Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

If it were in the past, Derrick would have happily accepted the reward and sincerely thanked the Chief.

But having matured a great deal, Derrick noticed that the Chief's tone was a little off, emphasizing the words "reward" and "keep it safe."

In that instant, Derrick suddenly recalled the scene when he reported to the Chief that he had discovered the Sealed Artifact in the swamp. At that time, the Chief seemed to already know that he hadn't been the one to discover that Sealed Artifact.

Then, a bold guess appeared in Derrick's mind: the Chief's intention might be to have him give this Sealed Artifact to the person who truly discovered the demigod-level Sealed Artifact, to express the Silver City's gratitude!

Yes, that must be it.

Derrick quickly affirmed his thoughts, because the merits he had obtained could be exchanged for a Sequence 7-level main material, and there would still be some left over.

For an exploration mission, this was already a very high reward, and it was impossible for him to receive any other rewards.

Chief Colin didn't urge him, quietly waiting for Derrick to ponder.

After a long while, Derrick cautiously said, "Thank you, Chief. I will... I will 'keep it safe'."

Colin nodded with satisfaction, "Go then."

Derrick put away the Sealed Artifact and quickly left the round tower.

However, out of caution, he still planned to wait a few days and ask Mr. Hanged Man or Mr. Hermit for their opinions at the Tarot Gathering before taking further action.

...

Backlund, 15 Minsk Street.

Audrey, in the carriage, once again touched the soil and grapevine branch in her pocket, which she had specially collected in the afternoon for the purpose of finding that demon.

Of course, an ordinary Seer wouldn't be able to find the demon who issued the curse using only these cursed things, but Klein, who possessed the Sefirah Castle, could.

Opening the carriage door, Audrey, who got out of the carriage, suddenly felt that the surrounding atmosphere seemed a little strange, but when she dispersed her spirituality, she didn't sense any danger.

Audrey didn't pay too much attention to it. She came to the door and rang the doorbell.

Ding-a-ling~

Audrey waited for a few seconds. The lights in the house were clearly on, and there was sound inside, but no one opened the door.

Just as Audrey was about to ring the doorbell again, the door was suddenly opened. The person who opened the door was an unfamiliar man with a beard and a thin build.

He asked warily, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

Especially after seeing that the visitor was wearing a mask, the man took a step back, placing one hand on his waist, as if he was ready to draw a gun at any moment.

"I'm looking for Detective Sherlock," Audrey said, with a slightly bad premonition. "If he's not here, I'll come back to find him tomorrow."

"Mr. Zale!" Just as Audrey was about to turn around and leave immediately, Sherlock Moriarty, that is, Klein, came out of the living room inside and said to the man at the door, "Stuart, please let Mr. Zale in."

Audrey had no choice but to enter. She saw that there were several other people in the living room, men and women, all looking at her warily.

Audrey seemed to have guessed something, and a wry smile appeared under the mask: "Are you having a party today?"

"No," Klein had already come to the door. He didn't hide anything: "We previously investigated a serial murder case and helped the police find the murderer.

"But what no one expected was that there was a mastermind behind the murderer. We all received threatening letters from that mastermind, so we gathered together to discuss countermeasures."

Audrey smiled and said, "Sorry, I have something else to do. See you tomorrow."

Klein blocked the doorway, not intending to let her pass. He smiled and said, "Things aren't as dangerous as you think. Please come and sit in the living room with me. We really need your help."

Audrey took a deep breath: "Alright then."

She remembered that there were many official Beyonders squatting around here today, so there was indeed no danger.

Immediately, Audrey realized: No wonder she felt that the atmosphere outside was strange when she got out of the carriage. It turned out that it was because there were official Beyonders all around.

Arriving at the living room inside the living room, there were also two other people, a man and a woman.

The man was an old man with graying temples and thin cheeks. He was wearing a black trench coat, and his left shoulder was bulging high, as if there were thick bandages wrapped inside.

The woman had thick eyebrows, wore a gray wool coat, and the muscles on her face were slightly drooping.

