Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 186: False Altar and True Altar

Odysseus used the "teleportation array" to escape back to the basement of 77 Hilton Avenue: the "leader's" secret was discovered!

The "leader" and "account" that I worked so hard to build can no longer be used, but with the support of the "Mechanical Heart", I can reconvene the occult research society after a while.

However, a new meeting can only be held after the negotiations with MI9 are completed.

Odysseus still felt uncomfortable because of the impact of the air wave on his head, but he immediately took away the "Ajona Crystal" worth more than 4,000 pounds from the magic circle to avoid being chased by the "MI9" people.

Then he took out a glass bottle that had been placed next to the magic circle but was used for the first time, uncorked it, and poured the liquid inside onto the wall, completely destroying the magic circle.

In this way, even if some extraordinary means are used, it will be difficult to find this place in a short time.

Finally, Odysseus took off his mask and his tattered cloak, took them away, and left here as Odysseus.

In order to prevent situations like today's, Odysseus has always tried to cover his face when entering 77 Hilton Boulevard, so the neighbors around him don't know what he looks like.

As usual, Odysseus tried his best to cover his face with his collar and hat brim when he went out. He hailed a taxi as quickly as possible, left two streets, and stopped at an inn.

Entering the hotel, he used forged documents to request a room and paid for a week's stay.

Odysseus opened the door of the room and sat on the edge of the bed in the hotel. He breathed a sigh of relief. With these operations just now, it was certain that "MI9" would not be able to investigate Odysseus within a few days.

He rested briefly before escaping through the back window. After walking two blocks, he took a rented carriage to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute.

The official Beyonders were still very busy today, and Max was not there, but Odysseus met Captain Ikanser and described what happened today.

Captain Ikanser frowned after hearing this. "MI9 is indeed going too far. Even if they have suspicions about you, they can't just arrest you like that."

He thought for a moment and said, "Since Odysseus's identity has not been exposed, you go back first. I will immediately question MI9 and ask them to stop arresting you.

"When the opportunity is right, I'll invite someone from MI9 to the Mechanical Research Institute. You can come too, and explain what's going on in person."

The so-called face-to-face explanation is to dispel some of the doubts of "MI9" and tell them that "Mechanical Heart" will not give up "Leader".

Odysseus nodded, quite satisfied with the answer.

After returning to No. 77 Hailin Avenue, Odysseus drank a cup of tea and waited for the tinnitus caused by the impact of the air wave to disappear before he opened the information brought back from No. 199 Hairun Avenue and continued to study the extraordinary cases that had occurred in the past two days.

From yesterday afternoon to last night, six extraordinary cases occurred. Judging from the description, they were also extraordinary cases caused by the overflow of the power of the ritual of the evil god's arrival.

Odysseus looked at the map he had drawn and finally had some ideas.

At this moment, a layer of illusory feathers suddenly appeared in the room. It was a pair of pure white illusory wings. The wings opened and Bernadette walked out from inside: "I found the location of the altar."

Odysseus first glanced at the map in front of him again before asking, "Where is it?"

"It's in that Fourth Epoch ruins!" Bernadette said. "They actually used the ruins' anti-divination properties to create a secret space inside."

That's why she never found any trace of the altar.

Odysseus said, "Tell me the exact location, and I'll notify the official Beyonders right away."

Bernadette raised her hand, and several exquisite sketches appeared on Odysseus’ desk: “Follow the order of the scenes described in these sketches, and you will find the altar.

“On the last page, I noted how to access the space they had created.”

Bernadette gave this information to Odysseus in the hope of using the power of the official Beyonders to destroy the altar of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

Odysseus nodded. "I'll go to the Mechanical Heart right away."

After taking the information and taking two steps, Odysseus suddenly stopped and said, "I'll tell them that I got the information from the 'Mysterious Queen'."

An altar of this level is obviously not something a Sequence 7 can find.

Bernadette said "hmm" and disappeared from Odysseus' study.

Odysseus took a rented carriage to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute again. Captain Ikanser had just returned from MI9.

