Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

“Hermit” Audis explained, “I just heard that the ‘Fountain of Youth’ is likely a ritual for the ‘Undying King’ to advance, a complete scam.”

The other members were stunned. “Priestess” Cattleya immediately thought: Did the ‘Queen’ tell him?

After listening to Miss “Justice’s” analysis, everyone already felt that there was a problem with the ‘Fountain of Youth,’ but they didn’t expect things to be like this.

“Moon” Emlyn asked, “Mr. ‘Hermit,’ what sequence ritual is it for advancement?”

“It is said to be for Sequence 4 advancement.” Audis recalled for a moment and said, “Sequence 4 of the ‘Demon’ pathway is called ‘Devil.’”

“Fool” Klein thought to himself: This sequence sounds very cunning just from the name.

“Hanged Man” Alger was a little surprised: “Is the ‘Undying King’ still only a Sequence 5?”

Logically speaking, “Sea Kings” are generally demigods.

Audis replied, “I heard that the ‘Undying King’ is indeed a Sequence 5, but his flagship, the ‘Reaper,’ seems to be a ghost ship at the demigod level.

“Equivalent to a Sequence 5 holding a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.”

Alger slowly nodded. That was equivalent to having the power of a demigod.

The other members were somewhat surprised by the news about the “Fountain of Youth” and the “Undying King,” but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that the information “Hermit” provided was very reasonable.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Alger glanced at “Hermit” and then said, “I just received intelligence that the ‘Argo’ and the ‘Golden Dream’ met on the Sonia Sea last week and sailed east together.”

“Justice” Audrey and “Magician” Fors, among others, all looked at “Hermit.”

Based on the exchanges at the Tarot Club recently, they already had a good understanding of a lot of information on the sea. After all, four of the nine members of the Tarot Club were currently at sea…

Actually, it was five, because Klein alone occupied the two spots of “Fool” and “World.”

Because they were all active at sea, they often talked about some information on the sea during the exchange session. After hearing it a lot, they were also very clear about some things on the sea.

For example, they knew that the “Argo” was the flagship of “Admiral of Mysteries,” that is, “Hermit,” and the “Golden Dream” was the flagship of “Iceberg Admiral.”

Audis said calmly, “I also had to go to the ‘Ruins of the Divine War’ and encountered the ‘Priestess’ on the Sonia Sea.”

Cattleya nodded to affirm what “Hermit” said.

Because in a few days, the news that the “Future,” “Golden Dream,” and “Argo” formed a fleet and appeared in Tussock Port would spread to the Rage Sea, and “Hanged Man” would definitely hear about this information, so there was no need to hide it.

Alger was stunned for a moment, wondering what the three “Pirate Generals” were going to do at the “Ruins of the Divine War?”

But after thinking about it, he felt that such speculation was meaningless, so he said, “I am ready and can explore Whale Island together.”

Whale Island was the island where Deacon Diydier left his treasure. To be precise, Alger had already explored it once in advance. When he encountered danger, he decisively stopped exploring and prepared to explore it together with “Hermit” and “World.”

Alger had been preparing for this treasure for a long time, and he had already discussed exploring it together with “World” and “Hermit” before.

Audis pondered for a moment and said, “I have time tomorrow.”

Klein said, “I have time tomorrow too.”

Alger said, “You need to take a boat to reach Whale Island first. It is an uninhabited island in the central Rage Sea, located at…”

Audis smiled and said, “No need to be so troublesome, I will take ‘World’ to ‘Travel’ over to find you.”

“Hanged Man” Alger was slightly stunned before saying, “Okay, okay.”

Then the other members realized that “Hermit” had a mystical item corresponding to the “Traveler” and could use the ability of “Travel.”

Klein and “Magician” Fors were clear about this and were not surprised.

Audis said to Alger again, “Tell us about the general situation, so we can be prepared.”

“Okay.” Alger first asked “Fool” to establish a separate communication environment before saying, “I have already conducted a preliminary exploration. There are some extraordinary creatures on that island, but their levels don’t seem to be very high.

