Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 247 New Member "Priestess" Cattleya

Odysseus and Benny took a rented carriage to the Tuna Bar. As soon as they entered, Benny saw Biddy drinking beer and bragging loudly to other drinkers at the bar.

At the same time, Benny also saw the bar's thugs, as well as the bartenders and waiters.

The experienced Benny knew very well that if he went to "collect debts" at this time, he would only get a beating.

Even if I report it to the police... haha, the police in Bayam don't deal with cases like fraud.

However, the "Captain" seemed not to notice the thugs at all, and walked slowly to the bar: "Biddus!"

Biddis had already seen Benny and the "Captain", but he was still frightened by the "Captain's" call.

But he immediately remembered that the owner of the Tuna Bar was his good friend and this was his territory, so he smiled and said, "So it's Mr. Captain. Let me buy you a drink..."

Odysseus had already walked to the bar and interrupted Biddis: "You have two choices. First, pay 100 pounds in compensation. Second, I will break both of your legs and then pay 100 pounds in compensation."

Biddis was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Hahaha..."

The thugs in the bar also laughed.

Odysseus looked at them coldly.

Biddis asked, "You... you pig-headed fellow, are you..."

Odysseus once again interrupted his opponent with his actions, and rushed forward suddenly, sending Biddis flying and hitting the wall.

This is not a Beyonder, so Odysseus doesn't need to waste the scroll.

"Oh~"

Amid the crowd's exclamations, Odysseus continued to walk towards Biddis slowly.

Benny behind was shocked: Just like that?
At this time, the experienced Benny realized that either the "Captain" did not understand the background of intelligence dealers like Bayam, or he was completely confident in his own strength.

However, seeing the "Captain"'s calm demeanor, he thought the latter was more likely.

The half-dead Biddis gasped, "You...you will...regret this..."

Odysseus ignored the opponent's threat and bent the opponent's left leg gently to form a triangle. Then he raised his hand and punched the opponent's shin bone.

Creak~
With a sound of breaking bones, Biddis's left leg bone broke.

Then Biddis's screams, like a pig being slaughtered, were heard.

Odysseus calmly stepped on his right hip and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, there's still one."

The thugs around were about to come over to help immediately, but the scene before them made them stop.

Biddis struggled hard, even crying and shouting for help.

But only his upper body was struggling violently. His left leg was broken and he couldn't struggle, and his right leg was stepped on by the guy called "Captain", so he couldn't move at all.

If this "captain" had controlled Biddis while cursing, they wouldn't have thought anything of it.

But although the "captain" was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen, his tone was so calm, as if what he was doing was washing clothes and cooking, which was a part of daily life.

This gave them a great deterrent, because they knew very well that such people were generally very powerful and should not be provoked.

Odysseus bent down and pulled up Biddis's other leg. Biddis finally regained some sanity from the fear and pain. "I'll pay you, I'll pay you the 10... no, 100 pounds!"

"It's too late." Odysseus said, "You have already chosen the second path."

As he spoke, he raised his fist like a hammer and brought it down violently, causing Biddis to scream like a pig being slaughtered again.

Odysseus stepped back a few steps, watching Biddis rolling around there, and wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "We can discuss the compensation."

"I advise you not to go too far!" At this time, a burly man over 1.9 meters tall came down from the second floor. He pointed at Odysseus with his cigarette-holding hand and said, "What are you still standing there for? Arrest him."

Odysseus put away his handkerchief and asked, "Who are you?"

Benny immediately said, "This is Mr. Barron, the owner of the Tuna Bar."

Then he smiled and said, "Mr. Barron..."

He was just about to step forward to smooth things over, after all, Mr. Barron was not someone to be trifled with.

But before Benny could say anything, the so-called Mr. Barron was kicked back to the stairs by Odysseus.

Odysseus ignored the bar owner and continued to ask Biddis at his feet: "Where is your money?"

Biddis said with a sad face: "In... in..."

