Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis's plan was to first seek the extraordinary materials needed to advance to Sequence 5 at the Tarot Gathering.

However, considering that materials of this level rarely appear in ordinary gatherings and the price would definitely be high, he simply sought clues about extraordinary creatures possessing those two main materials.

If he hunted them himself, he could also solve the problem of obtaining the expensive auxiliary materials from the Flash-grained Starlight Tree and the Arcane Pegasus.

If he couldn't obtain corresponding clues at the Tarot Gathering, then he would have to accumulate merits with Bernadette to exchange for the 'Astrologer' extraordinary characteristic.

But how long would it take to accumulate enough merits?

The new member, 'Priest' Cattleya, wasn't very surprised to see 'Hermit's' calm smile. After all, she was the 'Pirate Admiral,' a well-known figure on the sea, and it wasn't surprising that someone recognized her immediately.

However, she had no clue about 'Hermit's' background.

Logically speaking, 'Hermit' obtained the 'Astrologer' potion formula at such a young age, so he should belong to some extraordinary organization.

Cattleya almost 'naturally' thought of two possibilities: an important figure of the 'Moses Ascetic Order' in the Intis Republic? Or an important member of the 'Dawn of Elements' in the Intis Republic?

Based on experience, a Sequence 6 member in a secret organization would usually be the leader of an important city, and in the capital of a major country, there would also be a Sequence 5.

And the 'Seer' pathway first made people think of the 'Moses Ascetic Order' and the 'Dawn of Elements'.

She guessed that the possibility of him being an important member of the 'Dawn of Elements' was greater, because only in the Intis Republic was the strength of the 'Dawn of Elements' stronger than that of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'.

Moreover, a large part of the 'Dawn of Elements' strength was pirates who roamed the sea, and their members were very familiar with news on the sea, which explained why the other party knew some of her information.

Then, Cattleya recalled that tall, beautiful figure again, but she quickly calmed down: there was also a certain probability that he was a wild extraordinary, otherwise he wouldn't be inquiring about extraordinary materials of this level.

If he belonged to an extraordinary organization, he could generally obtain the corresponding main materials or corresponding extraordinary characteristics through the organization's internal channels.

Because she didn't know 'Hermit's' background, Cattleya had no intention of trading, but lowered her head to look at the history of Silver City she had just obtained.

While listening to the other members agreeing to help 'Hermit' pay attention, the information in her hand gradually surprised Cattleya, and finally she guessed: Silver City was suspected to be in the 'Land of the Forsaken Gods'.

Then she thought: The identities of each member of the Tarot Gathering are not simple.

Originally, Cattleya felt that most of the members of the Tarot Gathering didn't seem to be of very high Sequence, but at this time she realized that their identities were not simple, and then treated this gathering with a more serious attitude.

Then, 'Fool' Klein manipulated 'World' to say in a hoarse voice: "I need the eyeballs of the Six-Winged Gargoyle."

Currently, he only lacked this one auxiliary material, and he would have all the materials needed for advancement.

After reading the historical data of Silver City provided by 'Sun' and quickly calming down, Cattleya said in a slow and unhurried tone: "300 pounds."

Klein thought to himself: As expected of the 'Star Admiral' who controls a pirate group and has the backing of an ancient force, the resources are very rich!

He manipulated 'World' and said: "Okay."

With the completion of this transaction, the giant palace was quiet for a few seconds.

'Justice' Audrey then said: "Mr. 'Hermit', shall we continue to trade the history of the Solomon Empire? I can't wait to know who exactly established the Second Solomon Empire."

Cattleya was slightly stunned. She also had a lot of research on the history of the Fourth Epoch, and immediately understood: They traded information about the difference between the Solomon Empire and the Second Solomon Empire here?

This is relatively high-level information in the extraordinary world, and many scholars in the extraordinary world are not clear about what the Second Solomon Empire was about.

At the same time, Cattleya was also very interested in the information they were about to trade. Although she knew a lot about the history of the Solomon Empire, she was not very clear about who established the Second Empire?

