Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 206 Gravekeeper

In front of a snow-capped mountain that reaches the sky, there is an extremely simple tomb.

The tomb consists of only two thick and ancient vertical stone slabs and a horizontal stone slab that gives the same feeling.

But it was such a tomb that made Odysseus feel a huge pressure.

First of all, this snow mountain gives people a feeling of being difficult to cross, as if it is "death" itself. Trying to cross the snow mountain is as difficult as crossing "death".

Secondly, although this tomb looks simple, it exudes a disturbing power and a power that seems to be able to cause any living thing to wither and die.

Even though he was close enough, and even though the structure of the tomb was simple, Odysseus could not see clearly what was inside the simple tomb.

Odysseus simply didn't take a closer look, because the scene there must be very dangerous, so it was better not to see it.

The existence of the spiritual world cannot be felt in this space, so spiritual warnings are almost completely ineffective. We can only rely on ourselves to be careful and cautious.

The last wonder is that there is a gap in the snow-capped mountains behind the tomb, which seems to be big enough for one or two people to pass through.

Odysseus's interpretation of this is: this is the power and symbol of the "God of Death". Although "Death" is an insurmountable snow mountain, the "God of Death" has a way to "cross the snow mountain".

After seeing everything in the tomb clearly, Odysseus went to examine the magic circle again. He walked and looked, and when he saw the corpse, he deliberately walked around it to prevent any accidents.

Just as he was about to pass by the corpse, the corpse suddenly sat up straight: "Praise the Goddess! You must be the one sent by the Goddess to replace me."

Odysseus was not too panicked. The breath of the undead around him was so strong that it would be strange if the corpse did not transform into a zombie or an evil spirit.

However, things like "the goddess's assignment" cannot be accepted casually, so Odysseus said: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm not here to replace you, but to repair the magic circle."

Odysseus first explained that he was not sent to replace the body to avoid any misunderstanding. He also said that he was "sent" to build a closer relationship and to get some information.

"That's you," the corpse said. "The goddess just gave me an oracle. The person who comes to repair the magic circle will be my replacement."

Odysseus twitched his lips: "Fuck, really..."

He reluctantly gave a thumbs up: "...The goddess's arrangement is really amazing!"

Odysseus thought angrily in his heart: This "eight-legged wolf" is really not kind! He came to repair the magic circle just to do voluntary labor for the sake of his fellow villagers. He won't keep guarding here, will he?
He was afraid that the corpse would escape, so he quickly said, "We need to hand over the task, and you must continue to guard here until I have repaired the magic circle."

The corpse said, "I can't leave before this, otherwise the magic circle will be completely destroyed.

"Also, the goddess said in the oracle that I should listen to you regarding matters concerning the magic circle."

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief: "How long have you been guarding here?"

"More than two hundred years."

Odysseus forced a smile and said, "You are a devout believer."

Then he said, "I just took a look, and this magic circle seems to be missing something. When was this magic circle set up?"

He was being very polite when he said "missing". In his opinion, the person who designed this magic circle was not very proficient in this area, and it was far inferior to the magic circle in the secret room of Trenthost.

Of course, such an evaluation is also due to the fact that Odysseus has relatively high requirements. In his opinion, the so-called "mastery of magic array" must at least reach his level.

The corpse did not suspect Odysseus, who knew nothing, because this required him to communicate with Odysseus.

"This is a magic array set up at the end of the Fourth Epoch. Initially, it could completely seal the power of death within the tomb," the corpse explained.

“But in the past few hundred years, the power in the tomb has gradually awakened, and more and more power can penetrate the magic circle. It is necessary to send a demigod to guard here.

“In recent times, the power of resurrection has become even stronger, and even the demigods are struggling to hold on.

"Originally, the goddess was planning to send an angel to replace me, but a while ago, she suddenly told me that the problem could be completely solved and asked me to wait here for someone to repair the magic circle."

Odysseus said "Oh" and confirmed his guess. It should be that the goddess discovered his talent in magic array, so she asked him to repair the magic array.