"Kid, you forced me to do this." Barron, who was half dead, struggled to get up with a revolver in his hand.

Odysseus rushed forward, grabbed Barron's wrist and twisted it back hard, breaking the bar owner's wrist.

As the other man grimaced in pain, Odysseus grabbed the revolver with his other hand, unloaded all the bullets, and threw the gun to the door.

Odysseus still ignored the bar owner and went back to Biddis, who was trying to climb out with his hands. "My patience is limited."

Biddis quickly took out his wallet, but there was only more than 70 pounds in his wallet, so he shouted to Barron: "Since I saved you before, please lend me pounds first!"

Barron looked at Odysseus coldly, then went back upstairs with his broken hand in his other hand, and soon brought back 70 pounds.

Odysseus took the money and checked its authenticity while saying, "You must be planning to find out my background and then take revenge with some despicable means, right?"

He put the money away and said with a smile: "You are welcome to come and die!"

Then Odysseus bent down, snatched the wallet from Biddys, and counted out 30 pounds.

After throwing the wallet back to Biddis, Odysseus said, "You are disqualified from participating in the intelligence exchange meeting."

After saying that, he left with Benny.

Barron first called a doctor, put a splint on his wrist, and took some painkillers.

During this period, he had already asked Biddis for the address of the intelligence exchange meeting.

However, Barron was still a little worried, so he went to report the matter to his boss in person.

In Bayam's bar, either the bar is owned by gangsters or pirates, or the bartender is a gangster boss himself.

Barron works for the Skull and Bones Society, Bayam's largest gang. He arrives at the headquarters of the Skull and Bones Society and soon meets the boss.

What he didn't expect was that after the boss heard the other party explain the situation clearly, he actually cursed: "Pig brain! What do you think the protection of the Peace Church means?
"It means that if you go looking for trouble with him, I will be caught without knowing why!"

Barron opened his mouth, not expecting things to be so serious!
"You've got your brain kicked by a donkey!" The boss cursed more and more, and he was almost killed without knowing what was happening. "If you dare to provoke that guy, I will kill your whole family!"

Barron wiped his sweat and said, "I dare not, I dare not, I dare not go."

……

On the carriage on the way back.

Odysseus took out 10 pounds and handed it to Benny: "I will only help you once, and you will have to pay me next time."

After all, he was now Sequence 6, and his appearance fee was very expensive.

Benny thanked him profusely, and after a long pause, he asked, "Mr. Captain, if I have something that can't be resolved outside of the intelligence exchange meeting, can you help me?"

He had just seen the strength of the "Captain", which made him realize that now was a good time to find a backer.

Odysseus said, "It depends on what it is and how much you can afford."

Benny said happily, "I understand."

When we returned to the wizard office, someone who had traded false information was already waiting there, seeking the "Captain"'s help.

Without saying a word, Odysseus went out to fight again.

These intelligence dealers are generally not good at fighting. At most, they are "low-sequence" extraordinary people and are no match for Odysseus.

By nightfall, Odysseus had already attacked three times in total, but what made him quite satisfied was that he had verified the authenticity of the transactions and there were no mistakes. At least no one came to him and said that they had traded for false information.

The three people who sought help did not ask Odysseus to verify the authenticity of the information when they traded it.

I believe that within a few days, his name as "Captain" will spread throughout Bayam. First of all, he is a capable fighter and will provide assistance when encountering situations where false information is being traded.

The three people who provided false information suffered the lightest punishment of having two back teeth knocked out.

Secondly, he has a strong ability to discern intelligence. As long as he takes a look, he can basically tell the truth from the false immediately.

This is called professionalism.

In the evening, Bazel went to a grilled fish restaurant not far away and ordered a grilled fish. He asked the waiter to bring the fish over and a jug of fruit wine.

Odysseus also took off his mask and threw his cloak aside. He took a bite of the grilled fish and sighed, "Grilled fish is still the best."

He took a sip of fruit wine and smiled, "These seats may not be enough for the next party."

