Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 704 Gradually Approaching
After meeting the strongest audience, the "Angel of Fantasy" Adam, and seeing the ability of the demigod audience Hvin Rambis, Angel has gained some basic understanding of this approach.

But forgetting the information about the "King of the Black Seat" many times still made her feel a little trembling.

Compared to being able to stand next to someone but not be seen, knowing that it exists but always forgetting it is more terrifying... And this ability obviously does not need to be "actively used", and the range can cover a vast area from Loen to Intis, from the Rorsted Islands to the Sonia Sea, almost representing the entire world.

Angel recalled what the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette had said: a Sequence 3 could respond to prayers within a considerable range through the Honorable Name, and a Sequence 2 could make their power effective worldwide. Angel had an estimate of the strength of the "King of the Black Throne".

It is impossible for a Sequence 3 Beyonder to achieve this, unless he possesses a magical item equivalent to a Level 0 Sealed Item, or has an angel from the "audience" path to help him...

Of course, it is unlikely that "King of the Black Seat" Barros Hopkins himself is a Sequence 2, otherwise it would not be "King of the Five Seas" Nast who would be at the top of all pirates, but him.

From another perspective, the fact that Anne could ignore Hopkins' psychological invisibility also meant a huge gap in strength between the two. This pirate king should only be a Sequence 3 Beyonder.

After realizing this, Angel looked towards the retro-styled "Black Throne", trying to imprint the shape of this seldom-seen ship into his mind. Even after leaving the island, the related memories would be hidden deep in his brain and would hardly see the light of day.

Unfortunately, like everyone else, this "King of the Black Seat" did not show up. Well, I'm afraid that I am the only one standing on the deck so stupidly as a commander without any troops. Everyone else must have seen my appearance clearly...

Muttering to himself, Angel suddenly discovered that the outline of the "Death Written" far away on the edge of the fog was gradually becoming clearer. This sloop, shaped like a crescent moon and longer than the two "Queen Anne's Revenge" combined, carefully avoided Angel's position, passed by the "Black Throne" as if it didn't notice it, and headed towards the entrance of the fjord.

The Black Seat King's ship, which was in a state of "psychological invisibility", also tightened its sails and slowly approached the coast.

They were all approaching the "Black Emperor". It seemed that the meeting of the pirate kings was about to begin... Angel thought secretly, and realized that his ship had become the one closest to the outside. He was about to let Anne follow closer to the coast, but he saw the black-haired girl's golden eyes looking toward the outside of the ship, and then she waved one hand and grasped inside.

At the same time, Angel also sensed slight changes in the mirror world around him and realized that someone was using the space that overlapped with the real world but was independent of it to get closer to him.

But before she could move, a gray figure emerged from the mist. He seemed to be bound by invisible chains, suspended in the air. He struggled slightly with his limbs, but could not break free from this force.

"Messenger, I am a messenger. The Count asked me to deliver a letter!"

Seeing that the nearest guns on the deck were pointing their muzzles at him without anyone operating them, the gray figure let out a scream that was not like a human voice, and his wrists turned wildly, causing an envelope in his hand to shake.

Earl? I remembered that according to rumors, Nast, the "King of the Five Seas", liked to have his crew call him Earl. This might be from his family heritage. After all, he claimed to be a descendant of the Solomon Empire...

And this person in front of me, couldn't he be the "ghost" who secretly sent the invitation to the captain's room of the "Red-haired Girl"? Anne actually discovered him while he was in the "mirror jump" and brought him back to the real world. Is this some kind of extraordinary ability of the "Balancer" to perceive abnormalities around? It seems that if it weren't for her permission, I couldn't get close to this ship in the mirror world... Angel pondered, stretched out a few invisible silk threads, took the envelope from the hand of the ghost messenger, pulled it towards himself, and nodded to Anne.

The latter swung his arms as if throwing out a ball of invisible garbage, and the "ghost" was really thrown far away like garbage. The figure in the mist disappeared quickly and "jumped" into a mirror somewhere.

Will this offend the "King of the Five Seas"... Don't worry, I have Annie!

Angel forced a smile and opened the envelope in his hand. It had a triangular seal representing Nast and was decorated with gold-plated patterns all around. It looked very formal. The letter inside only had a simple sentence:

"Invite the 'Golden Queen' Angelica Thatch to the 'Black Emperor', the palace of Earl White Maple Nast Solomon, to discuss matters together."

Finally, there is Nast's bold signature.

Regardless of whether he is the real "Earl White Maple", this style should be the best among all pirates... Angel handed the letter to Annie, and came to the side of the ship, looking at the ships of other pirate kings, and found that they only approached the "Black Emperor" and had not taken any further actions. So he decided to wait a while and see how others would react - they must have also received the solemn invitation from "Earl White Maple".

Walking straight into the home turf of a demigod, a "ghost ship" controlled by him, is not a wise choice, unless other sea kings have done the same thing last year...

