Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 250 The Messenger Can Be Used in This Way

After hearing the Hermit's answer, Emlyn the Moon was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked at the Hermit: "Mr. Hermit..."

Before he could finish, Odysseus raised his hand and said, "I have limited information about the relevant information. I can't trade information about the 'Ancestor of the Blood Clan' with you."

Emlyn quickly said, "I'll trade as much as you have!"

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "That's fine, but it'll cost 4000 pounds because some of the information is too valuable."

Emlyn opened his mouth, but then said, "I will raise the money as soon as possible."

"Don't be impatient," Odysseus said. "Actually, knowing something before your sequence is high enough isn't a good thing."

Although the "Moon" nodded in agreement, everyone could see that he was absent-minded and did not listen to the "Hermit"'s words at all.

Klein, the Fool, felt somewhat helpless behind the gray fog. He had originally wanted to bring up the topic of "Ancient Gods and Subordinate Gods" again, but unexpectedly, he helped the Hermit close a business deal.

So he manipulated the "world" to ask the "hermit": "If I want to trade for clues about 'Ancient Gods and Gods', how much do I need?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to hear the details? Or do you want a general idea? The detailed explanation is 6000 pounds. If I just tell you their names and titles, it's 1500 pounds."

So expensive!
Klein thought: Just some things from God...

At this moment, he immediately realized: It seems that it is not just as simple as asking God...

So he asked the Hermit again: "How much do you know about the 'Angel Family'?"

The new member, the "Priestess" Cattleya, looked at the "World". She also knew some of the "Angel Family", but she noticed that the "World" seemed to be more interested in the "Subordinate Gods of the Ancient Gods".

As for the subordinate gods of the ancient gods, she only knew two or three of them.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "My research into the history of the Fourth Epoch has allowed me to understand most of the angel families.

"4000 pounds if I'm going to explain it in detail, 1000 pounds if I'm just going to help you sort it out."

Klein nodded slowly: My feeling is correct. There are indeed some great secrets hidden in the "Subordinate God of the Ancient God"!

Then he manipulated the "world" and asked, "What if I want to know the information about the Zaratul family and the Antigonus family separately?"

Odysseus thought to himself: You look like the kind of guy who rushes into a store, asks all the prices, and then buys nothing!

But he still answered patiently: "The former is 800 pounds, and the latter is 1200 pounds."

Just as Odysseus expected, Klein manipulated the "world" to say "Oh" and said nothing more.

At this time, the Magician Fors, who had been listening in, asked, "Mr. Hermit, what about the private transaction regarding information about the Abraham family?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and replied, "1000 pounds."

Fors also said "Oh" and had no intention of continuing the transaction.

"Justice" Audrey showed no interest in this at all, because at the moment she was thinking about trading the intelligence of the Tudor Empire and wanted to finish trading the intelligence of the Four Emperors first.

The price inquiry session ended here. Everyone shared some recent news. Klein felt that time was about right, so he ended the gathering.

……

On a rough sea, the surface of the sea rises and falls with the wind during a storm.

Admiral of the Stars Cattleya returned to the real world and carefully recalled the party just now.

The first thing that came to her mind was: such a high-level secret history was being traded at this party!

After thinking about the "Hermit's" every move again, she still couldn't guess his background and identity. In addition, the other members obviously had their own special backgrounds and channels.

However, what Cattleya was most concerned about were the "Hermit" and the "Hanged Man". The "Hermit" was a Beyonder of the same path, while the "Hanged Man" was apparently active at sea and a member of the "Church of Storms".

Cattleya decided to test these two members at the next gathering.

Then she looked at the bookshelf in silence for more than ten seconds, took out a pen and paper, and wrote carefully: Recently someone has been consciously collecting the emperor's diary.

She didn't dare mention any information about the Tarot Club in the letter, fearing punishment from Mr. Fool.

After folding the letter, she took out an exquisite harmonica she carried with her and played it.

In just a blink of an eye, she saw that the letter had mysteriously disappeared.

