The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

There are four Extraordinaries on our side, including two Tyrant Path Extraordinaries who are proficient in naval battles, while the other side has only one Extraordinary, supported by a handful of even injured sailors.

The results are naturally self-evident.

He won the boarding battle without any bloodshed. Joyce barely moved his hands and only shot to fight off several pirates who rushed towards him without thinking.

Hunter easily subdued the first mate and pinned him on the deck.

Creatures like pirates, even if they kill people and do all kinds of bad things, some are even more afraid of death, such as the strong first mate in front of me.

He struggled like a dead fish and shouted loudly:

"I am a subordinate of Lieutenant General Dusk, you cannot kill me."

A weak threat...Joyce squatted down:

"I've already killed Roy, do you still need a first mate?"

The first mate's eyes widened when he heard this, briefly gave up struggling, and emphasized urgently:

"No, no, no, we are different!"

"Roy later joined the pirate group, and he has betrayed the Lieutenant General. If you kill him, you will only get credit! But I am the Lieutenant General's direct subordinate. If you kill me, you will definitely be hunted down... If

Let me go, and I can apply to the Lieutenant General for you to join the pirate general's command!"

There are two people here who are "adventurers who are about to quit this profession", and the other two are Extraordinaries from the Church of Storms, but you threaten us with pirates, which is really a sign of ignorance... Joyce thought funny, and turned

And asked:

"Where is the second mate on the ship? Was he killed by you?"

"No, I locked him up and handed him over to the lieutenant general for disposal." the first mate explained hurriedly.

This is good news... Joyce stood up straight, ignored the other person's expectant eyes, and said to Alger:

"He left it to you. Just ask whatever you want."

He knew that with Alger's character, he would not completely believe what he said, so he simply asked him to ask clearly so that he would not have to be on guard all day long...

Joyce turned around and walked into the cabin. He was relatively familiar with this place, and soon found the tall and thin second mate who was tied up in the captain's cabin.

There were layers of bandages tied around his waist, and there was still blood seeping out. He was obviously surprised when he saw Joyce.

"Why you, Roy?" he asked.

Joyce pulled up a stool and sat across from him, showing no intention of untying him.

In fact, if the other person is not a pirate, maybe the two of them will have something in common.

"He died. His whole body was covered in flames, but I gave him a good time and he didn't suffer much."

The remaining starlight in the second officer's eyes dissipated. He took a deep look at Joyce, then lowered his head and fell into silence. There was no anger, no begging for mercy, no hysteria, but the voice became lonely:

"This is our destiny."

Then he raised his head and asked: "Your real purpose is to hunt us?"

Joyce shook his head in denial: "No, it just happened to happen."

"If there wasn't what I needed on that island, and if Roy hadn't just delivered it to my door, maybe I would have chosen another pirate group."

"Like you said, everything is destined."

Having had the experience of failing to join the Tarot Club in the morning, Joyce gained a deeper understanding and awe of fate, which can be regarded as a sentiment.

"So that's it." the second mate murmured.

"Are you also a member of the 'Iron Cross'?"

Joyce asked again, this was the real purpose of his pursuit.

The "Iron Cross" is a secret organization that controls the hunter's path. If Joyce plans to turn back into a man, he may have an intersection with the other party, so it would be good to collect some information in advance.

Upon hearing this question, the second pair's eyes briefly fluctuated, and soon fell into silence again. He said:

"Roy is a member of the 'Iron Cross' and I am a member of the 'Secret Order'... We both broke away from our respective organizations at the same time and have been wandering at sea since then..."

As if realizing that he was off topic, the second officer continued to return to the previous question.

"I don't know much about the 'Iron Cross Society'. I only know that this organization has not been established for a long time, but its strength is very powerful, almost on the same level as the 'Secret Order'."

"There are demigods in both organizations, and their main scope of activities is in Intis. They have close ties with the aristocratic factions in the country. There is occasional cooperation between the two. Roy and I met because of a mission...

"

Joyce listened carefully to what the other party said, extracting useful information from it, and suddenly felt very surprised.

I didn't ask you so many questions, why did you tell me everything... He looked at the second officer's eyes, which were empty and out of focus, as if his soul had become cold.

Sure enough, after telling all the information he knew, he finally issued a request:

"Can you kill me?"

Joyce asked calmly: "Because of Roy's death?"

The second mate said nothing, just closed his eyes.

"Last question." Joyce asked: "Who is Olof?"

If he hadn't gotten the "Magician's Ring", Joyce might never have remembered this name... The reason why Roy was able to grab this magical item was precisely because he knew the whereabouts of a man named Olof...

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At this time, the second officer knew everything and said:

"Olov is also a member of the Secret Order. He successfully defected some time ago, but was seriously injured. He found me and asked me to help him find a hiding place."

It turns out that this is the case, then the seller of the "Magician's Ring" is probably the member of the "Secret Order" who came to hunt... Joyce figured out the connection and looked at the second mate who was determined to die:

"I don't know your name yet?"

The second officer still closed his eyes tightly, raised his head slightly, and said calmly:

"That's not necessary."

There was a "bang" sound, right between the eyebrows, and the body fell to the ground helplessly, but it was tightly held by the rope tied to the body, and only the head hung down.

Waiting for the extraordinary characteristics of his "divineer" to be released, Joyce put it away, left the captain's cabin, and came outside the cabin.

The first mate lay sprawled on the spot, having lost all the breath of life, with a look of lingering horror on his face.

Mr. Hunter's eyes indicated that there was no danger, which proved that Alger had obtained information from the first mate and learned that Joyce and Joyce were not pirates, and the misunderstanding was resolved.

On the deck next to it were stored all the harvest, valuable gold decorations and a small amount of gold pounds. After all, the ship had just sailed from Bayam, and the pirates had almost squandered their money.

Joyce received the extraordinary characteristics of "Warrior" and "Soothsayer", as well as a portion of the gold pound.

The first mate's reward and the remaining gold were divided between Alger and Sainz.

Finally, they replenished a lot of supplies, including a lot of fresh ingredients, and allowed the pirate ship to drift with the tide. The four of them returned to the ghost ship.