Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis was mainly here today to discuss the prices of those characteristics with Bishop Dean. The extraordinary characteristics of the "Death" pathway he currently had were of little use.

And this battle had yielded many characteristics of this pathway, so he could consider selling them to get more cash.

Audis said, "I've already considered this before I came. I won't ask for too high a price just because you need them, but there will be some premium."

Bishop Dean gestured for him to speak, letting Audis name his price.

Audis had already considered it: "Sequence 6 level, 3800 pounds; Sequence 7 level, 1400 pounds; 'Low Sequence' characteristics at market price; Sequence 8 level, 600 pounds; Sequence 9 level, 300 pounds."

Bishop Dean immediately agreed, "Okay."

Then he asked, "You seized quite a few 'Death' pathway characteristics this time?"

Last night, Bishop Dean heard Leonard say that there were five or six 'Death' pathway characteristics this time, but now, listening to Audis's tone, it seemed like he had eight or nine characteristics to sell to them?

Audis was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it okay if it's not just the characteristics seized in this battle?"

He smiled and said, "The first mate of the 'Deep Blue' pirate group is also an extraordinary of the 'Death' pathway."

"Of course, it's okay." Bishop Dean understood that Audis had some accumulation: "And in the future, you can sell us any such seizures you encounter.

"In addition, the purchase price of 'Sleepless' pathway characteristics will be 20% higher than what you just said."

Audis smiled. The Church was really straightforward in doing business!

So he put the suitcase he had brought on the table and opened it, "I've brought all the accumulated 'Death' pathway characteristics from before."

He also took out a slip of paper from his wallet, "This is the list."

Bishop Dean was stunned for a moment, looking at the slip of paper: "Necromancer" 2 pieces;

"Spirit Worshipper" 3 pieces;

"Gravedigger" 7 pieces;

"Corpse Collector" 10 pieces.

He glanced again at the neatly arranged wooden boxes in the suitcase. A proper characteristic transaction, how did it turn into a wholesale?

After a few seconds of愣, Bishop Dean said, "So many?"

Audis smiled, "These are the accumulated seizures over time, but the 'Mid-Sequence' characteristics among them are basically the seizures after going to sea."

Bishop Dean "Mmm"ed, as if he had completely come back to his senses, and took a deep breath to open the wooden boxes and check those characteristics: "No problem."

He didn't care where these pathways came from, as long as they were traded into his hands.

"Then let's calculate the total price." Audis took the slip of paper he had just handed to Bishop Dean: "2 'Necromancer' characteristics are a total of 7600 pounds, 3 'Spirit Worshipper' characteristics are a total of 4200 pounds.

"7 'Gravedigger' characteristics are a total of 4200 pounds, 10 'Corpse Collector' characteristics are a total of 3000 pounds.

"That's a total of 19000 pounds!"

Dean took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat. The order he received was indeed to buy extraordinary characteristics with gold pounds, and he also knew that the Church needed and valued these characteristics more than gold pounds.

But spending such a large sum of money all at once made him feel a little guilty.

Immediately afterwards, Bishop Dean realized that the gold pounds he had prepared were not enough: "I have no objection to this price, but can the gold pounds be paid in two installments?

"I'll give you 10,000 pounds today, and the remaining 9,000 pounds will be given to you in a few days."

The Anning Church really didn't have that much cash.

"No problem," Audis said with a smile.

Of course, he believed in the integrity of the Night Goddess Church and wouldn't renege on such a matter.

So Audis first received 10,000 pounds, and also received a bounty of 11,200 pounds.

The reason why this bounty was so high was firstly because the Night Goddess Church helped get the full bounty, and secondly, the people of the "Skull" pirate group hadn't undergone the "spiritual wave cannon's" "baptism", and all the pirates with bounties had become spoils of war.

In fact, the total bounty of the "Red Lion" pirate group was even higher than that of the "Skull" pirate group, but at that time, many bounties couldn't be obtained.

When he came, Audis was carrying a large suitcase. When he left, he was carrying two small suitcases.