……

Lasha Island, Emerald Palace.

Odysseus returned to the real world and stared at the ceiling for a while as usual.

Then he took candles and spiritual materials, used the "Travel Ring" to come to an uninhabited island again, and after making sure that no one would disturb him, Odysseus set up the altar and waited for the "Fool"'s notification.

This time he had to wait a little longer, about half an hour, before the Fool informed him to proceed with the "bestowing" ceremony.

Odysseus immediately followed the steps to perform the ceremony and soon received the gold pounds and extraordinary materials obtained from the gathering.

Seeing the huge stack of gold pounds, Odysseus sighed: Now the Tarot Club has become an important source of income for me.

The intelligence transaction at this gathering earned him 1830 pounds for the Solomon Second Empire, an additional 800 pounds from Cattleya, and an additional 300 pounds from Emlyn.

The total income is 2930 pounds, plus 5 pieces of Sequence 9 level extraordinary materials.

Odysseus thought to himself: If I hold another Tarot meeting, I can repay Bernadette's debt without any pressure.

Odysseus, in a good mood, completely destroyed the altar, returned to the Emerald Palace, and continued to transform the "Helmet of Wisdom".

Before dinner, Odysseus finally completed his transformation.

The moment it was completed, Odysseus suddenly felt that the potion was showing signs of digestion.

He thought to himself: This is pretty good. As long as I have any research results, I can digest the potion and work and digest at the same time.

It was only then that Odysseus realized that he had never considered the problem of digestion of the potion.

After being promoted, he found that he had digested most of the "Scroll Professor's" potions in advance. Since he was not under pressure to be promoted for the time being, he did not consider digesting the potions at all.

But now is the time to think about it. First of all, we have the potion formula, and the promotion ceremony has also been decided, so it’s time to think about the promotion plan.

Odysseus sat at his desk, lost in thought. He believed that the key to digesting the Sequence 6 potion should be "teaching".

After all, Odysseus's understanding of "scroll" is somewhat different from the scroll that most people currently understand, but it seems that he did not digest more potions because of this.

Then "professor" should be the focus of digestion. Professors first do research work, and Odysseus has been doing this. There are still many problems that need him to study and solve in the "wilderness of knowledge".

Therefore, I should be able to continue on the path of "research" and continue to digest the potion.

To this end, Odysseus plans to write another book about the scrolls, which he does not intend to publish publicly. The writing direction is tentatively planned to summarize his own research.

Such content is extremely valuable. Odysseus did not even plan to make a copy, so he put it in the "Wilderness of Knowledge". If he found a promising talent in the future, he could use this book to help him digest the potion.

As for the name of the book, Odysseus tentatively decided to call it "Scroll: From Beginner to Mastery".

The reason for choosing this name is that Odysseus wanted to distinguish the ordinary "Scroll Professor"'s understanding of the scroll from his own understanding of the scroll.

In his opinion, a "scroll professor" who only knew the knowledge bestowed by potions was not even an entry-level person.

Being able to use your knowledge to invent scrolls with new abilities is considered entry-level.

Only those who know the "Gal Rune", understand the meaning of each character on the scroll, and use a lot of knowledge that is not granted by potions to increase the power of the scroll, can be considered proficient.

After determining this goal, Odysseus thought of another possible way to digest the information: teaching students.

After all, another role of a professor is to teach students while doing their own research.

But the biggest difficulty for Odysseus in this approach is that he must first have a student.

Odysseus thought that Kena from Backlund Garr's Herbal Medicine Shop was the student's first choice. He was hardworking and quite clever.

But the other party has a poor family that he needs to support, so it is unlikely that he would come to the sea to become a pirate with him.

As for recruiting students in the colony, Odysseus did not trust people from the sea.

After thinking about it, Odysseus decided to put this matter aside for the time being and try to digest the potion through research first.

Around six o'clock in the evening, Odysseus went to the restaurant for dinner.

Bernadette was here today. She glanced at Odysseus as he entered the room and said, "You seem to have lost a lot of hair in the recent period."

