Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The silver-white sword in Audis's hand corresponds to Sequence 7, "Weapon Master," of the "Warrior" pathway.

He can even "trace" the formation process of this silver-white sword. When a "Weapon Master" died, their "Extraordinary Characteristics" combined with the sword in their hand, forming this mystical item.

The sword's ability is: as long as one uses or wears this weapon, they will possess rich combat skills and weapon usage experience. For example, even if they have never touched firearms before, they will be very knowledgeable about any firearm and have the level of a sniper.

The negative effect is: accumulating 30 minutes or more of wearing this weapon, regardless of whether there has been combat, will result in body aches and fatigue for the next 24 hours, and one's spirituality will be in a relatively low state.

Audis put the bone sword aside. This negative effect is not very serious. After all, the physique of Beyonders is enhanced. If it's just body aches and fatigue, it can be completely overcome.

Then he looked at the gloves he had seized from Capim's villa. Audis had long wanted to know the abilities and negative effects of these gloves, but he had never found a way.

Now he can finally use the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to identify the gloves' abilities and negative effects.

The gloves' ability is: they can use the abilities of "Exile," "Imprisonment," "Whipping," "Death," and "Prohibition." "Prohibition" can only be stacked twice, meaning that in a battle, or within a certain period, "Prohibition" can only be used three times.

However, this is enough to make Audis happy, because these abilities are all at the Sequence 5 level!

Then he sighed again: Unfortunately, this mystical item cannot be taken out and used now.

Audis then looked at the gloves' negative effects: wearing these gloves will cause severe hair loss and a tendency to become arrogant and unsympathetic.

He recalled the previous owner of this mystical item. The other party seemed to be wearing a hood. At the time, he thought the other party was "role-playing" as a judge.

Now that he thinks about it, it may have been to cover up his ugliness.

However, these negative effects are barely acceptable. Audis happens to know a hair growth formula. It will just grow back after it falls out.

The other negative effect, the tendency to become arrogant, is what needs attention. In battle, arrogance can easily lead to missed opportunities or put oneself in a dangerous situation.

But now is not the time to worry about this. Audis's current manufactured Extraordinary weapons are sufficient for Sequence 8 level use.

Just like tonight's battle, with sufficient preparation, it is not impossible to kill a Sequence 7.

But the prerequisite is sufficient preparation. If there is no time to prepare, it will be like when he encountered the "Pyromaniac" that day. It would be good enough to escape smoothly.

Next, Audis looked at the other spoils. Alva's revolver was an Extraordinary weapon. The bullets fired from it could not only damage the physical body but also damage the spirit body.

If the injuries to the spirit body are not treated with corresponding ritualistic magic, the wounds may never heal.

To Audis's surprise, the dagger was also a mystical item. It could increase the wearer's agility and provide superb stealing skills.

The negative effect is: it will be difficult to suppress the urge to steal.

This mystical item was obviously used by Alva to increase his agility. Although he was a "Psychic," one mystical item made him proficient in combat, and another made him agile. Even without learning combat, he would be a combat expert.

Audis recalled the gauntlets he had seized from another leader a few days ago and used the light sphere to identify them. They were sealed artifacts corresponding to Sequence 8, "Berserker," of the "Sailor" pathway.

The main ability is that it can accumulate one's own anger and strength, allowing one's attacks to erupt in an instant.

The negative effect is: it is easy to be rash due to anger. Swimming for half an hour every day can greatly reduce this negative effect.

Audis had long heard that the Fighting Arena had invested in the three leaders of the 3N gang. Now it seems that the investment was not small. The two Sequence 7 leaders have three mystical items and one Extraordinary weapon between them.

Calculating it this way, his action to destroy the 3N gang was a profit.

Audis materialized a display cabinet on one side of the room composed of light spheres and placed these spoils on it one by one. He planned to sell the gauntlets and dagger if he had the opportunity, as these two items were of little use.

The silver sword could be kept, perhaps it would be useful.

The gloves must be kept for his own use. In that case, they must be given a name. After thinking for a long time and consulting a lot of information, he finally thought of a name called "Hand of Judgment"!

Those who fight against Audis are all guilty!

Although the name is a bit chuuni, it's better than just giving it a code name.

After looking at the mystical items, Audis began to calm down and write "Fundamentals of Combat."

He prepared in advance and sent the external paper and ink into the "Wilderness of Knowledge." This way, after leaving the "Wilderness of Knowledge," he could take out the written manuscript and use it outside.

It took about fifteen days of external time to finally complete the 120,000-word "Fundamentals of Combat."

He hardly rested in the middle, because the more Audis wrote, the more active his spirituality became, and it felt like he had inexhaustible strength.

Especially when summarizing his two battles with Chebman, he felt that his spirit body was about to boil.

At the same time, recounting the experience of fighting Chebman also gave the book a certain sublimation.

