Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The sweet and lovely "Maiden of Delight" immediately lost her smile. She hadn't expected that the other party's words, expressions, and gestures had all seemed genuine, yet he was deceiving her.

Fors's reaction to Audis's actions could only be described as astonished.

First, surprise: He actually tricked a "Maiden" into showing herself.

Then, regret: How did I not think of that?

Audis didn't immediately attack, but asked, "What is your purpose in exploring this ruin?"

This was also why he hadn't deliberately concealed Fors's presence, to lure out a "Maiden."

At the same time, he extinguished the flames at the entrance. After all, this was a confined space, and the flames would consume a lot of oxygen.

The sweet and lovely "Maiden of Delight" smiled again, but it was a rather cold smile. A "Frost Crystal Spear" had appeared in her hand, flying towards Audis.

Audis used a "Defense Scroll," and as she was about to "Invisibly Vanish," he raised the "Hand of Judgment": "Imprison!"

The air around the "Maiden of Delight" suddenly became viscous, trapping her in place.

"Death!" Audis lunged forward, swinging his hand covered in a black glove, knocking the beautiful "Maiden of Delight" away.

To be safe, he used "Death" first, because the locked-on target couldn't dodge this attack.

However, the moment he touched the "Maiden of Delight," Audis shuddered. Even through the glove, he felt the sensation of the final moment of "bed sports."

This distracted Audis, preventing him from completing the next combo.

Struck by "Death" and seriously injured, the "Maiden of Delight" immediately used her "Mirror Image Substitute" ability.

As a mirror shattered, the sweet and lovely "Maiden of Delight" appeared not far away, her serious injuries reduced to minor ones.

"Hehe." The "Maiden of Delight" giggled at Audis, making his heart feel like it was being scratched, stirring him up again. His groin flushed with blood, and he struggled to suppress any unseemly sounds or actions.

Even Fors, who was watching from the sidelines, was attracted to the "Maiden of Delight," feeling that she was so cute and charming, and wanting to get close to her.

The "Maiden of Delight" didn't take the opportunity to attack Audis, but quickly searched for the door's switch where she had just entered.

She knew very well that the man in front of her had killed a "Recorder" in a matter of seconds. It wasn't luck, but genuine strength.

The ability of "Delight" could only distract him temporarily; she still couldn't beat him.

The reason she had dared to come in was first, she was confident in her "Invisibility" ability. Before she attacked, Beyonders of the same sequence would hardly notice her.

Secondly, she had seen some Beyonder mechanisms and knew how to operate them after seeing someone else open them once.

Overall, her idea wasn't wrong. Audis indeed hadn't noticed her, but not noticing didn't mean he couldn't bluff her.

Moreover, the "Maiden of Delight" had apparently overlooked one thing: this was a mechanism from the Fourth Epoch, and it was full of "Ancient Giant Language" characters, which were somewhat different from modern Beyonder mechanisms, so she couldn't open the door for a while.

Audis took a deep breath and crushed a scroll.

Whoosh~

A hurricane swept through, blowing the three people in the warehouse off balance.

The cool wind calmed Audis down a lot, and at this time, the "Maiden of Delight" still hadn't found the door's switch.

Then Audis threw out an "Ice and Snow Scroll," but the moment the scroll exploded, the "Maiden of Delight" raised her hand, controlling the frost that was originally attacking her to instead cover the ground.

But Audis, who had rushed over, was already close. He felt wisps of something entangling him, and then these tiny threads tightened, like a layer of wire blocking his path.

However, because of the haste, the amount of "spider silk" was obviously too small, and it didn't stop Audis's progress. He still threw out a scroll while using the hand wearing the "Reaper Gauntlet" to knock the "Maiden of Delight" away.

The "Maiden of Delight," who was already injured, suffered a fatal wound, but she immediately used the "Mirror Image Substitute" ability. Although another mirror on her body shattered, the fatal wound on her body immediately turned into a serious injury.

But at this moment, the scroll that Audis had thrown out earlier exploded, and black iron-colored javelins flew towards the "Maiden of Delight," almost stabbing into her body the moment she finished using her substitute ability.

After a few sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh, the sweet and lovely "Maiden of Delight's" petite body was pierced by thick javelins.

This time, she didn't have time to use the "Substitute" ability again, and felt her own life rapidly draining away with her eyes open, until it finally disappeared.

Because of the support of those javelins, the dead "Maiden of Delight" didn't fall down immediately.

Audis looked at that beautiful face: "What a pity."

Fors also followed suit: "Yes, what a pity."

Then the two realized that they seemed to have misspoke. One coughed to cover it up, and the other turned his head away.

