Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

At this moment, Audis also realized that Theresa, the librarian of the "Morse Ascetic Society" in front of him, was indeed not a modern person.

She should have come here during the Fourth Epoch, and the "Sage's" method of repairing the "barrier" was likely to have the gods move their kingdoms to the Astral Plane, in order to prevent the "Outer Gods" from infiltrating the real world.

So Audis further asked: "Why aren't you wearing that kind of asymmetrical clothing?"

"This is a privilege of the 'Morse Ascetic Society' members since the Solomon Empire," Theresa said with a smile, "Aren't you not wearing it either?"

Audis replied confusedly: "Because now it's not required to wear asymmetrical clothing."

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Theresa was stunned: "'Night Emperor' Trenzost hasn't unified the Northern Continent? When I left, the war launched by the Trenzost Empire against the Tudor Empire had already gained an absolute advantage."

"Iceberg Admiral" Edwina's eyes lit up, listening carefully to the conversation between the two.

Audis finally confirmed that this Theresa was a figure from the late "Era of the Four Emperors," which was more than a thousand years ago.

So he said: "The Trenzost Empire has indeed perished."

Theresa was stunned for a moment: "Then what about the 'Sage' and 'Night Emperor's' plan?"

Audis asked: "What plan?"

Theresa, who always answered every question, did not immediately answer this question, but smiled and said: "It seems that it was not successful, otherwise you would have heard of their plan."

Then she asked: "What happened after the Trenzost Empire perished? Could it be that the 'Nether Emperor' achieved the final victory?"

"Not really, the 'Nether Emperor' did launch an attack on the Northern Continent…" Audis then briefly described the events of the subsequent "Pale Era."

Edwina did not expect that the "Pale Era" had caused so much damage to the Northern Continent.

Theresa listened quietly to Audis's narration, and then said very surely: "At that time, the 'Sage' should have fallen into slumber again, otherwise, He would not have allowed such a tragedy to happen."

Seeing that they had talked about this, Audis said: "I have only heard of a 'Hidden Sage,' He is the god of the 'Morse Ascetic Society.'"

Theresa was immediately shocked: "'Sage'… 'Sage' He…"

"No, I have to go back and see what's going on."

She keenly realized that the "Hidden Sage" and the "Sage" were two different things.

But after a brief shock, she smiled bitterly again: "I almost forgot, I'm already dead."

It seemed that she said this casually, but Audis and Edwina immediately adopted a defensive posture.

Audis thought to himself: Since you're dead, don't come out and chat with people, it's scary!

Seeing the expressions of the two, Theresa immediately explained: "You don't have to worry, I committed suicide."

Audis twitched the corner of his mouth: Is there any difference between that?

"Only in this way can I guard here forever." Theresa was a little melancholy and helpless: "This has greatly reduced my strength."

Suddenly, she looked sharply outside the door: "Don't go out here."

Audis was stunned: "What's wrong?"

"There are intruders." Theresa pointed outside the door with her staff and walked out step by step.

Audis asked: "Can we help?"

"Staying here and not going anywhere is the greatest help." Theresa said: "If you find that you suddenly become three people… Forget it, you won't be able to find out.

"Don't worry, even if it follows you to the real world, when the night comes again, it will have to come back here."

While searching outside, she urged: "If your goal is that island with the big tree, be sure to remember, don't enter the tree hole!"

While speaking, Theresa seemed to have searched another room.

After she walked away, Edwina said: "The 'Sage' is not the 'Hidden Sage'?"

"Now it seems that there should be a certain relationship between the two, but they are different." Audis breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, he realized that if his "predecessor" could be compared with the "Ancient Sun God," he should be even more powerful than ordinary True Gods! Perhaps He had already accommodated the "Knowledge Moor."

But later, I don't know why, He failed, at least now in the "Knowledge Moor", there is no trace of His aura.

But maybe He completely gave up resistance, and turned from the "Sage" who had repaired the "barrier" to the evil god "Hidden Sage" now.

