Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis used the "Arbitration Scroll" to severely injure the enemy's second Sequence 5. He did not let go of this opportunity and summoned "Star Sand" again.

"Star Sand" flew up and instantly formed "Gale Runes" in a certain order. These runes surrounded Audis's palm, causing his fingernails to suddenly lengthen and be engraved with mysterious symbols exuding a red mist.

This was the "Vampire's" ability to strengthen the palm. Audis reached out and pierced the "Dream Weaver's" relatively soft eyes, stirring around in the opponent's brain.

Then, he pulled out his palm, and the lengthened fingernails turned back into "Star Sand."

As the fingernails disappeared, the enemy's blood and brain tissue also fell to the ground.

Audis glanced at the fleeing "Scroll Professor" and casually threw an "Explosion Scroll" over.

Boom!

The scroll exploded, knocking down three large trees, and the "Scroll Professor," with weaker defenses, was also severely injured.

Not every "Scroll Professor" is as powerful as Audis.

After Audis dealt with his enemy, he first helped Edwina eliminate the Sequence 5 fighting her. Then, the two separated to support their crew, quickly wiping out all the enemies.

This hasty battle ended just like that, and the others looked at the enemy's corpses on the ground, somewhat in disbelief.

During the battle just now, although they didn't know the enemy's specific Sequence level, they all felt the enemy's power.

They originally thought it would be a fierce battle, the kind where people would die, but unexpectedly, after the battle, only two crew members were injured.

Soon, everyone discovered a problem: the extraordinary characteristics did not separate from the dead enemies.

Audis summoned "Star Sand" and pulverized one of the enemy's corpses. As a result, only a small pile of extremely fine dust remained, with no trace of any extraordinary characteristics.

Edwina asked, "Could this be an illusion?"

"No," Audis said with certainty, "We've already drunk the potion."

Edwina frowned, "What if the experience of drinking the potion is also our illusion?"

Audis fell into deep thought. He glanced at the corpse on the ground again and suddenly kicked it.

It was indeed the feeling of a corpse: "I have another idea."

He said to everyone, "Do you remember the 'Stone Giant' that was killed before?"

Edwina immediately understood, "Are you saying that these are enemies 'imagined' out of thin air?"

Audis nodded and suddenly asked Edwina a question: "Do you have any impression of my First Mate, Bevis?"

Edwina glanced at Bevis, "What do you mean?"

First Mate Bevis was also stunned, wondering why the captain would ask this.

"I mean, before today, what impression did you have of the 'Argo's' First Mate, Bevis?" Audis asked further.

"Of course, I have an impression. The last time we went to the 'Argo' for barbecue, we discussed the problem of mysticism," Edwina seemed to understand Audis's meaning, "Are you saying…"

She glanced at Salina and the others but didn't continue.

At this moment, eight more figures appeared in the mist. They were dressed in the style of the Folsac Empire, some in the style of the Loen Kingdom, some dressed like pirates, and some like adventurers.

These eight people were the eight people Audis and the others had just defeated.

Salina and the other crew members looked at them and then at the identical corpses on the ground. They really wondered if they were blind.

However, Audis and Edwina were relatively calm. Audis said, "It seems that the other party doesn't want us to discuss the crew of the 'Argo'."

This further confirmed that there was really a problem with the crew of the "Argo."

Edwina asked, "What should we do now?"

"Find the source of all 'imagination' power," Audis said, "Let's fly away!"

Before those eight 'imagined' opponents launched a new attack, some used their abilities, and some used the scrolls Audis had given them in advance, and they all flew up together.

The fog was wider than expected. Even if they flew over the treetops, the surroundings were still filled with mist.

The eight people suddenly 'imagined' long wings and actually flew up after them.

Audis sighed, "The ability of 'imagination' is really useful!"

Immediately, he noticed that this time the opponent's attack was not as urgent as before, but only trailed far behind.

