Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 934 Sudden Changes
It turns out that this guy was the one who did it... Angel's mouth twitched, and his gaze once again turned to those "sailors" who were silent and just doing their work. Upon careful observation, he could find that their movements were not very skillful, and their expressions lacked changes. They were like a group of sleepwalkers repeating the tasks in their memory.

Klein probably "robbed" a notorious pirate ship somewhere, turned all the pirates on the ship into his own puppets, and brought them to the Queen Anne's Revenge.

This not only conceals his true identity as a "weird wizard", but also allows him to use the secret doll to explore the way in advance or avoid certain fatal injuries at critical moments.

It was that he usually only carried three Beyonder puppets with him, so now that the number of puppets he was controlling increased, his proficiency dropped sharply. Many puppets were doing the same movements, or were starting to go dazed...

With a chuckle, Angel came to Klein, pointed at the sailors shuttling back and forth on the nail plate, and asked:

"From which pirate ship were these extras invited?"

"They admired the elegance of the 'Golden Queen' and asked to work on the Queen Anne's Revenge, even if it meant sweeping the decks or washing dishes."

Klein took off his hat and pressed it against his chest, bowed to Angel, and explained in a humorous tone.

At the same time, all the sailors put down their work in unison, turned around, and did the same thing as Klein.

But most of them were not wearing hats, and their posture of touching their heads with their right hands and then pressing their chests was very strange.

If they didn't know that the person in front of them was a "trickster" who could control the secret dolls, they might think they saw a ghost when they saw this scene... He wouldn't rely on this method to scare passers-by and digest the potion normally, right? But even if they didn't know the existence of the "secret dolls", the actions of these sailors before were scary enough... Angel muttered, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind:
Could the "Klein Moretti" in front of him also be a secret puppet, a secret puppet disguised to look exactly like a real person?

She immediately recalled the guess she had made five days ago when she was discussing the current situation with the other party in Mr. Fool's country, and thoughts such as "Source Castle", "Fool", and "Cocoon" appeared in her mind one by one.

Of course, many of them were Angel's own guesses, such as linking the potion materials needed by the "Ancient Scholar", the "Source Castle Guardian" and the "Source Castle" source substance together, and then inferring that Mr. Fool occupies the Sequence 0 position of the "Fortress Seer", and thus can deeply influence Klein, a Beyonder of the same path. However, this conflicts with something known:
Zaratul, who escaped from the foggy town, is a Sequence 1 Archangel of the "Fortune Teller".

At least judging from the potion formulas written on the several "blasphemous cards" that Angel had seen, if a path produced a Sequence 0, there could not be any Sequence 1, so there was no real god in the "Fortune Teller" path with Sequence 1.

Unless Mr. Fool is not a god, but simply possesses the characteristics of multiple Sequence 1s, or has the "uniqueness", and controls the source essence of "Source Castle", his status is equivalent to other gods.

This is also in line with his positioning as "the ancient god who is gradually recovering his strength."

Of course, whether The Fool is a true God or not actually makes little difference to Angel, as both are impossible to reach.

The only question is, what role did Klein play in this? Did he become His follower naturally because of the same path? Did he become connected with Him because of the "travel"? Or... did he become His secret puppet?

Angel didn't even dare to discuss this matter with Klein. After all, this would be doubting the Fool and doubting Klein himself...

What comforted Angel was that the Goddess of Night should have acquiesced to Mr. Fool's actions. Otherwise, she would not have allowed Klein to become her favored one, nor would she have sent her believer Leonard to the Tarot Club. She also covered up the actions of the Tarot Club members in the matter of Ince Zangwill.

To discuss this matter, even the Land of Fools, the gray fog space that I once regarded as the safest place, is no longer safe. I am afraid that only the interior of the "City of Disaster" can block the prying of this god, but Klein cannot enter there... He can only find an opportunity to test it later... Angel sighed lightly, gathered his chaotic thoughts, and swept his eyes across the deck again, but did not find Anne's figure.

"After I brought these dolls on board, Annie said that since there were crew members 'pretending' to drive the ship, there was no need for her to stay on the deck, and then she left..."

As if he had guessed what Angel was looking for, Klein continued, putting his hat back on his head. The "puppetized" sailors continued to busy themselves with their own affairs, pretending that this huge ghost ship was really running on them.

"I just think that I shouldn't disturb your... world of two."

Suddenly, Anne's voice, which sounded childish yet majestic, came from somewhere.

"But there are at least forty people on the deck..." Angel retorted in a low voice, taking out a piece of paper with the coordinates given by Nast and waving it in his hand, "We have to get here within an hour, otherwise we will have to wait until next month to have the opportunity to enter the 'Ghost Empire'."

As she reported the rendezvous point, which was about 50 kilometers away, the -meter-long three-masted sailing ship "Queen Anne's Revenge" turned its bow, leaving a gradually expanding wake on the sea, and headed in that direction.

