Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Before a snow mountain piercing straight into the clouds stood an extremely crude tomb.

This tomb consisted of only two thick, ancient standing stone slabs and a horizontal slab laid across them, giving the same impression.

But it was this very tomb that made Audis feel a tremendous pressure.

Firstly, the snow mountain gave a sense of insurmountable difficulty, as if it were "death" itself, and wanting to cross that snow mountain was as difficult as crossing "death."

Secondly, although this tomb looked very simple, it exuded a disturbing power, a power that seemed capable of causing any living thing to wither and die.

Even having gotten close enough, even though the tomb's structure was simple, Audis couldn't make out the scene inside the simple tomb.

Audis simply didn't bother to look closely, because the scene there would definitely be dangerous; it was better not to see.

In this space, the existence of the spirit world couldn't be felt, so the premonitions of spirituality were almost completely ineffective; he could only rely on himself to be more careful and prudent.

The last spectacle was on the snow mountain behind this tomb, where there was a crack, seemingly large enough for one or two people to pass through.

Audis's interpretation of this was: this was the power and symbol of the "God of Death"; although "death" was an insurmountable snow mountain, the "God of Death" had a way to "traverse the snow mountain."

After clearly seeing everything about the tomb, Audis went to examine the magic circle again. He walked and looked, and when he saw the corpse, he deliberately walked around it to prevent accidents.

Just as he was about to pass the corpse, the corpse suddenly sat up straight: "Praise the Goddess! You must be the person the Goddess sent to replace me."

Audis wasn't too alarmed. The aura of the undead was so strong around here that it would have been strange if the corpse hadn't turned into a zombie or formed an evil spirit.

However, things like being "appointed by the Goddess" couldn't be casually acknowledged, so Audis said, "Sorry to disappoint you, I wasn't sent to replace you, but to repair the magic circle."

Audis first explained that he wasn't sent to replace this corpse, to avoid any misunderstandings. In addition, he said he was "sent" to get closer and inquire about some information.

"Then it's you," the corpse said, "The Goddess just gave me a divine revelation that the person who comes to repair the magic circle is the person who will replace me."

Audis twitched the corner of his mouth: "Damn it, really…"

He reluctantly gave a thumbs up: "…the Goddess's arrangement is really amazing!"

Audis thought angrily in his heart: This "Eight-legged Wolf" is really unscrupulous! Coming to repair the magic circle is already unpaid labor out of consideration for being from the same hometown, wouldn't he also have to guard here?

Afraid that this corpse would run away, he quickly said, "We have to hand over the duties, and you have to continue guarding here first, and wait until I repair the magic circle."

The corpse said, "Before that, I can't leave temporarily, otherwise the magic circle will be completely destroyed.

"In addition, the Goddess also said in the divine revelation that I should listen to you regarding matters concerning the magic circle."

Audis breathed a slight sigh of relief: "How long have you been guarding here?"

"More than two hundred years."

Audis forced a smile and said, "You are a devout believer."

Then he said, "I just took a look, and this magic circle seems to have some deficiencies. When was this magic circle set up?"

He was being very polite by saying "deficiencies." In his opinion, the person who designed this magic circle wasn't very proficient in this area, far inferior to the magic circle in the Trentus Secret Chamber.

Of course, such an evaluation was also because Audis's requirements were relatively high. In his opinion, so-called "proficiency in magic circles" should at least be at his level.

The corpse didn't suspect Audis, who didn't know anything, because this required him to hand over duties to Audis.

"This is a magic circle set up at the end of the Fourth Epoch. In the beginning, it could completely seal the power of death in the tomb," the corpse explained:

"But in recent centuries, the power in the tomb has gradually awakened, and the power that can seep out of the magic circle has become more and more. A demigod must be sent here to guard it.

"Recently, that resurrecting power has become even stronger, and it's already very difficult for a demigod to guard it.

"Originally, the Goddess intended to send an angel to replace me, but some time ago, she suddenly told me that the problem could be completely solved, and told me to wait here for the person to repair the magic circle."

Audis said "Oh" and confirmed his guess. It must be that the Goddess discovered his talent in magic circles, so she had him come to repair the magic circle.

