Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

In “Hanged Man” Alger’s understanding, “adjacent pathways” usually numbered two or three. He hadn’t expected there to be a situation with five “adjacent pathways”!

However, this also made him understand why the Storm Church would spare no effort to encircle and suppress the “Aurora Order” members who came to the sea to “pilgrimage.”

It turned out that “Sailor” and “Seer” were also adjacent pathways, but because this pathway was too dangerous and easily led to loss of control, or influence from the “True Creator,” the Church did not cultivate Beyonders in this area.

Within the Storm Church, in order to better understand the enemy and to make up for shortcomings, there were a small number of Beyonders from the ‘Songster’ and “Reader” pathways.

Klein, the “Fool” behind the gray fog, had already guessed this. Upon hearing the accurate information, he thought: I seem to see a “wide road,” five pathways! This also means there are more opportunities to choose from to become a demigod.

“Justice” Audrey and “Magician” Fors thought of the time when they asked Mr. A to assassinate the Intis ambassador. He had proposed two payment plans, one was 10,000 pounds, and the other was partial potion formulas of Sequence 4 for the four pathways of ‘Songster,’ ‘Sailor,’ ‘Reader,’ and ‘Audience.’

At the time, they didn’t pay much attention to this request. Now, thinking back, they realized that Mr. A was lacking the opportunity to become a demigod of his pathway, so he wanted to jump to an adjacent pathway.

At the same time, Audrey also realized: I am actually a Beyonder with an adjacent pathway to the “Hanged Man.”

Audis smiled and said, “So, does everyone know where the conflict between the ‘True Creator’ and the ‘Lord of Storms,’ ‘Eternal Blazing Sun,’ and ‘God of Knowledge and Wisdom’ lies?”

Everyone slowly nodded, except for “Moon” Emlyn, who asked, “Why?”

Among the vampires, their way of improving their strength basically relied on gifts from their elders. Most of them believed that vampires were unique beings, and their promotion channels were also special, with obvious differences from ordinary human Beyonders, so they rarely exchanged information about promotion channels at their gatherings.

Ordinary adult vampires are not very clear about the concept of drinking potions, let alone the concept of jumping to an adjacent pathway.

To be precise, even if they wanted to “jump,” it would be difficult for them to “jump,” after all, their adjacent pathway was the “Apothecary” pathway, and this pathway belonged to the Mother Goddess of the Earth Church.

Audis thought for a moment and said, “This information is a relatively crucial piece of information, far exceeding the value of 200 pounds. In addition to using up your opportunity to ask a question, you also need to pay another 200 pounds.”

Emlyn looked at the other members and found that they had no objection to this, which meant that, in everyone’s opinion, the value of this information was even higher than 400 pounds?

So he gritted his teeth and nodded, “Okay, deal!”

Only then did Audis explain, “After becoming a Beyonder of a certain pathway, you cannot switch to another pathway. This is common sense.”

“But there is an exception, and that is adjacent pathways.”

“Among the 22 pathways, some pathways are so-called ‘adjacent pathways.’ Generally, when advancing to a demigod at Sequence 5, Beyonders of adjacent pathways can switch to another pathway.”

“Or, after becoming a demigod, there is an opportunity to switch to another pathway.”

For many Beyonders, such an opportunity is very important. For example, if a Sequence 4 obtains the potion formula for Sequence 2 of the same pathway, but the formula for Sequence 3 has not been found for a long time.

Then, when searching for the formula, you can also try to find the formula for Sequence 3 of an adjacent pathway, which suddenly turns the “single-plank bridge” into an “iron chain bridge” that two people can pass through.

Emlyn, in addition to being surprised, asked, “My adjacent pathway… um, what is the adjacent pathway of ‘Moon’?”

“Apothecary.” Audis smiled and said, “This answer is a gift.”

“Hanged Man” Alger nodded slightly: No wonder the Mother Goddess of the Earth Church doesn’t kill vampires after catching them, but instead develops them into believers of the Mother Goddess. It turns out that it’s because they are adjacent pathways.