Odysseus sat in his seat, smiled helplessly, and said frankly: "There is a negative effect of a sealed item, which is hair loss."

Bernadette nodded slowly, put down the cutlery in her hand, and snapped her fingers at Odysseus.

Odysseus felt that his hair had grown a lot longer and became lush and green in a short while.

Bernadette said, "From now on, every time you lose a strand of hair, it will grow back immediately."

"Thank you!" Odysseus thanked him sincerely and touched his hair with his hand.

He also didn't expect that the problem that was bothering him could be solved so easily for Bernadette.

Odysseus was in a good mood as he sat down. As the maid brought the aperitif, he took the initiative to say, "The first intelligence exchange meeting I hosted ended successfully.

"However, since this was the first meeting, everyone was on the sidelines, and not much important information was exchanged."

Bernadette nodded slowly. She had heard Primo talk about this before: "Things are always difficult at the beginning."

Then she asked with some concern: "Have you encountered any trouble?"

"Although I encountered some minor trouble, I solved it myself." Odysseus smiled and said, "Those who trade false information right from the start don't have any strong backgrounds."

Bernadette said "hmm" and picked up the cutlery to eat.

Because Odysseus arrived a little late, his dish was served a little later than Bernadette's. Bernadette had already eaten the main course, but Odysseus was still drinking the appetizer soup.

He sipped his soup while speaking, "However, I did get some intelligence from the exchange meeting about recent events on the Turbulent Sea. It's said that a split occurred within the 'School of Life,' and some members defected to the 'School of Rose.'"

"This is an organization that originally blended several paths together," Bernadette commented, "They have split several times.

“In my opinion, an organization that is simply cobbled together with ideas does not have enough cohesion.

"Their 'Chairman's' idea is good. Since the Fifth Epoch, the Orthodox Church has been gradually squeezing the living space of wild Beyonders and secret organizations. Wild Beyonders should unite to find a way out.

"However, if the paths within the 'School' are too mixed, there will definitely be huge conflicts in which direction to develop. For example, a Beyonder on the 'Pharmacist' path cannot invest in the 'Monster' path.

"Fortunately, after several splits, most of their council members have become Beyonders of the Monster Path. With the emergence of Beyonders of the Main Path, development will tend towards stability."

Odysseus nodded slowly, feeling that the "Mysterious Queen"'s analysis was very accurate.

Before this, he didn't know much about the "School of Life". He only knew that their "Speaker" had recently been "restarted" and was in a weak state, which allowed some extraordinary people of the "Pharmacist" path in the "School" to join forces with the "Rose School" to attack some members of the "School of Life".

Bernadette took a sip of her wine and continued, "The most recent split occurred about a month ago. I heard that some Beyonders from the Pharmacist Path defected."

Odysseus's roast chicken arrived. He took a bite before saying, "A Beyonder from the 'Monster' Path contacted me and asked me to provide him with some assistance."

"Help." Bernadette said immediately: "As far as I know, three of the seven members of the 'School of Life' are in the Rorsted Archipelago.

“Because there are only the extraordinary forces of the Storm Church and the military here, and the situation is relatively chaotic, it is easy to hide ourselves.

"Their power here is stronger than that of the 'Rose School'. Of course, this is assuming that the 'Rose School' hasn't secretly sent a demigod.

"As long as it's not too dangerous, I can help you with this."

Odysseus sighed: It’s better to have a “big supporter”.

This is information that he doesn't know even if he has a "God's perspective".

Of course, Odysseus also knew that Bernadette was willing to tell him these things because she admired him very much.

He had learned from a casual chat with Alia before that, except for public banquets, Bernadette rarely dined with her subordinates. If they had a meal with the "mysterious queen" one day, they would regard it as a great honor.

What made them jealous was that Odysseus actually lived in the Emerald Palace, and as long as Bernadette was there, the two would dine together.

After hearing what Alia said, Odysseus did not mention the meal with Bernadette in front of the subordinates of the "Mysterious Queen".