Audis first found Basel and gave him a bonus of 1000 pounds.

This time, the bounty received was relatively large, and Audis was also more generous. The first mate Rupert was also given 1000 pounds, the battle captain Cleveland 800 pounds, and Sarina and Noe 600 pounds each.

The remaining 6200 pounds was Audis's share, as well as the ship repair part.

Audis, who had a lot of income today, returned to the "Argo" with a smile on his face. He felt even more energetic when repairing the "Argo".

After lunch, with the help of the crew, Audis repaired the "spiritual wave cannon". In the afternoon, he also repaired the damaged "extraordinary machine gun".

The mast was also repaired in the evening. Audis connected the magic circle on the mast. In this way, all the weapon systems of the "Argo" were fully repaired.

After dinner, Audis gathered everyone in the conference room to discuss the next itinerary.

Originally, when they went to sea, they only planned to go to Chackel Island to rob and then go back, but they didn't expect to receive such a mission again.

Now it would take more than two days of sailing to return to Cruise Island, but at this time, there was no point in the "Argo" going back, so it was better to continue sailing.

Now the "Sword of Dawn" had two choices: either enter the main channel and attack any pirates they encountered. If they didn't encounter any pirates, they could go around the eastern part of the Violent Sea and then go back.

The second option was to head southeast from here, where there was a ruin that they could explore.

That ruin was what Audis had traded for at the last intelligence exchange meeting. Maybe there was nothing valuable there, just treat it as a way to relax and have a picnic.

After a simple discussion, everyone unanimously decided to go to that ruin to take a look.

However, there was no hurry for this trip. Audis let everyone go to the island to stroll around and leave tomorrow morning. He stayed to guard the ship.

After the crew left the ship, Audis returned to his studio. First, he contacted Bernardette and Cattleya via letter and through "The Fool" to confirm the exploration schedule for tomorrow afternoon.

Audis seemed to have already seen Cattleya's surprised expression.

After the crew returned one after another, Audis returned to the captain's room and entered the "Knowledge Wilderness" in a "meditative" way to sort out the spoils of yesterday.

In addition to the "Death" pathway characteristics sold today and the bounty received today, yesterday's spoils also included 2 sealed artifacts and 8 extraordinary characteristics.

Those two sealed artifacts, corresponding to Sequence 7 "Magician" and Sequence 8 "Listener", were of no use to Audis, so he casually put them on the shelf over there.

As for those extraordinary characteristics, there were 8 when they were seized, but when they arrived at Audis, it was no longer 8.

With the new design ideas for the "extraordinary machine gun", Audis now had new motivation to crush these characteristics. After crushing them, he put them on the shelf according to pathway and level.

Then, Audis used the time bonus of the "Knowledge Wilderness" to start writing "Scroll: From Beginner to Master".

The materials were all prepared, now he just needed to start writing according to the previous outline.

He kept writing until Audis felt that he had consumed a lot of energy, then he returned to the real world, looked at his pocket watch, and it was already midnight.

But Audis was still not sleepy, so he sat down at his desk and pondered the next plan.

The more he pondered, the more he felt that he should find a trustworthy person to help him manage the affairs of Cruise Island, as well as the future business in Bayam, and even in the Northern Continent.

Now he could let Basel, Rupert, and others implement his plans.

But after all, they were not professional, and in the future, as the power grew, they would definitely find it difficult to handle the increasingly complex affairs.

Moreover, now the "Sword of Dawn" had two ships, and the first mate and second mate still had combat missions, and they would definitely be more and more unable to spare themselves in the future.

After carefully considering it, Audis decided to return to Backlund and ask Mandy, the manager of the "Nanzuki Ballroom", if she would be willing to develop at sea.

Although Mandy was just a manager of a ballroom, Audis had long noticed that she had great potential and still had a lot of room for improvement.

But in the future, the entire power could not be handed over to one person to manage. Audis still hoped to control the personnel and finances himself.

This suddenly reminded Audis of that manager of the "Adventurers' Home" on Dili Nius Island.

