Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

"Iceberg Admiral" Edwina stated directly: "I need this extraordinary characteristic more than you do. You can give it to me, and I can give you some compensation for it."

Judging from the opponent's attack, this is obviously a magical medicine ingredient for advancing to "Black Knight", which is an adjacent pathway to "Reader", so Edwina will of course try to get this material.

Audis thought for a while and then said: "Then give me the corpse of this spider. In addition, I hope to get a mystical item from the 'Audience' pathway, which must have at least the abilities of 'Hypnosis' and 'Dream Walking', and the negative effects should not be too great."

"Also, you owe me a favor. If I seek your help in the future, you cannot refuse."

"Dream Walking" is an ability that only Sequence 5 of the "Audience" pathway has, so Audis's request can also be seen as asking for a mystical item of Sequence 5 level.

Audis's only shortcoming now is that he still lacks a "control-type" mystical item. Although "Hand of Judgment" also has the ability of "Imprisonment", it can only be regarded as "hard control", and the time is short, and the application range is small.

If he gets another mystical item with "Hypnosis" ability, Audis believes that after he advances to Sequence 5, he will be a "Pirate Admiral".

He was even considering his title.

The reason for making such a request to "Iceberg Admiral" is because the "Audience" pathway is also an adjacent pathway to the "Reader" pathway, and the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is likely to have such a mystical item.

Moreover, Audis's asking price is just right. In his opinion, if he had to price the magical medicine of Sequence 4 level, the approximate reference price would be 30,000 pounds for the formula and two main materials.

Of course, this is the pricing in terms of value. If the scarcity is taken into account, this price must be at least doubled... or more!

A more likely situation is that a millionaire will spend all his wealth and still not be able to buy the required magical medicine formula, and will not be able to gather the extraordinary materials needed for advancement.

If you really have millions of assets, instead of looking for characteristics yourself, it is better to directly join a secret organization or church to seek opportunities.

Therefore, the characteristics obtained from the extraordinary creature just killed, Audis calculated according to 30,000 pounds, and the remaining extraordinary materials were calculated according to 6,000 pounds, then in theory he could get 18,000 pounds.

After the spider's corpse also belongs to him, Edwina must pay at least 15,000 pounds.

A sealed item of Sequence 5 level with not too many negative effects starts at about 8,000 pounds. The mystical items of the "Audience" pathway are still relatively easy to use, and at least 10,000 pounds are needed.

So Edwina still owes Audis a favor, and it is the kind of favor that must be repaid seriously.

The reason why Audis needs Edwina's favor is because today's exploration team is a sudden event for Audis. Except for that mystical item of the "Audience" pathway, Audis can't think of any other needs for the time being.

So it's better to leave a chance for the next cooperation and further close the relationship between the two.

"Iceberg Admiral" certainly knew the value of the extraordinary material in front of them, so she immediately agreed without almost any consideration: "Okay."

The surrounding crew members gasped. They all knew that the captain had a certain background and did not care much about the requirements for "Gale" mystical items.

But needing the captain to owe a favor made them all realize the sense of crisis.

They looked at "Captain Gale" again, young and energetic. Although the formal attire was a bit damaged in the battle just now, because of the good figure and temperament, he still looked high-spirited.

This made them more vigilant.

However, Audis didn't care about their feelings. After Edwina took away the main material, he directly put the black spider's corpse into the "Space Array" in front of everyone.

This stunned Edwina and her subordinates again. Edwina thought this was a rare "space magic". She had heard that only the demigods of the "Apprentice" pathway had the corresponding ability to create a space that could store items.

The crew members did not have such rich knowledge, they just simply felt that the magic circle was very powerful.

Then Audis smiled and said: "Now that the spoils have been divided, can I invite 'Iceberg Admiral' to explore the tomb at the bottom again?"

Yoderson, the third mate of the "Golden Dream", said unhappily: "Although you participated in the rescue operation just now, there is one thing that must be made clear, this church was discovered by us."

