Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 269: Sharing the spoils with Fors
The "Saintess" in the hall said: "To show my sincerity, I will help you get what you have been looking for."

The voice behind Odysseus and Fors was clearly curious: "Do you know what I'm looking for?"

"We once obtained some information about the Abraham family," the Saint said, "including a document explaining 'special storage'.

"Until now, we didn't realize what this meant. It wasn't until we found the corresponding description in the materials from the southern continent that we looked up the information on the Abraham family and understood what you wanted."

The Saint paused and said, “We learned that you had entrusted the nobles of the Second Solomon Empire to help find the things you needed.

"After finding it, in order to avoid attracting the attention of the 'Underworld Emperor', you asked the nobles of the Second Solomon Empire to use the Abraham family's 'teleportation array' to transport it.

"But unfortunately, the 'Four Emperors' War' broke out suddenly, Mr. 'Gate' was suddenly sealed, and the Abraham family collapsed. Members of this family were hunted by many organizations.

"At a 'remarkable transit station' like this, everything that could be taken was looted, and all the members of the Abraham family here were slaughtered.

"But what you want is still here, so after the death of the Hades Emperor, we had no choice but to come here to search.

"But the extraordinary mechanism here is very advanced. Without the internal information of the 'Extraordinary Transfer Station', it is impossible to find what you want."

Odysseus thought: The whole matter is clear now. Recently, due to the appearance of Mr. Azik, the "Witch Sect" has paid attention to a batch of information from the southern continent. They should have discovered something important in the information, or an important clue to something.

Based on those clues, they discovered the existence of this "muffled voice" and learned about his current situation through the information stolen from Abraham's family.

Judging from the scratches on the wall here, this being from the "God of Death" path is indeed looking for that thing, and has been looking for it for a very long time.

But because he had no idea how to open the warehouse, he still hadn't found what he was looking for. Even after some destructive searches, he still couldn't find it.

On the other side, the 'Witch Cult' found this place based on clues and discovered the existence of this "muffled voice".

Of course, they would not provide help for nothing, they must have some ulterior motive.

"All of this is for His Majesty, the Underworld Emperor," the muffled voice said, "but this matter truly cannot attract anyone else's attention."

He did not continue the conversation, but said, “Since you know what I’m looking for, just take it out.

"Then we'll negotiate terms."

The Saint said, "Don't worry, we won't make it difficult for you to cooperate with us. You might even be very happy to cooperate with us."

She paused and said, "According to some records, the warehouse here is in that corridor, and what you want must be in there.

"Moreover, the warehouse is easy to open. You don't need to be of Abraham's bloodline or have inherited any of the Abrahamic traits to open it."

The muffled voice said, "I've tried every inch of the walls in both corridors and found the entrance to the warehouse quite a few times. These walls are very strong and difficult to destroy."

"That's because you're not in the right place, doing the right thing." The Saint smiled and said, "To prevent theft, the language used here is 'Ancient Giant'. In the Fourth Epoch, few people understood this obscure language.

"I don't know if you still remember that the Abraham family controlled a large amount of extraordinary transactions back then. This 'transit station' was built to facilitate transactions, and they must be on guard against robbery and theft.

“It is said that the buildings here can defend against attacks from demigods. You have been searching here for so many years, and this has been proven.

"Fortunately, not many people in the Abraham family understand 'Ancient Giant Language'. They have an explanation in Ancient Feysac Language."

As the two people were talking, the muffled sound left the stone chamber and went to the corridor.

Odysseus and Fors's spirits suddenly felt much less stressed.

But now is not the best time to open the secret door. Odysseus took a deep breath and needed to be patient for a while.

Soon, a crisp "click" sound was heard in the corridor, and the warehouse in the corridor was obviously opened.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely cold feeling filled the stone chamber.

Odysseus was quite familiar with this feeling. It was the icy feeling emitted by the river that flowed between the real world and the underworld, transporting spirits. Even spirits would tremble.

Obviously, what the "muffled sound" is looking for is related to the underworld or the path to "death".

The muffled voice said, "Sure enough, it's here..."

Judging from the sound, he entered the warehouse while talking.

Now is the best time!

Odysseus suddenly grabbed Fors's hand, raised it to the correct position, and whispered in her ear, "Spiritual."

Fors understood and immediately injected spirituality into that place.

"Click~"

Another crisp sound was heard, and the secret door in front of him was suddenly opened.

