Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

In the "Common Dream" of the "Ruins of the Divine War", inside the Black Abbey, Audis and Klein, guided by Anderson, saw the mural that brought misfortune.

In that long pilgrimage procession, walking at the very front was a tall, thin man with long silver hair. His features were gentle, his eyes were tightly closed, and behind him were layers upon layers of wings.

Audis and Klein exchanged a glance. They both recognized that this was exactly the "Ouroboros", Uroboros, described in the murals from the temple of the "True Creator" that "Little Sun" had shown before.

Immediately, Audis said, "This is a mural 'On the Road'."

Klein nodded, understanding that Audis meant this was a mural left on the road to the "Land Abandoned by God".

He also noticed the differences from the mural provided by "Little Sun."

For example, the background of this mural was a sea burning with golden flames, while the mural provided by "Little Sun" was a desolate and silent plain.

The destination here was the depths of the sea, while the destination of the one provided by "Little Sun" was a distant mountain, with a huge cross on top of the mountain.

Clearly, this was a mural left on the way to the "Land Abandoned by God".

At this time, Audis laughed and said, "A great escape, made to look like an outdoor sketch by this… this 'King of Angels'."

It seems that Uroboros painted while walking!

Audis asked Anderson, who was still making the canoe, "Where did you find these murals?"

Klein was stunned, and immediately realized that the murals in the Black Abbey should have corresponding real murals somewhere in the real world.

"We found a ruin," Anderson said. "In that ruin, we found a lot of characteristics, and a few magical items.

"Then we entered this place and saw this mural."

Audis asked, "Your purpose here is to find treasure together?"

Anderson continued to bury his head in making his canoe: "This sea area is full of treasures.

"As long as you can successfully get it and get out alive."

At this time, Klein looked into the depths of the hall and said, "Do you know what's there?"

Anderson glanced in the direction of Klein's gaze and said, "I don't know."

He swung his axe while saying, "At least one-third of my companions formed a team to explore there, and then never came back."

Klein pressed, "Are you referring to the real world, or in the dream?"

"Of course, it's the real world," Anderson said with a smile. "The other one-third of my companions explored forward in the dream, and they also didn't come back."

Clang!

As he spoke, Anderson's axe hit the wood again, but it made the sound of metal colliding. His axe then shattered into two pieces, one of which, a smaller fragment, shot towards him.

Fresh red blood immediately flowed from between Anderson's right chest and abdomen.

He covered the wound with his hand and looked at Audis and Klein, saying, "I told you, after seeing that mural, I have been shrouded in bad luck.

"Fortunately, this is not too unlucky. At least they didn't ruin my ordinary, handsome face."

Klein thought to himself: How can these two adjectives be put together?

The two watched Anderson quickly take out the fragments, treat the wound, and take the potion, and found that his emotions were stable and his technique was skilled, as if he was used to such encounters.

Klein pondered and asked again, "When your companions went to explore, did you and the remaining part of the people stay in place to study the murals?"

Anderson was stunned for a moment, and then tied the potion pouch to his belt: "No.

"I belong to the one-third that explored forward."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth gradually cracked open, revealing a warm smile.

Klein's pupils shrank, and he immediately arched his back and retreated, raising the hand wearing the "Creeping Hunger".

Audis, who knew the truth, couldn't help but take a step back: This guy deserves the bad luck, he's acting so well!

Just then, dazzling sunlight came into view.

Audis, who was on the "Argo", opened his eyes and found that it was noon again outside.

Audis's spirituality sensed something. The moment he reached out to take out the crystal ball, the crystal ball showed a surge of spirituality. It was "Star Astrologer" Cattleya who wanted to contact him.

But after Audis established the connection with his spirituality, it was Klein's figure that appeared in the crystal ball. He asked first, "What do you think about Anderson that we encountered in the dream?"

"I don't have any thoughts," Audis said with a smile. "That might be one of his pranks."

