Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 11 The Learned Herbalist
"When it comes to natural elements, a 'pentagram' or 'hexagram' magic circle is generally used." Because the people sent by the "Mysterious Queen" had such poor foundation, Odysseus had no choice but to start from the basics:

"The reason we use the 'Pentagram' formation is because before the Third Epoch, Beyonders believed the world was composed of earth, air, water, fire, and ether.

"We use the Hexagram formation because, by the Fourth Epoch, extraordinary scholars believed that gold should still be the fundamental element that constitutes the world.

"Or perhaps 'gold' should have been separated from the original 'earth'. During the same period, it was said that the 'pentagram' magic circle would occasionally summon demons, so the 'hexagram' magic circle was widely used."

The lady who came to study no longer had any contempt at this time: "I heard that the Belia family in the Blood Worship Cult has the element of 'pentagram' in their emblem."

Odysseus nodded. "I've also seen similar information. The change of the magic circle from a 'pentagram' to a 'hexagram' should have something to do with them."

As he spoke, he drew two isosceles triangles on the paper with the same center but facing different directions. This is the "hexagram".

Odysseus drew a small circle in the center of the triangle. "The symbol in this circle is very important. In the magic circle I'm going to describe, we can't use the common symbol representing fire. We must use this symbol instead."

He first drew a trapezoid, and then drew a layer of rolled-up indicator symbols on each of the four sides of the trapezoid.

The woman was slightly taken aback. "I've never seen this symbol before, but it looks very similar to the symbol representing fire."

"This is a symbol I derived from the six applications of the flame symbol," said Odysseus.

"Can occult symbols be deduced?"

Odysseus did not answer the question directly, but asked: "Have you heard of the legend about the origin of occult symbols?"

The woman nodded. "Legend has it that these symbols were created by our ancestors based on some of the symbols on the 'Profane Slate,' creating a system of occult symbols."

Odysseus said: "This legend is somewhat fabricated. The symbols on the 'blasphemous slab' would never be so simple.

"Don't ask me how I know. I won't tell you even if you ask."

He knew that the font on the "blasphemous slate" was the kind of character that "can only be understood intuitively" and it might not even have a fixed form. How could such a thing be imitated?

"These should be a set of symbols that our ancestors accidentally discovered, which can trigger certain reactions of Beyonder characteristics." Odysseus said: "Based on my research over the years, this set of symbols is very incomplete.

"So I derived a new set of symbols, which have been verified to be more useful than the original occult symbols."

The lady belatedly realized a question: "Why do mystical symbols have a certain reaction with extraordinary things?"

"This touches upon the question of 'the nature of spirituality.'

"The nature of spirituality?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "As a Beyonder of the Scholar Path, you haven't pondered the question of what spirituality is, have you?"

The lady suddenly felt like an ignorant elementary school student: "Spirituality... isn't it just spirituality?"

Odysseus said: "This issue is not included in this transaction. We will discuss it again when we have the chance."

The lady was suddenly disappointed.

"Let's continue. Outside the small circle are symbols indicating the four directions..." Odysseus continued to explain the magic circle used in the weapon.

From the indicative symbols outside the small circle, to the symbols in the hexagon, and then to the circle of mystical symbols outside the large circle, the formation he drew is very similar to the classic "hexagram" formation, but there are many differences in the details.

As Odysseus explained each step, it was as if a new door had opened up for the woman. It turned out that the magic circle, which had always been overlooked, had so many mysteries and uses! Finally, Odysseus began to explain the paint used in the magic circle on the weapons.

The entire magic circle should be painted with dark red paint, and the symbol in the center should be painted with bright red paint.

In addition, the six symbols in the "hexagram" should be bright yellow, and the outermost circle of mystical symbols should be black.

These coatings must be mixed with "magma pyroxene powder" and "red crown fairy grass powder" in a certain proportion. These two spiritual materials are auxiliary materials for the "Hunter" path to advance to Sequence 7 "Arsonist", and are not common spiritual materials.

So each maintenance of the weapon costs 80 pounds.

After the magic circle was drawn, the lady still had a lot of questions, but Odysseus simply explained some basic principles and did not go into too much detail.

As he said before, that is not part of this deal.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Odysseus announced that today's class was over and that they would come back the next morning to learn how to disassemble and assemble the weapon.

The lady stood up and said, "Teacher Gar, my name is Alia. I hope to ask you questions about mystical symbols when I have the chance."

She realized that the knowledge that Odysseus possessed was extremely important to the "Scroll Professor" and might even bring about a qualitative change in her abilities.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Okay, we'll talk about it later when we have a chance."

Arya asked again, "Does this weapon have a name?"

Odysseus scratched his head. "I hate naming things, so I just gave it a code name."

"Such a creative weapon deserves a catchy name!" Arya thought for a moment and said, "How about 'Flaming Arrow'?"

Odysseus nodded: "Okay."

He has always been easygoing when it comes to naming.

After saying goodbye again, Alia left Gar's Herb Shop and took a carriage to a small villa in the Cherwood district.

The servants in the villa kept tending the fireplace, and the burning flames dispelled the dampness and coldness of the city. Arya hurried to her study and first wrote down everything she had learned that day in her notebook.

As she was pondering the question of the "nature of the spirit" raised by Odysseus, the flames in the fireplace suddenly turned green and cold, and even came out of the fireplace.

Alia knew that the "messenger" of the "mysterious queen" had arrived, and she immediately stood up.

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After a fierce flame burned, Alia felt that there was suddenly another person in the study, and the flames in the fireplace turned to normal color, but in front of her there was only a ball of air, not even a human figure.

"How's your study today?" The voice of the "mysterious queen" came in the air, as if the queen was right in front of him.

Alia bowed slightly to the air. "I only learned the principle of the magic circle, but Odysseus didn't explain the inner theory in detail."

At the same time, she realized that the "Queen" was very concerned about what she was doing.

"Did he explain those strange occult symbols?"

Alia roughly understood that the "Queen" had noticed the most crucial part of the magic circle: those derived mystical symbols.

When Bernadette learned that those unfamiliar occult symbols had been derived by Odysseus, she wondered, "Are the requirements for opening an herbal medicine shop so high these days? They even have to derive occult symbols?"
(End of this chapter)