Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 352 Gathering Wool

Come to think of it, this is the first time I've been so close to Tracy...

Adele adjusted herself so that she could sit down in the tent, and together with Tracy she used a mirror to observe the situation outside the cloak.

From the first time she met Tracy, she knew that she was a senior in the witch sect, a famous pirate general, and she seemed to have an aura that made people stay away from her. Even though she later discovered that there was a layer of relationship between them, she still couldn't get along with her as naturally as she did with Venata.

Now, because the cloak was not large, they could only squeeze into this small tent. In the slightly cold rainforest environment, Adele could even feel the heat radiating from Tracy's body. As long as Adele moved her eyes slightly, she could see the wrinkles on Tracy's Loen military training uniform that was propped up high on her chest.

Even if they restrained themselves, high-sequence witches would still exert some influence on the intelligent creatures around them, regardless of their sequence, gender, or even species. Even opponents in a life-and-death struggle would be uncontrollably aroused by Tracy's actions when talking to her, not to mention Adele, who had a close relationship with Tracy.

The common distorted personalities among witches may also be related to this characteristic. People who have a good impression of them are easily affected by the witches' characteristics, causing their own emotions to become distorted, making it difficult for witches to have normal interpersonal relationships, thus becoming more self-centered and having more extreme personalities.

The distracting thoughts flashed through her mind, and Adele quickly collected her thoughts.

According to Tracy, they were waiting this time. If the lion-headed snake-bodied beast did not show up, they didn't know how long they would have to stay in this tent. If she didn't adjust her mentality, she would be very embarrassed.

Fortunately, the actual size of the subspace was not just as big as the cloak. After waiting for a while, Adele and Tracy came out of the tent and talked to Tracy through a layer of canvas.

"It may take a long time. Let's take turns monitoring the mirror. I'll call you when the target appears."

Tracy was also aware of her own abilities and smiled at Adele, "I'll take over in an hour."

Adele nodded and sat down in the open space outside the tent.

The scene inside the subspace looks no different from the outside world. Staying at the moment when the space unfolds, the scenery of several square meters centered on the cloak is directly copied, but the farther away it is, the darker it is, and no one knows what is inside.

"Try not to look too far away. There is no clear boundary between the surrounding darkness and the reappearing space."

Tracy instructed, "I told you once before that this is a subspace created by the Mystic. The actual scope is much larger and has a certain correspondence with our entire world. However, only the correspondence between the space in this small area and reality is certain."

"In other words, after I lift the cloak, only the objects in the surrounding area will be returned to their original places, while the objects that enter the darkness may appear anywhere in the real world... Of course, it may also appear in many places."

Adele casually created a piece of ice crystal and threw it into the darkness in the distance. The ice crystal pierced into the darkness and disappeared without a trace.

Finding that she really had nothing to do, Adele thought for a moment and simply lowered her head to take a nap.

Ever since she started working for Miss Audrey, she always carried at least one magical item from the Path of Night. Most of the side effects of these magical items included making people drowsiness, so she always had to find opportunities to catch up on sleep.

In a daze, Adele recalled what happened in Backlund. At that time, she was still Altair Brewster. She completed a series of inspection missions without knowing the other party's purpose. Baron Syndras was the last link in these missions.

But why did Miss Justice kill Baron Sindras?
Originally, Adele believed that this assassination was actually related to Backlund's angel fall, but later in the Tarot Club, she discovered that Miss Audrey had not foreseen the angel fall in advance, and naturally could not have made any arrangements for this matter.

Although Baron Sindras and Miss Audrey's father, Earl Hall, belong to different factions, their statuses are completely unequal. Even if he really offended Miss Audrey, it is far from the point where she needs to take extreme measures.

At that time, Miss Audrey's humanity seemed to be still sufficient, and it didn't seem like the impact of the separation of humanity. In other words, she made the judgment that it was necessary to kill Baron Sinderas after careful consideration.