“Magician” Fors thought to herself: I’ve learned about two more adjacent pathways.

Then she smiled helplessly: I don’t even know which pathway is adjacent to mine? But I already knew that “Hunter” and “Witch” are adjacent pathways, and today I learned that “Apothecary” and “Apothecary” are adjacent pathways, as well as the five pathways such as “Sailor” are adjacent pathways.

Audis continued to speak: “Adjacent pathways mean more opportunities, but also mean competition from Beyonders of adjacent pathways.”

“Such contradictions are irreconcilable, so generally Beyonders of adjacent pathways are mortal enemies. This is one of the root causes of the contradictions between the ‘True Creator’ and the three gods, the ‘Lord of Storms,’ etc.”

He paused and then said: “As for ‘Black Emperor’ Solomon and the six gods, there are contradictions in terms of ruling power.”

“In the Fourth Epoch, the six gods still had their own kingdoms of God, and these kingdoms of God were not ruled by the Solomon Empire.”

“Moreover, when wars broke out between the six gods, armed conflicts often spread to the territory of the Solomon Empire.”

“Sometimes, the territories of the six gods were not adjacent. To start a war, they would unscrupulously pass through the territory of the Solomon Empire and attack each other.”

“This made Solomon very dissatisfied, so he also had deep contradictions with the six gods.”

Audrey and other members slowly nodded or made expressions of “understanding.” After being told by the “Hermit,” they immediately understood the stakes involved.

“This is a war between two divine alliances,” Audis said. “It is not a war between gods and the royal family.”

“As for the six gods, in the early Fourth Epoch, the contradictions were also very deep. For example, the ‘Lord of Storms,’ ‘Eternal Blazing Sun,’ and ‘God of Knowledge and Wisdom’ are still mortal enemies to this day…”

Fors seemed to suddenly understand: No wonder the Storm Church hates the believers and members of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church. It turns out that it is because the gods they believe in are mortal enemies.

Emlyn thought: I didn’t expect that the relationship between the churches could be explained by the concept of adjacent pathways.

This made him realize once again that he had traded for a very important piece of information.

Audrey also felt the same way: Why didn’t I think of it before? The relationship between churches can be completely explained by “adjacent pathways.”

Audis continued to narrate: “…Besides the three gods, the ‘Lord of Storms,’ etc., there are also deep contradictions between the ‘Goddess of the Night’ and the ‘God of War.’ Therefore, in the early Fourth Epoch, the six gods were basically in a state of melee.”

“It was precisely because of the contradictions between them that Solomon successfully unified the Northern Continent in a very short period of time.”

“But as the Solomon Empire gradually became stronger, things became different. First of all, the ‘Lord of Storms,’ ‘Eternal Blazing Sun,’ and ‘God of Knowledge and Wisdom’ felt the threat from the ‘True Creator.’”

“Secondly, in order to create balance, the ‘True Creator’ supported Salinger in unifying the Southern Continent and establishing the ‘Bairon Empire.’”

“This also angered the ‘Goddess of the Night’ and the ‘God of War,’ so the tone for the first ‘Six Gods Alliance’ was set, and the ‘Mother Goddess of the Earth’ was also invited by the ‘God of War’ into this alliance.”

“For a time, the first confrontation between divine alliances appeared on the Northern Continent.”

Klein sighed: The large-scale wars of the Fifth Epoch sound magnificent, but compared to the wars of the Fourth Epoch, the level is far inferior. In the Fourth Epoch, the gods participated in the war at every turn. Who could bear this?

Alger also sighed: Why do I suddenly feel that the wars of the Fourth Epoch, the “War of the Four Emperors,” don’t seem to be the most exciting wars? For example, this kind of alliance of gods and the confrontation of camps sounds very high-end, and even seems to be more high-end than the “War of the Four Emperors.”

“Little Sun” Derrick sighed: An alliance between gods!

This reminded him of some legends of the Second Epoch that he had read.

At this time, Klein recalled some descriptions he had seen in Emperor Rosell’s diary, so he asked: “I have seen some records that the gods all believe that the ‘True Creator’ is evil and blasphemous. Is that because the ‘True Creator’ stands in the opposing camp of the gods in this alliance?”

