Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 927: The Ghost Empire of Many Attentions

At the end of September, the wine grapes grown by the major wineries near Backlund entered the harvest season. Although people in the city were in a panic and prices were soaring, along the Tussock River to the suburbs, the vineyards presented a busy and peaceful scene.

Angel turned his gaze away from the workers outside the window who were working hard to continue earning gold pounds for himself, sighed with emotion, and looked at the exquisite letter paper with the royal emblem printed on it on the table.

It was a letter sent from the residence of Duchess Georgina Augustus to Iris Winery. Of course, it was not sent to Angel, but to the "Golden Queen" Angelica Sage. It was sent by the other party's butler, expressing Georgina's apology for being temporarily away from the residence due to busy military affairs.

Angel already had some guesses about what the Duchess was doing, who had been eager to contact her before but now quietly left Backlund and disappeared.

From Bernadette, Angel learned that one of the three ironclad ships currently in service in Loen was missing, leaving only two ships on the coast to fight against Feysac's fleet. This resulted in the Loen Navy and the Storm Church coalition, which originally had the upper hand, being able to barely maintain the front line.

Now with the disappearance of a long-retired demigod "Arbitrator", Angel can almost confirm that Georgina is following, or leading this ironclad ship, to find the legendary "Ghost Empire" of the sea.

This behavior seemed a little unreasonable at the moment when Loen and Feysac were at war, but if you think about it carefully, this is the perfect time to look for this ancient ghost ship.

Under normal circumstances, pirates were rampant at sea, Feysac's fleet was also cruising in the Sonia Sea, and the ships privately controlled by the Storm Church would report any abnormalities to the church. There was very little the Loen military could do.

Now that the war has begun, the warships of both Feysac and the Church of Storms have been concentrated in the offshore areas. Although pirates have become rampant again, most of them are hunting merchant ships in the areas suitable for navigation in the Violent Sea. On the contrary, the Sonia Sea where the "Ghost Empire" appears is calm.

The royal family intends to explore the Ghost Empire. They can either wait until after the war to redistribute the colonies, or the war will be stalemate and no one will pay attention to the sea. The Storm Church and the Feysac Empire cannot spare any time now!
This war involves the gods and the promotion of George III. The royal family can no longer wait for the war to end. They may want to obtain another Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic with the help of a "Hand of Order" and master a second path to becoming a god... Angel gradually came to this conclusion in his mind.

She decided to immediately contact Nast, the "King of the Five Seas", who had also left the Raging Sea and was most likely heading for the Sonia Sea. The latter must have noticed the royal family's movements and was unwilling to see his long-coveted extraordinary characteristics being taken away from him, so he had to take action in advance.

Although Angel did not want this pirate king who was obsessed with order but actually wanted to build his own empire in his heart to get his hands on the secrets in the ghost ship, compared to handing them over to the royal family and George III, cooperating with Nestor was an option.

Of course, it would be best if they both suffered losses in the fight so that Annie could get the big advantage. After all, this "Balancer" has cooperated with Angel many times and saved her many times, so both sides have a basis of trust.

Therefore, she first activated the seal on her palm, chanted the honorific name of "Lovely Anne Gustave", and told the angel who could answer prayers worldwide that the royal family might have set out to find the "Ghost Empire".

Afterwards, Angel went to Saint Samuel Church and reported his plan to leave Backlund and go to the sea to the Goddess of Night through prayer in the prayer hall.

This prayer received no response, but this was considered by Angel to be a tacit agreement.

Perhaps, in the eyes of Zaratul who is hiding in the dark, my sudden departure from Backlund, a follower who has been hiding under the protection of the goddess, is like a trap to tempt Him to take action. Therefore, He will observe cautiously, test carefully, or even simply do nothing to avoid attracting attention?
Angel left the church and looked at the figure reflected in the stained glass on the church's exterior with some self-mockery, as if he saw a bait for fishing.

A moment later, her figure disappeared on both sides of the mirror at the same time, and she entered the intricate and deep passage of the mirror world, quickly left the city and flew towards the violent sea.

During this period, she did not notice any spying or tracking, and became more and more certain of her guess.

It felt like he was a chess piece on a chessboard where gods and angels were playing and fighting against each other. It seemed that the only way to truly escape from the chessboard was to improve his own sequence as quickly as possible. Even if he didn't become a chess player, he could still be a spectator... Angel's desire to escape from his current situation was so strong that he could not help but sigh.

Of course, she understood that compared to Katarina, who had waited for a thousand years in the "immortal" witch stage, and Tracy, who was in the same "pain" as herself less than half a year ago but was now far behind, her own promotion speed was already terrifying. Perhaps only Triss, who was also a person favored by the gods and received more favor, could barely catch up with her.

It had been less than two months since she took the "immortality" potion, but she had already digested most of it with the help of "advance role-playing". Especially after she mastered the role-playing rule of "resurrection from the dead" with the help of the goddess, Angel could feel that the potion in her body might only need one large-scale role-playing, or a similar target to provide corresponding feedback, to be completely digested.

Or, like Catalina, I could continue my long life, slowly digesting the potion while constantly changing friends and partners. But I don't have that much time. George III may have already started preparing for the promotion ceremony. The war will soon expand after the Kingdom of Feynaport joins. I can't wait even for a year, let alone hundreds of years...

