upwards.

If Katarina hooked the corresponding object in the spirit world with an illusory line and pulled it, Adele and the others could reach the top of the mountain in just a moment. However, it was quite dangerous to rashly connect to the spirit world in a polluted and unfamiliar environment. Katarina definitely didn't want to try it unless it was absolutely necessary.

As Catalina pulled the silk thread, the scenery around Adele began to move downward rapidly, and soon, they landed on the top of the mountain.

This seemed to be a dead volcano. There was no smoke coming out of the two sides, and no vibration came from inside the crater. No one knew where this deep well underground would lead to.

This shield volcano is not very high, and there is a deep gap on its side. The hardened lava and crusted volcanic slag form a natural canal that rushes straight into the sea at a not-so-high angle.

Adele climbed to the top of the mountain and looked out into the distance, but all she could see was the sea. The azure blue water filled everyone's vision and turned into a thin black line in the distance.

There is no land within ten nautical miles of this island. This island is the center of the ocean, and the dazzling sun is right above the crater.

Adele moved her eyes downwards again, but she found nothing either, no sign of a spring.

"But if you follow the stream, you'll end up at this volcano."

Wendy said what Adele wanted to say, "Everyone from the Witch Cult, do you have any clues?"

"Honestly, I'm not very good at things like this."

Adele spread her hands. Her knowledge of occultism was severely biased. She had a certain understanding of some high-level knowledge, but not much about some ancient history. Even her language was protected by the language protection given by Lilith.

"If someone like Edwina were here, there might be a way."

Tracy also expressed regret. She was different from the adventurer team of Admiral Iceberg who was called a pirate group. Instead of searching for treasures, she was more engaged in robbery and slave trading.

"It seems that I still have to trouble you, a professional, to study it carefully."

Adele didn't even look at Catalina. She knew very well whether she could control this big boss.

"Okay..." Wendy nodded and began to investigate.

During this period, Adele was not idle. She paced back and forth in the crater, observing the surrounding rocks, trying to find some traces.

Perhaps it was the luck accumulated by the hidden blade that came into play, and she actually managed to find it.

On the top of the mountain covered with gravel, Adele found a stone that looked quite flat and out of place in this natural world. It was buried in the soil, with only a small corner exposed.

Adele quickly called Wendy over and used the folding shovel in her bag to quickly dig out the stone.

It was a one-meter-high marble tablet, engraved with words that Adele could not understand even with the language protection. Lilith's protection could only allow her to understand most of the common words, and was unable to help with some unpopular languages.

However, Adele saw a dazed look on Wendy's face. She must have seen this expression before, but she couldn't remember where for a moment.

"This is a... lost ancient language." Wendy calmed down and said to Adele, "The words engraved on it are the name of this island - Bimini Island."

(End of this chapter)