Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 289 Unlucky Anderson
Is there something wrong with Miss Judgment again?

Adele was a little surprised. She remembered that during the last meeting, although the other party was in a weak state, he had basically escaped the blockade. What else could go wrong?
"Could it be related to the recent abnormal behavior of the 'Iron Cross'?"

Adele asked tentatively.

"Yes, the enemy was extremely tough. Even the demigod creature that Mystic sent to support Miss Judgment was killed by them. In the end, it was the Queen of Mystic who showed up in person to force them back."

Emlyn said in disbelief, "Are those guys crazy? Can you believe that the Iron Cross actually sent out angels for Miss Judgment?"

"Angel?!"

Adele was shocked. Sending out angels to hunt down a demigod? That was unheard of. Even when the Church of Evernight was looking for Ince Zangwill, it was only "Eye of the Goddess" Illya who was in charge of hunting him down.

"What kind of information did she collect that would make the other party go to such great lengths?" Adele asked hurriedly.

Emlyn spread his hands. "I don't know. That's the weirdest part. The only information Judgment has learned is that the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom may be cooperating with the Iron Cross. But when two such large sects cooperate, it's inevitable that some clues will be leaked. Even if Miss Judgment didn't find that information, other churches would be able to deduce it from the movements of both parties sooner or later."

"Moreover, Miss Judgment was able to confirm that the two parties were collaborating only after the demigod of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom attacked her. If they really wanted to conceal the news, they wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

Emlyn sighed. "Anyway, let's talk about these things at the Tarot Club tomorrow. I have a feeling that a new alliance may be formed behind this, but this result is definitely not what we want to see."

"Is it an alliance similar to the one between Feysac and Intis in the last war?"

Adele felt her stomach twist.

“It may even be larger.”

Emlyn's expression was a little heavy. "The Iron Cross and the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom may be backed by Intis, Renburg, Ma Xi, and Segar... However, the last war has already had a great impact on the faith of the gods, and the possibility of another large-scale war is not high."

"The war has brought people's faith in God to its lowest point. Continuing to wage war will not benefit anyone. They must understand this truth."

Emlyn sighed, "But it's useless for the two of us to say this now. All decisions have to wait until tomorrow's Tarot gathering."

"I hope Miss Justice and the others can find a solution." Adele nodded.

Although she really wanted to do something, she was very clear that there was a huge gap between her and other members of the Tarot Club in terms of strength and influence.

Only when my power in the Inter-Sea region is fully developed and the Gnosis Society takes root in Feysac, I am afraid that I can be truly equal to the other members of the Tarot Club...

Adele sorted out her future development path in her mind and decided to focus on expanding her sphere of influence for the time being.

She also wanted to prioritize improving her own strength, but for things like potions, even though her current channels were far beyond what wild extraordinary people could match, it was still far from enough to avoid wasting time in the process of collecting potions.

In fact, Adele is one of the most rapidly improving Extraordinary People.

You have to know that it is still January of 1354. It has only been more than three months since Adele completely digested the "instigator", and she has already been promoted twice and has even started to prepare for the promotion to Sequence 5. This speed would make even Britton, who is famous for his fast promotion speed among the Nighthawks, cry.

The benefits brought by the Source Witches reduced the need to digest the potion, replacing the remaining mental pollution inside the potion with the erosion of the Source. Originally, Vinata was promoted to Sequence 7 one step ahead of Adele, but now she is showing a tendency to be left behind. Adele suspected that by the time she was promoted to Sequence 5, she would probably still be struggling at Sequence 6.

What follows is the long process of building a team... Although she knows that it will be difficult for her to go back because of her next mission, Adele is still a little worried, not only about her own industry, but also about Vinata and Sophie.

If I wasn't around, I don't know what kind of person Sophie would be raised to be by Venata... And the progress of the Devil's Path, and the ritual of removing emotions that will be performed at Sequence Eight...

Adele took a deep breath and began to feel a headache.

To be honest, this family can't do without me...

Afterwards, the two Tarot Club members, each with their own thoughts, searched the nearby sea area according to the prescribed procedures, but found nothing except the broken hull.

……

At the same time, on a small island in the middle of the raging sea, a young man in a wet white shirt and black vest was wading out of the sea. His 3:7 split blond hair was wet and lying on his forehead, and he looked dejected.

He was dragging a body riddled with holes in one hand, and with the other hand he was covering the wound on his abdomen, where the flesh and blood were slowly healing.

"Damn it, my bad luck should have been eliminated long ago, why am I still so unlucky now?"

Anderson Hood couldn't stop complaining as he threw the demigod's body onto the beach.

He was just going for a normal boat adventure this time - although there weren't many things that could put him in danger after becoming a demigod, the lifestyle he had formed over a long period of time couldn't be changed - who would have thought that he would actually be attacked by a demigod?

The other person had an occult mask on his face that concealed his identity, and his body was covered with dozens of cuts from the inside out by Anderson's Seeds of Harvest. The wounds were swollen from the sea water and were still bleeding.

"What do you mean by that, old man?"

Anderson spoke to the corpse as he started a flame around the body to dry the clothes directly on it.

"I'm not a pirate, and there's no bounty on my head. If you really need money, it's better to kill the Undead King than to kill me..." Anderson reached out and adjusted his hairstyle, "You even want to ambush the hunter with a trap... I feel a little sorry for you. Look, you're dead now, right?"

After saying this, he looked around to make sure that this beach was not a tourist attraction and would not be seen by other people.

"Okay, let me see who you are..."

He muttered as he walked over to the man and removed the mask from his face.

The next second, his expression suddenly became complicated.

Because he actually knew the demigod who was hunting him. He was an important member of the Iron Cross named Sven Young, and was called the "Narcissus Knight" by his colleagues.

