Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Bernadette thought Audis's idea was good. Although she didn't thank him, she politely said goodbye to Audis when she left.

Audis lay down again and began to think about the whole story.

He suddenly thought of the Sealed Artifact "0-08", and then he was completely relieved. Bernadette would definitely not find any important clues.

Or rather, whenever she found an important clue, she would be misled by "0-08".

Believing that the Kingdom of Loen's misdirection towards the Fursac Empire, and even the misdirection of other countries' intelligence agencies, "0-08" should have played a certain role.

Even Adam might help, after all, before George III officially began his apotheosis, He was still relatively supportive of this king.

Thinking of this, Audis quickly stopped his thoughts. Whether it was "0-08" or Adam, it didn't matter if he just thought about it, but if he continued to think about it, it would easily attract Their attention.

Audis earnestly "meditated" and quickly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, he came to the basement, put on the costume of the wizard Gandalf, and went to 66 Rose Street from the basement's "teleportation array".

After boiling some noodles to solve the breakfast problem, Audis had just made himself a cup of coffee when the doorbell rang.

It was Max who brought the gold pounds from collecting Extraordinary characteristics last night. Max had nothing to do today, so he visited Audis's new base and left after drinking a cup of coffee.

Audis counted out 1,120 pounds, put them in a package, then found a rental carriage, asked the coachman to send it to 26 Tuthill Street, and warned the coachman not to reveal the sender's information.

After returning to the living room, Audis put the 1,600 pounds belonging to him into the "Knowledge Moor", and waited quietly in the living room for new customers to come.

......

"God-forsaken Land", Silver City.

Derrick was summoned to the Round Tower by Chief Colin. As soon as he entered the hall, Angel, one of the deputy captains of the "Council Guard", said to him: "Wait here for a while."

The "Council Guard" is the most elite Extraordinary team in the entire Silver City. Due to the limitations of the ritual, the number of Sequence 5s in Silver City is not large. Most of the people who can be promoted to Sequence 5 are members of this guard.

This deputy captain, Angel, is a Sequence 5 "Guardian", and the captain is generally held concurrently by the chief.

Soon, three more members of the "Council Guard" arrived. They were a "Guardian", a "Psychoanalyst", that is, a "Psychiatrist" as Audis and the others call it in the North and South Continent, and a "Necromancy Tutor".

When everyone was there, Chief Colin came down from upstairs, and Derrick and the others immediately saluted.

Colin waved his hand and said bluntly: "A few days ago, Derrick provided information after returning from patrol. He discovered an anomaly in the swamp in the north. Angel has led people to explore twice and confirmed that there should be a demigod-level Sealed Artifact in the swamp."

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles. The "Guardian" said: "I didn't expect there to be such a good thing so close to us."

In Silver City's general education, courses on grammar rarely teach adjectives, and generally teach people how to express their meaning clearly and concisely.

Therefore, the way people in Silver City express themselves is basically very straightforward.

Everyone looked at Derrick with admiration and confusion, because they had all been members of the patrol team outside the city, but no one had discovered the anomaly in the swamp.

Derrick was very happy when he heard what the chief said, feeling that he had made a contribution to Silver City, and that it proved that "The Hermit's" guess was correct.

But facing the incomprehension of others, Derrick did not explain.

In the previous conversations with "The Hermit" and "The Hanged Man", his heart had undergone considerable changes. He had made certain psychological preparations to move forward alone amidst the incomprehension and doubts of his compatriots.

Next, Angel began to describe the two explorations. The chief prepared a kind of powder that could drive away the annoying strange fish in the swamp.

So they went deep into the swamp and encountered some monsters and enemies.

Through the distribution of those monsters and enemies, they basically judged the approximate location of the Sealed Artifact.

So the third exploration was led by Chief Colin himself, and Derrick also participated in this operation, striving to find and obtain the Sealed Artifact in this operation.

After doing some simple preparatory work, the group set off.

Chief Colin walked in front with two swords on his back, while Derrick, who was only Sequence 8, was in the middle of the team.