Saying that the “True Creator” is evil is not a problem at all.

But Klein didn’t understand why He was said to be blasphemous?

You should know that the insults between gods are never groundless. There must be some reason.

“This may be related to some of the abilities of this pathway.” Audis pondered for a moment before answering: “First of all, it is because this god represents madness and bloodiness, which is consistent with the description of evil gods.”

“Secondly… um, everyone should have heard about the abilities of the ‘Shepherd’ pathway from ‘Sun,’ so has everyone thought about what the abilities of the ‘Shepherd’ would be like at the level of a god?”

Everyone thought for a moment, and Alger was the first to think: “Could it be possible to ‘shepherd’ gods…”

Then he had the urge to cover his mouth, because such an idea was too blasphemous!

As the apex gods of this world, can they also be “shepherded”?

The other members had similar thoughts, and at the same time felt blasphemous, but soon they also thought that Sequence 5 “Shepherds” could “shepherd” demigods, so why couldn’t the “True Creator” “shepherd” gods?

Most of the members stopped thinking there.

“It involves the level of gods.” Audis also vaguely said: “I don’t know exactly what it is like.”

“But… but at this level, anything is possible.”

Audrey once guessed whether the "True Creator" could "graze" the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 1? Or could he simply "graze" the Uniqueness?

In any case, with such a perverted ability and the ability to mobilize some of the power of the "Chaos Sea", the "True Creator" should be stronger than normal gods.

Emlyn felt for the first time that he didn't dare to lift his head too high, because today he heard very blasphemous remarks, and he even seemed not to know how to face these remarks.

He could only sigh in his heart: "The Hermit" and "The World" really dare to say it. Just thinking about this kind of question makes me feel like it will attract divine punishment.

Klein had similar guesses before, but he was not sure, because if this was the case, the "True Creator" would be too powerful.

Now that he got the answer from "The Hermit", he found that he was not the only one who thought so.

So Klein guessed: Then, during the Fourth Epoch, was the reason why the six gods formed an alliance also because they were afraid of the "True Creator's" ability? After all, at the level of gods, they don't want to see someone more powerful than themselves, even if it's just a little bit.

Also, is the reason why the Solomon Empire was so powerful also because the "True Creator" was very powerful, so he could attract so many angels to be loyal?

Alger felt: "The True Creator" should not be able to "graze" gods, otherwise, from the Fourth Epoch to now, several gods have fallen. It has been two or three thousand years. Why haven't I heard of any gods being "grazed"?

The key is that such an ability would obviously break the balance of power between the gods. After all, "True Gods" are also a level, and it is impossible for any god to be too strong.

Although they had different ideas, they did not discuss this issue.

Because discussing these issues in front of "The Fool", this god, was too blasphemous.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Audrey continued to narrate: "This war must have been very fierce! Because after the war, the capital of the former Solomon Empire disappeared because of this.

"And the process of the war may be unimaginable to everyone. The six gods first instigated the great nobles of the Solomon Empire, Tudor and Trunsoest..."

What?

Klein couldn't believe his ears: the six gods instigated Tudor and Trunsoest!

He was about to ask a question, but found that he had already used up his chance to ask a question.

Fors thought: Could it be that Tudor and Trunsoest used this opportunity to complete the process of establishing the country, but... but why would the six gods do this?

The other members also reacted one after another and wanted to ask questions, but they all found that they had used up their chances to ask questions.

So everyone looked at Miss "Justice", hoping that this "Spectator" could understand their eyes.

"Justice" Audrey easily understood the doubts in everyone's hearts, because she also had the same doubts, so she took advantage of the fact that "The Hermit" was about to continue speaking, but hadn't had time to continue speaking, and quickly asked: "Why?"

She paused and then said: "I mean, why did the six gods instigate Tudor and Trunsoest?"

Yes, why?

This is a very strange thing. The alliance of the six gods is so powerful, why do they still have to use despicable means such as instigation to win the war?

