Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The governor of Solotu Province was in his thirties, wearing a suit, and clean-shaven. It was the same person Odis had met on the train before.

The two had chatted all the way about governance issues, but when they got off the train, they didn't exchange names or leave contact information.

After meeting, the two shook hands, and Odis smiled and said, "I didn't expect us to meet so soon."

At the time, he guessed that the person he had been chatting with was probably some political figure, but he didn't expect that it would be the governor of Solotu.

The first task of the intelligence network that Odis had just established in Aissara was to gather information about the Western Province. By the time Odis set off, he already had two relatively complete intelligence reports in his hands.

One was a comprehensive intelligence report compiled from government archives. The Western Province has a total of 7 states, which are relatively large compared to other states, but the population is not large.

Wotai Province is adjacent to the Fenepote Kingdom in the southwest, the small country of Kana in the northwest, and Shataier Province, Solotu Province, and Valais Province in the east from north to south, respectively.

The situation in these three states is not very good either. Shataier Province has also been without a governor for more than a year. Similar to Wotai Province, it has almost become autonomous.

The situation in Solotu Province is slightly better. Although the security in the urban area is still acceptable, most places outside the urban area are basically not under the control of the Lunburg government.

The governor who invited Odis to dinner was called Zert. The official evaluation of him is still good. The state guard he reorganized has good combat effectiveness and has repeatedly defeated local bandits' attacks.

At the same time, Zert is also capable in terms of governance. The production and commerce of Solotu Province have recovered rapidly, and it has gradually generated tax revenue, which in turn can recruit more soldiers.

Another piece of information about the Western Province in Odis's hand also contained information about Zert. Merchants once commented that it was thanks to Zert's efforts in recent years that the infiltration of other countries and rampant bandits were blocked in the westernmost two states.

Otherwise, the entire Western Province might already be very dangerous now.

There is also news that Zert is a member of the Navia family, an old noble family in Lunburg.

Odis recalled some of the information he had obtained while exchanging pleasantries with Zert.

"Hearing your previous remarks, I knew your identity was unusual." Zert also smiled and said, "This morning, I heard a report from the police station that you are the Governor Odis who just scored high in the exam."

"Getting a high score doesn't necessarily mean strong ability." Odis said politely, "We still have to see the performance after taking office."

As they spoke, the two sat down in the reception area, and Zert put away his smile and asked, "Have you prepared yourself mentally?"

Odis of course knew what the other party was talking about, whether he was prepared to deal with the complex situation in Wotai Province?

He also put away his smile and said, "I have prepared, but I'm afraid the situation will be more complicated than I imagined."

Zert then asked, "When you arrive in Wotai Province, what strategy do you plan to take?"

Odis took a deep look at the other party before saying, "First, I need to understand the local situation. Although I obtained some information about Wotai City in Aissara, it doesn't seem to be the latest information."

"Then, according to the characteristics of various forces, formulate a plan to completely recover Wotai Province."

He didn't say too much detail, so as not to leak the information.

Zert didn't mind Odis's seemingly vague answer, but continued, "Currently, the one who rules Wotai Province is the Autonomous Council that was spontaneously established last year."

"The members of the Autonomous Council are very complex, including local nobles, merchants, officers, and representatives of bandits."

"The bandits there are indeed very rampant, but after being rampant for a while, and Aissara did not take too tough a strategy, the various forces have basically completed the process of mutual attack and compromise, so this Autonomous Council was established."

"In addition, the State Guard has become a completely independent armed force. Unless you give them enough benefits, it should be difficult to obtain control of the State Guard."

Odis asked, "What level of nobles are the local nobles?"

"They are two barons who were enfeoffed there a long time ago. Their task was to resist the infiltration of Fenepote." Zert explained, "Later, when the Wotai Province established a state government, the families of the two barons became very prestigious families in the local area."

"The current chairman of the Autonomous Council is Baron Darnell."

Odis asked again, "How many bandits are there, and how strong are they?"

