Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 339 Cat and Five Stars
"So, you have come all the way to Bayam. What are your plans?"

After meeting Renette Tinicole, Danitz's attitude obviously improved a lot. After all, that strange lady was someone that even Gehrman Sparrow had to treat with courtesy.

Sharon remained silent, so it was still Maric who answered Danitz.

"I'm mainly here to remind you that Intis is expected to make some big moves during this period. You need to convey the message as a divine messenger and let the people in the church take extra precautions, especially you."

Maric still had a serious look on his face. Even though his words could be interpreted as a threat to life in certain contexts, Danitz did not dare to neglect them.

"What are those arrogant guys going to do now?"

Danitz wanted to blurt it out, but just as he was about to say it, he remembered the other party's intention. He realized that even if he did nothing, the other party would remind him in detail, so he did not do anything unnecessary.

This habit was developed during the time he spent with Anderson. The annoying hunter would laugh at Danitz when he didn't realize something he thought was obvious, forcing him to change his talkative habit.

Sure enough, Maric paused for a moment before continuing, "We have enough evidence to show that groups represented by Intis's 'Iron Blood Cross' are wantonly collecting Beyonder characteristics above the middle sequence of the Hunter Path, and they are even willing to resort to assassination for this purpose."

"Although you are now an envoy of the Sea God Church, this title cannot guarantee your absolute safety in matters like this."

In name, God's messengers are God's agents, people chosen by God, but this kind of selection is not always carefully chosen. The selection of God's messengers in most churches is more like drawing lots, as long as someone is drawn, it doesn't matter who is drawn, and He doesn't care.

Therefore, although the messenger of God has a high status within the sect and his own strength will be enhanced to a certain extent due to the connection with the gods, he is not absolutely safe, and because of his sensitive identity, he is more likely to attract high-level targeting.

——There are many examples like this, such as Mr. X who does not want to reveal his name.

However, Danitz was not particularly frightened.

After all, he was no longer the homeless pirate he had been before. His current villa was in the prosperous Bayam, and all the residents of the entire Silver City lived near his home. Although these half-giants had not yet fully integrated into Bayam's life, they did provide Danitz with a good level of security.

There was more than one demigod among the residents of the City of Silver, and a large number of sealed objects were stored in the basement of the original Sea Wave Church. Even a Sequence 3 Saint would find it difficult to deal with them if necessary, so the safety of him as a divine messenger was unlikely to be affected.

"I hope you will pay enough attention to this."

Seeing that Danitz didn't care, Maric wasn't the type to keep giving instructions, so he just gave a brief explanation.

"So far, a 'reaper' of the church has been sacrificed. He is the highest-sequence Beyonder confirmed so far. As for magical creatures, the 'Mysterious Queen' lost a demigod-level hunter puppet, which is the other party's highest-level harvest so far."

Hearing that even demigod-level creatures were hunted down, and that they were snatched from the “Mysterious Queen”, Danitz’s expression became serious, revealing the expression that often appeared in Vice Admiral Iceberg’s class.

"Are they really that strong?"

Danitz asked tentatively, "I heard that the mysterious queen seems to have taken the step that she had never taken before. I wonder if this is true?"

For the first time, Malic's expression showed the same surprise as Danitz's. He nodded, acknowledging Danitz's guess.

"It's actually true..."

Danitz was somewhat absent-minded, still seemingly immersed in the news. It was not until Sharon frowned slightly that he reacted. He scratched his head subconsciously and said to the two of them:

"Okay, I understand. What are your next actions? Do you need my cooperation?"

Danitz is now considered a divine messenger after all, and he has many people under his command who can be mobilized. He is much more powerful than when he was the boatswain on the Golden Dream. When making similar arrangements, he does not need to think about it in advance, he just says it casually.

"No need. We are just responsible for notification. We have other tasks here. If I need your help then, I will contact you in a similar way."

Maric stood up and bowed slightly to Danitz politely but distantly. Sharon followed him silently, like a real puppet.

"However, besides us, there are other people who need your help to settle down."

When they were about to leave, Maric suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Danitz, "I originally wanted him to wait in the hotel for a while, until we greeted you in advance, and then brought him to you, but he said that we didn't need to worry about this because of our relationship, so he followed me."

"You don't need to worry about these things in your relationship with me?"

Danitz repeated it doubtfully, as if apart from old friends like Iron Sheet and Bucket, there were few people with whom he had such a good relationship that he "didn't need to worry about these things".

Wait... Danitz went over that sentence in his mind, but soon he discovered with horror that the tone of the person who said that sentence seemed to have been firmly engraved in the depths of his mind, as if a voice was automatically ringing out from his mind.

"I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do at church, so I'll leave now."

Danitz forced a smile, "Just tell that person to find a hotel by himself, and send the bill to the Church of Poseidon..."

However, before Danitz could find an excuse to escape, Anderson Hood's voice rang out from the door, with that familiar and cheerful tone that made him want a beating:

"Oh, are you surprised? Are you surprised? I'm back!"

This is not a surprise, it's a thriller!
After attending several more grammar classes, Danitz, who was known for his improved vocabulary, subconsciously corrected his words in his mind, and tried not to look at the young man who was walking in from the door. He was wearing a white shirt and a black vest, with his hair parted in half.

"Why don't you say hello when you meet an old friend? Or is this your further exploration of 'provocation'?"

Anderson's words still deserved a beating, but Danitz had already developed a certain level of resistance. He asked Maric with a dark face, "Why don't you just throw this guy into the sea?"

"In fact, the teacher found him in the sea."

Maric coughed lightly and said, "He was attacked by those people who hunt for characteristics. If you want to know anything, you two can have a good discussion. We won't bother you for now. I wish you a pleasant afternoon."

