Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

At the Tarot Club, it was time for transactions.

After "The Fool," Klein, traded for the "Sun High Priest" characteristic with "Little Sun," "The Hermit," Audreys, looked at "The Hanged Man,": "I have the 'Ocean Singer' potion formula you wanted."

Audreys had obtained this from the female elf, Chattus.

A smile crept onto Alger's face: "Name your price."

Audreys had already thought it over: "5000 pounds."

Generally, a Sequence 5 potion formula costs between 4000 and 7000 pounds. A Sequence like 'Ocean Singer,' which is very useful at sea, would be closer to 7000 pounds, so the price Audreys quoted was already somewhat discounted.

Alger thought for a moment before saying: "Could we do this? I'll pay you 2000 pounds first, and you give me the formula. I'll give you the remaining 3000 pounds once I've gathered it."

He paused and added: "With Mr. Fool as a witness, you don't have to worry about me welching."

After trading for extraordinary materials earlier, he really couldn't come up with 5000 pounds.

Audreys gave an "Mm" and said, "Deal."

After obtaining the potion formula, Alger also hurried to browse it.

But after taking a look, a bitter smile appeared on his face, because the ritual for advancing to "Ocean Singer" was: To consume the potion inside the belly of an Oubliette Sea Serpent.

The Oubliette Sea Serpent was a monster that Alger currently couldn't deal with, which made him lament: Even with the formula and main materials, the ritual is difficult to prepare.

At this time, he suddenly thought of some information he had collected before, and said to the head of the bronze table: "Mr. Fool, I would like to communicate with Mr. Hermit alone."

Audreys was slightly stunned when he heard "The Hanged Man," Alger, wanted to communicate with him alone, and hadn't figured out what the other party wanted from him.

After establishing a private exchange environment, he heard the other party say that he intended to ask him for help in finding and controlling an Oubliette Sea Serpent to help him complete his advancement.

Audreys resisted the urge to scratch his head. He remembered that Alger was originally supposed to ask "The Fool" for help, but now he came to ask him for help.

However, this was not surprising. He had also heard that "Mysterious Queen" and "King of the Five Seas" each controlled one or two Oubliette Sea Serpents.

Although most of the members of "Dawn of Elements" were Beyonders of the "Seer" and "Scholar" pathways, this was, after all, an organization with great power at sea. There were also many members of the "Sailor" pathway, and they also had advancement needs, so they had to find ways to control an Oubliette Sea Serpent.

Moreover, it was clear that for Alger, trading with "The Hermit" was "more controllable," because he didn't know what "The Fool" needed, and he didn't know if he had the ability to meet "The Fool's" needs.

In addition, once "The Fool" stated his needs, there was no room for negotiation, and one could only choose to execute them.

In the case of "The Hermit," it was nothing more than wanting things or money, all of which could be negotiated.

Thinking of this, Audreys said: "I can help you contact them, but I don't have much confidence."

It wasn't that Audreys was unwilling to help, but that the rewards for "helping prepare the ritual" in organizations like "Dawn of Elements" were generally high-level rewards.

Audreys had built a ship for "Dawn of Elements," so he had received a ritual reward, and no one would say anything.

But telling Bernadette about "The Hanged Man's" request would make it difficult for her.

Alger was slightly stunned when he heard "The Hermit's" answer, and felt somewhat empathetic about it: Trading with gods is always very stressful.

This is also why Audreys would not easily trouble the "Goddess of the Night," because it was difficult to provide something that the other party would value.

This is like a beggar trading with a rich man. Such a transaction is likely to evolve into alms, because the beggar can hardly provide anything of value to the rich man.

Audreys had a relatively deep view on this. Alger may not have such a clear and formed opinion in his heart, but he also had similar feelings.

If it were the "Lord of Storms," a similar gift could be obtained simply by offering one's loyalty, but "The Fool" liked equivalent exchange, which made Alger a little unsure of what to do.