"It is said that there are 30,000 bandits, but basically they are half-civilian and half-military." Zert explained patiently, "They are mainly composed of three forces, two of which are supported by Fenepote, and one is supported by Intis."

"Their elites are better equipped than the State Guard, and they are now the actual rulers outside Wotai City."

"There are also some small groups of bandits, because they have not received support from foreign forces, they are relatively weak and can only depend on the larger bandits of the three forces."

Odis nodded slowly: "Thank you."

Zert suddenly smiled: "I can only help you here, because the situation in Solotu Province is not very good now, and I can't provide you with practical help.

"But if you have any information needs, you can go to the boss of the Wotai Sundries Store, that's the person I sent."

"If there is a need, I will go to him." Odis said.

"I have a hunch." Zert said seriously, "With your level of governance and your ability, you will definitely be able to solve the problems in Wotai Province. By then, the pressure here will be much less, and the entire Western Province will be saved."

He paused for a while and then said: "If you still have the energy by then, the two of us can try to solve the problem of Shataier Province together."

Odis looked at the official in front of him again before saying: "No problem."

Then he said: "I will start repairing the railway from Wotai Province to Solotu Province as soon as possible, and I will need your help then."

Zert was stunned for a moment before looking at Odis in disbelief: "You... you want to build a railway?"

Odis smiled: "Is there any need to be so surprised?"

"Lunburg spent several years of financial revenue to build the railway from the capital to Solotu Province." Zert tried to explain, "It is difficult to do this with the strength of one state."

"Of course I know this." Odis said, "But it is very inconvenient without a railway.

"In fact, for a small country like Lunburg, the railway should radiate to every state."

Zert said helplessly: "It's true that you are right, but..."

He sighed: "Let's talk about another topic."

The straight-line distance between Wotai City and Solotu City is only more than ninety kilometers. If the railway is opened, it will only take two hours to reach Wotai City from Solotu City.

But now, if you take a carriage, it will take two days if you are lucky.

If you encounter bad weather such as rain or snow, it may take several days.

But this railway of less than 100 kilometers is a major project that is almost impossible to complete for a state. First, it requires a lot of funds, and secondly, it requires a lot of labor.

And the total population of Wotai Province does not exceed 400,000, and it cannot count on Aissara's allocation, so the problem of funds can only be solved by itself.

For Zert, this will be a difficult goal to achieve.

Speaking of this, it was lunchtime, and the two came to the restaurant, eating and chatting.

But they didn't talk about the previous topic, but talked about the local customs of the Western Province.

At a little past one in the afternoon, Odis returned to the hotel, and Longzeer had already bought the carriage he needed according to Odis's request.

But today is Monday, and it's almost time for the Tarot Club, so Odis ordered to rest for another night today and leave tomorrow morning.

After hearing this order, Longzeer also planned to go out and see if he could buy the auxiliary materials needed by the "Sheriff".

Sequence 8 level materials are not difficult to buy, just find a reliable herbal medicine store to buy them.

Odis then lied that he was going to take a nap and returned to his room to prepare for the Tarot Club.

At three o'clock, Odis's vision was covered by gray fog, and in a blink of an eye, he entered the magnificent hall, on one side of the long bronze table.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool." Audrey's crisp greeting sounded, and this Tarot Club officially began.

After the members greeted each other, they sat down. "Priestess" Cattleya did not disappoint Klein, and first said to the head of the long bronze table: "Mr. 'Fool', this time there are three pages of Emperor Roselle's diary."

"Fool" Klein smiled and said, "Very good, you can consider the request."

Soon, Cattleya manifested three pages of the diary and handed them to Mr. "Fool".

Klein seemed to be reading the diary carelessly. The information in these three pages of the diary was very high-level. First of all, the Emperor talked about the rituals for the "Scholar" pathway to advance to Sequence 4 and to advance to an angel, which made him feel that the process of advancement seemed to be a very distorted and uncontrollably crazy process.

Then it talked about the role of "anchor" and the discussion with Mr. "Door" about it.