As he continued to examine the magic circle before him, he asked, "Is this the tomb of the 'Ancient God of Death', or is it the arrangement for the resurrection of the 'Underworld Emperor'?"

"Both." The corpse, sitting upright, said, "Before Salinger became the 'God of Death', he buried the remains of the 'Ancient God of Death' here.

"According to some research by the church, this was initially a plan by Salinger to prevent the 'Ancient God of Death' from resurrecting.

"After Salinger became the God of Death, he replaced the ancient God of Death's arrangement and became a backup for his resurrection.

"After Salinger's fall, the goddess hid this tomb to prevent Salinger from being resurrected through it."

Odysseus nodded. This was similar to his previous guess. The "Goddess of Night" sent him and Bernadette in to re-seal the "King of the Underworld" who was seeking resurrection.

After all, for a god with the power of "death", "death" is very difficult to seal. Unless there is no death in the world, the "Goddess of Night" can let it go.

Odysseus guessed that the "Goddess of Night" probably wanted to ask him to transform the magic circle here. After all, placing an angel here would be a waste of resources.

It would be best if we could completely seal the "Emperor of the Underworld".

After observing for a long time, Odysseus had a basic assessment of the magic circle: it seemed that by the Fourth Epoch, knowledge about magic circles had become very scarce, and the magic circle in the Trunsoste secret room was just an exception.

He made such a judgment because the formation was too complicated and most of its parts were useless.

The designer of this magic circle must have seen the magic circle in the secret room of Trunsoste and made a crude imitation here.

Moreover, the person who designed this magic circle made a mistake. To seal something at the divine level, one needs something divine as a source of power, such as a demigod-level seal or extraordinary characteristics. Otherwise, they would have to use a demigod as is done now.

Now even demigods are not enough to fill the holes.

If it were just relying on spiritual power, it would be a blessing to be able to temporarily seal this level of power, and the fact that this magic circle did not start to have problems until hundreds of years ago is simply a miracle.

So Odysseus asked behind the corpse: "Who designed this magic circle? It's simply..."

"It is said that this magic circle was designed by the goddess herself," the corpse said piously, "and it was blessed by the goddess."

"...It's simply perfect." Odysseus was glad that he paused at this point, otherwise he would have "spoken out of turn".

No wonder it has been able to survive for hundreds of years relying solely on spirituality. It turns out it was blessed by the gods.

Then Odysseus complained in his heart: The goddess’s magic circle skills are not that good!

Then he thought of the extraordinary people of the "Sleepless" path, who were not very good at "ritual magic" and other operations, so they trained some "fortune tellers" and "secret peepers" to make up for their shortcomings.

It seems that even if this path reaches the level of gods, and even gods who have survived from the Second Age to today, their level is just that.

After muttering a few words to this "fellow countryman," Odysseus pondered for a moment before asking, "Excuse me, are you dead?" "Obviously," the corpse replied, "but the environment here has transformed my body into a living corpse. Under the protection of the goddess, my soul has remained sane."

"It's like this. If this magic circle had a demigod-level Beyonder characteristic, there would be no need to send anyone to guard it." Odysseus discussed with the other party, "So, can I borrow your Beyonder characteristic?"

"No," the other party said, "The power of this tomb has leaked out greatly. I can only rely on constantly blocking it. If my characteristics move even slightly away from my current position, the magic circle will immediately collapse."

At this time, Odysseus finally understood why the goddess sent Celt in.

Odysseus asked again: "Can you help me hunt a demigod later?"

"My power is limited, and I can't disperse it at all." The corpse paused and said, "But I can release a little bit of the aura of death.

"The aura of death is at the level of a demigod!"

"Let me think about it." Odysseus pondered for a moment before saying, "A demigod will come over soon. If I cough, he will help me use the power of death to sneak attack that male demigod."

The corpse nodded: "Okay."

Odysseus waved his hand, but then he remembered that he couldn't see the body, so he said, "See you later."

After saying that, he quickly left here.

On the way back, Odysseus saw Celt and Coremond watching from a distance, but they were obviously afraid of Bernadette and kept a distance from her.

At the same time, they were observing the returning Odysseus with indifference.