Thinking of this, Audreys suddenly smiled and said: "I think you can discuss this matter with 'The World'."

Alger was stunned for a moment, then suddenly chuckled: How could I forget this "God's Proxy"?

"God's Proxies" and "God's Favored" are people who, in the name of God, receive benefits for God!

This is a bit like the relationship between God and the Church. The things contributed by ordinary believers are difficult to impress God.

But God also needs someone to be loyal and to help Him deal with secular affairs.

Thus, God, the Church, and believers reached a tripartite transaction. Believers donate money to the Church to gain spiritual comfort or protection. The Church collects money in the name of God and is loyal to God. God provides spiritual comfort to believers and occasionally provides corresponding protection.

In this transaction, all three parties get what they need, thus forming a mature and stable trading system.

Alger sincerely said to "The Hermit,": "Thank you for your reminder."

Audreys smiled slightly, indicating that it was nothing.

Immediately, "The Hanged Man," Alger, applied to "The Fool" to dissolve the private exchange environment.

Klein, sitting at the head of the bronze table, sighed: This is a conversation between two old foxes. Although the two people didn't say much, they both understood the hidden meaning behind the other's simple words.

At the same time, Klein was also more satisfied with this result. After all, if Alger asked "The Fool" for help, he would have a headache about what kind of reward to collect.

First of all, he definitely couldn't refuse, it would be too much of a loss.

If he wanted it, it would be quite embarrassing for Klein what kind of needs the gods have.

If "The Hanged Man" insisted on sacrificing gold pounds, he would be very happy, but he couldn't take it, because the gods should be "detached from low-level interests" and shouldn't want such "vulgar" things.

Now it's easier with "The World's" "transfer station." "The World" is a Sequence 5, and it's normal to have a need for gold pounds.

Give the gold pounds to "The World" and let "The World" find a way to ask "The Fool" to take action.

Immediately, "The Hanged Man," Alger, after a little consideration, once again applied to "The Fool," hoping to conduct a private exchange with "The World."

After establishing a private exchange environment, Alger stated his needs, asking "The World" to help find an Oubliette Sea Serpent and help him complete the advancement ritual.

Klein manipulated "The World" and said: "Okay, but what reward can you pay?"

The entire transaction did not mention "The Fool," and the two reached a tacit agreement on the intention of the transaction.

Alger hesitated slightly before saying: "I'll exchange it for the coordinates of a primitive island unknown to others.

"Not only are there many extraordinary creatures on it that have become extinct in the North and South continents, but it also hides an ancient ruin of unknown age.

"At the beginning... well, I discovered it with Qilangos. At that time, we didn't have the ability to explore it deeply, but he discovered some traces and suspected that something very precious was hidden in the ruins.

"My strength is not as good as Qilangos, and the depth of my exploration is not as good as his. I can't know what he saw, I can only guess the situation from some words he said inadvertently."

Klein didn't expect that "The Hanged Man" and Qilangos knew each other so early and had explored together. He manipulated "The World" to show a contemplative posture.

Seeing that "The World" hadn't refused, but hadn't agreed, Alger continued: "There are traces of demigod-level extraordinary creatures on it. This should be of great value to you.

"I can swear to Mr. Fool that I am not lying."

"The World" no longer hesitated: "Deal."

Alger, who breathed a slight sigh of relief, added: "I have a prerequisite. I hope that my companion will be me when you first explore that primitive island. With Mr. Fool watching everything, I don't think you need to worry about me having any bad intentions."

Klein considered it and had "The World" nod: "No problem, I will need some companions when going to dangerous places. I hope you have enough ability to keep up."

Alger then said: "So, I hope your first exploration will be after I successfully advance. Of course, if I lose control due to the potion, this agreement will naturally be void."

"The World" agreed: "Okay."

Alger no longer hesitated, and after obtaining "The Fool's" consent, he manifested the parchment with the details of that primitive island.

