Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

"Charge! Ram the 'Black Tulip'!" Audis ordered loudly.

He was well aware that the "Hell High Admiral's" flagship was an even more powerful ghost ship than the "Skull" and "Phantom," and that a single "Spirit Wave Cannon" shell would not be able to destroy it.

It looked as if it had sunk, with only a small portion of its hull floating on the surface, but it should be able to return to the surface at any moment.

Klein understood Audis's concerns, staring at the "Black Tulip" on the deck, ready to strike at any time.

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The "Golden Dream" followed, preparing to further sandwich the "Black Tulip" with the "Argo."

Currently, the "Future" had Cattleya, Anderson, and others, so no help was needed.

If Audis and Edwina rashly boarded the ship with their subordinates, misunderstandings might occur instead.

So it would be better to attack the "Black Tulip" with all their might. The combined forces of the "High Admiral of Mysteries" and the "Iceberg High Admiral" should theoretically be enough to take down the "Hell High Admiral."

Of course, that was only in theory, because there was still the huge variable of the "Black Tulip."

At the level of "Pirate Admiral," the ships they sailed could not possibly be ordinary.

Whoosh~

Just as Audis expected, not long after the "Argo's" charge began, the "Black Tulip" flipped back up from the seabed on its own.

The attack of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" was very sudden. When "Hell High Admiral" Ludwig's spirituality sensed danger, Audis had already issued the order to fire.

So Ludwig took emergency measures, causing the entire "Black Tulip" to flip into the sea and summoning undead to protect it.

But that was a giant ship more than a hundred meters long, not something that could be flipped over so easily.

The violent explosion and rolling motion had already injured the "Black Tulip." One of its masts was broken, and a large section of the hull was severely misaligned, as if that section could fall apart at any moment.

Even for a ghost ship, such injuries were quite severe.

Seeing the "Argo" and "Golden Dream" charging towards him, the "Hell High Admiral" immediately summoned a huge "Nether Gate" with intricate patterns.

With a "creak," the gate shook and suddenly opened completely, and an indescribable sense of deepness and death instantly filled the surroundings.

Inside the gate was an unfathomable darkness, like a black hole, as if swallowing all the light that shone into it.

In the darkness, there seemed to be pairs of indescribable eyes hidden in the deep darkness, densely packed, everywhere, yet impossible to see clearly.

Then, skinless, bloody arms stretched out, firmly grabbing the "Black Tulip."

Green-black vines, with infant faces protruding, extended and tightly缠绕the "Black Tulip."

They were trying to pull the "Hell High Admiral's" flagship, so that the giant ship could enter the "Netherworld" as soon as possible.

Audis immediately ordered: "'Spirit Extinguishing Cannon,' charge!"

The two mechanical rods that extended from the mechanically beautiful "Spirit Wave Cannon" suddenly slid to the sides of the cannon, and two bone-white mechanical rods immediately extended from the original position.

This was also a new design, allowing for rapid "barrel" replacement when changing cannons.

At this time, half of the "Black Tulip" had already entered the huge bronze gate.

After the energy was charged, Audis immediately ordered: "Target, 'Nether Gate,' fire!"

A pale beam of light shot out, hitting the "Nether Gate" almost instantly.

The huge "Nether Gate" trembled violently, and the arms and green-black vines extending from it were instantly shattered by the "Spirit Extinguishing Cannon."

The living corpses on the "Black Tulip" were also affected, most of them lying down on the deck, turning into real corpses.

The remaining living corpses stood there motionless, and Ludwig could not issue any orders to them.

Even Ludwig himself did not dare to look directly at the pale beam of light.

For a time, the "Black Tulip" stopped there, half in the "Netherworld" and half in the real world.

Woo~

The "Nether Gate" suddenly let out a strange "wail," first tilting, then tilting faster and faster, crashing towards the sea.

However, before the "Nether Gate" could completely collapse, it suddenly became illusory and eventually disappeared from the real world.

