Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 935 Enter
Before this, Angel had heard many times from different pirate generals about the horror of ironclad ships. According to her knowledge in her previous life, ironclad ships with steam engines and large-caliber turrets were also a revolution that changed the form of naval warfare.

But when she saw this scene with her own eyes, she still opened her eyes wide in shock.

The same thing happened to Klein beside him.

After a moment, he narrowed his eyes and observed the battlefield and commented:
"I've been on the Black Emperor once. During the battle, it should have been protected by Nast's Distortion. Not to mention ordinary shells, even the attack of a saint shouldn't be able to tear open its deck so easily..."

"It is the power of the 'Law Masters'. They can enhance the damage of ordinary weapons and weaken the protection of ships by mysterious forces. They are the nemesis of any pirate ship that relies on the protection of Beyonders."

Anne, who had appeared behind the two of them at some point, explained. Her originally golden eyes shone with a luster similar to the power attached to the cannonballs just now, and she immediately discerned the situation on the battlefield.

"However, the 'King of the Five Seas' is not without the ability to fight back... The damage to the Black Emperor is not as serious as it seems..."

Angel said softly. At the end of her sight, the "Black Emperor" slowly sailed out of the smoke of the explosion and gradually revealed the deck that was hit. Contrary to the huge roar and flames, the location where the bullet hit did not show any large-scale fractures or damage, except for a large hole with a diameter of less than three meters leading to the lower deck. The main mast next to it also remained stable. Several pirates were lying on the ground in various postures around them, their lives or deaths unknown, but more pirates were still struggling to reload, aim carefully, and prepare to counterattack.

Boom——Boom——

Compared with the large-caliber artillery of the ironclad ship, more chaotic artillery fire rang out. Various shrapnel and solid bullets flew out from the side of the Black Emperor's full-through deck and hit the side of the "Enmat" facing it like raindrops. The dull sound of impact and the explosion of explosives filled inside were endless, causing the pirates who had already started loading the second round of shells to stretch their necks to observe the results of the battle, with hopeful expressions on their faces.

But the next second, they were all stunned.

The same smoke slowly dissipated, and the giant body of the "Enmatt" was rampant on the sea surface where waves were stirred up by near-miss shells, and its momentum remained the same.

The side that was hit was completely unharmed except for some paint being scratched off.

Boom——

A neat sound of cannon fire rang out, and the two large-caliber guns at the front and rear of the ironclad ship fired at the same time. Two more shells shining with golden light smashed towards the sailing battleship of the old era like huge hammers.

This time, Nestor finally found a way to fight against the "weakened mystery and enhanced reality". The properties of the air between the two ships were "distorted", forming a dense air wall. One of the shells broke its warhead on the invisible wall and spun into the vicinity of the bow of the Black Emperor without exploding. The other one was also affected to a certain extent, brushing against the foremast and falling onto the other side of the battlefield, exploding on the water and raising a water column higher than the side of the ship.

"At this rate, the Black Emperor won't be able to hold out for much longer," Anne, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, quickly made a judgment after watching a round of attack and defense. "Unless Nast Solomon leaves his flagship and uses the sequence advantage to directly attack Enmat and eliminate the Law Mage who is suppressing the Black Emperor's defense, he can only take the beating unilaterally. At such a close distance, even if he wants to hide in the spirit world, he will be 'forbidden'."

"But Georgina Augustus dared to fight the 'King of the Five Seas' at Sequence 4. She must have a backup plan to prevent the other party from killing her directly. It could be a key '1' level seal, or another hidden demigod."

Angel didn't believe that the royal family went to great lengths to squeeze out an ironclad ship from the precarious offshore defense and come to the Sonia Sea just to sink it to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. Since they dared to take the initiative to launch an attack, they naturally had enough confidence.

The only question is, are they going to rescue their "allies" who are being beaten?

Angel could feel that besides Klein and Anne looking at her and waiting for her decision, even the ships on both sides of the battle cast a few glances at her, looking at the "third party" that suddenly appeared with either expectation or vigilance.

