Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 337 Bethel has been to...

Watching the pendulum spinning clockwise, Adele became more certain of her own specialness.

"The pendulum is spinning clockwise, with a small amplitude and a low speed. Does that mean there is a danger to life, but can we find a way to avoid it?"

Tracy looked at the pendulum spinning at a constant speed, frowned, and began to analyze it.

"I think so too."

Adele calmly took the pendulum back from Tracy's hand and said, "Frankly, I don't think we need to stay on this ship any longer."

"You are quite cautious."

Tracy smiled reluctantly, "What about the collection in the cabin?"

"Let Constantine use the undead creatures to transport them to the Snow Wind."

Adele had already thought about similar issues. After all, she didn't want to occupy this ominous ship in the first place, so it was normal for her to consider a retreat in advance.

"Considering that if the crew sees the undead creatures or the collection, it may cause a riot, do not lift the sailors' curfew for the time being."

Adele quickly gave instructions, "These need to be completed as soon as possible. I don't want to put it off until tomorrow."

The note in the captain's room closet said that three stars would rise tonight. Another meaning of this sentence might be that there would only be three murders tonight.

Three is not too many, but not too few either. If you want to stop the loss in time, it is best to act early.

"Just do as you say."

Tracy nodded. At this time, she no longer tried to reconcile the sailors' emotions. If anyone dared to object, she could just suppress them directly.

Catalina could throw the crew into the sea, and Tracy did something similar many times.

……

Soon, Adele and her partner came to Wagner's room with two bodies wrapped in heavy silk threads. At this time, Constantine had finished the autopsy and found a tablecloth to cover Wagner's body.

"I've decided to abandon this ship." Adele went straight to the point. "The spoils on the ship were transported to the Snow Wind using undead creatures. Constantine, I'll trouble you tonight."

Constantine nodded and did not complain about the troublesome task assigned to him by Adele. This young man from the southern continent seemed to have endless energy. To Adele's relief, this energy was not only used in courtship.

He took the two bodies from Adele and the other person, then placed them on the floor with ease, lying side by side with Wagner.

Then he motioned to Adele to untie the silk threads that were entangled around them, revealing the stoker and the lookout, one with a pale face and the other with a purple face.

He was muttering to himself, and as the sound of the chanting began, the three corpses on the ground began to twitch and twist wildly as if they were electrified, with their joints twisted to extreme angles, making the scene in the room extremely horrifying.

Just when Adele thought that the corpses would break their own necks, their convulsions suddenly stopped. Then, the three corpses turned over and sat up in perfect unison, their wide-open eyes turning white without any trace of black.

They stood up with stiff movements, saluted everyone present, and then left the cabin with heavy and slow steps.

"Due to environmental restrictions, the only physical creatures I can summon that are suitable for carrying heavy objects are zombies like this one that need corpses as a medium. The others either need soil or are too large to perform such delicate operations."

Constantine explained, "However, I still recommend that you pack your own food."

After all, the “Necromancer” is only a Sequence 6 in the Path of Death, so it is naturally incomparable to the Sequence 5 Gatekeeper.

The Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper" can sense the entrance to the underworld, build a gate that overlaps the spirit world and the underworld, drive the undead inside, and summon many undead creatures, just like guarding the gap between life and death.

They can use their bodies as cages, providing a good living environment for their exclusive "Underworld", accommodating a certain number of souls, undead spirits and natural spirits, thus having powerful helpers and using them to gain various unique abilities.

However, the Necromancer's forehead did not have a double-door mark like the gatekeeper's, so he could not release his undead army by opening the door. He could not find ready-made corpses on the sea, and the corpses on the seabed were far beyond the scope of his ability, so the only laborers Constantine could mobilize were these lowest-level zombies.

They are not like real Sequence 6 zombies, with bodies as strong as steel and the ability to manipulate ice. They are just living corpses.

However, it's just right for hard labor.

"It doesn't matter. The remaining things are not mine. As a representative of the Kingdom Church, you can take them if you want."

But Adele didn't want to do such work herself, so she skillfully distanced herself from the matter.

"Tracy will go with you. Let her remove the seal on the basement first."

Adele spoke before Constantine could say the next word, quickly assigned tasks to everyone, and then waved to Wendy.

"I found this notebook among the collections that contains texts from Roselle and your time. Can you find any clues from it?"

Adele did not reveal the fact that Wendy could understand the Emperor's notes, but directly invited her to study the Emperor's notes with her.

Anyway, Constantine and the others were going to move things later, so it was impossible for them to monitor them. Even if they discovered something, Adele could create some other evidence, arrange some "clues" based on the answers, and then deliberately let Constantine and the others discover them.

In fact, I doubt whether the Emperor's diary can record anything useful. If the people of the Knowledge Sect really cracked Roselle's notes and got some inspiration from them, and then designed the trap on this ship, then there should be more than a dozen invisible witches lying in ambush on the ship at this time...

Wendy, who had learned a lot about this fellow countryman through the diary of Roselle that she had collected from Adele, complained in her heart, but still obediently went to another empty room with Adele.

Before leaving, Adele also told Constantine and Tracy not to leave any blind spots, which was not a big deal for Constantine who could control the undead to stare at his back.

……

At this time, above the starry sky, the conversation between Amon and Antigonus was still going on.

"Really... After so long, there is no new 'Black Emperor' or 'Judge'." Antigonus said regretfully after listening to Fors's story.

Just now, after Antigonus finished telling the story of how he used the powers of "fooling", "grafting" and "miracles" to control the source of the "Land of Disorder" for hundreds of years, he couldn't wait to ask Fors and Amon whether there were any new successors during this period.