When Audrey heard Audrey ask this, she probably understood what she was thinking: "Do you think that the alliance of the six gods is so powerful, why do they still have to use such means as instigation?"

Not only did "Justice" Audrey nod, but the other members also nodded one after another. They also had the same doubts.

"That's because everyone doesn't realize how powerful the alliance between the 'Black Emperor' and the 'True Creator' is." Audrey said: "In addition to these two True Gods, Abraham is also a very strong opponent.

"Even in the early Fourth Epoch, he was recognized as the existence closest to God..."

Hearing this, the most surprised person was of course Fors. When "The Hermit" mentioned Abraham among the people who supported the Solomon Empire, she was very curious. What role did this ancestor of the Abraham family play in the Fourth Epoch? What happened later? Why did this family have a curse?

But because there was no chance to ask, she kept this question in her heart. Now that Abraham was mentioned again, she took a deep breath and asked: "Mr. 'Hermit', can you tell me specifically about this Abraham? I can pay an additional 300 pounds."

According to the new rules of the last gathering, if the contribution is less than one-third and you want to ask a second question, you need to pay an additional 300 pounds.

Audrey smiled and said: "This is a very important figure in the Fourth Epoch. It is not included in this transaction. It can be traded separately when there is time."

Klein thought to himself: It seems that this Mr. "Door" had a lot of stories when he was not sealed!

Alger also realized Abraham's unusualness: The Abraham family is not a very active family now. I didn't expect their ancestor to be so powerful in the Fourth Epoch!

Fors asked again: "How many pounds would it cost to trade Abraham's information?"

"1500 pounds." Audrey thought for a moment and then said.

Fors nodded and said nothing more, mainly because she didn't have enough money herself, and if she started a transaction with "The Hermit", she didn't know if other members would join the transaction together?

If no one joins the transaction, Fors would be embarrassed.

Audrey continued: "There is also the later 'Nether Emperor' Salinger, who, with the support of the 'True Creator', also had the strength of the King of Angels.

"In addition, the 'True Creator' should be able to win the support of the 'Demon Monarch'. This last remaining ancient god occasionally appeared in the Fourth Epoch.

"In addition, the 'Primal Witch' at that time would most likely support Solomon, and the 'God of Spiritual Items', that is, the current 'Bound God', also joined the 'Rose Redemption'..."

The other members were stunned, because they were relatively unfamiliar with this god. Only Klein had heard Miss Sharon mention that the "Bound God" seemed to have disappeared now.

"...and 'Red Angel' Medici and 'Fate Angel' Uroboros, these two 'Kings of Angels'." Audrey said: "Counting like this, the 'True Creator's' camp is actually very strong!

"So strong that the six gods have to be careful when joining forces. If they really have an overwhelming advantage, they wouldn't use such means as instigation. Wouldn't it be better to start a war directly."

Audrey suddenly understood: The reason why I thought the alliance of the six gods had a huge advantage just now was entirely because the former six gods are now six orthodox gods, and the "True Creator" is an evil god hiding in the "Land of the Gods". But in the Fourth Epoch, it didn't seem to be the case. There were many helpers around the 'True Creator'.

Klein also smiled a little: I forgot that during the Fourth Epoch, gods and angels walked on the earth, and there were more angels and big figures in the extraordinary world than now, and there were more factors that determined the success or failure of the divine war.

The other members also had similar thoughts, feeling that their thinking had suddenly changed, and they understood why the six gods did that.

Understanding is understanding, but the education that everyone has received has always made them feel that it is difficult to accept that the orthodox gods used such despicable means to achieve victory.

Audrey continued: "The reason why Tudor and Trunsoest were instigated was because they were both angels of the 'Lawyer' pathway.

"If Solomon had always been the 'Black Emperor', they would only be able to be Sequence 2."

Speaking of this, Audrey sighed and then said: "This is the cruelest part of the extraordinary. Not only are adjacent pathways mortal enemies, but the same pathway may also be mortal enemies."

Klein also followed "The Hermit's" words in his heart: This is the extraordinary! Or rather, the underlying tone of the extraordinary is cruelty and distortion. For the sake of promotion, there is no loyalty at all.