“However, there is a peculiar stone on the island, and my spirituality sensed danger.

“Moreover, the animals on the island seem to be very awed by that stone. When I wanted to get close to that stone, they suddenly became very aggressive.”

Klein manipulated “World” to ask, “Are there any clues about the burial site of the treasure?”

“No.” Alger said, “I didn’t dare to explore the entire island, and I don’t know where the treasure is buried yet.”

“World” nodded.

Audis rubbed his forehead and said, “Generally, stones and trees on this kind of island that have peculiar feelings are not easy problems to solve.

“When the time comes, we will try to bypass that place and see if we can find a relatively safe path.”

After a brief discussion, they ended the separate communication.

Returning to the communication session again, everyone communicated for a while, and Klein said, “Let’s stop here for today.”

Everyone got up and returned to the real world almost at the same time.

Audis opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling of the captain’s room for a while, then got up to set up the altar, and offered the extraordinary weapons he had prepared long ago, as well as the extraordinary materials he traded with Cattleya, to the “Fool.”

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the “Fool” notified Audis to conduct the “Bestowal Ritual.” Soon, stacks of gold pounds and many extraordinary materials appeared on the altar.

This time, Audis conducted two rounds of intelligence transactions, one obtaining 4,500 in cash, as well as 10 Sequence 9-level extraordinary materials and 6 Sequence 8-level extraordinary materials.

Another intelligence transaction yielded 3,000 pounds in cash.

There were also the extraordinary materials traded with Cattleya, which yielded 580 pounds in cash.

The extraordinary weapons traded with “Sun” Derrick yielded 11 Sequence 9-level extraordinary materials.

So in the end, Audis received 8,080 pounds in cash, as well as 21 Sequence 9-level extraordinary materials and 6 Sequence 8-level extraordinary materials.

This Tarot Gathering was a great harvest, and Audis felt like he suddenly had money again.

Especially the extraordinary materials traded with “Sun,” which Audis could sell for about 5,000 pounds, but it would take some time to monetize them.

With this money, the construction funds for Cruz Island would be almost enough. After all, the places where money would be spent later would start to decrease, and only the lighthouse hill construction site would continue to be built for a period of time.

Cruz Island’s current income mainly came from mystical potions and robbing merchant ships. After the places where money was spent decreased, expanding the mystical potion business would basically be enough to maintain daily expenses.

Audis would occasionally go to fight pirates and sell intelligence at the Tarot Gathering, which would be enough for Cruz Island’s expenses.

After putting away the cash and extraordinary materials, Audis came to the studio. Having some free time today, he prepared to design a new generation of “Extraordinary Puppets” with the help of the “Alchemist’s Glasses.”

In the future, the usage of “Extraordinary Puppets” would be greater, and “Extraordinary Puppets” that needed to handle more complex problems would be needed. Their appearance also needed to be more like real humans to adapt to more complex usage environments.

After having dinner, Audis went to the deck, looked at the small port city in front of him, greeted the crew on duty in the driver’s room, and Audis went ashore, planning to stroll around on land.

After wandering around for dozens of minutes, Audis tasted some local specialties and entered a bar, but he found that it should be the best time for the bar business, but there were not many people in this bar.

After asking at the bar, he learned that there was a fighting competition next door, and many people had gone to watch the competition.

Audis was not interested in fighting competitions, so he ordered a beer at the bar and chatted with the surrounding drinkers while drinking.

The drinkers on the side didn’t pay much attention at first, but soon their attitude was very respectful, because they had already recognized that the young man in front of them was “Admiral of Mysteries.”

They had long heard that the ships of “Admiral of Mysteries” and “Iceberg Admiral” were parked in the port and were resupplying in Tussock Port. They didn’t expect to meet such a big figure in the bar.

While they were chatting, Audis’s spirituality was somewhat sensed, and he looked towards the door of the bar.

Creak.

The door of the bar was pushed open, and a young man in a formal suit with a cold face appeared at the door. It was Gehrman Sparrow, played by Klein.

Audis smiled and waved, “Have a drink together.”