Audis shook his head slightly, if that was really the case, He couldn't have given up the "Knowledge Moor."

Audis had no clue about this question, so he stopped thinking about it.

Then Edwina asked again: "Why have I never heard of the existence of a 'Sage'?"

For most Extraordinary people, they have more or less heard of some deeds of the Four Emperors, or the deeds of the Angel families, because many notes have been passed down from that era.

But very few people know about the history of the Third Epoch, knowing what the "Ancient Sun God" is all about is already considered knowledgeable.

As a "Reader" pathway, Edwina is one of the more knowledgeable Extraordinary people, she not only knows the "Ancient Sun God", but also knows the eight Ancient Gods.

It stands to reason that she should have also heard of the "Sage", after all, according to Theresa's statement, that was a person as important as the "Ancient Sun God", there should be some legends circulating.

"Because of mystery." Audis smiled and said: "I suddenly understand what 'mystery' is, it refers to something that really existed and had a huge impact on this world.

"Even if no one remembers that existence anymore, people are very clear about the impact he caused.

"Or rather, you don't need to remember him, just know the traces of his visit."

He had such emotion because he suddenly thought of Theresa's description of the "Sage" in the Third Epoch during the conversation just now.

People only know the "Morse Ascetic Society", but they don't know the "Sage", perhaps that was the result intentionally created by the "Sage".

Then, Audis suddenly felt the digestion of the potion, which further strengthened his current digestion idea centered on "mystery".

At this time, crew member Barnett said: "Captain is so right, maybe forgetting the 'Sage' is the 'Sage's' purpose."

Audis nodded, and his spirituality suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

Edwina continued the previous topic: "This seems to be a very advanced question!"

She glanced at the unremarkable Barnett, and thought that Audis's crew member's explanation was very good.

At the same time, Edwina's spirituality also felt like something was wrong, but she couldn't say exactly what was wrong.

At this time, sunlight suddenly appeared on the top of the room, and Audis woke up from his bedroom. He got up and looked at the armchair, Bernadette had disappeared.

Audis felt a little lost, and suddenly felt very complicated, but he didn't understand why he was so complicated for a while.

After feeling it a little, he realized that it was not his mood that was complicated, but his heart always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong after thinking about it for a long time.

Audis took out the crystal ball and communicated with Edwina to see if he could find any clues.

As a result, Edwina said: "I am like this after waking up, I always feel like I have thought of a very important question, but if I think about it carefully, I can't remember what the question is."

Audis realized that it might be related to some power in this sea area. They did not continue this topic, but talked about Theresa again.

While chatting, he felt a little hungry. Since coming to the "God War Ruins", the time periods of noon and night are uncertain, the normal rest time is disrupted, and the meal time is also disrupted.

So during this time, he eats when he is hungry and sleeps when he is sleepy. Audis suddenly had the illusion of "jet lag".

So Audis ended his contact with Edwina and came to the restaurant.

Audis saw that Boatswain Sarina and crew member Barnett were eating, so he sat down at the dining table and said to the kitchen: "Give me an early… dinner too."

At this time, the chef in the kitchen was hired from Bayam, and his skills were very good.

Audis asked with a smile: "What were you chatting about just now?"

Sarina said: "Barnett is telling ghost stories."

She laughed: "Why didn't I realize before that Barnett is good at telling ghost stories."

Audis picked up the pre-dinner wine poured for him by the "Extraordinary Puppet" and said with a smile: "You continue, I'll listen too."

"That story happened a long time ago." Barnett, who was unremarkable and whose appearance seemed to have no characteristics, continued with a smile: "There was a small sea ship, carrying ten crew members, looking for a treasure at sea.

"They went through all kinds of hardships and finally found the island where the treasure was buried."

When he spoke here, his expression suddenly became serious, as if he had also experienced those difficult voyages at sea.

Barnett continued: "But when they dug up the treasure, they saw that there were only eleven coffins inside, and it was written on the wall: This is prepared for you."

