Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

After that slender-necked glass bottle appeared, the "night sky" overhead seemed to undergo some changes.

A series of soft "murmurs" echoed throughout the hall, making Bernadette and Audis realize that even if they didn't perform the ritual pointing to the evil god, the ritual had already begun on its own.

However, they could only hide behind the magic circle for now, not daring to move rashly.

Once they left the protection of the magic circle, their thoughts would be "distorted" by an unknown force.

Although they could slowly step away as they had done just now, their position was too far from the door, and at that speed, it might take them more than ten minutes to get out.

And ten minutes would be enough for the ritual to complete itself.

If the evil god merely glanced in this direction by then, they would be in great danger, especially Audis, who was only a Sequence 7 and could very likely lose control on the spot.

Audis stared at the magic circle for a while before saying, "The fastest way to save ourselves now is to perfect this magic circle and completely seal this ritual.

"Yes, we only need to fill in seven mystical symbols."

As Audis spoke, he took out the spiritual materials and soft brush he carried with him, saying, "I need your help."

He said, "Neither of us can leave the mystical symbols in front of us, otherwise, we will lose the protection of the magic circle.

"Nor can we use extraordinary abilities that consume too much spirituality. In this situation, can you write the designated symbols in the places I specify?"

Bernadette thought for a moment and said, "I can."

Audis reminded again, "Don't use extraordinary abilities that consume too much spirituality, otherwise, the extraordinary ability will definitely be 'distorted'."

"I know," Bernadette said calmly, "Put the brush and the glass bottle containing the spiritual materials on the ground."

Audis did as he was told, quickly placing them on the ground.

At this moment, the "murmurs" in the hall became more pronounced, and the mist in the slender-necked glass bottle began to flicker with faint light. The stars above them became extremely deep, as if it were a real starry sky.

The brush beside Audis's feet suddenly stood up on its own, hopping away from the protection of the magic circle.

Bernadette said, "It's okay, this brush has no thoughts and won't be 'distorted'."

Or rather, the "distortion" of that unknown force has limitations and can only affect living beings.

Otherwise, Bernadette was using extraordinary abilities to control the brush. Theoretically, such extraordinary abilities should also be "distorted."

It was also possible that the effect of the sealing magic circle blocked a portion of the influence of that force.

There was no time to explain too clearly now. Bernadette tried it and immediately asked, "What is the position of the first symbol?"

"It's there, draw this symbol!" Audis opened his notebook and drew the corresponding symbol.

The brush and the glass bottle hopped to the designated position.

Then, the glass bottle unscrewed its cap on its own, and the soft brush, after being dipped in the spiritual materials, drew the corresponding symbol in the position Audis specified.

Because the magic circle was already in an activated state, the symbol immediately emitted a faint light after it was drawn.

This made Bernadette's spirituality feel that a large area of the hall would no longer be affected by that force.

Just like that, one pointed and the other drew. When the fifth symbol was drawn, the "murmurs" in the hall had already become so noisy that Audis and Bernadette were disturbed and restless.

At the same time, the light in the slender-necked glass bottle in the center gradually rose, as if it were about to connect with the starry sky as one.

An evil gaze seemed to be looking over here.

But the connection with the starry sky had not yet been formally established, so the owner of the gaze was unable to project power here.

When the sixth symbol was drawn, the light emitted from the slender-necked glass bottle dimmed, and those evil gazes also seemed unable to find their target, shifting their gaze away.

Audis breathed a sigh of relief, "The last one is drawn there, draw this symbol."

As the last symbol was drawn, the light emitted from the mystical symbols in the magic circle suddenly became illusory, forming a layer of illusory light above the hall.

After this layer of light appeared, all connections between the slender-necked glass bottle and the starry sky were severed. The starry sky was no longer so deep, gradually turning back into crystals.

The light emitted from the slender-necked glass bottle also disappeared, and the thin, illusory mist inside could be seen again.

The light emitted by the magic circle began to fall, gradually fading until all the light disappeared, and the hall returned to the way it looked when the two people had just entered.

