Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 220 The Unsung Hero Leaving Backlund

Klein once explored a Quaternary ruin with Miss Sharon, where they found statues that were believed to be of the Six Gods from the Quaternary period.

It just so happened that the "hermit" mentioned the image of gods in ancient times, so he planned to show those images to "justice" in order to "pay" the cost of the transaction.

"Justice" Audrey immediately said after hearing this: "Okay."

So, The World pretended to ask Klein the Fool for instructions, and then displayed the six sculptures.

The first thing Klein showed was the image of the "Lord of the Storm." It was a majestic middle-aged man wearing black armor, standing on the waves, surrounded by storms, with lightning behind him, and holding a trident.

Next is a young man wearing a pure white robe, holding the Book of Contract in one hand and the sun in the other. This is the sculpture of "Eternal Sun".

Next is the sculpture of the "God of War". He sits on the throne with a long sword in front of him, and his full body armor has an indescribable sense of shabbyness.

There is also an old man holding a book and an all-seeing eye, wearing a hood with only his mouth and long beard exposed; a plump lady with wheat ears growing under her feet, surrounded by springs; a beautiful lady with a hazy face, wearing a layered classical long dress with stars sparkling on her clothes.

After seeing the images of these gods, the other members were stunned for a few seconds.

This also includes Odysseus. At this moment, he suddenly understood why the gods no longer used human images. He originally thought that the "Goddess of Night" was very awesome and powerful, but when he suddenly saw Her human image, he immediately realized that She was actually just bit sequence 0.

This should be the difference between concrete gods and abstract gods.

The image of abstract gods is entirely supported by people's imagination, and such gods seem to be omnipotent.

Once the image of the gods is materialized, it seems to remind people all the time that their authority is only within a certain area and they are not omnipotent.

It also reminds the extraordinary people that gods were once extraordinary people, which is of no benefit to the extraordinary world.

Alger, the "Hanged Man," was the first to react: "I didn't expect that in the Fourth Epoch, the gods still had humanoid forms."

Then he asked, "Why did these gods later abandon these images?"

Currently, the images of gods are replaced by holy emblems, such as the "Holy Emblem of Night", "Holy Emblem of Machinery", etc.

Odysseus thought about it and realized that after the gods were represented purely by symbols, the belief in the anchor, that is, the function of the anchor, would directly point to abstract authority.

If there is a human image, the image of the god will be more concrete, and the role of the anchor will point to the god itself.

When many believers believe in gods or pray to gods, they are mixed with many human desires and distractions.

This would affect the state of the gods, so in the Fifth Age, they successively abandoned their human images and let the anchors point directly to their authority. This way, they could use a large number of anchors to stabilize the state while not being eroded by their desires and distractions.

But of course he wouldn't announce such important information just like that.

Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "I don't have an answer to this question either."

Magician Fors was a little confused: "Why is there no God of Steam and Machinery?"

Audrey was the one who answered her question. She smiled and said, "You may not have noticed the second question Mr. Moon asked just now.

"Mr. Hermit said that a deity ascended to the throne in the late Fourth Epoch. That might be the God of Steam and Machinery."

Fors thought about it and realized that this question and answer had indeed occurred just now. However, at that time, she was shocked by Mr. Hermit's speculation about the process of the "Lord of Storms" becoming the "King of Angels."

"Thank you." After thanking her, she did not feel relieved.

Fors was a shallow believer in the "God of Steam and Machinery". For the first time, she felt that she was not so far away from the gods.

Although they were separated by more than an epoch, although one was a deity and the other a Sequence 9, and although the "distance" was still very great, Fors knew the specific "distance" between them. Unlike before, she had no idea what this "distance" was.

At this moment, Derrick, the Sun, suddenly said, "Mr. World, are these the gods you mentioned, like the Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms?"

Klein saw the Sun's expression and guessed that he seemed to know some information about the Six Gods. So he manipulated the World and said, "Yes, have you seen a similar image?"

He thought to himself that even if he had seen them, he would probably only have seen the images of the "Goddess of Night" and three other gods who became gods in the Second Age.

Derrick seemed to think for a moment before saying, "I've seen a similar image in the abandoned temple of the True Creator, but it was only similar."

