Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis, whose spirituality was somewhat depleted, sat on the beach, waiting for the characteristics of the "Hallucinatory Red Coral" to be extracted. He said to Selena, "Go and retrieve that clump of red coral that fell into the sea earlier."

That belongs to a part of the "Hallucinatory Red Coral", a demigod-level spiritual material, which Audis certainly couldn't waste.

A few minutes later, the characteristics of the "Hallucinatory Red Coral" formed a crimson bead, surrounded by some misty aura. Just a glance at it was mesmerizing, making it impossible to look away.

Audis quickly put it away, waiting for Selena to return.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Selena, with four clumps of coral hanging on her body, came out of the water, smiling and saying, "Captain, we've struck it rich! There are several clumps of red coral around there!"

The value of red coral is very high in itself. Selling a clump of red coral for one or two thousand pounds is no problem.

Audis smiled: "When we get back, we'll sell the red coral and give you a big bonus."

Selena immediately said happily: "Thank you, Captain!"

Audis only kept the spiritual material, treating the other three clumps of red coral as spoils of war and having Selena carry them. The group once again used extraordinary abilities to fly back to the ship parked on the other side.

Audis's purpose in coming to the "God War Ruins" had been achieved, and he immediately ordered the return voyage.

After sitting in the cockpit for a while, Audis talked about Barnett's matter. If it weren't for his reminder, everyone seemed to have not noticed that there had been an extra crew member, and now that crew member had disappeared again.

This made Audis recall Rosell's reminder: Be careful of the "Audience"!

Extraordinary people of this pathway are really difficult to deal with!

After chatting for a while, Audis still felt very tired, so he returned to the captain's cabin, preparing to lie down on the easy chair and take a nap.

Just then, the light outside suddenly dimmed, and it entered the night again.

Audis was in a daze for a moment, and reappeared in the library full of books, said to be the library of the "Moses Ascetic Order".

Edwina also appeared here, and the two of them looked towards the window together.

The windows here were tightly closed, and outside the window was a courtyard in the black monastery. In front of the window, there was a row of desks and chairs for reading.

At this time, Theresa was sitting on one side of the table, pondering.

Seeming to sense the arrival of Audis and Edwina, Theresa looked at the two of them and gave a smile: "Come and sit down."

Audis and Edwina walked over and sat opposite Theresa.

This member of the Fourth Epoch's "Moses Ascetic Order" carefully scrutinized the two of them before saying: "It seems that you have seen through the disguise of the 'Invader' in the outside world."

Audis truthfully said: "With the help of a demigod."

"Hmm." Theresa then asked: "Can you tell me, what kind of god is the 'Hidden Sage'?"

Audis thought for a moment before saying: "People generally believe that it is an evil god."

Theresa was somewhat surprised, such an answer seemed to make her unbelievable: "An evil god?"

She then asked: "What about the 'Moses Ascetic Order'?"

Audis once again truthfully replied: "It is a secret organization, still advocating asceticism, but the direction of their asceticism seems to be to better accept the knowledge instilled by the 'Hidden Sage'.

"Moreover, according to some information I have obtained, some members of the 'Moses Ascetic Order' seem to have been contaminated by outer gods and have begun to believe in outer gods."

Edwina glanced at Audis, she hadn't heard of this news.

Theresa was stunned for a full three or four seconds, she really couldn't accept that the members of the organization that once fought against the outer gods had become believers of the outer gods.

After more than ten seconds, she asked Audis: "You just said that you were going to join the 'Moses Ascetic Order', were you lying to me?"

"No." Audis said: "I do want to join this organization, but joining them is not because of worship and love."

Theresa looked at Audis: "You want to destroy them."

"To be precise, it is to reshape the 'Moses Ascetic Order'." Audis said: "Originally, I felt that many members of this organization had become members of the secret organization because they were affected by some influences.

"And it just so happens that I also need my own power, so I can try to win them over and make them my subordinates.