"I'm not very clear about the specific battle process," Audrey finally said: "But the result is very clear. The 'Black Emperor' Solomon fell, the Solomon Empire was destroyed, and the 'True Creator' was driven to the 'Land of the Gods'.

"The above is all the content of this transaction. Does everyone have any other questions?"

Audrey was about to digest the information traded today, but suddenly thought of a question: "Mr. 'Hermit', you said that the information about the Solomon Empire can be divided into two transactions, and only part of it was traded today.

"Then does our transaction just now only trade half of the information about the Solomon Empire?"

Audrey nodded: "It can be understood this way."

He smiled mysteriously: "Although the Solomon Empire was destroyed, the Second Solomon Empire later appeared."

"The Second Empire!" Audrey's eyes lit up instantly: "Was it an empire established by Solomon's descendants?"

Audrey leaned back in his chair: "Let's talk about it next time. The answer will definitely exceed your expectations."

Audrey immediately wanted to continue the transaction, but then thought that the other members might not join the transaction.

She didn't care too much about the pounds of the transaction, but just felt that it would be very boring to listen to this kind of secret history alone. It would be more interesting for everyone to listen together.

So she didn't start the transaction immediately.

And Fors sighed again: Mr. "Hermit" can live a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing just by selling information.

"Little Sun" said after the transaction ended: "Mr. Hermit, I want two more 'Thunderstorm Bombs' and two more 'Ice and Snow Bombs'."

These two weapons are simply too useful for dealing with monsters. Now many people are asking Derrick to buy them.

Derrick also guessed that "Chief" Colin should also know about the existence of this weapon, but he didn't send anyone to inquire, nor did he send anyone to monitor him. It was because these weapons were all used on monsters, and the number was not very large.

He was very clear that in order not to attract too much attention from the "Chief", he could not sell them in large quantities at this time, but only one or two at a time.

When more and more people know about it, and more and more people use it, and then provide this weapon in large quantities, the "Chief" will understand that he is doing it all for Silver City, and he will not refuse this weapon.

Audrey nodded: "Okay, I owed you 50 pounds just now, now it's settled. In addition, I need to pay for two Extraordinary materials of Sequence 9."

"According to what we said before, if I have a need for Sequence 9 materials, it will be calculated at 140 pounds. If you need weapons, it can only be calculated at 120 pounds."

"Because I can't guarantee that I can immediately sell those Extraordinary materials, but the weapons you need require some expensive spiritual materials, which will put some pressure on my financial situation."

Derrick said somewhat embarrassedly: "'Hermit' Sir, actually... actually, 120 pounds is still too much. It can only replace 60 pounds, or even 50 pounds."

Before, the materials that "Hermit" clearly requested sometimes had to be hunted or exchanged for a lot of merit. The transaction between the two parties was basically of equal value.

But if "Hermit" does not have clear requirements, he can trade with those Extraordinary materials that can be exchanged with a small amount of merit.

The merit points Derrick earned from selling a weapon were enough to exchange for five or six of those materials that Silver City didn't need. It wasn't that he was selling them too expensively, but that those Extraordinary materials were of very low value in Silver City.

The warehouse managers even looked forward to Derrick exchanging more of these materials with merit points, because they took up space when placed there.

This made Derrick really embarrassed to earn such a large price difference.

In fact, he would still make a profit if he said 50 to 60 pounds, but he wanted to leave some room for himself, fearing that he would exchange too much in the future, and the price of those materials that Silver City didn't need would also rise, so he said such a price.

If it is really converted using gold pounds, then those Sequence 9 Extraordinary materials that are not needed in Silver City are currently only worth about 10 pounds.

Audrey thought for a while after hearing what "Little Sun" said: "Then Sequence 9 Extraordinary materials will replace 70 pounds, and Sequence 8 will replace 150 pounds."

Other members envied this price, but did not initiate similar transactions.

First of all, they do not have the channel for Extraordinary weapons, and secondly, they do not have a stable channel for selling Extraordinary materials.