At that time, Audis felt that this person had the ability to "recognize people".

In Audis's view, this was a special talent, plus the ability cultivated by seeing too many people.

Such people often have an understanding of other people's personalities and general situation after chatting with them for a few sentences.

They are not "Spectators", but they are better than "Spectators" in some places.

Because they not only have the ability to observe, but also know what position that person can maximize his strengths and abilities.

Such people are not many in real life, so Audis was deeply impressed by that manager.

So Audis decided that if he had time, he would go and catch the other party and see if he was willing to work for him? Or willing to work for him?

But now, Audis had to go to Backlund first.

He changed into formal attire and used "Traveling" to come to the alley of the "Nanzuki Ballroom".

At this time, the busiest period of the "Nanzuki Ballroom" had passed, but there were still many customers dancing in the dance floor, and they basically planned to spend the night here.

Audis, not wearing a mask, entered and found a corner seat.

Because he wasn't wearing a mask, no one in the ballroom recognized him as "Mr. Gehr."

Audis ordered a bottle of wine and then asked the waiter to invite Ms. Mandy, saying that a friend had something to discuss with her.

Mandy was still a little confused when she came downstairs, but the moment she saw Audis, she stumbled. After being supported by the messenger beside her, she quickly came to Audis and said, "Mr. Gehr... we meet again."

The waiter on the side was slightly stunned, as it was the first time he had seen Ms. Mandy lose her composure.

So he took another look at Audis, who looked young and handsome in a suit, and many guesses flashed through his mind.

"Please sit down," Audis said with a smile.

After Mandy sat down and dismissed the waiter, she whispered, "Mr. Gehr, are you back?"

"No, I want to take you away..." Audis smiled and said, "Sorry, this sounds like something a guest in a ballroom would often say to the ladies."

He paused and then said, "The thing is, I want to build my own power at sea.

"It's on an island, but it's relatively remote..."

Mandy interrupted, "I'm willing to go."

Audis was stunned, "I haven't finished describing the situation there? And what I need you to do?"

"No matter what the environment is like, I am willing to go," Mandy said with a smile. "Mr. Gehr, I am willing to continue to be your subordinate."

"Good," Audis nodded with satisfaction. "Then I'll briefly describe the situation there. A lot of construction work needs to be done there.

"I need someone to help me organize manpower, allocate supplies, and help me manage the island."

Mandy pondered for a moment, "Then I need to bring a few people with me."

"No problem," Audis said, "Don't worry about the salary. It's the same as what you get in Backlund, and there's also a travel allowance.

"But the environment there is indeed a bit poor, so you have to be mentally prepared."

Mandy nodded, "Okay."

"Also," Audis said, "Don't give up the 'Nangmu Ballroom' intelligence network. We may still need it in the future, so you have to leave a good successor."

After agreeing to pick them up tomorrow, the business was over, and the two chatted while drinking.

After finishing a bottle of wine, Audis got up and left.

Mandy escorted him to the door and stood there for a long time without saying a word.

...

The next morning, after Audis entrusted Bivis with the affairs of setting sail and setting the course, he rushed to Bayam using 'Travel' to preside over the intelligence exchange meeting.

At this exchange meeting, Audis obtained a piece of information about the whereabouts of the "Kelik" pirate group.

It wasn't until last week that Audis learned that this pirate group had a "Knowledge Church" background.

Of course, the main reason why Audis was interested in this pirate was because his bounty was very high, as high as 8,600 pounds.

Audis had discussed this matter with Bazel, and Bazel believed that the total bounty of this pirate group might exceed 20,000 pounds!

For Audis, that was like a ship full of gold pounds sailing on the sea.

In fact, the channels and methods currently mastered by Audis are most suitable for being a bounty hunter.

And he's the kind of bounty hunter who always manages to wipe out his opponents.

At the intelligence exchange meeting, he could learn about the recent whereabouts of most "Great Pirates". Not to mention the Navy and the Storm Church, even that "Sea King" couldn't do this.