When he said the last sentence, his tone suddenly became a little ethereal.

Audis and Sarina suddenly felt a chill down their spines, as if they saw the ghost buried in that treasure, writing this sentence with a weird smile.

Then, Barnett, regardless of his tone or expression, suddenly returned to normal: "The captain laughed when he saw this sentence, because they only had ten people, but they had eleven coffins. They thought someone was joking with them."

Barnett's tone changed again, becoming low and slow: "Just as the captain ordered the coffins to be pried open, the first mate suddenly reminded him: Captain, when did we become eleven crew members?"

"Gulp." Selena swallowed hard, quite pathetically.

Mainly because Barnett told the story so well, grasping the tone and expression just right. His tone suddenly became urgent: "The captain felt a chill down his spine, and his hair stood on end. He counted, and there really were eleven crew members."

"Those coffins were prepared for them!"

Selena hugged her arms and rubbed them: "I've got goosebumps all over!"

Odyss didn't say anything. He also found the story a bit creepy, but as a captain, he certainly couldn't rub his arms like Selena.

At this moment, his steak was served. Odyss picked up his knife and fork, about to eat, when he suddenly realized something was wrong, so he asked Selena: "How many official crew members are there on the 'Dawnbreaker'?"

Selena blurted out: "Eight!"

The knife in Odyss's hand hesitated: "Why do I count nine?

"Look, there's me, First Mate Basel, Second Mate Rupert, Third Mate Beavis, Combat Captain Cleveland, Boatswain Selena, Crewmen Boris, Noi, and Barnett."

Barnett, who was standing next to them, looked solemn: "It's true, there are nine."

"Gulp," Selena swallowed again: "I... um... how did we suddenly get an extra person?"

Barnett smiled: "Let me tell you why!"

Selena quickly nodded: "Tell me quickly."

"Because, when you count the official crew members, you never count yourself," Barnett said with a smile.

Selena suddenly understood: "So that's what it was."

Then she smiled embarrassedly: "I was wondering how we suddenly got an extra person."

Odyss smiled. This was indeed something Selena would do. Only then did he cut open the steak on his plate with his knife.

But just as he cut halfway through, his intuition reminded him that something was very wrong!

Odyss realized that he couldn't ignore his intuition. He suddenly stood up and quickly walked towards the bridge.

Barnett and Selena noticed something was wrong and quickly followed.

But Odyss turned around and said: "Don't follow me!"

Barnett and Selena looked at each other, wondering what was suddenly wrong with the captain.

Odyss quickly arrived at the bridge and asked Beavis, who was on duty: "How many official members are there on the 'Dawnbreaker'?"

"Eight," Beavis also blurted out.

Odyss asked: "Which eight? Don't think too hard, just say it!"

Beavis was stunned for a moment: "Captain, First Mate, Second Mate, me, Combat Captain, Boatswain, Boris, Noi, Barnett... hey, how come there are nine?

Odyss took a deep breath: "What about Rupert?"

Beavis came back to his senses: "Resting in his room."

Odyss quickly walked towards the cabins below and knocked on the Second Mate's door: "I have something important to discuss with you."

Rupert quickly invited the captain into his room. After closing the door, he asked: "What is it?"

"Help me remember, how did I meet First Mate Basel?" Odyss said solemnly.

"He was assassinating crew members of the 'Red Lion' pirate group at the time," Rupert said. "I was there at the time too."

"You and Basel were the first crew members to follow me," Odyss said. "There's nothing wrong with you two."

If either of them were missing, it would be like the butterfly effect, and many things would become incomplete.

For example, Basel's subordinates are still in Bayam protecting Mandy and the others. Odyss met members of the "School of Life" through Rupert. With this premise, it was so natural to cooperate with the "School of Life" in Oravi Port later.

Then, starting with Beavis, Odyss discussed each crew member with Rupert, and the two had many common memories of each crew member.

