Chapter 463 Tracy’s Death?
"When Danitz and I went to the rebels' private port, we received a message that the red-haired woman, Elaine, who was being sought by Vice Admiral Disease, the Church of Storms, and the Intis Embassy, had appeared near Bayam. Because we wanted to learn from Vice Admiral Disease about the whereabouts of the Death God documents, Danitz and I used divination to find her."
Klein, still pretending to be Elaine, moved Tracy, who was still sleeping under the table with a frown on her face and a deep wound on her right shoulder that had stopped bleeding, into the lounge at the back and laid her flat on the carpet, speaking as he did so.
"After inquiring clearly about Tracy's reasons for looking for her, I came up with this plan. I used the Faceless Man to impersonate her and had Danitz send me to the rebels' private port and sell me to Vice Admiral Disease's men. This would allow them to collect the 1,500 pounds bounty, which would be used as a fund for supplies, and also allow them to sneak onto the Black Death."
"So the 'Elaine' sitting on the boat, brought by 'Trickster' Mithor King, is you? But I used Elaine's blood for divination and positioning, you..."
Angel, who looked and was dressed exactly like Tracy lying on the ground, asked, his eyes suddenly widening as he thought of something.
"That's right. I used the method you taught me to fight the curse. I took a few drops of Ms. Elaine's blood and made a 'doll' out of a paper doll. I directed all the divination and positioning directed at her to myself, so as to avoid Tracy from seeing the clues. I didn't expect..."
Klein chuckled.
I didn’t expect that I would be fooled first… Angel’s face looked a little gloomy.
Seeing her expression was off, Klein quickly changed the subject:
"What about you? Why did you end up on the Black Death, fight with Tracy, put on her clothes, and sit in the captain's cabin in her appearance?"
Looking at Angel, whose shirt buttons were unbuttoned to his chest to hide the wound on his shoulder, he turned his head away deliberately, but then secretly looked back.
"Well, I originally wanted to see if Elaine had returned to the embassy safely, but I divined that you were captured by the Wormtongue, so I followed you all the way here. When I saw you being taken downstairs by the maid to change clothes, I decided to deal with Tracy first and try to use spiritualism or dreams to find clues about the Witch Cult's human trafficking. And, Ince Zangwill..."
Angel quickly told Klein the details of the battle, causing him to frown and gently touch Angel's shoulder.
"Is the wound okay?"
"I'm almost healed. With the 'Rose Necklace' here, even Tracy's illness has almost no effect on me."
Angel patted the "rose necklace" below his chest and answered in a casual manner.
The fact that this battle against Tracy, the "pain" witch of the same sequence, was resolved so easily was largely due to the difference in the quantity and quality of the magical items on the two.
Angel used "hypocrisy" to transform into Elaine to get close to Tracy, eliminating her vigilance, and used the "Knight Bracelet" and "Good Luck" revolver to crack the diamond bracelet used by the opponent to defend against attacks. Finally, she relied on the recovery ability of the "Rose Necklace" to exchange injuries for injuries, severely injuring Tracy, and then used the "Secret Holy Symbol" to fight against dreams and used the "Sleeping" spell to end the battle.
During the short battle of just a few tens of seconds, the "Judge" ban of the "Shepherd" ability prevented the sound of fighting from leaving the captain's room from beginning to end, avoiding the worst outcome of Angel being surrounded and beaten by the entire ship of extraordinary people.
Of course, her own combat experience also played a role. Whether it was a duel of abilities between witches or close combat that assassins excelled at, she was not inferior to Tracy of the same sequence. In the one-sided battle with "Lady Despair" Panatia, she learned the other party's method of "locking nearby mirrors in advance" to prevent other witches from using mirror substitutes, and successfully forced out Tracy's last life-saving wand.
Feeling slightly proud, Angel helped Klein lay Tracy flat and positioned her properly. With a bewildered look on his face, he took out a small iron box from the flower knot formed by the belt of her dress at the back, removed the seal, and took out a deep, dark gem.
"This is the extraordinary characteristic of 'Nightmare'. Just like... it can be easily exploited to invade other people's dreams."
The two looked at each other with dim eyes. After a moment, Angel nodded.
"I'll help you keep watch. It should be plenty of time. If others come looking for me, I'll continue to use this body to deal with them."
She deliberately adopted Tracy's tone.
A moment later, Klein sat on a chair beside the bed, his green eyes closed, and entered Tracy's dream with "Nightmare" in his hand.
Angel felt a little curious as she looked at Elaine's defenseless, completely relaxed face. When she saw this poor lady escaping from the pirates on the Blue Mountain Rose, she had always had a panicked and alert expression on her face, even when she was asleep on the sofa in the living room. Only now, after falling asleep, could Klein make this face look so natural.
Stop, this is fake Elaine, it's Klein!
She screamed in her heart, but still couldn't help but move closer and observe carefully.