Klein was obviously stunned for a moment. Recalling Anderson's personality, it was really possible for him to do such a prank: "I understand."

Then he disconnected the connection.

Audis looked at the crystal ball for a moment: This reminds me of the kind of people who hang up the phone very quickly.

… …

On the "Future", Klein disconnected the connection and handed the crystal ball to Cattleya next to him.

Cattleya, who took the crystal ball, seemed to recall for a moment before saying, "We seemed to have talked in the dream?"

Klein did not deny it: "Yes."

He encountered Cattleya first, and then encountered Audis, who was looking at the "Giant King's Court". Klein therefore misjudged and thought that Audis was also in a daze in the dream, just like Cattleya.

Cattleya then asked, "You and Audis can move freely in the dream."

Klein said half-truthfully: "Yes.

"This is a gift from my Lord."

My Lord!

Cattleya's eyes, hidden behind her glasses, flickered obviously, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Then she felt a little strange. "The World" can walk freely in the dream because of the gift, what about Audis? Why can he do it too?

The fleet sailed forward for not long before an island covered with huge trees appeared on the front side of the "Future".

Cattleya believed that they had been sailing tensely for a long time, and they should go ashore for a short rest, so she signaled the two ships behind to indicate that the "Future" was going to shore.

The "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" also indicated that they would go ashore together.

There was a very good harbor on the island, and the three ships docked on the shore one after another.

Cattleya said to her subordinates: "You can move around on the island, but don't go deep, and you must be within the range of the artillery."

Klein also came to the island. He only walked back and forth on the beach, enjoying the feeling of being on solid ground.

At this time, he noticed that a black spot was moving at high speed. It ran over from the edge of the cliff.

The black spot became bigger and bigger, and it turned out to be a figure!

The crew members who got off the ship to rest became vigilant for a while.

However, Cattleya, who stayed on the "Future", Audis, who stayed on the "Argo", and Edwina, who also did not disembark, only carefully observed the other side and did not immediately take action.

That is to say, the target is not very dangerous.

The figure got closer and closer, wearing a white shirt, a black vest, and short blond hair!

Klein recognized that it was Anderson!

Unlucky Anderson!

Without hesitation, Klein, playing as Gehrman Sparrow, took out a talisman and took out the ancient Hermes word: "Storm!"

With the infusion of spirituality, the wind suddenly stirred in the air.

Klein threw the talisman at Anderson expressionlessly.

A series of condensed cyan "wind blades" shot towards the target. Anderson was smiling and raising his right hand, as if to say hello.

Seeing the wind blade, he quickly fell to the side and made a series of rolls.

The "wind blade" inserted into the beach, cutting out obvious cracks, but it was still a little short and failed to hit the target.

Anderson shouted: "I have no hostility! And no malice!

"Edwina can testify for me!"

"Star Astrologer" also came down from the ship and stopped Klein, who continued to take the talisman: "Anderson Hood!"

Klein recalled the communication with Audis just now, so he didn't continue to attack, but he was a little strange, and he didn't understand why Anderson would ask "Iceberg Admiral" to testify for him?

Although he did not throw a new talisman, Klein still stared at Anderson closely.

Anderson with blond hair quickly explained with a wry smile: "I was just joking in the dream just now, to liven up the atmosphere. Don't you think it's a great experience for the environment to suddenly become terrifying?"

Klein said coldly: "I don't think so."

Anderson was stunned for a moment before continuing with a smile on his face: "Originally, I was planning to tell you next that I was joking and ask you for help, hoping that you could come here and take me away. As a result, the dream ended at that moment.

"Damn it! This is really too unlucky."

Klein then took out a coin and did a divination in front of Anderson to confirm that he was not lying, and then he didn't say anything else.

Then, in order to dispel everyone's concerns, Anderson took the initiative to tell his experience. It was almost the same as what he said in the dream before. He and some bounty hunters formed a treasure hunting team and came to the "Ruins of the Divine War" to find treasures.

