Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 248 The Secret of Solomon's Second Empire

Odysseus's plan was to first purchase the extraordinary materials needed to advance to Sequence 5 at the Tarot Club.

However, considering that materials of this level rarely appear in transactions at ordinary gatherings, and the price must be very high, he simply traded for clues about the extraordinary creatures that possessed the two main materials.

If you hunt by yourself, you can also get expensive auxiliary materials from the Sparkling Star Tree and the Trickery Pegasus.

If you don't get the corresponding clues at the Tarot Club, you will have to accumulate merits from Bernadette in exchange for the extraordinary characteristics of "Astrologer".

But if that’s the case, who knows how long it will take to accumulate?
The new member, the "Priestess" Cattleya, was not too surprised when she saw the "Hermit's" calm smile. After all, she was a "Pirate General" and a well-known figure on the sea, so it was not surprising that someone recognized her at once.

But she had no idea about the background of the "hermit".

Logically speaking, since the "Hermit" obtained the "Astrologer's" potion formula at such a young age, he should belong to some extraordinary organization.

Cattleya almost took it for granted that she could think of two possibilities: an important figure of the Moss Ascetic Order on the Intis side? Or an important member of the Dawn of the Elements on the Intis side?

This is just a guess based on experience. Generally, a Sequence 6 in a secret organization would be the leader of an important city. If it is the capital of a major country, there would also be a Sequence 5.

When it comes to the "Mysterious Peepers" path, the first things that come to mind are the "Moss Ascetic Order" and the "Dawn of the Elements".

She guessed that the possibility of him being an important member of the "Elemental Dawn" was greater, because only in the Republic of Intis was the "Elemental Dawn" stronger than the "Moss Ascetic Order".

Moreover, a large part of the power of "Dawn of the Elements" is pirates galloping on the sea. Its members are very familiar with the news on the sea, which explains why the other party knows some of my information.

Then Cattleya recalled the tall, beautiful figure again, but she quickly calmed down: there is a certain probability that it is a wild Beyonder, otherwise he would not inquire about Beyonder materials of this level.

If it belongs to an extraordinary organization, it can generally obtain the corresponding main materials or corresponding extraordinary characteristics through the organization's internal channels.

Because she didn't know the background of the "Hermit", Cattleya had no intention of making a deal. Instead, she looked down at the history of the Silver City she had just obtained.

As the other members agreed to help the "Hermit" keep an eye out, Cattleya gradually became surprised by the information in her hands. In the end, she guessed that the Silver City was suspected to be in the "God-forsaken Land".

Then she thought: The identity of each member of the Tarot Club is not simple.

Cattleya originally thought that most of the Tarot Club members didn't seem to have very high Sequences, but now she realized that their identities were not simple, and she began to treat this gathering more seriously.

Then Klein the Fool manipulated The World and said in a hoarse voice, "I need the eyeballs of the six-winged gargoyle."

At present, he only lacks this one auxiliary material, and he has all the materials needed for promotion.

After reading the historical data on Silver City provided by "The Sun," Cattleya quickly calmed down and said in a calm tone, "300 pounds."

Klein thought to himself: As expected of the "Admiral of the Stars" who controls a pirate group and has the backing of an ancient force, he must have abundant resources!

He controlled the "world" and said, "Okay."

As the deal was completed, there was silence in the Giant Hall for a few seconds.

Justice Audrey said, "Mr. Hermit, let's continue discussing the history of the Solomon Empire. I can't wait to find out who founded the Second Solomon Empire."

Cattleya was slightly stunned. She had also done extensive research on the history of the Fourth Epoch, and she immediately understood: information about the differences between the Solomon Empire and the Second Solomon Empire had been traded here?
This is relatively advanced intelligence in the extraordinary world. Many scholars in the extraordinary world are not clear about what the Second Solomon Empire is.