Hmm, it's the same appearance I just created with the Faceless Man. I spent three days with her on the passenger ship. How did Klein manage to imitate her so accurately? And his mannerisms and demeanor were flawless. I didn't notice anything wrong just now. Could it be that he, he's even more suited to playing a woman than I am... These thoughts kept popping up in Angel's mind.
However, this might be the Faceless Man's own ability, something that couldn't be replaced by some magical item. Furthermore, compared to when he nearly lost control after leaving Backlund and impersonated "German Sparrow," he could now play the opposite sex without hesitation. This was progress...
Angel thought with relief as he continued to move closer. Looking at the face that didn't resemble Klein in the slightest, he felt like playing a prank and stretched out his finger, poking the other person.
Suddenly, the green eyes under the red bangs opened, and the pupils locked onto Angel's face after a brief focus, and then suddenly widened and retreated, and the face belonging to Elaine flushed red.
Angel was also startled and took a step back, and the two sides put some distance between them.
"I just want to study the techniques of the Faceless Man..."
She hesitantly explained and quickly changed the subject:
"Did you see Tracy in your dream? Why is your face so red?"
Klein was the one who felt more embarrassed than Angel. His gaze shifted back and forth between Tracy lying on the ground and the "Tracy" standing before him. After a moment, he spoke:
"She was having a nightmare... She dreamed that she was captured by Elaine after she was promoted, and that they were doing some, ahem, strange things in this lounge..."
Something strange?
After a moment of distraction, Angel remembered the unspeakable strange props in the nearby closet. He understood that "Admiral of Disease" Tracy must have done a lot of evil in her daily life, and was retaliated by her victims in her nightmares... Moreover, when Klein used "Nightmare" to enter Tracy's dream, he looked like Elaine. Could it be that he was in the dream...
No, it must have been another Elaine!
Unfortunately, Elaine is only at Sequence 7 right now. Unless something special happens, Tracy's nightmare will probably never come true... Wait, I remember that Sequence 4 on the Hunter path forces the ascender to become male. Doesn't that mean...
Angel shook his head, throwing away all the strange thoughts, and continued to ask:
"What did Tracy say?"
After the "Nightmare" invades the dream, the other party will usually tell everything he knows as if talking to an old friend. This is also the unique advantage of the "Nighthawks" that distinguishes them from other churches.
"First, there's the batch of 'Death God Documents' that Qilingos obtained. After Tracy snatched them, she quickly handed them over to the Witch Cult. She doesn't usually like reading, so she never read the contents of the documents."
After getting to the point, Klein's flushed face quickly returned to normal. He stood up from the bed and walked to the other side of the lounge. He looked at the few classic fairy tales from the Russell era and the popular romance novels in Loen today on the bookshelf next to the desk, with a strange expression on his face.
"Once it's in the hands of the Witch Cult, it will be difficult to recover it..."
Angel murmured, lamenting Mr. Azik's difficult-to-recover memory.
"There'll always be a way later," Klein turned around and comforted him. "Also, there's the issue of the Witch Cult's human trafficking. They obtain civilians in Loen and other countries through fraud, trafficking, and kidnapping, and then transport them to different places via several sea routes. Tracy is only responsible for a small part of this. She's only transported three ships of slaves in the past year, and handed them over to others near the Rorsted Archipelago. She hasn't been deeply involved... This is strange. A Sequence 5 Beyonder, a pirate general, is almost never involved in the affairs of the Witch Cult?"
"Finally, regarding other clues, the one who contacted her and transported the three ships of slaves was a pirate named Connors Victor, nicknamed 'Mad Captain.' He wasn't very powerful, but he collaborated with many human traffickers and slave traders in Loen. I suspect he was the true transit point for the Witch Cult's human trafficking, but his whereabouts were elusive. Apart from the agreed-upon transaction times, even Tracy couldn't find him. He occasionally sold beautiful girls to Bayam's 'Red Theater.' The only lead is a contact named 'Finger.'"
"Mad Captain", "Finger", and "Red Theater"... Angel silently memorized these terms and nodded.
"Now, what should we do with her?"
Looking at Tracy, who was still unconscious with her long, straight eyebrows furrowed, Angel asked softly.
Although there is evidence from many sides that Tracy, formerly known as "Disease Girl" and now "Vice Admiral Disease", is not as evil as imagined, she has done a lot of things that a "normal pirate" would do, such as looting, kidnapping, and human trafficking. Although she is not worthy of being cut into pieces, at least she is worthy of having her head chopped off, her characteristics taken away, and exchanged for a bounty.
"If we leave her here, we'll definitely face crazy retaliation. We, Elaine, Danitz, and even Bayam's resistance forces are all on her target list... Let's deal with it here."
Facing Elaine's face, Klein hesitated for a moment, his eyes turning cold as he looked at Tracy at his feet.
"I'll do it. I have the Secret Holy Symbol, and I've already had a grudge against the 'Witch Cult'."
Seeing his finger extended forward, about to fire the "air bullet", Angel stopped him and took out his "Good Luck" pistol. He didn't even bother to open the hammer to increase the power. He aimed directly at the head covered with black curly hair and pulled the trigger.
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