Finally, Roselle had a strange dream, dreaming that he had returned to a small island that he had explored before.

At that time, someone who explored with Roselle was subjected to strange pollution. He always thought that the problem had been solved, but at this time it reminded him of the pollution again, making him alert to it.

After reading all the diaries, Klein thought for a while before asking Cattleya: "What is your request?"

Cattleya immediately asked, "Honorable Mr. Fool, was Emperor Rosell's life influenced by an ancient organization?"

The other members immediately thought of Rosell's past membership in the "Twilight Hermits Order" and made some guesses along this line of thought, basically believing that Emperor Rosell should have been influenced by this organization.

After all, the founder of that organization was an Angel King of the "Spectator" pathway.

However, "Hanged Man" Alger noticed that "Priestess" asked whether "Emperor Rosell's life" had been influenced.

This not only referred to some major decisions Rosell made "during his lifetime," but also to the Emperor's temperament and some of his ideas.

And Audrey realized: It seems that Bernadette learned of some connections between Rosell and the "Twilight Hermits Order" during her investigation of Rosell. And last week, she encountered Adam again, which gave her many associations, so she asked this question.

Klein thought that the "Mysterious Queen's" selection of diaries was vague and could not accurately target the content provided to ask questions.

As for the "Priestess's" question, it was not difficult for him to answer: "Yes."

Klein could see from Rosell's diary that Rosell's joining the "Twilight Hermits Order" was more like an investment by Adam, which caused many decisions Rosell made in his life to be more or less influenced to a certain extent.

That's why Rosell left a reminder in his diary like "Beware of Spectators."

After Klein answered, he didn't add anything and turned to say, "It's your turn."

Cattleya stood up and saluted "The Fool" to express her gratitude.

Alger had already begun to guess: In the previous transaction about Rosell, "Hermit" had mentioned that Adam invested in Rosell because He had some purpose of his own. It seems that while Rosell received some benefits from that organization at that time, he also suffered some negative influences.

Audrey and "Magician" Fors were sighing that Rosell's problem might be more complicated than "Hermit" described before.

"Sun" Derrick first said to Audrey: "Mr. Hermit, I have already exchanged the staff you wanted with my own merits, and I can ask 'The Fool' to give it to you after the meeting."

Everyone was stunned at first, and then successively recalled that at the last Tarot Gathering, "Hermit" gave "Sun" a task. At that time, they were all guessing how "Hermit" influenced the "Land Abandoned by God"?

Hearing "Sun's" words at this time, Klein and Alger were all wondering why there was also a staff of the same style as the one Audrey wore in the "Land Abandoned by God"?

Only "Moon" Emlyn had not been in contact with Audrey in private, and did not know what kind of staff it was?

Audrey nodded and said, "I have also prepared the 100 extraordinary weapons you need, and I will give them to you after the meeting."

"Okay." "Little Sun" Derrick agreed, and then asked, "Mr. Hermit, what kind of existence was it that killed the demigod-level magic wolf that day?"

What?

A demigod-level magic wolf was killed?

Everyone immediately understood that in the process of searching for the staff, they should have also experienced a demigod-level battle.

"The Fool" Klein immediately thought of the "Lord of Mysteries." The other members had not seen "This Existence" and had not made corresponding associations.

However, they also successively understood that in the demigod battle that day, an unknown existence took action to help Silver City obtain the staff.

Then they began to guess who that great existence was?

"Priestess" Cattleya first ruled out the "Mysterious Queen." She still had this self-awareness. The "Queen" was not strong enough to this extent.

And the other members guessed for a while, but there were no clues.

"That is the 'Lord of Mysteries'." Audrey replied.

The members except Klein were all stunned, because they had never heard of such a god.

However, Cattleya immediately realized: "Hermit" is actually connected to an unknown existence?

Immediately afterwards, she suddenly became enlightened: Could it be that the secrets of the extraordinary world he knows are all information obtained from this unknown existence? I wonder what price he paid? Does the "Queen" know about this?

