The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

After hearing the captain's order, the sailors immediately began to steer the ship.

Living on this sea, being powerful is only one aspect. The more important thing is to always be cautious. Don't be curious when you shouldn't be curious, because there will always be someone stronger than you.

There are even some weird extraordinary abilities that can completely destroy a person without even realizing it.

Therefore, Mr. Hunter had no intention of getting close to the opposite ship, and leaving was the simplest and safest option.

The ship under your feet is gradually changing its course. You only need to stay away from the mysterious ship floating in front of you, and then return to the route. This is not difficult to operate.

However, Mr. Hunter's expression failed to relax, and instead became more solemn, because he discovered that although the ship on the opposite side was sailing in an erratic direction, its final route seemed to be heading towards him.

"Is it the legendary ghost ship?"

I quickly sorted through the legends about the sea in my mind, but found no corresponding situation. The ship in front of me was too small and too damaged. It could not be the legendary ghost ships wandering on the sea.

Instead, it looks like an old pirate ship.

However, this ship, unmanned, inexplicably identified its own ship, and even though it turned repeatedly, it was unable to get rid of it.

The mysterious ship is like a "ghost", always following behind slowly and steadily, shortening the distance between the two sides slowly and firmly.

This sea area is obviously the safest route nearby, so why do such strange incidents occur?

Hunter clenched the railing with both hands, turned around and ordered, saying loudly:

"Increase the speed to the maximum."

The sailors moved very quickly, unfolding the sails quickly, and the ship began to shake under their feet. If they were not senior crew members, they might become unstable and cause seasickness.

However, Mr. Hunter naturally has no such concerns, but he cannot relax at all, because the mysterious ship behind him is also accelerating, and the speed is faster, even exceeding the speed limit of the ship itself, let alone the hull itself.

There are many damages and it should not be able to sail at this speed.

The distance between the two is still slowly approaching at a slow but constant speed.

"It seems that we can't get rid of it using ordinary means alone!"

Hunter was silent for a while, then ordered again:

"Let the ship gradually slow down."

The sailors did not hesitate or retort. Soon, the shaking and bumps on the ship disappeared and quickly became stable.

Almost all the crew members were staring at the strange ship behind them, with solemn expressions and even some uneasiness as they prepared for battle.

Mr. Hunter did not dare to relax for a moment. He had only lived at sea for more than half a year, and most of the enemies he encountered were "human beings" such as pirates. Strange situations like today are rare.

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Visually observing that the distance between the two ships was getting closer, he pushed hard with both feet. His whole body was suspended in the air, and two orange-red flames appeared in his hands at the same time, exuding a hot breath.

Then, Hunter waved his hand without hesitation and threw the flames away, targeting the strange ship following behind.

He had discovered before that there was no breath of life on the ship, but even if there were survivors on it, now was not the time to be merciful.

Mr. Hunter was not decisive. However, when his flames were about to fall on the opposite ship, they failed to cause any damage and actually penetrated directly.

It was as if the ship didn't exist at all, it was just an illusion.

The real flames passed through the illusory ship and fell on the sea behind the ship, stirring up a large cloud of water mist and shrouding the strange ship, making it look even more mysterious.

After that, neither Mr. Hunter's flame attack nor the actual firearms and artillery were able to hit the ship.

This seemed to confirm that the ship behind him was simply an illusion.

However, this discovery seemed to cause even more panic among the crew.

Even though most of the crew members were soldiers, they couldn't help but feel fear and other unexplainable thoughts. They silently looked at their companions around them, their eyes full of confusion.

Hunter took all this into consideration and knew that he could not delay it any longer, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

He flew up, accelerated continuously with the help of flames in the air, and finally landed directly on the deck of that "illusory" strange ship.

I stepped hard and felt the hard wooden board under my feet. It was genuine, but why couldn't the attack just hit it at all?

With this doubt in mind, Hunter moved slowly and cautiously towards the stern of the ship that was covered by the ship's plank. The reason was that a human figure was leaning on the ship's plank over there.

A ball of flame condensed in his hand, always paying attention to possible dangers around him. After spending several times the time, Hunter finally reached the stern of the ship.

He saw a group of people, what seemed to be a group of pirates who seemed to be playing cards.

However, these people dressed as pirates were all lying casually on the deck, some leaning on the ship's board, with different expressions on their faces, some excited and happy, some scared and worried... The only thing they have in common is that their life breath has completely dissipated.

In other words, these are all dead people, and they all lost their lives in an instant while they were relaxing while playing cards.

"But if everyone on board is dead, how did the ship move? And why did it follow us closely?" Hunter said he couldn't understand this.

He tried and threw the flame in his hand on the deck. As a result, a familiar explosion sounded and the flames immediately splashed out, quickly turning the entire ship into a sea of ​​flames.

"Is this... so simple?"

Hunter obviously didn't expect that he had succeeded in setting the ship on fire. He was a little stunned for a moment. He frowned and looked at the flames flying up and down all around him. After a moment of silence, he jumped up and returned to the ship again. On your own ship.

The strange ship on the opposite side was burning and no longer as illusory as before.

Not long after, under everyone's gaze, the ship on the opposite side slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Holker tried to step forward and asked:

"Captain, that ship..."

Before he finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Mr. Hunter with a wave of his hand, who said in a deep voice:

"You will be in charge of the rest of the voyage. I will always stay in the captain's cabin. If there is no urgent matter, you are not allowed to disturb me."

In fact, Hunter didn't know what he encountered, and he wasn't sure if there was any danger, but the strange state of the pirates on the opposite ship made him have to be cautious, for fear of provoking some big shot that he couldn't resist at all.

Returning to the captain's cabin, he pondered for a long time, wrote down the details of what he had just experienced on the letter paper, and then held a ceremony to summon the messenger Miss Alice:

"Please pass this letter to Miss Louise."

Alice, who was holding a rabbit doll, was silent and didn't seem to mind taking on two missions in a row before disappearing.

Mr. Hunter leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply:

"I hope the lady can explain this bizarre experience, otherwise, it's better not to return to Bayam for the time being!"