At the same time, Cattleya was also very interested in the information they were going to trade. Although she knew a lot about the history of the Solomon Empire, she was not quite sure who founded the Second Empire?
To be precise, we received a lot of contradictory information and were unable to make an accurate judgment.

However, she did not intend to join the transaction immediately, but planned to wait and see.

Odysseus nodded: "Okay, it's still 2000 pounds."

Cattleya frowned slightly. "Just to trade who founded the Second Empire, it would cost 2000 pounds?" And no one seemed surprised.

Audrey immediately said, "I'll give you 1000 pounds!"

The other members wanted to join the party as usual, but because they didn't know whether the new member would join the deal, they didn't know how to share the remaining 1000 pounds?
If the new members do not join the deal, then each of them will have to pay £200, but if they join, they will pay less.

Cattleya was a little confused, not knowing why the members were suddenly looking at her.

Audrey understood everyone's concerns and asked, "Madam Priest, are you willing to join the deal? If so, you can share the 1000 pounds with the other members.

"However, you can only ask one question during the transaction. If you have more questions, you will need to pay another 300 pounds."

Cattleya did some mental calculations and realized she wouldn't be spending much, so she said, "Okay, I'll join the deal."

Odysseus said, "In that case, each of you will pay 170 pounds."

This means it is 1020 pounds. Although it is 20 pounds more than the previously stated transaction amount, no one raised any objection.

Because they all know that the historical transactions with the "Hermit" are worth the money.

Then Odysseus turned to Little Sun and said, "I'm still paying for you. I still owe you 60 pounds from the last party. Now you owe me 110 pounds."

Little Sun immediately said, "Thank you, Mr. Hermit."

After discussing how to pay the transaction, Odysseus began, "During our last transaction, we mentioned that the First Alliance of the Six Gods defeated the Solomon Empire..."

What? The Six Gods Alliance?

Cattleya thought to herself: It's not the Solomon Second... It seems they traded intelligence about the Solomon Empire last week.

Then she thought about the historical data she had found: Was the Solomon Empire really overthrown by the Six Gods? Why did the Six Gods do this?
Cattleya suddenly realized that the "review" of the "Hermit" contained a huge amount of information, and it seemed to contain some secret history that she was not very clear about.

Odysseus glanced at the increasingly solemn "priestess" Cattleya and continued, "...it was Solomon himself who established the Second Solomon Empire."

The other members were stunned for a moment, then realized the shocking nature of the news.

Just as everyone was about to start making connections, Audrey asked, "Mr. Hermit, didn't you say at our last gathering that the Black Emperor had fallen?"

"He did fall," Odysseus explained. "But according to some advanced intelligence I've learned, at the level of a god, falling doesn't mean extinction."

Klein sighed after he saw the gray fog: This is the god. “Dead but not stiff” is what they are all about.

Cattleya sighed: "Just the information I've heard so far is already far more than the value of 170 pounds." The "Hermit" knows a lot of advanced information. Is he really a Sequence 6?

As an "astrologer", she had not yet been exposed to this level of information, but the "hermit" said it just like that.

Surprised, she began to reconsider her identity as a "hermit".

"Moon" Emlyn was already rubbing his hands excitedly: This news can be sold for at least 300... not 500 pounds!
Now he would not hesitate to join the intelligence transaction with the "Hermit" because it is a sure-win business!

Audrey said, "I see. Then how did the Black Emperor come back to life?"

"This is exactly what I learned, a very advanced piece of intelligence." Odysseus said: "The 'Black Emperor' or 'Lawyer' path is a very special path.

"I accidentally learned that this path requires the construction of nine mausoleums to ascend to true godhood, and also requires the formulation of a set of rules that defy common sense."

Klein, the only one who wasn't surprised by the Black Emperor card in his hand, thought to himself: I never thought the Hermit would know part of the Black Emperor's specific promotion ritual.

After a brief moment of surprise, the Hanged Man quickly turned excited: "This... This is the ceremony of ascending to the divine spirit! I actually heard about the ceremony of ascending to the divine spirit!"

