Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 200 The storm is coming
Everyone was stunned when they heard the "hermit's" reminder.

Even Klein the Fool, who had initially reminded everyone, was wondering in his heart: "The Witch Cult is actually involved in this matter?"
The next second, he suddenly thought of the lady with the jewel ring.

Klein always felt that this lady was very familiar and dangerous!
It was she who cursed and killed Talim, the nobleman's riding instructor.

And it seems that this lady is also the lover of Prince Edessak.

Justice Audrey asked, "Mr. Hermit, what does 'the Saint of the Witch Cult' mean?"

"According to some of the intelligence I received earlier," Odysseus said, "the Saint of the Witch Cult is at least Sequence 3!"

Everyone held their breath briefly. In this era where angels rarely appeared, Sequence 3 meant the pinnacle of combat power.

And the "saint" of the "Witch Sect" appeared in Backlund, definitely not for shopping and entertainment.

Magician Fors asked again, "Is the tragedy Mr. World mentioned related to the Witch Cult?"

"I don't know." Odysseus smiled. "There are too few clues now. I can't guess their intentions at all."

Things became more confusing. The other members all had a bad feeling, but they didn't know where the disaster came from?
Klein sighed inwardly: This guy is truly well-informed. With his cooperation, this incident has aroused everyone's vigilance.

But "the show must be played to the fullest," so he manipulated the "world" to raise its head and look sincerely at the head of the mottled long table: "Respected Mr. Fool, your followers in Backlund should have noticed something, right?"

Everyone's attention immediately focused on the long bronze table.

Klein leaned back slightly and said calmly and casually, "Edessac Augustus."

Audrey's heart was immediately filled with doubt: Prince Edessak? What danger could he be in? And this matter had even caught the attention of Mr. Fool! This meant that Prince Edessak must be involved in something big!
Fors also frowned. "Augustus... judging by his last name, he's a member of the royal family. I vaguely remember him being a prince. What dangerous thing is he going to do?"

The Fool's reminder caused the hall to fall into silence. After more than ten seconds, no one was in the mood to continue communicating, so Klein ended the gathering in due time.

……

Back in the real world, Odysseus stared at the ceiling for a moment, "What's coming has finally come."

He stood up and prepared for the "Bestowing Ceremony", and received the reward of this Tarot Club, 650 pounds.

After pretending to thank Mr. Fool, Odysseus began to prepare for the next action.

At about 4:30 in the afternoon, Odysseus recited the name of the "Queen of Mysteries": "The Holy Spirit who pursues knowledge...

"I'm going to the East District to draw a magic circle at 10 o'clock tonight. Please provide some protection and keep my tracks hidden."

A few seconds later, Odysseus saw the holy figure of the "Mysterious Queen" again in his mind: "Okay."

That day, Odysseus had dinner early, then wrote a few letters but did not send them out. He then waited for the time agreed with the "Mysterious Queen".

……

A land abandoned by God, in the ruins of a city that once believed in the "True Creator".

The sixth exploration of the City of Silver began. Derrick recalled the discussion at the Tarot Club as he followed the team, carefully passing through the mottled walls and entering the half-collapsed temple.

Here, Derrick saw the murals on the wall again. Thanks to the Hermit's reminder, he carefully examined the murals and found the parts that corresponded to the Hermit's information.

He first saw a huge black cross with a shadow hanging upside down on it, the specific appearance of which was difficult to see clearly.

Behind the shadow is a desolate and silent plain.

A long procession was marching across the plain, their target being the cross and the upside-down figure.

In this team, some members were still kneeling on the ground and praying devoutly, while others had already stood up and were walking forward against the strong wind.

This is what Mr. Hermit calls the Great Retreat!

Derrick sighed inwardly: It’s hard to imagine that these people actually came here from the outside world!
In his opinion, this is unreasonable. After all, the world outside is so beautiful, why come to the "God-forsaken Land" to suffer?
At this moment, Derrick noticed that at the front of the team was a tall, thin man with silver hair that reached his vest.