Audrey slightly tipped her hat: "Hello, everyone."

The old man with graying temples smiled and said, "Mr. Zale! I've heard so much about you."

The woman also sincerely praised, "The protector of the street girls."

Audrey said with emotion, "I didn't expect I would have such a nickname."

Klein closed the door and introduced, "This lady is Detective Kaslana, and this is Great Detective Easinger Stanton."

Audrey nodded slightly and said again, "Hello, everyone."

"There may not be time for pleasantries," Klein said, "Please sit down, I'll briefly tell Mr. Zale about the current situation."

After everyone was seated, Klein said, "We are all Beyonders, so there's no need to explain some common sense things.

"The serial murderer is a Demon. Mr. Zale, do you know about Beyonders of this pathway?"

Easinger and Kaslana were slightly surprised when Detective Sherlock said that Mr. Zale was a Beyonder, but they didn't think it was anything worth being surprised about.

"Indeed, I had such a guess before," Audrey said pretentiously, then she replied, "I know some knowledge about this pathway.

"What impresses me the most is their ability of 'Malicious Intuition'. As long as they are planning something that puts a certain Demon in danger, they can sense the threat."

To be precise, she came to find Klein today because she was looking for the traces of a Demon.

In order to save time, Audrey continued, "Is the person behind the scenes a Demon or an Apostle of Desire?"

Hearing Mr. Zale's answer, Klein knew that this gentleman knew more about Demons, he replied, "It should be an Apostle of Desire."

Then he said, "Currently, we are discussing how to delay this Apostle of Desire, and then notify the official Beyonders who are squatting outside to eliminate the opponent."

At this time, Easinger said, "Let us continue the conversation just now. The Apostle of Desire can use and manipulate everyone's emotions and desires, and induce them to fall.

"Therefore, when facing such an enemy, one must not have too strong emotional fluctuations, nor can there be too obvious desires, otherwise they will be remotely controlled by him immediately, or be planted with a seed by him, which will detonate at a critical moment."

Kaslana seemed to have understood many things: "So that's how it is."

Easinger took out his pipe, but didn't fill it with tobacco: "I have fought the Apostle of Desire head-on, and have also seen his extraordinary ability to foresee danger. I have initially figured out his advantages and disadvantages.

"Although Demons can detect danger in advance, and even a long time in advance, the flaw in this predictive ability is that he can only detect who the danger comes from, where it comes from, but he has no way of knowing the specific details.

"This gives us an opportunity to take advantage of."

Kaslana immediately asked, "What opportunity?"

"I have a ring that originated from an out-of-control Sequence 6 of the Reader pathway," Easinger said very frankly. "It allows me to identify, see clearly, remember, and simulate the extraordinary abilities I have seen.

"Of course, the stronger the extraordinary ability faced, the higher the probability of failure."

As he spoke, Easinger took out a glittering ring. This ring was inlaid with many small diamonds, which together surrounded a beautiful gemstone that was as green as a human eye.

Seeing this Sealed Artifact, the others didn't feel anything, but Klein immediately recognized it: Isn't this the ring of the old Mr. Eye of Wisdom? Is Easinger Stanton the Eye of Wisdom?

However, Klein used the Clown's ability to control his expression and didn't show the slightest surprise.

Kaslana looked at this ring and said with some envy, "What ability do you want to simulate to resist the Apostle of Desire's prediction of danger?"

Easinger curled the corners of his mouth: "The Demon's ability to predict danger."

This great detective was like a grizzled fox at this time: "The first step, which is what we are doing, is to plan a plan that can truly harm the Apostle of Desire and put it into action.

"The second step is that the Apostle of Desire detects the danger and knows that it comes from us, from here.

"The third step is that some instincts are impossible for a Demon to change. His first reaction must be to strangle the danger, after all, the four of us together have almost no way to kill him.

"The fourth step is that as long as he has such an idea, whether or not he takes action, the ability I simulate can detect the threat of the Apostle of Desire and grasp his location."

Audrey couldn't help but exclaim: "This plan is amazing."

