Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Edwina's study was truly a "study," with walls lined with bookshelves filled with all sorts of books, including ancient texts, notes, and modern hardcover editions.

As soon as Audis entered, Edwina informed him that the 'Spectator' pathway mystical item he had requested had been found.

Audis didn't hide his surprise: "So quickly."

The 'Iceberg Admiral,' with her oval face, smiled and said, "This is because you were a great help in today's operation."

At least, that's what she thought. After returning to the ship, she immediately wrote to her teacher, Bennett, telling him about the exploration process and results, as well as Audis's involvement and the contributions of this 'Great Pirate'.

Bennett's reply was swift. Edwina received it before going to the 'Argo,' instructing her to try her best to win over this 'Great Pirate'.

At the time, she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, any force would try to win over such a promising 'Great Pirate'.

However, after Edwina returned to the ship, she received another long letter from her teacher, Bennett, informing her that the sealed artifact requested by 'Captain Gahr' was currently undergoing the 'granting process' and would be delivered to Edwina by a messenger no later than tomorrow.

Bennett also provided detailed instructions for the upcoming exploration.

This speed was indeed quite fast. Generally speaking, the process of the Church 'paying out sealed artifacts' would take at least a week.

Edwina believed that it was Audis's expression of goodwill that had won her teacher's appreciation, which was why he was so proactive.

After all, killing the Black Spider yielded an extraordinary material for advancement to a demigod.

Audis smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You deserve it." Edwina sat in her chair, resembling a scholar receiving a guest in her study. "As for the clues we obtained in the secret room, I now formally invite you to join the upcoming exploration for that extraordinary characteristic."

This was something Edwina couldn't quite understand. She had thought her teacher would have her buy out the clue with money. Faced with a demigod-level characteristic, the Church would never be stingy with money.

Audis was slightly stunned. Although this was what he had been seeking, it was also unexpected.

Edwina's invitation meant that if that demigod-level characteristic could be found, Audis would have half of the ownership. The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom would have to pay a considerable price to buy out his half.

Unexpected or not, Audis certainly wouldn't refuse such an invitation: "Alright."

He paused and then said, "But we currently lack enough clues. I suggest we stay in touch and discuss the exploration after gathering some information."

For example, Audis planned to go to Bernadette to find a Fourth Epoch nautical chart to compare with the location of the island in the mural.

"That's what I was thinking too." Edwina said, "Such an ancient battlefield must be very dangerous. We need to make thorough preparations before taking action."

Then she added, "This is exactly the issue I wanted to discuss with you by inviting you here."

"Theoretically speaking, I should have heard of such a dangerous island, but I don't remember seeing any information about it."

Audis, sitting across from Edwina, thought for a moment and then said, "Could it be that the island is in the 'Dangerous Sea Area'? It hasn't appeared before the world for over a thousand years, so it has been forgotten by people."

Edwina nodded: "That's possible."

She took a deep breath and said, "If we need to enter the 'Dangerous Sea Area,' we need to do even more preparation work."

The two discussed for a while, but because they knew too few clues, they couldn't come to any conclusions.

So, after exchanging methods for summoning messengers, Audis got up to take his leave.

Opening the study door, Audis saw many crew members of the 'Golden Dream,' some diligently sweeping the corridor, others wiping the walls. Everyone looked very busy.

Audis smirked and said to Edwina, who was seeing him off, "I suddenly remembered another question I wanted to discuss with you."

After speaking, he closed the study door again, and the crew members in the corridor glared at the study door one by one.

Edwina in the study smiled and said, "The 'Scroll Professors' I've met are generally very稳重."

The Knowledge Church also cultivated a group of Beyonders of the 'Seer' pathway.

Beyonders of these two pathways are good partners in studying knowledge and discussing issues.

Audis smiled: "Occasionally playing a prank helps relieve the monotonous life at sea."

The two chatted for two or three minutes before Audis reopened the door. The crew members in the corridor quickly stood aside, smiling obsequiously. Some invited Audis for a drink, some invited Audis to go fishing, and some invited Audis to visit the captain's collection room.

"I'll visit next time." Audis smiled. "I have something to do today."

Seeing the hated 'Captain Gahr' finally leave, a smile unconsciously appeared on the face of every crew member.

Especially First Mate Blue, whose lips were probably dry from lack of water. When he grinned, he revealed his teeth, missing two at some point.

......

After Audis returned to the 'Argo,' he immediately ordered the ship to set sail and return to Cruz Island.

There, a small-scale naval battle might take place, and the 'Ghost Ship' alone wouldn't be enough.

