novelraw Chapter 234: The Awakening Witch
Chapter 234: The Awakening Witch
Why did Whale Father want the Black Hunter so badly? Why? Little Crow’s heart was constantly stirred by enormous waves of doubt.
Although the Black Hunter had a rich battle record, compared to the seven long-famous great pirates, it was only a small ripple.
Blood Hunter’s fingers twitched slightly, revealing the card in his hand.
It was a dark black card, with the front showing a girl wearing a black court dress, sipping bright red wine, gazing at a meteor shower in the sky.
The Disaster Witch, Lamp Shadow Affinity profession card, a legendary omen symbolizing misfortune, possessing the terrifying ability to create disasters and command shadows.
According to legend, this profession card only appears before a great catastrophe.
A legendary profession card!
Everyone’s eyes were irresistibly drawn to it.
Even some third-tier male pirates couldn’t help but lick their lips with curiosity.
Siren’s eyes glowed brightly as she clenched her fists and declared:“Lord Blood Hunter! I will accomplish this! Even if my face is disfigured, even if the Black Hunter breaks my beautiful arms! I will do my utmost to bring the Black Hunter to you!”
According to current intelligence, the Black Hunter was at most a mutated, mad third-tier Transcendent.
And no matter how powerful a third-tier Transcendent is, they all have weaknesses.
Lack of stamina, toxin immunity, disease, fire, fatigue, sea disasters…
There are hundreds of historical cases of third-tier Transcendents being killed by a small knife.
In the raging wind and waves, everyone had a chance to capture the Black Hunter!
Contrary to the task’s difficulty was the legendary profession card’s rarity!
Everyone’s hearts raced uncontrollably.
“Lord Blood Hunter, can this witch profession card change appearance?”
“Lord Blood Hunter, can a man do this task?”
“Lord Blood Hunter, I have, I have a Transcendent item that can change gender!”
In the eyes of many pirates, the real strong ones, gender didn’t matter.
Blood Hunter’s scarred face showed no emotion as he calmly said:
“No problem. As long as you bring back the Black Hunter, this profession card is yours.”
This group of shameless fellows... Siren clenched her fists, revealing a look of contempt.
Then Blood Hunter drew the long knife at his waist, his tone exceptionally calm:
“If you are not satisfied, you can also exchange this profession card for the Deep Sea Hunters’ treasure.”
Everyone was stunned at once.
You could exchange it too!
“Awesome!”
“Woohoo!”
Cheers erupted repeatedly.
Amidst the cheers, Blood Hunter slowly stood up:
“Little Crow, Siren, the Rift Sea, the research on Black Whale Blood and sea beasts, as well as the task to monitor the Sea God Pirates, are all assigned to you.”
Monitoring the Sea God Pirates, researching sea beasts, Black Whale Blood... Little Crow and Siren couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
These were no small tasks! Especially the task of monitoring the Sea God Pirates!
The Black Whale Pirates and the Sea God Pirates only had a surface-level friendly relationship.
But the Sea God Pirates had always hidden their grand plan from the Black Whale Pirates.
Behind the scenes, through the Hunter Association’s hands, over hundreds of assassinations had been carried out between them.
Since the start of the Dimensional Tide, eleven main people responsible for monitoring the Sea God Pirates had died!
Assigning this task to them was tantamount to sending them to their deaths!
In the Black Whale Crew, disobeying orders was equivalent to death.
Little Crow and Siren lowered their heads, bit their lips, and said in low voices:
“Yes, sir!”
Blood Hunter still showed no change in expression:
“All officers, after receiving your rewards, proceed upstairs. Black Death Doctor has prepared new ships for you.”
Going out... everyone was momentarily stunned.
To avoid exposing the location of Whale Island, they had never seen the island’s surface!
And now, they could actively go to the surface of Whale Island.
Everyone took a deep breath and said together:
“Yes, sir!!”
...
...
Above the base, on Whale Island, at the Pirate Port.
The sky was dark, heavy clouds rolled in, and the howling wind mixed with dense fog, covering everything within sight.
The pirates followed Blood Hunter’s footsteps, pushed open the heavy gate, and walked out from inside Whale Island.
The moment Little Crow and Siren stepped out, they were shocked by the enormous creatures before them.
Within the thick fog were one terrifying black giant ship after another!
However, unlike traditional steam giant ships, these ships had no open chimneys. Instead, they were even larger in size and equipped with more ferocious ship cannons.
At the same time, huge chains wrapped around the sides of the ships, and a gigantic sea beast was entangled within the chains.
Like oversized carriages, each giant ship had a huge sea beast stationed at its front!
Three-quarters of the sea beast’s body was submerged underwater.
Despite that, from its heavy breathing, one could still perceive the full form of this beast.
