Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis was very surprised. This messenger actually shared the same last name, Stiano, as the "God of Steam and Machinery."

But it was too late to regret it now. A ghastly green flame enveloped the parchment, and the next second, the contract turned to ashes, meaning that this contract, witnessed by the underworld, had already taken effect.

Audis took a deep breath, trying to hide his surprise, and took out a letter he had prepared long ago: "Please deliver this letter to 134 Morning Street, Jowood District, Backlund, to Hugh Dilcha's mailbox."

"No problem." The skeleton messenger Elebella reached out, and the letter immediately left Audis's hand and landed in her leather-gloved hand.

Then she asked, "I can only send letters or packages to a designated location for you, because I just discovered that you have the protection of 'Night' and I can't locate you."

Audis thought to himself, "The blessing of the Night Goddess" is indeed a good deterrent.

He thought for a while before saying, "Send them all to the Emerald Palace on Raxia Island, um, to the room on the left in the backyard."

That was exactly the residence Bernadette had arranged for him.

Elebella nodded: "Okay."

After saying that, the skeleton in hunting attire disappeared, and the candle flame turned back to its original orange-red color.

Audis was stunned for a second or two before blowing out the candle: What exactly did I summon?

But then he thought that the other party was rational and currently had no malice, so there should be no danger for the time being.

Thinking of the other party's surname again, Audis suspected whether this messenger was with the "God of Steam and Machinery."

But then he thought that he had the help of the "Night Goddess," and the messenger could not locate him or guide the "God of Steam and Machinery" to the target, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Returning to the Emerald Palace, Audis rested for a while, and in the afternoon he went to teach the scholars as usual. Today's class ended early, and Audis went to Bayam ahead of time in the afternoon.

This time, he appeared in the apartment he had just rented yesterday, located at 17 Humber Road, North District of Bayam.

As soon as he arrived at the apartment, Audis noticed that the weather was not very good today. Dark clouds loomed in the sky, as if a torrential rain would fall in the next second.

The wind in Bayam was much stronger, and people on the street held down their hats.

Such weather gave Audis a lot of pressure.

He took a deep breath, knowing that the "Sea God" was only left with his last breath.

Coming to the window, Audis watched the trees on both sides of the road swaying from side to side in the wind. In this kind of weather, it would be best to sit in an armchair at home, read a book, and drink tea.

Just as he thought of this, he saw a team of Loen soldiers shouting loudly, clearing the crowds on the street, and blocking the street.

This made Audis even less willing to go out. He moved a chair and looked at the dark clouds in the sky. His mind recalled many movies he had seen before that had similar scenes.

At this time, Audis didn't want to think about anything, so he let himself relax until about six o'clock.

Because of the dark clouds, it was already a bit dim outside, so Audis used the "Travel Ring" to leave Bayam and return to the Emerald Palace.

While having dinner with Bernadette, Audis said: "I have investigated the 'Silver Coin Serpent' matter."

He said while drinking soup with a spoon: "He is a subordinate of the 'Admiral of Blood', impersonating your subordinate, just to hide his true identity and purpose."

And also, at the right time, he could shift some of the things he did to the "Mysterious Queen."

Of course, he certainly wouldn't do too much, after all, Bernadette is the king of the sea, and if he angered such an existence, he would die miserably.

Bernadette smiled and said: "Admitting to be my subordinate, is this really a kind of hiding?"

Then she pondered for a moment and said: "It seems that the 'Admiral of Blood' will take action in Bayam."

The disguise of the "Silver Coin Serpent" will definitely not last long, and they must know that the "Dawn of Elements" will definitely conduct some investigations after learning that a strange colleague has suddenly emerged.

So the "Silver Coin Serpent" must complete something for the "Admiral of Blood" before being exposed.

Bernadette took a sip of red wine and said to Audis: "I didn't expect you to complete the task I gave you so quickly."