"Let's go take a look at what those supplies are," Audis then changed the subject.

Fors quickly said: "Okay, okay, okay."

Under Audis's lead, they first took a look at the supplies placed around them.

Most of these supplies were huge, rough wooden boxes, neatly placed there. Obviously, the goods in this warehouse had strict placement requirements.

Some wooden boxes had some paper attached to them, with some handwriting on them, some of which could still be seen clearly, probably the information of the sender and the recipient.

Audis opened a few wooden boxes, but unfortunately, the things stored in these wooden boxes were basically decayed.

Some of them were a large number of spiritual materials, but after more than a thousand years, the spirituality had long been lost, and the tissues of some extraordinary creatures had long rotted into residue.

And more of the supplies had rotted to the point where Audis couldn't recognize what they were.

Only three kinds of supplies could still be used: one was dozens of bags of ore piled together, and the other was dozens of logs piled together.

Audis looked at the logs. More than a thousand years of time hadn't caused them to rot at all. They were still as good as new, and even the places where they were cut looked a little moist.

This kind of wood is called "Tree of Healing" or "Tree of Miracles." Living in a wooden house built of this wood can cure almost all chronic diseases, and can even limit the physical changes caused by "Signs of Loss of Control."

Even people without diseases can be healthy and live a very long life living here, so it is also called "Tree of Miracles."

As for those ores, Audis carefully checked them and found the corresponding knowledge in his mind.

This kind of ore is called "Edge." It has no extraordinary effect, but if a thin layer is applied to the blade, it can make that ordinary knife very sharp, easily cutting and piercing the enemy's weapons and armor.

Some people have also used it to make bullet heads, and the lethality is also particularly great.

Audis sighed: "Both of these things are good things, but unfortunately they are not very useful."

Neither of them had chronic diseases, and they rarely used cold weapons and pistols, so they were useless to them.

However, Audis adhered to the idea that a thief never leaves empty-handed... and that resources should not be left to the enemy, so he put these things into the "Wilderness of Knowledge."

The third usable resource was an inconspicuous small wooden box placed in the corner.

Opening it, it turned out to be a box of gold!

It is estimated that these gold bars are worth several thousand pounds!

Audis and Fors both took a deep breath, feeling that the colors around this wooden box had changed.

The two looked at each other, and Audis said, "It's not convenient to carry it. I'll put it away first, and we'll divide it when we go out."

Fors had no objection: "Okay."

Then, the two went to look at the small wooden boxes on the stone platform.

Generally speaking, these more exquisite things should be more valuable.

Audis opened the first wooden box, which was filled with "Star Crystals," a "low-sequence" extraordinary material that many sequences such as "Seer" can use.

Audis estimated that there were at least five or six hundred grams, worth more than two thousand pounds.

For Audis, these "Star Crystals" were more useful, as they could be used to instill some knowledge into the "Helmet of Wisdom."

In the second wooden box was a necklace inlaid with a huge gemstone, a rose-red gemstone, surrounded by smaller gemstones of the same color.

Inside the rose-colored gem, it seemed that faces were forming and quickly dissipating.

Audis touched it with his hand. As expected, this was a Sealed Artifact, corresponding to Sequence 6 "Faceless" of the "Seer" pathway.

After a brief look, he quickly put it away.

The third wooden box was a bit large, with three layers of light blue crystal bottles neatly arranged inside. Audis opened one of them and immediately realized what it was: special ink for writing magic arrays, the kind used in the elven ruins.

The manufacturing process of this ink has long been lost. Although Audis scraped off a lot of residue, it was difficult to study what materials it was made of due to the age.

Each exquisite crystal ink bottle was engraved with a small magic array, which had been replenishing spirituality to these inks. After more than a thousand years, they were still usable.

With just these three bottles, Audis can complete the process of "research – imitation." In the future, places requiring prolonged use of magic arrays can use this potion for inscription.

Maintaining the magic arrays will save a significant amount of work.

Audis rubbed his hands together and walked towards the fourth and final box, feeling like he was opening a blind box.

Opening the fourth box, he found an irregular, black-iron colored stone. Upon seeing it, Audis suddenly felt a connection between it and his glove.

Audis felt this thing should be quite high-level, but he didn't know what it was specifically.

Never mind, I'll just put it into the "Knowledge Wilderness"!

Audis suddenly had the illusion that the cloth with the sub-array of the "Space Magic Array" on it had become heavy.

This round of exploration yielded quite a harvest. Audis decided to find a way to leave this place after going out. The man in the hall, beneath the pile of skeletons and in a strange state, gave Audis a bad premonition.