This terrifying giant beast, resembling an elephant, had a hill-sized head, and its ears looked like huge cloth floating on the water’s surface.
In the dense fog, it was so majestic, so terrifying!
“By the Sea Goddess above! What exactly is that?”
“A giant beast!”
“Black Elephant Ships! The Black Elephant Ships collected by Black Death Doctor, only existing in blueprints until now!”
Amid the exclamations, Little Crow and Siren were also shocked.
Controlling giant beasts or giants was a terrifying power that only the Beast Tamer Nation, masters of the Floral Aspect, and the Black Blood Empire, skilled in enslavement and control, could achieve!
Yet this terrifying national war machine was now in the hands of their Black Whale Pirates!
After an unknown time, the pirates of the Black Whale Crew gradually calmed down and stopped their exclamations.
At that moment, a great pirate slowly emerged from the black seawater, causing the calmed crowd to step back.
He was none other than Black Death Doctor, one of the great pirates responsible for all research in the Black Whale Crew.
As a doctor, Little Crow could feel the horror of this man even more deeply. He was a near-mad scientist, holding all the naval research data discovered so far.
At the same time, he was the biggest supporter and initiator of sea beast weaponization and mutation warfare. He was also in close contact with the Floral Aspect organization in the Goldenfinch Kingdom, the Hundred Disease Society.
Against all opposition, he combined the Black Blood Empire’s chain technology, the Goldenfinch Kingdom’s beast taming arts, and naval data to create one terrifying mutated monster after another.
Black Death Doctor walked out from the distant coast, spread his arms wide, and said:
“Everyone, I believe you have understood that after the Smiling Moon arrives, sea navigation difficulty will increase exponentially!
Moreover, Steam Hand Workshop, Magic Bullet Company, Bonfire Energy Company, Steel Furnace, and Beiguo’s proud enterprises are driving their terrifying steel flood!
Look at the archipelago around Moonstone City, Damarro Town, Devil Town, Moonstone Outer Islands—those originally barren, desolate isles are continuously being transformed and have now become maintenance bases for mechas and ships! They form an unbreakable steel wall outside Moonstone City!”
Walls, bases... murmurs of sorrow arose among the crowd, few of whom paid attention to the country’s near-sea archipelagos.
For the past hundred years, those were barren lands no one cared about, not even pirates showed interest.
Black Death Doctor continued:
“You should have heard that on land, those terrifying forces like steel divine soldiers, even the calamity beasts from the rifts ultimately cannot defeat them!”
Everyone began to stir. Beiguo’s steel mechas had always been a concern for pirates, but during the Tide, few had paid much attention.
Black Death Doctor squeezed out a scared grimace:
“The vast power of Steam Hand Workshop began their operations months ago.
And now, Steam Hand’s steel divine soldiers are trying to challenge the Black Whale Crew’s dominance over these seas with steel warships! To crush us!”
Mechas were the most terrifying war machines in Beiguo.
A single mecha required at least five B-tier rifts, ten steel factories, countless D-tier rift minerals, and numerous Hammer affinity Transcendents to forge.
This power, comparable to a ‘miracle’, was impossible for the Black Whale Crew to control.
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
No matter how many years they had dominated the seas, their reverence for steel divine soldiers remained.
At that moment, Black Death Doctor smiled with satisfaction:
“And now, this problem is finally solved.”
Boom!
Black Death Doctor snapped his fingers sharply.
A deep, long rumble came from the seabed, like an ancient giant beast awakening quietly.
The seawater began to surge restlessly, black waves rolling.
Accompanied by the continuous crashing waves, one by one, figures resembling sea elephants carved from pure black marble slowly surfaced, massive and majestic, every muscle containing immeasurable strength.
In the dense fog, they rose like a mountain range, enveloping everyone.
Everyone stepped back, trembling uncontrollably just from seeing the shapes of these black sea elephants.
At this moment, Black Death Doctor excitedly clenched his fists:
“The Black Sea Elephant, over thirty meters in length, weighing more than five hundred tons. Its enormous power can drive any steel ship! Its steel skin can withstand any cannonball! Its trunk sprays high-pressure water jets that can easily overturn hundred-ton ships! It will become the new overlord of these seas!”
Everyone was filled with joy. Black Death Doctor’s description thrilled them immensely.
“The fully remodeled navy, the Hunter Corps of Bonfire Energy Company, and the Blood Blade Pirates—these self-proclaimed kings—can only tremble and wait for us to crush them!”
“And all this is because of Whale Father’s strategy!”
As Black Death Doctor finished speaking, the pirates roared thunderously, shaking the sea with their cries:
“Whale Father! Whale Father!”
“Conquer! Conquer!”
Rumble! Rumble!
The black sea elephants began moving toward the fog.