In the beginning, they found a lot of good things, but after they saw the mural presented in the dream, the entire team became very unlucky. In just two days, the team members died or disappeared for various reasons.

Anderson was relatively strong, so he barely swam to this island under the constant bad luck.

As a result, when he was making the canoe, his axe was almost the same as in the dream, and it actually broke into two halves.

After Anderson finished telling his experience, he smiled at "Star Astrologer": "Do I have the honor to take your ship to leave? I will pay the fare."

Cattleya said, "I have no problem, but if you want to board another ship, you need the consent of the other captain."

Although she had accepted Klein's fare to take him to the 'Ruins of the God of War.'

However, once at sea, Cattleya, as the captain, had unquestionable authority in dealing with matters concerning the 'Future.'

Anderson's gaze wandered between the 'Future' and the 'Golden Dream' for a moment before he said, "Of course, I hope to board the 'Future.'"

Cattleya simply asked, "Why don't you choose the 'Golden Dream?'"

Anderson chuckled twice, "When I was in school with Edwina, our relationship wasn't very harmonious."

This answer made Klein slightly stunned: You went to school? You and 'Admiral of Iceberg' were classmates?

"I grant your request," Cattleya said, "But after leaving this sea area, you must give me half of your belongings. If you have nothing, then I want nothing."

Anderson was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Deal."

Then he smiled and said, "I must remind you that although my misfortune is limited to myself, you must also be careful, because it may attract monsters. Of course, I believe…"

Just as he said this, the entire island shook slightly, and smoke and dust billowed from the primeval forest.

Anderson clearly twitched the corner of his mouth: "Could a monster really be coming?"

As he spoke, a figure nearly three meters tall appeared on the edge of the primeval island.

Its entire body was grayish-white, seemingly composed of giant rocks, and the pits on its face formed relatively abstract facial features.

"Stone Giant," Cattleya whispered the name of the monster.

At this time, Odyseus, who had been looking out from the deck and had basically heard their conversation, loudly ordered: "Bow-mounted machine gun, water bullets aimed, fire!"

Cattleya was about to remind him that ordinary cannons could hardly harm this monster.

Because its "core" is one of the main materials of the "Warrior" pathway Sequence 5 "Guardian", so it has a very high defense.

But before she could speak, she saw the turret on the bow of the 'Argo' suddenly adjust its position and pour out a series of blue shells at the 'Stone Giant.'

These shells did not explode, but they smashed the "Stone Giant" back again and again.

The trees in the primeval forest that were unfortunate enough to be "hit" were instantly cut off at the waist by the extremely penetrating "water bullets."

The stones around the "Stone Giant" that were unfortunately hit were either directly penetrated or smashed and split in the middle.

For a time, the area was filled with falling trees and flying broken branches, and碎 stones and soil乱跳.

After the "Stone Giant" withstood a few shells, cracks began to appear on the surface of its body. Soon it could not hold on, its extraordinary defense disappeared, and the water bullets punched holes in its body. First its limbs broke, then its head was blown away, and finally its torso cracked and fell into several pieces on the ground.

Odyseus raised a hand: "Cease fire!"

Two or three seconds later, the stirred up碎 stones and branches landed one after another.

The crew members of the "Future" and "Golden Dream" were dumbfounded. Originally, they thought that the "Argo" was such a small ship that it would not have too much firepower.

What they didn't expect was that just one cannon on the "Argo" had such great power!

On the beach, Anderson said first: "With such fierce shelling, even with agile skills like mine, it would be difficult to dodge."

The only way he could think of was to summon the "Fire Crow" to fight against this cannon, and in the process, evacuate as soon as possible and escape the cannon's range.

Klein and Cattleya also put themselves in the place of the "Stone Giant" just now, thinking about how they would deal with such an attack if they were that "Stone Giant."

Cattleya immediately thought of several targeted "Witchcraft", but before that, she had to get close enough to attack the target.

Then she realized that when the cannon was in a firing state, it was impossible to get close, and she was not sure to block all the shells. The only way was to temporarily leave the range and then look for an opportunity.