After a while of random thoughts, Odysseus asked again, "If I need your help, how can I contact you on Blue Mountain Island?"

"You can have my messenger deliver a message to me," Bernadette said. "If you think your actions are dangerous, I can go to Bayam after you start and try the grilled fish there.

"But if that's the case, you'll have to pay some compensation, or provide certain merits in the future." Bernadette looked at Odysseus with a smile. She actually wanted Odysseus to owe her more favors and merits, so that she could bind him firmly to the "Dawn of the Elements".

Odysseus hummed, "Let me reassess the danger level of this operation. In my opinion, it shouldn't be too dangerous, but you can never be sure about this kind of thing."

Bernadette asked, "When will your operation begin?"

"Thursday."

"I see." Bernadette changed the subject: "How is the progress of shipbuilding?"

The two men talked about shipbuilding again, and Odysseus took the opportunity to talk about his plan to use the "Helm of Wisdom" to teach scholars.

The "Mysterious Queen" had no objection.

After dinner, the two drank tea and chatted, and it was around eight o'clock before they went back to rest.

On Tuesday morning, scholars from Lasha Island came to a side hall of the Emerald Palace to attend classes according to the time agreed yesterday.

As soon as they entered the room, they found a strangely shaped helmet on Odysseus's table.

When everyone opened their notebooks and prepared for class, Odysseus stood up and said, "I have good news for you."

He smiled and said, "I recently made a breakthrough in one of my studies, which gave me a way to share my knowledge with you."

The scholars were stunned at first, but soon they all looked happy.

"But I want to tell you that, because we've only conducted one round of experiments, we can't be sure if there will be any significant side effects. So, please carefully consider whether to use that method." Odysseus explained clearly:
"The currently known, unavoidable side effect is a certain probability of experiencing a headache, which will disappear within about ten minutes."

When everyone heard this, they wondered what side effects were.

One of the scholars said, "It's far worse than the negative effects of the Sealed Artifact!"

Everyone nodded. Firstly, the side effects were indeed not serious, and secondly, they really didn't want to live such a miserable life anymore.

Seeing that no one objected, Odysseus began to briefly describe the operating principle of the "smart helmet" and then demonstrated its usage to everyone.

In fact, extraordinary people are more receptive to this way of acquiring knowledge than ordinary people. After all, they know very well that using extraordinary powers means they will have to endure the negative effects it brings.

Seeing that this process seemed harmless, everyone came over and accepted the transfer of knowledge one after another.

The process went smoothly, with only two scholars experiencing slight headaches. However, since they were all Beyonders, they returned to normal after a minute or two.

After completing this process, Odysseus helped them master the knowledge by asking them questions.

As the scholars gradually understood the overall picture of Odysseus' design for the new ship, their expressions became increasingly serious.

Although they had been exposed to some of Odysseus's core research during their previous studies and knew that it was very advanced and sophisticated, they had never been able to see the full picture of the new ship.

When the previous trial was successful, they thought they had understood Odysseus's design and how advanced the extraordinary knowledge contained therein was.

But at this moment, after they saw the full picture of the new ship, they immediately realized that they were still ignorant. The advancement of the new ship was completely beyond their imagination.

After a brief moment of surprise, they began to listen attentively. Odysseus was a little worried that they did not grasp the knowledge firmly enough, so he sorted out the key points of the knowledge for them.

He soon discovered a problem. The knowledge about the new ship was transmitted to these scholars in an instant, but they still needed guidance in logic and calculation.

In other words, they now understand all the knowledge about the new ship, but because they lack sufficient logic, they only understand it and cannot apply it. They need Odysseus to use logic and calculations to help them digest the knowledge so that they can fully use it.

Odysseus was also observing and trying to find a solution to this problem. Fortunately, the entire guidance process was relatively smooth. It took only one morning for everyone to fully understand all the designs of the new ship.

So in the afternoon, Odysseus brought everyone to the dock and began to set up magic circles for the new ship.

