The smell of "Calamity"?
Angel The first word that came to mind was "Bansy".
She remembered the island and the strange port where "Calamity" Charm was found, the foggy and windy night, and the head without a body, and the body without a head.
There is also the bloody Mountain Top Cave, the "Bishop Storm" who used living people to initiate sacrifices, and finally the runes of Trier that sent him thousands of miles away.
According to Mr. Azik's subsequent investigation, all this is undoubtedly related to the "Calamity" breath.
"Reminds you of 'Bansy Harbor', doesn't it?"
As if he understood everything she was thinking, Bernadette's blue eyes looked at Angel.
She guessed it... but it was easy to understand. The first time "Angelica Zaki" appeared in the wanted order was because he killed a Church of Storms bishop, and it was easy to investigate this incident in Bansy. As Pirate King, Bernadette will most likely go to Bansy Harbor, which was razed to the ground by Church of Storms, to investigate. With her High Sequence may even reach the strength of Sequence 3. It is not difficult to smell the "Calamity" contained in it just like Mr. Azik...
Angel thought for a moment and nodded.
"My ability to destroy half of the 'Black Tulip' came from there."
She took the initiative to tell the story in order to get help from the knowledgeable "Queen Mystic".
"This power is different from any Pathway's Beyonder Ability I have ever seen. It may even contain some kind of high-ranking 'authority'. In your current state, it is not a good thing to know too much... But at least that Katarina did not deceive you. The opportunity for your promotion is on that island."
Bernadette did not continue to explain, but changed the topic and talked about the Potion material.
"But how do you determine this?" Angel asked.
"The Sequence 3 name of 'Mystery Pryer' is 'Clairvoyant'. You can understand that I can 'predict' to a certain extent, or, in other words, 'spy on destiny'."
Sure enough, "Queen Mystic" Bernadette has reached the level of Sequence 3. As Pirate King, this is the reasonable height... Others The three kings, such as "King of the Five Seas" Nast, "King of Immortality" Agalito, are they also Sequence 3? No wonder "Death Announcer"'s burst of laughter almost made all "Future" members lose control...
Angel nodded and no longer questioned.
"Then, I'll take you to that island. It just so happens that we have to pass Midway Island and return to the Fog Sea."
Is it because the "Dawn" of "Queen Mystic" is over there? Angel looked at Bernadette and saw that she didn't speak again, so he agreed to this arrangement.
She has already digested "Affliction" Potion at this time. If she can obtain Sequence 4's Potion as soon as possible, it will undoubtedly be more helpful for her subsequent promotion.
After all, the "desperate" Promotion Ritual asked to take Potion out of the despair of a Demigod. The sooner the materials are collected, the sooner preparations can be made for this ritual that is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Over Sona Island, about a four-hour flight away from Midway Island, shrouded in thick clouds, wisps of green phosphorescence suddenly appeared.
They expanded silently, and soon formed a ship shape that was narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, about a hundred meters long. Then, a completely black Three-Masted Sailing Ship with high sails appeared in the phosphorescence, illuminated by the Crimson Moon above the clouds, as if it was floating in the clouds.
But the next second, it began to follow the rules of Physical World, was pulled by gravity, and began to slowly fall.
Angel on the deck just felt that the wriggling color block of Spirit World faded away and the clear night sky appeared in his field of vision, and then he noticed that his feet were beginning to rise into the air, and the heart in his chest seemed to be floating upward.
No, it is really floating. This ship "Queen Anne's Revenge" is freely falling at an altitude of several thousand meters!
As soon as she figured out the current situation, she looked at Anne next to her, wondering whether the actual controller of Ghost Ship was too happy to recognize the daughter of Roselle and mistakenly appeared at the wrong height.
"We are now at Sona Island, which is directly above your destination. Rather than sending you to the shore, wouldn't it be more convenient to go directly this way?"
No, I don't need this kind of convenience... Angel twitched the corners of his mouth and walked cautiously towards the edge of the deck. He soon felt that the strong wind blowing over the edge was gradually increasing, which meant that the ship was falling faster and faster.
Swish——
The surrounding night sky suddenly turned gray-white, and Angel felt that the air he breathed became moist.
"After passing through the clouds, we will soon reach the ground." Anne still stood in place, as if what fell to the ground was not her and her ship, but a flower of cotton. "I will disappear into Spirit World at a height of 100 meters. You can just use 'Feather Fall' to land."
Doesn't sound like a reliable solution...
Angel tried to look down, but was blown by the strong wind and could barely open her eyes. She had to struggle back to the center of the deck in a semi-weightless state, only to find Bernadette walking towards her, holding a bunch of light golden hair in her hand.
"Put this away, maybe it will be useful later."
She said and handed the hair bundle to Angel.
You have chestnut hair, and Anne has black hair. This hair can't be mine, but when did you take away so much of my hair... Angel took the hair bundle and took a look, feeling more and more familiar, but facing Sequence 3's Beyonder, he didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only stuff it into his pocket first.
"This is also 'Clairvoyant'..."
Before she finished speaking, her eyes lit up and green phosphorescent light flashed.
"Queen Anne's Revenge" and Bernadette have disappeared into the night sky. The turbulence caused by the disappearance of the huge hull will make Angel, which continues to fall, sway left and right.