Although there was a lack of reference points at sea at night, Angel could tell from the wind on the deck that the ship was sailing at a very fast speed. Even the sails hung on the mast by the sailors were bulging backwards, causing the ropes to shake and become tense, making a noisy sound.

She seemed to be proving that she could operate the ship without any sailors... Angel and Klein exchanged helpless looks, and the latter immediately ordered the puppets to stop their work and line up on the side like soldiers waiting for inspection.

During this time before reaching the destination, the two of them also made final preparations for the battle, exchanging homemade spells with each other in preparation for possible battles at any time. Angel had almost completely made the "Time Worm" obtained when she eliminated Amon's clone into spells such as "Disaster" and "Betrayal". This kind of spell made of high-grade materials could store her power in advance and give it to others to use. Although the effect was reduced, it was undoubtedly one of the strongest means of attack before being promoted to an angel.

She took out one of each of the three talismans and gave them to Klein, and reminded him to be careful not to hurt himself by mistake, especially the "betrayal" talisman, which must be used away from his secret dolls. Otherwise, he might end up like Sophia, the "weird wizard" guarding the Fountain of Youth, and lose all his secret dolls in an instant and become "alone."

After handing her a Luck Stealer, Klein took out a rectangular talisman with diamond-like raised textures on its surface. It kept flickering in the moonlight, and layers of complex symbols burst out from the light. It was the "Yesterday Reappearance" talisman that Angel had seen once before.

"You can activate it by saying 'history' in the ancient Hermetic language. It can help you look back to the past, find the 'historical fragments' you need, reproduce them, and temporarily gain the power of that time."

As he explained, Klein flicked the charm with his fingers, letting it leave his fingertips.

Angel steadily caught the talisman that looked like a fine work of art, and said with a little regret:
"Unfortunately, my past is not as special as Triss's, and I am not like Miss Messenger, who was an angel in her life and can temporarily restore her strength through the talisman... Perhaps I can give it to the black cat Wenza and see if it can regain its previous state."

"I'm curious whether it was a witch or a real cat at that time..." Klein also said jokingly, "It can be used in another way. When your spiritual power is exhausted and your physical condition deteriorates, you can use it to temporarily return to your past peak state... Of course, after the duration is over, all the power that does not belong to this era will disappear."

It doesn't belong to this era... Angel was stunned and asked subconsciously:
"how about you?"

"Me? Of course, the same goes for me. I tried to use one, and it took me back to the moment when this body committed suicide. Then I fell asleep in the 'cocoon'... until the power of the spell was exhausted, and I didn't see the end."

Klein smiled and replied.

Angel stared at his face until his expression became a little uncomfortable, but he didn't find anything unusual in it, so he gave up.

"I wonder if Annie can use this spell. Maybe it can allow her to return to the Fourth Epoch..."

She started talking as if to change the subject.

"Well, it seems to have been built about two thousand years ago. I don't think this talisman should have such a strong power..."

Klein also looked away and murmured his reply.

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Before the time predicted by Nast Solomon, the Queen Anne's Revenge entered the target sea area.

This place was like other places in the Sonia Sea. It was far away from the mainland and large islands, so not even a seabird could be seen. The sky was cloudless, the sea was windless, and the light from the almost full crimson moon cast a strange color on the sea.

Anne slowed down the ship, and Klein ordered the puppets to disguise themselves as hard-working crew members and disperse on the deck. Angel came to the side and looked forward, and was surprised to find that a naval battle was taking place not far away.

One of the parties in the battle was the "Black Emperor", where Angel had stayed for a night a few days ago. Sailors were running around on its deck, all the guns on the side were pushed out of the muzzles, sails were inflated, and it seemed as if it was surrounded by a hurricane on the windless sea, and was maneuvering in a strange posture.

The three-masted sailing ship's opponent was a giant ship that was over 100 meters long and gleaming with metallic luster all over. It had no sails or masts, only two chimneys emitting black smoke. A tall bridge stood in the middle of the ship, with an open-air turret in the front and back, with a large-caliber, long-barreled cannon fixed in the center.

That was the ironclad ship "Enmat" that had left the coast of Loen and had been missing ever since!

As soon as Angel's eyes locked on it, a cloud of gray smoke rose from the front deck of the Enmat, and a large-caliber shell flew out of the muzzle, flashing golden light and flying towards the Black Emperor.

A twisted, evil force spread from the pitch-black three-masted sailing ship, but this cannonball protected by the power of "order" penetrated all the mysterious forces and hit accurately in the center of the wooden deck of the Black Emperor.

boom--

Yellow flames exploded on the sea at night. After a few seconds, a huge roar and the teeth-grinding sound of wooden boards bending and breaking reached Angel's ears.

With just one strike, the ironclad ship with the demigod "Arbitrator" severely damaged the "Black Emperor", which was invincible on the sea!

(End of this chapter)