Audis first divided the two extraordinary creatures hunted with the crew on the island. Because Audis, the first mate, the second mate, and the combat captain were the main ones who took action, Audis allocated six-tenths to them, and the rest was divided among the other crew members.

Audis first paid to buy the corpses of the two extraordinary creatures, and then promised that he would sell the extraordinary materials as soon as possible.

He noticed that the two extraordinary materials should be the main materials for advancing to 'Sun High Priest' and 'Magician'. It should be easy to sell if he contacted Edwina.

The two extraordinary materials should sell for more than a thousand pounds. Everyone had just gone on a picnic and could get a bonus of more than a hundred pounds, which made the crew very happy.

Then Audis sent Basel back to Bayam and Rupert back to Cruz Island.

After that, Audis returned to the studio and locked the door from the inside.

At this time, the potion was almost completely digested, and Audis knew how to digest the remaining potion.

He prepared to go to the 'Knowledge Wilderness' and take out the 'murmurs' of the 'True Creator' that he had previously obtained from Klein's 'Marionettist' characteristic.

If he could use something of this level to make a few scrolls, the potion would definitely be digested immediately.

But before that, Audis first had to take a look at the spoils of this operation and do some preparatory work.

There were only two spoils in this operation. One was the 'Shimmering Star Tree' that Audis currently needed. This extraordinary material had already formed crystals.

Audis first collected the extraordinary material, then picked the fruits and leaves, and used tools to peel off the bark, and also collected the sap of the tree.

The second spoil was the huge Black Spider. Extraordinary creatures of this level are treasures all over. Audis could make its eight legs into cold weapons with magical effects.

Its blood, internal organs, toxins, eyes, etc., could be used to make scrolls, and the shell could also be tried to make a suit of armor.

It can be said that in Audis's hands, this corpse could definitely exert a value far greater than 6,000 pounds.

After dissecting the Black Spider and collecting the spiritual materials, Audis sat in front of the workbench, looking at the black liquid in the glass bottle in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

These black mucus now look very harmless, because it is currently in the 'Knowledge Wilderness'. If it is taken to the real world, Audis would definitely be dizzy from the 'murmurs'.

Not to mention studying how to make scrolls, it would be a blessing not to lose control immediately.

The research on these 'murmurs' can be done in the 'Knowledge Wilderness,' but the scrolls must be made in the real world.

Audis thought for a while, but couldn't think of a good way.

Just as he was about to ask the 'Mysterious Queen' for help, he suddenly looked at the Black Spider shell that he had just put away.

Audis suddenly had a good idea. He immediately took those shells to the real world, cut them with tools, and began to draw magic circles inside the shells.

Finally, after drawing four magic circles, Audis pieced them together into a square frame and activated this small composite magic circle.

Then he took a deep breath and took out the 'murmurs' of the 'True Creator' from the 'Knowledge Wilderness'.

The moment he took it to the real world, Audis suddenly heard a brain-shattering sound in his ears. The sound was not very harsh, but it was like using iron tongs to stir the brain.

Audis quickly threw the glass bottle into the frame he had just made, and the crazy murmur immediately disappeared.

He took two deep breaths, feeling that his state was not affected, and then reached into the frame and touched the glass bottle again.

As he expected, the murmur did not appear.

Or rather, it appeared, but not in his ears.

If he hadn't just obtained the shell of the Black Spider, even if Audis had thought of this method, he wouldn't have had a good material to use.

This Black Spider is an extraordinary creature of the 'Mystery Praying' pathway, and it has an affinity with the 'murmurs' in the glass bottle. The function of the small composite magic circle designed by Audis is to let the shell of the Black Spider help him withstand the 'murmurs'.

With such an affinity, the "murmurs" would prioritize impacting the newly made frame.

The effect was better than expected. As long as the glass bottle was inside the frame, Audis could barely hear the "murmurs."

With the most crucial problem solved, Audis returned the "murmurs" to the "Knowledge Wilderness" and began researching them.

He spent four or five days in the "Knowledge Wilderness" finally figuring out how to use the "murmurs" to write scrolls.

Theoretically, this was a spiritual material comparable to the divine level. Even scrolls made by Audis at his current level could be used to attack demigods.

However, these murmurs could only be used to write nine scrolls in total. Audis estimated he could write at most three before his potion would be completely digested.

After sufficient research, Audis returned to the real world. First, he laid out paper and modified the pen used for writing scrolls, adding a tuft of bristles from a giant black spider to the tip.

Normally, Audis would first prepare the corresponding spiritual materials before writing.