Klein, who had just tried his abilities after his advancement, recalled that Captain Gale had earned 900 pounds from him at today’s Tarot Gathering, so he asked, “Are you treating?”

“I’ll treat, I’ll treat.” Audis smiled and said, “Within 1 sole, you can order whatever you want.”

At this price, you can basically only order beer.

Klein didn’t mind and ordered a beer. Just as he was about to drink, the spirituality of the two people was touched at the same time, and they both looked towards the door.

A man of medium build, with purple lips and brown eyes, appeared at the door. It was actually Jill Hias, the second mate of “Undying King” Agalito, with a bounty of 9,500 pounds.

Before Audis could react, Klein had already directly pulled out his revolver and shot Jill Hias.

Gillespies simply sidestepped the shot, a malicious smile spreading across his face.

Of course, he recognized Klein, or rather, he recognized Gehrman Sparrow.

Just as Gillespie was preparing to retaliate, he saw that Gehrman Sparrow was sitting next to "Admiral of Mysteries" Odis Gal!

Gillespie instantly felt a strong sense of malice. As a "Desire Apostle," he could immediately sense if someone intended to harm him.

The reason Gillespie hadn't felt such a great danger before was mainly because the "Admiral of Mysteries" hadn't recognized him yet.

At this moment, in Odis's eyes, the person standing at the entrance of the tavern was just a walking pile of gold pounds.

Although Odis basically had enough money to spend, he certainly wouldn't refuse gold pounds delivered right to his doorstep.

He immediately drew the "Gustav Staff," pouring "Star Sand" into it, causing the crystal at the top of the staff to emit a dazzling light.

In fact, Odis had a "Grape Leaf" that had a restraining effect on demons.

However, the number of times that grape leaf could be used was limited, and with the growth of Odis's strength, using that grape leaf again would be able to deal with higher-level demons, so there was no need to waste it on Gillespie.

So, while the tavern patrons were panicking and hiding because of the sudden gunshot, Odis had already made a decision to use his extraordinary abilities to deal with the "Desire Apostle" in front of him.

After Gillespie clearly saw the two people in front of the bar, he didn't hesitate and turned around to run.

Behind him were a short-haired woman who had already drawn her twin guns, and a burly man wearing boxing gloves. Seeing the first mate's reaction, they also seemed to understand something and followed him in fleeing.

Odis certainly wouldn't let them leave. He used the "Travel Ring's" extraordinary ability to "Flash" to the outside of the bar, raised the "Gustav Staff," and immediately, Gal runes that looked like solidified starlight appeared on the crystal at the top of the staff, followed by a pure pillar of light falling down.

This was Odis "imitating" the "Light Priest's" "Holy Light." Theoretically speaking, Odis's "imitation" using "Star Sand" to borrow the Gal runes couldn't compare with the real "Holy Light."

However, with the strengthening of the "Gustav Staff," the pillar of light falling from the sky was almost identical to the real "Holy Light."

"Holy Light" greatly restrained the abilities of "demons." Gillespie and his companions were all from the "Criminal" pathway, that is, "demon" pathway extraordinary people, and they were dodging the "Holy Light" as quickly as possible.

However, the woman with the twin guns was still a little slow and was affected by the "Holy Light." In her shrill scream, her exposed skin melted like a burning candle.

This made her quickly rush into the shadows on the side of the street, as if to avoid the sudden intense sunlight.

Odis took advantage of this gap, put on his boxing gloves, and punched Gillespie fiercely.

At this time, Gillespie had just dodged the "Holy Light" in a disheveled manner and was hit by Klein's "Spirit Piercing," falling to the ground with a painful expression.

Odis punched the first mate of the "Death Knell."

Reap!

Gillespie was instantly seriously injured.

His other companion, wearing boxing gloves, suddenly became taller and bigger, almost instantly turning into a "demon."

He had a huge body of about three meters, his skin seemed dim, but was actually deep black and evil, with curved goat horns on his head covered with countless mysterious patterns, and a pair of giant bat-wing-like wings growing out of his back, entwined with pale blue flames, emitting a strong smell of sulfur.

