Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

During the Tarot Gathering, "The Fool" Klein sighed inwardly, "The Hermit has explained the root of the gods' conflicts so thoroughly that it's hard to have any respect for them anymore."

"The High Priestess" Cattleya also marveled in her heart: "I didn't expect that many advanced problems would have such simple internal contradictions. Even the struggles between the gods can basically find logic through the corresponding laws of 'Extraordinary Characteristics.'"

"The Hanged Man" Alger realized: "Although this is also 'The Hermit's' conjecture, it sounds very reasonable."

"The Hermit" Medici continued his previous description: "It can be said that the struggle between the 'Six Gods' makes 'Emperor of the Underworld' temporarily safe in the Southern Continent."

"Because it is difficult for the 'Six Gods' to form an alliance and launch an offensive against the Southern Continent."

"And when the 'Night Emperor' had just fallen, 'Emperor of the Underworld' didn't have enough power to attack the Northern Continent either."

"So, after the end of the 'Era of the Four Emperors,' there was a period of relative peace."

"Of course, peaceful but not necessarily calm, because it was during this time that the Trunsoest family and the vampires were attacked by the churches, and the 'Blood Moon Queen' also fell, and the vampires hid again."

"The Trunsoest family should have been subjected to a planned cleansing, so much so that it is now rare to hear news about this family."

"The Moon" Emlyn clenched his fist: "Mr. Hermit, can you tell me more about this process? I can pay another 300 pounds."

Medici thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know the specific process, but you can pay these 300 pounds, and I'll tell you another very important piece of information."

Emlyn immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"

Medici then said: "The Solomon family, the Tudor family, and the Trunsoest family have basically disappeared from people's sight under the attack of the orthodox churches, at least I rarely get news about them."

"I estimate that these three families may have only a few demigods left at most, or perhaps not even a demigod."

"But three 'Dukes' of the vampires were able to escape, and should have received the help of a certain god."

Emlyn almost stood up: "Which god?"

The other members, after hearing what "The Hermit" said, also noticed this point, so they all looked at "The Hermit," waiting for his answer.

Medici replied: "The Earth Mother."

Emlyn and the other members were all stunned, as if it was unexpected, and as if it was expected.

"The High Priestess" Cattleya even thought: "It seems that it is an old tradition for the Church of the Earth Mother to develop 'vampires' as believers."

Emlyn then continued to ask: "Mother… Mother Goddess? Why the Mother Goddess?"

Medici simply said: "Perhaps it's like how the Church of the Night Goddess also cultivates Beyonders of the 'Death' pathway. After all, they are adjacent pathways, so they can cultivate them along the way."

I can't say that she is your ancestor, can I?

Emlyn nodded: "So that's how it is."

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he now occasionally feels like he really is already believing in the "Earth Mother," and thinks that such a thought is very shameful. After hearing "The Hermit's" words, it seems that it's nothing. After all, the "Earth Mother" once showed grace to the vampires, so it doesn't matter if he believes in her a little.

Klein first nodded in his heart, and then realized that something was wrong: The Church of the Night Goddess does have the tradition of cultivating Beyonders of the "Death" pathway, but they are Beyonders cultivated from Sequence 9, and they don't cultivate high-level Beyonders of the "Spirit World Sect."

At this moment, he realized that there should still be some inside information here, but "The Hermit" did not explain, so he did not ask.

The only other member with official Beyonder experience was "The Hanged Man" Alger, but he was more like a "field agent" and rarely stayed in the church, so he didn't pay much attention to this point.

The members without official Beyonder experience were all marveling at the connection between the "Earth Mother" and the vampires, and none of them associated it with this.

"Let's continue with the previous transaction," Medici said. "According to some later information, 'Emperor of the Underworld' has become stronger at the cost of being half-mad…"

Klein thought of some of the content he had seen in Rosago's diary. When Mr. Door mentioned "Emperor of the Underworld," he once said: He is mad, and also stronger.

It's just that Klein's opportunity to ask questions has already been used up, so he can only wait for other members to ask.