This gave Audis and the others time to discuss countermeasures. Audis said, "What we should be most careful about is not the enemies 'imagined' out of thin air.

"But the changes that occur in our subconscious. The key is that we ourselves don't know that the subconscious has changed.

"So next, no matter what decision we make, we must ask ourselves whether this decision is reasonable, or ask each other whether this decision is reasonable."

The other crew members nodded to show they understood. They had no experience in dealing with this kind of power, so of course, they would do whatever Audis said.

But Audis couldn't help but sigh, because he knew very well that doing so wouldn't make much sense.

Although the 'imagination' ability they encountered hadn't caused them too much harm so far, Audis could feel that the level of that ability was very high, something that he and Edwina, two Sequence 5s, couldn't deal with.

But if they retreated at this time, something more dangerous might happen, so they could only bite the bullet and move forward.

Just then, a very rough high wall suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Audis and the others were stunned. They didn't expect a wall to appear on such an island. They immediately flew up, but even at the limit of "Flight," they couldn't get over the high wall.

Then they flew to the left, flying for several minutes, but they couldn't find the end of the wall.

Just as Audis thought that this wall was 'imagined' out of thin air, he noticed that this wall seemed to have a slight arc.

A bold guess appeared in his mind. He quickly rushed to the wall, reached out and touched the wall. In an instant, an ancient aura rushed towards him, causing Audis's spiritual body to feel involuntarily shocked.

Suddenly, the surrounding fog disappeared, and the eight winged pursuers were also gone.

Everyone's vision suddenly widened, and they saw that the high wall in front of them was actually a tall tree trunk!

It was the towering tree in the center of the island!

Coming closer, everyone felt how big this tree was. The trunk was like an insurmountable high wall, and the canopy seemed to pierce into the clouds. Clouds appeared and disappeared around the canopy.

Audis and the others suddenly had a new feeling about "big." They didn't expect there to be such a tall thing in the world.

At the same time, everyone felt an unprecedented sense of vicissitudes, as if this big tree had existed for a very, very long time, long enough to witness the changes of the sea and the changes of the era.

Besides feeling emotional, everyone landed on the ground under the tree. There were no tall plants within a large area around this big tree, but the short weeds on the ground were lush and green.

Among the weeds, there were also several large stones standing there, with no feeling of a remote forest, but rather like a meadow for picnics.

Everyone stepped on the grass and couldn't help but look at the big tree in front of them again, unable to tell whether what was in front of them was reality or fantasy.

At this time, Barnett pointed forward and said, "Look, there's a tree hole there."

Everyone followed his finger and looked, and sure enough, there was a tree hole where the tree trunk that looked like a wall connected to the ground.

The tree hole was in the shape of an arch, with strange light flashing inside.

Audis and the others were stunned, as if there was something very wonderful in that tree hole attracting them.

Then, they unconsciously stepped forward and walked towards the tree hole.

At this time, Audis asked somewhat blankly, "What are we going to do?"

He asked this, but his eyes did not leave the tree hole, and his legs involuntarily stepped towards it.

Edwina's expression was similar to Audis's, staring blankly ahead and answering, "Because there is the answer to all questions, the answer to this universe, books recording the most mysterious knowledge, everything I want."

Bevis replied, "Because there is the answer to why I so want to come to the 'God War Ruins,' all the magic potions and formulas I need for my advancement."

The other crew members kept walking, speaking as they walked towards the tree hole.

Audis realized that the things in that tree hole could not satisfy everyone's desires and needs, but he couldn't help but want to enter that tree hole.

"…Remember, don't enter the tree hole!"

That sentence that Theresa said in the dream suddenly appeared in Audis's mind, which made his legs suddenly stiffen and he fell straight to the ground.

At this time, Audis's whole body seemed to be out of his control. He didn't use his arms to support himself, nor could he roll to avoid vital points. He just fell directly to the ground, his face heavily hitting the ground.

His left eye hit a stone on the ground, hurting him so much that tears streamed down his face, and his mouth and nose were filled with the fragrance of wild grass.

