Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 238 The First Six Gods Alliance

In the concept of "The Hanged Man" Alger, "adjacent paths" are usually two or three. He never expected that there would be five "adjacent paths"!

However, this also made him understand why the Storm Church would do its utmost to encircle and suppress the members of the "Aurora Society" who came to the sea to go on a "pilgrimage".

It turned out that the "Sailor" and "Secret Prayer" were adjacent paths, but because this path was too dangerous and could easily get out of control or be influenced by the "True Creator", the church did not cultivate extraordinary people in this area.

In the Church of the Storm, in order to better understand the enemy and to make up for the shortcomings, there are a few extraordinary people from the "Singer" and "Reader" paths.

Klein, the "Fool" behind the gray fog, had already guessed this. Upon hearing the accurate intelligence, he thought, "I seem to have seen a 'broad road' with five paths!" This also means more options to choose from, more opportunities to become a demigod.

Audrey, the "Justice," and Fors, the "Magician," recalled that when Mr. A was asked to assassinate Ambassador Intis, he had proposed two compensation plans: one was 10000 pounds, and the other was a partial potion formula for the four channels of "Singer," "Sailor," "Reader," and "Audience," all at Sequence 4.

They didn't pay much attention to this request at the time, but now they think back and understand that Mr. A lacked the opportunity to become a demigod in this path, so he wanted to jump to the adjacent path.

It was also at this moment that Audrey realized that the Hanged Man and I were actually Beyonders from adjacent paths.

Odysseus smiled and said, "So, everyone understands the contradiction between the True Creator, the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, right?"

Everyone nodded slowly, except Emlyn the Moon, who asked, "Why?"

In the blood clan, the way they improve their strength basically depends on the gifts from their elders. Most of them believe that the blood clan is a unique existence, and the channels for promotion are also special, which are obviously different from ordinary human extraordinary people. Therefore, they rarely exchange information about promotion channels at their gatherings.

Ordinary adult vampires don't have a clear understanding of the concept of drinking potions, let alone the concept of jumping to adjacent pathways.

To be precise, it would be difficult for them to "jump" even if they wanted to, after all, their adjacent path is the "Tillman" path, and this path belongs to the Church of Mother Earth.

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "This information is crucial and far exceeds the value of 200 pounds. In addition to using up your opportunity to ask questions, you will also need to pay another 200 pounds."

Emlyn looked at the other members and found that none of them had any objection to this. In other words, in everyone's opinion, the value of this information was even higher than 400 pounds?
So he nodded cruelly: "Okay, deal!"

Odysseus then explained, "After becoming a Beyonder of a certain path, you can't switch to another path. This is a matter of common sense.

“But there is one exception, and that’s adjacent pathways.

"Among the 22 paths, some are so-called 'adjacent paths.' Generally, when a Sequence 5 is promoted to a Demigod, Beyonders from the adjacent path can switch to another path.

"Or after becoming a demigod, there's a chance to switch to another path."

For many Beyonders, such opportunities are extremely important. For example, a Sequence 4 player obtained a Sequence 2-level potion formula for the same path, but the Sequence 3 formula has yet to be found.

Then when looking for a recipe, you can also try to find a recipe for the adjacent pathway sequence 3, so that it can be transformed from a "single-plank bridge" into an "iron chain bridge" that two people can pass through.

Emlyn asked in surprise, "My adjacent pathway... um, what is the adjacent pathway of the Moon?"

"Farmer." Odysseus smiled and said, "This answer is a gift."

The Hanged Man, Alger, nodded slightly: No wonder the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess doesn't kill vampires after capturing them, but instead develops them into followers of the Mother Goddess. It turns out it's because they are on adjacent paths.

Magician Fors thought to himself: I now know of two more adjacent paths.

Then she smiled helplessly: "I don't even know which path is adjacent to me right now." But I already know that "Hunter" and "Witch" are adjacent paths, and today I learned that "Pharmacist" and "Farmer" are adjacent paths, and that "Sailor" and five other paths are adjacent paths.