After returning to Bernadette's side, the oppressive feeling from death was relieved a lot, allowing Odysseus to breathe a sigh of relief.

Odysseus first winked at Bernadette, then said, "The way out is right there, but the tomb of the 'Ancient God of Death' has blocked the exit, so we have to reseal the tomb.

"Although I am proficient in magic circles, the circle has been severely corroded by the 'breath of death'. It will be difficult for the two of us to reseal it."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Celt and Coremond intentionally or unintentionally.

Bernadette noticed Odysseus's expression and responded calmly, "What should we do?"

"Two demigods will need to temporarily use the broken magic circle to complete the seal," Odysseus said. "Then I'll repair the magic circle. After that, we'll find the exit and escape."

Bernadette glanced at Celt and the others, intentionally or unintentionally: "There's a good chance they'll hear our conversation."

"That's what I told them." Odysseus waved to Celt and the others openly, "Cooperate, otherwise no one can get out."

"How to cooperate?" Although Celt was far away from them, his voice seemed to appear in their ears.

"You two demigods, go and block the power leaking out of the Hades first." Odysseus said, "Then I will complete the magic circle as soon as possible.

"You should have heard that I possess a magic circle that can block the arrival of the evil god. As long as I use that magic circle, I can completely seal the power of the 'Underworld Emperor'.

"That way, we can get out of here through the mausoleum ahead."

Celt didn't respond immediately, but thought for a moment before saying, "What if you use that magic circle and the power of the mausoleum to attack us?"

He is indeed a veteran.

Odysseus thought to himself: He guessed what I was thinking at once.

But he had been prepared, and he had an almost perfect reason: "If it only takes one demigod to reseal the tomb, we would have already begun preparing to seal it."

This reason immediately made Celt let down his guard. If Odysseus and the others could work alone, there would be no need to bother with them here. They could just go out by themselves.

By that time, because the "Mysterious Queen" had a level 0 seal, Celt did not dare to step forward to obstruct her easily.

At this time, Odysseus said again: "If you don't trust us, I can serve as a hostage and accompany you to the magic circle first. I will let you see the magic circle and explain it in detail. Then we can cooperate."

He spread his hands and continued, "Now I'm not an ordinary Sequence 7, because I'm the only one here who understands the sealing formation. The 'Mysterious Queen' won't give up on me easily, and you won't kill me easily either.

"I am the best candidate for hostage."

After more than ten seconds, Celt said, "Okay, then you come over first and we'll go to the magic circle together."

Since Odysseus had such a thoughtful suggestion, he certainly would not refuse it.

"Wait." Bernadette suddenly asked, "Do you also want to show your sincerity?"

Extraordinary people at this level are all shrewd people. Bernadette certainly knows the principle of "playing a good role". If she doesn't express it at this time, it will seem very suspicious.

Just as Bernadette expected, Celt lowered his guard a little after hearing this.

He said, "I can take my men to you."

Bernadette sneered, "He can also draw magic circles?"

Celt asked, "How do you want me to express my sincerity?"

"You seem to have two sealed objects on you," Bernadette said. "Keep them with me first. After the magic circle is drawn and Odysseus is released, I will give them to you."

Celt thought about it and said, "Okay."

He asked Coremond to hold the two seals and was about to come over when Odysseus said, "Wait a moment, let me check if I have enough spiritual materials."

As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag, carefully checked the things, then took out a notebook, as if calculating something.

When he finished his work and was about to head towards Celt, the stars suddenly became dim.

Celt and Coremond also noticed this, and without even saying hello, the two of them immediately hid far away. It was obvious that they had suffered a loss when the power of the seal weakened just now.

Bernadette smiled slightly. She could certainly see that Odysseus was just stalling for time.

She also took Odysseus away, and before the river appeared, she grew pea plants, which surrounded them and brought them to mid-air.

Only then did Bernadette say, "Okay, I've created a space where we can talk without worry."

"Here's what happened..." Odysseus told the truth and then told his plan.

Bernadette said, "This plan is indeed good. We can give it a try."

Odysseus said with emotion: "It is also thanks to your tacit cooperation."

(End of this chapter)