The other pirates nodded in unison, expressing their approval.

"Of course I know this." Audis was a little strange, why did these pirates suddenly have some hostility towards him?

He paused and then said: "Just now, when I was waiting for the monster, I found a secret door in the tomb. I think it is worth exploring."

When everyone was stunned, Edwina smiled and said: "Of course."

"I mean, of course we can explore together."

She thought for a while and then said: "If I guessed correctly, the main goal of our operation this time should be that secret room."

Since they were going to explore together next, and Edwina already had a certain trust in Audis, she no longer concealed anything:

"Last week, I obtained a notebook from the Fourth Epoch from a treasure. There was a copy of a mural on it, which seemed to depict a battle involving demigods."

"According to the description in the notebook, a demigod died in that battle, but for some reason, his characteristics have not been recovered."

"The owner of the notebook hoped to obtain that characteristic to advance, but he died for unknown reasons, and this notebook has been wandering on the sea. "

"Because the notebook was written in ancient Fursac, it has not attracted the attention of other pirates. If my subordinates did not understand ancient Fursac, this notebook would still be thrown in the corner, and I don't know when it will be able to discover its value."

It concerns the extraordinary characteristics of the demigod level, which is a big treasure.

The reason why Edwina wants to make an explanation is because this kind of treasure is easy to miss. After all, this has been many years ago. Perhaps that characteristic has already been taken away by others, and there may not be any spoils to share.

She continued: "According to the clues in the notebook, I learned that those murals should be somewhere in this church, so I want to take a look at that mural and look for corresponding clues to see if it is worth looking for that characteristic."

Audis nodded: "I understand."

He paused and smiled again: "I also like to study such murals, maybe I can help you make a judgment."

After determining the next action, Edwina assigned the first mate to lead five crew members to participate in the next action.

After they rested and prepared for a while, the new exploration began.

Yoderson watched the captain and others enter the next level again. After they walked away, he questioned the boatswain Daniels: "Why did you let the captain and Gale stay alone in the tomb hall just now?"

Daniels was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's the captain's order!"

"This explanation is too far-fetched!" Yoderson said coldly.

Boatswain Daniels smiled wryly, "Captain's order" is still far-fetched?

… …

Audis and Edwina and his party returned to the bottom tomb.

Bruce, the first mate of the "Golden Dream", saw the messy battlefield left during the battle with the black spider before, and sweated for the captain.

Bruce had just noticed that the spider's eight legs were very sharp. At this time, after seeing the neatly cut coffins, he realized how sharp the eight legs were.

Audis led a few people to the secret door he had just discovered. Several people first observed the surroundings to make sure there was no danger, and then Audis injected spirituality into the corresponding position on the wall.

Woo ~

The secret door slowly opened, and the sound of air circulation immediately sounded. It seemed that this room was sealed.

Edwina asked everyone to wait a while. Her eyes suddenly turned green, and the surroundings seemed to be full of vitality all of a sudden. Audis felt that his breathing was much smoother.

After Edwina let the air in the secret door completely become fresh, several people entered in two rows in single file.

The structure in the secret door is not complicated. First, there is a short corridor. After passing through the corridor, there is a spacious space.

Seven stone coffins are neatly placed in the room, and there are murals on the four walls.

Audis glanced at the stone coffins and confirmed that the coffin lids were not loose before saying: "This should be a higher-level tomb. Perhaps after the demigod dies, the body will be sent here."

No matter which church it is, the corpse must be handled carefully after the demigod dies. Recycling the extraordinary characteristics is of course an important reason.

Another reason is that the corpse that already has a little divinity will undergo some mutations. Even if there are no extraordinary characteristics, perhaps some magical reactions can occur.

Edwina nodded slowly, expressing her approval.

Then they went to see the murals together, starting from the position near the entrance.

Audis saw that the background of the first mural was similar to the mural in the outside church, with towering peaks and a huge cross.

