Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

After arriving at the Solotu Hotel, Audis generously booked the entire third floor and took Bernadette to dine.

Solotu State is already the hinterland of the Western Province. It takes two days by carriage to reach Wotai City. The security in the urban area is very good, and the commerce looks quite prosperous.

The food in the hotel is also good, about the same level as Aysalla.

After dinner, Audis instructed Ronzel in the hotel corridor, leaving all the chores to Ronzel and the three clerks, while he and Bernadette returned to their respective rooms.

After the two people entered the door, Neil, one of the twenty-something clerks in the corridor, whispered to Ronzel: "Captain, isn't that beautiful lady the governor's wife?"

If they were a couple, they should have entered the same room.

Ronzel's external identity is the captain of the guard, and the team members are those "Extraordinary Puppets."

He glanced at Neil and said, "No."

After a simple answer, he went to direct the "Extraordinary Puppets" to settle in different rooms.

At the same time, Ronzel instructed the three clerks to go out and inquire about places selling carriages. Governor Audis had just instructed that he needed to buy a few carriages to continue the second half of the journey.

Watching the three members go downstairs, Ronzel quickly came to Audis's door and knocked.

"Come in."

Ronzel opened the door and saw Audis had just taken off his vest and hung it on the hanger. He closed the door and whispered, "Governor, that clerk Neil seems to be an undercover agent sent by another organization."

Audis glanced at Ronzel: "Why do you say that?"

"He's asking too many questions," Ronzel said. "Unless this person is very curious, otherwise, he must be helping other organizations gather information."

Audis smiled: "That can't be called an undercover agent."

Ronzel was stunned: "Am I being too sensitive?"

"No, what I mean is that I noticed he was sent by another organization the first time I saw him," Audis said with a smile. "So, he can't be called an undercover agent, only an idiot, or an actor."

Ronzel smiled: "I see."

Audis sat in the chair in front of the desk: "Be vigilant tonight. I estimate someone will attack us today."

"Yes." After speaking, Ronzel left the governor's room.

At this time, Bernadette, who lived in the next room, transformed into a phantom figure that looked like a spirit body and passed through the wall.

She sat casually opposite Audis: "How did you see that those three people were suspicious?"

"Neil, who I just talked to Ronzel about, should have just arrived in Lunburg," Audis said. "He said he failed the civil service exam and had no hope for life in Aysalla, but his fingers didn't have the deformation caused by holding a pen often."

He had long discovered that people in Lunburg have a characteristic: almost everyone's thumb, index finger, and middle finger have slight deformations, which are formed by using a pen a lot.

If he had really prepared for the corresponding exam, he should have similar marks.

Audis paused for a moment and continued: "The female clerk Roxanne said her fiancé was missing and couldn't be found no matter how hard she looked. She didn't want to stay in Aysalla anymore."

"When she said this, she looked grief-stricken, and almost cried, but she immediately revealed her flaws when asked the next question."

"I asked her if she had called the police, and she said she had."

"But why didn't she wait for the police investigation results before preparing to leave Aysalla immediately?"

Audis leaned back in his chair and said, "The third clerk, Corey, said his friend was missing in Wotai City, and he hoped to get this job to look for his friend under my protection."

"This is the most thoughtful statement, almost impeccable, but there is a basic logical problem. If he really had such a good relationship with his friend, he should have gone to find him himself long ago."

"If the relationship wasn't that good, it's unlikely that he would take this risk."

"Of course, the most basic basis for my judgment that they have problems is actually that none of them have an absolute reason to go to Wotai State, or rather, the reasons they found don't require an ordinary person to do such a risky thing."

Bernadette crossed her legs and said, "So, you deliberately recruited them, right?"

Audis smiled: "That's about right."

Before, after Audis finished the interview, the high-ranking official Beacher told him that it was difficult to recruit people in Aysalla, Audis thought of this method to see if his previously "accumulated" enemies had well-informed news.

In the past few months, Audis had been wandering at sea, not staying in the same place for too long. Because of the protection of "Favor of the Night," his enemies were almost impossible to find him.