Since becoming an Extraordinary, or rather, since he had memories, he hadn't remembered himself being so embarrassed.

But it was this embarrassment that seemed to bring him back to his senses slightly, and his consciousness began to resist.

In that instant, Audis had an urgent idea: enter the "Knowledge Wilderness."

In the instant of trying to "meditate," he was able to enter the "Knowledge Wilderness."

The instant he saw the tower composed of orbs of light, all of Barnett's memories first became distant. Immediately after, Audis clearly perceived that these memories were false and not his own.

Suddenly, Audis immediately distinguished his true memories, realizing that the crew member Barnett had suddenly appeared in his and Edwina's dreams.

He had also suddenly joined their conversation, and they hadn't noticed it at all.

Then Audis 'recalled' that he had almost entered the 'Knowledge Wilderness' before, but the sudden appearance of this island had distracted him, preventing him from entering the studio.

After that, Audis had completely forgotten about it!

At this moment, he dared not stay in the 'Knowledge Wilderness' any longer and immediately returned to the real world.

Audis struggled to get up, regaining control of his body.

He saw that Edwina and the others were still some distance from the tree hole, so he first looked back at Barnett.

At this time, Barnett still looked harmless, smiling and saying, "I didn't expect you to 'wake up' on your own."

Then he sighed, "Your spirituality is very strong. You almost saw through me several times."

Audis reached into his leather bag with one hand, "Who are you? Or rather, what are you?"

"I am this big tree," Barnett said, looking up at the tree before him.

Audis was stunned for a moment before he understood, "You are… You are a character 'imagined' by this tree?"

Then he seemed to understand something, "No wonder…"

No wonder Barnett hadn't 'guided' them to kill each other. It turned out that he didn't understand human nature at all! That's why he imagined some enemies.

Audis glanced at Edwina again. They were a little closer to the tree hole. He took out another scroll made with the 'blasphemies' of the 'True Creator' and was about to throw it out, but his hand froze in mid-air, unable to move.

At this moment, Audis felt somewhat helpless. He wanted to attack Barnett, but his body was unwilling to harm him.

Barnett smiled and said, "Your spirit and spirituality are both very strong, but unfortunately, you don't possess any divinity. You can't attack me at all."

"What about me?" A figure with a perfect figure, chestnut hair, wearing a dark coat and dark trousers suddenly appeared on the stone beside them.

It was Bernadette, the 'Mysterious Queen'!

She asked with a smile, "Can I attack you?"

Barnett's expression changed drastically. He turned to leave, but a spear burning with dark red flames suddenly appeared above Bernadette's head and flew out instantly, hitting Barnett in the back of the heart.

"Ugh…" Amidst Barnett's screams, the dark red flames covered his entire body. Branches stretched out from his body, breaking through his flesh and growing rapidly into a large tree.

He seemed to hope that the flames would no longer be able to cover him after his size increased.

However, the dark red flames quickly grew larger, completely covering the tree.

The tree struggled, stretching its branches, but quickly turned into dead wood and was soon burned to charcoal.

Audis breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, I knew it. As long as you're here, there won't be any danger."

At this time, Edwina and the others stopped simultaneously, falling into a brief daze, but soon, they came back to their senses and saw the 'Mysterious Queen' not far away.

Although Edwina had never met Bernadette before, after seeing her iconic chestnut hair, she guessed that this should be the 'Mysterious Queen'.

She didn't expect that the 'Mysterious Queen' would escort Audis on his exploration of the 'God War Ruins'.

At the same time, it made her feel that it seemed meaningless for Audis to ask her for help.

Bives and Sarina also breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Bernadette. They knew that they were safe now.

Bernadette said to Audis, "When I just woke up from the dream, I realized that something was wrong, so I secretly investigated before you woke up."

"At first, I was also deceived and remembered that there was a crew member named Barnett on the 'Argo'."