"Of course, if they don't listen to persuasion, they can also support my career in the form of extraordinary characteristics."

Edwina was stunned when she heard this, and then felt that this was indeed something that the "Admiral of Mysteries" could do.

All along, Audis had given her the feeling of being cautious, yet not very law-abiding.

Theresa stared into Audis's eyes, listening very carefully.

Audis continued: "However, after hearing what you just said about the 'Moses Ascetic Order', I suddenly changed my mind.

"It turns out that the 'Moses Ascetic Order' was not like this at the beginning, someone led their atmosphere astray, this is not the fault of the 'Moses Ascetic Order', nor is it the fault of the members of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'."

Edwina thought to herself: Could it be the fault of the "Hidden Sage"?

Then she looked at Theresa with some worry, fearing that the other party would be angry because of slandering the "Hidden Sage".

Who knew that Theresa would show a gratified smile: "So you plan to reshape the 'Moses Ascetic Order'?"

"Yes." Audis said seriously: "Although it sounds a bit like not understanding one's own strength, that's why I have this arrogant idea, but I really think so."

Edwina was thinking: No one knows whether the "Mysterious Queen" is an angel or a demigod, but one thing is generally acknowledged, the "Hidden Sage" is the god of this pathway. Although it doesn't seem to be at the level of a "True God", it seems to be almost the same.

She couldn't understand: Why would the "Admiral of Mysteries" have such an idea? Isn't he afraid of the "Hidden Sage's" revenge? At that time, even the "Mysterious Queen" probably won't be able to protect him.

Theresa sighed with some emotion, and then asked: "How did you become an extraordinary person of the 'Seer' pathway?"

"I was affected and contaminated by some kind of influence in an extraordinary case and became a 'Seer'." Audis replied.

Through the previous conversation, he realized that the original "Moses Ascetic Order" was indeed different from the current one.

People like Theresa, who are willing to sacrifice their lives for a library, are the kind of relatively pure people, and an organization that can produce this kind of relatively pure people cannot have a very bad atmosphere.

So in this conversation, he chose to treat each other with sincerity.

"This is the choice that fate has made for you." Theresa smiled and asked again: "Where did you get the potion formulas from later?"

"Some of the potion formulas were obtained from the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and some were from 'Dawn of Elements'."

As Audis expected, Theresa then asked: "The God of Steam and Machinery? 'Dawn of Elements'?"

"'Dawn of Elements' is an organization that has only appeared in the last few hundred years, and the leader is a high-sequence extraordinary person of the 'Seer' pathway." Audis replied:

"And I got some news through other channels that the predecessor of the Church of Steam was the Stiano family."

Edwina sat up straighter, she seemed to have heard of this family somewhere.

Theresa nodded as if she understood something: "Then this God of Steam and Machinery, is it Ailabella or Yuggs?"

Audis was stunned: "You know the two of them?"

Theresa glanced at Audis: "You know too?"

Audis smiled: "Ailabella was severely injured in the Fourth Epoch and hid in the spirit world, coincidentally becoming my messenger."

Edwina recalled Audis's messenger: No wonder I felt that the messenger's level was very high, it is estimated that she should have been an angel "in life".

"Lady Ailabella's choice will not be wrong." Theresa then explained: "In the Third Epoch, Ailabella and Yuggs were two of the ten pillars of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'.

"Later, the 'Sage' sent them, the siblings, to the 'Sun God' as liaisons between the two gods, and also as the 'Sun God's' aides."

Speaking of this, Theresa smiled: "At that time, only angels could become the 'Ten Pillars' of the 'Moses Ascetic Order', and in the Fourth Epoch, only 'Saints' had the opportunity to become 'Ten Pillars'."

Audis was stunned: In that case, the "Moses Ascetic Order" had at least ten angels back then! Their strength was also very strong!