Soon they came to the swamp. Angel came to the front to lead the way. The previous two explorations had allowed them to find a relatively easy path to walk.

Angel would occasionally sprinkle a handful of powder to drive away the strange fish in the swamp.

After walking through the mud for several hours, the exploration team rested twice and also encountered some monsters.

Until Angel said that he suspected that the Sealed Artifact was not far ahead, Colin ordered a final rest and ate something to replenish his strength.

At this time, they had already penetrated deep into the swamp. Under the illumination of lightning, they could occasionally see strange fish and monsters fighting in the swamp, and they could also occasionally see some strange plants waving their leaves or tentacles to hunt.

Even Derrick, who had the least experience, was already accustomed to such scenes. In their minds, they didn't think those animals and plants were monsters.

After the final rest, Colin walked to the front of the team again, heading in the direction pointed out by Angel.

Before long, Colin suddenly drew a sword and stabbed it into the mud under his feet. A humanoid monster struggled in the mud and soon became motionless, losing its life.

Strangely, the whole process did not make any sound.

And after the monster died, it turned into mud.

Then, under the illumination of the lantern and lightning, everyone saw that the surrounding mud suddenly began to shape itself as if it had life, and finally turned into humanoid monsters.

Before the exploration team members could draw their weapons, they were surrounded by these monsters.

Angel said: "When we came here before, the monsters here had already been killed by us. I didn't expect them to appear again."

At this time, the "Psychiatrist" in the team reminded: "They are all puppets!"

She did not feel any mental activity in these monsters, and they seemed to have no spiritual bodies, only the instinct to attack intruders.

Derrick, wielding the "Hurricane Axe", was fighting these monsters while assessing in his mind: These monsters are not very strong.

At this time, Colin, who heard the "Psychiatrist's" reminder, suddenly emitted a blue light from his pupils, and his eyes became very deep.

After looking around, he took out a black vial from his waist, poured out some black grease, and smeared it evenly on the long sword.

Then, he inserted the long sword into the ground, and a dark light rippled out. The surrounding monsters suddenly became motionless and turned into mud sculptures.

Colin put away his sword: "Conserve your strength and continue forward."

The road ahead became more and more muddy, and in some places the mud could reach the thighs.

At this time, the "Undead Tutor" stepped forward and summoned a blue ghost whose head was like a round crystal. Derrick immediately felt that the surroundings became very cold, and he even exhaled white mist.

Under the command of the "Undead Tutor", the blue ghost suddenly flew forward, and a layer of frost immediately appeared on the ground. The muddy swamp was frozen, and stepping on it was as solid as normal ground.

The exploration team continued to move forward. Soon, many monsters roared and drilled out of the unfrozen swamp to attack the members of the exploration team.

They were just the monsters that were commonly seen outside Silver City. The team members cooperated tacitly with each other, and Colin didn't even need to take action to block the attacks of these monsters.

When the road became muddy again, Angel said: "We explored to here last time."

Everyone's spirituality felt that there seemed to be danger ahead, which was also the reason why Angel and the others had only explored to here: There might be unmanageable dangers ahead.

Then everyone was even more puzzled. They had walked for several hours before they seemed to feel the threat of the Sealed Artifact. How did Derrick feel the Sealed Artifact when he was patrolling the edge of the swamp?

But now is not the time to think about this. Since the chief did not question this, the other members would not take the initiative to ask.

The "Undead Tutor" summoned the blue ghost again. As the ghost flew forward and disappeared into the darkness, the road ahead became very solid again.

No mistake, one first, one issue, one internal, one content, one is, one look!

Just as everyone stepped on the frozen swamp again, the "Undead Tutor" suddenly said: "The blue ghost just now...suddenly broke away from my control."

Colin immediately smeared a layer of golden grease on his eyelids, and his eyes suddenly emitted a faint light: "Prepare for battle! That ghost has mutated."