After knowing the other party's location, Audis also has the strength of a "Pirate General" and the terrifying "Spiritual Wave Cannon". Basically, "Great Pirates" die as soon as they encounter him!

However, considering that the "Kelik" pirate group is currently on the east side of the Rage Sea, which is far from the current location of the "Argo\

,"and since setting sail, the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group has been in continuous combat, it's time to let the crew rest.

So he decided to temporarily give up chasing that ship of gold pounds... no, to give up chasing the "Kelik" pirate group.

In addition, information about the "Sword of Dawn" has already appeared at this gathering.

The story of the "Sword of Dawn" destroying the "Deep Blue" pirate group has spread and has been published again in the "Rosted Daily".

No one expected that the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group, which was unknown half a month ago, would eliminate two "Great Pirates" and destroy two large pirate groups in two weeks.

The reason why this news spread so quickly was mainly due to the five survivors of the "Deep Blue" pirate group that Audis had released before.

Currently, Bayam knows about the "Sword of Dawn"'s achievements and knows that its captain, Gehr, already has the strength of a "Great Pirate".

After the meeting, Audis stayed in Bayam for dinner and taught the waiter Allen some ways to identify the authenticity of intelligence.

After a short rest, Audis returned to the "Argo". Seeing that there was still some time, he went to the "Knowledge Wilderness" to study the "Stone of Iron Law".

Similar to the previous research on the "Sea God Scale", after a certain amount of research, Audis mastered three new scrolls.

Returning to the real world, Audis took out the "Stone of Iron Law" that had been ground into powder and combined it with other high-level spiritual materials to create writing materials.

None-One-Wrong, One-First, One-Inside, One-Content, One-Exist, One-Look!

Next, Audis quickly wrote three types of scrolls, nine in total.

The potion has been digested again, and only a little bit remains to be completely digested.

At about 2:40 in the afternoon, Audis used "Travel" to come to Wilcha Island in the eastern part of the Rage Sea.

This place belongs to the eastern part of the Rosted Archipelago, a not very large island. Because there is a good port, there is a small city on this island.

The northeastern part of the island is Oravia Island, which is the largest island in the eastern part of the Rosted Archipelago and has a large naval base.

However, there is no naval base on Wilcha Island, and because the eastern part of the Rosted Archipelago has been developed for a shorter time, the治安 (zhì ān, public security) is worse than the western part. It is almost a paradise for wanted criminals and pirates.

Many bounty hunters don't dare to try their luck here, for fear of being killed by the wanted criminals.

Audis came to the vicinity of Wilcha Port, identified the direction, and then came to a small mountain in the eastern part of the port.

Although this mountain is not far from the port, it has not been developed and is still covered by primitive forest.

Audis looked around on the top of the mountain for a while, and then saw the figure standing on the stone looking into the distance.

She was wearing a classical robe with many runes painted on it. Inside the robe was a fitted light-colored long skirt. There was also a cross-body leather bag around her waist, inlaid with gems and exquisitely crafted.

In addition, she was also wearing an orrery with a blue diamond and a short scepter.

This is "Priestess" Cattleya. She has long black hair, wears glasses, and has a pair of deep purple eyes. She looks very quiet.

It even reminded Audis of a female professor who was famous and had integrity in a certain professional field when he was in college.

At the same time, Cattleya was also carefully looking at Audis. Her first impression of him was that he was very young and cheerful. Then she saw Audis's bulging leather waist bag.

"Hello, Madam," Audis smiled and greeted first, "Won't you invite me up to stand for a while?"

The stone is very large and very high, and you can see the distant Wilcha Port and the vast sea from the stone.

Cattleya smiled slightly and moved aside.

Audis jumped up suddenly, propped himself up with his hands, and climbed up.

Cattleya asked, "How much longer do we have to wait?"

Audis took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "Don't worry, it's still two minutes until three o'clock."

Cattleya seemingly calmly said "Um". Her heart was full of vigilance. When she saw that demigod later, as long as she felt something was wrong, she would quickly escape from here.