Fortunately, Cattleya can ask questions multiple times, so she quickly asked: "How did he do it?"

"I don't know exactly how he did it," Medici replied. "I only learned through some channels that 'Emperor of the Underworld' used the Uniqueness of the 'Red Priest' pathway to make himself stronger."

It would be too troublesome to explain clearly.

Cattleya really wanted to ask: Is the channel you are talking about referring to "Mysterious Queen"?

Because she wasn't sure if "Queen" would know such information?

But in the end, she still endured it, because she knew that even if she asked, she might not get any results.

Alger then realized: "It seems that there really is a clear difference between gods and gods, but if gods want to become stronger, they seem to have to pay a considerable price, such as 'Emperor of the Underworld,' becoming half-mad."

The other members also had similar thoughts to "The Hanged Man," and at the same time, they realized that there seemed to be many secrets in the level of gods.

Medici continued: "Under the auspices of the 'Six Gods,' the four nobles of the Trunsoest Empire divided the Northern Continent, and then the conflicts of the 'Six Gods' broke out again, and the Northern Continent fell into civil war again."

"'Emperor of the Underworld' and 'Origin Witch' believed that the time was ripe, so they joined forces to launch an attack on the Northern Continent. Extraordinary history calls their attack the 'Pale Disaster,' so this period is called the 'Pale Era!'"

"According to my understanding, this was definitely a disaster for the people of the Northern Continent. It is said that under the offensive of the Bayam Empire, it was accompanied by death and madness."

He paused and then said: "Originally, I didn't understand why there would be such a disaster, until not long ago, I encountered a military station from the 'Pale Era' during an operation."

"And when I encountered a 'soldier' from the military station, I suddenly realized that 'Emperor of the Underworld' and his subordinates needed a large number of corpses and undead to serve as their army."

"After the war started, other churches and armies had fewer and fewer people as they fought, but the Bayam Empire's army had more and more people as they fought, and the dead enemies would immediately 'join' them."

"What's even more terrifying is that their army doesn't need to eat or drink, doesn't need to worry about logistics, and can't even be harmed by ordinary weapons."

As Medici described, a sense of powerlessness gradually filled the hearts of the other members.

They thought about how terrifying it would be to face such an enemy.

At the same time, they were all listening very carefully, as if they were listening to the kind of stories that made them curious when they were young, and they couldn't help but open their eyes wide and listen quietly.

"And in the early stages of the 'Pale Era,' the 'Six Gods' still did not give a big reaction," Medici continued. "The conflict between them still remained in the contradiction that some gods wanted to obtain the characteristics of 'Emperor of the Underworld,' while the other gods were unwilling to let them obtain it."

"At the same time, the struggle between 'Lord of Storms,' 'Eternal Blazing Sun,' and 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom' became very intense after the destruction of the Trunsoest Empire. In the eyes of many people, they had no possibility of joining forces."

"The reason why I have such a guess is because that period is called the 'Pale Era.' Historical eras that are generally called 'Era' will last for at least several decades."

"That is to say, for at least several decades, 'Emperor of the Underworld' and 'Origin Witch' were almost able to do whatever they wanted in the Northern Continent!"

"The Magician" Forsi took a deep breath: Although "The Hermit" didn't say it explicitly, he was obviously criticizing the actions of the "Six Gods."

Klein also sighed: Sometimes, it's not that the enemy is too fierce, but that the teammates don't have a common goal. The result is that, obviously, the enemy is not that powerful, but they can act recklessly.

"I'm not sure exactly where 'Emperor of the Underworld' and 'Origin Witch' occupied," Medici continued. "But I have received accurate news that 'Origin Witch' had a daughter who died in Trier."

"It is said that 'Origin Witch' also had a huge impact on Trier. I am not very clear about the specific impact, but it is almost certain that Trier should be one of the main battlefields."

"In that case, it means that most of the densely populated areas in the Northern Continent were occupied by them."

Among the four empires in the Northern Continent, the Fesac Empire has the largest area, even exceeding the sum of the Ruen Kingdom and the Feysac Kingdom, but the Fesac Empire is the least populous country among the four.