Because the 12 scholars who had been studying with Odysseus had already obtained all the knowledge about the new ship, now Odysseus only needed to give them a little guidance and they would understand what they were supposed to do.

Odysseus arranged all the magic circles in pieces and asked them to draw the magic circles with a soft brush first. After they finished drawing, Odysseus checked and made sure they were correct before they could start carving.

This accelerated the progress of setting up the magic circle several times. By around dinner time, most of the magic circles had completed the carving process.

After dinner and a short rest, Odysseus led everyone to continue working, striving to complete the carving of all the magic circles today.

At this time, Odysseus was relatively free and only needed to check the progress of the work.

At this time, Alia, who had been following Odysseus, was informed that all the parts Odysseus ordered from the foundry had been prepared.

In order to prevent possible carving errors, three more sets were made and given to Odysseus for free.

After Odysseus asked them to transport it to the Jade Palace first, he began to think about carving parts for the "Extraordinary Puppet".

If the 12 scholars who are currently busy are given a little guidance, they can also complete the carving process.

But the problem is that the craftsman Dave already has the blueprints for making the "Smart Cube" and the "Signal Processing Crystal", and Odysseus doesn't want the blueprints for other parts of the "Extraordinary Puppet" to be mastered by them.

Odysseus took a deep breath, but he didn't have time to carve it himself.

At this moment, Odysseus thought of Kena in Backlund. The "Mechanical Heart" was probably monitoring him now, but Odysseus was not too worried about this. He could just let him do the job.

Because the most important parts of the "Extraordinary Puppet" are the "Wisdom Cube" and the "Signal Processing Crystal". Without these two things, even if you get the magic array on other parts, it will be of no use.

Thinking of this, Odysseus suddenly sighed: I have to build my own extraordinary team as soon as possible and I can't outsource all the work.

But that is a matter for later, at least it is something I will consider after I go out to sea. For now, I still have to solve the problem of carving the parts of the "Extraordinary Puppet".

Odysseus walked around the ship again, and after seeing that there was no problem, he asked Alia to help him find a quiet office.

He first wrote a letter to Kena, then lit a candle and called the messenger in ancient Hermetic language: “I!

"I call in my name:
"The spirit that wanders in the void belongs only to the messenger of Odysseus Garr."

The candlelight suddenly expanded, and the skeleton messenger dressed in a lady's hunting suit came to Odysseus from the spiritual world.

Odysseus handed the letter to the other party and said, "Please deliver this letter to Kena at Gar's Herbal Medicine Shop at 51 Henry Street in Backlund."

According to the time, Kena should be cleaning at this time.

The skeleton messenger opened his mouth and said, "Okay."

Odysseus continued, "Please wait a moment for the other party to read the letter. They will give a reply and please let me know."

"No problem." The messenger took the letter and returned to the spiritual world from the huge candlelight.

……

Backlund, Garr Herbal Medicine Shop.

After finishing today's work, Kena was cleaning the herbal medicine shop with his sister.

Suddenly, the two people felt that the room became very cold.

They subconsciously looked at the door. Since it was still January, the wind outside Backlund was still very cold, but the door was closed.

Just when the two of them were not paying much attention and were about to continue cleaning, Kena saw a letter suddenly appear on the counter.

He immediately realized that the appearance of the letter was unusual, so he asked his sister to clean the backyard before she saw it.

When he was alone, Kenner picked up the letter and saw that it was for him and that it was written in Mr. Gall's handwriting.

Kena quickly opened it and began to read. Mr. Gal said he was on the sea and it was very warm there.

Then they got down to business. It turned out that there was a batch of parts that needed to be engraved. There were 43 sets of each type of parts. Mr. Gal planned to invest 1200 pounds and hoped that Kena could take up the order.

Finally, Mr. Gal said that if you are willing to accept this order, just put down the letter and say "yes". If you are not willing to accept this order, just say "no", so that Mr. Gal, who is far away at sea, will know.

The reason why so much money is needed is that after carving, some expensive spiritual materials are needed to fill it.