The intelligence transaction in the Tarot Club once again refreshed his cognition.

What did I just hear?
Cattleya first asked herself: Was that a ritual involving the gods? Did I learn it "accidentally"? How "accidental" could you be to learn such information?

Emlyn the Moon and Derrick the Sun didn't react immediately. Only after seeing everyone's surprised expressions did they gradually understand what they had heard.

Emlyn thought to himself: This information cannot be traded within the vampire clan, and I cannot reveal it even if I am beaten to death! This is shocking!
Odysseus gave everyone two or three seconds to digest this shocking news before continuing, "It is said that as long as any one of the nine tombs remains, He can be resurrected.

"It is said that as long as the rules He established still exist, He still has a chance to be resurrected."

This time, even Klein was surprised: This... the probability of resurrection is too high!
Cattleya didn't know what to say at this point: the information on establishing the Second Solomon Empire was actually worth 2000 pounds!
Then she thought of some investigations done by the "Mysterious Queen": I remember that the Great Emperor seemed to have built a mausoleum. Could it be... that's not right. The "Queen" once said that the Great Emperor seemed to be an extraordinary person from the "Universalist" path, and he jumped to the "Secret Peeper" path.

Cattleya fell into deep thought for a moment.

The "magician" Fors was surprised and said: This is the power of the gods!
Then she smiled helplessly: This feeling came again. I know that such advanced information is actually not very useful at the moment, but I just really want to know it!
Derrick, the "Sun," was the calmer member: "But...but if the "Black Emperor" could be resurrected so easily, why did he become history? And not live to this day?"
Odysseus thoughtfully gave everyone time to digest the information and continued, "Everyone should have heard something about the architecture and clothing styles of the Fourth Epoch.

"At that time, both architecture and clothing were dominated by asymmetrical styles. Another characteristic was that the candlesticks of that era were hung upside down on the roof.

"But by the end of the Quaternary Period, these styles had basically disappeared."

Emlyn the Moon confirmed, "Are these all unconventional rules issued by the Black Emperor? Then He fell again, His tomb was demolished, and the rules He established were overturned. So, He fell completely?"

Odysseus nodded: "It can be understood that in the Fifth Epoch, there is indeed no chance of resurrection.

"Of course, there is another way to more quickly deprive Him of the chance of resurrection."

Emlyn understood: "What method?"

Then he smiled awkwardly, remembering that he had already used up his chance to ask questions.

However, Justice Audrey immediately said, "Mr. Hermit, I'd also like to know what that method is."

Odysseus replied: "A new 'Black Emperor' has appeared."

Audrey nodded slowly. Everyone felt that this answer was both expected and unexpected.

Fors asked curiously, "Mr. Hermit, did the Black Emperor appear again?"

Now that Fors has been promoted to Sequence 8, she is not under pressure to advance further. Therefore, she has become more open-minded about her dealings with Mr. Hermit. She can ask questions whenever she feels curious and satisfy her curiosity. There is no need to be so tense and always think about asking key questions.

"Yes," Odysseus replied, "it appeared during the Fifth Epoch."

He glanced at Cattleya, but quickly looked away: "But who it is specifically is not part of this transaction."

Cattleya was slightly stunned: "Why did the Hermit look at me just now? I don't know such information."

Alger turned to look at the Hermit: What? A "Black Emperor" appeared in the Fifth Epoch? Who?
Klein thought: Is there anyone who has become a god in the Fifth Epoch?
Audrey simply asked, "Mr. Hermit, what kind of transaction does the Fifth Epoch's Black Emperor fall into?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I can't tell you. Once I tell you, half the value of this information will be gone."

When mentioning Emperor Roselle, everyone will definitely think of the measures he promulgated, such as the "Civil Code", and will instantly understand many things.

Audrey asked again, "So what is the value of that transaction?"