If the war spread to Trier, then most of Feysac, as well as the Tarcowie Plain of the Ruen Kingdom, would basically fall into the hands of the Bayam Empire.

These places are the more densely populated areas of the Northern Continent.

Cattleya thought to herself: "In that case, the 'Pale Disaster' is really a huge disaster. The Bayam Empire ruled half of the population of the Northern Continent, of course, some of them must be dead, and some are still alive."

Audrey and several other members also realized this point, and at the same time, they found it difficult to imagine what a country where the dead and the living coexist would be like?

After giving everyone a few seconds to digest again, Medici continued: "Fortunately, the 'Six Gods' finally formed an alliance."

"This should be the third 'Six Gods Alliance,' and also the last 'Six Gods Alliance' to date."

"They joined forces to severely damage 'Emperor of the Underworld' and 'Origin Witch.' I think such a war of gods should have ended in a very short time."

The result of the battle was that the 'Nether King' fell on his way back to the Southern Continent, and his fall caused many lands to sink.

It is said that during the Fourth Epoch, the Southern Continent and the Northern Continent were connected by land, but these lands sank at this time, and the Southern and Northern Continents were separated.

At the same time, the barriers between the real world and the underworld were broken in some places, eventually forming the Rage Sea!

Emlyn exclaimed in surprise: "The Rage Sea was formed like this?"

Fors and Audrey were equally surprised, but Klein, Cattleya, and Alger, who were on the sea, had all heard of such legends, so they were not so surprised, but felt a sense of destiny.

Only 'The Sun' Derrick didn't know much about these geographies and didn't know why 'The Moon' was so surprised.

Audiss nodded in response and continued: "It is said that the Primordial Witch also suffered heavy damage. This damage seemed to trigger other problems in her, so her condition has not completely recovered to this day.

"The Byron Empire suffered heavy losses in this battle, so the Highland Kingdom and others later appeared in the Southern Continent, these kingdoms that resisted the Byron Empire.

"And in the Northern Continent, although the 'Six Gods' were a little late in blocking the 'Nether King', they eventually ended this disaster, so people revered them as orthodox gods.

"In this battle, the 'God of Craftsmen' had always stood on the same front as the 'Six Gods' at that time, so after this battle, he was recognized by the other six gods and became an orthodox god. This is what we now call the 'Seven Gods'.

"However, the contradictions between the Seven Gods broke out again, and the alliance was dissolved, so the power of the churches and the power of the four countries did not chase to the Southern Continent.

"Later, the gods entered the astral world, and the power of the churches and the four countries was not enough to solve the obstruction of the Rage Sea. The key is that they could not form a new alliance, so people have gradually become accustomed to the feeling that the Northern Continent is the whole world.

"It wasn't until Emperor Rosell found a new sea route that the Southern and Northern Continents re-established contact."

Audiss paused slightly and then said: "The moment the 'Nether King' fell, it was the end of the Fourth Epoch.

"There are two standards for the end of the Fourth Epoch: The first is that the 'Pale Disaster' was ended, and the rulers of secular regimes were no longer gods.

"The second is that the gods entered the astral world, and existences at the level of True Gods rarely appear in the real world.

"The brand new Fifth Epoch has arrived, and the history after that can basically be seen in history textbooks."

The members breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like a heavy curtain had fallen. This curtain was the rolling history, which was both nostalgic and heavy.

It took more than ten seconds for the atmosphere to ease slightly.

At the same time, everyone began to sigh that 'The Hermit's' description was too detailed, allowing them to have a comprehensive understanding of the history of the Fourth Epoch.

Even 'The Sun' Derrick, who had never been exposed to the history of the Fourth Epoch before, knew a lot about the Fourth Epoch.

After sighing in his heart, he said to 'The Hermit': "Mr. 'Hermit', this week I need to trade 8 Extraordinary weapons, 4 'Ice Snow Bombs', and 4 'Thunderstorm Bombs'."