At this moment, the extraordinary characteristic of the "Pleasure Witch" had already been extracted. It was a illusory, thread-like thing resembling a ball of yarn.

This "yarn ball" was suspended in front of the "Pleasure Witch's" chest.

Audis stepped forward, about to put this characteristic into the "Knowledge Wilderness," when suddenly the "Pleasure Witch" raised her hand to block Audis' outstretched hand.

Audis jumped back abruptly, and Fors was also stunned.

At this moment, the "Pleasure Witch" was still pierced by several thick, black-iron colored javelins. Supported by two of these javelins, she stood there in a slightly forward-leaning, rather abnormal posture.

Although she hadn't fallen, she was already dead beyond dead.

Yet now, both her hands were gripping the javelins, as if trying to pull them out of her body.

This was very strange. In an ancient ruin, the originally dead "Witch" suddenly moved again. If Audis hadn't been there, Fors would have screamed in terror long ago.

Audis was a little puzzled. He remembered that "Witches" had abilities similar to resurrection, but that should be at Sequence 3, while the "Witch" in front of him was only Sequence 6…

Soon, Audis calmed himself down, and then he realized that he had scared himself just now.

The "Pleasure Witch" had not resurrected but had turned into a living corpse.

So Audis took out another "Spirit Shattering Scroll." The scroll exploded, and the spiritual light swept over the "Pleasure Witch's" corpse. Her hands immediately drooped down, motionless.

The "Spirit Shattering Scroll" can not only shatter ghosts but also attack living corpses, causing them to lose all ability to move.

This time, when Audis went to take the "Pleasure Witch's" characteristic, he encountered no resistance.

After putting the characteristic into the "Knowledge Wilderness," Audis realized that some subtle changes had occurred in this warehouse, allowing corpses to quickly turn into living corpses.

He guessed that it was likely due to some changes happening to the man in the pile of skeletons outside.

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible," Audis said.

It wouldn't be good if they were blocked here by that guy.

Audis first went to turn off the "crystal lamps" in the warehouse, and the two of them slightly adjusted to the dark environment.

Then Audis opened the door, and shouts immediately came from outside.

At this moment, the lights outside were brightly lit, and the members of the "Knowledge Church" were dealing with the overwhelming "skeleton warriors."

Although these "skeleton warriors" were numerous, they were not strong. Ordinary crew members and sailors could deal with them, and members who had gone to explore the adjacent stone chamber also returned to support.

So, although "skeleton warriors" filled the entire hall, they never broke through the "Knowledge Church's" defenses.

After using the "Invisibility Scroll" again, Audis came outside the door and carefully observed the situation in the hall.

He noticed that the skeletons that had originally covered the strangely-state male had all gone to attack the members of the "Knowledge Church," revealing the strangely-state male.

However, this male with feathers growing on his back was still standing there motionless.

Audis breathed a slight sigh of relief, as long as there were no obvious changes in this guy's state.

But immediately afterward, Audis noticed that the "Pain Witch" had disappeared.

He once again had a bad premonition.

While the situation was still within a controllable range, Audis quickly led Fors away from the "skeleton warriors."

But having only taken a few steps, the tall wall facing the island was opened again, and the "Pain Witch" came in and shouted: "Clear these skeletons as soon as possible and prepare to welcome the 'Saintess'!"

Audis' heart sank: The "Witch Sect's" "Saintess" is coming? Aren't you from the "Knowledge Church"? Why call the "Witch Sect's" "Saintess" here?

Fors didn't know what the "Saintess" represented, but Audis knew clearly that the "Witch Sect's" "Saintess" was at least a Sequence 3!

In front of a Saint, Audis and Fors had almost no hope of escape.

Audis immediately stopped. According to their current speed, and needing to avoid the "Pain Witch," it would take at least ten minutes to reach the tall wall.

They would likely run head-on into the approaching "Saintess" by then.

Would she believe him if they told her that they had come to welcome her?

Audis clenched his fist. There was another way, stop hiding and rush out immediately.

But he still had to bring Fors, making it easy for them to be entangled by the "Pain Witch," and then be killed when the "Saintess" arrived.

Suddenly, Audis looked at the huge stone door next door.

At this moment, all the "Knowledge Church" members who had been exploring that side had rushed out and were organizedly eliminating the "skeleton warriors."

Audis suddenly had a bold idea: Use the "Teleportation Array" to leave this place!

He had just realized that this ruin had been sealed for over a thousand years, but the breathing was still smooth, and they could even occasionally feel fresh air.

This indicated that the magic arrays in this ruin were still functioning normally. Otherwise, it would be impossible to breathe fresh air in a place between the real world and the spirit world.