To be precise, she obtained a lot of contradictory information and could not make an accurate judgment.

However, she didn't immediately join the transaction, but planned to wait and see.

Audis nodded: "Okay, still 2000 pounds."

Cattleya frowned slightly: Just trading who established the Second Empire requires 2000 pounds? And everyone doesn't seem to be surprised.

Audrey immediately said: "I'll offer 1000 pounds!"

The other members wanted to join the gathering as usual, but because they didn't know whether the new member would join the transaction, they didn't know how to share the remaining 1000 pounds?

If the new member didn't join the transaction, then each of them would need to share 200 pounds. If she joined, they would pay less money.

Cattleya was a little strange, wondering why the members suddenly looked at her.

Audrey understood everyone's concerns and asked: "Ms. 'Priest', are you willing to join the transaction? If you join, you can share the 1000 pounds with the other members."

"However, during the transaction, you can only ask one question. If you have more questions, you need to pay another 300 pounds."

Cattleya calculated in her mind that she wouldn't spend much money, so she said: "Okay, I'll join the transaction."

Audis said: "In that case, each of you will pay 170 pounds."

That would be 1020 pounds. Although it was 20 pounds more than the previously stated transaction amount, no one raised any objection.

Because they all knew that the historical transaction with 'Hermit' was worth more than its price.

Then Audis turned to 'Little Sun' and said: "I'll still pay for you. The last gathering you owed me 60 pounds, now you owe me 110 pounds."

'Little Sun' immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. 'Hermit'."

After discussing how to pay for the transaction, Audis began to say: "In our last transaction, we talked about the first alliance of the six gods, which crushed the Solomon Empire…"

What? Alliance of the six gods?

Cattleya thought to herself: Aren't they trading the Second Solomon… It seems they traded information about the Solomon Empire last week.

Then she recalled the historical data she found: Was the Solomon Empire really overthrown by the six gods? Why did the six gods do this?

Cattleya suddenly realized that 'Hermit's' "review" contained a great amount of information, and there seemed to be some secret history that she was not very clear about.

Audis glanced at 'Priest' Cattleya, who was gradually becoming serious, and continued: "…The one who established the Second Solomon Empire was Solomon himself."

The other members were stunned at first, and then realized the amazing part of this news.

Just as everyone was about to start to imagine, Audrey took the lead and asked: "Mr. 'Hermit', didn't you say at the last gathering that the 'Black Emperor' had fallen?"

"He did fall at that time." Audis explained: "But according to some high-level information I learned, reaching the level of gods, falling is not equal to annihilation."

Klein behind the gray fog sighed: This is the god, "dead but not stiff" is talking about them.

Cattleya sighed: Just the information I have heard so far is far beyond the value of 170 pounds. 'Hermit' knows a lot of high-level information, is he really a Sequence 6?

As an 'Astrologer,' she had not yet come into contact with this level of information, but 'Hermit' said it like that.

In addition to being surprised, she began to reconsider 'Hermit's' identity.

'Moon' Emlyn was already rubbing his hands excitedly: This news can sell for at least 300… no, 500 pounds!

Now he will not hesitate to join the information transaction with 'Hermit', because this is a sure-profit business!

'Justice' Audrey said: "So that's how it is, then how did the 'Black Emperor' revive?"

"This is exactly the high-level information I learned." Audis said: "The 'Black Emperor' or 'Lawyer' pathway is a very special pathway."

"I unintentionally learned that when this pathway advances to True God, it needs to build nine mausoleums, and also needs to formulate a set of rules that violate common sense."

Klein, who had the 'Black Emperor' card in his hand, was the only one who was not surprised by this. He thought to himself: I didn't expect 'Hermit' to know part of the 'Black Emperor's' specific advancement ritual.

After a brief surprise, 'Hanged Man' quickly turned to excitement: This is… this is the ritual to advance to God! I actually heard about the ritual for God's advancement!