Then she looked at the big tree in front of her, "Barnett… or rather, this big tree, hasn't been burned to death."

Audis glanced at the charcoal, "That's…"

"That's just an imagined shell," Bernadette said, disappearing from the rock as she spoke. In the blink of an eye, she was already beside the big tree, reaching out to touch the rough bark.

She seemed to sense something and said to Audis, "There is a piece of flesh and blood of a god under this tree."

Audis immediately understood that it must be the flesh and blood of the 'Ancient Sun God'. It must have fallen here during the God War, causing the tree in front of him to mutate.

At the same time, Audis also understood why Bernadette hadn't noticed Barnett's problem, because the level of this 'imagination' ability was very high, and even Bernadette couldn't immediately see through it.

Then Bernadette said, "With our current level, we can't kill it."

"However, it doesn't dare to imagine a new clone for the time being."

After saying that, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped the tree trunk hard.

The tall tree that went straight into the clouds actually swayed visibly.

Without error, one first, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one inside, one capacity, one at, one look, one look!

Then, something fell from the tall tree. When it was about to fall to the ground, Bernadette raised her hand, and they immediately floated in mid-air, more than one person tall.

Audis saw that they were more than a dozen golden fruits in the shape of a cross.

These fruits flew to Bernadette's side. Bernadette stared at one fruit and carefully examined it before saying, "These fruits have a special spirituality and can be used in some specific rituals."

Then, five fruits flew towards Audis.

Audis quickly caught the five cross-shaped fruits that were like hidden weapons and immediately felt the special spirituality contained within them.

Bernadette said, "Those are your spoils of war."

Audis was not polite, "Thank you."

After Bernadette put away the remaining fruits, she said again, "In that tree hole, there are several extraordinary characteristics, which are the characteristics left behind by the 8 people who attacked you just now."

"However, those characteristics are already connected to the big tree and are difficult to retrieve. Don't take this risk."

Audis nodded, "Of course, we certainly won't go to that tree hole."

That would be courting death.

Bernadette added, "I have already found the trace of the 'Psychedelic Red Coral', which is on the west coast of the island. I think you should have no problem completing the hunt yourselves."

Audis asked, "What about you?"

"I'm going back to the 'Future'." Bernadette said, "I foresee that we can still meet on the way back."

As she spoke, her figure became dim and soon disappeared without a trace.

In the last dream, she had just tested Gehrman Sparrow. The next time night came, she planned to talk to this adventurer who was suspected to be a 'Fool's眷者.

Seeing the other party leave, Audis then walked towards Edwina, "Let's leave here quickly."

So several people once again used abilities or scrolls to fly away, flying towards the west coast of the island.

Looking back at the tall tree, Audis and the others always felt that it was watching their every move.

After calming down their emotions a little, everyone immediately went to find the trace of the "Psychedelic Red Coral", hoping to complete the hunt as soon as possible and leave here as soon as possible.

After a simple search, Audis saw several traces on the beach that looked like hard objects had been dragged across.

Along one trace, he could also see that many trees had been knocked down.

Audis said, "It should be in this sea area. Sarina, go into the water and see what's going on."

Then he instructed, "Don't actively look for the 'Psychedelic Red Coral'. Just use your ability to simply measure the depth of the water."

"If you feel something is wrong, immediately use the crystal ball I gave you to ask for help."

Sarina took off her clothes while saying, "Yes!"

She knew her task very well, so she wore a swimsuit inside her clothes. After throwing her clothes to the third mate Bives, she jumped into the water and swam like a fish.

About half an hour later, Sarina returned to the surface to breathe. At this time, she was already far from the coast. After resting on the surface for a few minutes, she entered the water again.

After another half an hour or so, Sarina returned to the beach. Audis immediately used the "Star Sand" to use the water-absorbing witchcraft, making Sarina's hair and body quickly become dry.

While putting on her clothes, she said, "You definitely can't imagine that this island is actually a small piece of land floating on the sea."

