Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 347 Storm
In the captain's room of the Yukikaze, Adele held the piece of paper in her hand in silence, and the atmosphere in the captain's room became depressing and unbearable.

"Late at night……"

Adele muttered to herself, recalling the note she found two days ago. The meaning of this note was very clear:
All the stars will rise tonight, and perhaps tonight is the night when the danger lurking on the ship will erupt completely!
"Order the entire ship to enter a state of alert. Immediately form teams of three or more and each occupy a cabin. Free firing is allowed!"

Tracy reacted before Adele did. She quickly made a few gestures with her hands, completing the black magic of voice transmission and issued an alert order to the entire ship.

Adele nodded to Tracy, and then quickly ran towards the four witches under Gagran and Wendy and others as agreed with the extraordinary people on the ship, with Tracy following closely behind.

These creatures cannot appear around Adele who holds the black gem, but this also means that people who are not with Adele will encounter more evil things. In this case, it is unrealistic to let the lower-sequence groups get closer to Adele.

The lights in the corridor had gone out at some point, and the air was filled with a faint smell of kerosene. Adele moved forward cautiously, revolver tightly in her hand, and walked carefully into the darkness.

Although electricity had been invented in this era, the corresponding voltage stabilization and transmission equipment had not been developed. It could only be used in some important occasions. Kerosene lamps and candles still had to be used in most occasions.

The sound of the howling wind had subsided as she left the cabin, but the atmosphere was still gloomy, but Adele was not afraid.

This was not the first time she had been caught in a strange situation, so she naturally had a lot of experience and would not be at a loss just because the situation was slightly out of control.

As for Tracy… when she was a pirate general, she often traveled between the southern and northern continents, not only buying and selling slaves, but also occasionally playing the role of a treasure hunter, looking for treasures in the ancient ruins that were once everywhere in the southern continent. She was often frightened for this. Therefore, even if the situation is a little out of control now, she still feels at ease.

After quickly adjusting their mindsets, the two men felt much calmer, and the weapons in their hands seemed to have regained their strength.

The corridors on the ironclad ship are winding and full of various obstacles. Even if Adele has night vision, it cannot be used here immediately.

However, her hearing was still sharp. Before turning the corner, she heard rustling sounds coming from the corner, which made the two of them alert.

According to the rules set yesterday, within five minutes after Tracy or Adele issued a warning, everyone must form a group of three or more and find a nearby room to defend. Anyone who appears in the corridor after that will be killed directly by Adele and the other person on patrol.

The cabins on both sides were quiet. If it weren't for the candlelight shining through the windows and door cracks, Adele would even suspect that these cabins had been abandoned for a long time.

The survivor's hidden blade had not been repaired yet. Adele leaned back slightly and gently turned the revolver in her hand, removing the blank bullets that were used to prevent accidental firing and quietly replaced them with extraordinary bullets that had an exorcism effect.

When dealing with such an enemy, Adele felt that her senses might not be effective, so she preferred to rely on the early warnings of her spiritual intuition.

She raised the pistol and pointed it at the dark corner. Her eyes with dark vision seemed to glow in the darkness. Even the veil of night she wore could not cover up the light of those eyes.

At this moment, her spiritual intuition, which was enhanced by the pendulum and much stronger than that of assassins of the same level, suddenly warned her and formed a picture:
In the picture, a stream of red fire rushed out from the darkness and instantly engulfed her figure.

Adele didn't think, and quickly pushed her non-gun arm forward, and a spiked ice wall appeared in front of her.

Boom!

The sudden shot of red fire hit the wall of solid ice as soon as it approached. For a moment, the corridor was filled with white mist from evaporating water vapor.

The spiritually-effected gaze easily penetrated the ordinary white mist, and Adele finally saw what the attacker was.

The other person was dressed exactly like the crew member who had died mysteriously before. There were fresh bloodstains on his clothes, and it was unclear whether they were someone else's or his own.

Compared with the priest who had taken ayahuasca and whom Adele had met before, he did not have that tall and deformed forehead, and his race was closer to that of the people from the northern continent. Instead, he had a face that looked like shriveled cheese covered with mold spots, and sagging skin that outlined the contours of his bones.

Shit… Adele cursed inwardly. As someone who had actually fought with the opponent, she naturally knew how difficult this kind of monster was to deal with. Not only could it use multiple abilities at the same time, it was also very likely to carry unknown contamination. This made Adele really not want to fight with the opponent here.

However, the opponent did not give Adele any time to breathe. While Adele was still dazed by the instant ice wall, the black shadow swung his arms violently and threw a large amount of unknown liquid at Adele and Tracy.

"Be careful, it's an ability similar to 'Rose Bishop'!"

Adele, who was very familiar with this mutant creature, immediately saw what the other party was going to do, but it was too late to stop it, so she could only warn Tracy in time.

At this moment, she felt the flowing wind, and the air inside the entire corridor was rolled up, forming a surging gale in the small bottle in Tracy's hand, blowing the corrosive blood back as it was.

It's the effect of that "Bottled Lightning"...

Adele understood that the navy's magical items were indeed very practical.

Although the name is Bottled Lightning, both Bottled Hurricane and Bottled Fire are theoretically feasible. This magical item can better utilize Tracy's diverse attack types.

Then, Tracy calmly released the black flames. Twelve black flames ignited around her and shot out like a high-pressure steam rifle, directly into the body of the roaring crewman.

Then, the crew member began to cough wildly, fell to the ground, and his waist bent like a shrimp. He vomited out his heart burning with black flames and his damaged lungs, forming pieces of minced meat.

The mystical attack methods of the Witch Path are strongest below the middle sequence - this is what Gaglan and Adele had said, and today Adele finally saw direct evidence of this statement on Tracy.