Audis chatted with Cattleya, "I heard that you have been to the easternmost part of the Sonia Sea?"

"Yes," Cattleya was stunned for a moment before saying, "It's very dangerous there."

The first time, she went with "Queen". It is said that demigods of other pathways are very dangerous there, but "Queen" has a way to avoid those risks.

Just as she was thinking about this, Cattleya suddenly saw two illusory vines hanging down from the air.

For a time, Cattleya stood there blankly.

At the same time, after the vines fell on the boulder, a large area of illusory vines immediately grew on the boulder.

Then Bernadette, wearing convenient beige trousers, black leather boots, and a white shirt and dark coat, with long chestnut hair, slowly fell from the air.

Cattleya took two deep breaths before kneeling on one knee, "Your Highness 'Queen'."

"Get up," Bernadette said with a gentle smile, "When Audis told me that this time you are working with him, I was also a little surprised.

"Why didn't you seek my help directly at the beginning?"

Audis, who was watching the fun on the side, was a little disappointed: Why was she only surprised for a moment? Then she looked aggrieved.

After Cattleya got up, she lowered her head slightly like a child who had done something wrong, "I... I don't know how to say it."

Bernadette sighed, "I know, you must have been blaming me all the time."

Audis suddenly had a feeling: A parent spent a lot of effort and time to arrange a job for their child, but the child was not satisfied with the job. Although this situation is very different from the current situation, Audis doesn't know why, but he feels that the two are quite similar.

Cattleya immediately denied it: "No, I... I just don't know how to talk to you whenever I want to ask for help."

Audrey thought to himself: That's even more like it.

Bernadette walked over: "Those years... including now, I have been looking for the best state and looking for opportunities for advancement."

"Keeping you by my side will not help you in any way."

"The key is that I hope you can have further growth."

Audrey suddenly recalled: Rosell had a deep influence on Bernadette, especially after Rosell's fall, Bernadette's state was also affected to a certain extent, and she didn't even dare to advance casually when there were opportunities for advancement.

For example, when blocking the invasion of the Outer Gods in Backlund, and preventing the Backlund smog incident, theoretically speaking, Bernadette could have advanced, but she didn't dare to advance either time.

That's why Bernadette has been looking for clues about Rosell, hoping to untie her knot and let go of her psychological burden.

At this time, Cattleya still lowered her head and said: "I understand."

"Okay, let's talk about this exploration." Bernadette said: "You said, there is a demigod-level monster there, right?"

"Yes." Cattleya took a deep breath, and only then did she have time to re-examine Audrey. When she first participated in the gathering, she thought that "The Hermit" should not belong to "Dawn of the Elements", but she guessed wrong! And it was completely wrong!

She calmed down her mood before saying: "That island is always raining, and the surrounding sea has huge whirlpools, and the howling wind is always blowing."

"Even ships with some special abilities can hardly get close to it."

"The eastern part of the island is not very dangerous. I have established a safe landing point there. It is a relic from the Fourth Epoch. The monsters inside have basically been cleaned up by me."

"There are several mountains in the central part of the island. I have ventured to explore them. Basically, I can be sure that there is a monster hiding inside that can use the abilities of a 'Scholar of Yore'."

"It's just that I don't dare to confront it head-on, and I don't know what state it is in."

Bernadette nodded, and then asked Audrey: "What do you think?"

Cattleya was stunned there. She didn't expect that "Queen" would ask this young man's opinion.

She knew very well that when there was such an action, "Queen" would not ask for other people's opinions.

Audrey didn't care too much, after all, they usually communicated like this.

This is because although Audrey's sequence is low, the knowledge he has is not low, and he also has the most cutting-edge research on mysticism.

So when discussing issues, Bernadette would habitually ask for his opinion.

Audrey asked Cattleya: "Have you found any clues from that relic, such as which force the relic belongs to?"

If it is another "outpost" of "King of the Underworld", it should still be hiding many dangers... No, it is many good things.