Then, a gust of yin wind seemed to spread around, stirring up many icy waves.

This scene once again surprised Klein and the crew of the "Golden Dream" into silence. They had never seen the "Nether Gate" being "knocked down" by an extraordinary weapon!

Not only them, but "Hell High Admiral" Ludwig was also stunned. He was about to escape, but now he was back in the real world.

Audis and his crew, who had similar experience before, remained calm and took advantage of the opportunity to approach the "Black Tulip."

"Activate 'Sharp Edge'!" Audis ordered again loudly.

A ball of white light appeared at the bow of the "Argo," and the light quickly solidified, as if an extra conical section of the hull had been added.

Bang~

The "Argo," at a speed of "Ahead Four," crashed into the more than one hundred meter long "Black Tulip," directly crashing into the hull, breaking the main mast, and almost splitting the "Hell High Admiral's" ship in two.

The "Black Tulip" was much taller than the "Argo," and Audis and Klein had to look up to see Ludwig wearing a metal mask.

At the same time, the deck of the "Black Tulip," and even the layer below the deck, were higher than the deck of the "Argo."

In the layer below the deck, Audis saw two skeletons emitting a pale white glow, standing there motionless.

Such a violent collision had not knocked them down.

As Audis was about to rush towards the "Hell High Admiral," Ludwig uttered a series of awkward syllables, which was the "Language of the Undead," incomprehensible to living beings.

The heads of the two skeletons in the cabin suddenly moved, turning to look at Audis and Klein on the deck of the "Argo."

They bent their legs and jumped over, reaching out to grab the two people on the deck.

Immediately afterwards, figures walked out of the cabin, either skeletons or corpses with obvious decay.

Without exception, they all emitted a layer of pale white light, which was significantly different from normal living corpses and skeletons.

This was the "accumulation" of the "Black Tulip" over a long period of time. This ship could strengthen living corpses, evil spirits, and skeletons, but it would take a long time to complete this process.

If they had not stormed the deck of this ghost ship, these strengthened undead products would not have been needed at all.

At this time, the skeleton doors and living corpses swarmed out of the cabin, and Klein and Audis both chose a tactical retreat, giving the living corpses and skeletons enough space.

A layer of golden light suddenly stained Klein's gloves. He made a gesture of embracing the sun, and a pure and holy light descended from the sky, purifying several living corpses and skeletons in front.

Ludwig, who had originally planned to rush over together, stopped and chose to continue to observe.

At this time, more than a dozen "Extraordinary Puppets" had completed their formation and, under the command of First Mate Rupert and others, were charging towards the skeletons and living corpses.

Audis suddenly shouted: "Go!"

His right hand summoned "Star Sand" and used "Flight" to fly towards Ludwig.

Klein immediately understood Audis's intention and also used the talismans of the "Sailor" domain, rushing towards the "Hell High Admiral" with him.

Ludwig looked at the two people and opened his mouth again, uttering the "Language of the Undead."

Audis and Klein, flying in the air, suddenly felt their muscles stiff, their joints difficult to bend, and their spiritual bodies seemed unable to control their bodies all of a sudden.

Klein quickly raised his hand and completed the switching of the spiritual body in "Creeping Hunger": "Mental Pierce!"

Ludwig's "Language of the Undead" attack stagnated, and Audis and Klein immediately felt much better.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Audis immediately used the ability of the "Traveling Ring" to appear behind Ludwig: "Reap!"

He punched Ludwig away!

Stepping on the deck of the "Black Tulip," Audis suddenly felt an icy chill rising from the soles of his feet, spreading throughout his body.

However, this chill would not affect Audis for the time being, and his combo continued: "Imprison!"

Ludwig, who had just fallen to the ground, lost his previous composure. The small skull pendant he wore around his neck suddenly cracked, and a puff of white smoke emerged.

And Audis's combo had arrived: "Death!"

Another heavy blow, Ludwig was seriously injured and quickly summoned the wraiths guarding the ship to stand in front of him.