Audiss nodded: "No problem."

Then he asked: "Don't you try to trade for other weapons? For example, scrolls with 'Invisibility' or 'Flight' abilities."

Derrick's eyes lit up, but then he smiled helplessly and said: "I won't trade for the time being. When I need it, I will trade with you separately."

Those two weapons are so easy to use and are very popular with everyone. They are already hot commodities.

But Derrick knew that he couldn't be careless at this time, and he still needed to wait before using scrolls and other things, otherwise it would still easily cause everyone's suspicion and vigilance.

"Okay." Audiss began to calculate: "I owed you 30 pounds at the last gathering. This intelligence transaction paid 400 pounds for you. 8 Extraordinary weapons are 400 pounds, so you need to pay 770 pounds.

"Converted into Extraordinary materials, it happens to be 11 Sequence 9 level materials."

Derrick nodded: "Okay."

Then Audiss calculated that after this round of transactions, his inventory was basically sold out.

Speaking of which, these inventories were prepared when he and Hugh and Fors were dealing with the enemy's spy organization. At that time, they made a lot at once for convenience.

But what I didn't expect was that there was no place to use them later, and later, after advancing to Sequence 6, there were more convenient scrolls, so they were even less needed.

And the Extraordinary materials that were exchanged, Audiss now also has a stable "sales channel". In the past week, he sold a total of 9 items through the Mysticism Research Society and the Intelligence Exchange Meeting, earning 1350 pounds.

So now the industrial chain has basically formed, but compared with the money earned from fighting pirates, this is just a side income.

After the two traded Extraordinary weapons, Audiss said: "I need 'Juice of the Mist Black Birch Tree'."

This is the auxiliary material needed for advancement. Among the four auxiliary materials needed by the 'Astrologer', two can be obtained from the 'Gleaming Star Tree' and the 'Trick Flying Horse' respectively.

The other two are: 50 ml of black-patterned peony essential oil and 50 ml of juice from the Mist Black Birch Tree.

Audiss cultivated black-patterned peonies in the suburbs of Backlund and can make essential oils himself, but the "Juice of the Mist Black Birch Tree" needs to be traded.

Cattleya glanced at Audiss and then said: "50 grams, 80 pounds."

Audiss smiled and said: "Deal."

In the next few seconds, no members initiated new transactions, and the transaction session of this gathering ended.

There is no mistake in every first release and every content in Yi Yi Kan!

Coming to the exchange session, Audrey asked with a smile: "Ms. 'Priestess', Mr. 'Hermit', is your exploration going well?"

Last week, Audiss and Cattleya finalized a joint exploration of an unknown island to find the main ingredients and characteristics of the magic potion they each needed.

Everyone heard it at the time, so Audrey asked this question.

"It's going well." Audiss said, "We have all gotten what we needed, and there have been unexpected gains."

Cattleya smiled and gritted her teeth and said: "It's quite unexpected."

She never expected that the demigod Audiss had found was actually the "Queen", which was indeed a great surprise and surprise to her.

"The Hanged Man" Alger thought to himself: Listening to the tone of the "High Priestess", it seems that she has suffered a loss from "The Hermit"? Isn't it? "The Hermit" is clearly a Sequence 6.

Audrey also noticed that the "Priestess's" tone and expression were a little wrong: "Is the enemy very powerful?"

Audiss smiled helplessly: "I can only say that the enemy was completely unexpected."

He rubbed his forehead: "Because this involves the privacy of that demigod, I can't say too much in detail.

"Well, let me share some of the things I saw and heard during the exploration..."

So Audiss talked about the ruins and towers on the island. After talking about how the demigod defeated the "Light of Mystery", he began to greatly abbreviate the subsequent experience, almost only telling everyone the final result.

After listening, Klein thought: "The Hermit" said before that the Stiano family is the family of the "God of Steam and Machinery". In the ruins of this family, wouldn't they have encountered the power of the Steam Church?

He smiled and thought to himself: What if he explored and explored and touched a workshop of the Steam Church, that would be fun.