Thinking of Klein's apologetic eyes and expression five days ago, Angel felt heartbroken.

Doesn't she also have anxiety about her own strength and concerns about her current situation?

"If Klein didn't know that I could be resurrected, would I have tried to experience a planned death and resurrection in front of him and complete the role of 'immortality'?" Such thoughts occasionally popped up in Angel's mind, so when Klein digested the potion by pretending to be Amon, she did not blame him too much.

This might also be the influence of the mental imprint left in the Beyonder characteristics. It would make High-Sequence Beyonders closer to an inhuman state, gradually destroying their humanity and heading towards madness.

This is probably the reason why some extraordinary people’s actions can no longer be called human.

“According to some of the information provided by Mr. Fool, this situation will become more serious after becoming a Sequence 2 angel. An ‘anchor’ is needed to stabilize oneself and maintain humanity… No, it cannot be called humanity. It is just to maintain the nature and consciousness before promotion. After all, there are a small number of Beyonders who have long lost their humanity even if they have not been promoted to a higher sequence…”

Angel's figure moved quickly in the mirror passage, but various thoughts lingered in his mind.

She suddenly realized that her current "anchor" was not very stable, and could even be said to be lacking.

The only things that maintained her nature and self, apart from her previous life which had become blurred in her memory after only "traveling" for a year, were Klein and a few close people.

Of course, the growing reputation of the "Golden Queen" also provided her with an anchor to stabilize herself to a certain extent. At sea, in the colony, and even in Angel's social circle, this queen feared by pirates and the owner of the spiritual ship could not be compared with the "King of the Five Seas", but she was almost as famous as the "Mysterious Queen".

Unfortunately, this reputation was largely due to the "Angelica the Great Pirate Series" which had a large circulation and was accompanied by rare illustrations of the era. Many readers regarded this young, beautiful, and heroic female pirate as an idol or a dream lover. What made Angel even more angry and puzzled was that a "complete version" with particularly rich descriptions was secretly circulated on the market. These obviously pirated works were more popular than the originals.

Recently, Angel discovered that the name "Ship Destroyer" had reappeared in everyone's vision. There were even some tabloids that liked to publish rumors, linking the loss of the Feysac Conquest Fleet outside the city of Conston to the pirate queen. The evidence was that someone witnessed a young woman abandoning the body of the fleet commander Candidat Einhorn.

I was clearly dressed as "Eileen Watson" at that time... Although Angel had some complaints about this speculation, he still felt a little secretly happy deep down in his heart.

The feeling of doing good deeds and leaving a name behind is always much better than making silent contributions...

While she was thinking, she was gradually approaching Bayam, the capital of the Rorsted Archipelago. This largest city on the sea, which was still firmly controlled by Loen, had secret contact points for almost all pirate generals and pirate kings, including Nast, the "King of the Five Seas".

She quickly found her target for the day. Her figure appeared on a piece of glass window with a missing corner. Her eyes were focused and she immediately locked onto a familiar figure.

In a tavern thousands of miles away from Backlund, she actually found an acquaintance!
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Inside the "Pelican and Fish" bar, Fors, who was wearing a hood and hiding her features that seemed too delicate in a colony like Bayam, put down her pen and hesitantly picked up a wooden cup in front of her. She took a sip of the light yellow liquid inside with half expectation and half worry, and then her facial features relaxed.

"Compared to Lilangqi, which only focuses on alcohol content and ignores the taste, Zarha tastes softer and can retain a certain malt aroma. It is more popular among travelers from the northern continent..."

She picked up the pen again and wrote in the notebook open in front of her.

"…Also, I discovered that the Black Bear Cola that Backlund is becoming increasingly popular is also sold in Bayam, and the price is surprisingly the same as in its place of origin. It's hard to believe that a new drink with a unique glass bottle shape, a single seal, and a shelf life of up to six months only costs three pennies a bottle in Bayam, the same price as inferior malt liquor!"

The more he wrote, the more excited he became. Fors picked up the glass bottle next to Zarha. Frost instantly formed in his hand. He took a big sip of the iced carbonated drink and burped without caring about his image. Then he seemed to wake up. He frowned and looked at what he had just written. He reluctantly crossed it out and wrote down below:
"German Sparrow, who was wearing a black windbreaker, put down his glass with disdain. In his mind, low-alcohol beer like Zarha was a 'soft drink' that was only suitable for women. On the sea, men had to drink Lelangzi and Nepos!
"Suddenly, this crazy adventurer seemed to sense something and looked towards the door of the tavern..."

Suddenly, the great writer who had been dragged to Bayam and abandoned by Hermann seemed to sense something and looked towards the entrance of the tavern...

A woman with long light golden hair draped behind her like silk and purple eyes that seemed to hide whirlpools appeared there. The seductive aura she exuded instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern.

That is the lover... no, partner of the great adventurer Sparrow, the "Golden Queen" Angelica Sage!
Fors's face, hidden in the shadow of the hood, froze instantly. With both hands, he quietly gathered the notebook filled with various inspirations to his side and stuffed it into his cloak. With a gleam of light in his eyes, he chose the only "trip" recorded without hesitation and fled to the ends of the earth to save his life!

——Thanks to "Xiao Yu Zha Cheng Xi" for the reward~
(End of this chapter)