"Yes……"

Fors felt a little guilty. "You may not know that the result of the Four Emperors' War was that the Empire was completely dismembered, and the characteristics of the 'Black Emperor' and 'Interrogator' were divided among the countries on the continent."

"In the middle, Roselle Gustav jumped from the path of the Universal to the path of the Hermit, and finally tried to be promoted to the Black Emperor, but he also fell into madness and tried to unify the continent, and then was assassinated and died."

"King George III of Loen made a similar attempt not long ago, and was also assassinated by Mr. Fool's followers."

"Perhaps you don't know that the Black Emperor will not fall easily—"

Antigonus interrupted with a little excitement, "As long as His order and His tomb remain, He can--"

“Indeed, George III’s attempt was unsuccessful, and the Rosell order did not disappear.”

Fors looked into Antigonus' eyes and actually saw some expectation in them.

She looked away reluctantly and whispered:

"but……"

"But what?" Antigonus asked eagerly, "Resurrection from the dead at the divine level is an absolute miracle. If it is just madness, then there is no problem at all, unless..."

When He said this, His throat suddenly seemed to be blocked by something, and His voice trembled.

"No way……"

"Yes." Amon took over the conversation somewhat cruelly, "Roselle was polluted by the starry sky... It was brought by the one on the moon."

For a moment, Fors even suspected that Antigonus had groaned.

Although Fors admired the other party's sacrifice, she was also very clear that the current situation was not enough to support the emergence of a new "Black Emperor". Neither Mr. Fool nor the Goddess of Night would allow it.

"There's even worse news."

Amon said mercilessly: "When I was fighting with the current 'Fool' for the 'Lord of Mysteries', He, who was not strong enough, made a promise to the Lamp God in order to win his help, to send Him to the starry sky before the end of the world."

Antigonus' expression froze on his face once again, and Fors didn't know what expression to use to face such a great being whose hopes were shattered.

However, Antigonus was only temporarily in charge of the "Kingdom of Disorder" after all, and solidified his human existence in the prayers of his believers. He quickly regained his composure, and his dark eyes became deep again, looking indifferently at Amon and Fors.

"If this is fate, then I choose to accept it. After all, I have done everything I can."

When He said this, His expression showed neither sadness nor joy, as if He had completely forgotten the pain of all the efforts over the past few hundred years going down the drain, and He was left with only calmness about the destined outcome.

"...No, you haven't done all the hard work you can do."

Amon's face showed his usual smile, and the crystal monocle on his eye socket sparkled.

"This is why I hate you fortune tellers... You are always mysterious. Sometimes you are willing to bet your entire fortune on a victory for the so-called 'fate'; but when 'fate' wants you to lose, you can calmly give up your chips."

"But I'm different... I'm a natural mythical creature, and all my anchors are me. I don't want to lose anything, and everything should be mine... no matter which me it is."

“I haven’t had enough fun yet… Even though I have temporarily lost the characteristics of Sequence One, I have not lost my eligibility to participate. Even if they want to intervene, I can’t let them do so easily.”

Amon said, gently adjusting his monocle to change its angle.

"Your worldview remains as twisted as ever."

Antigonus was silent for a moment and sighed.

"Of course. After all, it was that annoying Medici who enlightened me." Amon smiled. "But I think that being enlightened by Medici is more acceptable than being enlightened by my boring brother."

There was another depressing silence that followed. Although He often fell into a similar state when talking to Antigonus, this time it lasted longer than any previous time.

Just when Fors was about to be unable to bear the heavy atmosphere, Antigonus finally spoke.

"You've convinced me. What are you going to do?"

"It's very simple."

Amon seemed to have planned it in advance and said, "Find a way to speed up her role-playing process and help her advance to Sequence 3. This way, it will be easier for me to go there."

"It's not difficult to help her speed up the acting process."

Antigonus glanced at Fors and said indifferently, but he soon noticed the key words in Amon's words.

"You mean... 'that place'?"

"That's right." Amon smiled, as usual, but Fors felt for some reason that there was some other meaning in this smile.

"That might be the farthest place in the starry sky... At least, only Bethel has been there."

Antigonus's expression became serious. "You have to think clearly... It's not like here. Even if I return to my mad state tomorrow, the danger of the Kingdom of Disorder cannot be compared to that there."

After Antigonus fell into madness, the Kingdom of Disorder would become completely disordered like its name, and people might die suddenly even if they were just walking on the road due to the chaotic rules of physics and mathematics.

However, even such a disordered country cannot be compared to the place mentioned by Amon in terms of danger...

Before Fors could help but ask, Antigonus cast his gaze towards her and explained first:

"Amon and I only heard about that place from Bethel, and the location there is constantly changing. It's not a matter of distance. Only the Wanderer can find the location there directly through description and then teleport. It is impossible to reach it by simply stealing the distance. I can't directly graft your location there."

"Later, I will use the power of the Kingdom of Disorder to disrupt some of your rules... Yes, the rules related to 'digestion-acting'. This will allow you to directly take the potion and perform the ceremony to advance without losing control. Unless your sequence is higher than mine, this rule will be effective."

Antigonus explained, "However, you must remember to play it again after leaving that place. After all, when the will of the Son of Chaos returns, I may be squeezed out."

"But you haven't told me where that place is..." Fors asked timidly.

"Don't be impatient, I'm just about to say it." Antigonus' tone was inexplicably solemn;

"That's... the edge of the universe."

(End of this chapter)