Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 319: The Little Thoughts of the Sick Lieutenant General

Come to think of it, this is the first time I have gone out to sea...

The next day, Adele stood on the side of the newly decorated "Snow Wind" and saluted Emlyn and his companions at the dock.

It has to be said that the Loen military is as good as Biversack in ship modification.

In the last naval battle, after the Honeysuckle Queen was bombarded, Wendy and more than a hundred sailors spent half a month repairing it, but they could only manage to build something between a whaling ship and a military destroyer; but this time, the military's extraordinary sailors brought their own metal golems and repaired the huge ironclad ship in less than three days, making it look brand new.

Not only did they remove the pneumatic buttresses on the bow and replace them with large-caliber naval cannons, but even the room originally used to handle whales was re-divided to load ammunition and install new secondary guns.

The Yukikaze now has two exaggeratedly sized rotating turrets, one high and one low, on the front deck. The turrets are equipped with four breech-loading 4-inch cannons with a range of a terrifying seven kilometers.

After hearing the data of the ironclad ship, Tracy was stunned for three seconds before she reacted. After she regained her ability to speak, she said to Adele sadly:

"When ironclad ships were first developed, the Kingdom of Loen boasted that they could end the era of pirates. I scoffed at them before, but now I believe them a little."

Adele knew exactly what Tracy was thinking and why she thought that way.

Although it is a popular view among pirates that once they detect the trace of an ironclad ship, they can hide in an uninhabited waterway until the ironclad ship retreats, this is only an ideal situation after all.

In the short but fierce world war that just ended, both Intis and Feysac witnessed the terrifying dominance of the Loen Navy. Especially now that Loen has lost the support of the Steam Church, how long can a treaty alone restrict these two countries?
Feysac was better off after losing the Church of the God of War, but Intis's national strength was much stronger than Feysac's, and it had both the money and the technology to research naval weapons.

Most of the pirates who used to roam the five seas kept a low profile in this battle and did not cooperate with any party. Even Edwina Edwards, who was on the periphery of the Church of Knowledge, or Tracy from the Witch Sect, did not make any particularly obvious moves.

This certainly allowed them to preserve their power, but they were unable to catch up with the wartime technological development of the three northern continental countries, which further widened the gap between them and the kingdom's warships.

The pirates who have become demigods are relatively better off, but for pirates like Tracy who are still at the level of seventh generals, their position in naval battles is somewhat awkward.

The current range of the Xuefeng's naval guns is seven kilometers, and even a demigod's extraordinary ability may not be able to reach this distance. The naval guns on the pirate ship have a range of four kilometers, which is considered good. The magic main gun on Edwina's ship has a range of only six kilometers.

Therefore, if the pirate ship wants to fight against the warship, it can only find a way to sail seven kilometers under the bombardment of the opponent's main guns and try to board the opponent.

——What? You said the speed of a warship is faster than that of a pirate ship? That's fine.

Adele could already foresee that after a period of rapid development in naval warfare technology, the navy would be able to detect pirate ships earlier and open fire earlier. Moreover, due to the difference in ship performance, even the pirate general's fleet, after being targeted by the navy's ships, would only end up being hung several kilometers away and bombarded to death.

Adele suspected that Tracy compromised so quickly this time because she realized this.

After all, after the Loen military cooperated with the Witch Cult to create the Backlund Great Smog, they pushed the Witch Cult out to take the blame without hesitation. This made Tracy, who originally thought that she could get the protection of the kingdom, realize the fragility of this relationship.

The pirates did do dirty work for the kingdom, but the work Tracy did was too dirty, so dirty that it could not be accepted by general moral concepts. Once the political situation changed, Tracy's head would be very suitable for warning those pirates who were also wavering.

However, after she accepted the rank of captain awarded by the kingdom, her status was different.

After this, Tracy transformed herself from a pirate hated by everyone into a general of the kingdom. As long as she is good at managing her identity in the future, she will have a good ending even in the political struggle.