Klein also exclaimed in his heart: It's simply a divine operation!

Easinger looked at the three people in front of him one by one and smiled: "According to my judgment, he just guided Stuart and others to lose emotional control, and he must be hiding nearby, after all, the ability to remotely manipulate other people's emotions must have a distance limit.

"As long as I determine his location, I can immediately notify the official Beyonders, and they will quickly block off the corresponding area and surround it layer by layer."

Audrey recalled, of course, she remembered where the Apostle of Desire was now.

In fact, as soon as the other party appeared, she alone could delay the Apostle of Desire for more than ten seconds.

Just as he was thinking about this, he stopped himself from continuing down that train of thought, because further contemplation would allow the "Desire Apostle" to sense a danger that he couldn't resolve, which would prevent the Apostle from taking action.

Although he didn't continue to dwell on it, while listening to Eisinger explain his plan, Audis reached into his pocket and grasped a corner of the "Space Array" sub-array drawn on a piece of cloth.

At this moment, Klein said, "But the problem is, how do we notify the official Beyonders?

"If we can't accomplish this within a few seconds, the 'Desire Apostle' will escape."

Eisinger took out a palm-sized golden object, its shape resembling a miniature telegraph machine, but with a loudspeaker attached.

"This is a Sealed Artifact that allows my voice to be heard simultaneously within a five-kilometer radius," Eisinger said with a smile. "For this operation, the 'Heart of Machinery,' the 'Nighthawks,' and the military have each sent a senior deacon or colonel, along with two to three Beyonder squads, all of whom are lying in ambush within a five-kilometer radius around us.

"I can use it to tell the Beyonders outside the 'Desire Apostle's' location."

Kaslana listened attentively, then frowned slightly, saying, "Since there are official Beyonders, it seems you didn't need to seek our cooperation."

Eisinger carefully put on the gem ring, and said sincerely, "In order not to alarm the 'Desire Apostle' in advance, this area closest to us is a power vacuum. If the target is nearby, we need to help each other and try to delay him as much as possible."

The great detective smiled and said, "Originally, with the strength of the three of us, it would be a bit difficult, but with Mr. Gahr's joining, I believe it's no problem to hold him back for seven or eight seconds."

Klein thought for a moment and then said, "I have no problem with that."

"I also hate that serial killer very much," Audis said with a smile. "My abilities are not good for direct combat, but I have several abilities that are very suitable for use when stalling the opponent."

Kaslana also nodded and said, "Mr. Stanton, you don't actually need to explain so much. We will cooperate for our own sake as well."

"Haha, the explanation is part of the premeditation, and reaching an agreement means that the action is about to begin," Eisinger said, half-closing his eyes.

The emerald gem on the ring on his right hand flickered with a faint blue light.

Suddenly, Eisinger stood up abruptly, "He's here, he's upstairs."

Klein and the other two also stood up and rushed towards the door.

Except for Audis, none of them had expected that the "Desire Apostle" would be so bold, actually watching their plans from upstairs!

Just then, Kaslana's eyes suddenly turned red, and she clenched her right fist, striking Eisinger in the back.

Klein and Eisinger immediately realized that the "Desire Apostle" had, at some point, planted a seed of corruption in Kaslana's heart in advance.

But Kaslana was too close to Eisinger, and there was no time to dodge.

Bang!

Kaslana, fist and all, crashed into Eisinger's back.

Crack!

Klein even heard the sound of bones breaking, watching Eisinger fall to the ground.

Kaslana also fell to the ground, gasping for breath, as if she had lost all her strength.

Klein rushed to Eisinger's side, crouched down, and tried to help him up.

Eisinger, lying there, cried out in pain, "Run! Don't worry about me!"

A hesitant look appeared on Klein's face, just as he was about to make a decision, he saw a viscous "liquid" flowing down from the ceiling, quickly coalescing into a dark figure.

Audis, who had been watching everything, suddenly pulled out the sub-array of the "Space Array," and while the array was half-unfolded, his other hand pulled out a pure, glowing grape leaf from within.