What on earth was Baron Sindras involved in that made Miss Audrey think he had to die?

Adele closed her eyes and thought. Apart from Miss Audrey and herself, no one else was involved in this matter. It would be unlikely that she would get an answer by consulting other people in the Tarot Club.

Of course, Adele didn't really want to figure it out. After all, as the member of the Tarot Club that was closest to an angel, Miss Justice had to directly compete with those ancient beings that had survived from the Second Age. She couldn't even trust herself, let alone others.

You have left Backlund now. You have to move forward...

Adele warned herself and once again tried to clear her mind and fall into a deep sleep.

However, just as she was about to go to sleep, she heard Tracy's deliberately suppressed excited voice in the tent:

"Luckily, it appeared after just over an hour of waiting."

Adele did not dare to delay and quickly went back into the tent and looked at the mirror in front of Tracy.

The mirror had limited space, and Adele first saw a huge iron-gray lion's head with sharp canine teeth and nearly half a meter long mane standing upright, making the already disproportionate head look even more deformed.

The skin on its head was iron-gray, similar to that of a zombie, with a hint of dark green. It looked less majestic than a lion and more eerie.

Behind the lion's head, three snake tails, each nearly half a meter thick, spread out. They were also iron gray in color and covered with palm-sized hard scales. They slowly squirmed as the snakes crawled, and the patterns on them opened and closed, making people look a little dizzy.

Including the raised lion head, the monster is more than 1.5 meters tall. Including the three tails spread out like brooms, its length is probably as long as seven or eight meters.

"I want to remind you that although it looks huge, its blood content is pitifully small."

While watching the movements of the lion-headed snake-body beast, Tracy explained to Adele, "The outer layer of scales and skin grows directly on the bones, and there is a very thick exoskeleton underneath, with muscles and arteries wrapped in the middle. Did you notice its movements? It is not as soft as a snake, but rather very stiff, because its snake tail is actually a tube made of bones."

Adele observed carefully and found that just as Tracy said, the lion-headed snake-bodied beast was not flexible in its movements. Adele could even vaguely hear the crackling sound coming from inside its body when it crawled.

"Of course, this structure can reduce the loss of blood, but it is also a bad thing for a witch who does not have a strong means of explosion: it is difficult to break its defense with her extraordinary ability alone."

Tracy said, "I told you all this once before I left the ship, and you told me at that time that you had a way to solve it."

After saying that, Tracy stepped back, and her meaning was very clear:

Didn't you say you have a way to solve it? Then the rest of the story will be up to you.

"There is a way..." Adele nodded and asked Tracy, "Can this space be isolated from prayer?"

"It can be isolated, but if you want to contact the outside world, it is not impossible. As long as I cast a simple mirror magic, I can establish a one-way mystical channel between here and the outside world."

Tracy affirmed, and then asked considerately, "Do you need me to step aside?"

"It's not necessary, but it's best to avoid it," said Adele.

Tracy agreed readily, pulled out the tactical knife from her waist, cut off a small strand of hair, burned it to ashes with black fire, and smeared it on the mirror. The cut part quickly grew back and looked no different from the original one.

Just like when Tracy used the magic mirror for divination, the mirror surface soon began to ripple like water, then sank inward, with the center portion becoming increasingly darker and seemingly spinning rapidly, making people look a little dizzy.

Then she grabbed two strands of hair, folded them lightly at the ends, infused them with spirituality and stuffed them into her ears. Finally, she turned her back and waved her hand to signal Adele that she could begin.

Seeing this, Adele did not delay any longer and quickly closed her eyes and prayed in front of the mirror.

"The favored one of the sea and the spirit world, the protector of the Rorsted Archipelago, the ruler of the sea creatures, the great Kalvetuva..."

As a member of the Tarot Club, Adele naturally knew the relationship between the Church of Poseidon and the Church of the Fool, including the fact that the Pope of the Church of Poseidon, Alger Wilson, was actually Mr. "The Hanged Man" and was currently acting as Poseidon.