After the private exchange between the two ended, "The Priestess," Cattleya, looked at Miss "Justice:": "'Black Hunt Lizard's spinal fluid' has been confirmed, 1800 pounds. There are no clues for 'Psychedelic Wind Chime Tree's fruit' yet."

"This is already very good, better than I expected." Audrey said sincerely, completely ignoring the price issue.

After confirming this transaction, Cattleya looked around and asked: "Are there any clues about mythical creature bloodlines?"

Klein immediately manipulated "The World" and asked: "Are you referring to pure mythical creatures?"

"Justice," Audrey, and others were a little confused: Pure mythical creatures? Are there impure mythical creatures?

Cattleya was stunned for a second, then replied: "Pure ones, that is, the blood of angels."

Klein manipulated "The World" to give a response: "I have some clues, but I can't be sure if I can get them, and I have to wait at least three months."

Three months later, a certain "Fate Serpent" was about to be "born."

The other members of the Tarot Club silently watched this transaction, not expecting "The World" to even have clues about an angel's blood.

Alger, on the other hand, suspected that "The World" wanted to borrow a drop of blood from Mr. Fool's angel.

Cattleya smiled and said, "No problem."

Finally, there was a clue; it was the last obstacle for her to become a demigod.

Thinking of this, Cattleya looked at Audis, believing that Audis did not have such a need, most likely because he had not obtained the "Scholar of Mysteries" potion formula.

She hesitated whether or not to remind Audis, and also let the other party join the transaction to prepare a drop of mythical creature's blood in advance?

At this time, Audis was also hesitating whether or not to remind Cattleya?

Because according to the information he obtained from the messenger, the mythical creature's blood from the "Monster" pathway was not the best choice.

So Audis decided to wait and see if he could get a drop of mythical creature's blood from the "Seer" pathway.

Moreover, Audis already had some ideas. Since he had previously saved the life of a demigod from the Moses Ascetic Order, he could completely use her to seek a drop of mythical creature's blood from the "Seer" pathway.

Of course, he couldn't ask for help using Audis's identity in the "Knowledge Moor," but he could set up a small account like Klein's "The World" to seek help.

This operation had a certain risk, so Audis had to wait for an opportunity.

Another option was for Audis to continue monitoring the Moses Ascetic Order's demigod, find the traces of the organization's angel, and then ask Bernadette for help to see if they could ambush the other party, injure them, and obtain one or two drops of blood?

In any case, he had to wait for an opportunity.

After pondering for a moment, Audis still opened his mouth and said, "Regarding that drop of mythical creature's blood, there are four pathways of blood that have certain help after advancing to a demigod."

He suddenly thought that if he talked to Bernadette about this matter in the future, what if Bernadette told Cattleya again?

What would "Admiral of the Stars" think?

You already knew which pathways' blood had advantages, but you didn't tell me.

After hearing "The Hermit's" words, the other members instantly understood: "The Hermit" was very clear about why "The Priestess" needed this drop of blood, and obviously also knew some information that "The Priestess" was not aware of.

Cattleya was also quite surprised, but immediately sat up straight and listened carefully to what "The Hermit" would say next.

Audis simply said, "The blood of mythical creatures from the 'Apprentice' pathway is helpful for Sequence 4, and the blood of mythical creatures from the 'Monster' pathway is helpful for Sequence 3.

"The blood of mythical creatures from the 'Savants' pathway can give you the ability to create mystical items.

"The 'Seer' pathway is helpful for both Sequence 4 and Sequence 3, and it is said to be of some help for advancing to an angel.

"As for the blood of mythical creatures from other pathways, it can only allow you to complete the advancement."

The other members were all stunned: The blood of mythical creatures was already a very scarce thing, why were you still being picky?

Cattleya also smiled helplessly after being stunned for two or three seconds, "Sometimes, there is not much room for choice."

The other members all guessed that this drop of mythical creature's blood might be an important auxiliary material in the potion.

