Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 355 Shura Field

"who are you?"

Elaine asked vigilantly, instead of sitting in front of Venata, she took a step back, ready to take out the dagger in her boot at any time.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Venata..." Venata paused halfway through speaking, "Cersi, Venata Cersey, is the actual manager of Port Indor at present."

"The 'actual manager'?"

Elaine chewed on the weight of the word, "Are you referring to the initiator of the Extraordinary party?"

"No, literally."

Venata replied, "You can understand this position as a combination of the archbishop and mayor of the original Indo Port Mars Church."

"I can't see that you are still a big shot."

Elaine smiled softly, "It's hard for me to imagine a scene where a mayor or an archbishop personally followed me, and I really saw something rare today."

"Yeah, you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you might even see the mayor laying flowers on your grave."

Venata was not angry because of Elaine's words, and also replied with a smile.

"Is this a threat, Ms. Circe?" Elaine asked cautiously.

"No, this is just a reminder. I stayed at the pier for half an hour. During this period, I did a lot of things besides walking around with you."

Venata's expression turned cold, and she took out a blood-stained ring from her pocket, which seemed to have been cut off with fingers, and threw it in front of Elaine.

"Cut from another wave of people following you."

Elaine hesitated for a moment, bent down to pick up the ring, and looked at it carefully.

The pattern on the ring was a pair of black and red swords that Elaine had never seen before. The background color was dull gray and it was made of cast iron with a layer of rough wax paint on it.

"This ring is..." Elaine asked cautiously.

"Iron Crusade." Venata stared closely at Elaine's face, as if she wanted to judge whether she was lying from the change in her expression. "This is an Intis organization, and they initiated the recent large-scale hunting of Extraordinary hunters."

Speaking of this, Venata signaled to Elaine again: "Come in and talk, close the door, and the next thing should not be known to unrelated people."

Elaine hesitated for a moment, but finally believed in Venata, closed the door gently, and sat down on the chair in front of Venata.

"Speaking of which, you haven't told me your name yet."

Venata looked at Elaine with a half-smile, "What should I call you?"

"... Claire, this is my surname." Elaine hesitated for a while, and still gave the pseudonym she had been using before. After all, it is still uncertain that the other party will not target her.

"Yes, Miss Elaine."

Venata smiled "as expected", "Actually, I just want to see if you will tell me your real name."

"……You ever met me?"

The pseudonym was revealed on the spot, and Yi Lian was a little embarrassed, and asked with a reddened face.

"No, not at all, I guessed it." Venata showed a tricky smile, "But now I can be sure, so I don't need to find someone to confirm."

It's not that Elaine was careless. Even if she really reacted, the slight change in expression when her real name was suddenly mentioned still couldn't be hidden from Venata, who had already been promoted to Sequence Six. A unique bonus, this kind of micro-expression cannot be hidden from their eyes.

"Where did you hear my name?"

Realizing that the disguise was broken, Elaine simply gave up and asked Venata directly.

"Although I haven't been at sea for a long time, rumors involving pirate generals, especially female pirate generals, tend to spread much faster at sea than you can imagine."

Venata shrugged, picked up the printed teapot on the table, and poured Elaine a cup of hot tea. The amount of tea was not enough and the color was pale.

"We may have a long chat, let's drink something to warm up first."

Venata pushed the white porcelain teacup towards Elaine, and the tea in the cup swung dangerously, almost spilling it.

"Before we get down to business, is there anything else you want to ask?"

Seeing Elaine taking the teacup and taking a small breath, Venata asked abruptly, "For example... about Tracy."

Elaine's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and the teacup collided with the saucer underneath, making a clicking sound.

"...she has passed away."

Elaine took a deep breath, as if this would give her more confidence in her speech, without causing her voice to tremble.

"The news about you at sea seems to be a little unclear."

Venata didn't explain too much, and reached out to grab the "Southern Continent News" on the shelf beside it. This is an extra newspaper that Venata ordered after she learned that Adele had unexpectedly arrived in the Southern Continent. Read the latest issue, flip to the front page, and hand it to Elaine.

Elaine took it in doubt, and saw the ironclad ship on the front page of the newspaper at a glance, and the three flags flying on the ironclad ship, one was the same gold-rimmed honeysuckle as the Queen's Island Company, the other was the royal family's "Judgment Sword", and The third side was the black skull logo she was very familiar with, which was the former flag of the "Black Death"!

On the headline of the front page, there was a line of "Extraordinary promotion? The pirate general Tracy who abandoned the dark and turned to the bright".

Elaine hurriedly looked down and saw the following:
"Not long ago, Vice Admiral Tracy, one of the Four Kings and Seven Generals, lost her fleet in a pirate infighting, and finally chose to surrender to the kingdom, was announced by Vice Admiral Emlyn White of the Southern War Zone He was exceptionally promoted to the rank of captain of the navy and took charge of the kingdom's privateer fleet in the southern theater. "

"That is to say, she is not dead?"

After reading the newspaper, Elaine didn't know what expression to show, whether to be happy or scared.

"Of course, witches don't die so easily."

Venata adjusted her posture to make herself more comfortable, "She will be back in a few months."

"Come back? Where, Indor Harbor?"

Elaine asked subconsciously.

"Of course, the iron-clad ship she is using now belongs to the company." Venata replied as a matter of course, "Even if she doesn't want to come back, she will send the ship back after the battle in the Southern Continent is over."

"What is the relationship between your company... and Tracy?"

Elaine asked hesitantly. She began to doubt the background of this company. The Venata in front of her not only claimed that she was a powerful figure in Port Indor, but also made no secret of her relationship with Tracy. This made Elaine Lian felt more and more that she was involved in something extraordinary.