This reminded him of the "Redemption Rose". The "first edition" of the "Redemption Rose" was completely different from the current "Redemption Rose". The situation of the "Moses Ascetic Order" sounded very similar to the "Redemption Rose".

So Audis asked: "Why are the main members called 'Pillars'?"

He remembered that this seemed to be a very important title, and what it specifically represented could only be recalled in the "Knowledge Wilderness". He only remembered that he had felt more than once that daring to call themselves that was a bit presumptuous.

Theresa looked deeply at Audis before saying: "The 'Sage' once said that the real 'Pillars' of this world are those who are awakened, not those one or two stitched monsters."

Audis was stunned for a moment, instinctively feeling that this sentence was very touching, but because he lacked enough memories, he didn't know where the touched point was.

Theresa picked up her staff, looked at it with loving eyes, and then said to Audis: "This was still at an important meeting of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'. I put forward a constructive suggestion, and the 'Sage' rewarded me with it.

"I have no use for it now, so I will give it to you, hoping it can help you."

Although Audis didn't know what the "Gustav Staff" was, he knew very well that it was important to Theresa, so he declined, "This is too precious."

"Giving it to you also comes with conditions," Theresa said. "I heard the information you mentioned earlier and guessed that many members of the 'Morse Ascetic Society' should have been influenced by the deities of that pathway."

"In the process of reshaping the 'Morse Ascetic Society,' please try to save as many members of the 'Morse Ascetic Society' as possible."

Audis took a deep breath: "Okay, I promise you."

As he spoke, he became less polite, took the staff, and immediately felt a rich spirituality flowing in his palm.

Theresa added: "This staff is not just a weapon; it is also my token as one of the 'Ten Pillars.' You can use it to enter the 'Temple of Knowledge.'"

She paused and then said: "If one day the 'Morse Ascetic Society' becomes a respected organization again, remember to let me know."

"If the 'Sage' awakens, tell the great 'Sage' that I have not failed His expectations and have found the lost library."

Audis opened his mouth, thinking that the "Sage" should have fallen, and perhaps there were still some mental remnants in the "Hidden Sage."

But after hesitating for a moment, he still agreed: "Okay."

Then he thought: Where is the "Temple of Knowledge"? Why haven't I heard of it?

Theresa looked up: "This night is about to end. Goodbye, you two."

Audis was in a daze. He opened his eyes and realized he had returned to the real world.

Suddenly, he felt something in his palm. He raised it and saw that it was the "Gustav Staff."

This staff was the length of a forearm, with a rough wooden structure as the main body. A circular, pure crystal, like a glass ball, was fixed at the direction of the staff's head. From the outside, it didn't look special.

But Audis felt its inner surging spirituality. Audis took a deep breath, and the spirituality had already learned how to use it from the staff.

Audis clenched the staff and summoned "Star Sand."

The "Star Sand" he summoned was immediately sucked away by the crystal at the head of the staff. The crystal, which was still very pure just now, suddenly became colorful, as if it contained a sea of stars inside.

Audis suddenly realized that his "Astrologer's" abilities had suddenly become about twice as strong!

Originally, with the strengthening of the "Knowledge Wilderness," Audis was equivalent to taking two doses of the "Astrologer's" potion. Now that he was more than twice as strong, part of his power was close to that of a demigod.

But this level can only allow Audis to ensure that he can escape in a battle with a demigod. He wouldn't dare to fight a demigod. After all, even if his spirituality reaches the level of a demigod, he doesn't have the extraordinary abilities of a demigod!

Audis's spirituality also realized that the "Gustav Staff" would not only strengthen the power of the "Astrologer" but would also bring corresponding enhancements at the demigod level after becoming a demigod.

He re-examined the staff in his hand, a little suspicious: Is this really a product from the Elven race? Why does it feel completely designed for the 'Seer'?

Thinking of this, Audis took back the "Star Sand," and the "Gustav Staff" became ordinary again.