Klein found that if he didn't have "Creeping Hunger", it would be difficult to escape.

At this time, Odyseus, who was looking into the distance on the deck, said: "Strange, this 'Stone Giant' did not析出 extraordinary materials."

Cattleya explained: "In this sea area, some extraordinary creatures do not have extraordinary materials in their bodies."

Odyseus looked at Anderson and smiled: "Is this your bad luck, or my bad luck?"

Anderson smiled wryly: "It must be my bad luck."

Odyseus sighed: "Just now I was thinking about letting you run around inside the island to attract the monsters and bring them here, and I would use machine guns to destroy them, and finally we would divide the obtained materials equally.

"Now I don't have such thoughts."

Klein thought to himself: Is this the legendary "引怪"?

Anderson breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "It seems that bad luck also has its advantages."

With the interlude of the "Stone Giant", the rest time on the island ended early, and the fleet set sail again.

…

On the "Argo."

Odyseus was in the驾驶室, watching the navigators draw sea charts, when he suddenly felt the spiritual fluctuations of the crystal ball.

Taking out the crystal ball and looking at it, it was Cattleya contacting him again, and after establishing the connection, the figure of Gehrman Sparrow appeared again.

The other party said that he hoped to be a guest on the "Argo."

Odyseus knew that Klein must be very curious about the "Extraordinary Machine Gun", so he agreed to the other party's request.

A few minutes later, Klein used the "Flying" charm and landed on the deck of the "Argo."

Odyseus greeted him on the deck: "Are you tired of staying on the 'Future'?"

Klein used Gehrman Sparrow: "Didn't you say in your dream just now that we should get together more?"

Odyseus smiled while making a gesture of invitation: "I didn't expect you to be so行动力."

Klein didn't follow Odyseus to the restaurant, but looked at the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" on the bow: "I didn't have time to visit it when I came before. Aren't you going to take me to visit it now and introduce the weapons here?"

He was indeed very interested in this "Machine Gun", because this was exactly the firepower suppression he had崇尚 before.

"Okay," Odyseus said, "You have seen this 'Extraordinary Machine Gun' just now. In fact, this is already a modified version."

In the past month or so, Odyseus used the convenience brought by the "Alchemy Glasses" to upgrade the weapons on the "Argo."

Although the power has not increased too much, it is more convenient and easier to use than before.

For example, the "Extraordinary Machine Gun", Odyseus introduced: "The previous version had a limited shooting angle, and targets higher than 70 degrees could not be hit.

"The improved version has a slide like this."

Just now Klein noticed that there was a slide in the middle of the turret, dividing the entire turret into two halves: "Can it be shot at 180 degrees with no dead angles?"

"There are still dead angles," Odyseus smiled. "After all, you can't shoot downwards. If the enemy is close enough, you can't hit them.

"Moreover, in order to prevent crew members from operating incorrectly, cannonballs cannot be fired at angles that may attack the 'Argo's' sails or驾驶室."

Klein sighed: "Very advanced!"

Although he had never visited Ruen's ironclad ships, in his impression, the ironclad ships only had large-caliber cannons, and it didn't seem like they had such flexible and powerful weapons.

Then he asked: "What if the enemy gets close to the 'Argo'?"

Odyseus answered Klein's question with practical actions. He called over an "Extraordinary Puppet": "Open that 'Extraordinary Machine Gun'."

The "Extraordinary Puppet" opened a standing wooden box on the left front舷 of the "Argo" according to the captain's instructions.

These wooden boxes look quite strong, but they are actually very easy to open. After opening the middle lock, the wooden box can倒向 both sides, revealing the metal gun架 and machine gun inside.

The "Extraordinary Machine Gun" is in a standing position, so it doesn't take up much space.

After the "Extraordinary Puppet" pulls out the fixing ring, the shooting angle of the machine gun can be changed freely, even directly below the ship's舷, it can hit.