But now Audis had come to land, and he had been staying in Aysalla for several days with his real face and real identity. This news should have been known by many people.

So, Audis's "recruiting clerks" action was essentially giving those organizations that harbored ill intentions towards him a legitimate condition to approach him.

In this way, their attacks could be launched with full force at once, without being timid and having to test the waters.

Of course, before learning that Bernadette was going to travel with him, Audis wouldn't have been so arrogant in leading wolves into the house.

Knowing that Bernadette was going to Wotai City with him, Audis had no worries at all. He was just a Sequence 5, and it was impossible for the enemy to send angels.

With Bernadette here, as long as there were no angels among the enemies, Audis was safe and could reap a lot of spoils.

After hearing Audis's answer, Bernadette said: "If the other party sends a demigod, I will help you solve it. The spoils at the demigod level belong to me."

"If they are just enemies below the demigod level, and you don't encounter life-threatening danger, I won't take action, nor will I divide your spoils."

Audis smiled: "Thank you."

After chatting for a few more words, Bernadette returned to her room.

Audis didn't go to the "Knowledge Wilderness" to write a book today, but seized the time to rest, because if someone was going to launch an attack, the battle would definitely happen in the second half of the night.

Just as Audis was sleeping soundly, suddenly a pair of hands pushed him, which immediately woke Audis up.

In the darkness, he glanced at the wall clock. It was now past three in the morning, but his spirituality didn't sense any danger.

After a slight daze, Audis realized that it might have been an "Invisible Servant" who had just pushed him, which was Bernadette's reminder.

The spirituality of a Sequence 5 level is certainly not comparable to a demigod. Bernadette should have detected the danger in advance.

So, Audis immediately began to wear the sealed artifacts. The "Gust Staff" and sealed artifact were placed at hand, and he had already worn them in two or three seconds. Then, he used the "Scale Armor Scroll," held the staff, and sat on the edge of the bed waiting.

Because he was in the city, and not many people knew that Audis had the "Scepter of Disaster" in his hand, Audis didn't plan to use this Level 1 sealed artifact.

After waiting for a few more seconds, Audis's spirituality felt something and looked in the direction of the window.

His own spirituality had only received a warning at this time, although the time was sufficient, it wouldn't be as calm as it was now.

Because of Bernadette's reminder, Audis had prepared early, so when he saw a figure suddenly appear at the window, Audis immediately injected "Star Sand" into the "Gust Staff," and at the same time injected spirituality into the "Hand of Judgment": "Imprisonment!"

The opponent didn't do anything yet, and was stunned there, "imprisoned" by the surrounding air.

Audis rushed over violently: "Death!"

Whoosh~

He smashed through the window and directly knocked the opponent out.

Audis also flew out, the symbol on the head of the "Gust Staff" emerged, summoning a lightning bolt from the sky to strike the opponent.

Audis waved his fist with the gauntlet on: "Harvest!"

Under Audis's three-hit combo, the opponent fell to the ground, already seriously injured and unable to get up.

This process was very fast, completely bewildering the attacking side. They began to attack, but the assassination target rushed out first and immediately seriously injured a member.

Audis's attack continued. The starlight on the head of the "Gust Staff" suddenly solidified, forming a straight sword composed of starlight, piercing towards the member who fell on the ground.

"Exile!" A "Reprimanding Knight" standing on the roof shouted loudly.

Audis was pushed away by a huge force, failing to complete the final kill.

At this time, the other members of the enemy finally came to their senses and attacked Audis one after another.

A "Chaos Tutor" ambushing under the window, because everything happened too fast and hastily, picked up a brick and threw it at Audis, completing the "bribery" process.

Just as he was about to use the next ability, Audis suddenly used "Flash" and appeared not far from the "Reprimanding Knight" on the roof.

Audis threw out a scroll: "Chaos!"

As the scroll with black light shattered, the "Reprimanding Knight" immediately fell into a state of "chaos." The extraordinary ability that was originally used against Audis turned and was thrown at the tiles not far away.