Odysseus continued, "Adjacent paths mean more opportunities, but also competition from extraordinary people from adjacent paths.

"This kind of contradiction is irreconcilable, so Beyonders from adjacent paths are generally mortal enemies. This is one of the root causes of the conflict between the True Creator, the Lord of Storms, and the other three gods."

He paused and continued, "As for the conflict between 'Black Emperor' Solomon and the Six Gods, there is a conflict over ruling power.

"During the Fourth Epoch, the six gods had their own kingdoms, which were not under the rule of the Solomon Empire.

“Moreover, when war breaks out between the six gods, the clash of armed forces often spreads to the territory of the Solomon Empire.

“Sometimes, the territories of the six gods’ kingdoms are not adjacent to each other. If a war breaks out, they will unscrupulously pass through the territory of the Solomon Empire and attack each other.

"This made Solomon very unhappy, and so there was a deep conflict between him and the six gods."

Audrey and other members nodded slowly, or made expressions of "understanding". After hearing what the "Hermit" said, they immediately understood the interests involved.

"This is a war between two alliances of gods," Odysseus said, "not a war between gods and the royal family.

"As for the six gods, the conflicts were quite deep at the beginning of the Fourth Epoch. For example, the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom are still sworn enemies..."

Fors seemed to suddenly understand: No wonder the Storm Church hated the believers and members of the Eternal Sun Church. It turned out that it was because the gods they believed in were mortal enemies.

Emlyn thought: I didn’t expect that the relationship between churches could be explained by the concept of adjacent paths.

This made him realize once again that he had traded for a very important piece of information.

Audrey felt the same way: "Why didn't I think of this before?" The quality of the relationship between churches can be explained entirely by the "adjacent pathways."

Odysseus continued, "...In addition to the three gods, including the Lord of Storms, there was also a deep conflict between the Goddess of Night and the God of War. Therefore, in the early days of the Fourth Epoch, the six gods were basically in chaos.

"It was precisely because of the conflict between them that Solomon was able to successfully unify the Northern Continent in a very short period of time.

"But as the Solomon Empire grew stronger, things changed. First, the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom felt threatened by the True Creator.

"Secondly, the True Creator, in order to create a balance, supported Salinger in unifying the southern continent and establishing the Balam Empire.

"This also angered the 'Goddess of Night' and the 'God of War,' thus setting the tone for the first 'Alliance of the Six Gods,' and the 'Mother Earth Goddess' was also invited by the 'God of War' to join this alliance.

"For a while, the first conflict between the divine alliances arose in the Northern Continent."

Klein lamented: "Those large-scale wars of the Fifth Epoch sounded magnificent, but they were far inferior to the wars of the Fourth Epoch. In the Fourth Epoch, the gods frequently joined the wars. Who could stand that?"
Alger also sighed: "Why do I suddenly feel that the wars of the Fourth Epoch, the "War of the Four Emperors," aren't the most exciting? For example, this alliance of gods and the confrontation of factions sound very high-end, even more so than the "War of the Four Emperors."

"Little Sun" Derrick sighed: An alliance between gods!

This reminded him of some legends of the Second Age that he had read.

At this moment, Klein recalled some descriptions he had read in Emperor Roselle's diary, and he asked, "I've seen some records that the gods all believe that the 'True Creator' is evil and blasphemous. Is that because in this alliance, the 'True Creator' stands in the opposing camp of the gods?"

There is nothing wrong with saying that the "True Creator" is evil.

But Klein didn't understand why he said "He" was blasphemous.

You know, the abuse between gods is never groundless, there must be some reasons.

"This may be related to some of the abilities of this path." Odysseus pondered for a moment before answering, "Firstly, this god represents madness and bloodshed, which fits the description of the evil god.