Odysseus immediately stepped forward: "Found it!"

Ikanser was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Odysseus had found: "Come to my office!"

The two of them hurried up to the second floor. As soon as they closed the door, Odysseus immediately said, "The 'Mysterious Queen' just came to me and gave me these sketches. She told me to follow the order marked on the sketches and I would find the altar."

Ikanser was stunned: "How did she know you were our informant?"

"One of her subordinates bought information from me," Odysseus lied. "Of course, I didn't know it was a subordinate of the mysterious queen, but now I think about it, it must have been her."

"I didn't expect to find such a vast Quaternary ruin deep beneath the docks." Ikanser didn't doubt Odysseus's lies. He glanced at the sketches and said, "I'll immediately hand this information over to Bishop Horamick."

After coming out of the seminar, Odysseus should have breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't feel any relief at all.

When Odysseus returned to his study and looked at the map again, he finally understood what he was worried about.

Theoretically, the ruins of the Quaternary Era were the best choice for the Moss Ascetic Order to set up their altar, but all this seemed too logical.

This reminded Odysseus of the ambush by the "Moss Ascetic Order" that he encountered when he was investigating Bernie's residence.

Looking back now, I always feel that the ambush was a bit too perfunctory.

They only sent a Sequence 6 to arrest a Sequence 7. It was as if they were telling Odysseus: Be careful, we are still hunting you.

At the same time, this was like notifying Bernadette: We are still in Backlund.

Later, Bernadette actually found the ruins of the Fourth Epoch by tracking the members of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

All the clues seemed to point naturally to the location of the altar.

Thinking of this, Odysseus continued to study the map he had drawn. He gradually came up with a guess and immediately whispered the honorific name of the "Mysterious Queen": "The Holy Spirit who pursues knowledge;

“A beacon of light to a mysterious world;

“The eyes that peer into fate;

“The king of the sea;
"Saintly Bernadette Gustave."

He waited a few seconds, but there was no response, so he whispered it a second time.

As soon as he finished reading, a vague yet majestic figure appeared in Odysseus's mind, and a voice full of majesty came: "What is it?"

"We seem to have made a mistake before." Facing the immense pressure Bernadette displayed, Odysseus unconsciously lowered his head. "Why did the 'Moss Ascetic Order' insist on setting up the altar in Backlund?"

Theoretically, this was very risky. The key point was that the power of the ritual would leak out, and Backlund's demigods would be able to detect the ongoing ritual. There was no need for them to do this. Finding a deserted area seemed to be a safer way to complete the ritual.

But they chose Backlund, who was known for his demigods, which was very strange in itself.

Bernadette paused before asking, "What do you think?"

"They need a lot of lives!" Odysseus guessed, "At some point in the ritual, they must need millions of lives!
“In this case, holding the ceremony in a big city is the best option.

“But in this case, the altar must be hidden.

“Perhaps they decided to perform this ritual after finding the ruins from the Fourth Epoch.

“But they felt that this was not enough, because the ruins were hundreds of meters deep underground and there wasn’t much life around!

"It's very likely that they used this relic as a 'smokescreen'."

After a pause, Bernadette asked again, "Where do you think the altar is?"

"In the East District," Odysseus pointed to the map he had drawn, "the most densely populated East District."

Judging from the intelligence he has obtained so far, this "coming of the evil god" incident has triggered 16 extraordinary cases.

Currently, the official Beyonders have just established a joint investigation team, and the details of the case they have learned may not be as comprehensive as Odysseus's.

Judging from the locations of the 16 cases, they probably occurred around the East District.

In the West District, which is the farthest away from the East District, only one extraordinary case has occurred so far.

And so far, no extraordinary case has occurred in the East District, which is itself a bit strange.

Extraordinary cases are not like the robberies that often occur in the East District and will not attract attention. After the case occurs, even if no one reports it, official extraordinary people can find something wrong.

Thinking of this, Odysseus sighed: What a disaster-stricken East District!
Bernadette asked again: "What's the specific location?"