If it's just Audrey and Cattleya, it's dangerous, but now that Bernadette is by their side, it's a demigod-level trophy!

"I saw such a complex symbol there." Cattleya said, spreading out her right hand, and a beautiful ball of "stardust" appeared in her palm. The ball of "stardust" was shaped into a symbol.

The main body of the symbol is a solidified inverted triangle, with a geometric figure composed of a circle and line segments and endpoints in the middle. Behind these solidified parts, there is also a virtual equilateral triangle.

The two triangles form a virtual and real "hexagram".

Cattleya said: "This looks like the logo of an extraordinary organization, or the crest of a family."

Audrey pinched his chin: "It looks a bit familiar."

Bernadette said: "I should have seen this logo somewhere."

Audrey immediately looked at the "Mysterious Queen", but Bernadette said: "But I forgot now."

"Forgot?" This made Audrey even more surprised: "You... you forgot?"

With Audrey's current level, his memory has been strengthened a lot, and he almost never forgets anything.

Bernadette is a demigod, how could she forget any information?

"This is a very normal thing." Bernadette glanced at Audrey, then at Cattleya, and then further explained:

"Our pathway has very high spirituality, so some memories that may bring danger, or some memories that are dangerous in themselves, spirituality will help us forget, at least it will try its best to prevent us from actively recalling them."

"In addition, you may not have a deep enough understanding of 'Hidden Sage'. If He is willing, 'one plus one equals two' will become 'one plus one equals three' tomorrow."

Cattleya opened her mouth, firstly because she was surprised that the ability of "Hidden Sage" was so advanced, and secondly because she was surprised that "Mysterious Queen" would actually tell such advanced knowledge.

In her impression, she almost didn't remember "Queen" actively talking about knowledge at this level.

Audrey pondered for a while and then said: "I only know that what He represents is likely to be 'knowledge itself', but I didn't expect Him to have such a powerful ability."

"In other words, some memories are not forgotten, but tampered with... It's not that the memory is tampered with, but the cognition has changed."

"But deep in the memory, I still vaguely remember the original cognition, so there will be a sense of forgetting."

"For example, in the example you just gave, after 'Hidden Sage' changes 'one plus one equals two' to 'one plus one equals three', when someone asks, I will definitely immediately say it equals three."

"But vaguely, I will feel like there is another answer."

Bernadette smiled slightly: "That's the truth. Many ordinary people with high spirituality will have this feeling, but they will all think it's some kind of illusion and won't take it too seriously."

"Only when you reach a certain level will you realize this occasional change in cognition."

Audrey recalled two names: the Hippocampus effect and the Mandela effect.

The former means that because of a scene first seen, there is a feeling that you have been here before, or that you have personally experienced something here.

The latter means that the human group has made the same memory error.

I didn't expect that these feelings may be "Hidden Sage" playing tricks.

Taking a deep breath, Audrey asked Bernadette: "Then do you think that the reason why you forgot this symbol is because this symbol is very dangerous, or because 'Hidden Sage' is playing tricks?"

Cattleya thought to herself: "The Hermit's" style is as consistent as ever. If I were to express it, I would say it was a "miracle" rather than "playing tricks".

Bernadette pondered for a while before saying: "Let me 'see'."

She took a deep breath, and her eyes suddenly flashed, becoming extremely deep, like the sea before a storm.

Then her eyes obviously lost focus, and her eyes seemed very dazed.

At this time, in Bernadette's eyes, Audrey seemed to see some blurred pictures playing quickly.

Soon, Bernadette closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes became normal again.

After calming down a little, she "prophesied": "This exploration will encounter high-level enemies, but there will not be too much danger, and there will be unexpected gains."

Audrey was stunned: "In other words, there may be enemies on that island that are higher than demigod monsters?"

"That may be the case." Bernadette said: "Or it may be that when we are exploring, a powerful enemy suddenly appears and has the same goal as us."

Audrey smiled wryly: "Then should we go or not?"

"Go." Bernadette said: "Didn't I say? There won't be too much danger."