He pondered for a while, got up to say hello to the crew, came to the deck, and used 'Flight' to get to the deck of the "Golden Dream" at the back.

After seeing Edwina, the two went to the study. Edwina heard Audis say that he came to ask about the "Gustav Staff," so she got up and went to the bookshelf, browsed through a row of book spines, and took out a book from it and opened it.

"Found it," Edwina handed the book to Audis.

Audis took the book with slightly yellowed paper and saw that the section of ancient Fursac text that Edwina had opened was a description of the "Gustav Staff."

He quickly browsed through it and used his experience in distinguishing the truth from the false information and found that this chapter was basically composed of hearsay information.

The only information that can be determined is only two things. The first is that this kind of staff does come from the Elven race, and the second is that it is said that there used to be ten of them, but most of them were lost later.

Closing the book, Audis talked to Edwina about the function of the staff and finally sighed: "I really didn't expect that the craftsmanship of ancient times could create such a good thing."

"I really want to take it apart to see what the structure is, but I'm afraid of breaking it and not being able to put it back together."

Edwina smiled: "Can I borrow it to take a look?"

Audis handed the staff to her, and Edwina's expression quickly became shocked: "This... I, I can use it too! I feel that my abilities have been greatly strengthened."

"Um... the ability of 'Imitation' has probably been strengthened by about twice."

While she was talking, a slight change appeared at the head of the staff, emitting a rainbow-like colorful glow.

If it can really be strengthened by twice, the abilities of other pathways that she 'imitates' are almost the same as the 'genuine' ones, and even more powerful than the abilities used by Sequence 5 of certain pathways.

Audis was stunned: "I thought this was specially designed for the 'Seer.'"

Then he felt that he should do an experiment, so he said to Edwina: "Can you please ask your first mate, second mate, and third mate to come over?"

Edwina immediately understood what Audis was going to do, so she immediately used 'Arcane Art' to broadcast throughout the ship, asking her three mates to come to her study.

The three mates had long wanted to know what the two captains were talking about, so they came to the study one after another within ten seconds.

Audis smiled and said: "I just got a staff. This staff is a bit special. I want to experiment to see if it strengthens all pathways."

"So I'm asking you to try it."

Before the three mates could speak, Audis continued: "Don't worry, this staff has neither negative effects nor any pollution. At least, your captain and I have not found any negative effects."

He paused and then said: "If I'm not mistaken, First Mate Blue should be a Beyonder of the 'Scholar' pathway, Second Mate Olfers should be a Beyonder of the 'Sycophant' pathway, and Third Mate Jordson should be a Beyonder of the 'Theft' pathway."

The three mates were stunned at first, but thinking that they had fought together before, it shouldn't be that difficult to observe what pathway they belonged to, so they nodded one after another.

Audis smiled: "Then let's start with Mr. Blue."

Edwina handed the staff to First Mate Blue. After Blue took the staff, the crystal ball at the head of the staff also showed a slight change, and some brilliant light flowed out.

Blue was stunned for a moment before saying: "I... I can actually use some of the abilities of 'Astronomer' in advance."

Sequence 5 of "Scholar" is "Astronomer", and currently Blue is just a Sequence 6.

Audis nodded: "There is also an obvious strengthening."

"Please, Mr. Olfers, take the staff and feel it."

Blue reluctantly handed the staff to Second Mate Olfers. Olfers, who had blond hair, took the staff, but the crystal at the head of the staff did not change at all.

Olfers said: "I feel that my spirituality has been strengthened."

Audis said "Hmm": "Please, Mr. Jordson, try it."

Jordson, who didn't look very old, took the staff and felt it with his spirituality and said: "I also feel that my spirituality has been strengthened."

Audis took back the staff and thanked him with a smile: "Thank you for your cooperation."

Edwina frowned: "The 'Gustav Staff' does not help all pathways."