The demigod-level spiritual materials required processing and the addition of other spiritual materials before they could be used.

However, the "murmurs" of the "True Creator" couldn't be pre-mixed. He could only prepare the other materials and mix them on the spot while writing.

Having made all the preparations, Audis sat in front of the frame made from the black spider's exoskeleton, reached out, and took out the "murmurs" of the "True Creator." After briefly enduring the impact of the murmurs, he placed the glass bottle back into the frame.

Then, Audis used the modified, spiritually rich pen to reach into the glass bottle.

The black spider bristles added to the pen caused the mucus-like "murmurs" inside the glass bottle to instantly solidify, turning into actual mucus.

Audis quickly lifted the pen, dipped it in other spiritual materials, and began writing.

Seeing the coherent characters, Audis's lips curled slightly. The giant black spider he hunted today had really helped him a lot.

When the last character of the scroll was written, the scroll rolled up on its own, emitting a gray light.

Audis's spirituality sensed that the scroll's ability was to emit an extremely penetrating "murmur," plunging the target into extreme pain for six seconds and causing them to lose all ability to act.

The six seconds were for Beyonders at Sequence 6. If the target was at Sequence 5, the loss of action ability would last for four seconds.

It was also effective against demigod-level targets, but it could only affect them, causing them to lose the ability to attack, and only for one second.

Audis sighed, "My level is still too low. At Sequence 5, making the same scroll could be used to deal with demigods."

"However, these scrolls are already very powerful. With four seconds, I could seriously injure a Sequence 5."

"If used at the right moment, I could completely take down a Sequence 5."

Then, Audis began writing again, using the research he had just done to write a new scroll.

Like the previous scroll, when the last character was written, the scroll emitted light and rolled up on its own.

Audis's spirituality sensed that this scroll had abilities similar to "Spirit Speak," allowing him to directly issue commands to the target's spirit body, but only to those below the demigod level. He could issue commands such as "Death" or "Corruption."

However, at the demigod level, he could only issue commands such as "Slow," "Weaken," or "Ignore."

With the completion of the second scroll, Audis suddenly felt the long-lost sense of fragmentation. The potion was completely digested!

He breathed a sigh of relief and placed the glass bottle containing the "murmurs" back into the "Knowledge Wilderness."

Then, Audis immediately wrote a letter to Bernadette, telling her that all the advancement materials had been collected and the potion had been completely digested.

Writing this far, Audis felt his condition and thought it was pretty good, so he indicated in the letter that he was ready to advance at any time.

Soon he received a reply from Bernadette, telling him to be prepared in the evening, and she would pick him up at ten o'clock at night.

Audis couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, revealing a faint smile. He sat in front of the workbench, doing nothing but imagining the abilities he would gain after advancing.

And the matter of becoming a "Pirate Admiral" had to be put on the agenda.

After imagining for a while, Audis recalled that the book "Scrolls: From Beginner to Master" was not yet finished.

So he came to the "Knowledge Wilderness" again, writing out his understanding and insights on scrolls, completing the most core part of the book.

Audis reorganized the entire book. The first part of the book was an explanation of the meaning of scrolls and some techniques for making scrolls.

In particular, the method of making all scrolls using only parchment as a writing material was the essence of this part.

The second part was scroll examples, containing a total of fifty-four commonly used scrolls. If these scrolls could all be learned, it would be considered an introduction.

The third part was what Audis had just completed, all his insights on "scrolls," as well as his understanding of "Scroll Professor" and a guide to digesting the potion.

After completing this book, Audis felt his spirituality suddenly become active. Returning to the real world, he felt better than ever.

Audis sighed, "Completing this book is the best preparation for advancement."

After that, Audis didn't busy himself with anything else, went to the cockpit, and stared blankly at the sea in front of him.

No mistake, one song, one hair, one inside, one content, one in, one look!

At ten o'clock that night, the pumpkin-shaped carriage appeared in the "Argo" studio.

Audis had already prepared, opened the car door and boarded the carriage, and then the carriage entered the spirit world, quickly shuttling.

Bernadette was not in the carriage. When the carriage left the spirit world, Audis saw Bernadette with chestnut hair, a capable dress, and a sense of majesty.

This was in a not-very-dense forest. Audis's spirituality could probably make it clear to him that he was currently on the Misty Sea.

"I didn't expect your potion to digest so quickly." Bernadette observed Audis and confirmed that he had completely digested the potion before saying.

"I have to advance quickly. It's only reassuring to become a demigod," Audis said.

Bernadette knew very well that the "Hidden Sage" seemed very interested in Audis. She didn't say anything, just raised her hand and threw Audis a glasses case: "I wish you success in advance."