Odysseus immediately pushed Fors inside and rolled over. Almost the moment they entered the room, the two of them felt death approaching. At the same time, they suddenly felt as if they were seriously ill and didn't even have the strength to raise their hands.

Obviously, the two demigods discovered that something seemed to be wrong in the stone chamber. They just spread the aura here. Odysseus and Fors had almost lost the ability to resist.

Odysseus's sequence is a little higher, and his ability to withstand attacks is also stronger.

The moment he entered the door, he struggled to get up and closed the secret door behind him.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief together. They had moved very quickly just now. The process from entering the door to closing it probably took less than two seconds.

But in that instant, both of them felt as if they had stepped half a foot into the underworld.

Odysseus sighed, fortunately the things in the warehouse were important enough, and the two demigods were a little wary of each other, so they did not come to the stone chamber immediately, otherwise he would have no chance to close the secret door.

After taking a short breath, Oss felt a little worried, so he quickly got up and looked around, and first found the switch of the "crystal chandelier".

When it became bright here, Odysseus saw the "ancient giant language" inside and locked the door.

At this time, even if there were descendants of Abraham's family outside, they would not be able to open this door.

This kind of dark room has sufficient defense system, even the two demigods outside cannot find a way to get in for the time being.

Only then did Odysseus smile and say, "Ahem... that was a close call."

He took out several herbs from the Wilderness of Knowledge, mixed a powder, ate some himself, and gave some to Fors.

Fortunately, the "Saint" did not use all her strength to deal with them just now, and the impact of the extraordinary virus on her was limited. The medicine he prepared himself could alleviate the symptoms of the extraordinary virus.

After taking the medicine, Fors realized how dangerous the previous operation was. Before the teleportation array was activated, she had no idea that the exploration mission had suddenly become dangerous.

When she realized the danger, she was already suppressed by the terrifying aura and had no ability to resist.

At this time, the two men sat on the ground to rest without any grace, because the breath of the two demigods just now caused great pressure on their spirits and minds, and they needed to rest before taking the next step.

Fors asked, "When did you realize the danger?"

At this time, she also understood that when the "Captain" came out of the warehouse, it seemed that he started to save himself, but she did not feel any danger at that time.

"Since I knew the Saint was coming," Odysseus said, "I had previously received some information about the Witch Cult. The Saint is the demigoddess of the Witch Cult."

Fors opened her mouth. "That was a close call!" If the expedition hadn't included a "captain" with extensive intelligence, they would have surely encountered the Saint. That would have been tantamount to seeking death!
She looked around and saw a small room behind the secret door with a staircase leading down. So she asked, "Where is this?"

It can be seen that although there is a lot of dust here, there are no signs of damage like outside.

Odysseus said, "Below is the 'Teleportation Array'. This is the most crucial part of the 'Extraordinary Transit Station'. Even in the Abraham family's records, there should be very little mention of this place, or perhaps even no mention at all."

Maybe only a few people inside know how to enter this dark room.

Fors was about to ask, "Then why do you know this?" when he suddenly remembered that Mr. Hermit was proficient in mysticism and magic circles, and he must have used his knowledge to learn about the existence of this secret room.

This made Fors breathe a sigh of relief.

Odysseus stood up with the help of the wall and said, "Now the question is how to get out of here."

Just now he was planning to use this teleportation array to go to the southern continent, but he didn't know that this teleportation array was suspected to be occupied by a demigod of the "Death" path.

The other party obviously regarded this place as a stronghold and even placed his own body here.

Now the uncertainty on the other side of the magic circle has increased, and it must be very dangerous there. However, Odysseus just had a new idea. As for how to leave here, he still needs to take a look at the "teleportation magic circle" first.

The two people walked down the stairs and found a large space below. The first thing that caught their eyes was a magic circle that was half the size of a basketball court.

When Odysseus saw this magic circle, he couldn't move his legs immediately.

This teleportation array is so advanced that in Odysseus's eyes, it is a near-perfect work of art!
In comparison, the teleportation array designed by Odysseus before was a completely simplified version of a simplified version.

"Wait a moment." He didn't care whether Fors heard him or not. He took out his notebook and pen and began to write down his thoughts.

After recording eight pages, Odysseus closed the notebook with satisfaction.

"So exquisite!" he exclaimed. "Sometimes I really want to communicate with the people who designed these ancient magic circles."

Odysseus sighed deeply. "Why did something so practical disappear after the Fifth Epoch?"