The parts before this were basically talking about some technical and theoretical things, but this summary gave the readers of this book the possibility of enlightenment. It was a very valuable combat experience and analysis summary.

After carefully revising the manuscript, Audis submitted the book to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" as this research topic and woke up from the dream.

The moment he woke up, Audis felt something break within his body, and then the broken thing joined the circulation of spirituality within his body, becoming a part of himself.

This is the feeling of the potion being completely digested.

In less than a month, the "Combat Scholar" potion was actually digested.

Then promoting to "Wizard" should also be put on the agenda. He planned that after becoming a "Middle Sequence," he would rest for a while, carefully digest the potion, and then continue to promote.

At the same time, a decision must be made: whether to leave Backlund?

Continuing to stay in Backlund will be affected by the "Heart of Machinery," and some of his actions will always be somewhat limited.

For example, in this action against the 3N gang, Captain Ikanos of the "Heart of Machinery" is likely to send Max again tomorrow to question him.

But Audis is also very clear that the "Heart of Machinery" mainly blames him for not reporting this matter. The "Heart of Machinery" does not care much about the two people he killed yesterday.

It's not that they are indifferent, but that they have long disliked those people.

Currently, Audis is very useful to the "Heart of Machinery," so at most, he will only be criticized, and there will be no real punishment.

Thinking of this, Audis couldn't help but sigh. As long as he is in Backlund for one day, he will be subject to the "Heart of Machinery" for one day.

He had thought about leaving Backlund before, but he would definitely be caught back by the "Heart of Machinery." He estimated that the high-level members of the Church of Steam and Machinery would not let him go so easily.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed. He doesn't know if they have relaxed their surveillance of him.

Regardless of whether they have relaxed, Audis plans to try to leave Backlund when the time is right.

That night, Audis tossed and turned and actually had some insomnia. He finally re-entered the dream through "meditation."

… …

Queen's Borough, in Earl Hall's luxurious villa.

On Monday morning, Audrey came to the restaurant for breakfast as usual. When passing by the place where the newspapers were placed, she briefly glanced at the front pages of several newspapers.

The newspapers are placed in the restaurant because Earl Hall has the habit of reading the newspaper while eating breakfast.

Audrey quickly noticed that only the "Daily Observer" reported on the Bishop incident.

Countess Caitlin asked with some concern: "Did you sleep well last night?"

The information Caitlin received was that Audrey went to the Fighting Arena to watch the competition last night, and as a result, the arena caught fire. She was afraid that her daughter would be frightened.

Earl Hall put down the newspaper and looked at Audrey somewhat seriously and said: "If I knew you were going to watch a fighting competition, I wouldn't have let you go out!

"My views are somewhat different from Viscount Wade's and others. You should also try to stay away from this barbaric competition."

Earl Hall had already talked to Audrey once last night. He is now saying this just to consolidate the results of the conversation.

"I understand, Father," Audrey said seriously: "I won't go to the Fighting Arena again in the future."

Seeing that his daughter's attitude was good, Earl Hall "hmm"ed and continued reading the newspaper.

Audrey said while sitting down: "Speaking of Viscount Wade, I just saw in the 'Daily Observer' that there seems to be a report on this viscount."

Earl Hall was slightly stunned and glanced at his personal male servant, who immediately handed over the "Daily Observer."

As he read, the Earl frowned unconsciously and finally put the newspaper on the dining table: "It's simply a disgrace to the nobles."

He paused before saying: "Did Lucius do this, the one you mentioned yesterday?"

Yesterday, Audrey told Earl Hall all her experiences, and she also found a legitimate reason for her appearance in the Fighting Arena: Hearing that Lucius was a Beyonder, she and a few friends wanted to investigate, so they appeared in the Fighting Arena.

Earl Hall had long known that Audrey and her friends were enthusiasts of the mystic arts, so he didn't harshly criticize her. He merely warned her not to go to places where danger might occur.

Audrey replied, "I think Lelouch is right; some nobles are indeed rather self-righteous."

Earl Hall also sighed, "I wonder when they'll wake up. For a noble, bloodline isn't the most crucial aspect; vision and ability determine the height of their life."

"Through yesterday's events, I have a deeper understanding of some of your previous teachings," Audrey said, guiding the conversation toward the direction she hoped it would take.

Earl Hall smiled with relief, "Perhaps it's time to let you experience some things."

That was exactly what Audrey had been hoping for!

At this moment, Audrey's brother, Hibbert, noticed, "It seems only the 'Daily Observer' has reported on Bishop's matter."

Audrey said at the right moment, "They are so brave."

Earl Hall picked up the newspaper again, glanced at it, and then said, "If they need it, I will provide some help in secret."

This was Audrey's second objective, and with her brother's assistance, it was accomplished just like that.