"..."
Swallowing the words she had not yet finished speaking, she immediately entered the "Feather Fall" state, and her downward fall suddenly slowed down. Then she looked down and found that the dark ground was close at hand.
Fortunately, "Feather Fall" did not slow down slowly, but made her body extremely light and could be blown up by a gust of wind. With the help of invisible silk threads, Angel slowed down to an acceptable level before landing. She landed on her feet and stood firmly on the grass, avoiding the end of being thrown into Magic Mirror pieces.
"If it were another Pathway, would Sequence 5 fall to death in this situation?"
Angel muttered, recalling all the Pathway he had seen in his mind, and suddenly realized that everyone seemed to have ways to avoid this possibility.
"Maybe Artisan will die here, but maybe they can spend a lot of Mystical Item to solve the problem."
Shaking her head, she no longer struggled with this problem. She looked around and found that the landing point was a piece of grass that was not very wide, surrounded by low shrubs, and there were scattered buildings in the distance, like a village.
He withdrew his gaze and took out Magic Mirror. Angel decided to do a divination first.
"Magic Mirror Magic Mirror Tell me where the abnormal situation occurred on this island?"
She did not directly ask "the location of Black-Striped Shadow Scorpion", a question that might not be answered, but asked in general terms.
Just returned to reality from Spirit World above Sona Island, and got corresponding information from Katarina and Anne, so the possibility of success is greater.
Sure enough, after Magic Mirror was briefly enveloped by Gray Fog, a bird's-eye view appeared, from which one could see sparse low-rise houses, winding country roads, and surrounding plantations.
Just when Angel thought that the divination would continue to point to a more specific location, the screen was interrupted.
"There is interference, but it's not strong... maybe I didn't get enough information?"
She frowned and put away Magic Mirror, looking at the scattered buildings not far away.
There is the village in the divination.
"Go into the village at night and have a look, perform Dream Divination or directly use 'Slumber Charm' Charm... but be careful about the existence of the official Beyonder."
Quickly deciding on a strategy, Angel left the grass where he landed, bypassed a bush, and quickly arrived near those buildings.
But the initial investigation results surprised her.
The plantation looks like it has not been taken care of for a long time. The crops lack nutrients and the ground is overgrown with weeds. The buildings seen in the distance are all warehouses attached to the park. The fruits waiting to be shipped out here have long been rotten, and you can even smell a hint of fermented wine.
Idling mills, smelly breweries, deserted houses... Angel walked past the buildings and quickly looked around this small village, but did not find any living people.
Not even a body.
"Abandoned plantations and villages, missing residents... why is this place even weirder than Bansy Harbor?"
Angel murmured, found a house, broke in directly, walked past the dining table with smelly food, came to the bedroom, picked out a piece of clothing, and used Magic Mirror Divination again to find the location of the owner of the clothing.
It was a piece of land with extensive digging marks.
Looking at the soft soil and the used shovels and other tools around, Angel could guess that the "owner" of the clothes was buried underground at this moment without even thinking about it.
"Could it be that something similar to Bansy Harbor's supernatural event happened here? Some villagers were killed, some fled here, and the official Beyonder abandoned the village after cleaning and burying the bodies?"
Angel hesitated and walked around the soft ground a few times, and soon found some evidence such as blood stains and bullet casings, which confirmed his idea.
Because she was worried about digging up monsters such as "Flying Head" and "Headless Zombie", she did not try to dig up the body. Instead, she searched the small village again, looking for more clues and the "Qidian" where the incident occurred.
Since Katarina, Bernadette, and even Anne had confirmed that there was something weird here, she chose to believe it.
Soon, Angel made a new discovery while searching abandoned houses one after another. She found a hidden basement under the mill that was rotating in the wind but extremely quiet inside.
The entrance here had been deliberately blown down. Judging from the traces of lightning burning around it, it was most likely caused by "Mandated Punishers" using Charm. However, the collapsed passage was like a smooth road in front of Angel, who had the combination of "Black Flame" and "Flaming Jump". She quickly passed through the rubble-blocked position and came to the secret room deep in the basement.
The lightless secret room echoed with the sound of mechanical creaking. The power from the windmill in the mill overhead was transmitted here, driving a piece of equipment with rough craftsmanship. It ran like a flour mill, but the outlet was not the light yellow of flour, but dark red blood.
Although the surroundings of the secret room have been simply cleaned, one can still smell the smell of putridity and blood. It is obvious that before it was cleaned by "Mandated Punishers", it was a bloody sacrificial site like the Mountain Top Cave outside Bansy Harbor. It even incorporated some "modern technology" to create a Flesh Mill.
Sighing secretly, Angel looked at the ground in the center of the cleaned secret room, and sure enough she found traces that were not very obvious. After a simple piece of piecing together, she quickly confirmed that this was a Charm combination that had the same origin as Bansy Harbor, but was slightly different.
"So... if I put my own blood on it now, it is very likely that I will go to Underground Catacombs in Trier through the ritual just like I did in Bansy Harbor, or to another strange place?"
After confirming this possibility, Angel did not try recklessly. Instead, he returned to the ground first, looked at Crimson Moon whose head was shrouded in dark clouds, and recited Honorific Name of Mr. Fool in a low voice.