(The description of how Adele guessed the real identities of the Tarot Club members has been mentioned before. If you have forgotten, you can go back and look it up yourself.)
Since Mr. The Hanged Man was promoted to Sequence 3, the range of response to prayers has become wider. Even if he just stays in Bayam, the farthest response distance is as far as Toscat Island, which is thousands of miles away.

Of course, this was related to the fact that the ocean he controlled when he was promoted was the one with residual gray fog, which gave him a certain ability to transcend spatial limitations. In addition, Adele and he were both members of the Tarot Club, so the connection was more obvious, making it easier for him to locate her.

After Adele learned about the characteristics of the lion-headed snake-bodied beast from Tracy, her first reaction was to ask the big boss for help.

Other monsters were easy to deal with, as this creature's compatibility with the witch was too bad. Its abnormal resistance, exoskeleton, and substitute, which were no worse than those of a warrior, were the basis for the survival of the lion-headed snake-body beast. Coupled with the continuous effects of the plague, it became the most difficult type of magical creature in the fifth level of sequence to deal with.

To fight this kind of monster alone, even among Sequence Five, it is difficult for anyone to do it except for a recorder with demigod abilities, a shepherd with a good enough soul combination, or a guardian with a full set of high-level magical items.

Originally, Adele wanted to ask Mr. "Moon" for some help, but he had not reached Sequence Three, nor did he possess a seal of this level like the previous "Hanged Man", so he could not respond to prayers from a distance. The same was true for Mr. Star, so she could only trouble the "Hanged Man" who had not yet returned to the Northern Continent.

A few seconds after Adele finished her prayer, the mirror quickly returned to its original state, allowing Adele to see the scenery outside.

At first there was no change, but then the sky suddenly became overcast and the light inside the rainforest suddenly became dim.

As if sensing the change in atmosphere, the lion-headed snake-bodied beast raised its head uneasily and looked towards the sky.

The next second, its huge head was illuminated by the lightning that streaked across the sky.

First, a restless blue-green ball of light appeared in the sky. After a brief pause, the ball of light broke, quickly stretched, and then plunged straight towards the lion-headed snake-bodied beast on the ground at an extremely fast speed, nailing its huge body to the ground before it could react.

The lightning was absorbed by the earth the moment it touched the ground, but the ground at the center of the strike had become charred and cracked, and the heat energy generated even ignited several surrounding trees.

Fortunately, although most of the trees here were dead, they were also very scattered and there was no sign of the fire spreading. The flames that could not be extinguished immediately were immediately extinguished by the white foam stored in the nodes between other branches as soon as they spread.

This is a bit of a big noise...

Adele was once again amazed at the power of the Sea King, and at the same time she was worried that such a big commotion would attract the demigods here. After all, Alger was exerting influence remotely, and if she attracted local demigods, such as Jax or Zartwin, she would be in trouble.

This was the reason why she preferred to look for "Moon" Emlyn rather than Alger, with whom she had already worked long-distance. The ability of the "Moon" path was at least much better than that of Aquaman in terms of concealment.

However, worrying is one thing, but watching the blue-green arc of electricity crush the enemy does give you an indescribable pleasure.

As the lion-headed snake-bodied beast screamed, its body quickly shattered and disappeared, appearing more than ten meters away. The three broom-like tails under its head had lost the left one, leaving only a main trunk and the charred body on the right.

After all, the Grimlock cannot make its own magic wand, and can only use a substitute twice, which requires the consumption of an entire snake body. Usually, when the Grimlock uses a substitute, the plague it spreads breaks out and it is time to start a counterattack.

However, Aquaman's attacks were never just one. Before the lion-headed snake-bodied beast could react to where the attack came from, the second and third lightning bolts struck down, each one faster and more fierce than the last!
After two dull thunders, the lion-headed snake-bodied beast fell completely to the ground and did not move.

(End of this chapter)