"Secondly... well, everyone has probably heard of the Shepherd's ability from the Sun. So, have you ever thought about what it would be like if the Shepherd's ability reached the level of a god?"

Everyone pondered for a moment, and Alger was the first to think, "Could it be possible to 'herd' the gods..."

Then he had the urge to cover his mouth, because such a thought was too blasphemous!

As the top god in this world, can he also be "herded"?
The other members had similar thoughts and felt it was blasphemous, but they soon thought that if a Sequence 5 "shepherd" could "herd" demigods, why couldn't the "True Creator" "herd" gods?
Most members thought of this but didn't think further.

"It involves the divine level." Odysseus also said vaguely: "I don't know the details.

"But...but at this level, everything is possible."

Odysseus had once wondered if the True Creator could "graze" Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics? Or perhaps even "graze" uniqueness?
In any case, with such abnormal abilities and the ability to mobilize part of the power of the "Chaos Sea", the "True Creator" should be more powerful than normal gods.

For the first time, Emlyn felt hesitant to raise his head too high, because today he heard extremely blasphemous remarks, and he didn't even seem to know how to deal with them.

I can only sigh in my heart: "The Hermit" and "The World" are really bold. Just thinking about this kind of question makes me feel that it will bring down divine punishment.

Klein had had similar speculations before, but he had never been sure. If that were the case, the "True Creator" would be too powerful.

When he received the reply from the "hermit", he found that he was not the only one who thought so.

So Klein speculated: Was the reason the six gods formed an alliance in the Fourth Epoch also because they feared the power of the "True Creator"? After all, at the level of a god, they didn't want a being more powerful than themselves, even by a tiny bit.

Also, is the reason why the Solomon Empire was so powerful also because the "True Creator" was very powerful, so it could attract the loyalty of so many angels?
Alger felt that the "True Creator" should not be able to "herd" gods. Otherwise, from the Fourth Epoch to the present, several gods have fallen. Two or three thousand years have passed, so why haven't we heard of any gods being "herded"?
The key point is that such ability will obviously break the balance of power among gods. After all, "true gods" are also at a certain level, and it is impossible for any god to be much stronger than them.

Although they had different ideas, they did not discuss the issue.

Because discussing these issues in front of the god "The Fool" is too blasphemous.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Odysseus continued, "This war must have been very fierce! After the war, the capital of the former Solomon Empire disappeared.

"The process of the war may be unimaginable to everyone. The Six Gods first instigated the rebellion of the Solomon Empire's great nobles, Tudor and Trunsoest..."

what?
Klein could hardly believe his ears: The Six Gods were inciting Tudor and Trunsoest to rebel!
He was about to ask a question, but found that his chance to ask the question had been used up.

Fors thought: Could it be that Tudor and Trunsoest used this opportunity to complete the process of nation-building? But...but why would the Six Gods do this?
Other members also reacted and wanted to ask questions, but they found that their chance to ask questions had been used up.

So everyone looked at Miss Justice, hoping that this "audience" could understand their expressions.

Audrey, the "Justice," easily understood the question in everyone's mind, as she had the same question. So, just as the "Hermit" was about to continue, she quickly asked, "Why?"

She paused and continued, "I mean, why did the Six Gods want to instigate Tudor and Trunsoest to rebel?"

yeah why?
This is a very strange thing. The alliance of the six gods is so powerful, why do they have to use despicable means such as rebellion to win the war?
When Odysseus heard Audrey ask this, he probably understood what she was thinking. "Do you think that the alliance of the six gods is so powerful, but why does it still resort to tactics like rebellion?"

Not only did "Justice" Audrey nod, but other members also nodded, they had the same question.

"That's because everyone doesn't realize how powerful the alliance between the 'Black Emperor' and the 'True Creator' is." Odysseus said, "Besides these two true gods, Abraham is also a very strong opponent.

"Even in the early Fourth Epoch, he was universally recognized as the being closest to a god..."

