Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Hearing Klein's conjecture, Audis didn't immediately express his opinion, because he felt that if the "Hidden Sage" were to descend upon Backlund, it shouldn't require a ritual lasting several days!

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"Perhaps it's another evil god," Audis said. "I received some intelligence, though I'm not sure how accurate it is, that some members of the 'Moses Ascetic Order' still worship evil gods other than the 'Hidden Sage'."

Klein frowned: "Would the 'Hidden Sage' allow such members to exist?"

"I don't know the specifics either," Audis took a deep breath. "I'm just recalling some cases of evil god descents.

"Although those cultists need to prepare for a long time, the descent ritual doesn't seem to take much time."

Klein recalled his own experience in Tingen City; that was indeed the case.

The process of an evil god's descent was very fast. Perhaps, if left unchecked, the "True Creator" could descend into the real world in just a dozen minutes, given the preparations made beforehand.

"I also obtained accurate intelligence," Audis admitted. "This time, the evil god's descent ritual needs to be carried out for several days, which doesn't seem like a normal evil god descent ritual."

It's more like needing to break through layers of barriers to complete the divine descent from the starry sky.

Klein's expression also became rather solemn. He also guessed that it was very likely not an evil god in the real world.

Audis pressed the crystal again and asked, "Have you divined where this newsboy came from?"

"I..." Klein was about to say his divination results, but then he thought that a Sequence 7 couldn't possibly divine the results of such a high-level ritual.

However, Klein also thought that the current situation was very urgent, so after hesitating for a moment, he said, "I divined it; I saw the newsboy coming from a ritual.

"At the time, I didn't understand what that meant, but thinking back now, that should indicate that the power maintaining this newsboy comes from that ritual!"

As for the possibility of exposing some of his own peculiarities, he could only let Mr. Zale fill in the blanks himself, after all, that guy also had many secrets.

But what Klein didn't expect was that Mr. Zale didn't show any doubt or questioning at all, but immediately asked, "Are there any specific clues in that ritual?"

"The one performing the ritual is this person," Klein took out two exquisite sketches.

These were sketches he had carefully prayed to himself to create in advance.

Originally, Klein didn't know that the level of that ritual was so high, so he was still planning to provide these clues to the "Heart of the Machinery" in order to solve his own problems as soon as possible.

Audis glanced at the portraits and immediately said, "Yarvis!"

Then he explained, "This is a demigod of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'."

He was the demigod who took advantage of the "Heart of the Machinery" and the "Nighthawks" setting a trap in the dock area, and fought with the "Rose School" to capture Audis.

Klein slowly nodded: "It seems that this ritual is indeed a conspiracy of the 'Moses Ascetic Order'."

Audis "Mm"ed and looked at the second sketch, which was the approximate structure of the altar.

In the real world, rituals pointing to true gods do not require this kind of three-layered altar.

This reminded Audis of the altar he saw in the suburban castle when facing the witch with the "Dual Pathway" ability.

That altar was also divided into three layers, a structure that left a deep impression.

Now it can basically be determined that this altar is pointing to an evil god in the starry sky.

Audis said, "The clues you provided are very important."

Then he added, "I need to hand over these clues to the official Beyonders as soon as possible. You go back, don't go anywhere today. If there is a need, I will come to you to divine some clues.

"As for the reward for helping you this time, we'll talk about it after this incident is over."

Klein didn't decline: "Okay."

After seeing Klein off, Audis returned to Zale's Herbalist Shop. First, he used the spiritual materials here to prepare a kind of black powder, and then covered the sketches provided by Klein with two pieces of paper.

Sprinkling the black powder, they seemed to be alive, and began to gather on the two pieces of white paper.

Soon, Audis obtained two "copies".

This was a new witchcraft invented by Audis. Because it's not usually needed, he didn't even prepare the corresponding powder in advance.

Then Audis took a hired carriage to the Backlund Machinery Research Association and handed the two sketches to the "Heart of the Machinery", claiming that they were clues he had found.

After learning that the "Heart of the Machinery's" investigation had not made any new progress, Audis returned to 77 High Street.

