Chapter 879: The Conspirator and the Witch of Pain
Late at night, at Berens Harbor in West Balam.
A three-masted sailing ship with a bright red hull was quietly parked near the shallows outside the city. A small boat was lowered from the side and paddled aground on the beach. Two figures got off the boat in the cover of night and came to the junction of the beach and the woods.
After searching separately, the two returned to their original location and reunited. One of them, a taller man wearing a hooded cloak, muttered softly:
"Strange, there's no one around, are they late?"
The dim moonlight shone through the clouds onto her face and the clumps of red hair that stuck out from under her hood.
She is none other than Elaine, the captain of the "Redheads".
Another petite attendant, also wearing a hood, was also looking around. After a moment, he frowned and said:
"Maybe we've found the wrong place?"
"Perhaps the rebels requested delivery on the beach outside the city. There might be some errors in the location description, but if they see the ship here, they should come over on their own initiative. Let's wait..."
As Elaine spoke, she turned around to look at her "Red-haired Girl", but was surprised to find that in the night, a three-masted sailing ship with a completely black body and white bones painted on the sails was passing through the sea at an extremely fast speed and rushing towards the "Red-haired Girl".
That's the "Black Death"!
Elaine's expression immediately turned serious. What she was most worried about had happened. In the southern continent, far away from Backlund and Bayam, where there was almost no one to turn to for help, "Lieutenant General of Disease" Tracy came to her door!
"Return immediately."
She gave orders to her followers and then rushed towards the stranded boat. Even though she was a Sequence 6 "Conspirator" who could transform into a flaming spear and fly hundreds of meters, she couldn't return to the "Red-haired Girl" in one breath and could only use the boat to get closer.
But at this moment, she suddenly heard a chuckle from behind her. The voice was extremely familiar and had appeared in her dreams during countless sleepless nights.
"Tracy..."
Elaine murmured and turned her head.
A black-haired woman wearing nothing but a white blouse, grey leggings, and a half-length windbreaker appeared from the woods next to the beach.
Her long hair fluttered in the sea breeze, her blue eyes fixed on Elaine, and she uttered a few words through gritted teeth:
"Long time no see, Elaine."
…
In the woods on the western outskirts of Backlund, Georgina Augustus leaned against a tree, not caring at all about the rough bark and moss staining her clothes. She looked at the full-length mirror tilted not far away and said in a loud voice:
"The reason for meeting you is simple. In the deep sea far away from the Loen colony, our warships can't sail freely like they can on the established shipping lanes. However, there is an undiscovered treasure in this remote place. We would like to cooperate with you and share it with you."
The Loen royal family and the military took the initiative to contact a "pirate king" and said they wanted to share the profits from the secret treasures at sea. It sounded too strange... Angel muttered, chuckled, and asked in return:
"Where are your ironclads and the demigod 'Arbiter'? The 'King of the Five Seas' was defeated by you not long ago. If you want to search for treasure, why would you cooperate with pirates?"
"If Nast Solomon hadn't proactively harassed Loen's merchant ships, we wouldn't have dealt with him. Furthermore, the navies of other countries have been active recently, and the Loen Navy needs to be even more vigilant against them and protect trade with the colonies... This is also a rare opportunity for you. If you obtain that treasure, you can surpass Nast and become the true 'King of the Five Seas.'"
"Oh? How come I didn't know there was such a precious treasure?" Hearing Georgina's answer, Angel's smile became even more obvious. "The Key of Death, Solomon's Legacy, or the Lost Newins? You don't really believe in such things..."
She shook her head regretfully, and mist rose around her, almost completely obscuring her body. It was obvious that she was no longer interested in this conversation and was ready to leave.
Compared to the frustration of having to pretend to be a "joyful" witch during the dance and the negotiations, Angel now had an urge to overwhelm everything, and naturally there was a lot of sarcasm in his words.
Seeing this, Georgina added calmly:
"It's 'Ghost Empire'."
It's the "Ghost Empire" again. Lately, I seem to have heard this title, one of the "Six Sea Legends," from several different sources. However, compared to those illusory legends, this ghost ship of Trunsoest has at least been confirmed by Nast. Perhaps it really does exist...
Thinking of this, Angel asked curiously:
"What does that ghost ship have to do with me becoming the 'King of the Five Seas'?"
Seemingly satisfied with Angel's reaction, Georgina left the tree trunk she was leaning against, stood up straight, walked closer and said:
"First, I want to confirm, are you now an 'ageless' witch?"
What does this have to do with it…Angel sighed softly and nodded.
"Then, your ship is the 'Queen Anne's Revenge' owned by the late Russell Gustav? It was also known as..."
"Imperial Glory, Black Death, yes, that's it, but does it have anything to do with the issue we're discussing?"
Angel interrupted the other party rudely and took the initiative slightly.
"Of course it's related. Only with these conditions can we explore the 'Ghost Empire'... and the reason it's closely related to your surpassing 'King of the Five Seas' Nast is because of the extraordinary properties of the 'Disaster' witch preserved within."