The man had soft features, his head lowered, and layers of radiant wings behind him.

Angel!

Derrick stopped in front of the angel and saw a winding, shimmering river at its feet.

The river keeps turning and circling back to become the source of the river!

Derrick sighed: "This matches up with the information provided by Mr. Hermit again. This angel should be the Angel of Destiny Ouroboros, and this river represents the cycle."

However, Mr. Hermit also reminded that the key to breaking out of this cycle lies with the little boy.

So after observing these murals, the exploration team came to the hall with the altar behind the temple.

On the altar here, there is an inverted cross, and on the cross is a blurry statue with only a pair of evil eyes visible.

Soon, they found the little yellow-haired boy named Jack curled up in the shadows.

The other party kept saying weakly: "Save me, save me..."

While Chief Colin was still pondering how to deal with the current situation, Derrick asked, "How can we save you?"

The little boy Jack showed an excited expression: "Save me, send me home!"

Derrick asked curiously and fearfully, "Where is your home?"

Colin looked at Derrick deeply, then listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

The little boy Jack raised his hand weakly and said, "My home is in Enmat Harbor."

Derrick was stunned at first because he had never heard of this place name in the Tarot Club.

But then he realized: Judging from the word "port", Jack doesn't belong here! He is probably from the outside world!

At that moment, joy crept onto Derrick's face, but he quickly concealed his excitement and looked at his companions around him.

Fortunately, although the companions around him were very alert, they were still a little slow to react to the appearance of the little boy and did not notice Derrick's expression.

Then, Derrick looked at the Chief again. The Chief also seemed not to notice his reaction just now... as if...

Now was not the time to think about that. Derrick took a deep breath and asked again, "How did you, or you all, get here?"

Jack's face flashed with reminiscence. "My father and I first took a boat, then reunited with his companions and continued on the boat. After a massive storm, the rest of us landed on land and followed the direction of the Lord's gaze, all the way here."

Follow the direction indicated by the Lord's gaze?
Chief Colin looked at the statue on the altar, trying to discern where it was looking.

The other members of the exploration team also roughly understood that if the little boy was not a monster, he had most likely come here from the outside world. And Colin was almost certain that if he could reverse the process of Jack and his team getting here, he could find the seashore and their landing point.

He soon figured out that the direction the statue was looking was the ruins of the "Giant King's Court"!

Colin's pupils suddenly contracted. The ancient god "Giant King" Ormir once lived there.

He couldn't help but wonder: How did they get through there?
But after a brief moment of excitement, Colin quickly calmed down and continued to watch the conversation between Derrick and the little boy.

At this time, Derrick discovered that liquid seemed to be oozing from the clothes on the little boy's abdomen.

He asked cautiously, "Are you hurt?"

Jack lowered his head: "Some ugly things have grown on it..."

As he spoke, he opened his clothes and exposed his abdomen.

There, embedded are two eyes, a nose and a mouth.

After a brief moment of surprise, Derrick suddenly realized that this face looked very similar to the angel in the mural!
really!

The clue is indeed in this little boy!
He immediately whispered to Chief Colin, "Your Excellency, the face on his abdomen looks very similar to the angel in the mural."

Colin was stunned at first, then he whispered, "This gives me some associations."

He said, "We studied the mural for a long time and finally found some clues in some ancient books.

When the 'Lord of Creation, the Almighty and Almighty God' looks upon this world, He is surrounded by many angels. Among them, there are eight chiefs of all angels, who are called the 'Angel Kings'.

"King of Angels?" Derrick's tone was puzzled, but there was also a hint of joy!

The "King of Angels" mentioned by Mr. "Hermit"!
Colin continued, "The image on the mural bears a strong resemblance to one of the 'Angel Kings,' known as the 'Angel of Destiny,' 'Tail-Swallower,' Ouroboros."