Audis caught the glasses case, opened it, and saw a pair of exquisite golden glasses.

Spirituality told him that these glasses could seal the "Eye of Secrets," preventing him from seeing things he shouldn't see.

"Thank you." Audis sincerely thanked: "I forgot about this matter."

Bernadette smiled slightly and said neatly: "Come with me."

She led the way, and Audis followed closely.

Bernadette asked: "How have you been recently?"

"Not bad." Audis smiled helplessly: "I know the background of the 'Deep Blue' pirate group is the Fenebote Navy. I was originally going to sell the 'Ghost Ship' to them, but the Ruen Navy also wants to get involved."

"I thought about it and finally decided to lean towards the Ruen Navy."

Bernadette "hmm"ed, indicating that she knew and that she didn't intend to interfere with Audis's decision.

Audis added: "I met 'Iceberg Admiral' today."

Bernadette paused: "Edwina Edwards?"

"Yes, it's her." Audis said: "I plan to contact the Knowledge Church through her."

Audis didn't intend to hide this matter from Bernadette, or rather, only in front of Bernadette was Audis willing to talk about his plans.

Bernadette continued forward: "You hope to use the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom to fight against the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery?"

Audis smiled: "That's right, using the church to deal with the church."

"That's also a way." Bernadette said: "As you said, advance quickly. As long as you advance to demigod, the threat of the church will be much smaller."

At this time, the two left the forest, and suddenly the front opened up. Bernadette brought Audis to a grassland, where the grass was waist-high, swaying slightly in the breeze, looking like a green wheat wave.

The weather was very good tonight, and the sky was full of stars.

The beautiful starry sky, coupled with the vast, undulating grassland, looked very poetic.

In the grassland, Audis saw three animals with long necks moving under the starry sky.

They looked a bit like deer, but the horns on their heads looked more like bull horns. The most striking thing was their necks. Although not as long as a giraffe's, they were much longer than a normal deer's.

They were the Colorful Star-Eyed Beasts.

The "Astrologer's" advancement ritual is: riding on the back of a Colorful Star-Eyed Beast and drinking the potion in the midnight sky.

Bernadette said: "There's still some time before midnight. You can prepare the potion first and then try to tame a 'Colorful Star-Eyed Beast.'"

Audis was stunned: "I still have to tame it?"

"Otherwise?" Bernadette glanced at Audis: "Would you let a stranger ride on your neck?"

Audis couldn't help but laugh at the analogy: "Okay, I'll prepare the potion first."

Bernadette raised her hand, and a somewhat illusory table appeared in front of Audis.

He took out the materials he had prepared long ago, first the essential oil of Black-Veined Peony, which he had just refined a few days ago. It was a pure black essential oil containing some crystals.

Generally speaking, only a few drops or a dozen drops of essential oil are used in potions, but promotion to "Astrologer" requires 50 milliliters of Black-veined Peony essential oil.

Audis had measured it with a measuring cylinder before departure, so now he only needs to pour these materials into a pre-prepared glass bottle.

The second auxiliary material is a jet-black liquid traded from Cattleya, the sap of the Mist Black Birch tree, which also requires 50 milliliters.

This sap is a potent hallucinogen and can make the drinker disoriented for a certain period.

The remaining two are a Shining Star Radiance Tree fruit and 12 grams of a Trickery Pegasus's liver.

The former is a hawthorn-sized fruit with some shiny crystals dotted on the surface, while the latter is a blood-red liver.

Audis took out two exquisite wooden boxes and opened one of them, inside which was a pale yellow crystal with starlight constantly flickering.

This is the main ingredient, the "Core Crystal of the Shining Star Radiance Tree." Under the starry sky, the crystal's starlight looks even brighter.

With the addition of a main ingredient, the potion in the glass bottle has already reacted, as if it were boiling, and the crystal is slowly melting.

In the second box, there is the "Pituitary Gland of the Trickery Pegasus." The tiny pituitary gland also has starlight flickering inside, as if it contains many fragments of stars.

When the "Pituitary Gland" was placed in the glass bottle, the potion instantly spewed out a layer of black mist.

After the mist dissipated, there was only a mass of black liquid with starlight-like crystals in the glass bottle. The crystals looked like streams of flowing starlight, which was very beautiful.

Audis plugged the bottle and put the potion in his pocket.

Bernadette "reproduced" an ancient stone throne behind her, and she sat down with a thud: "You can start now. You must get one of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beasts to accept you before midnight."