After seeing that the first mate was being besieged by the "Admiral of Mysteries" and Gehrman Sparrow, this "demon" summoned pale blue fireballs and smashed them towards the "Admiral of Mysteries."

Odis, who was about to throw his second punch, had no choice but to temporarily stop attacking and fly into the air to dodge the fireballs.

While flying up, the "Gustav Staff" in his hand became dazzling, and suddenly two small, starlight-emitting balls popped out, one circling around Odis and the other flying towards Klein, circling around him.

These two light spheres were Odis's modification of "witchcraft," which could avoid excessive emotional fluctuations and effectively prevent Gillespie from manipulating their desires.

This "witchcraft" was actually researched by Odis through studying the "demon" pathway and the corresponding abilities of the "Fallen Angel."

It was originally a "witchcraft" invented to suppress the negative abilities of the "Faceless Man Pendant," and it was only later that he thought it could be used to deal with "Desire Apostles."

It wasn't until this time that the people on the street reacted one after another. Regardless of whether they knew of the existence of extraordinary powers, their first reaction was to quickly find a place to hide.

Odis in mid-air casually threw out an "Ice Scroll," and the fireballs following behind were directly frozen in the air.

Klein's attack on Gillespie followed closely. The gloves on his hands turned golden, and another pure "Holy Light" fell.

Without a single error, with one hand, with one heart, with one face, with one look!

A pair of bat wings suddenly stretched out from Gillespie's back, and many pale blue mystical symbols swirled around the "Death Knell's" first mate.

He used his "demonized" body to withstand the "Holy Light."

This caused his bat wings to collapse and evaporate a lot.

At this time, the "demon" was holding a giant sword composed of crimson lava and pale blue flames and came to help.

Klein glanced at Odis in mid-air, immediately took a step back, and then looked at the "demon."

He suddenly realized that his and Odis's defenses were not very high, and they were hastily fighting back. Obviously, Odis had failed to equip all the magical items.

And the opponent after "demonization" had extremely high attack power and defense power. If they couldn't solve these two demons for a while, perhaps the two of them would be injured, so he simply held back the "demon" and handed the "Desire Apostle" over to Odis.

At the same time, Gillespie looked up at Odis in mid-air with malicious eyes: "Die!"

The "Gustav Staff" in Odis's hand immediately burst out with dazzling light, and the starlight attached to Odis's body surface, blocking Gillespie's "Filthy Words."

At this time, Gillespie flapped his severely collapsed and deformed wings and actually flew up, holding a large sword made of lava and flames in his hand, and rushed towards Odis in mid-air.

Odis took advantage of this gap to use a "Scale Armor Scroll" on himself.

The starlight on the "Gustav Staff" flickered, and a thick lightning bolt struck down from the air, hitting Gillespie's head squarely, causing smoke to rise from his head as he fell to the ground.

Before Gillespie could launch a new attack, a pillar of light-like "Holy Light" fell again. While the "Death Knell's" first mate was dodging in a panic, his spirituality seemed to suddenly grasp something, that was the "Admiral of Mysteries'" desire to win!

Gillespie gritted his teeth, endured the "Holy Light," and detonated the "Admiral of Mysteries'" desire.

However, the corner of Odis's mouth suddenly curled up, revealing a faint smile. At this time, he held the "Gustav Staff" in his right hand, while his left hand was pinching a scroll that had just exploded.

This scroll was made from the demi-god-level spiritual material of the "Lawyer" pathway that he obtained from Admiral Amyrius through research.

It could cause the target's perception to have the "chaos" required by the scroll user.

In the previous battle, Odis saw that he couldn't quickly kill this "Desire Apostle," so he first used "witchcraft" that could reduce emotional fluctuations.

Moreover, in this battle, he was not impatient and tried not to generate any desires. Of course, he would not have such obvious desires in this situation where he had a clear advantage.

It was the "Chaos Scroll" that caused Gillespie to have a serious misjudgment. As a result, not only did he not detonate Odis's desire, but he was also covered by the "Holy Light."