Audis did not hide it: "Do you remember Rupert I talked to you about before? Yes, the adventurer who told me about Basel's deeds. I met him at the 'Seaweed Bar' yesterday…"

He roughly talked about meeting Rupert yesterday, and learning about Old Quinn's information from him, and then just happened to discover Old Quinn when he went to scout the location.

Bernadette smiled and nodded slowly: "It's not just your good luck, but also because your personality charm has attracted some people."

Audis asked the maid to take the soup aside, and was stunned for a moment and asked: "I still have personality charm?"

Bernadette did not answer this question, but asked again: "I heard that someone is going to hold an intelligence exchange meeting in Bayam, and the convener has the official status of the Night Goddess Church, is that you?"

"It's me." Audis admitted frankly.

Bernadette sighed: "You have used the little resources you have to the extreme."

Bernadette knew about the return of the ashes and characteristics of the demigod of the Night Church, but she did not expect that Audis would establish a close relationship with the Night Goddess Church by returning the ashes and characteristics.

After all, although Audis is not a wanted criminal now, he is being searched for by the "Heart of Machinery" and "Military Intelligence 9". If the Night Church wants to protect him, it must carefully consider it.

Of course, a demigod's characteristics are indeed very precious, but for the Night Church, the favor owed by such a "return" is not great.

Because if anyone dares to use that characteristic to advance, they should soon be noticed and hunted down by the Night Church.

So in Bernadette's view, returning the characteristics and ashes can only be regarded as a "good deed" for the Night Church, and it has not reached the point where it would risk offending other official extraordinary organizations to clearly support Audis.

At most, it will provide Audis with some convenience and protection.

But what surprised Bernadette was that Audis had established a connection with the Night Church not long after leaving Backlund, and even the Night Church was willing to openly support him.

Audis cut the steak and sighed: "I have few cards in my hand, so I have to make good use of every card."

The "Mysterious Queen" did not continue this topic, but said: "I received some news that the wild god Cavitua seems to have become very manic for unknown reasons.

"Also, Cavitua's believers claim that the 'Sea God' is going to launch a tsunami and submerge the entire Bayam."

She put down her wine glass and said: "I will give you a second task, help me investigate why Cavitua suddenly became abnormal."

For Bernadette, who has many fleets at sea, she is very concerned about the abnormality of the "Sea God."

And Bernadette is also very clear about the intelligence gathering level of her intelligence personnel, and does not have too much hope for them.

It just so happened that Audis was planning to establish an intelligence network in Bayam, so she simply handed this matter over to Audis.

Audis thought to himself: I can give you the answer to this matter now.

But of course, I can't say it now, because that way I won't get paid.

Then Bernadette said: "I also know that this task is relatively dangerous, so I will send you an assistant to take you to contact some devout believers of the Sea God Church. Bertha will give you the detailed information later."

"As for the reward, if you can investigate the reason why Cavitua became abnormal, it will be equivalent to repaying two-thirds of the merit points for the potion formula."

Bertha is Bernadette's personal maid.

Audis nodded immediately: "Okay."

He thought to himself: It seems that the debt here with the "Mysterious Queen" is not so difficult to repay.

Of course, Audis also knew that he had to thank the "Blessed of the Fool" for visiting Bayam, and the "Sea God's" state immediately became abnormal, so there was a chance to repay such a large debt at once.

After the meal, Audis chatted with Bernadette for a while, and the two went back to their respective places.

Audis pretended to be very dedicated and went to Bayam again. In fact, he went to the rental house to sort out the scrolls he had mastered.

And he went to the "Knowledge Wilderness" to study the method of "extracting knowledge" and made considerable progress.

The streets of Bayam were still under martial law, and of course Audis would not choose to go out for "investigation" at this time.

It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that Audis returned to the Emerald Palace.

Audis sat at his desk with some guilt, glanced at the window, and suddenly had the feeling of telling his family that he was working overtime, but was actually out messing around.

The next day, Audis adjusted the mysticism course to the morning. He planned to stay in Bayam for the next few days, one is to investigate the task just assigned by Bernadette. Since she sent him an assistant, he must pretend to investigate.