"Also £2000."

Audrey nodded and said nothing more.

"Let's continue with our previous topic," Odysseus said, "Solomon has been resurrected. He established the Second Solomon Empire and regained the support of the True Creator.

"But the Second Empire is much weaker than the First Empire. As far as I know, only the Zaratul family and the Zoroaster family support Solomon." At the same time, the 'Night Emperor' and the 'Blood Emperor' successively established empires, and many of the great nobles who supported the Solomon Empire in the past joined them.

"While the 'Underworld Emperor' of the Southern Continent may still have an alliance with the Second Solomon Empire, they are now an alliance of equals, not a force supporting the Solomon Empire as before.

"At this point, four empires coexisted, entering the 'Era of the Four Emperors'."

Priest Cattleya carefully digested the information: The information I obtained is true, and the kingdom of the True Creator was once located in the northern continent.

Before, she had not been sure about the authenticity of this information. Now, when Cattleya heard the "Hermit" talk about this matter with certainty, she finally dared to make a judgment.

Then she thought: Which organization is the "Hermit" a member of?
She didn't think a Sequence 6 could obtain such advanced intelligence from the Moss Ascetic Order or the Dawn of the Elements, so she believed that the Hermit was probably not a member of these two organizations.

The other members basically sighed: So this is the "Four Emperors Era"!
Audrey said, "I never thought these four empires would coexist."

Fors also nodded, indicating that she felt the same way.

Because the current authoritative history textbooks believe that these four empires should have existed in a certain order.

At this time, Klein manipulated the "world" to ask, "What was the attitude of the Six Gods at the time? Or who did they support?"

Everyone suddenly realized that the attitudes of the six gods at that time were very crucial, or in other words, they were the key to the "War of the Four Emperors".

Odysseus replied: "After the fall of Solomon's Empire, they lost their common enemy, and the first alliance of the six gods also collapsed. The six gods began to confront each other again.

"But they all expressed their support for the Night Emperor."

This answer was beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone originally thought that the six gods would support different empires, so the coexistence of the four empires lasted for a while.

But unexpectedly, they actually supported the same empire.

Alger, the Hanged Man, used his opportunity to ask a question: "So, the strongest empire at that time was the Trunsoste Empire?"

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "In theory, that's true, but everyone needs to understand this concept: unless the six gods' kingdoms are invaded or they feel threatened, they will not take the initiative to participate in the war between the four empires.

"It's like the current battle between the Loen Kingdom and the Feysac Empire. The ones charging to the front are the soldiers of the two countries and the Beyonders in the military.

"If the Orthodox Church believes that its interests have been harmed, it will send extraordinary forces to participate in the war."

Everyone nodded slowly when they heard this: It seems to be the case.

Klein thought: "But the Trunsost Empire still has an advantage. If other countries were defeated, they would be in danger of extinction." But Trunsost was not afraid, because within the empire's territory, there were six divine kingdoms. If other countries dared to invade, the empire's true strength would be unleashed.

Odysseus continued, "Because of the support of the True Creator, even though the Second Solomon Empire only has the support of two angel families, this empire is not the weakest.

"The four empires must have been confronting each other for a while, but I'm not sure exactly how long.

"But the Solomon Empire couldn't escape the fate of being the first to be destroyed. First of all, the 'True Creator' is an old rival of the Six Gods, and the Six Gods will not allow the 'True Creator' to become powerful again.

"Secondly, the Night Emperor and the Blood Emperor also harbor hatred towards Solomon and are unwilling to allow this empire to exist for too long."

Cattleya took advantage of the moment when the Hermit paused to ask, "What hatred is there between them?"

Odysseus replied, "The Night Emperor and the Blood Emperor were once subordinates of the Black Emperor. They were instigated by the Six Gods to betray the Black Emperor and were promoted to Sequence 1."

