Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 288 Age of Navigation 2.0?

Privateer Captain?
While Adele and Tracy were still thinking about what the word meant, Wendy had already realized who invented the word.

Needless to say, it must be Roselle again... Wendy rubbed her forehead, feeling confused.

In the 16th century, in order to compete for maritime hegemony, European powers used all means, including "encouraging pirates to attack ships of other countries."

Although all countries solemnly declared on the surface that they were irreconcilable with pirates, they secretly recruited pirates and used them for their own purposes.

Having learned the essence of this, Roselle not only opened the Age of Discovery, but also personally took part in it, using his identity as the Son of Steam to manufacture weapons and arm pirates, allowing them to fight against dissidents.

"In simple terms, the church now approves you to use this ironclad ship as a base to form a new team to plunder the coast of East Balam, attack port cities, and control the sea power."

When saying these words, Emlyn frowned slightly, and sighed in his heart that these new words invented by Roselle were really difficult to pronounce.

"Reorganize a team?"

Tracy raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she realized that the other party had something else to say.

"Are you wondering why you can't just bring the original pirate group over here?"

Emlyn glanced at Tracy and said at a moderate pace, "You have been at sea for too long. You are a little out of touch with the news."

After saying that, he took out the Sea News that he had just read in the office from his pocket, turned to the front page and threw it to Tracy.

Tracy took it with suspicion, and after just one glance, her expression became distorted. After a few seconds, she threw the newspaper to the ground and screamed hysterically.

"How dare that guy Limanu?!!"

Adele's eyes turned slightly and swept across the "Maritime News" on the ground. There were several shocking words written in bold black font.

"Shock! Bloody infighting in the Far North Sea? A new pirate general is born!"

Adele looked at Wendy and found that she was also stunned.

No way... Similar thoughts arose in the minds of both of them.

"I've only been away from my ship for less than a week, and he dared to rebel and claim to have killed me?"

Tracy said in an incredulous tone, "Has his brain been fooled by the True Creator?!"

Adele knew who Tracy was talking about, but it surprised her just as much as it did Tracy.

Limanu King, the second mate of the Black Death, and the brother of the late "Wonderful" Mithor King, the third mate of the Black Death.

Both brothers inherited some special features of the "Black Emperor" path. They were born half-Sequence 9 Beyonders and were at the level of Sequence 6 "Corrupted Baron". However, Limanu had a magical item corresponding to the "Rose Bishop" in his hand, and his strength was much stronger than Misor.

The last time Adele boarded the Black Death, she had met Limanu King. He did not have the strong presence that the Beyonders of the Black Emperor Path had. He was more like a "Rose Bishop" than a "Corrupted Baron" and always hid in the shadows. According to Anne's description, he and Mithor were almost two extremes.

"The side effect of his seal from the true creator is that he hears voices he shouldn't hear from time to time, just like a true listener. This makes him very strange, and he doesn't even have any interest in the captain's beauty."

Anne described it to Adele at the time, "If there is anyone among the crew members brought from Qilingos who would not take advantage of the captain's misfortune, it would be him... In fact, I don't know what can excite this guy. Maybe he masturbates every night listening to the voice of the real creator."

"He should know that the Witch Cult is behind you, right?"

Adele asked, "The pirate general is not alone. If he doesn't have a background, even if he robs the fleet, it will be easily taken back by the demigods of the sect, right? I don't think he is a brainless guy. Why would he do something like this to seek death?"

At this point, Adele suddenly seemed to realize something, turned to Emlyn and asked:
"Don't tell me that the 'terrorist organization' Aurora Society has come out again to claim responsibility for this matter."

To exaggerate, a pirate general without a backer is just a beast to be slaughtered in the eyes of other pirate generals. Originally, everyone had a demigod behind them. If you call me a demigod, I will call you one too. In a fight, the ones with low sequences will suffer. But if someone without a demigod suddenly appears, you can't expect the pirates to have chivalry all of a sudden, right?
Limanu didn't seem like a brainless idiot, at least he wouldn't do anything to get himself killed, so something must have given him the confidence. Considering the feeling he gave people, Adele's first reaction was to think of the Aurora Club.

Not only do they all believe in the true Creator, but they also seem to be very willing to take responsibility for similar things...

"It's definitely not the Aurora Society this time." Unexpectedly, Emlyn smiled and then shook his head, "But someone else is responsible."

"Who is it?" Tracy asked through gritted teeth.

“The Iron-Blooded Cross—you Witch Cult should be familiar with this name.” Emlyn said with a half smile and a half sigh, “Do people who believe in the Fallen Creator like to jump out and take responsibility for this kind of thing so much?”

"Iron Cross? Iron Cross..."

Tracy's expression suddenly became serious, and she repeated it again, as if she was thinking about something.

"Okay, it's up to you to decide what to do. Now hurry up and sign this contract, then follow me to where you came from to see if there are any other survivors... Of course, I don't think there are any."

Emlyn urged impatiently. Tracy quickly took the contract from his hand. However, she only took a glance at it and her face was full of surprise.

"Your Excellency, there is no text in this contract."

The contract was almost completely blank except for a little mark where Tracy signed to confirm. There were no requirements and no signature from Emlyn.

"Oh, because I just came up with it at the last minute, I haven't had time to write it yet. Just sign it and I'll make it up later."

Emlyn said casually, "This is something I asked for from a colleague before. I didn't expect it to be used in this kind of place, so naturally I didn't write down the rules in advance."

"But, this..."

Tracy hesitated. In the mysterious world, the mystical connection between the real name and the original body is one of the media for many spells. Signing without seeing the original text is as dangerous as using your own blood to drip something of unknown origin.