So Tracy acted very happy, and Adele could sense the smile on her face that she couldn't hide.

Adele's attitude towards Tracy was to remain noncommittal and let things develop freely.

In principle, Tracy did do a lot of bad things, but that was towards others after all, and her attitude towards herself was beyond doubt.

At least, when she was forced by Catalina to go to the underground sea, Tracy showed opposition to some of Catalina's excessive demands. Her only confidant, Anne, is still helping Adele take care of Sophie. She must feel uncomfortable letting Adele sacrifice her own relatives for the sake of justice.

In fact, Adele had thought about a similar problem before. When Tracy was in danger, if she could help, she would definitely save her, but her priority was after Sophie, on the same level as Wendy.

As a former assassin, Adele had encountered similar choices before, so she had set a priority level of closeness in her mind. Vinata's status was slightly higher than Sophie's, ranking first, followed by Wendy, Britton, Lorota and Anne. Tracy had the lowest priority in Adele's circle due to her controversial nature.

——In fact, her sequence is the highest and the probability of her being in danger is the lowest, so her priority is appropriately lowered.

As for Sister Vespe...it's not certain who will save whom.

Adele collected her chaotic thoughts and watched the sailors busy retracting the gangway. Blue smoke came out of the muzzles of the salute guns on the shore. The ironclad ship "Snow Wind" set off again, leaving the port of Berens and heading south.

When the ship left the port, the people on the shore shrank into tiny dots in Adele's field of vision. Adele turned around and found that Wendy and Constantine had disappeared. Maybe the two of them found a private place to continue telling Wendy's dolphin jokes.

Resisting the urge to go to the room where she had stripped the whale oil to see Wendy's joke, Adele turned her gaze to Tracy who was in a trance behind her.

"What's up, Adele?"

Tracy also rose through the ranks from the assassin level by level, and was very sensitive to other people's gazes. She immediately noticed Adele's gaze.

"I do have something I want to talk to you about. Let's go to the captain's room."

Adele nodded and walked down the metal stairs.

"Is it about the potion ingredients or the recipe?"

Tracy had obviously guessed what this junior witch, whose rank was not as high as hers, was going to do, so she asked directly.

"It's not just about the materials, there's something else going on."

Adele also said calmly, nodding to the soldier who saluted her.

The crew on the Yukikaze knew enough about extraordinary powers, so there was no need to take this matter too seriously. They just had to make sure that the news of the formula didn't get out.

Soon, the two came to Adele's captain's room. At Adele's strong request, except for replacing new glass windows, no changes were made to the facilities here.

The Navy assigned a new first mate and navigator to the "Snow Wind", so that even if Adele is not in the cockpit at the helm, the normal operation of the ironclad ship can be guaranteed.

"If you want the Sequence 6 formula, I can give it to you right now." Tracy found a comfortable sofa and sat down, and said to Adele who was standing in front of the desk. "The silk glands of an adult giant widow spider and the silk glands of a succubus..."

She swallowed her words halfway because she saw the white silk thread in Adele's hand floating in the air, defying gravity.

"You are already Sequence Six? When?" Tracy asked in surprise.

At least, when she first boarded Adele's ironclad ship, Adele had just been promoted to Sequence Seven. Now, less than a month has passed, and she has been promoted to Sequence Six?
"In the ruins, I also gained some of my own gains during that exploration." Adele said half-truthfully, "I almost lost control at the time, but it seems that I was lucky."

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with each sentence when taken separately, but the gains from exploration, strictly speaking, do not include advancement to Sequence 6, which should be considered as previous preparation.

"You are really..." Tracy thought for a long time, trying to find words to describe Adele's promotion, but after pondering for a long time, she couldn't find the right words.

"I can tell you the formula for Sequence 5, and I can also tell you where to get one of the ingredients. It happens to be not far from here, but you have to promise me that you won't advance so quickly. You should first play the role of the Witch of Pleasure well. The difficulty of advancing to Sequence 5 is far beyond that of Sequence 6. If you don't play the role well enough, you will definitely lose control."