Cattleya nodded slowly. This was another point in the history of the Solomon Empire that she was unsure of. "Why would the Six Gods do this? I mean, if the 'Six Gods Alliance' you just mentioned is so powerful, why would they resort to inciting Tudor and Trunsoest to rebel?"

The other members listened quietly to the questions raised by the new member "Priest", and then all smiled faintly, because they had similar questions during their last gathering.

Odysseus smiled and said, "That's your second question."

Cattleya immediately said, "I'm willing to pay 300 pounds!"

"What I mean is," Odysseus smiled, "if you want to ask a second question, you might as well just tell me the intelligence about the Solomon Empire.

"For just 500 pounds, I can tell you everything I know about the Solomon Empire."

Cattleya immediately said, "Okay."

It was unexpected that the "Hermit" could explain the transaction of secret historical information in such detail. Even though she thought she knew a lot about the Fourth Epoch, she still wanted to hear what the "Hermit" had to say.

So Odysseus began to tell the "priestess" about the intelligence transaction at the last meeting.

Cattleya appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly she was astonished. What? Was the former Solomon Empire so powerful? Had the Six Gods been plagued by conflict since the Fourth Epoch? No wonder they were trying to incite Tudor and Trunsoest to revolt. It turned out they had no confidence at all.

After the transaction was completed, Cattleya said to herself: This information is definitely worth far more than 500 pounds.

Then, she became even more curious about the identity of the "Hermit". She really couldn't understand what kind of organization would allow a Sequence 6 to know so many secrets.

Of course, Cattleya also wondered if this was historical information discovered by the Hermit himself.

However, when she thought about her own search and exploration of secret history, she immediately rejected this idea. Judging from the appearance of the "hermit", he was only in his twenties. Even if he started exploring at the age of three, he might not have mastered so much secret historical information by now.

Moreover, there is some advanced intelligence at the divine level that can only be obtained by chance.

This was also what Cattleya couldn't understand the most. If she had obtained this level of intelligence on her own, the process would have been extremely dangerous, and probably not something a Sequence 6 could withstand.

And if the information was obtained from within a certain organization, it would not be very realistic. Cattleya estimated that in an organization that focuses on knowledge like the "Moss Ascetic Order", even if she was promoted to demigod, she might not be able to read information of this level.

While Cattleya was thinking, Odysseus said, "Let's go back to the original deal."

The other members also followed the "Priest" lady and re-sorted the information about the Solomon Empire. They all sighed in their hearts that the "Hermit" had a very clear understanding of this period of history and explained it very clearly.

"In the 'War of the Four Emperors,' the Second Solomon Empire was the first to fall," Odysseus said. "I don't have any specific information about the course of the war, but I did see a very interesting mural in a ruin from the Fourth Epoch. Mr. Fool, could I show you the mural?"

Klein nodded slowly and helped the Hermit display the mural.

What Odysseus showed was the mural he saw in the corridor when he and Bernadette were exploring the Quaternary ruins of the Trunsost Empire.

The first thing everyone saw was an army with two different symbols on their armor fighting.

Cattleya, who had a wealth of ancient knowledge, had roughly understood the meaning of this mural.

However, most members did not recognize those symbols. Odysseus explained, "The soldiers in an attacking posture are the army of the Trunsoste Empire.

"The symbol on their armor is the crest of the Trunsoest family."

As you can see, the symbol on those armors is a black crown.

"This symbol in the mural can be seen as the unified symbol of the Trunsost Imperial Army. After all, in such a decisive war, the major nobles in the empire will definitely participate, and those nobles also have their own family crests." Odysseus continued to explain:
"The army on the other side of the battle, with the throne symbol on their armor, represents the Solomon Empire Army. The 'oppressive throne' is the family emblem of the Solomon family.

"Looking further down, you'll see a third force. The symbol on their armor is a hand holding a scepter."

Odysseus looked around at everyone and said, "That's the Tudor family's crest."

After this explanation, everyone understood the meaning of this mural.