"This contract cannot force others to do something that will lead to their death. This is not in line with the spirit of the contract."

Seeing Tracy hesitate, Emlyn snorted, "I swear in the name of the vampire Count Emlyn White that what I just said is true."

Is it in line with the spirit of the contract if the text of the contract is not shown to others? ... Adele complained silently in her heart.

"Besides, does it make any difference to you whether you can see the text or not?"

Emlyn walked up to Tracy and whispered in her ear, "You won't refuse to sign, will you?"

"Of course not, Your Excellency..."

Tracy's body trembled violently, and her tone softened immediately. Wendy, who was standing by, quickly took out the pen from her breast pocket and handed it to the other party, and then Tracy signed her name on the blank contract.

"Very good. Then, everyone else may go away. Miss Circe, let's go to the captain's room and talk about what you have seen and heard during this period."

When speaking to Adele, who is also a member of the Tarot Club, Emlyn's tone softened a little.

Originally, he thought that he was not only chosen by Mr. Fool, but also chosen by the original god, which made him have a strange sense of mission and honor. But now, Adele was also given some special features by the existence that looked like Lilith, and she also received a response from Mr. Fool in the Fall of Angels, which made Emlyn feel a sense of urgency.

The girls dispersed, Tracy temporarily went to the room vacated by Catalina, while Adele and Emlyn went to the captain's room, and Adele briefly explained to Emlyn what he had seen and heard during this period.

Of course, Adele only gave a general account, and many details were not directly stated. Emlyn, who was also a member of the Tarot Club, also understood: these things could not be said in the real world, and it would be safe to talk about them above the gray fog.

"I have to say, your experience is really... bizarre."

Emlyn was shocked by the scenes in the underground world after listening to Adele's story, but he was not used to praising others because he thought he was the most special. Of course, this was also one of the main reasons for his quarrel with Leonard.

"Actually, it has nothing to do with me. If it were someone else, they would have plenty of ways to achieve their goals."

Adele replied, which reminded her of Gagran again and she felt a little depressed.

"Arrogant thoughts... You are not them, so why do you make assumptions for them?"

Emlyn sneered. "'If they had chosen someone else, they might have done better than me'. This thought itself is questioning their decision."

"In other words, before you were chosen by them, you had nothing special about you, but they gave you special features without requiring you to have any special features.

"After being chosen by them, others who seek to cooperate with you will indeed be screened based on your situation, but being chosen by them is already special enough."

"If they really want to question it, they should question their own decision. For you or other humans, being chosen by God is the answer to all problems."

Emlyn replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

Adele nodded and stopped dwelling on the topic, but at this moment she was thinking about something else.

Why do I feel melancholy when similar truths are spoken by Gagran, who is also chosen by God, but when they are spoken by Mr. "Moon", I just feel that he is showing off?

——Of course, she only dared to ask this question secretly in her heart.

Clearing the useless thoughts from her mind, Adele turned the topic back to recent events.

"You said before that your letter of commission was just a blank template. Will the Kingdom's military recognize the legitimacy of this letter of commission?"

"Don't worry, this will be included in the Loen Kingdom's special treatment of the Earth Church."

Emlyn pointed to the holy emblem of the Church of Mother Earth on his chest. "Even though the Church of Steam has withdrawn to Intis, their influence cannot be eliminated quickly. The Church of Earth still has a long way to go if it wants to completely occupy the position of the Church of Steam in Loen and have an armed force of the same scale."

"In the meantime, we have to take some extraordinary measures to get through this difficult transition period. You should have seen my fellow tribesmen in Backlund. They are the Beyonders used by the Mother Goddess Church for transition. They were originally the vampires living in Backlund."

"Oh, I feel relieved then." Adele nodded and leaned back a little on the chair to relieve her fatigue.

After a few seconds, she suddenly remembered something and asked Emlyn, "By the way, we are now in the southern continent. Is there any way to contact the Inter-Sea area? I need to let my... uh, fiancée know I am safe."

Fiancée? Emlyn raised his eyebrows, then realized that the other party was a Beyonder of the Witch Path.

However, if he wanted to be the savior of the vampires, he couldn't escape this...

When Emlyn thought of the Sequence 1 "Goddess of Beauty" in his own path and the Sequence 2 "Mistress of Desolation" in the adjacent path, he felt a sense of grief for the loss of the rabbit.

But soon, he gathered his scattered thoughts and answered based on his memory:
“It was there before, but it’s gone now.”

It was there before, but it’s gone now? Adele was a little confused and asked quickly, “Why?”

Emlyn snorted in dissatisfaction and said, "When the kingdom colonized the southern continent, they built an undersea telegraph line between the southern and northern continents. But after the war against the Rose School broke out, they destroyed the line."

"Because most of the Beyonders of the Steam Church have already evacuated, and the Church of Darkness also didn't want to involve those guys and make them profitable, so they couldn't wait until the technicians repaired the line. In addition to using high-speed clippers to travel between the north and south continents, the only way to command the battle situation was to use ironclad ships anchored on the sea as a transfer base point, without the use of wireless telegraphs for communication."

"Originally this method was very safe. The ironclad ship itself is a mobile fortress. Even if it drops anchor, it is not afraid of standing still and exchanging fire with the enemy fleet when they attack. But who could have thought that the star cluster would rise from the bottom of the sea?"

"The star cluster that just rose has destroyed the transfer station. If you want to report your safety, you can only wait until the next Tarot meeting and ask those who are still in the Inter-Sea area to pass on a message for you."

Emlyn then changed the subject: "However, most of them should have left the Jianhai area by now... This time, there is a problem with Miss Judgment."

(End of this chapter)