The second is to seriously prepare for the first intelligence exchange meeting. Audis attaches great importance to this gathering, which is the key for him to lay the foundation at sea.

Intelligence is too important for pirates.

After the course, Audis assigned a lot of homework and announced that the next class would be on Sunday afternoon.

The scholars' moods were very complicated. They were happy that they didn't have to go to class tomorrow, but what was frustrating was that there was too much homework, and these two days would not be easy.

Seeing the scholars' bitter faces, Audis smiled, because he predicted that at most next week, the research on "extracting knowledge" would reach the stage of practical application.

At that time, he can use the "knowledge infusion" method to teach, which can greatly reduce the learning pressure of the scholars.

Audis could also gather data on "knowledge infusion" techniques by observing the reactions of the scholars.

However, this news cannot be told to the scholars now, lest they become lazy.

Audis didn't even have time for lunch before arriving in Bayam. The sky was still covered in dark clouds, looking as if a storm was about to break.

The curfew on the streets had been lifted, but there were still soldiers patrolling, only now people could travel freely.

Audis thought for a moment and realized that this was because the "Book of Calamities" had been found by official Beyonders, which was the trigger for "God of the Sea" Kavetuvah becoming very unstable.

Wearing a Loen-style suit and a top hat, he got into a rental carriage and arrived at White Elm Avenue in the West Borough of Bayam, getting off in front of "Old Auro Leather Shop."

This was a very famous leather shop in Bayam. The shop was very large, with two floors. Many craftsmen and apprentices worked in the room behind the display window on the first floor.

Their serious work ethic was the best advertisement.

This was a property of "Dawn of Elements", which not only produced various leather products but also secretly took orders for "Magical Items".

Generally, orders were taken here, and the "craftsmen" on Lasha Island were responsible for the specific production. This was a key link in how Bernadette could afford to support so many craftsmen.

Otherwise, relying solely on internal orders from "Dawn of Elements", at most two "craftsmen" would be enough.

At the same time, this was also an important intelligence stronghold for "Dawn of Elements". Bernadette's intelligence officer in the Raging Sea was the owner of this leather shop.

Audis entered the leather shop, and a well-dressed waiter came forward: "Sir, what do you need?"

"I'm looking for Mr. Primo," Audis said, according to the information Basha gave him.

"Do you have an appointment, sir?"

"No, please tell Mr. Primo that I was introduced by the captain of the flower boat," Audis said calmly.

"The captain of the flower boat" was the code, implying that he was sent by the Emerald Palace.

Audis thought to himself: It's a bit like an imperial envoy in ancient times.

The waiter went upstairs to report to the owner. Soon, Primo, a middle-aged man who was somewhat bald, hurried down from the second floor: "You must be Mr. Julius, right? I've been waiting for you all day. Please come upstairs."

"Julius" was also a code, indicating that everything was normal and that they could talk upstairs, while also concealing Audis's real name.

Arriving on the second floor, Primo rubbed his hands and smiled: "Mr. Audis, I have long admired your name. You are not only a famous figure in the Backlund intelligence community."

This intelligence officer, who looked like an old politician, had obviously done some homework in advance.

"That's just good luck," Audis said politely with a smile.

The two shook hands. Primo locked the door and invited Audis to sit in the sofa area.

While making coffee for Audis, Primo said: "I received a telegram last night saying that we will fully cooperate with you."

"Thank you," Audis said with a smile: "The investigation in Bayam will depend entirely on your assistance. I will report this truthfully."

First, draw a big cake and give away part of the credit, so that the other party can help sincerely.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether they help or not, because Audis already knows the answer to the question. This investigation is just a formality, but the necessary expressions must be made.

Primo thought to himself: This young man is not simple. No wonder he can be reused by the "Queen" at such a young age.

After being polite for a few more sentences, he talked about business: "There is a situation that I don't know if you are aware of. We have some connections with the Church of the Sea God and the Resistance Army, but mainly we sell stolen goods to them, after all, they all need a lot of supplies.