Even if they buy these Extraordinary materials, it is difficult to sell them, but to meet the needs of "Little Sun", they need to pay some gold pounds.

"Okay." Derrick happily agreed: "Then I still need to provide three portions of Sequence 9 materials."

Emlyn was about to say "fool" in his heart, but it was replaced by a sigh, because obviously this guy could get very cheap Extraordinary materials, but he didn't have such a channel himself.

In addition, he consulted some historians and scholars in the Blood Race last week, and everyone had never heard of Silver City, but in history there was a "Silver Kingdom".

However, the "Silver Kingdom" is in the Eastern Continent, probably in the current "Land Abandoned by God".

Recalling the previous exchanges, Emlyn had a bold guess that the Silver City where "The Sun" is located is in the "Land Abandoned by God".

This is also in line with the characteristics of the "Savior Gathering". Emlyn thought: I am the savior of the Blood Race, and "The Sun" is the savior of the "Land Abandoned by God".

But because the two people had some unpleasantness at the last gathering, he doesn't plan to verify it now.

After completing this transaction, everyone had no new transaction needs, so they came to the free transaction session.

"Justice" Audrey originally habitually wanted to say something, but at this time she was still in the family manor in East Chester County, and there was really no interesting experience other than banquets and hunting.

"The Magician" Fors deliberated for a moment and said: "'Military Intelligence 9' has suddenly experienced some personnel changes for unknown reasons."

Hugh told her this, and it was not a secret, but she thought that for other members, this should be a very novel thing.

Sure enough, Alger couldn't help but guess: Does "The Magician" have a background in "Military Intelligence 9"?

Audrey smiled and said: "I happen to know the reason for these personnel changes."

He paused and continued: "Because the director of 'Military Intelligence 9' is dead."

Fors was stunned: "The director is dead?"

At this time, Hugh's level could not reach this level of news.

Alger smiled and said: "This is a major event in the Loen intelligence community... no, the world intelligence community."

Then he asked: "When did he die? How did he die?"

"Not long after the conspiracy of the 'Aurora Order' and the 'Witch Sect' was exposed." Audrey only answered "The Hanged Man's" first question, but directly ignored the second question.

Because that director was "buried" by him, and it involved the "Night Goddess'" plan, so he couldn't say it too clearly.

However, his answer made the other members associate the death of this director with the conspiracy of the evil Extraordinary organization.

Seeing that "The Hermit" did not answer his second question, Alger did not ask any further questions, but said: "The sea has been relatively calm recently."

At this time, Klein manipulated "The World" and said hoarsely: "I just happened to hear something about the sea."

Without waiting for "The Hanged Man" to ask, "The World" said again: "That matter is related to the Storm Church."

As he spoke, he glanced at "The Hermit". He didn't intend to hide his encounter in Bansy Harbor, because his positioning of "The World" had gradually changed from "small account" to "representative of Mr. Fool's believers".

Sherlock Moriarty is a believer of Mr. Fool, and so is Gehrman Sparrow. Then their encounters and the information they get will be summarized to "The World" here.

"The World" continued in a hoarse voice: "The ancient customs of Bansy Harbor have revived, and some residents have become cultists, and even the bishop of the Storm Church has fallen."

"I heard that the matter has been resolved, but many people have died."

Bansy Harbor!

Everyone thought of Bansy Harbor when "The Hermit" and "The World" exchanged information about "Red Angel" Medici at a previous gathering.

Unexpectedly, only half a month has passed, and such a thing has happened there.

Alger was not surprised. He recalled the situation there and explained to "Justice" and others: "There is a tradition of live sacrifices there. The target of the sacrifice is an evil spirit called 'God of Weather'."

Klein recalled the huge pressure he felt when returning to the port: If I'm not mistaken, I should have encountered this evil god. Fortunately, His target was not us at that time.

Audrey said again: "Last week, I specifically learned about the information about Bansy Harbor..."

Klein listened carefully. He brought up this matter to see if "The Hermit" had further understanding of Bansy Harbor.

"The descendants of 'Red Angel' Medici seem to have been polluted by something," Audrey said.