Before, Klein was wondering why the "Argo" would fix these wooden boxes on the ship's舷. Now he understood that the wooden boxes were all weapons.

Odyseus was about to take Klein to continue the tour, when the灵性 of the two people felt something and looked at the "Future" in front together.

The two people saw that the炮管 of the cannon on the "Future" was spitting milk.

Klein sighed: "In this sea area, Frank is more dangerous than Heath Doyle, the first mate of the 'Future', and more dangerous than Anderson."

In the previous dream, Frank said that he was studying something that could make cows produce milk. It is not certain whether those things will make cows produce milk, but it is certain that the cannon of the 'Future' is producing milk.

Odyseus "recalled" the corresponding event, and his eyes patrolled the surrounding sea area: "It is likely the result of Anderson and Frank 'adding' together."

Klein nodded: "That makes sense."

At this time, they saw a large number of vines suddenly涌出 from the deck of the "Future". In just a dozen seconds, the giant ship nearly one hundred meters long turned into a藤蔓 forest.

Klein also realized that something was wrong, but he did not immediately rush back to support, but chose to observe again to find out where the source of the strangeness was.

Immediately following, they heard Cattleya's amplified voice: "There might be remnants of the Earth Mother's aura here."

Audrey didn't react much, but Klein was very surprised. The Star Admiral's words overturned his previous guess about the sea area's ancient divine battle.

"Here it comes!" Audrey's sudden, nonsensical words brought Klein back to his senses. At the same time, he saw a gigantic palm suddenly emerge from beneath the sea, slamming into the side of the Future.

The palm's fingers were very long, nearly half a meter, and it appeared to be a lifeless, grayish-black color.

Then, it gripped the side of the ship and quickly climbed upwards, pulling the submerged portion out inch by inch.

The monster seemed to be haphazardly pieced together from countless gray and black corpses. Behind the enormous palm was an arm withered like dry firewood, and the arm was from the corpse of a giant.

The giant's single eye was tightly shut, and several heads were stuck to its neck. Beneath those heads extended scaly fish bodies, the remains of lizards, and twisted human corpses.

Layer upon layer, they formed a floating island-like mass of flesh.

From the different corpses, from the gaps between the stitched-together parts, wisps of yellowish-green gas diffused outwards, seemingly trying to envelop the area.

Audrey sighed: "The abilities of the 'Seafarer' pathway at a high level are quite similar to those of the 'Death' pathway!"

He suddenly understood why Sequence 3 of this pathway was called 'Pallbearer'.

Klein was stunned for a moment. He still didn't rush to provide support, because he couldn't think of a very good solution at the moment.

Immediately, the mystical symbols on the Future lit up in distinct layers, transforming the entire ship into a dazzling starry sea.

The spreading yellowish-green gas was blocked by the starlight. Boatswain Nina and First Mate Frank were leading the sailors to adjust the sails, trying to steer away from this area as quickly as possible.

However, the massive, grayish-black monster had already entangled the front of the ship. Its underwater body was connected to who knows where, stubbornly holding the Future in place.

Audrey immediately issued an order: "Hard to port! Full speed ahead!

"Keep your distance from the Future! Prepare the ship's head machine gun fire!"

The Golden Dream followed the Argo in turning its rudder.

As the Argo came to the side of the Future, just as Audrey was about to order the cannons to fire, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became peaceful. Everyone's emotions felt affected, and even Audrey felt like he had become an emotionless living corpse.

At this critical moment, a sailing galleon of similar size, nearly a hundred meters long, sailed out of the void in the sea ahead!

This ship was mainly black, with a dark green sheen. A blooming black tulip was painted on its pale white mainsail.

This was the flagship of Hell Admiral Ludwell, the Black Tulip.

It was said to be a frequent visitor to this sea area, searching for something here.

Klein's gaze sharpened. Although the Black Tulip didn't immediately launch an attack, it was clearly observing, ready to attack as soon as there was an opportunity.