The information exchange at the Tarot Gathering once again refreshed his understanding.

What did I just hear?

Cattleya first asked herself: Was that the ritual about the gods? "Unintentionally" learned? How "unintentional" are you to be able to learn this level of information?

'Moon' Emlyn and 'Sun' Derrick did not react immediately. After seeing everyone's surprised expressions, they gradually understood what they had heard.

Emlyn thought to himself: This information cannot be traded within the Blood Clan, it must not be revealed! It's too amazing!

Audis gave everyone two or three seconds to digest this amazing news before continuing: "It is said that as long as any one of the nine mausoleums still exists, He can be revived."

"It is said that as long as the rules He has formulated still exist, He still has a chance to be revived."

Even Klein was surprised this time: This… this probability of revival is too great!

Cattelya didn't know what to say: the intelligence about establishing the Second Solomon Empire was actually worth 2,000 pounds!

Then she thought of some investigations done by the 'Mystic Queen': I remember the Great Emperor also built a mausoleum, could it be… No, the 'Queen' once said that the Great Emperor seemed to be a Beyonder of the 'Seer' pathway, and should have jumped to the 'Secrets Suppliant' pathway.

Cattelya briefly fell into contemplation.

The 'Magician' Forsi exclaimed in surprise: This is the power of a god!

Then she smiled helplessly: This feeling is back again. I clearly know that this kind of high-level intelligence is not very useful at the moment, but I really, really want to know!

The 'Sun' Derrick was one of the calmer members: But… but if the 'Black Emperor' could be resurrected so easily, why did he become history? And didn't live to this day?

Audrey, who once again considerately gave everyone time to digest, continued: "Everyone should have heard something about the architecture and clothing styles of the Fourth Epoch.

"At that time, whether it was architecture or clothing, the main style was asymmetrical. Another feature was that the candlesticks of that era were hung upside down from the ceiling.

"However, by the end of the Fourth Epoch, these styles had basically disappeared."

The 'Moon' Emlyn confirmed: "These are all abnormal rules issued by the 'Black Emperor'? Later, He fell again, His mausoleum was demolished, and the rules He made were overthrown, so He completely fell?"

Audrey nodded: "You can understand it this way. By the Fifth Epoch, He really had no chance of resurrection."

"Of course, there is another way to make Him lose the chance of resurrection faster."

Emlyn understood: "What way?"

Then he smiled sheepishly, only remembering that he had already used his chance to ask a question.

However, 'Justice' Audrey immediately said: "Mr. 'Hermit', I would also like to know what that method is."

Audrey replied: "The appearance of a new 'Black Emperor'."

Audrey nodded slowly. Everyone felt that this answer was both expected and unexpected.

Forsi asked curiously at this time: "Mr. 'Hermit', has there ever been a 'Black Emperor' since then?"

Now that Forsi has been promoted to Sequence 8, there is no pressure to continue to be promoted for the time being, so she has a more open attitude towards the transaction with Mr. 'Hermit'. She asks whatever she is curious about to satisfy her curiosity. There is no need to be so tense, always thinking about asking some key questions.

"There has been," Audrey replied: "There was one in the Fifth Epoch."

He glanced at Cattleya, but quickly looked away again: "But who it is specifically is not part of this transaction."

Cattelya was slightly stunned: Why did the 'Hermit' look at me just now? I don't know such information.

Alger turned to look at the 'Hermit': What? There was a 'Black Emperor' in the Fifth Epoch? Who?

Klein thought: Someone became a god in the Fifth Epoch?

Audrey simply asked: "Mr. 'Hermit', what kind of transaction does the 'Black Emperor' of the Fifth Epoch belong to?"

Audrey smiled: "I can't say, saying it will lose half the value of this information."

If he mentioned Emperor Rosell, everyone would definitely think of his measures such as the "Civil Code", and they would be able to understand many things in an instant.

Audrey asked again: "Then what is the value of that transaction?"

"Also 2,000 pounds."

Audrey nodded and said nothing more.