The black flame that has the power to kill living and spiritual objects with one blow, the ice spear which is a powerful means of physical attack, the silk thread that can be used for both offense and defense, the black magic that can add different effects to the above abilities, and various life-saving stand-ins make this pirate general powerful.

However, even after being hit by such a set of attacks, the monster still did not really die and was still struggling on the ground.

As the representative of feminine power, the witch still has some troubles dealing with mutated creatures that are also feminine... Adele sighed and pressed the barrel of her revolver against the opponent's forehead.

boom!
Adele pulled the trigger, and the golden bullet accurately hit the opponent's head, bursting out a clear and pure light. Amidst screams, the evil monster quickly evaporated and melted, turning into ashes, leaving no trace except a little black dirt on the floor.

"He crawled out of the front room."

Adele squatted down, carefully examined the source of the black liquid, and said to Tracy.

"it's a pity."

Tracy sighed. They had no means of distinguishing the replaced creatures, so the grouping was completely random, and the people in this cabin had obviously drawn the death lottery.

As of now, it seems that those hidden ambushers cannot use these abilities at will before completing the replacement, and cannot appear within the range of observation; but if they complete the replacement of their identities, they can transform from the information state to the physical state again, lose most of their sanity, and gain multiple extraordinary abilities.

"They don't have any extraordinary characteristics. Their power comes from some kind of ritual. They borrow power directly from a great being or a corner of the astral world. It is very likely the kingdom of God mentioned in their logbook."

Adele analyzed patiently, "I have seen similar creatures before, in Port Berens."

The priest used ayahuasca of unknown origin to perform the transformation... So, how do these information creatures transform?
It would be ironic if the so-called Kingdom of God was a production base for Ayahuasca...

"These are all fine."

Tracy waved her hand. "We have other things to do before that. Do you want to go first or do I?"

"Let me do it."

Adele stopped at the door of the room where the black slime was extending, raised her right hand, and tapped with her fingers.

At the same time, she did not forget to light a black flame in the room to symbolize identity.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
She knocked three times rhythmically, but no one answered and there was silence.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
She knocked three more times, but still no one responded. The corridor was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Adele moved her right hand back two inches, then twisted her body and pressed the base of her palm against the lock core of the cabin door.

The steel hatch flew back as if struck by a battering ram, and the lock of the door broke and fell to the ground with a clatter.

The two sailors lay on the ground with empty eyes. The part above their eyebrows seemed to have melted away under the influence of some mysterious force. Bone stumps, gray matter, and white matter mixed together and flowed all over the ground.

Their sailor uniforms were stained with a disgusting filth, most of it from their own bodies, and half-molten skulls reflected the moonlight.

After Adele entered the room, the two corpses began to twitch wildly, as if their bodies were taken over by something strange, and they struggled to stand up.

However, Adele and Tracy had already quickly flashed to the bodies of the two crew members who were about to be taken over, and condensed nearly one-meter-long ice spears in their hands, nailing them to the ground.

The ice spears pierced into their mouths and came out diagonally from behind, directly interrupting the forbidden knowledge they were reciting.

Then, Adele and Tracy released the black flames again, burning them into twisting pillars of fire.

With a sizzling sound, a burst of black and green gas came out, and Adele and the other person subconsciously retreated and left the room.

After the black flame is released, it will automatically burn using objects containing spirituality as fuel, without the need for the witch to continuously supply spirituality.

"We need to speed up the process..."

Adele and Tracy looked at each other and continued to move forward, moving more quickly and at a faster pace.

With Tracy by her side, Adele found it much easier to deal with these monsters. Firstly, Tracy was very strong and had rich combat experience. Secondly, these monsters were essentially ordinary people. Even if they suddenly gained abilities, they didn't know how to use them and relied entirely on instinct.

So, the two of them did the same thing again, clearing out the monsters in several cabins one by one, burning the corpses with black fire to ensure that they would not be occupied or resurrected again. After a slight delay, they arrived at the cabin of Wendy and others.

Seeing that Wendy and the witches were safe and sound, Adele finally breathed a sigh of relief and briefly explained the current situation to everyone.

"... Anyway, that's it. If we can get through tonight, we will most likely achieve a staged victory."

Adele concluded, "They reacted so strongly to our actions. Either we have found their lifeline, or they have achieved their goal. No matter what, we have to put an end to this today."

These hidden beings cannot interact with the real world while they are dormant, which means that if the Honeysuckle Queen sails away before they appear, those informationized people will be left at sea.

"That's right." Tracy nodded. "You can now split into two groups and stay with the crew members to make sure you get through the night safely."

Just now, Adele and the others had completed the initial reorganization of the remaining crew members, eliminating those out-of-control crew members one by one, gathering those without symptoms, and leaving as few visual blind spots as possible.

"With you guys, there shouldn't be any sneak attackers... But those monsters disguised as crew members can still move freely, so you guys must be careful."

Adele worriedly told everyone, "Those who have not been promoted to the middle sequence do not need to participate in the battle for the time being. Just manage the order of the crew."

Leila, who was still at Sequence 8, nodded somewhat depressedly, and left with Natalie and Aphra, followed by Constantine, Wendy, and Lisette, who were each heading to their respective areas of responsibility.

Before leaving, Wendy took out a small wooden box containing a hidden blade from her arms and handed it to Adele. Adele then skillfully tied the hidden blade to her arm and let the hook pop out.

Before leaving the room, Adele glanced out the window.

At this time, heavy rain had begun to fall on the sea, with big raindrops falling down with a crackling sound. The whole sky became gloomy and dark. The "Yukikaze" drifting alone on the sea seemed particularly lonely, as if the ship would be destroyed and people on board would die at any time.

Tonight is destined to be longer than ever before.

(End of this chapter)