The only difference is that the area of this mural is not large, and there is a round-faced middle-aged man in it, praying piously in the direction of the mountain.

Audis immediately understood that this was telling the story of the round-faced middle-aged man's faith.

The protagonist of the second mural is still the round-faced middle-aged man. He is fighting a battle. One opponent is a person with a hideous face stepping on the waves, and the other is a dim figure under the scorching sun.

Obviously depicting the round-faced middle-aged man fighting two enemies alone.

Continuing to look, Audis quickly understood that the round-faced man was one of the people in the stone coffins in this room, and the murals were his "life story."

Sure enough, by the fifth mural, the description of the round-faced man came to an abrupt end, and from the sixth mural onward, another person was being described.

Through these murals, Audis roughly deduced that these people basically died after the "Ancient Sun God," and most of them died in battle.

They were basically Beyonders of the "Reader," "Sailor," and "Singer" pathways. Their enemies, through clothing, logos, and other characteristics, could almost certainly be identified as the Knowledge Church, the Storm Church, and the Eternal Blazing Sun Church.

Audis guessed that after the "Ancient Sun God" died, there were still many Beyonders of the "Reader," "Sailor," and "Singer" pathways who still believed in the "Omniscient and Almighty Lord."

Adam incorporated this force and organized believers with faith in the "Ancient Sun God" to come to some remote cities on the sea.

However, the Storm Church and the other three churches certainly would not allow such a group of high-level Extraordinary characteristics that were not under their control to exist on the sea.

Of course, they would not tolerate them spreading some remarks that "blackened" the three gods of "Storm, Wisdom, and White Light."

Therefore, battles often occurred between them. Audis now had reason to suspect that a large part of this city was buried underground, probably as a result of a high-level Extraordinary battle.

After reading the life stories of several people, Audis noticed that the rest were some individual murals, and these murals, without exception, all depicted battle scenes.

What was different was that there was some geographical information in the murals, and it was certain that someone in the murals had been killed by the enemy.

Audis immediately understood that this was a record of some Extraordinary characteristics that could not be recovered, or rather, Extraordinary characteristics that neither side could recover for some reason.

If only a demigod who believed in the "Ancient Sun God" was killed by the people of the "Storm, Wisdom, and White Light" three churches, there was no need to leave any information, because that characteristic must have been seized by other churches.

And leaving such information was obviously to remind the people who came later that those characteristics might still have a chance to be retrieved.

It could be completely regarded as the organization providing some clues about demigod characteristics for Sequence 5.

However, there were only three such murals, or rather, there were as many as three!

After all, even in the Fourth Epoch, the various churches would not waste demigod-level characteristics.

Having three demigod-level characteristics that could not be recovered was also a huge loss at that time.

Edwina pointed to the first mural and said, "The notes record this mural."

Audis glanced at the mural. The left side of the mural was a picture of a middle-aged woman being killed. On the right was an island surrounded by hurricanes and lightning. In the upper right corner was a sea chart recording the location of the island.

The meaning of the mural was that this characteristic could not be recovered because it was blocked by hurricanes and lightning.

And because of the "Nether Emperor's" "contribution" to the ocean, the violent sea was formed, and that sea chart was completely useless, unless it was a sea chart of the Sonia Sea, which was less affected by the "Nether Emperor's" fall.

Audis said, "This characteristic doesn't need to be considered."

Edwina was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

"Hurricanes and lightning generally refer to high-level Beyonders of the 'Sailor' pathway," Audis smiled and said, "Since the person who painted the mural believed that this characteristic could still be tried to be recovered, it certainly didn't fall into the hands of the 'Storm Church.'"

"Then there is only one possibility, this characteristic fell into the hands of the elves."

"In the Fourth Epoch, there were still many elves on the sea, and there should also be some demigod-level elves."

"But after entering the Fifth Epoch, the living space of the elves has been repeatedly compressed, especially after the Loen Kingdom and the Forsa Empire began to compete for Sonia Island, there have been very few demigod-level elves."