"Let them fight for a while..."

Angel said with a sudden smile on his face.

"In order to delay the ironclad warship that coveted the Ghost Empire, Nast, the 'King of the Five Seas', rushed forward without hesitation to stop the enemy, which bought us the most precious time!"

As she spoke in a rhythmic, chant-like voice, the red moon gradually rose to the top of the small battlefield. A wave of waves that made all the Beyonders present, including the "Lawyers", "Arbitrators", and "Witches", feel palpitations emerged from the bottom of the sea, as if something with supreme attraction to them was approaching quickly.

Almost at the same time, the black shadow that Angel had seen five days ago quickly appeared from the southwest. It passed under the flying shells, passed through the "Black Emperor" and "Enmat" that were firing at each other, and in the blink of an eye it came in front of the "Queen Anne's Revenge", and was about to pass it and head towards the ruins of the God's War in the east.

It was the "Ghost Empire". The time and place provided by Nast were completely correct. On a night with a red moon in the sky, it was only one step away from the real world!
"It's now!"

Angel looked at Klein and gave instructions very quickly.

A sailor who was on standby beside the broadside gun froze in his eyes, then looked at the shadow that was passing by quickly. He raised his right hand in a coarse glove, clenched it as if grabbing something, and then retracted it.

That was the "Fallen Count" Chonas Kilger and his "Distortion" who used the Faceless Man's ability to transform into a sailor and blend into the crowd!
At this moment, the black shadow close to the sea surface stopped at a distance of less than 500 meters from them, closer than the two fighting ships.

But it did not approach the Queen Anne's Revenge. Instead, it seemed to be in a tug of war with the forces that restrained it, the shadow agitated, sometimes approaching Qiunas, sometimes moving away from him.

This was somewhat different from the trajectory that Nast had "distorted" it that day. It might be the gap between Sequence 4 and Sequence 3, and there was also a gap between Saints... Angel frowned and looked into the distance. He realized that if this continued, it would probably lead to a long stalemate. As a Sequence 4 puppet, Qiunas's spirituality was limited. It was impossible for him to "distort" reality for a long time and delay the "Ghost Empire" that was trying to restore its original trajectory...

Oh, right, reality... Her eyes lit up, and she subconsciously switched the "Rose Necklace" to the soul of the "Law Mage" she was herding, but then she remembered that there was a "Balancer" of higher status beside her.

"Annie, augmented reality!"

She shouted before she even had time to look at the other person.

In an instant, an extremely majestic aura emerged from behind her, almost instantly passing through her body and pointing directly at the phantom of the "Ghost Empire" in front of her.

"The mystery here is weakened and the reality is strengthened!" Her unique childish voice now sounds like the command of the gods, resounding throughout the entire sea.

But even Angel and Klein beside her, as well as Qiunas who was fighting with the phantom of the "Ghost Empire", were not affected at all.

This command was cleverly limited to a small area near the phantom, and avoided the range of "distortion". It was like a steel knife inserted into the sea, tearing apart the last disguise of the "Ghost Empire" hidden in the cracks between reality and the spirit world.

The shadow, which was originally smaller than the "Black Emperor", quickly enlarged, and soon its diameter exceeded 100 meters. It continued to spread in all directions without slowing down. Inside it, the sea water was as calm as a mirror and as black as ink, as if a black hole suddenly appeared on the sea surface.

No, that was the shadow of a huge monster "projected" on the sea surface. As it continued to "fall" towards the sea surface, the shadow was getting bigger and bigger!
Angel suddenly realized something. He looked through the sea water and looked into the depths with the help of the mirror-like sea surface. After a moment, he looked up at the sky and found that there was no trace of the "Ghost Empire" either on the seabed or in the sky.

"The power of the lawyer and the arbitrator has already appeared. Now all that's missing is... the witch's 'mirror world'..."