"Let's continue the previous topic," Audrey said: "Solomon was resurrected, he established the Second Solomon Empire, and regained the support of the 'True Creator'.

"However, the strength of the Second Empire was much weaker than the First Empire. As far as I know, only the Zaratul family and the Zoroaster family supported Solomon.

"At the same time, the 'Night Emperor' and the 'Blood Emperor' established empires one after another, and many great nobles who supported the Solomon Empire in those years defected to them.

"As for the 'Nether Emperor' in the Southern Continent, he may still have an alliance relationship with the Second Solomon Empire, but they are now an alliance between equals, not like the power that supported the Solomon Empire before.

"At this point, the four empires coexisted, entering the 'Era of the Four Emperors'."

"Priestess" Cattleya seriously digested this information: The information I got is true, the 'True Creator's' kingdom was once in the Northern Continent.

She had never dared to determine the authenticity of these materials before. At this time, Cattleya finally dared to make a judgment when she heard "Hermit" say this with certainty.

Then she thought: Which organization does the "Hermit" belong to?

She didn't think that a Sequence 6 could obtain such high-level intelligence in the "Moses Ascetic Order" or "Dawn of Elements", so she believed that the "Hermit" should not be a member of these two organizations.

The other members basically exclaimed: So this is the "Era of the Four Emperors"!

Audrey said: "I didn't expect these four empires to have coexisted."

Forsi also nodded in agreement, expressing that she felt the same way.

Because the authoritative history textbooks currently believe that these four empires should have existed in chronological order.

At this time, Klein manipulated "The World" to ask: "What was the attitude of the Six Gods at that time? Or who did they support?"

Everyone suddenly realized that the attitude of the Six Gods at that time was very crucial, or rather, they were the key to influencing the "War of the Four Emperors".

Audrey replied: "After the Solomon Empire was destroyed, they lost their common enemy, and the first Six Gods Alliance also collapsed, and the Six Gods began to confront each other again.

"However, they unanimously stated that they all supported the 'Night Emperor'."

This answer exceeded everyone's expectations. Originally, everyone thought that the Six Gods would support different empires, so the state of coexistence of the four empires lasted for a period of time.

But unexpectedly, they actually supported the same empire.

"Hanged Man" Alger used his chance to ask a question here: "Then, the strongest at that time was the Tlensoest Empire?"

Audrey thought for a while before saying: "Theoretically, that's the case, but everyone must understand such a concept. Unless the kingdom of the Six Gods is invaded, or they feel threatened, they will not actively participate in the war between the four empires.

"It's like if the Loen Kingdom and the Fesac Empire fight now, the ones rushing to the front are the soldiers of the two countries and the Beyonders of the military.

"If the orthodox churches believe that their interests have been harmed, they will send Beyonder forces to participate in the war."

Everyone nodded slowly when they heard this: It seems to be the case.

Klein thought: But the Tlensoest Empire still has an advantage. Once other countries lose a battle, they may be in danger of being destroyed. But Tlensoest is not afraid, because in the territory of this empire, there are still six kingdoms. As long as other countries dare to invade, the true strength of this empire can be unleashed.

Audrey continued: "Because of the support of the 'True Creator', even if the Second Solomon Empire only has the support of two angel families, this empire is not the weakest.

"The four empires should have confronted each other for a period of time. I'm not very clear about how long they confronted each other.

"But the Solomon Empire could not escape the misfortune of being the first country to be destroyed. First of all, the 'True Creator' is an old opponent of the Six Gods, and the Six Gods will not let the 'True Creator' grow stronger again.

"Secondly, the 'Night Emperor' and the 'Blood Emperor' also had hatred with Solomon, and they were unwilling to let this empire exist for too long."

Cattelya asked when the "Hermit" paused: "What hatred do they have?"

Audrey replied: "The 'Night Emperor' and the 'Blood Emperor' were once subordinates of the 'Black Emperor'. They were instigated by the Six Gods and betrayed the 'Black Emperor' before they were promoted to Sequence 1."

