Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 373 Boarding the Ship
Seeing a ship approaching in the distance, Britten was overjoyed and hurried to the fire. He added two handfuls of fresh leaves to the fire, causing thick black smoke to rush straight into the sky. At the same time, he used the ability of a midnight poet to amplify his voice and shouted for help in the direction of the ship.

It must be said that these actions did have a certain effect. Britton clearly saw the ship turn towards him and slowly sail towards the shore of the island.

Britten quickly picked up his violin bag and waded through the water towards the boat.

However, the ship stopped moving when Britton could see it. He did not see them lower the lifeboat, nor did he hear them fire a signal gun. The whole ship just stayed there quietly.

Britten waited and waited, but saw no movement from the strange sailboat, so he decided to go all out. He simply picked up his violin bag and waded towards the ship.

The Requiem Master's physical fitness was pretty good, and Britton swam to the side of the sailboat in no time. He found that the ship looked quite shabby, and many parts seemed to have been repaired temporarily, with big holes blown out by shells. The crew seemed to have only repaired the part below the waterline, leaving the part above the waterline exposed, making the whole ship look like a honeycomb.

Britton shouted loudly to the people on the boat, signaling them to lower the ladder for him to board, otherwise it would be very troublesome for him to climb onto the nearly ten-meter-high ship's side.

However, all the sailors on the ship seemed to have disappeared, and no one responded to Britton. He had to swim around the ship and finally found a long hemp rope connected to the railing of the ship, and then he successfully climbed onto the ship.

Still no crew member appeared on the Nebuchadnezzar, as if they had never existed.

However, the boiling water in the kitchen, the fresh stew that was scattered all over the restaurant due to the shaking during the shelling, and the half-drunk beer that was still bubbling all indicated that this group of people had disappeared not long ago.

The traces of their lives were exposed in front of Britton, allowing Britton to clearly know that these sailors did exist.

With alarm bells ringing in his heart, Britton took out a coin from his pocket and put it into the small pocket outside the violin bag. Then he pulled out the Sealed Artifact 2-172-2 in the form of a submachine gun from the violin bag.

With the submachine gun in his hand, Britton felt a little more at ease and walked carefully towards the bottom cabin of the ship and the captain's room.

Passing through the corridor covered with green mold, Britton soon arrived at the door of the captain's room. With the arm strength of a Beyonder, he directly pushed open the door lock of the captain's room.

The captain's cabin has a large dining table on one side of the room, and there is also a quartermaster's workbench with his navigational tools, maps and charts.

Several sharpened pencils and a magnifying glass were placed on the table, and the occupant of the room seemed to be working on some academic problem before disappearing.

Judging from the holy emblems of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom that can be seen everywhere in the room, this ship is indeed from the Intis and Lenburg area.

There was a portrait hanging on the wall opposite the gate. The person in the portrait was wearing gorgeous clothes with golden tassels and red and blue as the background. He wore a tower-shaped golden crown on his head and a short-handled scepter-like thing on his waist, but Britton thought it might also be a dagger.

His facial features are relatively soft, which is quite different from those of people in the northern and southern continents.

The text annotation below indicated that the person in the portrait was the source of the ship's name. He seemed to be an emperor from ancient times, who was first-class in both civil and military affairs. However, Britton, who had a wide range of knowledge in the history of mysticism, had no impression of this name at all.

The country of Lenburg doesn't have a long history. How could a ship be named after such an ancient figure?
Britton secretly complained in his heart and temporarily turned his eyes away from the portrait and looked at the other person's desk.

Among the scattered stationery, there was a seemingly ordinary sailing diary.

There seems to be a layer of black wax on the paper, which makes the diary much more waterproof. However, you cannot write on it with an ordinary pen. It seems that you have to use a knife to scrape off the wax bit by bit to reveal the words on the red background underneath.

Britton held the gun in one hand and stood guard while picking up the navigation diary on the table and reading it.

The Requiem Master has a psychiatrist side and can directly see the spirit creatures. Therefore, Britton believes that no creature can escape his guard and can read with confidence.

Turning to the last page of the diary with writing, Britton found that the diary did not record much.

"On February 2, the fleet is heading to His Kingdom as planned. The Bishop said that as long as we cross that sea line, we can reach the lost Newins civilization. The entrance to the Kingdom is hidden underneath."

Britton repeated in a low voice what was on the last page, his expression becoming serious.

Ever since the gods decided to settle in the astral realm and no longer interfere with the order of the human world, any matter where the entrance to the kingdom of God is opened in the human world will attract the attention of the Orthodox Church, and this time is no exception.

In particular, the one mentioned here might be the Kingdom of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Given the other party's ambiguous stance, the extraordinary people of the Goddess Church are quite wary of this kind of people.

"We have to find a way to pass the message to the church, or offer a sacrifice directly to the goddess..."

After careful consideration, Britton decided to stay on the ship and continue his reconnaissance, as he had nowhere to go anyway.

Even if the ship owner had ill intentions, he had a good chance of counterattacking and forcing him to sail directly into the Loen military's port.

Thinking of this, Britton relaxed a little. His clothes were soaked from all the water he had been swimming through, so Britton simply went to the crew's bedroom and found a comfortable casual outfit to change into.

Since no one knows where the owner has gone, it’s normal to make use of the things they threw away, right?
While Britton was preparing himself mentally, he changed into casual clothes and looked out the window of the captain's room.

This sight gave Britton a shock: the ship, which was originally anchored, suddenly moved to the west without any sign, and even without fully retracting the anchor chain.

With three sails raised, the ship moved very quickly. In less than ten minutes, the island had almost disappeared from Britton's sight. However, in Britton's sight, there was still no living person on the ship.

According to the records in the navigation log, am I really forced to take a trip to the legendary kingdom of God to take a look?
Britton hesitated and paced back and forth in the cabin.

(End of this chapter)