"About twenty kilometers out from the coast, a fault suddenly appeared, and the sea suddenly became very, very deep."

"At first, I thought it was an underwater cliff, but after swimming down a little, I discovered the bottom of this island."

Sarina exclaimed, "This is the first time I've seen such a situation."

"This kind of terrain can save a lot of trouble." Audis smiled, "'Psychedelic Red Coral' likes shallow water areas, so we only need to look on the island."

That is to say, underwater within a radius of about twenty kilometers.

Then Audis took out paper and pen and drew a rough map of the surrounding seabed based on Sarina's description.

He also took out a backpack that he had prepared long ago from the "Knowledge Wilderness", "I'll go force the 'Psychedelic Red Coral' out. Everyone, prepare for the hunt."

"Still the original strategy, mainly the 'Iceberg Inquisitor' and I will conduct the hunt. The others protect themselves and ensure that our actions are not disturbed."

After a simple assignment of tasks, Audis summoned "Star Sand" to fly over the sea. Arriving at the predetermined location, Audis took out a grenade-shaped "Flame Bomb" from his backpack.

If Klein were here, he would definitely marvel at this extraordinary weapon, noting its resemblance to an anti-tank grenade.

This bomb was different from normal bombs. Audis first glanced at the sea chart he had just drawn, confirming the approximate depth of the seabed beneath him, and then twisted the metal ring on the outside of the grenade.

That was the timing device.

After setting the time for the delayed explosion, Audis threw the grenade into the water.

Audis quickly flew to the side. About ten seconds later, Edwina and the others on the shore felt a slight tremor. At the location where Audis had just thrown the grenade, the seawater suddenly churned, as if a spring had suddenly appeared on the seabed.

The mud and sand on the seabed, as well as some crabs, shells, and dead fish that had been killed by the explosion, surged up.

Edwina and the others on the beach, seeing such a large area of the sea churning, roughly understood that the power of the grenade was very great. They hadn't expected that they would have to use such a method to force out the "Psychedelic Red Coral".

At this moment, Audis had already thrown out the second grenade, and soon the sea churned again.

Then came the third, the fourth, and it continued until the twelfth, when the churning seawater suddenly rose, turning into tentacles made of water, and fiercely entangled Audis's legs.

Audis immediately ascended: "Found it!"

He immediately summoned "Star Sand", about to fight for control of the seawater with the power beneath the water, when suddenly the "Star Sand" in his hand turned into the shape of a small piece of coral. Audis immediately felt that many of his "Astrologer" abilities were severely restricted.

This was the influence exerted on him by the "Psychedelic Red Coral", which was half a sequence higher than him.

Having drunk the potion before, Audis knew that this was an illusion, but he couldn't break free from the opponent's restrictions.

After hesitating for a moment, Audis didn't stay in mid-air, but quickly flew towards the beach.

The tentacles behind him suddenly stretched forward, instantly entangling Audis's left leg. He quickly threw a "Blast Scroll" behind him.

Boom!

The violent explosion broke the seawater tentacles, and Audis finally broke free.

At this time, Edwina had already come to support. Her eyes suddenly turned azure, "imitating" the ability of lightning, and a bolt of lightning struck towards the sea.

As a result, the lightning bolt was suddenly grabbed by a giant hand伸出 from the sea, and thrown into the distant sea like discarding a branch.

Crackling~

For a time, electric arcs jumped in the seawater where the lightning struck, and many of the surrounding sea fish were electrocuted.

Then, a tall figure sat up from the seawater. It had a head of azure hair, and its face looked solemn and sacred.

Whoosh~

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the sky instantly became gloomy, with lightning and thunder.

The tall figure stepped on the water, and the waves pushed it towards Audis.

Edwina was stunned for a moment. At this time, the scene in front of her looked turbulent, and the dark clouds were very low, creating a sense of oppression.

It even gave Edwina the illusion that she was facing an angel of the "Sailor" pathway.