"The Hanged Man" Alger thought to himself: You should use whatever you encounter with this kind of thing, first advance to a demigod, otherwise it is easy to wait and wait, missing the best time for advancement.

"The Magician" Fors also had a similar view: For ordinary wild Beyonders, being able to advance to a demigod is a huge opportunity, advance first, as for advancing to an angel or something, that is not an encounter that ordinary people can have.

Audis just smiled slightly after hearing Cattleya's answer and said nothing more.

His situation was different from Cattleya's. Cattleya had already digested the potion and obtained the Beyonder characteristic of the demigod level, and now only the advancement ritual was missing.

And Audis had digested less than one-third of the potion, so he was not in a hurry about this.

"Little Sun" Derrick said only after the transaction ended, "I need 'Elder Tree Root Crystal' and golden sunflower."

"The Moon" Emlyn, who had already tasted the sweetness of buying and selling, immediately cheered up, "I can help you trade for 'Elder Tree Root Crystal', and golden sunflowers are also easy to buy.

"So, what can you use to exchange for it?"

When he provided "Justice" with "Elder Tree Fruit" before, he learned that the seller also had root crystals.

At the previous Tarot Gathering, Emlyn learned that the five pathways of "Audience," "Sun," etc., were adjacent pathways. At this time, he suddenly understood that because they were adjacent pathways, the main materials required by "Justice" and "Sun" would come from an extraordinary plant.

"Sun" Derrick thought for a while: "An extraordinary characteristic corresponding to Sequence 5 Vampire?"

There were many such monsters in the dark depths of the "Land Abandoned by God."

"Blood Clan!" Emlyn corrected with gritted teeth, "You don't have to worry, I'll tell you what I want when I've thought about it."

He didn't want the items from the transaction to be duplicated with the rewards of the hunting competition.

Speaking of the hunting competition, what Emlyn didn't expect was that Miss "Magician's" efficiency was so high. Last week, she had already determined the location and key clues of two of the five hunting targets.

Without exception, one was first, one was internal, one was tolerant, and one was watching!

He was already making the final preparations and planned to hunt one of the targets in the next two days.

At this time, Emlyn already had full confidence that he could win this competition.

"Okay." Derrick, who already owed "The World" a lot of debt, said quite calmly.

Their trading intention ended, and Audis suddenly said to Derrick, "I want to issue you a commission."

Derrick turned to Audis, "What is the commission, please?"

"In the next week, pay close attention to the surroundings of Silver City, whether there is starlight or other light appearing," Audis said.

When saving that demigod of the Moses Ascetic Order, Audis noticed that he could make the Gotha Staff float in the Knowledge Moor and emit a dazzling light.

This light should be very conspicuous in the dark Land Abandoned by God. If the two Gotha Staffs in the Land Abandoned by God were around Silver City, such dazzling light might be discovered by the residents of Silver City.

At that time, Audis planned to entrust "Little Sun" to help him find and pick up the staff.

Audis's commission made "Little Sun" stunned at first. He originally thought that "The Hermit" was commissioning him to collect some extraordinary materials, but he didn't expect it to be about the "Land Abandoned by God."

The other members were also a little surprised, not knowing what the starlight or other light that "The Hermit" said referred to?

However, they could be sure that "The Hermit," or rather, the person who provided "The Hermit" with those ancient secret information, had a way to have some influence on the "Land Abandoned by God."

Immediately, Derrick happily said, "Mr. Hermit, you…"

Originally, he wanted to say whether "The Hermit" had entered the "Land Abandoned by God," but he felt that it was unlikely.

So when he said halfway, Derrick changed his words, "…Mr. Hermit, can you contact the 'Land Abandoned by God'?"

Audis smiled and said, "I guess so."

Seeing that "The Hermit" did not give a direct answer, "Little Sun" did not continue to ask.

He took a deep breath and said, "I will pay attention.

"Well, I'm still in Afternoon Town now, and I will also help you inquire about relevant news after I go back."