Then the most important teleportation array here could likely continue to operate.

Although he didn't know where the other side of the array was, for Audis, it was better than running into the Witch Sect's demigod head-on.

After a moment's thought, Audis had made up his mind. He first quietly went to the end of the right passage they were in and looked. As described by the "Knowledge Church" members, this place had been severely damaged by some force, and the magic array had long been unrecognizable.

So they turned back. While the "Knowledge Church's" people were fighting fiercely in the hall, Audis led Fors into another stone door and came to the other side of the corridor.

Although he hadn't communicated with Fors, Fors wouldn't have any objections at this time. She knew that following behind the "Captain" was definitely safe.

In the left corridor, Audis also saw warehouse signs, and he first understood that "South" and "North" at the door referred to the South Continent and the North Continent.

That is to say, the "Teleportation Array" on the side they were on now led to the South Continent, and the "Teleportation Array" on the side they had just explored led to the North Continent.

There was a warehouse in each of the north and south directions.

There should also be many good things in the warehouse on this side, but now was not the time to be greedy. Taking advantage of the opportunity that everyone's attention was in the hall, Audis and Fors quickly came to the stone room at the end of the corridor.

This stone room was also very large. Three ordinary crew members were holding lanterns and guarding here, but at this time they were gathered at the door, looking at the battle outside and occasionally discussing in low voices.

They didn't notice at all that Audis and Fors in the invisible state passed by them.

Audis didn't take action immediately but carefully looked at this stone room. First of all, this place also seemed to have been damaged by some force, and there were some collapsed places on the ground.

However, the structure here was still basically intact, unlike the stone room next door, which was completely destroyed beyond recognition.

In addition, the invisible force in the hall was also filling this stone room.

However, since there were no "skeleton warriors" here, these forces were hardly noticed.

There was no magic array on the ground, only a simple circle, and there was also a small, solid stone platform in a corner on one side.

Audis, who had successfully arranged a complex magic array on a large sea ship, immediately understood that the stone platform should be a place similar to an "operation panel."

He quickly led Fors over, but after seeing the stone platform clearly, Audis was somewhat disappointed because the magic array on the stone platform was damaged, and it couldn't be used to activate the magic array.

But Audis wasn't without a solution. He looked around and immediately found the place on the wall to open the secret room with the "Teleportation Array."

The structure of this magic array was not beyond Audis' knowledge, or rather, it was common sense: Such a crucial magic array certainly couldn't be exposed to people's eyes like this, and it had to be disguised.

Audis estimated that the real magic array should be in the secret room directly below this stone room, and only through the correct method could they enter the secret room with the magic array.

After seeing that magic array, Audis would also be able to activate the magic array.

After looking around a bit, he found the location of the mechanism.

Just at this moment, both Audis and Fors felt a huge pressure coming from the direction of the hall.

At the same time, they faintly heard the "Pain Witch" say: "Welcome the 'Saintess'!"

Rumble ~

Outside, something had been scattered all over the ground. After a moment's thought, Audys understood that the "Saintess" had arrived and dealt with those "Skeleton Warriors." The "crashing" sound was the sound of bones falling to the ground.

Audys thought to himself, "That was close!"

If they had returned the way they came, they would have definitely run into this "Saintess." If that had happened, he and Fors might already be dead.

Fortunately, they didn't return the same way. Audys and Fors were currently in the stone chamber inside, and the "Saintess" couldn't see them because of the stone wall.

As long as she couldn't see them, even a Sequence 3 wouldn't be able to sense Audys's presence.

However, this "Saintess" would likely be able to sense Fors's location. But at this moment, the ruins were full of "Knowledge Church" sailors and crew members. Furthermore, Fors was a "Magician," so her presence wouldn't attract special attention.

At the entrance of the stone chamber, the three crew members holding lanterns were dumbfounded. Audys even heard them gulping audibly.

Clearly, the "Saintess's" beauty had captivated them, but they didn't dare to stare for too long. After a few glances, they quickly lowered their heads and peeked discreetly.

Audys carefully walked towards the entrance of the Extraordinary mechanism. At this moment, he heard a clear voice, like that of a young girl, say, "My friend, I didn't expect that after more than a thousand years, your condition would still be so poor."

In that instant, Audys suddenly understood: the true purpose of the "Knowledge Church" was actually that man in the center of the main hall, whose condition was very strange!

Or rather, this should be the task that the "Witch Sect" had given to the "Knowledge Church." After the director of the "Knowledge Church" confirmed that the person they were looking for was in the main hall, he went out and used the corresponding ritual to notify the "Saintess" of the "Witch Sect."