Alger and other members also had some guesses, and also believed that the one "Hermit" truly loyal to should be that "Lord of Mysteries."

Among them, "Moon" Emlyn thought to himself: The background of each member of the Tarot Gathering is indeed unusual. I felt very early on that since "Hermit" knows so much, he must come from a secret organization. Now it seems that my guess is correct.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his chin.

Before Derrick could continue to ask questions, Audrey had already asked, "Mr. Hermit, what kind of existence is that?"

Audrey pondered for a while before saying, "That is an existence that hopes to spread the light of knowledge to this world."

Cattleya suddenly stiffened: "That… that is the 'Hidden Sage'?"

If that's really the case, the "Queen" is in danger.

Klein also had such a guess, suspecting that the "Lord of Mysteries" was a vest of the "Hidden Sage."

"No." Audrey immediately said, "Please distinguish, He is 'spreading the light of knowledge,' not instilling knowledge."

There is no mistake in every word!

Cattleya was stunned for a moment before slightly breathing a sigh of relief.

Then she remembered that when trading for the Emperor's information before, according to the information mentioned by "Hermit," the "Hidden Sage" seemed to only be at the level of an Angel King. Could it be that the "Lord of Mysteries" is a new angel that appeared on the "Seer" pathway?

Although everyone had some guesses, because "Hermit" did not continue to speak, everyone did not continue to ask.

After a second or two of silence in the magnificent hall, Audrey broke the silence: "Everyone, do you have any news about the 'Mystic Bell Tree'?"

Alger pondered for two seconds and said, "I have a clue, but it may take at least a few weeks to obtain it."

The clue he was talking about came from the island he traded with "The World" before. A Mystic Bell Tree had been discovered there, but due to insufficient strength, he did not try to approach it.

Now, he plans to advance to Sequence 5 in the near future, and then explore with "The World" to obtain the extraordinary materials that "Justice" wants.

"No problem!" Audrey was overjoyed and didn't even ask the price.

Then, Klein manipulated "The World" and said, "I have 1 magical item I want to sell."

He did have some savings at sea, but after coming to Backlund, he realized that the life of a rich man was too expensive, and he still owed Miss Messenger several thousand gold coins, so he planned to sell the unusable sealed item he had just seized.

Everyone looked at the lower hand of the bronze long table, waiting for "The World's" introduction.

"The World" paused slightly and continued, "That magical item is called 'Balance of Luck,' which is my own naming.

"Its ability is, first, to passively make the wearer lucky. For example, in daily life, the owner of the magical item will encounter good things from time to time, and it is easy to succeed in everything.

"The second is to actively give misfortune to the enemy, making the target unlucky.

"The negative effect is: immediately after luck, bad luck will be connected. How lucky you were before, how unlucky you will be next."

Finally, "The World" did not forget to remind: "This necklace is not recommended for extraordinary people who lack combat power. Although it can allow people to avoid fatal attacks, the subsequent explosive backlash is equally dangerous. You must have enough combat power and enough sensitive reaction to be able to survive relatively easily."

"Justice" Audrey, who was originally very interested in the magical items sold by "The World", nodded slightly in disappointment, indicating that Mr. "The World" was right.

"Priestess" Cattleya became more and more familiar the more she listened. She seemed to have seen the effect of the "Balance of Luck" somewhere before.

After thinking about it, she opened her mouth slightly stunned, "Senor?"

Cattleya initially judged that it should be the necklace of "Admiral of Blood" Senor.

"Hanged Man" Alger couldn't help but think when he heard this: Where did Gehrman Sparrow get it from? What did he do last week?

Last week, he had been on a deserted island not far from Crusoe Island, keeping a close eye on the movements of the "Algiers" and lacked understanding of the outside world.

Klein didn't expect that he had just said the ability of this magical item, and before he showed the appearance, "Priestess" noticed that it came from "Admiral of Blood."

After thinking about it for a while, he manipulated "The World" and smiled: "He is dead."