Duchess Georgina said with a smile, not caring about Angel's rudeness.
The Sequence 2 "disaster"... Aren't there only two Beyonder traits within the Ghost Empire, the "Judge" and the "Dark Emperor" paths? And the "Judge" is clearly the primary one, so what does that have to do with witches? Could it be that before the "Four Emperors' War" in the Fourth Epoch, which led to the destruction of the Trunsost Empire, the Witch Cult and the "Night Emperor" also had some connection?
The obscure history of the Fourth Epoch slowly emerged from Angel's mind. She subconsciously glanced at Christine Theresa, who was standing beside the mirror. Just as she was about to ask for details, she heard Georgina continue:
"Since the following topic is quite important, I wonder if the 'Golden Queen' should leave the mirror and continue communicating with me face to face?"
The royal "arbitrator" demigod spoke in a serious tone, his eyes gleaming with a faint golden light. In her eyes, the "position" of the "joyful" witch Christine beside the full-length mirror was somewhat different from her own. She was indeed a mid-sequence Beyonder. However, the "Golden Queen" Angelica Sage in the mirror, who looked the same as the rumors and wanted posters, was hidden in a cloud of gray mist, making it impossible to clearly see her specific identity.
This is the real reason why she needs the other party to "show up": to find out whether this Angelica is a real demigod or a fake in disguise?
"Okay," to her surprise, the queen in the mirror easily agreed to her request, "But you have to make sure the man hiding behind the mirror a hundred meters away stays away from here, at least a thousand meters."
She discovered... That's right. Although there's no glass or mirrors in the wild, any puddle, even an animal's eye, is said to be able to become a magic mirror for the "Immortal" Witch. Even if he could reach Celt immediately, he wouldn't be able to stop him from leaving if he were to leave a kilometer away, even if he used "teleportation"...
After thinking for a moment, Georgina looked at the man with black hair, golden eyes, and a golden mask, whose figure was hidden behind a full-length mirror next to a small mound, and nodded.
The latter immediately turned around and ran away without looking back, quickly disappearing into the dense forest.
"Is this okay?"
Only after the figure of the military demigod who was also a "Law Mage" disappeared did Georgina smile again and look at the "Golden Queen" in the full-length mirror.
The latter chuckled, and mist surged around him, making his figure blurry. Then the entire mirror surface began to ripple with a shimmering luster, and quickly returned to its normal surface, reflecting the surrounding woods and the crimson moon above.
And Christine Theresa standing next to it had long light blonde hair, her eyes were a deeper purple, and her facial features had changed slightly, becoming more mature and confident.
Even though she had restrained her "charm", the face that appeared in front of her from the mirror world made Georgina's heart beat faster. She quickly suppressed her emotions, let out a long breath, stared at the other person, and re-judged the change in "position".
As expected, the person in front of her had already become a demigod, and his status was even higher than hers. He was either at Sequence 3, or possessed some powerful magical item, or had special characteristics that surpassed this sequence.
No matter what, this must be the real "Golden Queen".
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"I waited for months, until the Golden Queen could no longer withdraw, until you left the Raging Sea and reached a place where no one could support you... Elaine, come back with me. This way, no one will get hurt, including... the crew on that ship and your little follower."
Tracy no longer had the arrogance and strength that Elaine had shown when she escaped from the Black Death last time. Although her tone was suppressing her anger, it sounded a bit pleading to others.
But her threat was real. Not far from the three people on the beach, the new "Black Death" had caught up with the "Redhead" which had just weighed anchor and set sail but had not yet increased its speed. The two ships were sailing almost side by side. The crews of both sides did not launch their cannons or load ammunition, but looked at each other nervously on the deck, as if waiting for something.
"Lucky William" had already climbed onto the watchtower with his rifle, his eyes constantly moving between several extraordinary people on the "Black Death" and the captain on the beach; "Witch" Tia's figure had disappeared on the deck, and it was unknown where she was hiding or what she was preparing to do; "Lazy Fish" Ariel took off her dress and jumped into the sea from the other side of the ship, ready to use the siren's ability to interfere with the crew on the "Black Death" at any time.
The battlefields at sea and on land are tense and ready to break out at any moment.
Elaine withdrew her gaze from the "red-haired girl" and looked at Tracy again. The corners of her mouth twitched, as if she wanted to smile, but was unable to do so.
"Tracy, I, I've..."
Before she finished speaking, the "follower" beside her suddenly lifted his hood, revealing long brown hair and thin eyebrows, and his blue eyes were fixed on the "pain" witch not far away.
She was the "joyful" witch Sherman, who should be in Backlund planning how to escape from Viscount Stratford!
Bang--
Elaine ignited a bright yellow flame beside Tracy. The next second, Sherman's cloaked figure disappeared in the same flames, and reappeared closer to the enemy as flames gushed out. She stretched out her right hand from under her cloak, and the dagger in her hand drew a blade of light in the flames, stabbing forward at a speed that was difficult to see.
"Flame Jump", "Charge a Strike"!
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