"So this characteristic should have been seized by the Storm Church, so there is no need to consider it."

First Mate Bru and the others were all stunned. Are you kidding me? It's just a mural, how could you deduce so much information?

Edwina, who had rich knowledge, followed Audis's train of thought: "You're right, this characteristic doesn't need to be considered."

Then, the two went to look at the second mural, which depicted a middle-aged man being killed. This time, the geographical information depicted was a sea surface, with land in the distance, and towering mountains on the land.

The general meaning of this mural was that the place where the characteristic fell was in the sea not far from the land.

"This one doesn't need to be considered either," Audis said, "The place where it fell is so close to the land, but it couldn't be recovered. It is likely that it was not found when searching later."

"If I'm not mistaken, it may have been swallowed by a certain marine creature. Since it wasn't found, then that creature is likely carrying the characteristic and wandering around in madness, not knowing where it lost control, or survived the most difficult period and became a demigod in extremely poor condition."

"Of course, this characteristic will not disappear into the ocean. It will definitely be discovered later."

Because of the "Law of Beyonder Characteristic Aggregation," it is most likely that it will be obtained by the "Storm, Wisdom, and White Light" three major churches, and the Storm Church, most of whose forces are on the sea, has the greatest probability of discovering it.

Edwina slowly nodded, also agreeing with "Captain Gahr's" view.

Arriving at the third mural, Audis was stunned and didn't quite understand the meaning of this mural.

The left side of this mural also depicted the information of a demigod being killed, and the right side depicted an island with one side covered by red flames and the other side covered by pale white light.

Audis didn't understand the meaning of the mural for a while. Could it be that the recovery process was blocked by the fire and the cold light?

Then he realized that the red flames and pale white light should have the same symbolic meaning as hurricanes and lightning.

Immediately, Audis had some associations, and then smiled and said, "This one should be considered."

Edwina also had some associations at this time, but she didn't have any specific ideas. She looked at Audis with questioning eyes.

Without mistake, first one, first hair, first inner, first capacity, first at, first see!

Audis continued to explain: "If my understanding is correct, the red flame should represent the 'Red Priest,' that is, the 'Hunter' pathway, and the pale white light should represent the 'Death' pathway."

"I think the reason why the recovery was not completed at that time should be because a fierce war was taking place there, one side was the 'United Empire' and the other side was the Bayam Empire."

"At that time, the United Empire had the support of the 'Six Gods'. If this characteristic was obtained by the United Empire, it would definitely be handed over to one of the 'Storm, Wisdom, and White Light' three churches."

"But this mural was still left, indicating that it was possible that a battle suddenly broke out when the characteristic was recovered after this demigod died."

"The characteristic was not found after the battle, and it was also determined that it was not seized by either side of the war, so this mural was left."

"I think this is the most likely characteristic to be left until now."

The reason why he identified it as the "United Empire" era was because in the Solomon Empire era, the three "Hunter families" of Medici and others served the Solomon Empire, and the Bayam Empire was an ally, so it was unlikely that they would engage in war.

And in the later "Era of the Four Emperors," only the Trunsoest Empire had two "Hunter" pathway angel families, and they were both Sequence 2. If a large-scale battle were to occur, it would definitely be in cooperation with the Vampire or the Augustus family and the Castia family.

If they fought alone, unless the opponent was of equal strength, it would be like "giving away heads."

And if they cooperated with other families, it would be impossible to use only fire to represent one of the parties.

Only in the "United Empire" era did the three families of Medici and others have the strength to launch large-scale wars, especially Medici, who could fight several rounds with the "Nether Emperor."

This analysis made Edwina ponder, and the other pirates were even more dumbfounded.

After a long while, Edwina sighed: "Only with a very rich reserve of historical knowledge can such a judgment be made."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to specify which era it was.

The other pirates were truly convinced this time. If it weren't for "Captain Gahr's" explanation, they wouldn't have understood the meaning of this mural at all.