Audis rushed forward violently, and "Gael Runes" appeared on the "Gust Staff" in his hand. Clusters of dawn-like light suddenly descended around him.

The dawn light on the head of the "Staff" condensed, forming a sharp straight sword, and pierced towards the "Reprimanding Knight" fiercely.

Bang bang bang~

Just now, a "Judge" who was ambushing in the courtyard as a support force finally rushed over. Because the range of his "Exile" ability was limited, he raised his gun and shot at Audis, hoping to force him to give up his attack.

"Chaos!" This was the "Chaos Instructor" in the courtyard using Chaos to block Audis's attack.

But they were a step too late. Audis's straight sword pierced the "Punishment Knight's" heart.

The intense pain and the threat to his life caused the "Punishment Knight" to immediately break free from the "Chaos" state.

He immediately jumped backward, letting himself fall from the roof.

In the instant of falling, he extended his palm and said in a solemn voice, "The use of scrolls is forbidden here!"

Audis on the roof couldn't continue to chase. He was first hit by the "Chaos Instructor's" "Chaos," but fortunately, he had the "Light of Dawn" around his body, so the impact was minimal.

Then, the three bullets hit Audis, but they were all blocked by the power of the "Scale Armor Scroll."

Audis knew that he was affected by "Chaos," and in the next few seconds, no matter what ability he used, he might not be able to hit the opponent due to this slight mistake.

So he was not in a hurry to attack, but looked at the four people in the courtyard.

They had three Sequence 5s, namely two "Punishment Knights" and one "Chaos Instructor."

One of the "Punishment Knights" was the one who first appeared at the window. He had already been seriously injured by Audis, completely losing his combat power, and even unable to escape on his own.

The other "Punishment Knight" had just been stabbed by Audis. If an ordinary person had been stabbed like that, they would have died long ago, but for a Sequence 5, it was just an injury. He could even continue to fight, but he couldn't move violently. After all, Audis's sword had stabbed near the heart.

Currently, the "Chaos Instructor" had become the main fighting force, and the "Judge" who had just come to support was also unharmed.

The "Judge" fired three shots just now, waking up many people, who stood in front of their windows to check what was happening.

… …

Third floor, Bernadette's room.

The "Mysterious Queen" sat in the chair by the window, quietly watching the battle in the courtyard.

At this moment, the door of the room was kicked open, and Neil, the clerk Audis had just recruited, pointed a gun at Bernadette: "Raise your hands."

Bernadette glanced at him: "You are the first."

Neil was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant, but then he said in a fierce tone: "Stand up, from here…"

Bernadette looked out the window again, waving her hand seemingly casually at Neil.

Neil's neck was suddenly twisted violently by an invisible force, and his neck was broken just like that. His words were interrupted halfway.

Then, Neil struggled a few times and quickly fell to the ground, twitching.

… …

The "Chaos Instructor" in the courtyard knew that there wasn't much time left for them to assassinate, so he took the initiative to attack Audis. He first used the ability of "Weakening," then suddenly jumped onto the wall, hooked his hands into the bricks, and climbed to the roof in a few steps, like a brown bear, drawing his short sword and pouncing on Audis.

The "Punishment Knight" with the injured chest continued to say in a solemn tone: "The use of witchcraft is forbidden here!"

The "Judge" on the side also attacked while saying: "Teleportation is forbidden here!"

One of the differences between the "Punishment Knight" and the "Judge" is that the "Judge" can only "forbid" once, and cannot stack it.

The "forbid" of the "Punishment Knight" can be stacked, which means that the "Judge" can only use "forbid" once in a certain period of time, while the "Punishment Knight" can use it many times in a row.

The "Chaos" state on Audis's body was still there, and he was also "Weakened," so he immediately jumped from the roof to the courtyard to avoid the "Chaos Instructor's" attack.

"Imprison!" The "Judge" who was chasing up used the ability of "Imprisonment." The air around Audis suddenly became viscous. Before he even landed, he was "Imprisoned" in place.