Cattelya nodded slowly. This was also another uncertain point in her understanding of the history of the Solomon Empire: "Why did the Six Gods do this? I mean, since the 'Six Gods Alliance' you just mentioned was so powerful, why did they instigate Tudor and Tlensoest?"

The other members quietly listened to the question of the new member "Priestess", and then uniformly revealed a faint smile, because they had similar questions during the last gathering.

Audrey smiled: "This is your second question."

Cattelya immediately said: "I am willing to pay 300 pounds!"

"What I mean is," Audrey smiled: "If you want to ask a second question, you might as well directly trade with me for information about the Solomon Empire.

"I only charge 500 pounds, and I can tell you all the information I know about the Solomon Empire."

Cattelya immediately said: "Okay."

The "Hermit" can talk so meticulously about the transaction of secret historical information, which is really unexpected. Even if she thinks she knows a lot about the information of the Fourth Epoch, she still wants to hear what the "Hermit" has to say.

So Audrey began to tell the "Priestess" the information transaction content of the last gathering.

Cattelya was very calm on the surface, but she was already very surprised in her heart: What? The former Solomon Empire was so powerful? The Six Gods had been full of contradictions in the Fourth Epoch? No wonder the Six Gods wanted to instigate Tudor and Tlensoest, it turned out that it was because they had no confidence at all.

After the transaction, Cattleya said in her heart: This information is definitely worth far more than 500 pounds.

Then, she became more curious about the identity of the "Hermit", and really couldn't understand what kind of organization would allow a Sequence 6 to master so many secrets.

Of course, Cattleya also guessed whether this was the historical information that the "Hermit" had explored himself.

However, when she thought of her own search and exploration of hidden history, she immediately rejected this idea. Judging from “The Hermit’s” appearance, he was only in his twenties. Even if he started exploring from the age of three, he might not necessarily be able to master so much hidden historical information by now.

Moreover, there was some high-level information about the gods, which could only be obtained by chance.

This was also the place that Cattleya couldn't understand the most. If she had obtained this level of information herself, the process must have been very dangerous, and it might not be something a Sequence 6 could withstand.

And if the information was obtained from within an organization, it would not be very realistic. Cattleya estimated that even if she were promoted to a demigod in an organization like the “Moses Ascetics,” which focuses on knowledge, she might not be able to read materials of this level.

While Cattleya was thinking, Audris said, "Let's go back to the original transaction."

The other members also followed the "Priestess" and re-examined the information about the Solomon Empire. They all sighed in their hearts that "The Hermit" had a very clear understanding of this period of history and explained it clearly.

“In the ‘War of the Four Emperors,’ the Second Solomon Empire was the first to perish,” Audris said. “I didn’t get any relevant information about the specific process of the war, but I saw a very interesting mural in a Fourth Epoch ruin. Mr. ‘Fool,’ can I show the mural?”

Klein slowly nodded, helping "The Hermit" to display the mural.

What Audris displayed was the mural he saw in the corridor when he and Bernadette explored the Fourth Epoch ruins of the Trunsoest Empire.

Everyone first saw armies with two different symbols on their armor fighting.

Cattleya, who had rich ancient knowledge, had probably understood the meaning of this mural.

However, most of the members did not recognize those symbols. Audris explained, “The soldiers with attacking postures are the army of the Trunsoest Empire.

“The symbol on their armor is the emblem of the Trunsoest family.”

Everyone saw that the symbol on the armor was a black crown.

“This symbol can be regarded as the unified symbol of the Trunsoest Empire army in this mural. After all, in this decisive war, the major nobles within the empire will definitely participate, and those nobles also have their own emblems,” Audris continued to explain:

“The other side of the battle, the army with the throne symbol on their armor, represents the Solomon Empire army. The ‘oppressive throne’ is the emblem of the Solomon family.

“Looking down, you will see a third force. The symbol on their armor is a hand holding a scepter.”

