Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The arena for the new match was an entirely artificial grassy field, dotted with withered, leafless trees.

The trees were bare to avoid obstructing the audience's view.

These trees were made of sturdy sandalwood, and despite their withered state, revolver bullets still couldn't penetrate their trunks.

The trunks also bore the marks of axes and blades, evidence of fierce battles fought around these trees in the past.

The audience seating was higher than in the previous arena, and once the match began, a sealed artifact would generate a barrier to protect the spectators from stray bullets.

Tonight, a special match was taking place here.

More precisely, the contestant 'Lelouch' was particularly special; he carried a large backpack full of weapons and a seemingly useless shield.

The shield seemed ineffective because it was too small to block the bullets fired from his opponent Alva's revolver.

However, as soon as the fight began, everyone witnessed a miraculous scene: despite carrying such a large backpack, 'Lelouch' moved with incredible agility.

Despite the shield's small size, barely covering his face, it blocked all the bullets fired by Alva's revolver.

Some extraordinary individuals in the audience clearly saw that it wasn't 'Lelouch's' shield directly blocking Alva's bullets; instead, the bullets, regardless of their angle, were being drawn to the shield!

To those with weaker eyesight, it appeared as if Alva was deliberately aiming at 'Lelouch's' shield.

Alva realized that his opponent was not as reckless as he seemed; each piece of his equipment served a purpose, and it would be difficult to harm him with a revolver.

Alva ceased his advance and quickly retreated.

His entire aura shifted dramatically; his eyes became completely white, devoid of pupils.

A chilling wind swept across the arena, causing Odyss to shudder; he knew Alva was using his extraordinary abilities.

He was a 'Spiritualist' capable of summoning spirits to fight for him.

Odyss also stopped his charge, opened his backpack, and retrieved a long, golden metallic rod.

This rod was over a meter tall and brilliantly colored.

Audrey, lacking sufficient knowledge of the extraordinary, didn't fully understand the clash between the two contestants.

However, she didn't ask questions but attentively listened to the conversations around her.

Sure enough, Audrey faintly heard someone behind her explaining: "...That metallic rod must be made from a large amount of 'Sun' pathway spiritual materials; it appears bright and gives off a warm feeling.

"Look at Lelouch's opponent; the colors of the space around him seem to have dimmed, indicating he is using undead-related extraordinary abilities.

"As everyone knows, 'Sun' pathway spiritual materials are highly effective against undead."

Then someone asked: "This fight isn't very interesting; it looks like they're just waving their weapons at the air. Besides, they were so far apart earlier; even a revolver couldn't reach, right?"

This was also Audrey's question; Alva was pacing heavily, seemingly chanting incantations.

Meanwhile, 'Lelouch' was swinging his sword at the air, lacking the intensity of the previous match; it looked like they were performing a comical dance on the arena.

However, after hearing the previous explanation, Audrey realized she needed to use 'Spiritual Vision' to understand how they were actually fighting.

Indeed, the voice that had explained earlier chuckled, "That's because you can't see it."

Audrey remembered the voice, recognizing that this person was also an extraordinary individual. She then used the method she learned from the Tarot Club to activate her 'Spiritual Vision'.

She immediately saw 'Lelouch' wielding a longsword, battling several illusory figures.

These illusory figures seemed wary of the golden metallic pillar behind Lelouch; despite their numerical advantage, they hesitated to attack him from behind.

Moreover, the sword in Lelouch's hand frequently emitted crackling electricity, indicating it wasn't an ordinary weapon, and the illusory figures seemed reluctant to approach it.

At that moment, Lelouch forced back the surrounding illusory figures with his sword and suddenly retrieved a red javelin, over a meter long, from his backpack.

He pointed it at Alva and threw the javelin.

The javelin emitted a strange 'humming' sound; despite Lelouch not seeming to exert much force, it flew far and accurately towards Alva.

Alva recognized the javelin's danger and quickly dodged. A miraculous scene occurred: the javelin suddenly reversed direction and exploded not far in front of Alva.

Boom!

The massive explosion startled the audience; no one expected a javelin to produce an explosion similar to a small-caliber cannon, creating a large crater in the arena.

But even more astonishing, Alva, who was standing right in front of the explosion, wasn't dead! He didn't even seem seriously injured, only scrambling to hide behind a tree.

At this point, even spectators without Spiritual Vision realized that the match had transcended the realm of mere combat; the two contestants were engaged in a fierce battle that they couldn't comprehend!

Many viewers suddenly found the match somewhat terrifying.

