Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 209 The Reward of the Night Goddess

Odysseus felt like he was alive again, and the fear that had been pent up in his heart made him want to scream to vent it out.

Or turn around and cry in Bernadette's arms.

Fortunately, he was in a good state at ordinary times, which allowed him to gradually stabilize his emotions and not let his emotions affect his state and cause signs of losing control.

"I...I'll go by myself." said Odysseus.

Bernadette said nothing and put Odysseus down.

Everything went smoothly after that. Odysseus quickly touched the stone wall, then looked around and found a passage that was wide enough for one or two people to pass through.

After walking forward for a while, they gradually felt the cool breeze.

This immediately accelerated the two people's pace, and soon they felt spirituality and inspiration again. The spiritual reminder made them realize that they could open their eyes.

So Bernadette ended the spell, and the two of them opened their eyes again and regained their vision.

In front of them were stretches of snow-capped mountains. The cold wind was howling, blowing up the snowflakes from the mountains and scattering them in the air.

It was already night, and the bright starry sky hung above the snow-capped mountains, a rare sight.

They were all Beyonders, and even though Odysseus was only a Sequence 7, he was basically not afraid of ordinary cold.

For a moment, the two people were unwilling to take their eyes off the beautiful scenery in front of them. They stared at it for a while before turning back to look at the way they came. Behind them was a small stone crevice, and they could not pass through it even if they turned sideways.

Obviously this is just a symbol, symbolizing the channel between that space and the outside world.

Looking at the cracks in the rocks and then at the snow-capped mountains, both of them had the illusion of living their lives again.

Bernadette looked at the sky to determine their current location. Although it was daytime, she could still see the constellations in the sky and use them to determine her approximate location.

"We are in the east of Loon," she judged. "Probably in the Amanda Mountains."

The Holy Temple of the Church of the Evernight Goddess is located in this mountain range.

This is not surprising. After all, in the Fourth Epoch, this place was the kingdom of the "Goddess of Night".

Bernadette raised her hand and an illusory box appeared, enclosing the two people inside.

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After the box closed, it flew into the sky at an extremely fast speed.

It felt like only a few seconds had passed before Odysseus heard the sound of waves outside.

At this time, the lid of the box was opened, and Odysseus saw that they had arrived at the seaside.

The waves, aided by the winter wind, slammed hard against the rocky beach, making Odysseus feel as if the waves were just a little bit away from hitting him.

Bernadette said, "Let's divide the spoils."

"Wait a moment." Odysseus said, "I'm going to the bathroom first."

He had been holding it in for a long time, and when he was frightened to death just now, he almost peed.

Bernadette said nothing, just nodded.

Odysseus hid behind a strange rock and was about to untie his belt when he heard Bernadette shout, "Come out!"

Odysseus was startled and hurried out. There were still surging waves and strong sea breezes outside the strange rock, so there was no danger.

Bernadette said with a confused look on her face, "Go on."

Odysseus was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just go behind the strange rock."

Odysseus went behind the rock again and soon heard Bernadette say, "Come out."

This made Odysseus realize that something must have happened, so he had to hold it in and try to stay away from the strange rock.

Bernadette commanded, "Go behind that rock."

Odysseus obediently went behind another rock, and soon heard Bernadette say, "Come out!"

Odysseus came out from behind the rock and said, "What's the matter? Otherwise I will pee in front of you!"

"My spirit can't even sense your presence." Bernadette said, still somewhat confused. "To be exact, as long as you leave my sight, I can't sense your presence!"

Odysseus immediately used his spiritual sense to feel his own condition: "I don't feel anything unusual."

Bernadette's eyes suddenly glowed with an illusory light. She nodded and said, "There's really no danger. Please continue."

At this point, Odysseus's swollen abdomen was already very uncomfortable, and he couldn't care less. He went behind the strange rock again, untying his belt while thinking about this: Bernadette can't sense my presence, I wonder if the God of Steam and Machinery can sense it..."

Suddenly, Odysseus thought: Could this be the help given to me by the 'Goddess of Night'? Because I helped her reseal the 'King of Hell', so she helped me hide my tracks?