Audis looked at the screaming wraiths floating out of the cabin and threw a "Spirit Burst Scroll," after a silent explosion, a vortex seemed to form around the scroll, directly shattering the nearby wraiths.

The wraiths that were farther away also seemed to be knocked away by some kind of shockwave.

Klein, who had originally wanted to help block these wraiths, stopped, feeling that he seemed unable to help at all.

At this time, Audis faced Ludwig again and used the ability of "Combat Hypnosis" to make the "Hell High Admiral" temporarily give up resistance.

At this moment, both Audis and Klein felt a strong unease in their spirituality, and the two of them simultaneously flew into the air again.

The positions where the two of them were just now suddenly revealed two huge mouths full of sharp teeth, biting fiercely towards the two in mid-air.

Klein's gloves were once again coated with a layer of golden light, and a pure pillar of light reappeared, meeting the two huge mouths, purifying and dispelling them.

At this moment, Audis and Klein noticed that the heavily damaged "Black Tulip" had suddenly undergone a significant change. The entire ship moved closer to the "Argo" and suddenly split open, like a huge, monstrous mouth, about to swallow the "Argo."

Audis and Klein's spirituality immediately reminded them of the situation with Lutherville's necklace just now, clearly a process of calling for reinforcements.

And the reinforcements called in were at least at the level of a demigod.

It's just that this sea area is very dangerous for demigods, so that demigod should be hiding in the underworld, manipulating the "Black Tulip" to launch a counterattack.

In other words, under the control of a demigod, the "Black Tulip" has more uses.

Without even thinking, Audis and Klein immediately chose to retreat.

Even if that demigod couldn't manifest, it was still very dangerous for the two of them at this time.

"Full speed retreat!" Audis ordered loudly!

But the "Argo" seemed to be stuck, unable to reverse.

And as the opening of the "Black Tulip" grew larger and larger, the bow of the "Argo" was already bitten by the "Black Tulip."

Just then, a cylindrical, rich golden light suddenly struck the "Black Tulip."

This light directly "drilled through" the ghost ship, creating a huge hole in its opened "mouth."

Audis and Klein saw that it was the "Golden Dream" coming to support, attacking the "Black Tulip" with the "Purification Cannon."

The "Purification Cannon" only possesses the corresponding extraordinary effects when five "Priests of Light" perform a ritual together, and it can only be used ten times. After ten times, five "Priests of Light" must be invited again to perform the ritual.

Without the background of the Church, such a cannon simply cannot be "supported."

But relatively speaking, the power of the "Purification Cannon" is also very great, allowing the "Black Tulip" to release the "Argo."

Only then was the "Argo" able to retreat, leaving the danger zone.

Immediately afterwards, a huge "Gate of the Underworld" appeared again on the sea, opening with a "creak" in an instant. The next second, the dilapidated "Black Tulip" entered the "Underworld."

Thump~

The "Gate of the Underworld" quickly closed and disappeared into the void.

If it weren't for the living corpses and skeletal remains on the deck of the "Argo," one would have the illusion that the fierce battle just now had never happened.

Audis ordered the "Extraordinary Puppets" to clean the deck, and at the same time signaled his thanks to the "Golden Dream" with signal flags.

Then Audis said to Klein, "So close! Fifty-five thousand pounds almost in hand."

The bounty for the "Hell Admiral" was fifty-five thousand pounds, and this was a national bounty. If the corresponding channels of the Goddess of the Night Church were activated, they should also be able to receive a bounty from the Intis Republic. Even if they couldn't receive the full amount, they could still receive a little more than 100,000 pounds combined.

Klein also felt it was a pity, because if he had given "Mr. Gehr" three more seconds just now, he could have killed the "Hell Admiral."

Immediately, Klein had a new understanding of "Captain Gehr's" strength: he could kill a Sequence 5 who was alone within 10 seconds.

Then Audis looked at the sea somewhat irritably: "After fighting for so long, we didn't get anything."

