Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 28 Neptune
Alger felt a creepy feeling in his heart, and it made him feel like his skull was numb.

I have been drifting on the sea for so many years and have seen all kinds of strange scenes, but none of them have given me a greater psychological shock than this time... It is obviously just some mycelium, and the person who researched this kind of thing is just a Sequence 5 "Druid", and I am now equivalent to a Sequence 3 "Sea King"!
Alger took two deep breaths and suppressed his rapid heartbeat. The creepy feeling gradually subsided, and Alger was relieved. However, the tingling sensation in his mouth did not disappear.

No, this is not just a simple feeling!

Alger quickly ran to the mirror and wanted to open his mouth to check the condition inside his oral cavity. However, he was shocked to find that his mouth seemed to be sewn shut by something and he couldn't open it!

In shock and anger, Alger suddenly opened his mouth and heard countless tiny cracking sounds transmitted through his bones, as if silk threads were being pulled apart. Due to the large number of cracks, a sound like cloth tearing was heard.

The moment he opened his mouth, Alger caught a glimpse of what was happening inside his mouth:
A dense mass of white hyphae had already firmly sewn Alger's mouth together, and the pale rhizomes were deeply embedded in the oral cavity, like a mass of gorgeous anemones!
When Alger opened his mouth, the mycelium was forcibly pulled out of his teeth, and his mouth instantly became bloody. However, due to the secretions of the mycelium, Alger did not feel any pain at all, but only felt a strong tingling sensation spreading from his mouth to his whole body. When the mycelium saw the blood, it first stagnated for a while, and then grew wildly at a speed more than ten times faster than before!

At the critical moment, Alger did not panic. The moment he saw the mycelium in his mouth, he activated his spirituality and created a ball of corrosive, high-salinity seawater in his mouth. After stirring it twice, he suddenly exerted force and spit out the seawater along with the broken mycelium. The white mycelium lost its vitality in an instant and was swept by the seawater and shot onto the wall.

Seeing some results, Alger felt a little relieved. But before he could calm down for long, the tingling sensation came again, even more intense and difficult to suppress than before, almost making him lose control!

Alger quickly opened his mouth to check, and was shocked to find that although the upper part of the white roots had been corroded, its aerial roots were not completely dead. Instead, they drilled into the cracks inside the mouth. Alger felt as if a crazy dentist was operating randomly in his mouth, making him uneasy and spiritually unstable.

In this case, even if I generate plasma balls in my mouth, the effect will probably be very poor. So, before those thin lines grow out, I should use that trick!
Alger's mind raced, and he quickly gathered his energy, cleared his throat, and began to chant loudly. This was his ability when he was still at Sequence 5 "Ocean Singer". He could use his singing to disturb the enemy's spirit, causing it to become dazed and distracted. He could also use his chaotic singing to make the enemy feel irritated and lose their mind. Even the deaf could hear it. This was spiritual communication and could not be blocked by physical means.

A hoarse singing voice came out from Alger's mouth, like a circular saw cutting iron sheet, fingernails scratching a blackboard, causing the wine glass on the table to shatter and the wine to spill!
"When the sea was in chaos and darkness,

Playing with the rocks, surging and roaring;"

"When lightning flashes with its purple rays,
Constantly reflecting His image;”

"And the sea wind, with its rush and whirl,
Raised His magnificent garments...” (Note: adapted from Pushkin, The Storm)
As Alger's singing began, the restless threads in his mouth finally calmed down completely. Alger used his tongue to lick them, and a large group of gray air roots fell off from around his upper teeth and frenulum. Alger quickly generated seawater in his mouth again and rinsed his mouth thoroughly before confirming that it was safe.

Why did the mushroom, which was normal before, become what it is now? Before Alger had time to think carefully, another more important thought flashed through his mind:

I made such a big noise just now, but not a single sailor came to check! Although the ghost ship does not require many sailors to operate, in order to maintain a certain degree of combat effectiveness, there are still nearly three-digit sailors on board, all of whom are Beyonders. Even if I really didn't hear the song, the agitated spirituality of the demigod that I just emitted was enough for the low-sequence Beyonders to detect abnormalities!
Thinking of this, Alger rushed to the door and tried to turn the doorknob, but found that the door seemed to have taken root and he couldn't open it even with the strength of a demigod.

Alger thought for a moment, then decisively twisted his body. Blue phantom scales appeared on his body, and he punched the old door hard, sending wood chips flying everywhere. The entire door shattered into countless tiny fragments.

However, the residue did not fall to the ground, but was wrapped by layers of spider web-like mycelium. The Captain's room had been completely surrounded by mycelium at some point, like a huge cocoon, which seemed to be breeding some terrifying creature.

The druid's mushrooms only absorb the vitality of living things. However, this "Blue Avenger" is also a kind of "creature" in a sense, and "ghost" is also a creature in the mystical sense!

In a desperate situation, Alger no longer hesitated and used all his strength to mobilize his spiritual power, once again activating the power of the "Ocean Singer", causing the spiritually trembling song to once again echo over the boundless ocean. However, this time, Alger infused more spiritual power and improved his ability to control it, allowing the power of the song to be precisely controlled within the range of the "Blue Avenger"!
"In the solitude of the sea
Stay away from human vanity

And the pride that built her, she sleeps forever;"

"A room made of steel
Like a pile of burnt wood

The cold current played through it like a harp..." (Adapted from Hardy's "Two Become One")
The ghostly singing voice suddenly spread to every corner of the ghost ship, and seemed to hit an invisible wall at the edge of the ship, smashing like waves hitting rocks, and turning into tiny ripples that joined the new sound waves, adding thunderous drumbeats to the singing.

Under the full suppression of Sequence 4 "Disaster Priest" Alger, the white mycelium that covered the entire ship became frightened and began to recede like a tide. Alger followed closely behind, creating a violent tornado around him, blowing away all the mycelium that tried to touch him and the remaining mycelium, and then rolled them into a large ball under the effect of air pressure.

Alger carefully maintained his extraordinary ability and gradually moved towards the deck. Along the way, he saw sailors who had lost consciousness due to the singing, with residual white fungus on their bodies, which were gradually dying. Those fungi savagely drilled out from their skin, ears, and even skulls and eye sockets, leaving one hideous bloody wound after another, with yellow pus-like liquid flowing out.

Alger made a preliminary inspection and found that at least most of the sailors were not dead yet. His decision was relatively timely. He just needed to resolve the situation here and then contact Miss Magician in time to have her use the Traveler's Gate to teleport the entire ship back to the headquarters, and use the ancient knowledge of the Silver City led by the Sun to suppress similar mutations.

Before that, I have to find the source of the problem...

Alger frowned and used lightning to completely smash a corpse that fell from the stairs. He then used a plasma ball to electrocute the corpse and the mycelium and spores it carried into flying ashes.

There had been no problems during the voyage for so many days, but now something like this happened. Does this mean that some force has affected this sea area? As long as we find the source, we may be close to completing Mr. Fool's mission!
Having made this decision, Alger stepped forward, and a short bone staff emitting a faint blue light slipped out silently from his wide dark blue robe. Alger raised the short staff high, and there was a faint gathering of thunder and storm at the tip of the staff.

The moment the short bone staff appeared, the rough sea suddenly became calm. Then, the surging waves suddenly rushed towards the ghost ship, lifting it to the crest of the waves, higher than the reefs and even higher than the deep fog. The sea water pushed the ship directly into the sky, like a surrendered slave holding up his master's carriage high up!

At this moment, Alger is equivalent to Sequence 3, equivalent to the real "Sea King!"

(End of this chapter)