Then she said: "It is not surprising that Blue's abilities have been strengthened, after all, he is a neighboring pathway of the 'Seer'."

"But why would my power be strengthened?"

Audis pondered for a while and said: "Maybe the 'Reader' pathway, to a certain extent, also represents 'knowledge'."

Edwina nodded, thinking that this was also an explanation. Then she said to the three mates: "You can go back first."

The door to the study closed again, and the two discussed the issue of the "Gustav Staff" again before talking about the plan after returning.

Audis said: "I have been thinking about this problem seriously for some time. Since other organizations are also eyeing that characteristic, and we don't know how much information they currently know, then we can test them through some actions."

Edwina was stunned: "How to test?"

Audis said: "The 'Argo' and the 'Golden Dream' will carry out an action together to see if they will follow."

Edwina paused slightly and understood what Audis meant: "If they follow, it proves that they don't know much and hope to obtain some information from our actions?"

"That's right," Audis said. "The premise is that they really know about the demigod-level extraordinary characteristic."

"I can confirm the accuracy of this information," Edwina said. "That was the information we just got before we met in the Sonia Sea."

Audis sat down again and leaned back in his chair: "Our two ships completed their final supplies on the Gargas Archipelago. This action has been going on for about three days now."

"Including the return trip, it should take a total of about five days, which is enough for them to make some arrangements."

Edwina brushed her hair behind her ear: "That is to say, we may be tracked immediately after we go back?"

Audis smiled slightly: "Very likely."

Edwina pondered for a while, feeling that Audis's plan was good, so she asked: "Where do the two ships need to sail together?"

Audace thought for a moment: "I do have a good place in mind, but I'll have to confirm it after we get back."

Edwina gave an "Mm" sound: "I'll await your notification."

Her saying so indicated that she strongly approved of Audace's plan.

With the serious matter concluded, the famished Audace had a formal meal on the 'Golden Dream' before returning to the 'Argo'.

Back in his studio, Audace once again took out the 'Gustav Staff', becoming more enamored with it the more he looked at it.

Suddenly, he thought of using the 'Knowledge Wilderness' sefirah to investigate the staff. So, he first placed the 'Gustav Staff' into the 'Knowledge Wilderness' and then entered it through 'Meditation'.

Arriving at the tower made of light spheres, Audace immediately saw that the 'Gustav Staff' was actually suspended in mid-air within this space.

Above the 'Central Processor', ten bright stars had appeared, one of which was currently emitting a dazzling light.

Audace was stunned for a moment, not expecting the 'Gustav Staff' to cause a certain reaction in the 'Knowledge Wilderness'.

He then understood that each star represented a 'Gustav Staff', and the glowing star represented the staff within the 'Knowledge Wilderness'.

Audace scratched his head, unsure how to verify his guess for a moment.

He pondered slightly, looked at the 'Central Processor', and immediately understood that he needed to establish a connection between the 'Central Processor' and those stars.

Audace first connected to the star emitting a dazzling light. Immediately, the scene inside the light sphere tower appeared in his mind, and he could even see himself touching the 'Central Processor' from within.

The feeling was like seeing himself on a surveillance camera.

Audace disconnected and connected to another star. He immediately saw a woman wearing Intis-style clothing.

She was about thirty years old, with fair skin, delicate features, and eyes that seemed to have seen the vicissitudes of life.

Around her waist, Audace found another 'Gustav Staff'.

Audace's field of vision was not at the same position as the 'Gustav Staff' but looked down from above. He could also use the 'Central Processor' to adjust the viewing angle and see the surrounding situation.

At this moment, the woman was pondering and had no idea that she was being watched by Audace.

At the same time, Audace's spirituality also perceived that not only could he see the staff's holder through the 'Gustav Staff', but he could also use it as a medium to descend power and influence the other party.

Withdrawing his gaze, Audace realized that the 'Gustav Staff' was more advanced than he had imagined, and it was clearly closely related to the 'Knowledge Wilderness'.