Derrick tried hard to suppress his excitement. "It matches! It matches the information provided by Mr. Hermit!"
So the problem we need to solve now is how to use the clues from this little boy to break out of the current cycle?

Chief Colin continued, “This means that we may have stepped into a river that is impossible to leave and is connected end to end.

"Fortunately, this should just be some power left by the 'Angel of Destiny'."

Derrick responded in his mind: Not "maybe," but definitely.

After Colin finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, then took out a dark red metal bottle, unscrewed the lid, and drank the potion inside.

His light blue eyes quickly faded and turned silver, reflecting the figure of the little boy Jack.

Then Colin drew a straight sword and greased it with golden grease.

Jack noticed Colin's action and his expression changed.

Before he could speak, Colin raised his hand and a ray of light descended, making the hall very bright. The little boy's shadow suddenly became very thick and rolled like boiling water.

Demon Hunter Colin rushed forward, stabbed the shadow with his straight sword, and inserted it deeply into the ground.

After a shrill cry, the face in his abdomen disappeared, leaving only a hole through which the wriggling internal organs could be seen.

At the same time, Derrick felt as if something around him suddenly shattered silently, and his spirit realized that he had escaped the "loop".

……

Backlund, No. 66, Rose Street.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Odysseus put on a cotton coat, a thick hat, and took the spiritual materials he needed.

At ten o'clock, Bernadette's voice was heard in the air: "I'm taking you to the East District. Which street do you want to go to?"

"Black Palm Street." Odysseus had a plan in place.

This street is on the westernmost side of the East District.

Then Odysseus said: "Please hide my tracks first."

Bernadette said "hmm", and suddenly a rustic full-length mirror appeared in front of Odysseus. The mirror surface seemed to have been frosted and could not reflect Odysseus' figure at all.

In the misty mirror, it seemed as if some shadows were moving back and forth.

Odysseus thought to himself: Could this be the legendary "magic mirror"?

At this moment, Bernadette's voice rang out in the air: "Mirror, mirror, please take this gentleman to Black Palm Street."

Ripples immediately appeared on the mirror surface, as if it had suddenly turned into water surface.

Odysseus exclaimed: "A magical spell, um, or rather, a magical 'reappearance'."

After saying that, without Bernadette's guidance, he jumped into the mirror.

Inside the mirror was a pitch-black world. Odysseus could feel that the space was very large and seemed to have no boundaries, but his vision could not reach far.

The darkness was extremely depressing, as if many terrifying beasts were hidden inside, and some of them would rush out at any time to devour Odysseus.

Moreover, his spirit soon sent him a warning, causing him to retract his gaze and end his idea of continuing to look into the distance.

Odysseus immediately made a judgment: This is the "mirror world"!
Before he could continue thinking, a strong suction force suddenly hit him. When Odysseus reacted, he entered a mirror like ripples on the water surface and returned to the real world.

This is a long street, dirty and dilapidated, with many homeless people like zombies walking slowly on the street.

Some of them could not walk anymore and just sat down or lay down to rest, but the patrolling police soon found them and used sticks to make them stand up and walk again.

According to the newly enacted law, streets are public places and their purpose is to walk. People can walk on the streets, but they cannot sleep there.

Some of the homeless people continued to move forward after being beaten, but one homeless person could never get up again.

It was only a short moment, and he was dead in his winter sleep.

There was no first aid, no medical staff, not even a towel to cover the face, only cursing policemen.

Odysseus watched all this quietly, then turned around silently, took out spiritual materials and a pen and began to draw a magic circle.

At this time, his whole body had become lighter, as if he had turned into a spirit. The people around him could no longer see him, nor could they see the magic circle he had drawn.

Odysseus was painting a little slowly today, and he suddenly began to question his plan: this place was like hell, and saving them would be like forcing them to continue suffering in hell.

(End of this chapter)