For example, Combat Captain Cleveland was taciturn and didn't have much of a presence, but he was very brave during battles.

For example, Boatswain Selena was more cheerful and had a carefree personality. Leonard, who had come to the ship before, even praised her.

For example, Barnett was good at telling stories and could always sense the emotional changes of other crew members, always saying the right thing at the right time.

At this time, Odyss asked: "How many crew members are there on the 'Dawnbreaker'?"

Without any errors, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one!

Rupert also blurted out: "Eight."

Odyss said: "Haven't you noticed? There are nine crew members now?"

Rupert was stunned: "Even if we include the navy officer Tim... no, even without Tim, there are nine."

There really was an extra crew member!

Rupert's expression gradually became solemn: "Which one is extra?"

Odyss smiled: "If I knew who it was, I wouldn't be discussing it with you here."

He suddenly thought that if he entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and eliminated external interference, he might be able to figure out what was going on.

Odyss smiled, laughing at himself for being too impatient, how come he hadn't thought of this earlier?

He said to Rupert: "For the time being, only the two of us know about this, don't tell anyone else."

Rupert nodded solemnly: "Okay."

Leaving the Second Mate's room, Odyss quickly walked towards his studio, preparing to enter the "Wilderness of Knowledge" in the studio.

At this moment, Beavis in the bridge suddenly said: "Target island sighted! Repeat, target island sighted!"

Odyss noticed that Beavis's tone seemed a little off. He withdrew his leg that was heading towards the studio and quickly arrived at the bridge.

Arriving at the bridge, Odyss was also stunned, because the island he was looking for was right in front of him!

When Odyss had just arrived at the bridge, there was nothing in sight!

The reason why Beavis's tone was so urgent just now was because if he had given the order a little later, the 'Argo' might have crashed into this island!

After the danger was eliminated, Beavis quickly reported: "This island appeared suddenly! One second it wasn't there, the next second it was."

In front of the "Argo" was a reef, with waves constantly hitting and washing over it.

Inside the reef was a lush forest, which looked like no human had ever been here.

In the distance, roughly in the central location of the island, was a towering tree.

This tree was so ridiculously large that it even exceeded everyone's imagination of trees. It seemed that climbing up from here would allow you to reach the sky.

The "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" began to sail along the beach, looking for a landing spot.

Finally, they arrived at the north of the island, where the waves were much smaller, making it safer to anchor here.

Odyss ordered: "Rupert and Noi guard the ship, Beavis, Selena, and Barnett come with me."

After briefly arranging the personnel, Odyss summoned "Star Sand" and used "Flight" to take them to the island.

On the "Golden Dream" behind, Edwina led Second Mate Olfers and Third Mate Jordson ashore. The seven of them formed an exploration team and explored the interior of the island together.

After entering the forest, the sound of the waves was quickly cut off, and it was eerily quiet here.

Edwina reminded: "There are no animals in the forest."

"There may be animals," Odyss said with a smile: "But they don't dare to come out."

Then he said: "Everyone should know the purpose of my coming to this island, right?"

Before entering the "God War Ruins," Odyss had told his crew his purpose, and also told Edwina in writing.

But he didn't know if Edwina had told her crew?

Seeing that no one raised any questions, Odyss said: "Do you have any ideas?"

Edwina said: "Since it's 'Hallucinatory Red Coral,' could it be underwater around here?"

Odyss smiled: "I've thought about that too."

That's why he brought Selena, to make it easier to dive and search.

Odyss added: "However, before I came, I learned something about this extraordinary creature and learned that it often comes ashore and releases a mist that causes hallucinations under the starry sky."

This was the habit of "Hallucinatory Red Coral" that he had inquired about from Bernadette.

Odyss concluded: "So if we look for it on the shore, it will be easier to find its traces…"

Speaking of this, Odyss suddenly stopped.

Because a cloud of mist suddenly appeared in front of him. This cloud of mist suddenly dispersed and surrounded everyone.