The "Chaos Instructor" rushed up and stabbed Audis in the chest with his sword.

But at the moment when the tip of the sword touched Audis, the "Chaos Instructor" was stunned, because there was no feeling of any sharp weapon piercing flesh and blood, but like stabbing a hard steel plate.

Then, the "Chaos Instructor" saw a layer of illusory scale armor flashing on Audis's body. He suddenly understood why the "Judge's" three shots just now hadn't hurt Audis.

"Death!" At this time, the "Judge" behind him followed closely, preparing to "finish him off." He still thought that Audis had been stabbed.

However, the physique of an "Astrologer" is not strong. If an "Astrologer" is stabbed in the chest, he should basically lose his combat power.

But the "Chaos Instructor" realized that Audis seemed to be deliberately luring them closer. It was at this moment that he saw the corners of Audis's mouth upturned in a slight smile.

The "Chaos Instructor" immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly jumped away: "Get out of the way!"

But it was too late, because once the "Death" ability determines a target, it will definitely hit the opponent. The "Judge" could no longer change the target.

No mistake, one hand, one launch, one inside, one capacity, one look!

At this time, the head of the "Guthus Staff" in Audis's hand emitted a dazzling light again, and a huge pillar of starlight fell, completely covering the "Judge."

The "Pillar of Starlight" is Audis's own ability, not a scroll, nor witchcraft, so it was not weakened by any of the "forbids" just now.

At the moment when the "Judge" was covered by the pillar of light, his skin disappeared as if it had melted.

The "Chaos Instructor" immediately used the ability of "Chaos" again, hoping to interfere with Audis. Although the pillar of light shifted slightly, it still failed to leave the "Judge" immediately.

The "Punishment Knight" on the other side of the courtyard immediately used the "Imprisonment" ability on the "Judge," hoping to use the viscous air to block the attack of the pillar of light.

But the "Imprisonment" ability was immediately broken through by the pillar of light.

So the "Punishment Knight" immediately used "Exile," hoping to push the "Judge" out of the pillar of light.

This method did work. The "Punishment Knight" pushed a figure out of the pillar of light, but this figure suddenly turned into a pile of sand and scattered on the ground.

These "sands" were the "Judge."

Because of the death of the "Judge," the "forbid" on the "Teleportation" ability was also lifted. Audis instantly "Flashed" to the side of the "Punishment Knight," and the head of the "Guthus Staff" in his hand reflected "Gael Runes," pointing at the "Punishment Knight's" wound.

Boom ~

With a muffled sound, the "Punishment Knight's" chest cavity was completely blown open! The heart and lungs were exposed to the air.

Audis had just simulated the "Flesh Bomb" ability of the "Mystic Prayer" pathway. The power of this ability cannot be said to be great, but it is enough to catch people off guard. The "Punishment Knight" had no defense in this regard and was directly blown out with a fatal injury.

Looking back, the "Chaos Instructor" had already run away.

When he still had two teammates to help him just now, he felt that the mission had hope of being completed, but in just a few seconds, the situation changed instantly, and now only he could move.

Obviously, this assassination mission was difficult to complete, so he turned his head and ran.

Audis used "Flash" to catch up, the starlight of the "Guthus Staff" was dazzling, and he used the ability of "Starlight Cage" to trap the "Chaos Instructor."

Then Audis punched with the hand that had the "Harvest Gauntlet."

Harvest!

He directly sent the "Chaos Instructor" flying!

Then Audis used the "Imprisonment" ability to trap the "Chaos Instructor" again.

He also used the "Guthus Staff" to imitate the vampire's "Claw" ability. The fingernails on both hands quickly grew longer, with some blood-red mist, entwined with illusory symbols.

Audis's five fingers were like five sharp daggers, piercing towards the "Chaos Instructor."

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, the "Chaos Instructor" simply raised his left arm to block Audis's five fingers.

Puff ~

The long five fingers instantly pierced through the "Chaos Instructor's" arm, almost piercing his chest cavity.