Everyone immediately formed a battle formation. Two "Guardians" summoned "Dawn Light" to illuminate the surroundings. Derrick knelt on one knee, opened his arms and prayed for sunlight, making everyone feel warm, full of courage and strength.

At this time, it suddenly started to snow and a cold wind blew. A blue giant appeared in front of them.

Judging from the giant's crystal-like head, it should be the blue ghost summoned by the "Undead Tutor" just now.

It let out a shrill roar and formed ice cones in front of it, smashing them towards the members of the exploration team.

A "Guardian" knelt on one knee and inserted his weapon into the ground. The "Dawn Light" around him instantly condensed, forming a solid barrier to block the ice cones for himself and his teammates!

After some observation, Chief Colin took out a bottle of golden potion and gulped it down.

His body suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and the sword in his hand seemed to turn red due to the intense heat.

Colin bent over and lunged forward, charging towards the blue giant like a gust of wind.

Whoosh~

Layers of flames suddenly ignited around him, as if burning the mud in a swamp.

In the blink of an eye, Colin had rushed close to the monster. He dodged the blue giant's attack and thrust the red-hot longsword into its body.

The blue giant seemed to raise its head and let out a roar, its mouth actually spewing orange flames.

Immediately afterward, the giant rapidly collapsed like a melting snowman, eventually disappearing without a trace.

At this moment, the light on Colin's body and the surrounding flames disappeared one after another. The chief put away his sword: "Keep moving forward!"

......

Backlund, 66 Rose Street.

Audrey studied witchcraft while waiting. In the afternoon, he suddenly heard movement outside.

Ding-a-ling~

Soon, the doorbell rang.

Audrey picked up his staff and opened the door. Outside stood the slightly plump Earl Brad Riddick.

Just last weekend, Audrey had been invited by him to his castle in the suburbs, only to encounter Eleanor, who possessed strange abilities.

At the same time, Audrey noticed that behind Brad, there was also a man in his thirties, dressed in luxurious clothing.

Judging from the pattern on the badge he wore, this was a true noble, and should be a viscount or earl whose ancestors had performed meritorious service in battle.

Audrey had previously learned about noble badges. In many cases, these represented the honor of the noble family, the highest level of which was the "Founding Badge."

Those were the true old nobles of Loen, said to have been awarded when Loen was first founded over a thousand years ago.

Next were the "Twenty Years' War Badge", "White Rose War Badge", and "Oathbreaker War Badge". Most of Loen's traditional nobles were ennobled or performed meritorious service in these three wars.

The lowest level was the "Colonial War Badge", which was a batch of badges issued by the royal family during the outbreak of the Colonial War more than a hundred years ago.

These badges were not symbols of noble status, nor were they part of proving the legitimacy of noble ennoblement, but they could be used to display the honor of their family. Generally, only the person who inherited the title could wear them.

The noble behind Brad wore the "White Rose War Medal". Generally, noble families who had participated in this war, as long as they hadn't been too extravagant in recent years and were not in poor financial condition, should be viscounts or earls.

Audrey judged that this noble's financial situation should be good, because he even had a motorcade accompanying him. Just looking at the bodyguards, one could tell that they were not just randomly hired to show off.

"Mr. Wizard, we meet again." Brad introduced with a smile: "This is Earl Brandon. He has heard stories about you and is very eager to chat with you."

Earl Brandon gave a courteous greeting with a warm smile: "Hello, Mr. Wizard."

"Hello, please come in," Audrey said calmly.

Immediately, he noticed that both Brad and Earl Brandon's personal valets followed them in. Clearly, the following conversation should not involve private topics such as "my son."

After the two parties were seated, Earl Brandon curiously looked around: "This is my first time visiting a wizard."

Audrey said: "This is also my first time hosting an earl."

"Let's get down to business. What can I do for you?"

The earl then looked at Brad to the side.

Brad smiled and said: "Earl, I have described my experience. I believe this Mr. Gandalf is a very reliable wizard."

Earl Brandon then slowly nodded: "Mr. Wizard, my family seems to be under a curse."