"This is an illusion," Audis shouted as he tried to fly towards her. "It won't last long."

This was not a complete "reproduction", but only a complete "plastic surgery" of certain characters, "deceiving" the surrounding natural environment to make corresponding reactions.

Or rather, it was using the method of "illusion" to confuse nature.

As Audis said, the giant figure failed to catch up with Audis, and suddenly became illusory after maintaining for only three or four seconds.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding dark clouds, lightning, and strong winds all disappeared in an instant.

Audis quickly turned his head and saw a not-so-large coral on the sea.

In the middle of the coral, there was a small section emitting a faint red light. That small section of coral clearly didn't have eyes or other facial features, but Audis and Edwina both felt that they were being watched by this coral at this moment.

"Imprison!" Audis rushed up as soon as the opponent's ability disappeared: "Death!"

He immediately knocked the coral away, breaking a few of the corals extending outside, but unfortunately he didn't hit the coral in the middle that was emitting a faint red light.

At the same time, Audis poured his spirituality into the "Dream Bracelet" to "hypnotize" the "Psychedelic Red Coral".

Edwina also quickly attacked, using her exquisite Western sword, which flashed with the light of dawn, to stab fiercely, also stabbing down two ordinary corals, but was dodged by the "Psychedelic Red Coral", and failed to stab the core part of the opponent.

At this time, the "Psychedelic Red Coral" began to change its form again, first transforming into a big mouth to bite towards Edwina.

"Iceberg Admiral" "imitated" a hurricane, blowing herself away, and Audis and Edwina once again dodged into mid-air.

This time, the "Psychedelic Red Coral" transformed into a giant sea snake, standing on the sea to bite the two humans in mid-air.

Audis and Edwina flew and dodged. After enduring for three or four seconds, the sea snake suddenly became illusory and turned back into the coral on the sea.

This time, Audis changed his strategy and threw out a scroll with a black light: "Spirit Speech!"

This was another scroll he had created using the "murmurs" of the "True Creator", which could use "Spirit Speech" such as "Corruption", "Slowness", and "Death".

After the scroll exploded, Audis opened his mouth and laboriously uttered a word: "Death!"

The light on the "Psychedelic Red Coral" suddenly dimmed, and it remained motionless there, as if it had really died.

Audis took this opportunity and punched hard again: "Harvest!"

Edwina also rushed over, her eyes turning pure white, and a beam of pure light fell, hitting the core part of the "Psychedelic Red Coral".

While the "Psychedelic Red Coral" was still affected by the scroll, Audis punched a second time with the trap, still "Harvest"!

Under the repeated attacks of the two, even if the "Psychedelic Red Coral" possessed a little divinity, it was already seriously injured at this time.

That section of coral emitting light left the clump of red coral that had been protecting it and turned into a small fish, instantly jumping into the sea.

But this fish did not escape, but swam towards the beach.

From the beginning, Audis's "hypnosis" finally had an effect.

He knew very well that using "combat hypnosis" against the "Psychedelic Red Coral" would not be very effective.

So at the beginning of the battle, Audis had been "hypnotizing" and "guiding" it. Although it was a piece of coral, it also had intelligence.

So when it was injured and became weak, the effect of "hypnosis" became apparent. The "Psychedelic Red Coral"'s idea of "escaping for its life" turned into "swimming to the beach".

When it "transformed" into the appearance of a fish and disappeared, it had already swam to the shallows.

Audis, who had caught up, punched the coral again, still "Harvest"!

Using "Harvest" on the same target for the third consecutive time, Audis suddenly felt that his spirituality was almost exhausted.

However, this punch also cracked that section of coral, and it fell motionless on the beach.

Edwina's Western sword was once again entwined with the light of dawn, and she pierced through that section of coral with a sword.

The light emitted by the coral suddenly disappeared.

Audis sat down on the beach, watching the coral that was gradually precipitating its characteristics, and smiled. The first extraordinary material for advancing to a demigod was in hand!