Cattleya frowned: "He is dead?"

Although the bounty of "Admiral of Blood" was higher than that of "Admiral of Stars", it was mainly because Senor had done too many bad things.

Before, Cattleya and Senor had had several conflicts, and she had the upper hand, but she could not seriously injure this "Pirate Admiral."

Unexpectedly, "Admiral of Blood" was killed by Gehrman Sparrow.

At the level of Sequence 5, generally speaking, the strength between everyone will not be too different. Strength gaps like those between Cattleya and Senor are very common: one side is slightly stronger, but it is difficult to seriously injure the other side.

Very few people can open up too much distance and kill another Sequence 5.

Therefore, Cattleya and Alger were somewhat surprised and guessing Gehrman Sparrow's true strength about the fact that "Admiral of Blood" was killed by Gehrman Sparrow.

The other members then successively recalled the news about the sea that "Hanged Man" had told before.

Señor is the name of the "Admiral of Blood." Unexpectedly, last week, a "Pirate General" was killed by "The World."

Members like "Justice" didn't realize what this meant. Audrey even suddenly thought: If I find out who killed the "Admiral of Blood," I can figure out the real identity of Mr. "World."

"The Hermit" Alger broke the silence in the meeting place and asked, "How much are you planning to sell it for?"

He doesn't need this magical item. For him, the negative effects are too great. It's easy to win against an enemy because of the luck the magical item grants, only to die from something that seems ordinary.

Alger asked about the price because he realized this is a magical item comparable to the "Monster" pathway, Sequence 5 "Winner," and can be crushed for a Vice Captain's promotion.

"12,000 pounds," Klein manipulated "The World" to say. "But if you buy it, it's only 9,000 pounds, as a way for me to repay the favor from before."

Everyone was stunned. Soon, Cattleya naturally guessed: Could it be that "The Hermit" provided a lot of help in the process of "The World" killing Señor?

If it was a two-on-one fight, it would make sense.

Alger pondered for a moment. 9,000 pounds is an acceptable price.

But his current savings are only about 10,000 pounds. He originally wanted to trick "Rear Admiral of the Deep"\n…He was thinking of trading arms with "Rear Admiral of the Deep," but after that guy met Sharron, he left immediately and didn't even have time to look at the "Extraordinary Gatling Gun."

And Alger still needs to build the port town on Cruz Island. Although he plans to use mostly wooden structures for the buildings there, it will still cost a lot of money to build a town that meets his requirements.

He will also need money when he gets to the Voitin region. The little appropriation from High Official Becaire is not even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.

Alger has enough money now, but if he spends 9,000 pounds, he may immediately face another financial crisis.

So after thinking about it, Alger still shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't have much spare money on hand recently."

Klein was stunned. He didn't expect "The Hermit" to be so candid.

If it were "The Moon" Emlyn, he would probably say at this time: Let me think about it.

At this time, Cattleya said, "If it's a little cheaper, I might consider buying it."

Klein then manipulated "The World" to say, "If you can replace part of it with gold coins, it'll only be 11,000 pounds."

"The Priestess" Cattleya thought for a moment and then said, "I can pay you 5,000 pounds in gold coins, plus 6,000 pounds in gold pounds."

"But the condition is that you must tell me why you gave 'The Hermit' such a big discount, otherwise you must deduct another 500 pounds from my previous offer."

For a "Pirate General," he obtained a lot of gold coins during previous robberies, but because they are not as easy to spend as gold pounds, they have been piled up in the hold.

"The World" glanced at "The Hermit" and, seeing that the other party had no objection, said, "No problem."

This transaction involving more than ten thousand pounds was thus settled.

After the two agreed on the general time for the transaction, Klein manipulated "The World" to say, "Last week, 'The Hermit' and I joined forces to hunt down a Sequence 5 from the 'Rose School."

"I killed the 'Admiral of Blood.' 'The Hermit' also had a considerable harvest. The 'Rose School' shouldn't appear in Bayam for a while."