Tracy said with some worry.

Adele did not tell her that she was a witch from the Source Sect. That would not be good for their relationship. It would only remind Tracy of Katarina and make her continue to be entangled.

Of course, whether Tracy herself has guessed it, or whether she has discovered it now but is unwilling to expose it, is another matter.

Gagran said that the potion used by source witches to advance to sequence five has the same main ingredient as that of ordinary witches, which is the entire blood of the lion-headed snake-bodied beast. If Adele could know the whereabouts of this extraordinary creature, she would also gain something.

"Don't worry, it was actually a stopgap measure at that time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been promoted in a completely unknown environment. I think this role-playing will take a long time, and it may have to wait until we end the war and meet Venata."

Adele assured Tracy.

"That will be too late. You will still be at risk of losing control during this period." Tracy smiled mischievously. "Before that, you have to learn to find some alternatives."

Tracy stood up, walked behind Adele, and whispered in her ear, "If you still have resistance to doing this with a man, you can go find those witches under Gagran. They were all women before, so you don't need to feel bad about it."

Adele subconsciously took two steps back and looked at Tracy's expression. She seemed to understand something all of a sudden.

Tracy is also feeling uneasy now. She is currently completely controlled by Adele and the organization behind her (Tracy has always thought that Adele is from the military), and in Tracy's eyes, the military's deployment of spies into the witch sect is something that both parties know.

(If you have forgotten how Tracy imagined Adele was a military officer, you can go back and review Chapter 144 of the previous volume.)
Since it is a well-known fact, even if Tracy exposes Adele to the sect, it will not cause the sect and the military to fall out, which will in turn affect Adele's status, so she needs more solid evidence.

Maybe she will never use this handle. After all, she still needs the help of Adele and the forces behind her to clear herself. But whether to use it is one thing, and whether she has it or not is another.

She could always maintain a good relationship with Adele so that she would never have to use this handle, but Tracy was unwilling to believe that what happened to Katarina had nothing to do with the forces behind Adele.

To do this, she had to find something that was enough to check and balance Adele, enough so that once the sect knew it, they could immediately start to liquidate Adele.

Perhaps after repeated consideration, Tracy set her sights on the Source Sect.

Gran, a Sequence 1 demigod of the Source Sect, is worthy of the sect's dispatch of Sequence Katarina and a Level Sealed Artifact. This is enough to show the depth of the sect's hostility towards the Source Sect. If Adele is really a member of the Source Sect, this news is indeed enough to serve as a counterweight.

However, there is no fixed way to confirm the Source Witches. If Tracy wants to confirm, she can only work hard on the point that "the requirements for acting as the Source Witches are not high."

The way to confirm is very simple. Aren't you Adele a witch of pleasure now? The way a witch of pleasure acts is to bring physical pleasure to others. There are so many sailors on the ship. As the captain, it is easy for you to make something happen even if you use your authority. What's more, the witch's attraction is absolute. The sailors are too busy to fight for her. How can you refuse?
It doesn't matter if you haven't changed your mindset. There are female crew members on the ship. There are four witches who are originally women, and the mechanic from Intis.

- Although the mechanic now seems to have some connections with the Beyonder from the Church of Mother Earth, a one-night stand is not a big deal, whether for the Intis people or the Witch of Pleasure, at least that's what Tracy thinks.

However, Adele couldn't refuse Tracy's request: what the other party said did make sense, and the above was at most Adele's guess. Even if Adele pointed it out, Tracy could still deny it without evidence, just like Adele could deny the other party's accusation that she was a member of the Source Faction without Tracy's evidence.

After all, as a senior in the sect, Tracy supervised the performance of the younger generations, which was the daily operation of the witches.

But if I really agree to play the role, regardless of Vinata's situation, Tracy won't eavesdrop on me, right?
Adele felt her stomach begin to ache.

Thanks to book friend Huan Huanxi for 7500 points of reward and 24 monthly tickets

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