After thinking about it for a while, he seemed to understand why.

After the decline of the Abraham family, the "teleportation array" completely disappeared from people's sight. After the elves faded from people's sight, the array of the "underwater city" also disappeared.

The reason for the loss of these arrays is probably because these arrays were in the hands of a certain family or race, and after the decline of that family or race, these arrays were lost.

After Fors saw that the Captain had finished memorizing, he pointed to a nearly illusory crystal in the magic circle and asked, "Mr. Captain, what is that?"

She always felt that the crystal had an inexplicable attraction.

"That's the extraordinary characteristic of the 'Traveler,'" Odysseus said. "It's the source of this magic circle's extraordinary power."

The teleportation array invented by Odysseus can only accommodate two people at a time, and requires a one-hour rest after each use.

And the teleportation array in front of them is wide enough to transport goods!
Odysseus estimated that seven or eight carriages could pass through it each time it was used.

In addition to the magic circle itself being sufficiently sophisticated, each magic circle must also use a "traveler" characteristic.

However, for the magic circle that travels back and forth, only one characteristic is needed.

For example, the magic circle from here to the southern continent uses the corresponding characteristics here, and the secondary formation of the southern continent does not need to be used.

Not only does it require the use of a "traveler" characteristic, but it also requires the existence of at least an angel level to help this magic circle widen the portal to the spiritual world.

It only needs to be widened once when setting up the magic circle. There is no need to widen it every time you use it.

According to Odysseus's previous plan, after finding this magic circle, he could inject spirituality into the corresponding position and teleport away.

But if he did that now, it would be like sending himself and Fors to the enemy's stronghold.

So the plan changed. Odysseus planned to open a "passage" on the wall here and take Fors out of this space and directly into the spiritual world.

The space where Odysseus and others are located is itself between the real world and the spiritual world. Using the "teleportation array" he invented, he can open up a channel in this space, either entering the real world or the spiritual world.

After seeing the teleportation array here, Odysseus felt that he could draw inferences from one instance to another and became more confident in this plan.

But before that, Odysseus went to see another magic circle in the underground hall.

There are two large magic circles in the underground space. Odysseus's attention was just attracted by the teleportation circle, and now he has time to come here to take a look.

After taking a look, Odysseus was sure that this was a central control array. The "ventilation array", "oxygen production array", "lighting array" outside, and even the "shuttle array" on the tall wall, could all be controlled here.

At the same time, Odysseus also saw a hexagonal crystal floating in the air. This crystal was very similar to the hexagonal crystal found in the "underwater city" of the elves' ruins, and its function was similar.

This made Odysseus realize that in ancient times, there should have been a template for the central control array, and based on that template, some arrays suitable for different situations could be modified.

Then, Odysseus smiled and said, "I can change the access rights of that tall wall so that no one can enter or exit."

Of course, this would not be enough to trap the two demigods, but it would be enough to cause them considerable trouble.

Fors was slightly stunned, and suddenly felt that the initiative seemed to have returned to the hands of the "Captain".

Odysseus thought about it and decided to draw a magic circle to escape from here first.

...At this time, in the corridor outside leading to the southern continent, the ordinary crew members and sailors who obeyed the orders of the "Spiritual Knowledge Society" had already evacuated, leaving only the "Saint" and the "Witch of Pain" here.

In the hall, next to the man who was previously covered under the pile of skulls, there appeared an evil spirit like a thick black shadow.

The evil spirit held a feather fan in his hand. This feather fan was made of the feathers of the "ancient god of death" Greygari. There were obscure symbols on the feathers, and balls of illusory and almost transparent flames were constantly burning, emitting a pale white light.

He needed to use this seal to reunite his spirit with his body, so that the two could become one again.

At this time, the "Witch of Pain" under the order of the "Saint" had finished exploring the warehouse in another corridor.

But the results of her exploration made her feel uneasy. She hurried back and said, "Maliya died in that warehouse..."

The "Witch of Pain" was surprised and guessed that Mareya must have found the trace of the two people, and then quietly followed them into the warehouse, but her whereabouts were discovered and she was killed inside.

This made the "Witch of Pain" actually feel a little afraid of those two people. They were just a Sequence 6 and a Sequence 8, but they played with so many "Mid-Sequence" Extraordinary people in the palm of their hands, and three of them were killed by him one after another.

The breathtakingly beautiful "Saint" who looked only in her twenties stared at the "Witch of Pain" and said, "You've brought shame to the Southern Continent."