"You should have an impression of Tracy's ship doctor, Anne, right? She is now Tracy's representative in Indo Port. If you insist, it's considered a shareholding."

Venata didn't answer Elaine's question directly, "If you were accidentally injured while staying in Indo Port, you can see her—of course, if you want to see her, I can take you to find her."

"No, forget it, she doesn't like me."

Elaine quickly waved her hand and smiled bitterly: "I tried to escape from Tracy's hands a few times before, and it caused her a lot of trouble."

To be honest, if you really ran away once, maybe Annie's attitude towards you would be better...

Venata curled her lips, and couldn't help complaining for Annie in her heart.

Think about it in your own shoes, Tracy doesn't like herself, she just likes a snatched Elaine, and this Elaine always wants to escape. Every time after the escape fails, Tracy not only doesn't blame her, but also wants to escape. Ask Anne to heal her wounds... In the case of the grumpy Venata, she would have had an attack long ago, and thanks to Anne, she could bear it.

"If you don't want to meet her, I won't tell her that you are here, but you can't leave here. Make sure I can find you whenever I want to."

No longer thinking about Annie, Venata said directly to Elaine, who had a tendency to fall into memories: "As for the reason, I will explain to you next."

"The Jagged Cross is currently collecting a large number of Extraordinary characteristics of the hunter path for some purpose. The Church of Knowledge is trying to set off a riot to add fuel to the chaos here. The forces of Ruen Intis and the two countries are trying to get out of here. You want to make a fortune, but you don't want to take responsibility, and the Church of the God of War wants to let it go and throw this hot potato out..."

Venata said in one breath, regardless of Elaine's dull expression on the opposite side.

"Finally, the city is now in our hands...temporarily."

Venata opened her arms and waved lightly out of the window.

Yi Lian was a little dizzy from the amount of information, and wanted to continue asking, but reason stopped her in time, and she realized in time that knowing too much might not be a good thing.

"So... what do you need me to do?"

Elaine took a deep breath and asked Venata.

She is alone now, and the bounties for the Extraordinary of the hunter path seem to have been posted all over the continent. Even if the woman in front of her has some kind of connection with Tracy, she may let herself go back to her past life. Elaine has no better choice now.

"Someone will come to you soon, and he will help you arrange work." Venata stood up, "Now we are short of manpower, and we don't dare to use those Beyonders with unknown origins at will, but you are different , we at least know a little bit about you, and you don't have any need to be unfavorable to Tracy, right?"

"Are you that sure?"

Although I already had the answer in my heart, but out of the unique bullying mentality after the eighth sequence of the hunter path, Elaine still asked, "After all, in the sea legend, I am a noble girl who was taken away by Tracy. Recie still has motives, right?"

"If you want to do this, when Tracy is looking for you all over the world, you can cooperate with Intis' military officer to ambush her, and then win her bounty with tears."

Venata curled her lips, "Also, unnecessary provocations are often only used on people who are close to you. I don't know you well, so this kind of temptation is meaningless."

Once again, Elaine was stunned by Venata and had nothing to say, so she nodded in embarrassment, watched Venata put away her things in a leisurely manner, pushed the door and left.

After Venata left, Elaine gently rolled up her sleeves, looked at the exquisitely crafted diamond bracelet on her wrist, and remained silent for a long time, until the sunset completely fell below the horizon before she regained her thoughts.

Venata left the room, walked through the long corridor, and turned a corner in front of the landscape painting hanging at the end. Annie, who was wearing a black maid uniform and a white apron, was leaning against the edge of the corridor, seeing Venata coming out, She snorted as a greeting.

"If you want to know what's going on, you'd better ask, otherwise I don't have the intention to share information."

Seeing Annie's hesitant expression on her face, Venata said impatiently.

Although Venata said clearly when she cheated on Elaine, she was actually covering up the fact that Elaine was not discovered by herself.No matter how strong the hunter's tracking ability is, it is still unrealistic to find Elaine among the crowd at the pier with only a verbal description.

Only an old friend like Annie who was "impressed" by Elaine could do this.

Annie glared at Venata, and said without emotion: "What's her reaction?"

"It's likely that you still have feelings for your captain. The momentary loss of consciousness after hearing that Tracy is not dead is not fake."

Venata recalled Elaine's performance, "But she feels that she has caused you a lot of trouble, so she doesn't dare to see you."

"Fortunately, she still knows."

Annie said bitterly, "If I had really made up my mind to inject poison into her wound medicine back then, what would happen now? If it wasn't for the captain, I would have gone to find her with a shotgun tonight .”

Venata curled her lips, but she wasn't worried that Annie would actually do something. In other words, it was because she couldn't do anything that Venata was worried about Annie's state.

"Are you all right?"

Venata reached into the pocket of Annie's apron and took out the tin wine jug. After shaking it twice, she found that there was still a little wine in it.

"What's in it?"

"It's okay." Annie's voice seemed to be blocked by something, "There's Nepos in the jug, would you like some?"

"It's okay..." Venata smiled wryly, Nipos, which claims to be able to strike a match on it, is not something everyone can drink even in Feysac, let alone Anne, who was originally from Fenepot and had a moderate capacity for alcohol. up.

"Okay, okay, go back to your room and stay."

Venata pushed Annie, "Although it's a bit weird to say that, I still support you, provided you don't sink people into the bottom of the sea."

Annie glanced at Venata in surprise, and nodded emphatically after a few seconds. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she was saying something, and Venata vaguely heard "Thank you".

Is this the "Sura Field" mentioned in the novel of Emperor Roselle?
Venata sighed in her heart, she only hoped that Adele would come back soon so that she would not have to be entangled with these people.

(Double updates start today and are expected to last for a week. The time of the first update is uncertain, and the second update will still be at [-] o'clock)
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