Audis also said: "However, this characteristic should also be difficult to find. It wasn't found more than a thousand years ago, and it should be even more difficult to find now."

Edwina nodded and said again: "But at least it's worth taking a look."

Audis "Hmm"ed: "That's true."

After all, that was a demigod-level characteristic, and only by taking a look could they be relieved.

At that moment, Edwina and Audis searched the tomb again, and there were no new discoveries.

Although there were corpses here, it was impossible for there to be Extraordinary characteristics.

The same was true outside, the characteristics had already been recovered.

So, after a brief exploration, the group returned to the church above again.

After they left that dark room and closed the door, a stone coffin suddenly slid open on its own, and a corpse sat up from inside. Its face was actually somewhat similar to that of First Mate Bru.

The dry corpse faced the direction of the door, grinned with its dry mouth, with two teeth missing inside, revealing a ridiculous and terrifying smile.

… …

Audis and the others returned to the church above, and this exploration activity came to an end.

Just as they were preparing to return to the ground, Audis invited Edwina and several key crew members of the "Golden Dream" to eat barbecue on the "Argo."

Before Brew and the others could refuse, Edwina had already agreed: "Alright."

Audis glanced at Brew and the others, who looked unwilling: "If you have something else to do, you don't have to go."

They said in unison, again and again: "Go, go, go, go!"

Audis then realized: These guys don't see me as a rival, do they?

He smiled: To be honest, I do have a better chance than you, because your captain is not a pirate at heart, but more like a professor or scholar. Unfortunately, I am now only interested in the forces behind 'Iceberg Admiral'.

It was noon when they returned to the ground.

Audis led Basel and the others, who had been waiting outside, back to the ship and told them that he had invited Edwina and the others as guests. The 'Argo' was going to sail north and meet the 'Golden Dream' in the north of the island.

Everyone suddenly felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, and their posture was straighter than before. They didn't expect the captain to invite the 'Pirate General'!

That was a top-level existence on this sea. The crew had more or less heard some of their stories.

The reason why Basel and the others dared to give the 'Golden Dream' a cold shoulder before was because they were very clear about the captain's strength and trusted him very much, believing that even if there was a conflict, they would not suffer.

But their hearts were actually very complicated, because they knew the gap between themselves and the 'Iceberg Admiral'. If a conflict really occurred, they could only guarantee that they would not suffer.

At the same time, they had a sense of respect for the 'Pirate General', especially for a 'General' like the 'Iceberg Admiral' who didn't create much bloodshed.

So, after there was no conflict between the two sides and they invited the 'Iceberg Admiral' to be a guest, they were also relatively happy.

So the kitchen immediately became crowded and busy, as they all thought they should treat the upcoming guests well.

Under Audis's command, the kitchen maintained basic order.

After arriving in the north of the island, Audis led Basel and other key crew members to wait on the deck.

As the two ships approached, they felt the enormity of the 'Golden Dream'. It was dozens of meters long, longer than the large sea ships in Audis's memory.

The entire ship reflected a golden light, and in the middle, there was a main gun whose barrel was covered with patterns and occult symbols.

This main gun looked very powerful. Audis recalled that it seemed to be called the 'Purification Cannon'.

When the two sides were close enough, Edwina, standing at the bow, raised her hand, and the golden light on the ship gathered at the bow.

Then the light spread out, forming a tangible staircase.

Edwina was the first to step onto it, followed by several key crew members of the 'Golden Dream'. They quickly came to the deck of the 'Argo', and the golden staircase then dissipated.

"Welcome to the 'Argo'," Audis said with a smile. "This is the first mate, Basel..."

The two sides first introduced each other. On the 'Golden Dream' side, except for the second mate, Olfers, who stayed on the ship, all the other important crew members came.

This included Danitz, but he obviously didn't recognize Audis as 'Captain'.

They also brought beer, weapons, and other gifts.