Although the other members felt it was a pity that they did not hear the entire process of the exploration, the content they heard was also very exciting. At least they knew that there was a stronghold of the Steam Church deep in the Rage Sea.

At this time, Cattleya said to Audiss: "There is one thing I don't quite understand. That island is not close to the Northern Continent, and the activity range of the Stiano family has always seemed to be in the Northern Continent. Why would they establish a stronghold there?"

"It should be related to the fact that this family was not very powerful in its early years." Audiss speculated: "Like a secret organization, having a stronghold on the sea can avoid a lot of trouble.

"For example, it will not be so easily found by enemies, and some family members can be placed there."

Cattleya nodded slowly, feeling that this statement made sense.

Then she asked: "What about the 'Pale Era' outpost you just mentioned? Can you briefly talk about it?"

"Yes." Audiss was very easy to talk to: "That was a commission I received last week, asking me to help find the traces of the 'Skeleton' pirate map.

"After more than a day of searching, I found the 'Skeleton' in the 'Dangerous Sea Area' and tracked it into the 'Dangerous Sea Area'.

"While chasing the 'Skeleton', we accidentally discovered a ruin at the bottom of the sea. According to a piece of information I obtained earlier, it should be a military station during the 'Pale Disaster'.

"It is said that the soldiers inside were all living corpses personally transformed by the 'Nether King'."

Audrey quickly asked: "Have you explored the ruins?"

"No, that's too dangerous."

Fors followed up and asked: "Are there still 'soldiers' inside?"

Audiss took a deep breath: "There are! And they are very powerful! They probably have the ability close to a demigod."

He was still glad that the "Elf" had been soaking underwater for more than a thousand years and no longer had the true strength of a demigod.

Otherwise, if he encountered a demigod of the "Sailor" pathway on the sea, he would be grateful if he had time to abandon the ship.

The other members were a little surprised. Listening to "The Hermit's" tone, he should have fought with those "soldiers".

Audrey asked with concern, "Are you injured?"

Odyss smiled wryly: "I wasn't injured, but my ship was damaged in many places and took a day to repair."

Cattleya sighed inwardly: "The Hermit has been busy these past weeks. Not only did he explore that island with me, but he also had such an experience."

Moreover, as a captain herself, she was well aware of the pressure of encountering a powerful enemy at sea, or being chased by one.

Although the sea appears vast, it is open and without shelter, offering no place to hide. Being pursued by a powerful enemy is nothing short of a disaster.

Alger, on the other hand, was concerned about another matter: "Are you saying you chased the 'Skull' into the 'Dangerous Sea Area'?"

He was well aware that it was a powerful 'Pirate of the Sea,' and the 'Skull' was also a very strong ghost ship, which gave the 'Skull's' captain, Burke, the strength to approach 'Pirate Admiral'.

"Yes," Odyss said with a smile. "But I wasn't chasing it alone. A 'soldier' from the 'base' was also chasing it.

"Later I discovered that it seems that as long as you see that base, you will be chased by the soldiers inside.

"The 'Skull' discovered that 'base' earlier than I did, so they were chased earlier than I was."

Alger was stunned for a moment before suddenly realizing: I thought that although those 'soldiers' were powerful, they were, after all, living corpses, and would only chase symbolically. I didn't expect them to chase for so long! Being chased by a demigod for a while, it's good enough to be able to escape. No wonder the Hermit's ship was damaged.

Thinking of this, he had a new understanding of the Hermit's strength.

At sea, Sequence 6 of the Sailor pathway has more advantages than Sequence 6 of other pathways. Originally, Alger always felt that the Hermit going to sea was like an amateur boxer fighting in a black market, and he would definitely suffer a lot.

But he didn't expect the other party to have such strength.

Then Alger seemed to realize something and suddenly asked the Hermit: "You said you repaired the ship for a day?"

Odyss was stunned for a moment: "Yes."

Alger opened his mouth. In the past two days, he had just landed on a new island and obtained a lot of new information.