In the mist, it seemed to flicker, as if there were stars twinkling behind it.

Odyss looked at the sky that had not been blocked by the mist and confirmed that it was noon and the wind was not small.

He took out a few small glass bottles from his bag: "Inside is a potion that I asked someone to prepare in advance. After drinking it, you will not be affected by the mist and have hallucinations."

This was the potion that Odyss had asked "The Moon" Emlyn to help prepare at the previous Tarot Gathering.

After distributing one bottle to each person, Odyss opened the bottle and drank the potion in one gulp.

After everyone drank the potion, Edwina asked: "Didn't you say that 'Hallucinatory Red Coral' only releases a mist that causes hallucinations under the night sky?"

"I don't know what's going on either," Odyss said.

Bernadette couldn't possibly provide inaccurate information on such matters, so it's highly likely that something is amiss with the situation at hand.

Audis said, "Everyone, gather together and don't get separated.

If you spot the 'Hallucinatory Red Coral,' I and 'Iceberg General' will primarily handle the hunting, while the others protect yourselves."

Just then, eight figures suddenly rushed out of the mist, some wearing attire in the style of the Fesac Empire, some in the style of the Loen Kingdom, some dressed like pirates, and some like adventurers.

However, at this moment, their goal was very unified, which was Audis and the others.

Audis frowned. These eight actually included four Sequence 5s and four Sequence 6s.

Since advancing to Sequence 5, as the 'Eye of Secrets' ability has become stronger, he has basically been able to distinguish the approximate Sequence level of Extraordinary individuals he encounters.

But there's a prerequisite: below demigod.

"Imprison!" Audis immediately raised his hand and used 'Hand of Judgment' to imprison one of the Sequence 5s.

But instead of launching a combo attack on that Sequence 5 as usual, he charged towards another Sequence 5: "Death!"

He directly knocked the opponent away, injuring them.

Edwina also drew her sword, and her eyes suddenly turned golden. In the next second, a sacred halo appeared around her, bringing strong courage to everyone, and at the same time, the surrounding mist dissipated a lot. One of the Sequence 5s was visibly pushed back by the 'halo'.

Her first mate and second mate went to deal with a Sequence 5 and a Sequence 6 respectively.

As for the "Argo"'s crew members, Bivis and the other two, they had to face three Sequence 6s, and they were obviously no match.

Fortunately, the captain had given them 'Defense Scrolls' in advance. Bivis used the first 'Defense Scroll' to block the first round of attacks from two Sequence 6s.

At this time, Audis was being besieged by two Sequence 5s and one Sequence 6. Although one of the Sequence 5s was injured, it did not affect his continued attacks.

Taking a look at the surrounding situation, Audis understood that they were currently at a disadvantage and could only hold on for a while, but they could collapse at any time.

Taking a deep breath, Audis dodged the enemy's attacks while taking out a scroll with a black glow: "Whispers!"

This was a scroll made using the 'True Creator's' 'Whispers,' which could allow a single target to hear an extremely penetrating 'Whisper,' plunging them into extreme pain and thus losing all ability to act.

Audis's target was the Sequence 5 who had been injured earlier. This was a 'Priest of Light,' and even in an injured state, the damage from the 'Holy Light' he summoned was extremely high, causing Audis no small amount of trouble.

Using the 'Whispers' scroll on a Sequence 5 target could trap the opponent for 3 seconds, and after these three seconds, it would continue to affect the target.

The scroll exploded at the feet of the 'Priest of Light,' his expression first twisting and turning ferocious, then appearing very painful.

Another Sequence 5, a 'Dream Weaver,' and the Sequence 6, 'Scroll Professor,' quickly stood in front of their companion to block Audis.

"Imprison!" Audis imprisoned the 'Dream Weaver' again, then allowed the 'Scroll Professor' to kick him, and he punched the 'Priest of Light,' who was full of pain, and sent him flying: "Reap!"