While continuing to examine the magic circle in front of him, he asked, "Is this the tomb of the 'Ancient God of Death' or an arrangement for the resurrection of the 'Nether Emperor'?"

"It's both," the corpse, sitting upright, said: "Before Salinger became the 'God of Death,' he buried the corpse of the 'Ancient God of Death' here.

"According to some research by the Church, in the beginning, this was Salinger's arrangement to prevent the 'Ancient God of Death' from resurrecting.

"Later, after Salinger became the God of Death, he replaced the arrangement of the Ancient God of Death, turning it into a backup plan for his own resurrection.

"After Salinger fell, the Goddess hid this tomb to prevent Salinger from resurrecting through it."

Audis nodded. This was similar to his previous guess. The "Night Goddess" sent him and Bernadette in to reseal the "Nether Emperor" seeking resurrection.

After all, for a god with the authority of "death," "death" is very difficult to seal unless there is no death in the world, in which case the "Night Goddess" can ignore it.

Audis estimated that the "Night Goddess" probably wanted to ask him to modify the magic circle here, after all, putting an angel here would be a waste of resources.

It would be best if the "Nether Emperor" could be completely sealed.

After observing for a long time, Audis had a basic assessment of this magic circle: it seemed that by the Fourth Epoch, knowledge of magic circles had become very scarce, and the magic circle in the Trentus Secret Chamber was just an exception.

He made this judgment because this magic circle was too cumbersome, with most of it being useless.

The designer of this magic circle must have seen the magic circle in the Trentus Secret Chamber and made a clumsy imitation here.

Moreover, the person who designed this magic circle made a mistake. Sealing something at the level of a god requires something with divinity as a source of power, such as a demigod-level sealed item or extraordinary characteristics, otherwise, you would have to use a demigod to fill the gap, as is happening now.

Now, even a demigod isn't enough to plug the hole.

If one could temporarily seal this level of power with just spirituality, that would already be a miracle, and the fact that this magic circle only started having problems a few hundred years ago is simply a miracle.

So Audis asked from behind the corpse, "Who designed this magic circle? It's simply…"

"It is said that the Goddess personally designed the magic circle," the corpse said piously, "and this magic circle was once blessed by the Goddess."

"…It's simply too perfect," Audis was glad that he paused at this point, otherwise he would have "brought disaster upon himself."

No wonder it has been supported by spirituality alone for hundreds of years; it turns out that it has the blessing of a god.

Then Audis complained in his heart: The Goddess's level in magic circles is not very good!

Immediately, he thought of the extraordinary people of the "Sleepless" pathway, who are not very good at "ritual magic" and other aspects of operation, so they cultivate some "Diviners" and "Secret Observers" to make up for their shortcomings.

It seems that even if this pathway reaches the level of a god, and is a god who has survived from the Second Epoch to today, the level is just so-so.

After slandering this "fellow villager" a few times, Audis pondered for a moment and asked, "May I ask, are you dead?"

"Obviously, yes," the corpse said, "But the environment here has turned my corpse into a living corpse, and under the protection of the Goddess, my soul has always maintained its rationality."

"Is that so? If this magic circle had a demigod-level extraordinary characteristic, there would be no need to send someone to guard here," Audis discussed with the other party, "So, can I borrow your extraordinary characteristic for a moment?"

"No," the other party said, "The power of this tomb has already leaked very badly, and I can only block it at all times. If my characteristics leave the current position slightly, the magic circle will collapse immediately."

At this time, Audis finally knew why the Goddess had to send Celt in as well.

Audis asked again, "Can you help me hunt down a demigod in a while?"

"My power is limited, and I can't disperse it at all," the corpse paused and said, "However, I can release some of the aura of death slightly.

"That aura of death is at the level of a demigod!"

"Let me think about it," Audis pondered for a moment before saying, "There will be a demigod coming over in a while. As long as I cough, help me use that power of death to sneak attack that male demigod."

The corpse nodded: "Okay."

Audis waved his hand, but suddenly remembered that the corpse couldn't see, so he said, "See you in a while."

After speaking, he quickly left here.

Returning, Audis saw Celt and Klaymond also watching from a distance, but they were obviously wary of Bernadette and kept a distance from her.