Hearing this, Fors was of course the most surprised. When the Hermit mentioned Abraham among those who supported the Solomon Empire, she had been extremely curious. What role did this ancestor of the Abraham family play in the Fourth Epoch? What happened later? Why did this family be cursed?
But because she had never had the opportunity to ask, she had always kept this question in her mind. Now that the topic of Abraham came up, she took a deep breath and asked, "Mr. Hermit, can you tell me more about this Abraham? I can pay an extra 300 pounds."

According to the new rules of the last gathering, if you contribute less than one-third and want to ask a second question, you need to pay an additional 300 pounds.

Odysseus smiled and said, "This is a very important figure in the Fourth Epoch. He is not included in this transaction. We can trade him separately when we have time."

Klein thought: It seems that this Mr. "Door" had a lot of stories before he was sealed!
Alger also realized that Abraham was unusual: the Abraham family wasn't a very active family now, but he hadn't expected their ancestors to be so powerful in the Fourth Epoch!
Fors asked again, "How many gold pounds would it cost to trade for Abraham's information?" "1500 pounds," Odysseus said after pondering for a moment.

Fors nodded and said nothing more. The main reason was that she didn't have enough money. If she initiated a transaction with the Hermit, she didn't know if the other members would join in.
If no one joined the transaction, Fors would be embarrassed.

Odysseus continued, "And then there was the later 'King of Hades' Salinger, who, with the support of the 'True Creator', also possessed the strength of the Angel King.

"Also, the True Creator should be able to gain the support of the Demon King. This last remaining Ancient God occasionally appeared during the Fourth Epoch.

"Also, the 'Original Witch' at the time would most likely support Solomon. Also, the 'God of Spiritual Creatures', now the 'Bound God', also once joined the 'Redemption Rose'..."

The other members were stunned because they were unfamiliar with this deity. Only Klein had heard Miss Sharon mention it. It seemed that the "Bound God" was now missing.

"...and the 'Red Angel' Medici and the 'Angel of Fate' Ouroboros, the two 'Angel Kings'." Odysseus said: "If you count them this way, the 'True Creator's' camp is actually very powerful!
"Even if they were so powerful that the six gods joined forces, we would have to be cautious. If they truly had an overwhelming advantage, they wouldn't resort to tactics like instigating a rebellion. Wouldn't it be better to just go to war directly?"

Audrey suddenly understood: "The reason I thought the Six Gods Alliance had such a huge advantage was entirely because the six gods were now six legitimate gods, while the True Creator was an evil god hiding in the God-Forsaken Land. But in the Fourth Epoch, it seems that this was not the case. The True Creator had many helpers around him."

Klein also laughed a little: "I forgot that in the Fourth Epoch, gods and angels walked on the earth. Moreover, there were more angels and important figures in the extraordinary world than there are now, and there were more factors that affected the success or failure of the war between gods."

The other members had similar thoughts, and they felt that their thinking suddenly changed and they understood why Liu Shen did that.

Although they understood it, the education they had received made it difficult for them to accept that the orthodox gods had won by such despicable means.

Odysseus continued, "The reason why we want to incite Tudor and Trunsoest to rebel is because they are both angels of the 'Lawyer' path.

"If Solomon remains the 'Black Emperor', they can only remain Sequence 2."

At this point, Odysseus sighed and said, "This is the cruelest place in Feifan. Not only are neighbors mortal enemies, but even neighbors on the same path can be mortal enemies."

Klein echoed the Hermit's words in his mind: This is the Extraordinary! Or perhaps the underlying color of the Extraordinary is cruelty and distortion. For the sake of advancement, there's no loyalty at all.

"I'm not very clear about the specific course of the battle," Odysseus said at last, "but the result is very clear. The 'Black Emperor' Solomon fell, the Solomon Empire was destroyed, and the 'True Creator' was driven to the 'God-Forsaken Land'.