If you really want me to have a good afternoon, you should seal this guy's mouth and sink him to the sea instead of bringing him here to bother me!

Danitz was annoyed and thinking in his heart, but it was just a thought.

Looking at Anderson who was smiling awkwardly, Danitz asked, "Where are your men? I remember when you were promoted to Iron Blood Knight, didn't you form a team of dozens of people?"

"It's dead."

Anderson said listlessly, "They were taken special care of by the demigod who was hunting me. None of them survived."

Danitz was stunned, not sure whether to comfort Anderson or laugh at his incompetence.

"That's really... a pity."

After thinking it over, Danitz could only squeeze out these words dryly.

“Yeah, what a pity.” Anderson said in annoyance, “In order to save my life, I summoned the messenger to help me get rid of the pursuers, and now I still owe him a lot of things and a task. Really, it would be great if I could get their Beyonder characteristics…”

"Shit, you are just as useless as before..."

Facing Anderson, Danitz finally couldn't hold it anymore, and simply threw off the airs of a divine messenger and cursed him vulgarly.

"Oh, I thought you had forgotten this."

Anderson smiled and pointed to the bar in front: "Would you like to have a drink and talk while we drink?"

“Am I still afraid of you?” Danitz rolled his eyes and walked to the front with Anderson.

……

At the same time, the early morning arrived again on the Yukikaze, which was experiencing time difference.

The sailors returned to the "Snow Wind" under Adele's command as early as dawn. Although many crew members did not understand the order, they wisely kept their mouths shut when they saw the bodies of Wagner and the other two.

It was one thing to be willing to commit suicide and to be brave and aggressive, but with the reward already in hand, the sailors' willingness to continue fighting was no longer as strong as it had been before the attack on the ship.

If these sailors were asked to occupy this caravel again, they would be unwilling to do so.

After all, the caravel is a very old technology, and its speed is completely incomparable to that of the Yukikaze, so there is not much need to occupy this new ship.

Moreover, the shock that the Beyonder's corpse brought to the sailors was far beyond Adele's imagination, so much so that not many voices of opposition were heard during the transfer early yesterday morning.

Arriving near the gun position, Adele made a gesture, and soon the officer at the bow waved the flag quickly. The turret on the Yukikaze began to rotate, and the four breech-loading 12-inch cannons and the slightly smaller secondary guns on the side of the battleship roared. The shells left a trail of white smoke in the air, and then exploded on the Nebuchadnezzar in no particular order, causing wood chips to fly on the deck and creating exaggerated large holes.

At the same time, "Snow Wind" was constantly increasing the distance between itself and "Nebuchadnezzar" until the distance between the two reached the optimal range of half the maximum range, and then it carried out another round of stable bombing.

Under the continuous bombardment of the ironclad ships, the old-fashioned caravel finally could not escape its fate. Its ammunition depot was hit by a grenade during the bombing, causing a chain reaction explosion.

In an instant, a huge roar sounded on the sea, setting off huge waves. White water splashed up to a height of dozens of meters. The damaged hull of the sailboat sank into the water for only a short while before slowly floating up.

Before this, Adele had already asked Constantine's undead soldiers to transfer those artworks to their own ship, and then simply blew up the entire ship where the mysterious phenomena might exist. This was probably the safest way she could think of.

Without looking at the broken ship slowly sinking into the water, Adele went straight back to the captain's room and found Wendy who was deciphering the notes left by Emperor Roselle.

——Of course, decryption is just a cover-up excuse. In fact, compared to decryption, what Wendy did was just translation.

"Thank you for your hard work. What's written on the new article?"

Adele greeted Wendy, who was sitting at her table in her captain's coat, and then moved closer to her to look.

"What's written on it..."

Wendy didn't react for a moment, but she quickly regained her thoughts and looked at the notes in her hand.

"May 5:"

"Damn it, those knowledge believers of Renburg actually looked down on me, the great son of steam, saying that I was just good at tinkering with little gadgets and lacked systematic theoretical knowledge behind common phenomena."

"I was so angry at the time. I am a folk scientist after all, with a complete set of philosophy and physics behind me... In short, I studied this and that, and inherited memories. How dare these Lunburg people look down on me? It's just right, I will open their eyes today."

"As the saying goes, quantum mechanics is the best answer to any question... I don't know if those believers of knowledge can understand the profoundness of quantum mechanics. Let them think about what Schrödinger's cat means!"

I have to say, the emperor really lives like the protagonist of an old and cool novel, relying on the knowledge he has acquired through time travel to slap people in the face all the way...

Looking at this diary which seemed to be written by the emperor in his early years, Wendy felt a little sad and dissatisfied.

Great Emperor, oh Great Emperor, if you want to be a plagiarist, then be a plagiarist, but don’t copy everything. Can you at least leave some way for future generations?

Wendy sighed heavily, organized her words a little, and relayed to Adele:

"In this diary, the emperor wrote about his early debates with the people of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom about a new discipline he proposed. I have also heard about the relevant theories of that discipline."

Wendy then briefly told Adele the story of Schrödinger's Cat, and added at the end: "Roselle thinks this subject is advanced enough for the people of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, but I don't see how it has anything to do with our situation."

"Anyway, at least we are now away from that ominous ship."

Adele nodded. "Okay, anyway, deciphering these things will take time. You can take a rest first and put the notes in my drawer."

Wendy agreed, opened the drawer, and prepared to put the notes in it.

However, the next second, she jumped up as if she had been electrocuted, her eyes filled with horror, as if she had seen something incredible.

Adele realized something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to Wendy's side.

In the drawer in front of Wendy, there was a piece of white paper with curled edges and the handwriting on it was as red as blood.

"On the second night, five stars will rise."

(End of this chapter)