Klein said: "Given the situation just now, it's good enough that we were able to escape back."

Audis smiled and said, "You're really good at comforting people."

As the deck was cleaned up, the "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" returned to reunite with the "Future," and at this time the monsters on the "Future" had been cleaned up.

The crew rested slightly, and then on the deck of the "Future," a funeral was held for the few crew members who had died just now.

After reconfirming the course, the fleet continued forward.

After sailing for more than an hour, the "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" separated from the "Future" at the predetermined location. A few dozen nautical miles ahead was the approximate location of the "Bewitching Red Coral" that the old man Kent had mentioned, while the island with the mermaids was in another direction, requiring some more time to sail.

After seeing that everything was normal on the sea, Audis returned to his studio again. As soon as he sat down, he felt that something was wrong.

Suddenly, he got up from his seat and opened the door to the bedroom.

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Only to see Bernadette, wearing dark trousers and a top, lying on the easy chair, looking comfortably at the sea outside from the porthole.

Audis was stunned: "You didn't leave with Cattleya?"

Bernadette smiled slightly: "What? Not welcome?"

"Welcome," Audis said, "I feel relieved with you here."

After all, Audis wasn't sure what would happen in the next voyage, and he felt a little unsure in his heart.

Audis sat in the chair and asked, "Has the purpose of going to sea been achieved?"

"Soon," Bernadette replied simply.

Then she asked: "Do you know whose dream the dream after the coming of the night is?"

Audis shook his head: "I don't know."

Bernadette took a deep breath: "Try not to actively explore that dream, it will be very dangerous."

Audis smiled and said, "I know."

He leaned back in his chair and said: "Why didn't you take action just now? Even if we divided Lutherville's bounty."

"That would only trigger a battle at the demigod level," Bernadette said, "I don't dare to mobilize too much power in the sea area near the 'Ruins of the Gods'."

Audis said "Oh": "Consider that demigod lucky, otherwise it would have become a trophy of the 'Mysterious Queen'."

Bernadette laughed and said: "That's not necessarily true, demigods of the 'Death' pathway are very difficult to kill."

Then she asked: "What do you think of the monsters that attacked the 'Future' just now?"

"I didn't expect that there are still remnants of the 'Earth Mother's' power here," Audis said, "Since entering the 'Ruins of the Gods', the high-level powers of the 'Gloser' pathway, the 'Reader' pathway, and the 'Sleepless' pathway have appeared."

Bernadette said: "There are also the powers of the 'Secret Supplicant' pathway and the 'Spectator' pathway."

Audis pondered for a moment: "Are you referring to the sea area that made the panting sounds? And the 'Stone Giant' that was killed before?"

Bernadette nodded, and Audis frowned and said: "A battle involving so many high-level existences can't help but remind people of the 'Great Cataclysm' at the end of the Third Epoch."

"Then, in this sea area, it may really be possible to find the entrance to the 'Land Abandoned by God'," Obviously, Bernadette already had a similar guess.

At this time, the light outside began to dim again, and the night quickly descended on this sea area.

Audis quickly went to lie down on the bed, and before closing his eyes, he heard the "Mysterious Queen" say: "I'm going to confirm something. In the dream, I won't accompany you to continue discussing the questions just now."

Before Audis had time to give any reaction, in a trance, he had already appeared in a long corridor.

The doors in each room were open, and inside were rows and rows of bookshelves, with neat books on the bookshelves.

Only then did Audis realize that Bernadette seemed to be able to perform more operations in the dream.

He wasn't surprised by this, after all, she was a demigod.

Audis guessed that he should be inside the Black Monastery at this time. It was indeed quite dangerous here, so it was better not to explore it.

However, those dangers are usually in those closed doors. Doors that are open like the one in front of him basically don't have much of a problem.

So Audis decided to read some books in the dream. Stepping into the room in front of him, Audis saw Edwina reading a book in front of the bookshelf.

Feeling someone entering, Edwina looked up: "I thought there was no one else here."