Audis "hmm"ed and asked, "What reward do you need?"

"No reward." Derrick showed a smile as bright as his codename, "Just consider it as thanks for the help you have provided me all along."

He felt that being able to help "The Hermit" was a way to repay some of the favors.

Audis sighed, "Your answer is always so surprising."

After this transaction ended, the two people also traded extraordinary weapons in a barter-for-goods manner.

The gathering place fell into silence. Just as Klein was about to think that there were no other transactions, "Justice" Audrey suddenly raised her hand slightly and asked, "Mr. Hermit, do you have any information about Emperor Rosell?"

The questions and answers between "The Fool" and "The Priestess" just now made her very interested in the topic of Rosell. She suddenly thought just now, I wonder if "The Hermit" knows any information about Emperor Rosell?

Fors, "The Magician" on the side, was also stunned for a moment, and also thought: That's right, how didn't I think of this? The well-informed "Hermit" must know some secret information about a big figure like Emperor Rosell.

Cattleya, who was sitting below them, did not hold out any hope for this, because she estimated that "The Hermit's" information about the Great Emperor should all come from "Queen Mystic" Bernadette.

The other members also looked at "The Hermit," waiting for his answer.

Audis glanced at Cattleya, and then said to Audrey, "I do know some information about Emperor Rosell. If you want to trade, how about 3,000 pounds?"

Audrey noticed that Audis glanced at "The Priestess" before answering her question. She immediately guessed: Could it be that "Priestess" is a descendant of Emperor Rosell?

The other members besides "Fool" Klein only knew that "Admiral of the Stars" seemed to be secretly serving "Queen Mystic" Bernadette.

After that, Audrey heard "The Hermit's" offer and immediately said, "No problem!"

Fors on the side quickly said, "I also want to join the transaction."

In people's minds, Roselle had already become a unique symbol, and everyone was eager to learn about his secret history.

The 'Hermit's' transactions often yielded surprisingly valuable information when the reward exceeded 2000 pounds, so Alger and Emlyn actively joined in.

Only Derrick wasn't very enthusiastic about this, but he was swayed by the other members and joined the transaction.

In the end, they agreed that Miss 'Justice' would contribute 1200 pounds, and the other members would contribute 300 pounds each, crowdfunding the reward for this transaction.

Audis smiled at everyone and said, "Before we start the transaction, I would like to communicate with Miss 'Priestess' alone."

At this point, Audrey was certain: Miss 'Priestess' must have some connection with Emperor Roselle.

She was very curious about the content of their private conversation.

Cattelya was a little surprised, but quickly reacted and agreed to Audis's suggestion for a private conversation.

Audis cut to the chase and said, "Some of the information I'm about to reveal, it's best not to tell 'Queen'."

Cattelya's eyes suddenly changed: "You know some information that 'Queen' doesn't know?"

Then she questioned, "Don't you know that 'Queen' has been collecting information about the Emperor?"

"Of course, I know." Audis took a deep breath and said, "I also know that she hasn't been able to adjust her state and complete her advancement because she misses the Emperor, can't let go of the Emperor's madness back then, and regrets not being able to help the Emperor when he left."

Klein, at the head of the bronze long table, was stunned for a moment, then sighed in his heart, not knowing what to say.

Cattelya opened her mouth wide: "But… but 'Queen' said she hasn't found a suitable opportunity for advancement?"

Audis shook his head: "Since you don't understand the inside story, then listen to me, and don't let 'Queen' know too much information about the Emperor for now."

"Why?" Cattelya asked immediately.

This was also Klein's question from behind the gray fog.

"Because even if we know that information, we can't rescue the Emperor." Audis said, "This will further worsen 'Queen's' condition."

Cattelya seemed to mutter to herself, "Rescue the Emperor…"

Her eyes lit up: "The Emperor isn't dead?"

Audis took a deep breath: "Yes, I will announce the specific information later."