Audis and Bernadette picked up the spiritual materials and brush, and the piece of sleeve she had torn off earlier, respectively, and quickly retreated from the hall. Audis operated the magic circle on the door again, closing the two heavy stone doors.

Only then did the two people look at each other.

Bernadette said, "That was close."

Although she didn't know where the danger had come from just now, the danger just now was very high-level! If she hadn't made the magic circle complete, even if she was a "Master of Prophecy", she would definitely have been subjected to some unknown pollution.

She might even have to pledge allegiance to the evil god in order to save her life.

Then, the two people checked their own condition to make sure they hadn't been polluted. A pair of illusory wings grew out of Bernadette's back, covering her and Audis.

Rustle ~

The feathers of the wings rubbed together, then became almost transparent and quickly disappeared. Audis and Bernadette in the corridor also disappeared.

After the two people had left, a virtual symbol representing the stars suddenly appeared in the corridor.

From this symbol, a surge of surging, tranquil power descended, and the stone door at the end of the corridor suddenly disappeared bit by bit as if it had been erased by a rubber.

Soon, those two stone doors, along with that hall, disappeared.

Immediately afterward, the symbol that radiated starlight also disappeared.

The corridor was still the original corridor, only the end of the corridor had become a huge void.

……

66 Rose Lane.

In the living room of this townhouse, a pair of illusory wings suddenly appeared. The wings opened, and Bernadette and Audis appeared in the living room.

Returning to a familiar environment, Audis was finally completely relieved, "I'll go make a cup of tea."

"Okay," Bernadette raised her hand and sat in the dining room to wait.

While waiting for the water to boil, Audis took advantage of Bernadette not being able to see him and entered the "Knowledge Moor" using "Meditation."

The moment he entered, Audis recovered all his knowledge about the starry sky, outer gods, source qualities, and so on.

First, he "recalled" that Trensoost should have been polluted by the source quality "Land of Disorder", because there were traces of pollution from that source quality on "Trensoost's Brass Book".

The secret room they encountered today should be the place where Trensoost contacted the outer gods.

And the outer god he contacted should be the "Shifting Mist". The mist stored in that slender-necked glass bottle was related to this outer god.

After "recalling" this information, Audis made a guess: After Trensoost became a god, he had been looking for the source quality "Land of Disorder" that corresponded to him. To this end, he did not hesitate to establish a connection with the "Shifting Mist". Later, it was not known whether the "Shifting Mist" had tricked Trensoost, or whether Trensoost's preparations were not done well. In short, this "Night Emperor" was polluted by the "Land of Disorder" and eventually fell under the siege of the Six Gods.

Thinking of this, Audis did not continue to think further, because he had ventured into the "Knowledge Moor" to check his own condition.

The pollution of the outer gods was very high-level and very hidden. Perhaps he and Bernadette's spirituality could not detect it.

Using the authority of the "Knowledge Moor", Audis checked his spiritual body and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no problem.

After a moment of thought, he understood that it was the imperfect magic circle that had protected him and Bernadette.

Otherwise, they had already noticed the gaze of the outer god and could not have been unpolluted.

Without time to think carefully, Audis immediately returned to the real world and continued to boil water.

"What were you doing just now?" Bernadette had come to the kitchen door at some point.

Audis was guilty and startled, "How do you walk without making a sound?"

Bernadette smiled, "I saw you just now looking like you were concentrating on thinking about something, so I didn't disturb you."

Audis breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: Although Bernadette felt that something was wrong with me, she couldn't detect that I had entered the "Knowledge Moor".

So he said, "I was just thinking that the magic circle was not perfect. If we performed the ritual pointing to that evil god, we would definitely be polluted by the evil god."

Bernadette nodded, "I also have this guess, and I think that the person who performed the ritual was very likely the 'Night Emperor' himself."

Audis was slightly stunned before putting the tea leaves into the teapot, "Then everything makes sense. The 'Night Emperor' was polluted in that hall, which led to the subsequent siege by the gods."