The 'Priest of Light' was immediately seriously injured, and where the 'Scroll Professor' kicked Audis, a layer of illusory black scales appeared. That was the protection from the 'Scale Armor Scroll,' which could completely ignore an attack from a Sequence 6.

Audis's attack on the 'Priest of Light' continued. He summoned 'Star Sand' in his hand. The 'Star Sand' immediately separated from Audis's palm and instantly formed individual 'Gael Runes'.

As these 'Gael Runes' appeared in an orderly manner, the surroundings were immediately filled with the light of dawn, and a sword with the light of dawn appeared in Audis's hand.

This was the 'Sword of Dawn' that Audis 'simulated' using 'Star Sand'. It's just that the genuine 'Sword of Dawn' is a two-handed greatsword, while the sword in Audis's hand is just an ordinary straight sword.

However, the sharpness of this straight sword is similar to that of the 'Sword of Dawn'.

Audis used the straight sword in his hand to pierce through the 'Priest of Light's' left eye and protrude from the back of his head.

Immediately, the condensed 'Sword of Dawn' turned back into 'Star Sand' and returned to Audis's hand.

The 'Priest of Light' fell straight to the ground due to serious trauma to his head. Although he did not die, he was almost beyond saving.

Then Audis took out another scroll with a black glow and recited an ancient Hermes incantation at the 'Dream Weaver' who had just been imprisoned: "Arbitrate!"

This was another scroll with special abilities made by Audis using the demigod-level spiritual material 'Stone of Iron Law'.

This kind of special scroll was very precious to Audis. In order to prevent taking the wrong one, Audis designed different activation incantations for each of his scrolls with different abilities.

The 'Dream Weaver,' who had just escaped 'Imprisonment,' immediately entered the 'Arbitration Moment.' All of his extraordinary powers were weakened, while Audis's power was correspondingly strengthened, especially his spirit body, which suddenly became tall and majestic in the eyes of the 'Dream Weaver,' undoubtedly.

The 'Dream Weaver's' 'Combat Hypnosis' ability was difficult to affect the 'Arbitrator' Audis at this time, so he simply turned around and ran, waiting to survive these few seconds of 'Arbitration Moment'.

Audis punched out with the hand wearing the gauntlet: "Reap!"

After using the 'Arbitration Scroll,' Audis's spirit body and spirituality were strengthened, so strong that he could use 'Reap' three times in a row.

Audis punched the 'Dream Weaver' who was turning around to escape, and a layer of illusory scales immediately appeared on the target's body surface. This was the 'Dragon Scale' ability possessed by the 'Hypnotist' sequence, which had strong defensive power.

So Audis's tactic was to first solve the relatively weak 'Priest of Light' and then deal with the 'Dream Weaver' with all his strength.

He had such a tactic because he rushed towards the target at the beginning and 'Imprisoned' this 'Dream Weaver,' not giving him a chance to distance himself.

The best tactic for Extraordinary individuals in this pathway in group battles is to wander around the edge of the battlefield, constantly 'guiding' or 'hypnotizing' the target.

Of course, Audis didn't know it was a 'Dream Weaver' when he first used 'Imprison.' When he discovered this, of course, he wouldn't give the other party a chance to get away from him.

And in close combat, the 'Dream Weaver' can basically only use the two abilities of 'Intimidation' and 'Combat Hypnosis,' at most using 'Dragon Scale' to strengthen defense.

So Audis used the 'Arbitration Scroll' to deal with him, because this would avoid being 'Intimidated' by the other party, and at the same time, it would greatly discount the other party's 'Combat Hypnosis'.

Audis's tactics were able to proceed so smoothly also because of the enemies' own factors.

He found that although the enemies in front of him were quite high in Sequence, they lacked sufficient cooperation, which allowed him to quickly formulate a plan to defeat them one by one.

Audis punched the 'Dream Weaver' away, then he quickly stepped forward and punched again: "Reap!"

Two consecutive 'Reaps' that could ignore defense severely injured the 'Dream Weaver'.