The "Chaos Instructor" took a deep breath: "Chaos!"

In the instant of being affected by "Chaos," Audis seemed to lose his target. The "Sword of Dawn" simulated by the "Guthus Staff" stabbed into the ground at once, and then Audis's second sword hit the roadside tree.

This feeling was very strange. Audis was very clear that his target was the "Chaos Instructor" in front of him, but when he launched an attack, his thoughts and actions were "Chaos," perfectly avoiding the opponent.

The "Chaos Instructor" used this opportunity to escape, but after taking two steps, he turned his head and came back to Audis.

When Audis used the "Imprisonment" ability just now, he was afraid that his next attack would not be able to completely solve the opponent, so he simply "Hypnotized" the "Chaos Instructor."

Although it was "Combat Hypnosis," the opportunity was fleeting, but it was enough for Audis to come out of the "Chaos" state and use the "Guthus Staff" to summon the "Pillar of Starlight," instantly encompassing the "Chaos Instructor" in the brilliant sea of stars.

The violent impact instantly awakened the "Chaos Instructor." He jumped away and let out a scream, because many parts of his body were bloody, as if he had just experienced a violent explosion.

This is the difference between Sequence 5 and Sequence 6. The previous "Judge" basically had no resistance when facing the "Pillar of Starlight."

However, the "Chaos Mentor" still had enough energy to evade, though he looked quite disheveled after dodging.

Audis immediately threw out a scroll: "Art!"

This was a "Blood Explosion Scroll" he had designed using the flesh and blood of that black spider.

Although this violated the "Punishment Knight's" "prohibition," the "Punishment Knight" no longer had the power to "punish" him, so the power of the "scroll" was only slightly smaller, without any other effect.

Poof!

The "Chaos Mentor" was immediately blasted with torn flesh, a large hole blown open in his stomach, and he fell to the ground, unmoving.

Audis finally breathed a sigh of relief, making the "Starlight" solidify again, and used the "Star Sword" to finish off the assassin before him.

Afterward, Audis threw the "Chaos Mentor's" corpse into the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and quickly returned to the courtyard.

At this time, Ronzert, who had jumped down from the third floor, had just killed the two heavily wounded "Punishment Knights."

He sheathed his longsword and smiled helplessly, "I just rushed down, and the battle was almost over."

When he arrived in the courtyard earlier, Audis had just used the "Pillar of Starlight," and by the time Ronzert rushed over, the second "Punishment Knight" had already been severely injured.

Seeing that Audis had gone to chase the fleeing enemy, Ronzert stayed behind and finished off the two dying enemies.

Audis said, "There will be plenty of opportunities for battle in the future."

As he spoke, he used the "Gustav Staff" to simulate the related abilities of the "Death" pathway, accelerating the extraction of characteristics, and quickly obtained three characteristics of the "Arbitrator" pathway.

"You have the characteristics to completely restore your level," Audis said to Ronzert with a smile, "When we get to Vortai Province, I'll give you the Sequence 8 level potion."

"Yes, you can collect auxiliary materials first."

Thinking of this, Audis threw another "Punishment Knight's" corpse into the "Wilderness of Knowledge."

He suddenly realized that he didn't have a potion formula for anything other than Sequence 9 of the "Arbitrator" pathway, so he planned to use "Spirituality Connection" to obtain the potion formula later.

Ronzert smiled and said, "Okay."

Audis had Ronzert deal with the police who came after hearing the news, and he quickly returned to the third floor, to Bernadette's room.

He paused slightly after seeing Neil's body: "Did this guy expose himself?"

Bernadette hummed, "I don't understand either, why didn't he leave quickly and come here instead."

Audis kicked the corpse: "What else could it be, he must have had lustful thoughts."

Bernadette simply said "Oh," and waved her hand at Neil's corpse again, an unknown force bending the corpse into a "V" shape.

Audis clearly heard the sound of the corpse's spine breaking, so he called in two "Extraordinary Puppets" to throw the corpse into the courtyard and hand it over to the police.