Cattleya was stunned. It sounded like "The Hermit's" harvest was even greater than "The World's." Could it be that he also killed a Sequence 5?

"The World" continued, "In this process, 'The Hermit' helped block the 'Rose School's' angel.

"Although I didn't want any other spoils, I still feel like I owe 'The Hermit' a favor."

Cattleya almost stood up: "The 'Rose School' dispatched an angel?"

This news made the other members look at "The Hermit" together. In everyone's concept, angels seemed very far away from them.

But what was unexpected was that last week, "The Hermit" and "The World" not only encountered an angel, but also had a conflict!

This news sounded very magical!

Klein didn't think this was confidential information worth concealing, so he manipulated "The World" to say, "Yes."

Audrey looked at "The Hermit" and asked, "How did you block the other party's angel?"

Cattleya didn't find it too surprising. It was likely that "The Queen" helped block it. Cattleya was very clear that "The Queen" had a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, which could generally resist an angel for a while.

But it was also possible that it was the "Lord of Mysteries" just mentioned.

Alger smiled and replied, "It wasn't me.

"It was a mysterious existence I invited."

Cattleya strengthened her idea, believing that this "mysterious existence" was "The Queen."

Audrey was slightly stunned, and thought that "The Hermit" had invited the mysterious "Lord of Mysteries."

At this time, Alger was also a little strange. It stands to reason that "The World" is Mr. "Fool's" Blessed, so why didn't Mr. "Fool" come forward to help?

Cattleya asked "The World" again: "Did the 'Rose School' only dispatch one angel and the 'Admiral of Blood'?"

His reminder made the other members notice that "The Hermit's" gains should be richer than "The World's."

"A demigod was also dispatched," "The World" said. "And several Sequence 5s.

"There should be about eight or nine other 'Middle Sequence' Beyonders, and many 'Low Sequence' Beyonders."

Alger sighed in his heart: So many people were dispatched, the "Rose School" is carrying out a major operation!

"One last question." Cattleya, with the mentality of "I've already spent 500 pounds, so I might as well ask," said: "How did you escape? What were the results of the battle?"

This was the question Klein wanted to answer, because only by answering this question could it prove that "The Fool" did not sit idly by, so he replied:

"The helper I invited blocked the demigod, and another helper took me away from the gaze of 'God's Son' Si'er Ah and the 'Sea King.'"

Alger thought: That makes sense. It seems that "The World" also used the identity of "Fool's Blessed" to invite a demigod-level and an angel-level helper. But the reality may be more serious than imagined, so he had to join forces with "The Hermit" to block the other party's angel-level attack.

In addition to Klein and Alger, who were involved in this matter, "The Priestess" Cattleya also realized this.

However, the other members did not think of this, but only felt that this battle seemed very complicated, with a large number of high-level Extraordinary forces dispatched by both the enemy and us.

What they wanted to know more was what the results of the battle were?

"The World" did not answer immediately, but looked at "The Hermit."

Alger smiled and said, "In addition to eliminating three Sequence 5s, including the 'Admiral of Blood,' we also annihilated all the 'Middle Sequence' enemies we found, including four 'Living Corpses,' and the 'Low Sequence' enemies.

"In short, none of the enemies we found escaped."

Hearing such an answer, Audrey, Fors and others, who didn't have much concept of Extraordinary battles, were only happy, thinking that the joint action of the two members of the Tarot Club had once again打击了邪恶的非凡组织[struck a blow against the evil Extraordinary organization].

And Cattleya and Alger, the two members with rich combat experience, realized one problem: As long as it is an action planned by "The Hermit," the enemy's casualty rate is generally very high.

The same was true for the action in Oravi Port last time, and this time it was simply a complete annihilation!

They were very clear that in Extraordinary battles, especially in battles involving the Sequence 5 level, even if there is an ambush, if the enemy cannot be killed in a short period of time, the enemy's Sequence 5 also has a high probability of escaping. Complete annihilation is not common.