Klein on the side suddenly spoke up. He had focused a lot of his energy on manipulating his puppet to pull the phantom, and could only remind Angel through words.

By the way, I didn’t sense the “Ghost Empire” in reality last time... Angel took a deep breath, his purple eyes became deeper, almost dark black, and his body disappeared on the deck with a slight sound of breaking glass.

The next second, her figure took shape in the deep and quiet "mirror world".

Above her head, a shadow as big as a mountain with a diameter of more than 500 meters was rushing towards her at an extremely fast speed.

Based on the outline of the shadow, Angel could confirm that it was the "real body" of the shadow on the sea in reality, but even when observing in the mirror world, she could only see the outline of the "Ghost Empire". This was not a ghost ship with sharp ends and a length much greater than its width, but a square city!

A city falling towards her!

Under this huge shadow, Angel actually had the illusion that there was no escape.

Of course, as the "immortal" witch and the benefactor of the City of Disaster, Angel immediately found a way to escape the embarrassing situation of being crushed to death by the city. She activated all the mirror channels around her, twisted and deformed them, covering the shadows approaching her quickly, and then connected them to the largest "mirror" at present.

That is the black sea surface created by the rapidly spreading shadow in the real world.

The next second, she flipped reality and the mirror, returning herself to the real world and reappearing on the deck where she had just stood.

Beside him, Klein immediately looked over with concern:
"Did you find it?"

Angel nodded, his eyes falling on the shadow on the sea, which was gradually becoming more than one kilometer in diameter and completely covering the Queen Anne's Revenge.

After its path was "distorted", its mystery was "weakened", and the passage to the "mirror world" was blocked, the "Ghost Empire", which left the last port of the Trunsost Empire more than a thousand years ago, carrying countless treasures and extraordinary characteristics, and attracted countless pirates but was hard to find, is about to return to the real world!
And these treasures will be enjoyed exclusively by Angel and his friends. Even Nast, the "King of the Five Seas" who proposed the plan and made all the preparations, can only... huh?

As if sensing something, Angel looked towards the battlefield where the sound of artillery fire was still being heard.

The Enmat and the Black Emperor were still entangled together. Perhaps because they were wary of the newly emerged sailing battleships, the ironclad ship's fire had slowed down, with the desire to contain the enemy being greater than destroying the Black Emperor. The latter took the opportunity to distance itself from the enemy, constantly counterattacking in vain with old-fashioned artillery and helping to polish the iron frame of the Enmat.

But a tall figure appeared on the black-painted deck of the Black Emperor at some point. Under the pointed crown, a pair of black eyes emitted a strange dark red light, staring straight at Angel.

There was no anger or confusion in that look, only the calmness of someone who saw through everything.

The next second, he raised his foot and took a step forward.

The measurement of distance seemed to be confused at this moment. In just one step, Nestor left the deck and stepped onto the calm sea.

One more step and he had entered the range of black shadow that stopped spreading.

He had long anticipated that I would abandon him and complete the capture of the "Ghost Empire" alone. No, he might even be deliberately pushing this matter forward in order to follow us in at this time... Angel suddenly understood the plan of the "King of the Five Seas", but there was no chance to stop him at this time.

Moreover, behind him, a golden flash emerged from the continuously firing Enmat, piercing through the Black Emperor like a sharp sword, and flew after Nast.

In the golden light, Georgina's black evening dress, which was totally out of place with the fierce naval battle, and her long black hair fluttered in the wind, and her eyes behind the golden mask were staring at Angel.

The moment she crossed the invisible boundary and entered the range of the "shadow", a sharp explosion like a mirror being smashed by a heavy object resounded throughout the entire sea. Everything inside the area covered by the "shadow" lost its original color and was stained with deep black.

Then they merged into the sea surface and into the huge shadow.

A little further away, the Enmat and the Black Emperor stopped their shelling, and the sailors and pirates on the deck looked blankly at the place where the two demigods had left.

There was no other object there except the calm sea and the crimson moon in the sky.

(End of this chapter)