"Mysterious Queen" asked Audis, "Do you know which force the assassin belongs to?"

"It should be sent by the Fenebopot military," Audis said, "I caught spies on Cruise Island before, although they committed suicide before I could interrogate them, I guess they were sent by the Fenebopot military.

"Because I wasn't on Cruise Island much before, they couldn't find me, so they thought now was the best time for the assassination."

Bernadette nodded and said, "A very reasonable guess."

Besides the Loen royal family and military, only the Fenebopot royal family and military have many "Arbitrator" and "Lawyer" pathway Beyonders.

At this time, the police who arrived at the courtyard saw so many soldiers living in the hotel, and immediately knew that this was not an ordinary case, so they did not immediately launch a further investigation, but quickly reported it to their superiors.

Soon, official Beyonders also arrived.

Although the Western Province is now very chaotic, the faith here is not chaotic, or rather, although Intis and Fenebopot are infiltrating the Western Province and supporting a group of local armed forces, they dare not affect the churches here.

Because if that happens, a war may really break out.

The Beyonders who came were the official Beyonders of the Knowledge and Wisdom Church, and after learning that Audis was living here, they simply understood the situation, took a statement from Audis, and left.

Archbishop Douglas had already given orders to the churches in the Western Province, asking the churches here to cooperate with Audis's actions as much as possible.

Therefore, the official Beyonders of the church will not make things difficult for Audis.

After the investigation procedures were basically over, Audis changed rooms again, lay on the bed, and pretended to continue resting.

In fact, he used "Meditation" to come to the "Wilderness of Knowledge," first shattering the 4 Extraordinary characteristics, and then using the sealed artifact "Spirituality Connection."

Because Audis could use the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge," he easily put the spirit body of the "Chaos Mentor" into a state of "Spirituality Connection."

Audis asked, "Which organization do you belong to?"

The "Chaos Mentor" replied with a dazed look, "Fenebopot Bureau of Security."

Audis slowly nodded. The Fenebopot Bureau of Security was similar in function to the MI9 of Loen and the Eighth Bureau of Intis. In addition to investigating some Extraordinary cases, it also carried out some infiltration or assassination work against other countries.

Audis had already guessed this and was not surprised. He asked again, "Where did you get the information about me?"

"Our group is only responsible for assassinations," the "Chaos Mentor" replied, "I don't know exactly where the information came from."

Audis slowly nodded, estimating that there were officials in Isara working for the Kingdom of Fenebopot.

Seeing that he couldn't get any other useful information, he asked in another direction, "Do you know the potion formulas for 'Fallen Earl' or 'Law Enforcer'?"

These were the names of the Sequence 4 level potions for the "Lawyer" and "Arbitrator" pathways respectively.

Now that Audis had many subordinates on the "Lawyer" and "Arbitrator" pathways, he would of course ask about the corresponding potion formulas if he had the opportunity.

Unfortunately, this "Chaos Mentor" had not yet come into contact with potion formulas at that level.

Then Audis went to use Spirituality Connection on the spirit body of the "Punishment Knight" and obtained the potion formulas for this pathway from Sequence 8 to Sequence 5.

And this "Punishment Knight" also did not know the potion formula for "Law Enforcer."

After ending the "Spirituality Connection," Audis returned to the real world to continue resting.

The next morning, while eating breakfast, the other two clerks greeted Audis with normal expressions, as if they didn't know that Neil had died last night.

Audis knew that this was a manifestation of their confidence in their organization, otherwise, after seeing the assassination last night, they would have slipped away long ago after learning about the target's strength.

Their task today was to buy a carriage and continue the next leg of the journey.

Just as Ronzert and the others went to the carriage shop, Audis received an unexpected invitation. A man claiming to be the governor's butler invited Audis to have lunch at the governor's residence.

Audis thought that the governor had learned that the governor of the neighboring province was passing through his jurisdiction, so he invited him to dinner.

When Audis arrived at the governor's residence in a carriage, the governor turned out to be the man who had chatted with Audis all the way on the train.