This was somewhat similar to the 'Source Castle' and the antiques Audrey and Alger had obtained before. These two initial members of the Tarot Club had entered the 'Source Castle' relying on a special antique.

The 'Fool' had also used such an antique to observe Cattleya and save the 'Star Admiral' who was showing signs of being out of control.

Audace took a deep breath. Before knowing the woman's true identity, Audace did not intend to use the 'Gustav Staff' to affect the real world for the time being.

However, he could first see where these staves were.

So, Audace used the 'Central Processor' to connect to the third star.

As a result, all he could see was darkness. Audace adjusted the viewing angle and saw continuous lightning in the sky.

With the faint light of the lightning, Audace could clearly see the distant scenery. It was a desolate land, and strange creatures seemed to be moving in the distance.

The Land Abandoned by God!

Audace immediately realized that this 'Gustav Staff' was in the 'Land Abandoned by God'!

Obviously, it was difficult to retrieve this staff, so Audace withdrew his gaze and looked at the fourth star.

This time, Audace saw another person, a middle-aged man around fifty years old with a square face and a clean-shaven beard. He was wearing the bishop's robe of the Church of Steam and Machinery and was whispering to another bishop.

Audace immediately realized that this was a demigod of the Steam Church!

The other party was speaking Intis, obviously this scene was happening in a church in the Intis Republic.

Audace listened for a while and heard that they were discussing a personnel appointment matter, so he didn't continue listening, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the fifth star.

Audace saw that the scene in this star was a grassland, the sky was gray, and it was raining lightly.

There seemed to be some skeletons hidden in the grass, and some monster-like shadows were wandering aimlessly in the distance.

At first glance, Audace felt that this place was very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this place seemed to be the same as the place he had been teleported to by a sealed artifact he had obtained before.

That was a sealed artifact with the ability of the 'Apprentice' pathway, corresponding to the Sequence 5 level 'Traveler'.

But the only ability of that sealed artifact was that it could teleport others to a strange place, that place was a boundless grassland, and it was always raining.

At that time, Audace and Klein were both teleported there and spent a lot of effort to return to the real world.

Afterwards, this trophy belonged to Audace, but because the ability was too useless, Audace had never used it.

A few days ago, Audace had even thought about simply crushing this sealed artifact and using its characteristics to build another teleportation array.

At this time, Audace felt that he should explore that place first.

Thinking of this, Audace went to see the location of the sixth 'Gustav Staff'. As a result, he saw that it was in the hands of a monster-like phantom.

Audace adjusted the viewing angle and was immediately stunned. In the sky there, there were actually three suns!

He watched for a while. Apart from the rocks and water that Audace also found somewhat familiar, everything else was very strange!

He finally concluded that this was very likely the scene of another planet!

This made Audace a little strange. Did the 'Gustav Staff' also have customers on other planets?

He thought for a while and went to see the other stars. Of the remaining four 'Gustav Staves', one was obviously in the 'Land Abandoned by God', and the other three were also on other planets.

This reminded Audace of Theresa's previous description. She said that the 'Gustav Staff' in her hand was one of the only three remaining staves.

That is to say, during the Fourth Epoch, only three 'Gustav Staves' were still in the hands of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'.

Two other staves were obviously lost in the 'Great Cataclysm' in the 'Land Abandoned by God', and one was lost in that place where it was always raining.

Audace felt that that place should not be on another planet, but a rather peculiar space.

He still couldn't understand why there were four 'Gustav Staves' on other planets?

In the field of mysticism, there is the concept of "starry sky" and the concept of alien planets, but this does not mean that you can really "ship" to alien planets.

Audace shook his head. There were too few clues, and he didn't continue to think about this question.

What is currently very certain is that a 'Gustav Staff' is in the hands of a demigod of the Steam Church, but who would that woman with a sense of vicissitudes in her eyes be?