This time he only put out 50 chairs.

Bazel ate the fish and nodded, he had no doubt about it.

Then, Odysseus began to explain to Basel how to distinguish the authenticity of information. He planned to observe Basel for a while, and if possible, he would let him handle the transactions here in the future.

For now, Odysseus is quite satisfied with Bazel. He is serious, loyal, and reliable, but he doesn't talk much.

Odysseus was in a good mood today and drank a few more glasses of wine. At around nine o'clock in the evening, when he saw that no one came to ask for help, he returned to the Emerald Palace and had a good rest for the night.

The next day, a new week began. Odysseus first checked the homework of some scholars, and then took them to the dock to discuss the issue of laying more magic circles on the ship.

The large ship built for Bernadette is now basically complete and can be used to arrange other magic arrays and install new weapons designed by Odysseus.

As for Odysseus' boat, the bottom layer has also been completed, and he can start laying some magic circles.

There is a lot of work to do this week, and Odysseus certainly cannot handle it all by himself, so he must make good use of these scholars.

But the problem is that they have not yet finished learning the knowledge about magic circles. Some scholars are already feeling desperate. They can even foresee that they will have to attend classes and work on the ship during the week, and they may only have four or five hours of rest every day.

But what they didn't expect was that Odysseus did not continue teaching them on Monday, but gave them half a day off. This immediately gave the scholars a bad omen. Some people speculated whether this was equivalent to the calm before the storm?

After lunch, Odysseus immediately got back to work. He returned to his room, lay in his easy chair, and meditated into the "wilderness of knowledge" to continue his previous research on "extracting knowledge."

At this time, he had conducted many experiments and found a carrier for temporarily storing knowledge. It was the purified "Star Crystal", an extraordinary material used by extraordinary people in several paths, such as "Fortune Teller" and "Apprentice".

Through research and experiments over the past half month, Odysseus has discovered that the only materials that can temporarily store knowledge are crystal-like materials rich in spirituality.

However, he simulated many kinds of crystals in the "Knowledge Wilderness", but the experimental results were not very ideal. After the extracted knowledge was stored, it was always confusing and incomplete.

At this time, Odysseus suddenly thought of the knowledge stored in the "Fighting Scholar" feature. After comparison, he found that using extraordinary materials to store knowledge was more stable and complete.

But a new problem arises. Some knowledge is already stored in the extraordinary materials, and those crystals contain not only knowledge, but also some extraordinary properties.

If these crystals are used to store knowledge and then instill it, it is easy to only instill the knowledge that is inside the crystals.

Those extraordinary qualities would prevent Odysseus from using his spiritual power to perform operations such as "selection" or "deletion".

Fortunately, Odysseus is now Sequence 6 and can simply use the power of the angel level in certain places. So he tried to use the angel level to temporarily block the extraordinary characteristics of those crystals and complete the "formatting" of the knowledge in the crystals.

The experiment was successful last week. Although the process was a bit cumbersome, Odysseus felt that having this procedure was a kind of insurance.

Requiring an Angel to perform certain operations adds a gap to the process that ordinary Beyonders find insurmountable, but this effectively eliminates the abuse of this technology. Also last week, Odysseus had requested a 70-gram "Star Crystal" from Bernadette.

Today he planned to completely simulate the entire process of extracting and instilling knowledge in the "Knowledge Wilderness".

First, he took out the processed "Star Crystal", then simulated a helmet with a knowledge extraction array, placed the "Star Crystal" in the groove on the top, and wore it on his head.

The appearance of this helmet is similar to the "smart helmet". It is also tall and looks a bit weird.

The only difference is that there are two amandar crystals inlaid on the top of the helmet, while the "Wisdom Helmet" only has one.

Using his spiritual power to activate the magic circle in the helmet, the two crystals inlaid on it lit up. After entering a meditative state, Odysseus began to seriously recall the magic circle in the ship and all the related knowledge.