Thus, the "Saintess" came to these ruins.

Although he didn't know if the person in the main hall was the "Saintess's" lover from the Fourth Epoch? Or if they had some other purpose in finding this guy?

What was certain was that the "Witch Sect" knew, or suspected, that this man in a strange state was here.

Perhaps it was because of this that they ordered the "Knowledge Church" to study the documents seized from the Abraham family and used the documents to determine the location of this "Extraordinary Transfer Station."

Otherwise, that batch of documents had been in the hands of the "Knowledge Church" for over a thousand years. If they had studied it seriously before, they couldn't have found this place now.

As he figured this out, Audys also heard the "Saintess" order, "Hide in the corners, squat on the ground, and close your eyes."

Audys suddenly had an ominous premonition, but fortunately, they had already arrived in front of the secret room's mechanism.

Just then, a cold aura suddenly appeared in the center of the stone chamber, and a illusory door rose from the ground.

The "Teleportation Array" suddenly activated!

Audys was startled. He was a little strange, the "control panel" was broken, how did this "Saintess" activate the magic circle?

Then he noticed that the illusory door became layered, as if something very terrifying was about to rush out from inside.

Audys realized that the magic circle on the Southern Continent was activated. At this moment, the person operating the magic circle over there was about to come over!

In the stone chamber, the flowing invisible power suddenly surged, as if resonating with the person who was coming.

Audys's hand was already on the position to open the secret door, injecting his spirituality. The few "Ancient Giant Texts" on the wall suddenly emitted a faint illusory light.

However, the secret door did not open.

Audys twitched the corner of his mouth: Crap, I still need the password.

But now there is no time to draw a magic circle to modify the password!

At this time, a huge pressure came from the illusory door. Audys knew that the "Teleportation Array" was about to connect.

So he quickly pulled Fors down and whispered, "Don't open your eyes! No matter what you feel, don't open your eyes!"

In the next second, behind the two people, it seemed as if something they couldn't explain suddenly appeared. They only felt fear and trembling, as well as the oppressive feeling of death.

Audys and Fors trembled, as if the one behind them was the most evil spirit in this world, capable of causing the most terrifying things to happen around them.

Especially since this terrifying thing was right behind them, and they couldn't even look at it, which was the most unbearable thing.

"Ah... Ah!"

At this time, one of the crew members who had been guarding this stone chamber let out a cry.

The first half was a venting scream, but the second half was a scream of pain.

He quickly lost his breath, obviously already dead.

The initial scream was because he couldn't withstand the pressure, but the consequence of doing so was death.

With a trembling hand, Audys forcefully squeezed Fors's shoulder, letting her know that he was by her side, and that she must not do anything irrational because of fear.

At this time, a muffled voice came from behind Audys: "What do you want from me?"

Audys breathed a sigh of relief: The "thing" that came has wisdom, and it knows the "Saintess."

With this result, he was completely relieved. Since it knew the "Saintess," it wouldn't randomly kill the people around it, after all, they were all the "Saintess's" subordinates.

And this guy definitely doesn't know that Audys and Fors are not the "Saintess's" subordinates, so as long as they don't do anything out of line, they won't die.

The "Saintess" in the main hall said: "Last week, Katarina met with His Excellency 'Death Consul'."

Audys was stunned and immediately recalled: That was when Klein was dressed as a woman and visited "Vice Admiral of Disease" Tracey with Mr. Azik. And this Katarina is Tracey's mother... no, it seems to be the father?

Audys couldn't remember whether it was the mother or the father.

Then he thought: Now it seems that Katarina's meeting with Azik caused a certain sensation within the "Witch Sect"? Did it cause them to launch some actions because of this?

The muffled voice then sounded, with a hint of excitement in his tone: "His Excellency 'Consul' is still alive? No, it should be said that he has not fallen."

As the other party's attention turned to the "Saintess" outside, the spiritual pressure on Audys and Fors was greatly reduced.

Audys thought to himself: The "Death" pathway is like this, it can't be described with "alive" or "dead", because when they reach Sequence 4, they often live and live and die, and die and die and live again.

Then, Audys thought that he couldn't open the secret door on the wall, maybe Fors could open it!

But now is not the best time to open the door, you must be patient for a while longer.

"Yes." The "Saintess" said: "Through His reminder, we noticed a batch of documents discovered in the Southern Continent, and found a description of you in them.

"After multiple verifications, we learned that your condition is still very poor, and your physical body and spirit body are separated, so we came to see if we can help."

The muffled voice sneered: "Just say what you want, no need to be so hypocritical."

Sorry, it's a bit late today.