Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 933: Thrilling Tarot Club
Behind the reef not far from the Blue Mountain Island where Bayam was, the "Golden Dream", which was golden as if plated with gold and had a huge main gun on top, was quietly docked. A small boat slowly approached, and the people on it were taken up by a rope ladder lowered from the side.

“Flame” Danitz stepped onto the familiar deck after a long absence. He looked around with great pride and was surprised to find that several familiar Beyonders were not at their posts. He couldn’t help but curiously grabbed a sailor and asked him about it.

"They are all preparing to bid farewell to the 'strongest hunter' Anderson. It is said that there will be a bonfire party on the deck tonight!"

After hearing the other party's answer, Danitz became even more confused. He went into the cabin and walked all the way to the cabin where Anderson Hood lived. He knocked on the door casually, and then pushed the door open by himself.

The "strongest hunter" with short golden hair was packing his luggage. He turned around when he heard the noise and was surprised to find that it was Danitz:

"You're back! I was just about to go to Bayam to look for you."

"Find me?"

Danitz blurted out that he didn't think his relationship with him was that close.

"Of course, you should have heard from other crew members that I am planning to leave the Golden Dream. Feynaport has invaded Lenburg, and I plan to return home to join the battle."

Anderson replied with a heavy tone.

This somewhat sad atmosphere successfully infected Danitz, reminding him of his home in the south of Intis. After a moment, he shook his head and said:
"Well, good luck to you...but what does this have to do with you looking for me? I'm not from Renburg."

"Neither am I. I was born in Segar, but I studied and grew up in Lenburg, which is more important to me...but most importantly, there is war there, and there are opportunities for promotion!" Anderson said, his tone suddenly becoming excited. "That's why I'm looking for you. Are you willing to continue to sink in Bayam's resistance camp for the rest of your life, or be a hero on the battlefield, even if it's only for five minutes!"

Not only did his inspiring words fail to move Danitz, but they made him feel irritated. He was eager to refute him or even beat him up.

"I choose the rebel camp!" he retorted loudly, then frowned, making his burnt yellow and thin eyebrows wrinkled into a ball, "You definitely didn't go to the battlefield to be a hero... Is this related to the potion formula of the Iron Knight?"

Anderson was stunned by this sudden change of topic. After a moment, he smiled awkwardly and said in surprise:

"I didn't expect you to be able to guess it... That's right. I helped that 'Golden Queen' last month and got the Iron Knight's formula in exchange. The auxiliary materials are not difficult to gather, but the ritual is a headache... How about this, you come back to Lenburg with me, and I can give you the 'Conspirator' potion formula, as well as a proven role-playing method. Maybe after the war is over, you can try to reach Sequence 5."

"The more you say that, the less I'm willing to go with you... and I've already got the formula for the 'Conspirator', and the auxiliary materials are almost complete."

Danitz murmured, and took two steps back, away from Anderson who kept bewitching him.

"Tsk, it's so hard to manage one subordinate, how can I raise a team of thirty people..." Anderson muttered, and his cunning green eyes suddenly lit up, "What about the others on the ship? Is there anyone who can't stand your captain's night school every day and wants to leave to find more opportunities?"

"They are more interested in sending you away. I heard that the sailors are preparing a grand farewell party for you. Everyone has the same tacit understanding on this point."

Danitz replied with a look of sarcasm on his face. This was the first time he used the ability of "Provocateur" so skillfully.

But the rebuttal or anger he expected from Anderson did not appear. Instead, the latter looked thoughtful and finally nodded in agreement:

"Same tacit understanding... I can't quickly gather a team that will obey my orders and fight wherever I tell them to, but it's quite easy to make everyone hate me, to the point where they want to kill me..."

Is this guy okay? Did that thing in his stomach hurt him... Danitz looked at Anderson's abdomen with some concern, and found that there was no obvious change compared to when he saw him last month. There was no bulge, and there were no cries of "Daddy".

"Anyway, thank you for your reminder. I'm about to leave now. I'll leave the dinner to you as a welcome party. I'll also leave all the books in my room to you. Maybe after you finish reading them all, a bishop of the Church of Knowledge will appear and take you to a mysterious place where you can gain endless power..."

Anderson suddenly patted Danitz on the shoulder and said with a laugh.

Leave it to me... to read it all? Bullshit!
Danitz was just a little touched, but then he realized something was wrong and started cursing.

But he immediately remembered the important business of returning to the "Golden Dream" and did not bother to chase after Anderson who was leaving, but walked towards the captain's room.

He wanted to tell his captain, Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina, that Bayam's rebels were courting death again. They planned to launch a full-scale attack while Loen was being invaded by Feysac. Most importantly, the "Sea God" these people believed in did not object!
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On Thursday evening, Angel finally received contact from the "King of the Five Seas".