This is what Odysseus thought of, the safest way to "extract knowledge". If you use a magic circle to extract directly from the target's brain, you can't tell which knowledge is needed, and it's easy to extract some irrelevant memories or some secrets.

Using this method of meditation and recollection is equivalent to "exporting" knowledge, which is relatively more targeted and safer.

The "extraction helmet" is responsible for receiving. Its working principle is actually the reverse of the "wisdom helmet". After "synchronizing" with Odysseus's brain, the magic circle in the helmet converts the knowledge that Odysseus is meditating into a "spiritual signal" and stores it in the "astral body".

After recalling them one by one, Odysseus took off his helmet, removed the "Star Crystal", placed it in his palm and felt it with his spiritual sense. The knowledge inside was relatively complete and there was no sense of confusion.

Then Odysseus simulated the "Wisdom Helmet" and placed the "Star Crystal" in the position of the previous "Fighting Scholar" feature. He then simulated a hundred experimental subjects and instilled into them the knowledge he had just extracted.

Currently, Odysseus can simulate experimental subjects in the "Wisdom Wilderness" and no longer needs to summon helpers from the underworld to help capture the test subjects as he did in the previous experiment with the "Smart Helmet".

After using the "smart helmet" on each experimental subject, Odysseus asked questions to each experimental subject one by one to make sure that they had basically received the knowledge completely.

However, during the experiment, Odysseus also discovered a problem.

One of the experimental subjects was affected by the extraordinary properties of the "Star Crystal" and showed a contaminated reaction.

Odysseus recalled his previous experience using the "smart helmet" and realized that there were too few "use cases" before.

Strictly speaking, it was only used once, giving more than 20 gang members the corresponding knowledge of fighting.

There were no signs of extraordinary contamination at the time, but that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't contaminated.

After all, whether it is the characteristics of "Fighting Scholar" or "Star Crystal", they both contain extraordinary qualities. In theory, there is no problem with short-term contact with this level of characteristics, but there is also the possibility of "extraordinary leakage".

Odysseus thought about it and decided to add another layer of magic circle on the "Wisdom Helmet" to isolate pollution.

After completing the experiment, Odysseus brought the "Star Crystal" to the real world.

Although the "Extraction Helmet" was simulated in the "Knowledge Wilderness" just now, only the "helmet" was simulated, and the knowledge was indeed stored in the "formatted" "Star Crystal".

This is the second "anti-counterfeiting design" prepared by Odysseus. For the time being, he will not produce the "extraction helmet" and will only extract knowledge in the "knowledge wilderness".

Then Odysseus took out the "Helmet of Wisdom" and made the final transformation on it.

This process is a bit tedious because you have to open it up and add an "isolation array" inside.

During the transformation, Odysseus' spirit seemed to sense something. He glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was already 2:58.

So he stood up, stretched, and lay down in the armchair.

At exactly three o'clock, Odysseus's vision was covered by gray fog. The next second, he appeared in a classical giant hall, sitting on one side of a long bronze table.

Odysseus discovered that there was a new member sitting opposite the long bronze table. From the other person's penetrating gaze, Odysseus judged that it was Cattleya!
Then Odysseus felt a little guilty, wondering what the code name of "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya was?
The appearance of the new member caused Audrey of Justice to be a second or two late in greeting her. "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Klein the Fool raised his lips slightly and nodded slightly in response.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man..." Following the greetings, as usual, it was equivalent to introducing the code names of the original members to the new members.

After responding to Justice's greeting, Alger, the Hanged Man, began to carefully examine the new member: a female, wearing a black robe with many patterns on it. You could barely make out her black hair, but the purple tint of her eyes was very noticeable.

Suddenly, his heart sank, and the image of "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya whom he saw at the Pirate Conference a few months ago emerged in his mind.

Alger immediately became very cautious: Could it be her?

Alger, who was also at sea, was very wary of the pirate general.