Audrey asked curiously, "Can you show it to us?"

"Okay." After obtaining the Fool's consent, Derrick displayed the image of the evil god depicted in the murals of the True Creator Temple.

First, he showed a woman in a classical black dress, dotted with starlight. Her face was blurry, as if she were wearing a mask devoid of features. Darkness surged around her, and eerie eyes loomed.

When Audrey saw this image, she immediately said, "This is blasphemy against the gods!"

She had already recognized that this was the "Goddess of Night", but a "dark" goddess.

This almost made Audrey unable to maintain her status as a "spectator", and she wanted to ask the "sun" to help flatten the mural of the goddess.

Although "Justice" expressed everyone's thoughts, no one agrees with her or makes any comments now, because everyone is looking at the future image.

The following images were of a young man in a pure white robe, with an ugly beard made up of strands of light growing out of his face;
A monster with a trident, an octopus-like head, and treading on dark waves;

An old man with an evil smile, wearing a hood, and a face that doesn't look like a human;
a graceful lady holding a baby with a rotting face, with black wheat ears at her feet;

A one-eyed warrior wearing tattered armor and holding a long sword.

Alger stared intently at the monster with the octopus head. "This...this is..."

This is the smeared image of the "Lord of Storms". If it was before, he would not have taken it too seriously, but in the transaction just now, the "Hermit" also speculated that the "Lord of Storms" might have been a subordinate of the "Elf King" and might even be a sea monster.

Seeing this image again at this time, he felt that it seemed to be evidence of the "hermit's" speculation.

Klein also felt that the sculptures he saw in the ruins of the Fourth Epoch were sculptures recognized by the gods themselves, and of course they would appear in a positive image.

The murals displayed by "Little Sun" are the views of the "true creator" on the "righteous gods". They are "insults from the enemy" and will of course expose their shortcomings without mercy.

Of course, it is not ruled out that this is just a discrediting of these gods.

"There's no need to be too particular about the images of the gods," Odysseus suddenly broke the silence in the hall. "These images were created by followers of the evil gods, and they were all banished to the 'Forsaken Land' by the 'Six Gods.' They certainly wouldn't praise the orthodox gods."

He paused and continued, "No matter what the image of the righteous gods is, or what they have done before, one fact is that throughout the Fifth Epoch, they have been blocking the evil gods who hope to enter the real world." "At the same time, throughout the Fifth Epoch, it is the existence of the seven righteous god churches that guarantees the basic order of the extraordinary world.

"Whatever their purpose was, whatever their plans were, these are indelible achievements."

After hearing this, everyone was stunned, and they realized that they seemed to have encountered some kind of mental obstacle.

After being reminded by the "Hermit", they immediately seemed to have walked out of a maze of thoughts: no matter what the Seven Gods looked like, they were still the Seven Gods.

After concluding the information exchange, Alger asked again, "Ladies and gentlemen, does anyone have a method or item to put everyone on the ship to sleep at the same time?"

The reason why Alger hadn't yet gone to that pristine island to hunt the Blue Shadow Falcon was because he hadn't figured out how to leave the Blue Avenger without arousing suspicion.

Moon Emlyn thought for a moment and said, "I can ask for you. I remember there's a similar medicine."

Alger smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your help."

Klein manipulated the "world" to make a new request: "Everyone, help me keep an eye out for the remaining spiritual power of the ancient vengeful spirit and the eyes of the six-winged gargoyle."

These are two auxiliary materials for Sequence 5 potions. Although they are auxiliary materials, they are not cheap.

Because he possesses the extraordinary characteristic of "Master of Secret Puppetry", he only needs to prepare rituals and auxiliary materials to be promoted.

Everyone promised to help "the world" keep an eye out. After Odysseus traded three Sequence 9 level extraordinary materials with "Little Sun", the trading session of this gathering ended and entered the free exchange session.

Audrey stood up first and bowed to the head of the bronze table. "Dear Mr. Fool, I want to know the truth about last week's awakening of the 'Original Witch' and the advent of the 'True Creator'.