After glancing at the other ship, Audrey said to the helmsman: "Charge the spirit wave cannon!

"Ship's head Extraordinary Machine Gun, fire at the monster's chest and abdomen, the part entangling the Future!"

If they only targeted the arms, the target would be too small, and they could easily accidentally injure the Future!

Bang bang bang bang bang!

The Extraordinary Machine Gun began to fire, and a series of shells struck the monster, causing explosions. Flames spread, burning and exploding simultaneously.

For a time, limbs and broken arms flew everywhere, severing the monster between its chest and abdomen.

The Future was finally able to move forward. At the same time, while defending against the opponent's poisonous gas, Cattleya organized her men to cut off the five fingers of the giant hand, and the upper half of the corpse fell into the sea.

However, in the instant of sliding down, many corpses connected together suddenly separated from the giant's corpse and, using the giant's corpse as a springboard, jumped onto the Future.

The crew of the Future immediately launched a counterattack, but they soon discovered that the severed parts of these corpses suddenly transformed into new monsters.

And the original injured monster grew back its severed body parts.

As a result, the more monsters they killed on the deck, the more there were.

At this moment, the Black Tulip suddenly moved. The cannons on the ship were aimed at the Future, and they carried out a round of calibration fire.

Audrey and Klein were both slightly stunned. They hadn't expected the Black Tulip to take the initiative to attack.

Immediately, Audrey understood. From the Black Tulip's perspective, the scene of the Argo firing at the Future earlier looked like the Argo was driving the giant corpse to attack the Future, while simultaneously attacking the Future with cannons.

Hell Admiral Ludwell was thinking of attacking from both sides, severely damaging the Future, and then immediately retreating.

Even if he couldn't severely damage the Future, with his speed, he could quickly retreat from the battlefield and avoid being attacked by the Future.

This was a common pirate tactic: kicking someone when they're down.

Whether or not they could hit the person at the bottom of the well didn't matter. The main thing was that they felt comfortable throwing stones at this time.

Audrey stopped Klein, who was about to play the adventurer and rush towards the Black Tulip.

Klein was stunned for a moment and didn't try to be brave. He took out the talisman and held it tightly in his hand, not using it.

Audrey observed the battle situation on the deck of the Future. The situation wasn't too critical, but it would take time to get rid of those monsters.

After thinking for a moment, he ordered the bridge: "Fire the spirit wave cannon at the Black Tulip!"

The next second, Klein saw a small spot of light being fired out at an extremely fast speed. Because the distance was short, it almost instantly hit the Black Tulip.

Rumble~

Klein watched in astonishment as the explosion surrounded the Black Tulip and formed a mushroom cloud-like plume of smoke in the air.

Immediately following, a violent shockwave came. Because this time the explosion occurred just a few kilometers away, the waves and air currents stirred up by the shockwave caused the Future to tilt severely, as if it were about to capsize.

After the seawater absorbed some of the force, the Future's hull righted itself.

Many monsters on the ship fell into the sea. Although some of the crew members were also thrown out, Cattleya intervened in time, and they were all caught by the materialized starlight and "thrown back" onto the deck.

The next second, the shockwave reached the slightly more distant Argo and Golden Dream. Only then did Klein come back to his senses and quickly dive down, reducing the area of contact with the shockwave.

Immediately following, the Argo also shook violently. At that moment, Klein felt like a leaf in a storm, very small and helpless.

Fortunately, with the strengthening of his physique from the Clown's abilities and his excellent balance, Klein grabbed the ship's rail and wasn't thrown out.

After jumping back onto the Argo's deck, Klein saw that Audrey had already used a Defense Scroll in advance, blocking the violent shockwave. He was standing there unharmed.

Klein then looked at the Golden Dream behind him. The sailing galleon was now emitting a golden light all over its body, using its extraordinary arrangement to withstand the shockwave.

The explosion a few kilometers away finally dissipated. Klein saw that the Black Tulip had already been sunk.