In the arena, Odyss used 'Spiritual Vision' to see that Alva had summoned a spirit to shield himself just as the javelin was about to strike, thus avoiding the brunt of the explosion and only sustaining minor injuries.

Odyss's javelins were based on a similar principle to 'Flame Grenades,' but with far less power.

However, these javelins possessed excellent armor-piercing capabilities and the ability to target specific individuals.

Odyss only needed to designate a target, and the javelin would fly towards it, with the ability to change direction twice.

However, in terms of 'cost-effectiveness,' the javelins were not as worthwhile as 'Flame Grenades,' but the 'Leader' had already used 'Flame Grenades,' so 'Lelouch' naturally couldn't use them again.

At this moment, Alva, having recovered from the earlier explosion while hiding behind the tree, continued to control the undead he had summoned to attack Odyss.

Odyss took out a yellow canned item from his waist pouch and threw it towards the undead nearby.

The canned item landed and made a soft 'poof' sound, spraying golden powder everywhere.

This was 'Sun Powder' that Odyss had personally concocted. Although he hadn't prayed to the 'Eternal Sun' to invoke His power and enhance the 'Sun Powder's' effectiveness, scattering it on the undead still caused them excruciating pain, making them writhe on the ground.

Odyss seized this opportunity to quickly charge towards Alva.

Although 'Spiritualists' can summon undead to fight for them and inflict damage on the target's spirit, they are considered relatively strong in Sequence 7.

However, their weaknesses are also apparent: abilities and spiritual items from the 'Sun' pathway are highly effective against the undead they summon.

Therefore, the weapons Odyss brought today were specifically designed to deal with these undead.

He threw another javelin towards Alva.

Boom!

The tree was blasted in half, and Alva hastily dodged the explosion, drawing the revolver from his waist and firing at Odyss.

This explosion elicited enthusiastic applause from the audience; the shockwave of the explosion excited them, seemingly more thrilling than watching a regular fighting match.

Meanwhile, in the arena, Alva changed his tactics, drawing a silver-white sword and charging towards Odyss.

His undead summoning attacks had been neutralized by 'Lelouch,' and he had no advantage at a distance. He planned to entangle 'Lelouch' while summoning undead to ambush him.

But Alva underestimated Odyss's intelligence-gathering abilities and his preparations for this battle.

Just then, 'Lelouch,' holding the shield in one hand, also drew his sword, seemingly intending to engage Alva in swordsmanship. However, when the two were close enough, the outer shell of the shield suddenly fell off.

On the fallen shell was an exquisite array. Before Alva could clearly see the structure of the array, the outer layer spontaneously ignited, quickly engulfing the array in flames and burning away its traces.

At this moment, the original golden shield in Odyss's hand had turned into a silver shield.

Alva cautiously thrust his sword, and Odyss, not skilled in swordsmanship, awkwardly parried it.

At that moment, the shield in Odyss's hand suddenly shot out like a thrown hidden weapon, flying towards Alva.

The two were too close, and the attack was too unexpected. Alva didn't have time to grab a spirit to shield himself and was struck in the shoulder by the shield.

The physique of the 'Gravedigger' pathway was also decent; Alva was prepared to withstand the blow.

However, to his surprise, the impact of the shield wasn't very strong, but the shield seemed to be stuck on his shoulder and didn't fall to the ground.

At this moment, Alva saw 'Lelouch' turn and run, immediately realizing something was wrong. He quickly reached out to remove the shield, but found the outer layer very sticky and impossible to pull off.

Immediately afterward, Alva heard a soft 'click' sound. He realized the danger and quickly threw away the silver-white sword, using both hands to try to remove it.

Rip!

His clothes were torn, and his shield was also removed, but it stuck to his hands!

At this moment, Audis suddenly threw himself to the ground.

Rumble ~

Almost in the next second, the shield exploded violently, and Alvar was blasted black all over, and both forearms were blown off!

But he was still not dead, just fainted.

Audis quickly stepped forward, stabbed Alvar to death with a sword, and collected the "Psychic's" silver-white sword, revolver, and dagger.

He was very clear that the explosion just now could not kill a Sequence 7. After Alvar recovered from his injuries, with the help of the undead, he would still be a very difficult enemy to deal with.

It was impossible for Audis to carry a large bag of weapons that restrained the undead every day like today, so he simply killed the opponent to eliminate future troubles.

At this time, the audience let out two exclamations in succession. The first exclamation was for the explosion just now, which was beyond their expectations. The second exclamation was because Audis killed his opponent in front of everyone, which surprised everyone.

Suddenly, a solo-like, loud applause rang out in the arena.

The door in the arena was opened, and Manager Bishop walked towards Audis while applauding.

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