"After dealing with them a lot, we also got to know some devout believers of the 'Sea God'.

"When we discovered that the 'Sea God' was undergoing some changes, we visited those believers.

"Most of the devout believers are somewhat emotionally broken. Some say that the 'Sea God' is angry, but they don't know why he is angry.

"Some also say that the 'Sea God' is going to submerge Bayam and raze it to the ground.

"Others say that someone in Bayam has angered the 'Sea God', and as long as those people are killed, the god's anger can be appeased."

Primo handed Audis a coffee and shook his head, saying: "Many believers are already preparing to take their families to drown themselves in the sea, saying that they want to return to the embrace of the 'Sea God'."

This intelligence officer finally concluded: "Believing in evil gods is really terrible."

Audis pondered for a moment and said: "I hope to meet those devout believers of Kavetuvah, maybe there will be some discoveries."

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to take you there."

Audis politely took a few sips of coffee: "I'll leave now."

Primo immediately got up to arrange personnel and carriages.

Audis's guide was a local young man named Phil, who was not very talkative, so Audis took the initiative to ask: "Do you understand the 'Sea God'?"

"I understand it better," Phil, who often dealt with people from the Church of the Sea God, replied: "That is an evil god who needs to be sacrificed with fresh lives."

Then he said somewhat worriedly: "Sir, is he really going to submerge Bayam?"

No mistakes, one first, one hair, one inside, one content, one look, one look!

"It's 'he'," Audis corrected with a smile, and then replied: "Don't worry, he won't succeed, because there are a large number of believers of the 'Lord of Storms' in Bayam.

"No matter how powerful the 'Sea God' is, in front of the 'Lord of Storms', he is as weak as a newly hatched chick."

Phil was stunned for a moment, feeling that this gentleman's metaphor was very vivid.

Then he seemed to realize belatedly: That's right, the "Lord of Storms" is the greatest god on the sea.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of Bayam, at the home of a "Sea God" believer. As soon as Audis entered, he saw their whole family kneeling on the ground, praying devoutly.

This family was an ordinary local family, not very wealthy, and several family members had many patches on their clothes.

They trembled and prayed sincerely. Phil stepped forward to greet them, but no one paid attention to Phil.

Afterwards, Phil tried to communicate with them, but they did not stop praying at all.

Phil shook his head at Audis, indicating that he was powerless.

So they went to the next believer's house, but the family didn't know where they had gone, but it was certain that they hadn't gone on a picnic.

The third believer's residence was already in the suburbs of Bayam.

"This is an important believer," Phil introduced: "We usually talk to him about prices when selling supplies, and he can decide the price of supplies.

"Mr. Primo guessed that this should be a very important member of the Church of the Sea God."

As they spoke, the two got out of the carriage and came to a local house with a courtyard.

Phil knocked on the door: "Mr. Paine, Mr. Paine?"

He called several times, but there was no response.

"That's strange," Phil said: "Even if Mr. Paine is not at home, his servant…"

"Who… is… knocking… outside?" A very hoarse voice, dragging out strange long tones, asked.

Phil was stunned for a moment before saying: "I… I'm looking for Mr. Paine."

The other party replied: "Paine… Mr.… is… not… convenient… to… see… you."

Phil was about to continue to ask to see him, but Audis stepped forward and said: "He's already dead."

"Ah?" To Phil's surprise, Audis suddenly pushed open the door. Inside stood a person like a dried corpse, as if the dead person had weathered for a long time, without any flesh and blood.

The reason why Audis dared to push the door open directly was because he was very clear about the true face of "Sea God" Kavetuvah, and at this time, this "Sea God" was already struggling to death and could not take care of his believers, so the danger inside was completely within a controllable range.

The dried corpse, after seeing Audis, seemed to realize that he was dead and fell to the ground without moving.

Audis saw that there were also two corpses in the yard that had lost all moisture. There seemed to be no living people here.

Phil belatedly asked with a trembling voice: "Who… who was talking just now?"

