Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1000 Farewell

Late at night, on the route from Toscat Island to Blue Mountain Island where Bayam was, a steam-sail hybrid passenger ship was running at a speed that almost caused the boiler to explode, with black smoke belching from its chimney.

Another black sailboat, nearly two hundred meters long, with its front and back raised high, like a crescent moon sailing on the sea, followed closely behind. The black mist it emitted caught up with the passenger ship like an invisible giant hand and enveloped it.

This is the flagship of the "Immortal King" Agaritu, the "Death Announcement", which every ship sailing on the sea must avoid!
It has more than a hundred cannons on both sides. Pirates with ferocious faces are loading ammunition and taking aim. The huge sails painted with black tombstones are fluttering, and the speed is increasing. They are about to catch up with the passenger ship in front and launch the first round of shelling.

Soon, the distance between the two was close enough for the sailors and passengers above to see each other's expressions, but half of them were filled with fear and despair, and the other half were filled with excitement and violence.

Unlike other pirate kings, especially the "King of the Five Seas" who established a rule not to kill prisoners, the "Immortal King" Agaritu was well-known for his cruelty and bloodlust among the Five Seas. Otherwise, the passenger ship that had been caught up would have given up resistance long ago and offered most of its property to save its life.

Suddenly, the inflated sail of the "Death Note" deflated, and the excited pirates stopped their actions in shock. Even the thin black fog that seemed to cover the entire sea area dissipated in an instant, revealing the crimson moon in the sky.

Then, the huge sloop quickly turned its bow, as if it had turned into a dark shadow, and sailed towards the depths of the Sonia Sea in the east at a speed far exceeding that of the previous pursuit, sticking close to the sea surface.

Although he didn't know what was happening, the captain of the passenger ship seized this opportunity, overloaded the steam engine, quickly distanced himself from the "Death Announcement", and rushed towards the nearest Oravi Island.

After running several miles, the captain breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back with a telescope and found that the dreaded pirate ship had disappeared on the sea at some point.

At the same location in the sky, a female figure slowly emerged. She looked left and right, as if looking for something.

The crimson moon above was once again covered by dark clouds, a howling wind blew, and a sudden storm was about to come.

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"Strange, I have clearly distracted myself to avoid any hostility towards the Undead King Agaritu in my mind, but he seems to have sensed it in advance. He didn't even care about the ongoing looting and turned around and ran away..."

Looking at the calm sea below and the passenger ship slowly moving away in the distance, trailing black smoke, Angel was puzzled.

Having had experience dealing with the "Apostles of Desire", she knew that the Beyonders of the "Devil" path had a dangerous premonition that could detect malicious intent directed against them in advance. Once a complete idea was formed in their mind and action was taken to put it into practice, they would be targeted by the "Devil" in turn.

Next, if the attacker is not strong, the "demon" will try to ambush or attack in advance. If the attacker is difficult to deal with, the "demon" will quietly escape and avoid contact.

Therefore, after Angel wandered in the Raging Sea for a while and approached the Sonia Sea in a less deliberate manner, he immediately conducted a targeted divination, using his angelic status to break through the counter-divination of the "Death Announcer", the "whisperer", and locked its location.

"It seems that there was a small problem with the divination. The position and time are both inaccurate... This is the special nature of the Devil's ability. Even if my sequence is higher than that of the Death Announcement, I cannot easily locate its position..."

Angel muttered, and used his eyes as a mirror to do another divination, trying to confirm the location of the escaped "Death Announcement".

But this time the result pointed to the direction of Bayam from when she came here, and it was obvious that she was misled again.

"We only caught a clue when the Undead King was robbing us this time. If we let the Death Announcer escape, it will definitely lie dormant for a while. We won't have such a good opportunity next time... An angel can't break through the anti-divination, so we can only use that method..."

Thinking of this, Angel looked up at the sky and spoke as if he was talking to someone:
"Please, other me."

A few seconds later, she heard a faint laugh, followed by a hazy picture in her eyes.

It was the "Death Signal" with its bow and stern raised high, like a crescent moon on the sea. Its hull was as black as ink, and it was surrounded by a deep black fog. It was moving quickly on the sea at a speed that was almost gliding, without stirring up any waves.

This is the divination performed by Angel's man in the mirror using the persona of the "City of Disaster". Although it cannot create something out of nothing and cannot perform divination out of thin air without any connection with mysticism, when Angel has arrived at the place where the "Death Announcement" had looted, it can penetrate the power of anti-divination and lock the opponent's position.

With the help of the man in the mirror and the "City of Disaster", I am a true divination master... Angel smiled, and according to the direction determined by divination, he entered the mirror world and quickly headed to that sea area.