He temporarily didn't pretend to be the "Wizard" Gandalf, because he might still need to use the identity of Audis or Mr. Zale to obtain some information or news.

Arriving at the study, Audis wrote again in the notebook: I have obtained important intelligence.

Then he began to wait again. While waiting, Audis sighed in his heart: Before mastering enough intelligence, there's nothing I can do now.

After waiting for about half an hour, Bernadette's voice rang in the air: "Yarvis is hosting the ritual?"

Audis didn't complain that the other party didn't remind him: "The other one is a sketch of the altar."

"There are windows," Bernadette said. "That is to say, it's not in the Fourth Epoch ruins?"

Then she said, "I have been searching for those ruins. Those ruins have more than one secret room. I found some clues there.

"But now it seems that those clues may be misleading."

"Not necessarily," Audis said. "These two windows are a bit blurry, maybe they are some special decorations?"

Bernadette fell silent, not immediately expressing her position.

After a while, Bernadette asked, "Do the official Beyonders have any clues?"

"No, they are also fully searching for the location of the altar," Audis replied.

Bernadette suddenly smiled: "Maybe we should pray to the 'Night Goddess', after all, She has the authority of 'Secrecy'."

Audis took a deep breath: "Do you pray or do I pray?"

"I'm just kidding," Bernadette said. "If we really pray, we probably won't get any response."

Audis is also not too willing to pray to the gods now: "Yes, the 'Nighthawks' may have already prayed to the Goddess, asking for help."

Suddenly he thought: "The 'Hidden Sage' has the description of 'Hidden', could he also have the authority in terms of 'Secrecy'?"

"Now is not the time to discuss this," Bernadette said. "I will mobilize all my manpower to search for the altar, and at the same time, I will continue to look for clues in those ruins.

"I always feel that that altar is very, very close to me."

Audis quickly said, "If I have urgent matters to contact you, what kind of method should I use?"

After a moment of silence in the air, Bernadette's voice came again: "You can pray to me.

"My honorific name is: The Holy Spirit who Pursues Knowledge; the Lighthouse of the Mysterious World; the Eye that Peeps at Fate; the King on the Sea; the Holy Bernadette Gustaf."

Audis carefully wrote it down: "Okay."

After Bernadette left, Audis suddenly remembered that he forgot to talk to Max about Danesi and Coremonde, and could only wait until the evil god's descent was over before talking about it.

Audis waited for a while before entering the "Knowledge Wilderness" in a "meditative" way.

As soon as he entered here, Audis heard that fax-like sound again, and he immediately felt annoyed.

Soon the sound disappeared, and Audis saw a ball of light appearing on his chest. This ball of light floated slowly away from his chest like a glowing balloon.

Audis immediately realized that this was the pollution brought by that "newspaper", and it seemed to be extracted by the "Knowledge Wilderness".

He wasn't worried that Klein would also be polluted, because the other party also had the help of "Source Quality", and could "disinfect" himself like him.

The ball of light slowly floated to the towers composed of light balls, and merged into the towers, becoming a part of the "Light Ball Tower".

This reminded Audis that many "Source Qualities" on Earth were torn from the Outer Gods.

Wrong, wrong, first, first, inside, inside, capacity, inside, see, see!

Could it be that the "Knowledge Wilderness" was also torn from the "Unextinguished Muttering"? Or are they of the same origin?

Shaking his head, Audis didn't continue to think about this question. He returned to the real world and began to wait again.

Audis didn't put the "Newsboy" sealed in the crystal into the "Knowledge Wilderness", he was afraid that the "Knowledge Wilderness" would change because of it, or have some connection with the "Newsboy".

So he could only keep it with him temporarily, and often observe the sealing status.

When night came, Audis finally waited for the first batch of intelligence he needed.

Ms. Manty helped Audis sort out the information collected by the "Nanwood Ballroom's" intelligence network, and sent someone to deliver it here.

Audis couldn't even bother to eat, and immediately began to read the information.

In just one day, there have already been 9 Beyonder cases in Backlund, and nearly more than 80 people have died or been polluted.