He originally thought that the ability of the "Holy Light" would end in two or three seconds.

However, Odis kept pouring spirituality into the "Gustav Staff," so the "Holy Light" lasted for 6 seconds, 7 seconds, 8 seconds, and ended at the 9th second.

Klein on the side couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Eternal Blaze's" flashlight forgot to turn off!

At first, he thought that Odis had a magical item from the "Sun" pathway, but now it didn't look like it.

When the strong light dissipated, Gillespie, who had been more than three meters tall after "demonization," had collapsed completely. If he hadn't burned his two "goat horns," his spirit would have been severely damaged and he would have become a fool who only praised the sun.

Gillespie was not dead yet, but he was very weak at this time, and quickly turned into a mass of black, viscous liquid. This liquid moved quickly, and he hoped to escape from here as soon as possible.

The starlight on the "Gustav Staff" still flickered, and strands of starlight shone around the viscous liquid, instantly solidifying and forming a dazzling "Starlight Cage," temporarily trapping Gillespie.

Odis flew over and punched again with his hand wearing the "Reaping Gloves."

Reap!

The very weak and seriously injured first mate of the "Death Knell" was "reaped" of his life by Odis on the spot, and the mass of liquid solidified, turning into a corpse like a melted wax figure.

Odis glanced at the "Gustav Staff" in his hand and felt the staff's strengthening of his own abilities.

Then, he looked at the "Demon" controlled by Klein. Audis once again poured spirituality into the "Staff of Gusfa," and dazzling starlight formed solid Gair runes on the head of the staff.

Suddenly, dawn-like light condensed around the "Staff of Gusfa," enveloping it and forming a sharp, thick giant sword radiating the light of dawn.

Audis stepped forward quickly and chopped off the "Demon's" head with a single strike.

At this moment, both Klein and Audis noticed that the woman wielding the dual guns had already escaped.

Audis flew into the air to search for her, then opened a door of illusion in mid-air and disappeared.

A few seconds later, he reappeared, dropping the female corpse with a somewhat "melted" face on the ground.

At this time, the street was still quiet, but Audis and Klein were well aware that many eyes were secretly watching from the corners.

Audis looked at the three corpses in front of him and said, "Gilhersies' bounty is 9,500 pounds, and his two subordinates also have bounties. I'll check when I get back."

Klein, who was quite knowledgeable about pirate bounties, said in a stern tone, "One is 4,600 pounds, and the other is 1,000 pounds."

Audis rubbed his hands together: "A great harvest!"

He paused for a moment and then said, "I'll go collect the bounty, and I can get the full amount! As for the other three Extraordinary characteristics..."

At this moment, Klein suddenly said, "I want the Extraordinary characteristic of the 'Apostle of Desire.' I can take less of the bounty."

Audis nodded. "This is, after all, a Sequence 5 characteristic. How about discounting it for 8,000 pounds? You take 4,000 pounds less in bounty."

Klein gave an "Mm" sound: "No problem, wait for me a moment."

As he spoke, he picked up Gilhersies' corpse, which had become much lighter, and used "Flame Jump" to reach a corner of the street, seizing the time to complete the "Shepherding."

Audis then searched the other two corpses, collecting loot. He took off the "Demon's" gauntlet, which was indeed a mystical item.

And on the woman's body, Audis found a loot that surprised him: a copy of "The Fundamentals of Fighting."

Audis quickly flipped through it, seeing that the other party had read it very carefully and had written down their insights and admiration for the author in the blank spaces of the book.

Audis smiled helplessly and said to the woman's corpse, "Next time, you should have taken out this book earlier, it could have saved your life!"

But unfortunately, there won't be a next time.

When Klein returned, Audis had already dealt with the corpses with "Star Sand." The specific method was to shatter the positions below the other party's necks with pillars of light, so that the Extraordinary characteristics could also form in advance.

After shattering Gilhersies' corpse as well, Audis took off his windbreaker and used it as a bundle to collect the three heads, then pointed to the other two characteristics and said, "One 'Demon,' one 'Serial Killer.'"