Audis was stunned: "You can maintain consciousness in a dream?"

"After seeing the information about the 'Ruins of the Gods' that you mentioned in the letter, I made some preparations," Edwina said, "Including finding a secret technique that can keep you awake in a dream.

"It's just that when it comes to actual application, the effect is not very good. After entering the dream, wherever you appear, you can only stay there and cannot explore the surroundings."

Audis nodded slowly. No wonder he didn't see "Vice Admiral Iceberg" when he entered the "Common Dream" last time.

"Are there any good books to read here?" Audis said, walking towards Edwina.

After taking only two steps, the spirituality of the two people felt something, and they looked towards the door together.

Only to see a woman in her thirties appearing at the door, wearing a classical robe, wearing a classical witch hat, and holding a staff.

She smiled and said: "It's been a long time since anyone came here to read books."

Audis and Edwina immediately became alert, because this woman was not a crew member on the "Argo" or the other two ships.

Of course, Audis looked very relaxed on the surface: "We just met, I didn't expect there to be so many books here."

Then he introduced himself: "My name is Gehr, may I ask what your name is?"

"My name is Theresa," the other party said, smiling as she entered the door: "This used to be the library of our 'Moss Ascetic Order'."

Audis was stunned for a moment: Used to be? The Moss Ascetic Order?

The woman who called herself Theresa had just dropped a lot of information, and Audis didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Edwina, who was beside him, suddenly said, "Madam Theresa, your staff is very special. Is that a 'Gus Staff'?"

Theresa smiled and said, "I didn't expect anyone to recognize a 'Gus Staff'."

Audis hadn't heard of this kind of staff, so he asked, "What kind of staff is that?"

"I also saw it in a book by chance," Edwina said. "It is said that the crafting technique of that kind of staff originated from the Elves, and the crafting technique was lost in the Fourth Epoch."

Edwina emphasized the phrase "Fourth Epoch," and Audis immediately understood what she meant. She was guessing that the person in front of him was not a modern person!

Audis scrutinized Theresa again, and saw that her clothes were indeed very different from modern clothes, but they were not the "asymmetrical" style of the Fourth Epoch.

"This is one of the three existing 'Gus Staves'," Theresa said, apparently very happy that the staff in her hand had been recognized. "This lady is a learned person."

Audis nodded to acknowledge this point. In many areas, he was indeed not as knowledgeable as Edwina, who was "native-born."

Then he asked, "Madam, what is your purpose in coming to this sea area?"

"Of course, it is to find the library that originally belonged to us!" Theresa said. "I am very lucky to have found this place after experiencing many hardships."

She looked at the rows of bookshelves, revealing a gratified smile: "Then I stayed here to protect them."

Audis said very politely, "Sorry, we looked through the books here without your permission."

"It doesn't matter." Faced with Audis's politeness, Theresa was also very polite and said, "The great 'Sage' once said that kings and beggars have the same right to learn knowledge. No matter who comes to the 'Moss Ascetic Order' library, we should not be stingy in imparting knowledge to them and discussing issues with them."

Edwina was about to ask: Is it the 'Hidden Sage'?

But Audis stopped her with a look, because he was not sure whether the "Sage" was the "Hidden Sage." If he asked the wrong question, it would easily ruin the harmonious atmosphere of the conversation.

Audis pondered for a moment before smiling and saying, "You should be able to see that I am a Beyonder of the 'Secret Observer' pathway, and I long to join the 'Moss Ascetic Order'.

"It's just that I don't have the corresponding channels, and I didn't expect to be fortunate enough to enter the 'Moss Ascetic Order' library."

He told the other party his pathway as a strategy, first confessing some of his situation, and then asking questions. Moreover, Audis estimated that the other party should be able to see his pathway.

So Audis continued to ask: "I heard that the 'Moss Ascetic Order' is a very ancient organization, but I don't know exactly what kind of organization it is. Can you explain it?"