When they first boarded the ship, Brew and the others held their heads high, looking like "I've come from a big ship to a small ship."

But when Brew saw Yileizhe, the white-bearded navigator in the cockpit, he was immediately stunned: "Yi... Mr. Yileizhe?"

The members of the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group and Edwina's subordinates were all stunned.

Everyone stopped, and Edwina asked her first mate: "Do you know him?"

"Mr. Yileizhe took me out to sea," Brew explained. "He used to be the navigator on the 'Dawn'."

After speaking, he hurried into the cockpit to greet Yileizhe.

This time, not only Edwina's subordinates, but even Edwina herself was very surprised.

Because this meant that 'Captain Garre' had obtained some of the 'Mysterious Queen's' original crew. Even if only a navigator from the 'Dawn' joined this pirate group, it meant that the 'Mysterious Queen' valued him.

At this time, everyone put away their contempt. After arriving at the spacious dining room, they all sat down properly and then began to look around.

The internal space of this small ship was larger than they thought.

Originally, they thought that this place would be like an ordinary small sea ship, and the dining room would not be very large at all, but after more than a dozen people sat down, it did not appear crowded at all.

Edwina, sitting at the head of the table, glanced at the "extraordinary chef" roasting meat in the kitchen, and then asked Audis: "Are those all 'extraordinary puppets'?"

"Yes," Audis said with a smile. "The crew of this ship, except for the navigators, are all sitting here."

Brew and the others looked at the kitchen again. The exposed skin of those chefs was no different from that of humans. Only after being reminded by the captain did they notice that the spirituality on these "people" was somewhat abnormal.

At this time, their eyes changed when they looked at "Captain Garre". As veteran pirates, they certainly knew what these "extraordinary puppets" meant. "Captain Garre" had ordered them from a demigod.

This proved that he first knew a demigod, and secondly, that demigod was willing to help.

You must know that when you reach the level of a demigod, it is difficult to impress them with things like money. Their willingness to provide help is the most valuable wealth.

Then, Edwina took the initiative to talk about the extraordinary history of the Fourth Epoch. She asked: "After the Solomon Empire was destroyed, why was it called the 'United Empire' era? What kind of power was 'united' specifically?"

Audis simply replied: "It was the union between Trensoest and Tudor. After the Solomon Empire was destroyed, they became the new rulers of the Northern Continent."

At this time, the third mate, Bivis, also joined the conversation: "Did the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Night Emperor' ever rule together?"

"Yes," Audis said with a smile. "They may not have been willing, but the gods at the time hoped they could rule together."

The other crew members lacked the corresponding knowledge and could only listen from the side.

The barbecue was finally brought up, and Audis raised his glass: "Let us welcome the friends of the 'Golden Dream'!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank heartily. After putting down their glasses, they casually picked up the barbecue and put it in their mouths. Suddenly, they felt that the barbecue in front of them was particularly delicious.

Even Edwina couldn't help but ask: "The spices used in these barbecues are very special."

Audis said with a smile: "This is an elven barbecue recipe that I obtained by accident."

Then he said again: "I heard that the 'Golden Dream' has discovered many treasures. In the process of treasure hunting, there must have been many interesting stories, right?"

This question hit the nail on the head for Brew, Danitz, and others, and boasting sounds rose and fell for a while.

Rupert, who was good at socializing, would always ask questions at the right time to make their storytelling more energetic.

With the second mate holding the front, Audis had time to talk to Edwina about some occult topics.

And Edwina invited Audis to her study in the afternoon to continue discussing related occult issues.

At a little after two in the afternoon, after eating and drinking to their heart's content, the host and guests were happy, and Audis and others saw Edwina and others back to the ship.

After resting for a while, Audis brought some special dried meat and dried fish as a return gift and boarded the 'Golden Dream'.

Edwina also greeted him personally and invited Audis to her study.

After the study door was closed, Edwina said: "The mystical item you need has been found for you."

Thanks to [Phantom Moon God Void] for the reward.