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On the other side of the island with the extinct volcano, at the dock which is not very big but is crowded with various ships, many pirates are reveling wildly in the houses which are obviously temporary but very solid.

Under the title of "King of the Five Seas", even pirates who usually have hatred and grudges against each other have to put aside their prejudices against each other. In this case, why not drink happily and discuss those things that they dare not talk about normally?
Of course, most of the topics revolved around the Loen Navy's brand new ironclad ship and their increasingly "arrogant" attitude. This terrifying warship, which even pirate generals dared not resist head-on and even the kings had to avoid, had recently launched a series of attacks, patrolling the main channel between the Rorsted Islands and the Northern Continent, sinking dozens of pirate ships, making that sea area a place of death that pirates were afraid of.

It was said that even a large area of ​​the bulletin board at the pier in Pritz Harbor where wanted posters were posted was cleared out, and every torn-off wanted poster meant that a relatively famous pirate and his pirate ship were sent to the bottom of the sea.

This made the captains who were still able to attend the pirate conference feel sad for the loss of the pirate and also worried about their own future. Some of them have already thought about retirement, while others want to make a last mile profit while there is only one ironclad ship and it has no time to take care of the Sonia Sea.

Stimulated by cheap but strong beer, they exchanged their ideas with spitting.

But all the pirates kept looking at a small black building next to the dock. The five pirate generals who participated in the meeting locked themselves inside, and it was unknown what they were discussing. I hope they were discussing how to destroy the "Prizzi" - this was the thought that popped up in everyone's mind.

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Sensing the occasional gazes falling on him, the first mate of the Golden Dream, Blue Walls, who was wearing a monocle, frowned, moved his body, and hid himself in the shadow of the two-story building behind him.

This time he overcame all objections and dealt with several rebellious troublemakers, and obtained the qualification to go off the ship with the captain "Vice Admiral Iceberg", but he did not expect Edwina to turn around and go into the small building, leaving him outside.

I feel like this trip wasted... he muttered to himself.

After “Flame” Danitz left the “Golden Dream”, he originally thought that he had lost a secret competitor, but he soon discovered that everyone thought so, which made the competition even more intense. Although he was the first mate, after the departure of Danitz, who was flamboyant and could attract everyone’s attention, he became the target of public criticism and was often obstructed by others, resulting in fewer opportunities to get close to the captain and be alone with her.

Only in his dreams could he, like the crazy adventurer Hermann in the novel, solve all troubles with absolute strength and win the captain's heart...

Although his mind was in a mess, this "mechanical expert" still did not forget his duties and looked vigilantly at every pirate approaching the small building.

He knew that the subordinates brought by other pirate generals, such as the "Dawn Knight" on the roof who was over 2 meters tall and obviously had a bit of giant blood, the "Rose Bishop" lurking in the shadows, and the "Wind-Follower" who was bored and shot tiny wind blades at the beach not far away, leaving traces, were all like him, shouldering the task of protecting their captains and being ready to deal with other "guards" at any time.

He also focused a lot of his attention on his colleagues.

Suddenly, a scream came from a simple wooden house in the distance. The heart-wrenching cry passed through the noisy dock and reached Bruce's ears, making him startle. He stood up from the wall and squinted his eyes to look into the distance.

The monocle on his eye socket flashed a pale yellow light, magnifying the distant scene like a telescope and displaying it clearly in his eyes.

But apart from that scream, there was no other sound coming from the wooden house, which made Blue feel a little relieved.

Even with the constraints of the "King of the Five Seas", under the influence of alcohol, pirates inevitably had some fights, and it was not uncommon for people to die. As long as the pirate generals were not involved, they would usually discuss and resolve the issue privately.

Could it be that some drunkard stabbed his enemy... Just as Blue Walls had this thought, a deep red light flashed across the image magnified by the monocle.

Then, the entire wooden house exploded from the inside out.

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"Elaine, do you think I should set an example and head to the Black Emperor, or wait for a certain pirate king to explore the way first?"

After waiting for half an hour and seeing no other ships approaching the Black Emperor, Angel asked.

The red-haired Elaine looked a little listless in the sunlight that was gradually rising and couldn't even cover the fog. Hearing this, she shook her head and said:

"The last time I came to the Pirate Conference, I was locked up on Tracy's ship and had no chance to learn about these things."

Come to think of it... I guess among the people I know, only the "Queen of Mystery" Bernadette can answer this question.

Angel muttered to himself, and suddenly he felt something spiritual and looked up into the sky.

A piece of paper slowly fell and was caught by her with a silk thread.

It's unlikely to be the "King of the Five Seas" who just sent the invitation letter. I don't know the other pirate kings, only...

She pondered, opened the letter, and sure enough, saw a familiar name on it.

"Be careful, there is a conspiracy against you here."

The signature below is...

Bernadette.

(End of this chapter)