At the same time, they were also coldly observing Audis's return.

Returning to Bernadette's side, the oppressive feeling from death lessened a lot, causing Audis to breathe a long sigh of relief.

Audis first winked at Bernadette, and then said, "The way out is there, but the tomb of the 'Ancient God of Death' is blocking the exit, and that tomb has to be resealed.

"Although I am proficient in magic circles, that magic circle has been too eroded by the 'aura of death.' It will be difficult for the two of us to complete the resealing."

As he spoke, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Selt and Coremonde.

Bernadette saw Odis's look, and she cooperated calmly, "Then what should we do?"

"Two demigods need to go and temporarily use that broken array to complete the seal," Odis said. "Then I will repair the array, and then we can find an exit and escape from here."

Bernadette also glanced at Selt and the others intentionally or unintentionally, "Our conversation may be overheard by them."

"I'm saying it to them on purpose." Odis waved to Selt and the others generously, "Let's cooperate, otherwise no one will get out."

"How to cooperate?" Although Selt was far away from them, Selt's voice seemed to appear in their ears.

"You two demigods, go and block the power that 'Nether Emperor' is seeping out," Odis said. "Then I will complete the array as soon as possible.

"You should have heard that I have an array that can prevent the arrival of evil gods. As long as that array is used, the power of 'Nether Emperor' can be completely sealed."

"In that case, we can go through the tomb in front and get out of here."

Selt didn't give an immediate answer, but thought for a moment and said, "What if you use that array and attack us with the power of the tomb?"

As expected of an old fox.

Odis thought to himself: He guessed my thoughts at once.

But he was prepared, and it was an almost perfect reason: "If only one demigod is needed to reseal that tomb, we would have already started preparing the seal."

This reason immediately made Selt lower his guard a lot. If Odis and the others could do it alone, there was no need to talk nonsense with them here, they could just go out by themselves.

At that time, because "Mysterious Queen" had a Level 0 sealed item, Selt would not dare to easily step forward to obstruct her.

At this time, Odis added: "If you don't trust us, I can be a hostage and accompany you to the array first, let you see the array and explain it in detail, and then we can cooperate."

He spread his hands and added: "Now I am not an ordinary Sequence 7, because I am the only one here who understands that sealing array, 'Mysterious Queen' will not easily give up on me, and you will not easily kill me either.

"I am the best choice for a hostage."

After more than ten seconds, Selt said, "Okay, then you come over first, and we will go to the array together."

Since Odis had such a thoughtful suggestion, he certainly wouldn't refuse.

"Wait." Bernadette suddenly said, "Don't you also need to show your sincerity?"

Extraordinary individuals at this level are all shrewd people. Bernadette certainly knew the principle of "doing a full show." If she didn't express herself at this time, it would seem very suspicious.

As Bernadette expected, Selt lowered his guard a little when he heard this.

He said, "I can押我的属下到你那里 (I can押我的属下到你那里 - This phrase seems incomplete and potentially nonsensical in English translation)."

Bernadette sneered, "Can he also draw arrays?"

Selt then asked, "How do you want me to express my sincerity?"

"You seem to have two sealed items on you," Bernadette said. "Give them to me for safekeeping first. After the array is drawn, and Odis returns, I will give them to you."

Selt thought for a while before saying, "Okay."

He asked Coremonde to hold the two sealed items and was about to come over when Odis said, "Wait a moment, let me check if I have enough spirituality materials first."

As he spoke, he opened his cloth bag and carefully checked the items, then took out a notebook, as if he was calculating something.

After he finished, just as he was about to walk towards Selt, the stars suddenly dimmed.

Selt and Coremonde also noticed this. Without even saying hello, the two immediately hid in the distance, obviously having suffered when the sealing power weakened earlier.

Bernadette smiled slightly. Of course, she could see that Odis was stalling for time just now.

She also took Odis away and, before the river water appeared, created pea plants that surrounded them and brought them into the air.

At this time, Bernadette said, "Okay, I have established a space where we can talk safely."

"The matter is like this..." Odis told the truth and then explained his plan.

Bernadette said, "This plan is indeed good, we can try it."

Odis said with emotion, "It's also thanks to your tacit cooperation."