Moreover, this kind of concealment is not only infeasible to demigods like Bernadette, but also the 'God of Steam and Machinery' and the 'Hidden Sage' certainly cannot sense my current location!
Then Odysseus suddenly recalled many clues from before: When the "Nighthawks" and "Mechanical Heart" jointly set traps in the dock area, I saw the "Holy Emblem of Night" for the first time, and I felt as if I was being scrutinized.

Now that I think about it, it must have been the "Goddess of Night" who noticed me.

Later, Bernadette made a stupid mistake and found the secret room of Trunsoest, and asked me to decipher the magic circle on it.

That should also be the work of the goddess. Bernadette made a low-level mistake because she was "unlucky".

What allowed us to work together to open the secret room and reseal the thin-necked glass bottle inside was to allow us to discover the magic circle that could be used to seal the divine level in the Fourth Epoch.

After that, I encountered three high-level events in a row, and because of the influence of the goddess, I became "unlucky".

At the same time, the members of the "Moss Ascetic Order" and the descendants of that demon family also became very unlucky, so although it felt very thrilling, but since they were also unlucky, I was not in much danger, but instead gained something.

As for the event of preventing the "Eternal Whisper" from coming, it was more like an advance rehearsal, or a test by the goddess, in order to be able to enter the snow-capped mountains and wilderness today and finally seal the "Emperor of the Underworld" completely.

Odysseus finally sighed: This is very much like the style of that "fellow countryman", who plans before taking action. Everything related to him seems to have a careful plan behind it.

Then he realized: Before His plan was completed, I would unconsciously help Him keep it a secret. I only noticed something was wrong, but never associated it with Him. It was only during the "Tarot Club", with the protection of "Source Castle", that I thought about this matter a little more. Normally, I never thought about the "Goddess of Night" at all.

Odysseus guessed that this was probably a manifestation of the "secret" authority. Before the permission of the "Goddess of Night", his plan was a secret part, which would make the subconscious of the people in the plan automatically skip the association with him.

Thinking of this, Odysseus suddenly had an epiphany: Why hadn't I thought of this before? Only gods could fight against gods! My previous thoughts were a bit too rigid. How could a Sequence 7 possibly fight against a god?
This gave Odysseus a new goal for the future, and some of his previous plans were no longer meaningful.

He had already finished peeing, so he pulled up his pants, re-tied his belt, and walked out from behind the strange rock. Bernadette frowned slightly: "What took you so long?"

Odysseus laughed heartily and said, "Because I've been holding it in for too long."

Then he said, "Let's get started."

Bernadette took out the spoils, and Odysseus said first: "I suggest that this extraordinary characteristic of the Night Watchman, along with Slant's ashes, be returned to the Church of the Goddess of Night.

"Well, I can pay it back. I will express your goodwill towards the Church of the Evernight Goddess."

The extraordinary characteristics of this "Night Watchman" are the characteristics of Slant, who has been guarding outside the original magic circle for more than two hundred years.

Bernadette had no objection: "Okay."

Although this is a demigod-level extraordinary characteristic, she does not have subordinates of the "Sleepless" path, and it is not a sealed item, so it cannot be used. It is better to return it to the Church of the Goddess of Night.

This way, the Church of the Evernight Goddess would owe her a favor, which might be useful in the future.

Then Odysseus said, "You choose first."

Bernadette didn't hesitate and took the pocket watch-shaped seal item, matching the Sequence 4 "Fallen Count". "The rest is yours."

There is also a ring with the ability of "travel" and an extraordinary characteristic of "Judge".

Odysseus took the ring and put away its Beyonder characteristic: "It saved me over ten thousand pounds."

He currently has more than 13,000 pounds in savings. He saved so much money in order to buy a seal with the ability to "travel". Now that he has the seal, the money has become savings that he can actually control.

Bernadette then temporarily sealed the Beyonder's special ability, handed it to Odysseus, and asked, "What are your plans next?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I want to develop at sea."

Now he wasn't worried at all about being found by the Mechanical Heart and recaptured, nor was he worried about the people from the Moss Ascetic Order causing trouble.

Bernadette nodded and said, "You can go with me to the Jade Palace of Lasha Island to avoid the limelight first."

She said, "I also need to go back and hide for a while, then return to Backlund after a while."

Odysseus immediately agreed: "Okay."

He paused and continued, "According to our previous agreement, I will also build a ship for you."