But when she outlined her figure in the air and glanced at the sea below, she found that the "Death Alarm" that was running wildly on the sea half a minute ago had disappeared again, and a thin black mist that was almost invisible to the naked eye was sinking to the bottom of the sea and instantly left Angel's sensing range.

It escaped again, and this time it dived into the seabed... Angel frowned, and was about to consider whether to take the risk and follow it, when he suddenly saw a string of bubbles emerging from the sea surface, and several figures slowly emerged from the water.

Some of them were struggling in the water, while others had their eyes closed as if they had given up resistance. They were of different heights, weights, and clothing, but they all had one thing in common: they were all on wanted lists in various countries. The tallest middle-aged man with a face as pale as a rotting corpse was none other than the "Undead King" Agaritu, who had a bounty of 12 pounds on his head.

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On Sunday afternoon, Leonard Mitchell, wearing a shirt and vest and with his hair neatly combed, sat in the corner of a North District cafe, flipping through the newspaper on the table.

"Intis's four main legions have already set foot on the kingdom's land and are attacking eastward along the Honachis Mountains. Sivellas County is caught in the flames of war, and most of the cities have fallen...

"Loen is under attack from both sides, and most of the army has been transferred to the Amanda Mountains in the north to resist the offensive of the Feysac Empire. There is not enough time to return to defend. Relying only on the local garrisons and mobile forces, I am afraid that before the end of the year, Dicey County and Southwell County will be threatened. And those are Loen's granaries. Once attacked, the kingdom's grain production will be reduced by 60% next year. Before that, food prices will rise in advance due to the expected shortage. Even the king's order will be of no avail...

"Feineport has stepped up its offensive against the three countries including Renburg, and other troops are gathering at the border of Loen. It is very likely that they will formally declare war on Loen in the spring of next year..."

Leonard flipped through the Backlund Daily in his hand, and his face became increasingly gloomy. Apart from the shocking war reports, there were also news about rising food prices, shortages of supplies, and extended curfews. There was hardly any news that could cheer anyone up.

Suddenly, a short message caught his eye:

"Agaritu, who called himself the 'Immortal King', and his many vicious pirates were all brought to justice and executed recently. It is said that the navy has paid all the bounties, which amounted to 146,000 pounds..."

"The Immortal King"...the one with the lowest bounty among the five pirate kings?

Leonard muttered, tilted his head, and asked in a low voice as if he was talking to an invisible person beside him:

"Old man, this is at least a saint, right?"

An old voice immediately came to his ears:

"If you're asking about the 'Death Announcer', then it's most likely the Sequence 3 'Whisperer'. If it's 'Agaritu', then he's the same as you, only Sequence 5."

Is there any difference between the two? Leonard was stunned, and immediately understood the meaning of Pales' words:

"You mean, the one who became one of the pirate kings was actually the 'Death', and Agaritu was just its captain, or in other words, a puppet?"

"Yes, in fact, we can find clues from various news and rumors. For example, the 'Undying King' never leaves his flagship, let alone comes to the shore, and the 'Death Announcement' is very careful to protect itself. Even if it abandons the fleet and abandons its men, it will not put itself in danger... This is consistent with the ability and cold-blooded behavior of the 'Demon' path... Do you remember the 'Apostle of Desire' we tracked last time? Once they sense actions against them, they will react immediately, set an ambush in advance or simply run away.

"This time, Agaritu and his men were collectively arrested. Perhaps it was the Death Announcement's attempt to save its life. After all, the wanted poster did have Agaritu's name on it, not the Death Announcement. If a powerful Beyonder had tracked it down for the bounty, the result would be like this."

Pales in his mind said this in a tone of seeing through everything.

But to force the Sequence 3 "Death Announcer" to flee in panic, and even leave Agaritu as bait, it must be at least an angel. However, as an angel walking in the human world, there are too many ways to easily obtain money and power. Why would you bother to work hard to chase after a "demon" path saint who can sense a fatal threat for a bounty of more than pounds?
Apart from Angel, who has become an angel and is still selling Beyonder characteristics for thousands of pounds in the Tarot Club, is there really such a poor Sequence 2...

As Leonard's mind was full of thoughts, Pales suddenly coughed lightly, which made him come back to his senses. He subconsciously looked up at the door of the cafe.

A young woman in a simple long dress and a brown cloak pushed the door open. She had brown curly hair and a few freckles on her oval face, making her look lively and cute. Her big black eyes swept over the few customers in the cafe and quickly locked onto Leonard.

Does she know me?

Leonard frowned in confusion, watching the other person slowly walk over, sit opposite him, and smile with his head slightly tilted.

This familiar action reminded Leonard of a woman he had been in frequent contact with recently.

"Sherman?"

He asked as if to confirm.

(End of this chapter)