"Is this purely the result of the cultists' crazy behavior? Why did Prince Edessak choose to cooperate with them?
"According to the principle of equal exchange you established, what should I pay to obtain the corresponding intelligence?"

Klein thought: If I had known, the matter would have been resolved by now.

However, he was not flustered, but maintained a leisurely sitting posture and said: "No need.

"The root cause of the problem has not yet been discovered, but there are enough clues. I hope the people from the three major churches will not be too stupid."

Audrey's attention was instantly diverted: The root of the problem hadn't been discovered yet? The matter hadn't been completely resolved?

Taking a deep breath, Audrey said sincerely, "Thank you for your answer."

Odysseus leaned back in his chair. "What did this guy say just now? It seems like he said something, but it also seems like he said nothing. What is there to thank him for?"
At this time, "World" suddenly asked "Justice": "You just said that someone stopped the 'Witch of Despair'. Can you tell me more about it?"

"No problem." Audrey sat down and said, "It's just that the information I know is limited. I only know that it is the 'Witch of Despair' who wants to spread a disaster in the East District.

"The specific approach seems to be to make the fog thicker and allow the extraordinary virus to spread with the fog.

"But that Beyonder somehow managed to create a strong wind across the entire East District, dispersing the fog and ruining the Witch of Despair's plan.

"However, the extraordinary virus produced by the Witch of Despair also caused a major influenza epidemic. Hundreds of people died that day, and after the New Year, the death toll seems to have risen to two thousand.

"But the people of the East District are extremely lucky, because if the 'Witch of Despair' hadn't been stopped in time, at least tens of thousands of people would have died!"

The World nodded and asked, "Do you know what path that Beyonder came from? Where did that Demigod come from? Is he an official Beyonder?"

Audrey shook her head: "I don't know."

"I know." Odysseus smiled and said, "That person is not an official Beyonder, and that demigod is not from the Church."

Fors was a little confused: "It's not an official? Then who is it?"

"A kindhearted man from Backlund, and his demigod friend." Odysseus smiled.

He has left Backlund, so these things can be discussed.

Audrey judged from the Hermit's tone and expression that the "kind-hearted man from Backlund" was Mr. Hermit!
Then she asked, "Mr. Hermit, you... um, I mean, that 'good-hearted man from Backlund', how did he stop the 'Witch of Despair'?"

She inquired several times but could not get any detailed information.

"A powerful magic circle." Odysseus said, "One that can generate hurricanes."

Klein thought: That must be the "Hermit". He is proficient in mystical symbols and magic circles.

However, he discovered a problem and manipulated the "world" to ask, "How did that 'good-hearted man in Backlund' get the information in advance that the 'Witch of Despair' was going to cause a disaster in the East District?"

Since a magic circle is used, it must be drawn in advance, and the corresponding information must have been received a few hours in advance.

And he remembered that in the conversation between "Ms. Despair" and Mr. A, their plan seemed to be suddenly brought forward, so it was very hasty.

Odysseus smiled vaguely and said, "I got the news in advance through a special channel."

Seeing that the Hermit didn't elaborate, Klein didn't ask any further questions. However, he suddenly felt that the Hermit seemed more mysterious than he had imagined.

Alger, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly asked, "How did the official Beyonders resolve this matter? Did that 'good Samaritan from Backlund' receive any reward?"

The reason why he didn't speak just now was that he noticed the "demigod friend" of the "Hermit", which made him guess that the "Hermit" should be from a certain extraordinary organization, and an organization that is inclined to collect ancient history.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Hermit, a Sequence 7, to find so many secret ancient histories.

"Official Beyonders noticed the royal family's anomaly and realized that Prince Edessac was just a scapegoat." Odysseus smiled and said, "There was also a very key figure who disrupted the ceremony of the True Creator's advent."

Having said this, Odysseus smiled and looked at the "world".

Audrey sat up straight immediately: That man is Mr. World! The two key figures in this incident are Mr. World and Mr. Hermit of the Tarot Club.

This made her very excited and she thought it was a joint action by the Tarot Club members.

"As for the reward," Odysseus said with a smile, "That key figure and the 'good Samaritan of Backlund' were forced to leave Backlund. That was their reward."

　Sorry, it's a little late today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)