At this time, the water finally boiled. Audis poured some hot water into the teapot first and rinsed the tea leaves, "That slender-necked glass bottle must be the evil god's thing, or the mist inside is the evil god's thing.

"Over the long years, it gradually eroded the sealing magic circle. When the time was right, such as when an outsider broke in, it began the ritual of establishing contact with the evil god on its own.

"Well, that doesn't mean it has thoughts. It may just be out of 'instinct' that it 'hopes' to re-establish contact with that evil god.

"So our response was very correct, perfecting the magic circle and completely sealing the slender-necked glass bottle."

"Otherwise, even if we escape, the gaze of an evil god cast upon us in the underground of Backlund would be a terrifying thing!"

As he spoke, he refilled the teapot with hot water. After the black tea had steeped for a while, he poured a cup for Bernadette and another for himself.

Bernadette took a sip of tea and said, "I can sense that the magic array in the hall is slightly different from the one at the entrance."

"They are indeed different." Audis had also noticed this: "The magic array in the hall uses an Extraordinary characteristic of at least the demigod level as its power source.

"That's why it can produce such a powerful seal."

Then he sighed, "What extravagance!"

It's a pity that even if we found that Extraordinary characteristic, we wouldn't be able to take it away, otherwise the magic array wouldn't have such a strong sealing effect. That thin-necked glass bottle would gradually erode its surroundings.

If the opportunity arose, it might even influence someone approaching that area, causing that person to take it away.

Bernadette put down her teacup and smiled, "Then the only gain from this exploration is that we've learned some secret history about the 'Night Emperor'."

"Yes, and you also observed the intricate magic array from the Fourth Epoch, which is more than I gained."

Audis hummed in agreement, thinking: Actually, I already knew about the history of Trensoost, but that secret room provided evidence for some of my guesses. However, the Fourth Epoch magic array did indeed give me quite a bit of insight.

Thinking of this, Audis added, "I think I understand why those mystical symbols are so special.

"If I'm not mistaken, those symbols should come from the starry sky. They are characters that don't belong to any civilization, but are symbols used by a certain evil god and His followers.

"The 'Night Emperor' wanted to use these symbols to communicate with the evil god, so He possessed relevant knowledge about these symbols and used this knowledge to create the 'lock'."

This is equivalent to an uncrackable "lock", because in the real world, almost no one knows the meaning of those symbols.

But Audis's research on mystical symbols, from both the meaning and the function of these symbols, only took twenty minutes to crack the "lock".

This method of cracking is unique, because even if the evil god has believers in the real world, they are unlikely to be proficient in magic arrays, so even if they understand the meaning of those symbols, they would still be at a loss in front of the stone door.

Thinking of this, Audis grinned and once again sighed in his heart: Knowledge is power.

At this moment, he noticed that Bernadette was also distracted. Audis's gaze involuntarily drifted towards the exposed arm of the "Mysterious Queen."

The skin of her arm was fair and delicate, looking very soft.

He thought: Even the arm of a "strong woman" is so soft and beautiful, not full of muscles and strength.

Bernadette came back to her senses and glanced at Audis, "Is it pleasing to the eye?"

"Yes, it is," Audis nodded, speaking earnestly.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Bernadette didn't have the coyness of a young girl, acting as if she wasn't afraid of being looked at, and said, "I suddenly thought that everything that happened today feels... feels..."

Audis was stunned, "You don't think it's... a coincidence, do you?"

That would be too terrifying! 0-08 seems to be in Backlund right now.

"No." Bernadette frowned and said, "I feel like... like someone deliberately let me discover that place, and then let us completely seal off the danger there."

Audis took another sip of tea. When Bernadette said earlier that she had accidentally knocked over a stone tablet and discovered that corridor, he felt something was strange.

But it doesn't seem like 0-08 is at play. It and its current owner aren't exactly "Backlund guardians" who would "arrange" for people to actively defuse potential crises in Backlund that pose no threat to them.