The content of the message sent by the magic mirror combined with the honorable name was very simple, a sea coordinate based on the surrounding islands, and the time accurate to the minute.

This means that according to Nast Solomon's calculations, at this place and at this time, the "Ghost Empire" will appear again, close to the real world.

The pirate king must have been preparing for this day for many years, and although Angel had only waited for five days, he was quite excited.

After packing up the various items and talismans he carried with him, Angel entered the mirror world and flew towards the Sonia Sea.

She did not go directly to this coordinate, but prepared to meet up with Annie first.

Whether it is to solve the puzzle of the "Ghost Empire" or to form an advantageous combat force for the subsequent distribution of spoils, "Balancer" Anne is an indispensable member.

What's more, Klein was waiting on the Queen Anne's Revenge in advance. As a Sequence 4 "Weird Mage" and with a "Fallen Count" as his secret doll, he could be considered an important combat force below the angels. Moreover, if anything unexpected happened to Nast, the semi-mystical doll he carried would become a backup plan, as one of the demigods of three different paths, to help them "open the door."

In addition, in Angel's opinion, today is a very good time to set out to explore the "Ghost Empire".

A few days ago, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Loen, Govington, arrived at the front line of Winter County. The elite army that went with him to support him greatly filled the shortage of manpower on the battlefield that had been deadlocked for half a month. They even launched a counterattack and almost drove Feysac's most famous "Two-Headed Giant" army out of the border.

Influenced by this great victory, the naval battles in the inter-sea and the mutual harassment between the two sides along the coast of Loen came to a brief halt. Even Feynaporte, who was attacking small countries such as Renburg and Masi, slowed down his offensive and seemed to begin to evaluate the pros and cons of this war.

If Adam had not been secretly planning, the war might have stopped at this step, allowing both sides to have a decent way out... Angel sighed secretly, knowing that George III and Adam, who had become gods through this war, would not stop the war. After a brief period of calm, there would inevitably be a more violent storm.

Fortunately, the result of the stalemate in the war was that both sides tried to achieve a military victory. Feysac did not continue to attack cities and civilians, which allowed Angel to have some free time recently. The Tarot Club on Monday also brought some good news.

Mr. "Sun"'s Silver City expedition team bypassed the front of the "Giant King's Court" and entered it from the decaying forest at the rear. Although several members were sacrificed in the fight against the "Silver Knights" guarding the gate and the "Light Killers" guarding the king's court, they also saw the dusk and the sea with their own eyes, confirmed that the "God-forsaken Land" was not completely isolated from the world, and obtained a lot of important information.

For example, the Giant King's parents buried in the decaying forest actually have human bones, and the list of all the members of "Redemption Rose" includes the one that Angel dared not even think about -

"Goddess of the Night" Amanesis!

Of course, the other members involved are also well-known, including the Dark Angel Sasriel, the Red Angel Medici, the Fate Angel Ouroboros, the Wind Angel Leodro, the White Angel Osekus, the Cherubim Herabergen, the War God Badhair, the Earth Mother Goddess Omybella, the God of the Dead Salinger, the God of Spirits Tolzna...

Combined with the information she had obtained before, it was not difficult to see that among the seven existing gods, except for the "God of Steam and Machinery" who became a god in the Fourth Epoch, the remaining six gods were in this secret organization that rebelled against the "Ancient Sun God". Most of the other members also survived to this day, such as Medici, Ouroboros...

After Angel left Mr. Fool's kingdom, he didn't dare to recall those names in his mind, for fear that he would accidentally shout them out in his sleep and be struck to death by thunder, or be hunted down by the "Purifiers" across the country.

She couldn't think about it anymore. That was thousands of years ago. Who doesn't have some dark history? She forced herself to gather her thoughts and began to recall other happy things, such as the time when the "Sun" returned to Silver City and the last bit of "devil" blood was collected. After Emlyn proposed "protective detention" to Leonard, he was also trapped in the Chanis Gate and was looking for someone to rescue him.

Angel didn't stop daydreaming until the scenery outside the mirror world changed and a huge three-masted sailing ship appeared on the sea. His figure appeared on the deck of the "Queen Anne's Revenge".

What surprised her was that there were already quite a few sailors on the ship, real sailors!

Some of them were stacking ammunition boxes next to the artillery, while others were pulling up the sails and fixing the rigging ropes. It was a silent but busy scene, which seemed extremely eerie in the windless and quiet Sonia Sea with the red moon hanging high in the sky.

In the crowd, a man wearing a black windbreaker and gold-rimmed glasses looked at Angel with a smile.

(End of this chapter)