Audis "hmm"ed, used a "Flight Scroll," and then he swept past the thick grass and approached the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beasts.

The three Multicolor Star-Eyed Beasts, which looked a bit like deer, immediately turned their heads and ran when they saw Audis approaching, and they ran in three directions.

Audis chased after one of them. When he got closer, he saw clearly that the fur of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast was gray and its eyes were black, which had nothing to do with the words "multicolor" and "star-eyed."

But now is not the time to care about this. Audis seized the opportunity and jumped onto the back of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast, but was immediately thrown off.

The legs of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast are not very high, but its jumping ability is very strong, using inertia to throw Audis far away.

Fortunately, the effective time of the "Flight Scroll" has not ended. Audis flew over again. This time he grabbed the fur of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast, but its fur seemed to be instantly soaked in grease. Audis's hand slipped, and he was thrown out again.

Audis was still not discouraged. He pounced on it and hugged the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast directly, but the guy turned his head, grabbed Audis's hair with his mouth, and threw him out again with a shake of his head.

Audis stopped somewhat embarrassedly in mid-air above the grass, without being thrown to the ground.

He asked Bernadette: "Can you knock it unconscious?"

As a result, Audis saw Bernadette sitting on the ancient stone throne,翘着二郎腿, holding a wine glass in her hand, looking towards this side as if she were enjoying a performance: "No, if it is not awake when midnight comes, it will be of no use."

Audis was helpless and had to continue to chase the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast, and was thrown off several times. Audis accidentally fell on the grass.

He rolled a few times, and the force of the fall was relieved.

Audis looked at the night sky, panting slightly, and didn't want to get up for a while.

At this time, in his vision, there was only grass and the night sky.

After a while, Bernadette's concerned and beautiful face appeared. She floated above the grass and asked: "Are you okay?"

Audis smiled and said: "The starry sky tonight is really beautiful."

Bernadette smiled and said: "It's almost midnight, and you're still in the mood to admire the starry sky."

Audis sat up and stretched: "If I can be promoted in a while, I want to lie down here for a while."

Bernadette sat back on her stone throne: "Let's finish the promotion first."

Audis got up again, but this time he didn't rush towards the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast. Instead, he took out two kinds of spiritual materials from the "Wilderness of Knowledge."

One is the powder made from the fruit of the "Shining Star Radiance Tree." He sprinkled some on himself to cover up his scent.

The other spiritual material is a few leaves of the "Alaman Tree."

The "Crystal of the Alaman Tree" is one of the main materials for promotion to "Scroll Professor." When Audis was promoted to "Scroll Professor," he hunted an "Alaman Tree" that Bernadette had in reserve.

At that time, Audis took all the leaves away. Some of them were dried and crushed to make powder for use.

Some of them have not been processed. With the "preservation" ability of the "Wilderness of Knowledge," they look like they have just been picked from the tree not long ago.

This time, Audis was not in a hurry to chase the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast. He held up the leaves and walked over slowly: "Do you want to eat it? If you want to eat it, come over."

"This leaf is worth 1 pound. I'm going to be generous today and let you eat your fill."

The Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast looked at Audis, but did not run away immediately.

Audis smiled: "I won't hurt you. I just need your help. Come on, come and taste how the leaves taste."

He approached slowly, and the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast really stretched its head over, took a leaf, and then its mouth chewed the leaf of the "Alaman Tree" like a cow.

Such a spiritual creature, of course, likes to eat this kind of thing with rich spirituality.

And the scent emanating from the person in front of him also seemed not so annoying.

After eating one leaf, the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast stretched its head over again and took another leaf.

After eating three leaves, Audis reached out and touched its head, and it didn't resist much.

After eating eight leaves, Audis jumped on its back, and it could barely accept it.

At this time, Audis found that the fur of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast had changed color. It was gray just now, but now it has turned light blue.

The Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast also raised its head and stared directly at the starry sky. Its eyes seemed to be assimilated by the starlight, and they also emitted a brilliant starlight.

As midnight approached, the fur of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast showed more changes. It was light blue for a while, light green for a while, and finally the fur in different positions turned different colors, as beautiful as a rainbow.

The biggest change was the raised neck of the Multicolor Star-Eyed Beast. It actually seemed to become transparent, looking very illusory.

Then, particles of colorful starlight appeared in the transparent neck, emitting a dreamlike color, and the surrounding grass was illuminated as if it were under the illumination of neon lights.

At this time, Bernadette reminded: "Drink the potion!"

Audis did not hesitate, opened the glass bottle containing the potion, and drank the "Astrologer" potion in one gulp.