At the same time, Cattleya was also observing the other members: The Hanged Man, a middle-aged man in his thirties, with messy hair of a rare dark blue. He was wearing a robe with storm and wave patterns... a member of the Church of Storms?
"Sun" is not very old, and his clothing style is rare, with a simple and ancient beauty.

The "world" wasn't the old man... Eh? He felt like he wasn't a living person.

The "magician" was a young woman wearing a common Loen-style skirt, looking somewhat lazy.

"Hermit", dressed in Intis-style formal attire, looks very easy-going... Hey, actually I wanted to choose the "Hermit" card, but unfortunately he had already chosen it. I wonder what kind of Extraordinary person he is?
"Moon", a young man with red eyes, wearing the priest robes of the Earth Mother. There is only one possibility for such a combination, a vampire.

"Justice", priceless jewelry, a simple yet beautiful waisted long skirt, like the work of a master fashion designer, a Loen noble?
Cattleya observed quietly. It was her first time attending a party, so she planned to watch and listen more and talk less.

At this time, Klein introduced: "This is the new member, 'Priestess'. You can call her Madam 'Priest'."

Audrey smiled and said, "Good afternoon, Ms. Priestess."

Cattleya replied succinctly, "Good afternoon."

After the greetings, Audrey turned to the head of the long bronze table and said, "Mr. Fool, I only collected one page from Russell's diary last week."

Russell's diary?
Cattleya tried hard to resist the urge to turn her head away quickly, and recalled the tall and beautiful figure who had sighed, "That's not a note, it's his diary."

She was a little shocked: All the members of the Tarot Club knew that Russell's notes were diaries?
But Cattleya hid herself well, calmly observing how Justice materialized the diary and instantly appeared in Mr. Fool's hands.

With her extensive knowledge of mysticism, she already roughly understood how "justice" was "expressed" on that page of the diary.

At this time, the Magician also sacrificed three pages of his diary to the Fool. Then Cattleya saw another scene that surprised her: The Fool was reading those diaries!
He collected these diaries not to decipher them, not to study them, but to read them!

He...what is His origin?
Indescribable horror and fear welled up in Cattleya's heart.

She quickly withdrew her gaze and looked at the long bronze table, as if the ancient pattern on the table was a very attractive novel.

This... this doesn't seem surprising.

Cattleya, who possessed a strong psychological quality, quickly calmed down: This was an ancient deity, and no matter how surprising his actions were, they didn't seem surprising at all.

After calming down, Cattleya noticed that the majestic palace was completely silent. She immediately realized that this wasn't the first time Mr. Fool had a habit of reading Russell's diary at the Tarot Club.

The experienced Cattleya didn't raise any questions and just continued to observe.

A few minutes later, Klein the Fool said, "You guys get started."

At this time, Alger was still carefully examining himself, wondering if he had exposed his identity.
He felt that the thing that revealed the most about himself was the Storm Bishop robe he was wearing.

There was no way around it. After going out to sea, he was not only the captain, but also the bishop of the sailors. He had to wear appropriate attire and hold mass regularly.

If you don't demonstrate your piety in your daily behavior, you might be reported by one of your subordinates one day.

Because of the addition of new members, everyone was somewhat restrained, and "Moon" Emlyn was a little puzzled: Why didn't anyone take the initiative to trade today?

So he was the first to speak: "Mr. 'The Hanged Man', I'm ready. When can you get the inheritance of that blood baron? You mentioned last time that it was in the hands of a great pirate."

Alger suddenly stiffened: You don't need to add that last sentence.

The "Priestess" Cattleya's gaze swept towards the "Hanged Man" again: Big Pirate?
However, Alger, the experienced man, hid his inner turmoil well. He calmly tilted his head and asked "Moon," "Did you get the cash?"

"Of course." Emlyn raised his chin.

The Marquis actually gave him more than 7,000 pounds at once!
"I'll get it for you within this week," Alger said. "Let me confirm the price one last time. 4500 pounds. Is that okay?"

Emlyn thought about the doll in his room, his eyes wandering as he asked, "Uh... okay, can it be cheaper?"