One piece of information was that the captain of the "Skull," Burke, was killed by "Captain Garre" near Nohr House Island.

It is said that they both encountered a storm at the time, but they continued to fight even in the storm. After this battle, the Argo was also seriously damaged and repaired on Nohr House Island for a day.

He hadn't thought of this just now, entirely because in his impression, the Hermit was just an ordinary 'Pirate of the Sea,' until he confirmed that the Hermit had the strength to chase the 'Skull' that he thought of this.

Justice Audrey, across from the Hanged Man Alger, smiled and said in her heart: Mr. Hanged Man has guessed the Hermit's identity in the real world.

Then she thought: It seems that Mr. Hanged Man is very surprised. Is the Skull very powerful?

The Magician, Forsi, next to Audrey, also asked after seeing the Hanged Man's reaction: "Mr. Hanged Man, is there anything wrong with Mr. Hermit repairing the ship for a day?"

Alger smiled: "It's nothing. I just remembered something else."

"Alright," Odyss said. "The two members at sea already know my true identity. There's no need to hide it anymore. I am Captain Garre.

"In the future, when we meet at sea, we won't treat each other as enemies."

Forsi and Emlyn, who didn't know much about the sea, still didn't understand what this meant.

Justice Audrey on the side explained: "I saw in the newspaper that Captain Garre has eliminated two large pirate groups in the past two weeks."

"It's three," Alger said. Seeing that the Hermit was no longer hiding it, he also shared the information he had obtained: "The Skull pirate group was also destroyed by him, but this news may not appear in the newspaper until this week."

Audrey was slightly stunned. This was indeed news she didn't know.

Forsi didn't think much of it. After all, she had cooperated with the Hermit and knew the Hermit's strength. In her opinion, it didn't seem difficult for the Hermit to eliminate a pirate group.

Emlyn, on the other hand, recalled some of the news he had heard about the sea and then asked: "Then you should have received a lot of bounty, right? I heard that the bounty for pirates of the sea is not low."

Odyss smiled and said: "It's okay. It's not much when divided among the crew."

Emlyn nodded and didn't think much about it.

But Cattleya and Alger knew that the biggest spoils of a pirate group were not the pirate's bounty, but the Extraordinary characteristics, mystical items, and the pirate ships that were used as flagships.

The topic ended, and after a few seconds, The World said in a hoarse voice: "Recently, I discovered that there seems to have been a rebellion within the Life School.

"Members are hunting each other, and some members seem to have joined the Rose School."

This was the news from the week before last, but at that time, some information was not very clear. Now that the news is clear, he mentioned it in the exchange session.

"I also received similar news," Odyss said. "This rebellion seems to have occurred more than a month ago.

"Members of the Apothecary pathway within the Life School have defected to the Rose School and are cooperating with the Rose School to assassinate members of the Life School."

The World "hmm"ed, which was similar to the information Klein had obtained.

At the same time, Klein thought to himself: The Hermit definitely doesn't know that this rebellion is because the president of the Life School has entered a new cycle.

Emlyn was also more concerned about this: "I also heard that their battles seem to occur mostly in the Rosed Archipelago?"

The vampires pay close attention to organizations with the Apothecary pathway, but the vampires have almost no power in the Rage Sea because the sunshine there is too poisonous, and no vampires are willing to stay there.

However, they will also actively inquire about some news about the Rage Sea, so they have probably heard about this rebellion of the Life School.

Cattleya and Alger, who were also at sea, had never specifically inquired about this information, so they didn't know about it yet.

"According to what I understand, this infighting is basically over," Odyss said. "Some members of the Life School have been killed, and those who have not been killed have also hidden again."

Emlyn nodded. This news was very useful to him.

Audrey asked curiously: "Mr. Hermit, what kind of secret organization is the Life School?"

"The original intention of forming this organization was to resist the squeeze of the orthodox churches on the living space of Beyonders," Odyss said. "Because the main members had several pathways at the beginning, internal disputes often occurred.

"However, after this rebellion, it should be much better because the main pathway of the members of this organization is now only one: the Monster pathway."