"Of course." Theresa agreed very readily: "The 'Moss Ascetic Order' is an organization established by the great 'Sage' in the Second Epoch. The initial members have all seen the first Blasphemy Slate…"

Edwina was obviously stunned, because as far as she knew, the "Moss Ascetic Order" seemed to be an organization established during the Third Epoch.

However, she did not refute it, but chose to continue listening quietly.

Theresa continued: "…Our purpose is to use knowledge to fight against madness, and use asceticism to fight against distortion!

"In that long dark age, the 'Moss Ascetic Order' was a beacon of wisdom, illuminating the way forward for confused people.

"The great 'Sage', together with the equally great 'Sun God', led mankind to fight against the ancient gods, and eventually established a Third Epoch dominated by mankind!

"That period of time was called the 'Twin Era' by extraordinary scholars…"

Audis almost showed a surprised expression: "Twin" refers to the "Sage" and the "Ancient Sun God"? I always thought it referred to the era when the ancient gods coexisted with the "Ancient Sun God", or it referred to the more active "Giant King" and "Elf King"!

Of course, he knew that the "Sun God" that Theresa was talking about must refer to the "Ancient Sun God", because although the "Eternal Blazing Sun" is now the recognized Sun God, he has never called himself the "Sun God."

Because if He called Himself the "Sun God," His believers might point to the "Ancient Sun God" when praying to Him or performing corresponding rituals.

He calls Himself the "Eternal Blazing Sun" in order to distinguish Himself from the "Ancient Sun God."

The more knowledgeable Edwina also heard that the "Sage" and the "Hidden Sage" seem to be two different things. At least, the "Moss Ascetic Order" that Theresa was talking about is completely different from the "Moss Ascetic Order" in her impression.

Although the "Moss Ascetic Order" is not a very evil secret organization, it often creates some bizarre extraordinary cases, and it does not have the awareness and mind to impart knowledge to ordinary people. It seems that what they impart is only madness and pollution.

"Later, for unknown reasons, the 'Sage' always fell into a deep sleep." Theresa continued: "So in the middle of the Third Epoch, many Beyonders only knew the 'Moss Ascetic Order', but did not know the existence of the 'Sage'.

"By the Fourth Epoch, the 'Sage' appeared even less often. He only came forward when the Outer Gods invaded…"

"Please wait a moment," Audis thought he had heard wrong: "You mean, the invasion of the Outer Gods?"

Theresa was stunned: "You know about the Outer Gods?"

"I only know that They are some evil gods." Audis said: "I am not very clear about the specific situation."

"It's best not to know." Theresa said: "If you know this knowledge at your level, you will be contaminated."

Audis nodded, vaguely remembering that this knowledge was very dangerous and could only be recalled in the "Knowledge Moor."

Then he thought of the scene he saw in the "Crystal Skull" and probably understood that the "Sage" should be in poor condition, so he often fell into a deep sleep, fighting with divinity.

Edwina, who was beside her, listened very carefully, because she only had the concept of "Outer Gods" today.

"That period of history is indeed rarely known." Theresa continued: "The barrier formed before the 'Original Creator' fell asleep was produced in an unconscious state, and there are many loopholes.

"In the Second Epoch, some Outer Gods used those loopholes to try to contaminate the ancient gods. At the beginning of the Third Epoch, with the joint efforts of the 'Sage' and the 'Sun God', they transformed the 'Barrier' so that the 'Outer Gods' could no longer penetrate into the 'Barrier'.

"But after the 'Sun God' fell, some of the efforts made in those years were wasted, and the power of the Outer Gods became active again. Only the 'Sage' can fight against Them."

Audis nodded, feeling that this should be very important information, but he also knew that related associations could only be generated in the "Knowledge Moor", so he just carefully remembered this information.

Theresa also said: "It is said that the 'Sage' has already thought of a way to repair the 'Barrier', but when I came to this sea area, His plan had not yet begun to be implemented."

Audis was stunned: Could that plan be to have the Seven Gods "fill the holes"?