Audis did not answer this question, but said: "Take me to see Paine… um, or rather, take me to the room where you saw Paine before."

Only then did Phil seem to come back to his senses, swallowed and boldly led the way for Audis.

Arriving in the hall, there were two more dried corpses dressed as servants on the ground.

In the room on the left side of the hall, there was a dried corpse kneeling on the ground, as if praying earnestly before his death.

As soon as he entered, Audis saw a blue jade dagger in the dried corpse's hand.

Suddenly, a monster-like roar echoed in Audis's mind. At this moment, his eyes flickered with illusory light. The "Eye of Secrets" was uncontrollably opened at this critical moment.

Audis saw that the jade dagger quickly magnified, shimmering with a sea-like blue light.

Swish ~

Audis suddenly felt as if he was in the sea. In the sea in front of him was a majestic and magnificent palace.

In the very center of the palace, there was a behemoth.

That was a majestic image that sometimes had a human face and a snake body, and sometimes a snake face and a human body.

Kavetuvah!

Audis immediately realized that this was "Sea God" Kavetuvah, and it was a beautified Kavetuvah!

Because his true image was a mountain-like blue sea snake, not at all like a god, but more like a monster.

Kavetuvah seemed to notice Audis. He opened his bloody mouth and let out a howl that only a beast could make.

This cry initially sounded very majestic, causing Audis to tremble involuntarily, but the latter part of the howl became extremely painful, making Audis's head swell and causing him to want to vomit several times.

Just as Cavettua was about to rush towards Audis, the "Eye of Secrets" closed on its own, Audis's vision returned to normal, the Sea God, the sea water, and the palace were all gone, and in front of him was only a mummy holding a blue jade dagger.

Audis took a few deep breaths and sat down on the chair next to him, and the dizziness and nausea gradually disappeared.

Phil on the side asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Audis waved his hand: "It's nothing, I'm fine now."

After advancing to Sequence 6, the "Eye of Secrets" would sometimes open on its own uncontrollably, and Audis originally wanted to seal it.

However, he received corresponding enlightenment in the "Knowledge Wilderness": when the "Eye of Secrets" opens on its own, it is often because the spirituality senses that there is key information in front of him, and ordinary vision cannot notice those information.

So Audis did not actively seal it, but today he tasted the bitter fruit of seeing things he shouldn't have seen for the first time, which made him have to reconsider this issue.

Because if there are enemies in front of him, his current state will make him very passive.

But now is not the time to consider this, Audis recovered his state and looked at the blue jade dagger again.

He guessed that this dagger should have a close connection with the "Sea God" Cavettua, and may even be what this Mr. Paine used to receive "divine revelations" more clearly.

From this point, it can be confirmed that Mr. Paine is indeed an important member of the Sea God Church.

Audis pondered for a while, went to the yard and found two thin wooden sticks, preparing to use the wooden sticks to clamp out the jade dagger.

Phil on the side exclaimed: "Your fingers are so flexible."

Audis was slightly stunned, only to realize that he had inadvertently used the gesture of holding chopsticks, he thought to himself: Fortunately, this young man doesn't know what this gesture represents.

Just as he clamped the dagger and pulled it out, the mummy suddenly raised its head and said in an extremely hoarse voice: "...The sinner is dead...but the wrath of the gods has not been extinguished...disaster is about to come...no one can escape...no one can escape..."

This made Phil look terrified and jumped back abruptly.

Audis, however, was like an old friend of the mummy, and said unhurriedly: "Rest in peace, disaster will not come, the 'Sea God' will be reborn.

"He no longer demands bloody sacrifices, he no longer creates storms to frighten believers, he will become rational and benevolent..."

While speaking, he didn't stop his hands, using two "big chopsticks" to try to compete with the other party for the jade dagger.

The mummy slowly turned its head and glanced at Audis, the dry face finally no longer worried, but turned into joy: "Great..."

He finally released the dagger in his hand and completely lost his breath.