"That's all for this transaction. Do you have any questions?"

Audrey was about to digest the intelligence she had acquired today when she suddenly thought of a question: "Mr. Hermit, you said that the intelligence on the Solomon Empire can be divided into two transactions, and today we only traded one part.

"So the deal we just made was just half of the Solomon Empire's intelligence?"

Odysseus nodded: "That's understandable."

He smiled mysteriously: "Although the Solomon Empire was destroyed, the Second Solomon Empire emerged later."

"The Second Empire!" Audrey's eyes lit up instantly. "Is this the empire established by Solomon's descendants?"

Odysseus leaned back in his chair and said, "Let's talk about it during the next transaction. The answer will definitely surprise you."

Audrey was about to continue the transaction, but then she thought that other members might not join in.

She didn't really care about the gold pounds traded, but she felt that it would be unsatisfying to listen to this secret history alone, and it would be more interesting to listen to it with everyone.

So she didn't initiate the transaction immediately.

And Fors sighed again: "If Mr. Hermit just relies on selling intelligence, he can live a life of ease and comfort."

After the transaction was concluded, Little Sun said, "Mr. Hermit, I want two more Thunderstorm Bombs and two more Ice Bombs."

These two weapons are extremely useful for fighting monsters, and many people have already asked Derrick to buy them.

Derrick also guessed that "Chief" Colin should also know about the existence of this weapon, but he did not send anyone to inquire or send anyone to monitor him because these weapons were used on monsters, and the number was not large.

He knew very well that in order not to attract too much attention from the "Chief", he could not sell in large quantities at this time, and could only sell them one or two at a time.

As more and more people knew about it and used it, and this weapon was supplied in large quantities, the "Chief" would understand that he was doing this for Silver City and would not refuse this weapon.

Odysseus nodded and said, "Okay, I owed you 50 pounds just now, and now I'm done. In addition, I need to pay you two more Sequence 9 level extraordinary materials.

"As we discussed before, if I need Sequence 9 materials, it will be 140 pounds, and if you need weapons, it will only be 120 pounds.

"Because I can't guarantee that I can sell those extraordinary materials immediately, and the weapons you need require some expensive spiritual materials, which will put some pressure on my financial situation."

Derrick said somewhat embarrassedly, "Mr. Hermit, actually...actually, 120 pounds is still too much. I could just replace it with 60 pounds, or even 50 pounds."

Previously, the "hermit" had clear requirements for materials, some of which required hunting or a lot of merit in exchange, and the transactions between the two parties were basically of equal value.

However, if the "Hermit" does not have any specific requirements, he can trade with the extraordinary materials that can be exchanged for a small amount of merit.

The merit Derrick gained from selling a weapon was enough to exchange for five or six pieces of materials that Silver City didn't need. It wasn't that he sold them too expensively, but the value of those extraordinary materials in Silver City was very low.

The warehouse managers even hoped that Derrick could use his merits to exchange for more of these materials, because just leaving them there would take up space.

This made Derrick feel embarrassed to make such a huge profit.

In fact, he said that 50 to 60 pounds was still a good profit, but he said this price in order to leave some room for himself. He was afraid that if he exchanged too much in the future, the prices of the materials that Silver City didn't need would also increase.

If we really use gold pounds to convert, then the unnecessary Sequence 9 level Beyonder materials in Silver City are currently only worth about 10 pounds.

After hearing what Little Sun said, Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "Then Sequence 9 Beyonder materials will replace 70 pounds, and Sequence 8 Beyonder materials will replace 150 pounds."

Other members envied the price, but none initiated a similar transaction.

The first is that they do not have channels for extraordinary weapons, and the second is that they do not have stable channels for selling extraordinary materials.

Even if you buy these extraordinary materials, it is difficult to sell them, but if you want to meet the needs of "Little Sun", you need to pay some gold pounds.