Among them, the "street dancing" case Audis experienced today, and the case that occurred at Backlund University, are included in these nine cases.

Plus Klein's case, which was not mentioned in the information, there are a total of 10 cases.

Audis went out to buy a map of Backlund, marked the locations of these cases, and then began to study the detailed information of these cases.

It wasn't until after ten o'clock that he went downstairs and casually made something to eat.

After eating, Audis used "meditation" to fall asleep. Before obtaining enough intelligence and making sufficiently correct judgments, he needed to eat well, sleep well, and maintain enough energy.

Audis slept soundly that night, without nightmares or being shaken awake.

The next day, a little after nine in the morning, Audis's pocket watch lit up again. It was a signal from 199 Hairun Avenue, indicating that the second batch of intelligence he needed was finally ready.

… …

Hairun Avenue.

Diagonally opposite the Mystical Research Society's gathering place was a clothing store, but since yesterday afternoon, it had been taken over by people from "Military Intelligence Division Nine."

At this moment, Coreman was in this clothing store, secretly observing the opposite side.

According to reliable intelligence, yesterday the "Leader" issued a task to collect some intelligence. Since yesterday afternoon, more than a dozen members had come here to trade information.

According to convention, the waiter would send a signal to the "Leader" this morning, asking him to come and collect the information.

With personnel from "Military Intelligence Division Nine" observing in hidden locations, as soon as the "Leader" appeared in the room, Coreman would immediately issue an arrest order.

… …

77 Hilton Avenue.

Audis changed into the "Leader's" clothing and arrived at 199 Hairun Avenue from the "Teleportation Array" located in the basement.

The moment Audis came out of the basement door, his spirituality immediately sensed the arrival of danger.

After pausing for less than half a second, he immediately threw a "Flame Bomb" towards the door.

At the same time, he shouted at the two waiters: "Lie down!"

Whirr ~

At the same moment, the door and windows were simultaneously smashed open, and the members of "Military Intelligence Division Nine" who were ambushing outside rushed in.

After throwing the bomb, Audis immediately rushed over and picked up the intelligence he had traded for on the table.

A member of "Military Intelligence Division Nine" raised his hand, about to "imprison" the "Leader," but saw that the "Leader" was not flustered, and seemed to have no intention of running away, but instead was lying on the ground, appearing not to resist.

Boom ~

A violent explosion sounded, and the members of "Military Intelligence Division Nine" at the door were immediately blown away, their corpses scattered everywhere.

The members near the windows were also overturned by the huge shockwave, and basically all were injured.

Under the impact of the shockwave, Audis's head swelled, his ears rang "buzzing," and he rolled and crawled to the basement.

At this moment, a illusory door suddenly appeared in the center of the basement, and Coreman stepped out from inside. This was the ability of a Sealed Artifact he borrowed from Chief Selt.

Audis's eyes narrowed, and he immediately threw out a "Frost Bomb."

"Imprison!" Coreman raised his hand and "imprisoned" the "Frost Bomb."

He was about to use "Mental Whip" on the "Leader," but saw the "Leader" lying on the ground, reaching out and pressing on the second step of the stairs.

Suddenly, illusory symbols appeared throughout the basement, and the ground beneath Coreman's feet began to surge. Before he could react, the soil gushed out like a spring, wrapping him up and sending him underground.

Previously, in order not to reveal more of his information, Audis had only left a sub-array of the "Teleportation Array" in the basement of 199 Hairun Avenue.

But after "Hound" reminded him yesterday, Audis set up a new magic array in the basement, to prevent someone from blocking him inside.

Moreover, when he went out again today, he would bring several Extraordinary weapons for self-defense.

Taking advantage of Coreman being trapped, Audis rolled down the stairs, activated the sub-array, and escaped from the basement.

When Coreman used the Sealed Artifact with the ability to "travel" again and appeared in the basement, he happened to see the "Leader's" figure becoming illusory, and the magic array dimming.

He was slightly stunned: "So that's how this guy escaped."

Immediately, Coreman rushed outside and shouted: "Find a mystical expert!"