Audis finally clamped the dagger and put it in the large bowl that Phil handed over, and at the same time he noticed that Mr. Paine's extraordinary characteristics began to precipitate.

Some of the higher-ups of the Sea God Church are also extraordinary.

Audis took out a scroll and said with the unified incantation: "Open!"

The scroll shattered, emitting a faint green light, and a will-o'-the-wisp appeared, which immediately made the entire room become gloomy, and Phil suddenly felt that the muscles and joints all over his body became stiff.

This is a scroll used to attack spiritual bodies, but because this ability belongs to the undead category, it can also accelerate the precipitation speed of extraordinary characteristics.

Phil didn't understand what Audis was doing, but this gentleman didn't explain, so he didn't ask.

While waiting, Audis studied the dagger in the bowl, he guessed that the material of this dagger should be something like Cavettua's scales...

Whoosh~

Just at this moment, the dagger moved by itself in the bowl, and the tip pointed in another direction.

Audis was slightly stunned and turned the large bowl again.

Whoosh~

The dagger turned again by itself, still pointing in that direction.

Audis immediately understood that it was pointing to the location of the "Sea God"!

But then he realized a problem, if the dagger pointed to the "Sea God", wouldn't Cavettua's hiding place have been discovered long ago?

The Sea God Church has existed for so many years, the Storm Church must have killed many of its high-level members, and must have seized things similar to this dagger.

But then Audis thought again: Maybe it's because Cavettua's current state is special that the dagger points to him, it's not usually like this.

Or maybe before, Mr. Paine prayed to the "Sea God" and established a connection, Cavettua used this connection to suck up the blood and moisture of the people around him, so the people in this yard became mummies.

And because the "Sea God" no longer has any reason, he did not disconnect the established connection, which also explains why the "Eye of Secrets" saw Cavettua's roar after seeing this dagger.

Usually, after Cavettua issued the "divine revelation", he would definitely disconnect the connection immediately, in that case, there is no way to use the dagger to find the Sea God.

In the end, Audis came to the conclusion: if this dagger is used, the elven ruins where Cavettua is hiding can be found.

At this time, the extraordinary characteristics have been precipitated, Audis did not continue to think about this issue, but put away the characteristics and left here immediately.

Arriving at the carriage, Audis said to Phil: "Let's go back."

Phil, who was a little frightened today, nodded quickly: "Okay."

Although Phil also knew some mystical knowledge, he was not a combatant, so he had not seen such a situation as today.

Returning to the "Old Auroch Leather Shop", Audis chatted with Primo briefly and returned to his apartment at 17 Humber Road.

He put the large bowl containing the dagger on the coffee table, and put the Sequence 7 level "Navigator" characteristics into the "Knowledge Wilderness".

Then Audis paced back and forth in the room, considering whether to explore Cavettua's lair?

He remembered that he had received a page of Rosell's diary before, which mentioned that there were incomplete elven magic circles, which made Audis very interested, wondering if the magic circle structure was used in the elven ruins?

But if you go to explore, there will definitely be some danger, and the timing must be chosen well, such as when Cavettua is already dead, but the people of the Storm Church have not found it yet.

Otherwise, the dying Cavettua could slap Audis to death with one tail.

And if he goes late, the people of the church will definitely arrest him, and they may also ask him for the extraordinary characteristics of the "Sea God".

So this timing must be just right.

Audis thought seriously: Maybe it's not as dangerous as imagined, if the weather outside clears up, it will prove that Cavettua is already dead, then take advantage of the "Sea God" characteristics are still there, and the dagger is still useful, go find it quickly, that is a relatively safe time point.

Thinking of this, Audis finally made up his mind to go to that elven ruin.

He won't compete with "The Fool" for the "Sea God Scepter", because Audis can't just send a strengthened spiritual body to the elven ruins like "The Fool".

The negative effects of the "Sea God Scepter" are not small, it is very dangerous to touch it with the flesh.

After making a decision, Audis began to make some preparations, and then waited quietly in Bayam, and in the second half of the night, the sky suddenly cleared up.