With their relentless roars, Black Death Doctor silently raised his fingers and shouted with a mad tone:
“Warriors of the Black Whale Crew! We have slept too long, slept until they forgot our terror! Slept until they dared to touch our treasures!
Now, warriors of the Black Whale Crew! It is time to set off!
It is time to let those ignorant fools know whose treasures and rifts belong to these seas!
It is time to let those who offend us know what the breath of a giant beast is!
It is time to let them all know who is the overlord of this sea!
Overlord!!!”
Amidst the deafening sounds and rising waves, Ferryman of the Underworld River lifted his oar, stirring huge waves. The massive fleet of the Black Whale Crew headed toward the Rift Sea, toward Moonstone City, and toward the Blood Blade Pirates.
...
...
In the afternoon, inside a sunlit hospital room of the Blood Blade Pirates.
“I don’t know, I don’t know any information about the teacher! You all...”
“Don’t, don’t come over!”
Bang!
The Flower Witch suddenly sat up from a nightmare, then with a bang, bumped into Chen Qi’s head.
Ouch—Chen Qi struggled to keep the medicinal broth in his hand from spilling on the ground.
Because of her injuries, the Flower Witch often slipped into unconsciousness.
Therefore, Chen Qi was originally preparing to pry open the Flower Witch’s small mouth to feed her medicine.
“Having a scary nightmare?”
Chen Qi asked curiously.
Flower Witch Fen blinked, looking around the room.
A simple hospital room by the window, faint floral fragrance, comfortable sunlight.
And Chen Qi!
And a woman she did not recognize... Fen stared at Chen Qi and blushed as she explained:
“No, not a very scary nightmare.”
No, with how hard you just bumped me, that was definitely a terrifying nightmare... Chen Qi rubbed his aching forehead.
Following behind Chen Qi, Jin Li rubbed her small hands excitedly and said:
“Witch, hello...”
A nurse? Fen glanced at Jin Li and smiled:
“Hello.”
Then Fen immediately turned her head aside, ignoring Jin Li and staring at Chen Qi.
Fen, isn’t that a bit rude? The other party is a guest from the Ice Demon Pirates, aren’t you curious about her outfit? Chen Qi was about to clear his throat and introduce Jin Li.
However, the next second, he saw Jin Li excitedly rubbing her hands, intoxicated with joy.
Forget it, better not introduce for now... Chen Qi stirred the medicinal broth with his spoon:
“Fen, has your body improved?”
The Flower Witch Fen’s injuries had reached the root, damaging her heart.
This was the price for using the Release skill beyond her own tier.
Fen touched her forehead, speaking softly:
“I’ve been sunbathing every day recently. Relying on my new skill ‘Sunlight Under the Summer’, I’ve improved quite a lot. Today, I should be able to go out to sea.”
Photosynthesis? Sunlight Under the Summer? That skill resembling a swaying sunflower?
Chen Qi nodded.
So the skill the Flower Witch mentioned before wasn’t some stage performance but a genuine divine skill.
Chen Qi continued to ask:
“Fen, what nightmare did you have just now? Why were you so scared?”
Fen paused for a moment, gripping the blanket:
“I dreamed that the two of us were on a small boat, and because of me, you were beaten to death. Then I treated you, wanting to revive you...”
“...”
Beaten to death? By whom?
Am I really that easy to kill in the Flower Witch’s mind...? Chen Qi silently complained.
“And then?”
Fen’s voice was extremely weak:
“Then countless black giant elephants, like mountains, pulling iron ships, surrounded us from all directions at sea. I couldn’t save you at all...”
Black elephants... Chen Qi stroked his chin.
In the Witch Sea, the Black Whale Crew’s black elephant ships were terrifyingly powerful vessels.
A prophetic dream... Chen Qi dragged his chin and curiously asked:
“And then?”
Flower Witch gripped the bedsheet even tighter:
“Then I fell into the sea. In the deep sea, a coffin slowly emerged from the bottom. From it came my teacher’s voice. My teacher told me that this sea would be destroyed.
A terrifying Deep Sea Ancient God is gathering and being born over this sea...
And now, only I, only I and the other witches can stop it!”
Fear reflected in Flower Witch’s eyes, her hands trembling slightly, as if a terrifying Deep Sea Ancient God truly stood before her.
The Deep Sea Ancient God should refer to the Great Whale power beyond the edge... Chen Qi continued asking:
“And then? Fen?”
“Then, my teacher hugged me...”
Fen suddenly stopped, slowly looking toward the excited Jin Li beside Chen Qi:
“Um...”
Jin Li clasped her hands together, extremely enthusiastic, saying:
“If there’s anything you need, please command me, Miss Witch!”
Fen thought for a moment and weakly said:
“Can you leave? We have some private matters to discuss.”
“...”