He asked Klein, "Do you have a channel to sell these two characteristics?"

Klein was still playing the role of Gehrman Sparrow: "No."

"Neither do I," Audis smiled. "There's a chance to make them into mystical items, after all, the 'Demon's' abilities are still very useful."

"How about selling me one for 3,000 pounds and the other for 1,000 pounds? That way you can get 2,000 pounds more."

Klein really had no use for the two characteristics, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Finally, there was the gauntlet. Audis had just used the "Artisan's Pocket Watch" to appraise it, and it was a mystical item comparable to the "Pyromaniac" of the "Hunter" pathway.

"The negative effects aren't very strong," Audis said. "Estimated value of 1,800 pounds, how about I sell it for you if you don't have a channel?

"Well, you have two choices, one choice is to deal it to me now and get 800 pounds more in bounty, and the other choice is to wait for a while, and after I sell it, we split it evenly."

Klein took a deep breath: "I'll take 800 pounds more."

He roughly calculated that he could still get more than six thousand pounds in bounty. Today, this drink was a great bargain.

After quickly dividing the spoils, the two quickly parted ways.

Audis directly used "Travel" to reach Cruz Island, handed the three heads to Tim, the naval officer sent by the navy, and asked him to exchange them for the bounty.

Recently, the "Sword of Dawn" has launched continuous attacks, destroying several warships of the Fenebote Navy, and has also repeatedly looted freighters passing through the central waterway, causing considerable losses to Fenebote, Masic, and other countries.

Admiral Amyrius was very satisfied with their contribution, so he had previously agreed to meet with Audis semi-publicly.

Tim, as the liaison officer, also had the opportunity to be promoted, and he attached great importance to the tasks assigned by the captain, saying that he could receive the bounty tomorrow.

Returning to the "Argo" again, Audis was in a good mood, and took out those demigod-level spirituality materials to study again.

Unknowingly, he had collected a lot of demigod-level spirituality materials.

The first scales of "Former Sea God" Kavi Tuva that were collected, Audis now mainly uses these scales to make "Scale Armor Scrolls."

After becoming Sequence 5, the ability of "Scale Armor Scroll" has been strengthened again. Physical attacks below demigod level are almost ineffective, and most Extraordinary abilities below demigod level can also be defended.

Abilities such as "Reaping" that can ignore defense, or "Sword of Dawn" of the "Warrior" pathway, can also be blocked once or twice.

Other spirituality materials include the "Stone of Iron Law" seized from the Abraham family's warehouse; the "Black Spider" seized from the church of the "Ancient Sun God" before;

The demigod-level spirituality material of the "Lawyer" pathway obtained from Admiral Amyrius for destroying the "Rose School's" trap;

The spirituality material of the 'Monster' pathway obtained from the "School of Life."

The fruit obtained by using the "Tree of Healing" in the "God War Ruins" this time is the spirituality material of the 'Reader' pathway at the demigod level;

Later, on the island, Bernadette obtained a fruit from the towering tree that went straight into the clouds, which was the spirituality material of the "Audience" pathway at the demigod level.

These materials can all be used to make scrolls with special abilities, which has increased the number of high-level scrolls in Audis's briefcase, and the abilities that can be used have also become richer.

And Audis had previously asked the two intelligent puppets in the "Knowledge Wilderness" to write down many "Common Scrolls," and originally felt that he would not need to write scrolls for several months.

But he didn't expect that he went to the "God War Ruins" and got the "Staff of Gusfa." He could "imitate" many other pathway abilities, and he didn't need ordinary scrolls at all.

So these scrolls, like the previous "Thunderstorm Bombs," became inventory.

Audis pondered for a moment, and thought that he could open a "Scroll Shop" in Bayam to sell these inventories. Even after the inventory was sold out, he could write some more to sell.

So Audis made a general plan, preparing to assign this task to Mandy tomorrow after exploring the island mentioned by Alger.

After resting for one night, early the next morning, as the "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" set sail, Audis used "Travel" to find Klein, and the two went to meet with "The Hanged Man."