"Okay," Derrick agreed happily. "Then I'll need to provide three Sequence 9 level materials."

Emlyn was about to say "fool" in his heart, but was replaced by a sigh, because it was obvious that this guy could get very cheap extraordinary materials, but he himself did not have such channels.

In addition, he consulted some historians and polymaths among the vampires last week, and no one had heard of the place called Silver City, but there was a "Silver Kingdom" in history.

However, the "Silver Kingdom" is in the Eastern Continent, most likely in the current "God-forsaken Land".

Recalling their previous conversation, Emlyn had a bold guess: the Silver City where the "Sun" was located was in the "God-forsaken Land."

This also conforms to the characteristics of the "Salvation Gathering". Emlin thought to himself: I am the savior of the vampires, and the "Sun" is the savior of the "God-forsaken Land".

But because the two of them had some unpleasantness at the last party, he doesn't plan to verify it now.

After completing this transaction, no one had any new trading needs, so they came to the free trading stage.

"Justice" Audrey had habitually wanted to say something, but at this time she was still in the family estate in East Chester County. Apart from banquets and hunting, she really had no interesting experiences.

Magician Fors pondered for a moment and said, "For unknown reasons, there have been some sudden personnel changes at MI9."

This was what Xio told her, and it wasn't a secret, but she thought it must be something new to the other members.

Sure enough, Alger couldn't help but wonder: "The Magician" also has a background in "MI9"?

Odysseus smiled and said, "I happen to know the reason for these personnel changes."

He paused and continued, "Because the director of MI9 died."

Fors was stunned: "The director is dead?"

At this time, Xio's level is not yet able to access information at this level.

Alger smiled and said, "This is a major event in the Loen intelligence community... no, in the world's intelligence community."

Then he asked, "When did he die? How did he die?"

"Shortly after the conspiracy of the Aurora Society and the Witch Cult was exposed." Odysseus only answered the first question of the "Hanged Man" but ignored the second one.

Because he was the one who "buried" the director, and this involved the plan of the "Goddess of Night", so he couldn't go into too much detail.

However, his answer made other members link the director's death to the conspiracy of the evil extraordinary organization.

Seeing that the Hermit didn't answer his second question, Alger didn't ask again. Instead, he said, "The sea has been relatively calm recently."

At this time, Klein manipulated the "world" and said hoarsely, "I just heard about something that happened at sea."

Without waiting for The Hanged Man to ask, The World continued, "That matter is related to the Church of Storms."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Hermit. He had no intention of concealing what had happened in Bansy Harbor, because his position in the "world" had gradually changed from "small trumpet" to "representative of Mr. Fool's followers."

Detective Sherlock Moriarty is a follower of Mr. Fool, and so is Herman Sparrow. So their experiences and the intelligence they obtain will be summarized here in the "world".

The World continued in a hoarse voice, "The ancient customs of Bansy Harbor have revived, some residents have become cultists, and even the bishop of the Church of Storms has fallen.

"I heard that the matter has been resolved, but many people died."

Bansi Harbor!
Everyone recalled that at a previous gathering, when the "Hermit" and the "World" were exchanging information about the "Red Angel" Medici, they mentioned Bansi Port.

I didn't expect that such a thing would happen there just after half a month.

Alger wasn't particularly surprised. He recalled the situation there and explained to Justice and the others, "There's a tradition of human sacrifice there, and the target of the sacrifice is an evil spirit called the 'Weather God.'"

Klein recalled the immense pressure he felt upon returning to the port: If I'm not mistaken, I should have encountered this evil god. Fortunately, His target wasn't us at the time.

Odysseus continued, "Last week, I specifically learned some information about Bansi Port..."

Klein listened carefully. He brought up this matter just to see if the Hermit had any further knowledge of Bansy Harbor.

"The descendants of the 'Red Angel' Medici seem to have been contaminated in some way," said Odysseus.

(End of this chapter)