"That's not up to me to decide, but I can help you push for it." Alger's tone remained unchanged. "Also, don't forget my commission. How about a smaller commission of 300 pounds?"

Emlyn recalled that at the party last week, The Hanged Man had not bargained at all in his transaction with him. If he bargained now, he felt it would damage the image of the vampires.

After gritting his teeth, Emlyn said, "Okay."

Cattleya watched silently and made a judgment: not a very strong vampire, perhaps just an adult.

Seeing that the first transaction was over, Derrick, the Sun, raised his hand slightly, imitating Justice. "Who among you has the Fruit of the Glorious Spirit Contract Tree?"

He has collected other materials about the "Sun Priest" quite smoothly.

Cattleya decided to intervene in a small transaction to gain a deeper understanding of the Tarot Club's operations: "I have it."

Little Sun said, "Um... I can exchange the history of Silver City for the history of elves, dragons, and other dark creatures.

"Madam Priest, here is a list of common monsters in the area surrounding Silver City. You can choose the materials you need from it.

"If you really want gold pounds, I can borrow them from Mr. Hermit."

Then repay with extraordinary materials.

The reason why he spoke in such detail was mainly because the "priest" lady was attending the party for the first time and didn't know much about her situation.

"Justice" Audrey thought to herself: "Although the Sun has matured a lot now, he is still as sincere as before."

After careful consideration, Cattleya finally understood the meaning of "sun" and immediately came up with a plan that best suited her own interests: "I want to first see what common monsters are around Silver City before making a decision."

Klein, hidden in the gray fog, sighed inwardly: Here comes another one to take advantage of me.

"Okay." After obtaining the Fool's consent, Derrick immediately materialized the list.

The transaction with the Hermit made him realize the difference in the value of extraordinary materials between Silver City and the outside world.

Although Derrick was sincere, he also knew how to gain the greatest benefit at the lowest cost.

Cattleya took the information and looked through it carefully. The more she read, the more frightened she became, because the number of monsters was beyond her imagination.

Moreover, most of the names used here are ancient. If she was not a member of the "Moss Ascetic Order" and did not pay attention to the collection and accumulation of knowledge, she would not be able to understand this information at all.

This made Cattleya wonder: Where is the City of Silver? Is it surrounded by monsters?

After more than ten seconds, Cattleya raised her head and said in a steady tone, "Exchange it with the history of Silver City."

"Okay." Derrick materialized the history outline of the City of Silver from the general education class.

As someone with considerable experience, he knew that more complete and detailed content was much more valuable in the "outside world" than the "Glorious Contract Spirit Tree", so he kept some of it to himself.

Cattleya knew she wasn't Mr. Fool and couldn't expect the members to wait patiently for her to read. So she casually flipped through it, confirmed its value, and then carefully asked, "How should I give you the Fruit of the Glorious Contract Spirit Tree?"

Audrey, "Justice," was eager to try and was about to explain to the new member when she heard the "Priestess" ask again, "Mr. Fool, is this a sacrifice?"

Audrey felt somewhat disappointed: Madam "Priest" is very capable and knowledgeable.

Klein the Fool hummed in response.

Cattleya said to Derrick, "I'll help you get the main materials as soon as possible."

After the deal was concluded, Hermit Odysseus said, "Please keep an eye out for clues about the Sparkling Star Tree or the Trickery Pegasus."

These two extraordinary creatures contain the main and auxiliary materials of his "astrologer".

Odysseus did not disrupt his plan to collect materials because of Cattleya's appearance. After all, even if his extraordinary path was concealed this time, it might be exposed at the next gathering. There was no need to keep it secret so tightly.

As the "astrologer", Cattleya suddenly looked up at the "hermit": Are you following the same path as me?

Then she saw that the "Hermit" was looking at her with a calm smile. At that moment, she immediately realized: He had guessed who I was! And he didn't care that I knew about his extraordinary methods!

　Thanks to [book friend 20241025125512100] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)