Of course, he was called Narcissus Knight not because of his beautiful face or because he was once a woman, but because even in the Iron Cross where almost all members were arrogant, he was self-centered and could hardly tolerate others opposing his opinions.

And he did have the capital to be proud of. Before Anderson, he was the fastest promoted demigod in the Iron Cross. But no one knew why he suddenly attacked Anderson.

Looking at the other person's face that Anderson once couldn't stand, the former strongest hunter opened his mouth and seemed to think about what to say for a while. Then, he patted Sven Yang's cheek, chuckled twice and said:
"Hey, isn't this Sven Yang? I haven't seen you for a few days. You look so different now?"

Of course, Sven, who had been killed, could not answer him. Anderson laughed for a while, and felt a little bored. He was ready to wait until the other party's extraordinary characteristics were analyzed, and then wait for a lucky passing ship to take a ride to another place.

The Iron Knight can indeed transform into flames and fly long distances, but he cannot fly in the sky all the time. This is because this flying skill is different from the vampire's incarnation of bats. The latter only consumes spiritual energy when transforming, and consumes physical energy afterwards; while the flame running needs to be maintained, which consumes a lot of spiritual energy.

If Anderson flew all the way from the Middle Island to the South Continent or the North Continent, his spiritual power would probably be exhausted. For a Beyonder in the Hunter Path and the strongest hunter in the past, this was a situation that needed to be avoided at all costs.

Besides, why should I fly thousands of meters high when I can ride comfortably on a boat?

While Anderson was waiting for the other party's extraordinary characteristics to emerge, he looked out to sea to see if there were any ships passing by in the nearby waters. He believed that after he had a friendly chat with the captain, the captain would be willing to lend him the ship.

However, at this moment, Sven Young's body suddenly disintegrated in front of Anderson's eyes, turned into tiny dots of light, and flew straight into the sky, scaring Anderson.

"ghost?!!"

Anderson, who had experienced a grand night run in the ruins of the southern continent and was chased by ghosts, cried out in surprise, but he quickly reacted, covered his hands with white flames, and grabbed directly at the ball of light.

Even though Anderson's reaction was not slow, and the flames of a Sequence 4 Iron Knight could indeed burn spirits, the ball of light still passed through his hand without causing any hindrance.

The moment it passed through his body, Anderson only felt a memory flooding into his mind. It seemed to be the original owner's experience in the Iron Cross, and also included some understanding of the Iron Knight's abilities, which slowed Anderson's movements slightly.

However, in just a moment, Sven Yang's body completely disintegrated and disappeared, leaving no residue, and even his extraordinary characteristics disappeared together.

Anderson stood there with his hand outstretched. The sudden change made him unable to react.

No, such a huge piece of demigod characteristics of mine just flew away like that?

Anderson stared blankly at his empty palms, and suddenly felt the urge to curse.

Growing up, I have always been the one who makes others angry, but I have never been angry with others!

Anderson kicked the sand where the other's body had been in anger, wondering what was going on.

The thing the other party turned into was not a vengeful soul or a spirit, and the Iron-Blooded Knight did not have any abilities. It was more like a pure stream of knowledge created by those people in the Knowledge Church...

Anderson pondered for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Oh no!"

Regardless of how he changed, since he has now turned into an information flow and is returning, doesn’t that mean that my position has been exposed?
Anderson was a little scared when he thought of the revengeful lunatics of the Iron Cross. He had wasted so much time, and they were probably already looking for a magical item to travel through the spirit world.

In fact, he was not much stronger than Sven. He just took advantage of the opponent's weakness and exchanged his injury for his life to kill the opponent. If a few more came... No, let alone a few, he could not handle even one more. If there were two more, he would have to find a Feng Shui treasure land on this island to bury himself in advance.

However, the opponents were also hunters, and there was nothing to block them on the sea. He could neither defeat them nor escape from them.

I can't rely on myself now... Anderson gave a bitter smile. However, his cheap teammates had killed Sven Young completely when the ship sank just now. And judging from the relationship between him and that group of people, Anderson should be thankful that they didn't take advantage of the situation when facing such a strong enemy.

The demigod-level inspiration was reminding him that the enemy was getting closer, but Anderson still didn't know who to ask for help.

Edwina? Regardless of whether she was here or not, and whether she could make it here, the only thing they had in common other than their friendship in Groselle's Travels was that Anderson had pulled Edwina's hair when they were children.

Besides, she probably hasn't reached the level of demigod yet...she's of no use.

Danitz? He is now a divine messenger of the Seagod Church, but with his rank, what use is he in a demigod battle? Can I just curse him and give him some spiritual support?

Gehrman Sparrow? This lunatic hasn't appeared for a long time. I don't know if I can contact him...

After much deliberation, Anderson decided to ask for help from Gehrman Sparrow. After all, both he and his messenger were strong enough, and at the very least, he could ask the messenger who could travel through the spirit world to take him away...

After making up his mind, Anderson quickly made a decision. He wiped the wound on his waist and quickly drew a few Hermetic characters on the ground to summon a messenger.

The blood of a demigod is rich in spirituality. Even without spiritual materials, it is enough to set up a ritual of this level.

"I, in my name, summon the spirits wandering in the void, friendly creatures that can be driven, and the messenger that belongs exclusively to Gehrman Sparrow!"

Anderson finished the spell in a hurry, but before he could react, a crack appeared in the space in front of him, and two red flames shot out and rushed towards Anderson.

Just as Anderson was about to be hit by the flames, the summoning ritual array on the sand in front of him suddenly lit up. With the familiar sound of stirring wind, the beautiful lady in the gloomy and complicated black dress emerged from the sand in front of her and stood between Anderson and the two flames!

(End of this chapter)