They all realized that this must be another secret history of the Quaternary Period.

Odysseus continued, “Apparently, at a critical moment in the war, the Tudor Empire and the Trunsoste Empire joined forces to defeat the Solomon Empire.

“But this is definitely not an alliance that was formed suddenly. Tudor and Trunsoest should have reached a consensus long ago to destroy the Solomon Empire first.

"First, they had a motive. Because they had betrayed Solomon before, Solomon regarded them as enemies. It was impossible for them to coexist peacefully."

He paused and continued, “People at the level of Tudor and Trunsoest may no longer have feelings like guilt and don’t think their betrayal is immoral.

“They are working together to target Solomon, probably to cover up their shame.

"Also, when Solomon was resurrected, he put a lot of pressure on them, which also became part of their hatred."

At this moment, Klein, who was behind the gray fog, suddenly realized a key question: After the fall of the First Solomon Empire, Tudor and Trunsoest were both Sequence 1. So when Solomon was resurrected, would he only have uniqueness and one Sequence 1 characteristic?
But because he had already used his opportunity to ask questions, and according to his observation, "Justice" obviously did not notice this. After all, Solomon's resurrection was shocking enough.

Klein speculated that this might contain some special abilities of the "Black Emperor."

However, I can only keep this question for now and ask it again when I have the chance.

Odysseus narrated: "According to my guess, the general process of this war may be like this: the main force of the Tudor Empire is responsible for blocking the reinforcements from the Balam Empire, while the main force of Trunsoest attacks the Solomon Empire.

"This is also the reason why the Four Emperors era was able to maintain a stalemate for a period of time. The Solomon Empire and the Balam Empire formed an alliance, while the Tudor Empire and Trunsoest did not have a clear alliance. There were even deep conflicts between the two empires.

“When Tudor and Trunthorst suddenly joined forces, things were different.

“Trensost must have secured the support of the Six Gods before launching a war against the Solomon Empire.

"This empire was the most powerful at the time, and with the Six Gods helping to stop the True Creator, Solomon would definitely seek assistance from the Balam Empire.

"The Balam Empire's reinforcements arrived in the Northern Continent, but were blocked by the Tudor Empire.

"Even at this time, the Tudor Empire can still send people to support the Solomon Empire on the battlefield, because I got intelligence from another source that the 'Original Witch' secretly supported the Tudor Empire in the beginning and could completely stop the 'Underworld Emperor'.

"A fierce war between gods must have broken out at that time. Solomon fell again, and his great noble Zaratul also fell with him.

"The first fierce battle of the 'Four Emperors' War' is basically over."

There was nothing particularly surprising in the description of the "hermit", but it was like a bedtime story, making the other members listen very attentively.

Everything seemed so logical, but after these logical things were told, they made them feel a heavy sense of history.

However, Cattleya, who was full of knowledge, still got an important piece of information from it: it turned out that the "Original Witch" did not support the "Underworld Emperor" from the beginning, she even supported the "Blood Emperor".

Odysseus finally said, "Judging from the way Tudor and Trunsoest divided the fruits of victory, they had planned this war long ago.

"Of course, I didn't learn anything about how they divided up the fruits of victory. I only speculated from some later intelligence how they divided up the fruits of victory."

Cattleya looked at Odysseus deeply. From the description just now, she noticed that the "Hermit" also had a strong reasoning ability in intelligence and secret history.

The battle that destroyed the Solomon Empire should have been speculated by him based on some clues.

She listened very carefully to the following description of the "hermit", because she knew that this was the most core part of a scholar's research.

"There's evidence that Trunsoest later acquired the uniqueness of the Black Emperor pathway and a copy of the Sequence 1 trait." Odysseus continued, "Other evidence suggests that Adam possessed the Black Emperor's Sequence 1 trait during the Fifth Epoch."

In fact, it not only has the Sequence 1 feature, but also has the "full set".

(End of this chapter)