"I'm not sure." Odysseus said, "I need to find a friend to help me determine the approximate location."

Odysseus planned to ask Klein for help to see if he could use the clues on the map he had compiled to roughly divine the location of the altar.

Of course, if it were an ordinary "magician", there would be no way to use such abstract things to predict anything, but Klein is different.

This map is equivalent to an abstract collection of the consequences caused by the evil god's advent ceremony. The "Fool" can use these abstract things to divine some clues.

After leaving, Odysseus first sent a telegram to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute, telling them that he had new clues.

Then he arrived at 15 Minsk Street, where he found Klein waiting.

"I've found some clues..." As soon as he entered the living room, Odysseus didn't hide anything and told him the general situation. "Now I really need you to perform divination and find out the approximate location of the altar of the 'Moss Ascetic Order'."

He paused and continued, "If this divination is difficult, then just asking if it's in the East District would be fine too?"

The rest will be left to the official Beyonders to investigate.

Klein didn't refuse. He nodded and said, "I need a quiet environment for divination."

Odysseus immediately got up and went to wait in the living room outside.

Although Klein was the only one in the room, he was still very careful. He pretended to build an altar and placed the map that Odysseus had brought on the altar.

Then he prayed to himself, put on a praying look, and went into "above the gray fog" to perform divination.

Arriving "above the gray fog," Klein sat at the head of the long bronze table and used his own stars to establish a connection with the map on the altar.

At this moment, Klein saw a nearly transparent human figure in the corner of the room.

That's Bernadette's "invisible servant"!
Fortunately, Klein was so careful that Bernadette didn't notice anything.

Klein frowned, thinking that they were official Beyonders following Odysseus. This ritual was equivalent to exposing Detective Sherlock's secret beliefs.

But considering that "Detective Sherlock" had recently been accidentally involved in an extraordinary case that seemed to be manipulated by 0-08 and was about to leave Backlund, there was no need to worry too much about this.

So he continued to divine.

At this time, under Bernadette's command, the "Invisible Servant" looked at the symbol in the center of the altar. This was a symbol she had never seen before, and it should represent a hidden existence.

Soon, the great detective seemed to have finished his "prayer", took out a pen and paper and quickly drew a sketch.

It was a three-story building that looked a bit shabby and did look a bit like a house in the East District.

"I got a clue!" Klein shouted.

Odysseus hurried in, took the sketch and took a look at it: "I will send someone to find this building immediately!"

As he walked out, he said, "If the official Beyonders give out bonuses, I will definitely give you a portion!"

Without waiting for Klein's reply, Odysseus had already left the house. He first went to the telegraph office and sent several telegrams.

Although the "account" of "Leader" could no longer be used, this did not prevent Odysseus from skipping the Mysticism Research Society and sending telegrams directly to several members to issue urgent tasks.

After sending the telegram, Odysseus took a carriage and returned to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute.

Of course, he wouldn't be so foolish as to confirm such a high-level altar himself.

Captain Ikanser was already waiting in the lobby of the Mechanical Research Society. As soon as Odysseus entered, he greeted him and said, "Members of the Occult Research Society have sent a telegram saying that the building you described is at 16 Limestone Street in the East District."

In the telegram Odysseus had just sent, he asked any members with clues to send them to the Backlund Mechanical Research Society.

I didn't expect to receive a reply so quickly. Apparently, the other party knew where the building was, so they immediately telegraphed back to the Mechanical Research Association.

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief. "Then please, Bishop Horamick, go there immediately!"

Captain Ikanser took a deep breath and whispered to Odysseus, "I can't contact Bishop Horamick!"

He paused and explained, "Bishop Horamik, Archbishop Anthony Stevenson of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, Archbishop Ace Snake of the Church of the Storm, and Duke Grove Augustus have all been lost."

Odysseus thought to himself: Damn, could it be that I fell into the trap of the "Moss Ascetic Order" because of the previous "fake altar"?

Then he smiled bitterly. If the official Beyonders lost four demigods, at least the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery would need an angel to save itself.

(End of this chapter)