Then he said, "Imagine if 'Queen' knew about this and asked you where to find the Emperor, and you knew that if you said 'I don't know', 'Queen's' condition would immediately worsen, what would you do?"

Cattelya seemed to have all her strength drained: "I understand."

Then she promised, "I won't tell 'Queen' about today's transaction."

Audis nodded, indicating to The Fool that the private conversation could end.

After the private conversation was over, the other members saw that the 'Priestess' looked solemn, and each had their own guesses about the conversation between the two just now.

"Our transaction begins." Audis said to everyone, "Most of the history about Emperor Roselle, everyone should be very clear about.

"When he was born, the Augustus family had already declined, and the Emperor didn't get much help from the family.

"Although Emperor Roselle's career was a bit difficult at the beginning, it wasn't without its benefits, at least Emperor Roselle easily got rid of the influence of the Augustus family after becoming a consul."

The other members were stunned when they heard this. They all knew this history, but they hadn't thought about it in this way.

Immediately, Klein realized: I haven't been involved in politics, nor do I plan to be involved in politics, so when I look at history, it's a series of events connected together, but I don't have the perspective of a scholar like 'Hermit'.

"I won't say much about the content that can be seen in history textbooks." Audis continued, "I will only talk about some secret history that you may not be very clear about.

"We mentioned in the last Tarot Gathering that Little Chara had supported the Emperor in his weak period.

"I'm not very clear about when he started supporting him. I personally think it should be when the Emperor joined the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery and started using his inventions to obtain a lot of wealth…"

Klein really wanted to complain: The word "inventions" should be in quotation marks.

"…Investing at this time is the best opportunity." Audis said, "Then, after having a certain accumulation, Emperor Roselle quickly had his first batch of followers, the most famous of which were the 'Four Horsemen'."

Klein complained again in his heart: Actually, it's called "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"\n… Well, it is estimated that Roselle also felt that the name was too chuuni, so he only called them "Four Horsemen".

In fact, Audis also wanted to complain a few words, but he was afraid that if he accidentally said what was in his heart, it would be bad, so he was trying his best to endure it.

He continued, "During this period, Emperor Roselle learned about the Solomon Empire's legacy, the 'Black Throne' from some information.

"Later, after a period of searching, the Emperor finally found this ghost ship in the Orladic Archipelago in the western part of the continent.

"We also mentioned before that this ship was later bestowed to Nester's father, the 'King of the Five Seas'. Later, Nester inherited this ship, as well as the title conferred by the Emperor."

Alger and other members all nodded, they still remembered this matter.

Cattelya took a slight breath, she knew that the title of "King of the Five Seas" originated from the Emperor, but she didn't expect that his flagship was also bestowed by the Emperor.

Audis continued, "It is said that on that ship, the Emperor obtained a lot of ancient geographical information and had the concept of other continents.

"Regarding this point, we have to imagine the background at that time. At that time, the people of the Northern Continent generally no longer had the concept of other continents.

"Communication with the Southern Continent had been cut off for more than a thousand years, and the Southern Continent belonged to the content of myths and legends.

"So this information should be very important to the Emperor.

"Moreover, it is said that the ghost ship not only has information about the Southern Continent, but also some information about the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, as expected, 'Justice' Audrey asked: "Mr. 'Hermit', what do the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent refer to respectively?"

Fors and Emlyn also had similar questions. They guessed that one of the continents might be the continent where the 'Land of the Forsaken Gods' is located, but like 'Justice', they were not sure whether it was the Eastern Continent or the Western Continent.

Audis smiled and replied: "According to the information I obtained from other places, the 'Land of the Forsaken Gods' is located in the Eastern Continent, and the Western Continent is said to be at the end of the Misty Sea, and no one has discovered it so far."

'Justice' Audrey couldn't help but feel a trace of yearning: "A continent that no one has ever set foot on."

Fors also conceived a novel about the discovery of a new continent in his heart.

Curiosity and the desire to explore the unknown filled the hearts of the other members.