Odysseus was very clear about the prices of those spiritual materials and left Kena a profit of about 100 pounds.

Kena hesitated for a moment, then put down the letter and said, "Yes."

Then, the cold feeling in the room quickly disappeared.

Only then did Kena realize that something had appeared in the room that he couldn't see.

Kena's life has been very fulfilling recently. He prepares herbs in the morning, learns the knowledge and skills of collecting intelligence from Mr. Max in the afternoon, and the evening is the busiest time in the pharmacy.

Through recent training, Kena realized that he seemed to be being monitored. He guessed that the person who was monitoring him was probably looking for Mr. Gall's whereabouts.

At this time, Mr. Gal contacted him in such a mysterious way and entrusted him with an order. He must not be afraid of being discovered by those who were monitoring him, so he boldly accepted the order.

……

Lasha Island.

After Odysseus received Kena's reply, he asked the messenger, "Is he being watched?"

"Yes," the courier replied, his toothy mouth opening. "But the surveillance wasn't strict. There was only one Sequence 9 and two ordinary people."

In fact, she didn't have to open her mouth, but she might have been used to talking like that.

"Thank you." Odysseus thanked him and said, "I may need to summon you again later."

The messenger said "hmm" and returned to the spirit world.

Odysseus thought to himself: I didn't expect that in less than a month, the people at the Mechanical Heart wouldn't pay much attention to my leaving Backlund.

He was certain that the people monitoring Gar's Herbal Medicine Shop must be people from the "Mechanical Heart".

MI9 cannot and will not compete with the Mechanical Heart for this surveillance position.

This gave Odysseus an illusion: Maybe I am not that important to the God of Steam and Machinery.

He didn't think about this issue in detail, but for him, this was a good thing. He could use the messenger without any worries and contact Backlund's connections.

Odysseus did not continue to think about this matter, but returned to the ship and continued to supervise the arrangement of the magic circle.

It was not until around ten o'clock that everyone finally completed the carving of all the magic circles according to Odysseus's requirements.

Everyone was very tired, and Odysseus generously asked them to come back at ten o'clock tomorrow.

After returning to the Jade Palace, he first checked the parts delivered by the foundry, then wrote a letter to Kena and provided the corresponding drawings.

Then he summoned the messenger again, pointed at the parts in the yard, and asked the skeleton messenger in women's hunting clothes, "Can you bring these things to Backlund?"

These parts filled a total of ten large, bulky wooden boxes.

"can."

Odysseus took out the prepared letter and asked the messenger to deliver it to Backlund Garr Herbal Medicine Shop again.

The messenger raised his hand slightly, and a layer of hazy light surrounded the outside of the wooden box. They seemed to have suddenly lost their weight and slowly floated up.

Then, as if they had gained a little wisdom, they lined up and followed the messenger into the spiritual world.

Just as Odysseus was about to return to the house, Bernadette, wearing loose pajamas, suddenly appeared on the courtyard wall. "What was that just now?"

Odysseus was slightly stunned, and immediately realized that the "Mysterious Queen" had noticed the messenger's arrival.

He told the truth: "I just asked the courier to deliver some things for me."

Bernadette said "Oh" and said nothing else, then jumped over the wall and returned to her own yard.

She frowned and thought: Is a messenger of such a high level?
This suddenly reminded Bernadette of the majestic figure who had helped Odysseus when they were in Backlund.

She took a deep breath and suddenly realized that it was unlikely that Odysseus would be bound by her merits and debts.

……

When Odysseus saw Bernadette go back, he didn't take it too seriously. For things like this, just tell the truth.

The next morning, although the scholars could come back around ten o'clock, Odysseus still arrived at the dock early.

He directed the workers to hoist the assembled weapons to the correct position. After the scholars arrived, they connected the weapons to the magic circle of the ship and carried out some debugging.

After that, they began to fill the spiritual materials, and while filling, they used a tugboat to pull the ship out of the dock. The second round of sea trials will be carried out this afternoon.

It is mainly used to verify the weapon system of large ships.

(End of this chapter)