Anyway, now that I have the ability to "travel", I can build a ship and take a stroll on the turbulent sea.

Bernadette raised her hand, and the pumpkin-shaped carriage pulled by a rat-headed, horse-bodied animal appeared in front of the two people.

They boarded the carriage and entered the spirit world.

……

For the people of Backlund, December 12th was not a day worthy of much attention, because the "Backlund Great Smog Incident" did not occur at all.

People in the East District only remember that the wind was very strong that day.

Liv, a single mother who works as a laundry worker, has a lot to say about this. She spent the whole afternoon searching but still couldn't find a shirt, so she had to reluctantly compensate her employer.

For Kena, who lives at 51 Henry Street in the West District, he had no feelings about this incident at all. It was only when he was reading the newspaper on the 29th that he learned that the East District had been hit by a strong wind the day before, which almost led to a disaster.

The time has come for the 29th as agreed with Mr. Odysseus. Kena paid special attention to the mailbox outside today, but no one delivered any letters.

But at noon, Kena opened the mailbox and found a letter inside.

He quickly took it into the house and read it. It was a letter from Mr. Odysseus. Odysseus told Kena that when he saw the letter, Odysseus had already had to leave Backlund due to some things.

At the same time, Odysseus gave the shop to Kena to run, and asked him to manage the spiritual herb and spiritual animal breeding garden in the suburbs. He also explained in detail how to maintain those magic circles.

From now on, 80% of the herbal medicine store's revenue will go to Kena, and the remaining 20% will still belong to Odysseus, who invested in it. He can open an account in Backlund and save that 20%.

Finally, Odysseus told Kena that he had written a letter to Max, asking Max to train Kena to become an informant of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery so that he could enjoy a certain degree of protection.

Kena took a deep breath. He didn't expect that his life would change so much when the New Year was approaching!
Fortunately, this change is for the better.

……

At this time, Ms. Mandy from the Nanmu Ballroom also received Mr. Gall's letter. After reading the contents of the letter, she immediately took a carriage to the Queen's District, the residence of Earl Brandon, and met the capable earl in the name of "Wizard Gandalf" and handed over Mr. Gall's letter.

The young Earl Brandon, dressed in a casual silk outfit, exclaimed after reading the letter: "I didn't expect Mr. Gandalf to be Mr. Gar."

Then he raised the letter in his hand and asked Ms. Mandy: "Do you know what the letter contains?"

Ms. Mandy rose from her seat and replied, "Mr. Gall mentioned in his letter to me that the Nanmu Ballroom would be under your protection from now on."

"I once owed Mr. Gandalf a favor," said Lord Brandon. "Although taking over the Nanmu Ballroom will have some impact on my reputation, I am happy to repay the favor.

"Also, the letter says that Mr. Gandalf, whom you call Mr. Gar, has gifted all his shares to me. I'll leave him 5%. After all, it's all his hard work."

……

December 12st, New Year’s Eve.

In a cramped apartment in the East District, Old Kohler coughed as he cut two slices of ham and put them between the bread in his hand.

Although "Ms. Despair" did not cause the "Backlund Great Smog Incident", the "Extraordinary Virus" she created still caused many people to suffer from severe colds.

Old Kohler was still coughing today, but when he looked at the bread and ham in his hands, there seemed to be light in his eyes. When he was about to take a bite, he suddenly realized something and looked out the window.

He saw a young man about twenty-four or twenty-five, wearing a wizard's pointed hat, a wizard's robe, and holding a wooden staff, looking at him.

Old Kohler smacked his lips and was about to turn his back to the young man to continue eating, but he finally sighed, opened the window, and handed the bread to the young man: "Eat it, this is a 'New Year's gift'!"

The young man didn't say thank you. He took the bread, took a bite, and suddenly burst into laughter. He laughed so hard that he even held his stomach and squatted on the ground laughing.

Then he shouted "Happy New Year", held up a piece of bread he had taken a bite of, sang a song that old Kohler couldn't understand, and left happily.

Old Kohler shook his head: "How long has it been since he last had meat?"

Then he lifted the lid of the pot. The bacon and potatoes were ready. Old Kohler couldn't wait to scoop a piece of cooked ham with a spoon and put it into his mouth. He took a bite and his mouth was full of the aroma of meat.

(End of this chapter)