Audris looked around at everyone and said, “That is the emblem of the Tudor family.”

With this explanation, everyone understood the meaning of this mural.

They all realized that this must be another hidden history of the Fourth Epoch.

Audris continued, “Obviously, at the critical moment of the war, the Tudor Empire joined forces with the Trunsoest Empire to jointly defeat the Solomon Empire.

“However, this alliance was definitely not formed suddenly. Tudor and Trunsoest should have reached a consensus long ago to eliminate the Solomon Empire first.

“First of all, they have the motivation, because they once betrayed Solomon, so Solomon regards them as enemies, and they cannot coexist peacefully.

He paused and then said, “People at the level of Tudor and Trunsoest may no longer have emotions such as guilt, and do not feel that their betrayal is an immoral act.

“They jointly targeted Solomon, possibly to cover up their shame.

“In addition, Solomon gave them great pressure when he was resurrected, which also became part of their hatred.”

At this time, Klein behind the gray fog suddenly realized a key issue: After the fall of the First Solomon Empire, Tudor and Trunsoest were both Sequence 1s, so when Solomon was resurrected, he only had the Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 characteristic?

But because he had already used his chance to ask questions, and according to his observation, "Justice" obviously did not notice this point. After all, Solomon's resurrection was shocking enough.

Klein guessed that there might be some special abilities of the "Black Emperor" involved.

However, this question could only be reserved for now, and asked when there was a chance in the future.

Audris narrated, “According to my guess, the general process of this war may be like this: the main force of the Tudor Empire is responsible for blocking reinforcements from the Bayam Empire, while the main force of Trunsoest attacks the Solomon Empire.

“This is also the reason why the ‘Era of the Four Emperors’ was able to stalemate for a period of time. The Solomon Empire allied with the Bayam Empire, while the Tudor Empire and Trunsoest did not have a clear alliance, and even had deep contradictions between them.

“When Tudor and Trunsoest suddenly joined forces, the situation was different.

“Trunsoest should have obtained the support of the six gods before launching the war against the Solomon Empire.

“At that time, this empire was the strongest, and the six gods helped block the ‘True Creator,’ so Solomon would definitely ask the Bayam Empire for help.

“The Bayam Empire’s reinforcements came to the Northern Continent, but were blocked by the Tudor Empire.

“Even at this time, the Tudor Empire could send people to support the Solomon Empire’s battlefield, because I got a piece of information from another place that the ‘Original Witch’ initially secretly supported the Tudor Empire, which could completely block the ‘Nether Emperor.’

“At that time, a fierce battle of gods should have broken out, Solomon fell again, and his subordinate Grand Duke Zaratul also fell.

“In the ‘War of the Four Emperors,’ the first fierce battle was basically over.”

There was nothing too surprising in "The Hermit's" description, but it was like a bedtime story, making the other members listen very attentively.

Everything seemed so logical, but when these logical things were told, they felt a heavy sense of history.

However, Cattleya, who had rich knowledge, still obtained an important piece of information from it: It turned out that the “Original Witch” did not support the “Nether Emperor” from the beginning, but actually supported the “Blood Emperor.”

Audris finally said, “Judging from the process of Tudor and Trunsoest dividing the spoils of victory, they had planned this war long ago.

“Of course, I didn’t understand the information about how they divided the spoils of victory, but I inferred how they divided the spoils of victory from some later information.”

Cattleya took a deep look at Audris. From the description just now, she noticed that "The Hermit" also had a strong ability to reason in terms of information and hidden history.

The war of the Solomon Empire's demise should have been inferred by him through some clues.

She listened very carefully to "The Hermit's" next description, because she knew that this was the most core research part of a scholar.

“There is evidence that Trunsoest later obtained the Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 characteristic of the ‘Black Emperor’ pathway,” Audris continued. “Other evidence shows that Adam had the Sequence 1 characteristic of the ‘Black Emperor’ in the Fifth Epoch.”

In fact, not only did he have the Sequence 1 characteristic, but he also had the “complete set.”