The "Witch of Pain" lowered her head and dared not say anything.

The Saint took a deep breath and said, "It seems that this is another masterpiece of the suspected 'Scroll Professor' you mentioned.

“The women who followed him were most likely from Abraham’s family, otherwise they wouldn’t be so familiar with the environment here.

"Go check them out and kill them."

The Witch of Pain looked at the stone chamber in astonishment: "Aren't they...are they trapped in there?"

The Saint smiled and said in a very beautiful voice, "I don't think they can be trapped here. Go ahead."

She raised her hand, and in the blink of an eye the "Witch of Pain" appeared at the location of the tall wall.

Here, there is a "magic master" who is ready to "open the door" for the people inside at any time.

But after trying several times, he did manage to open an illusory door in the wall, but there was still a wall outside the door, not a way out.

The Witch of Pain asked, "What's wrong?"

"It can't be opened." A thin layer of sweat appeared on the forehead of the "Magic Master".

The Witch of Pain was stunned: "Try again."

At this moment, the "Saintess" suddenly appeared behind the two people: "Don't try, we are trapped here."

The "Witch of Pain" took a deep breath: Even the "Saint" is trapped?

……

In the dark room.

Odysseus has already drawn the "teleportation array", but this array must use a piece of "Ahona Crystal".

Fortunately, although it is impossible to connect to the spiritual world here, we can use the connection with the "Wilderness of Knowledge". Odysseus took out the "Ahona Crystal" stored in the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

These "Ajona Crystals" were extremely valuable and were part of Odysseus' inventory in Backlund. At the time, a large portion of his income was spent on them.

Odysseus chose the smallest piece and simply embedded it in the magic circle.

Then he first took away the "traveler" feature in the "teleportation array" over there. Without this feature, the teleportation array would not be able to function.

Then Odysseus took out a pen and spiritual essential oil and modified a few characters of the "Central Control Array" so that all the people outside were trapped in this space.

Finally, Odysseus took out an "explosion scroll" and drew a small magic circle.

This circle can provide a small amount of spirituality and simulate the spell to open the scroll.

However, Odysseus has a "delay design" that can supply spirituality and detonate the scroll after more than half a minute.

The "Explosive Scroll" is enough to destroy all the magic arrays here to prevent these array diagrams from falling into the hands of the "Witch Sect".

After setting up everything, Odysseus held Fors with one hand and pressed a position in the magic circle with the other hand.

An illusory passage appeared, and on the other side of the passage was indeed the spiritual world.

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief and took Fors into the spiritual world.

After the two people went out, the illusory passage disappeared. About half a minute later, a violent explosion swept through every corner of the dark room.

Because these buildings were built using special methods, the violent explosion did not even shake off a piece of wall, but most of the magic circles here were destroyed.

In particular, the magic circle that Odysseus had just drawn had not been reinforced at all and completely disappeared in the explosion.

After the explosion, the most valuable thing here might be the "Ahona Crystal" that Odysseus could not take away.

……

After arriving in the spirit world, Odysseus immediately used the "Travel Ring" to pass through the spirit world and arrived at a small deserted island.

At this time, the sun had reached the west side of the sky. Bathed in the sunlight, the two men were sure that they were really out of danger.

They didn't say a word, just basking in the sun quietly for a while. Fors finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's so hot!"

It was still winter in Backlund. Fors knew they would be exploring the sea, so she wore a thin skirt. However, it was still very hot under the scorching sun!

"Let's divide the spoils first." Odysseus walked towards the shade of the tree. "Then I'll take you back to Backlund."

Fors said, "Actually, you only need to give me 600 pounds."

She felt that her contribution to the entire exploration process was just opening the "door" three times.

Odysseus smiled and said, "The fact that you were able to hold on to the end of such a thrilling exploration without getting into any trouble is enough for you to get a portion of the spoils.

“However, I must point out that I did play a major role in this exploration, and I also lost a crystal worth about 4000 pounds.

"So I want five-sixths of it. Is that okay with you?"

"No problem," Fors said immediately, "I'll even take one-eighth."

As Odysseus took the spoils out of the Wilderness of Knowledge, he said, "There are two ways to divide them. One is that I take five first, and then you take one; the other is that we each take what we need.

"Because some of the spoils we seized today are obviously not useful to you, and they're also difficult to bring back. Well... to be exact, I might not even need them."

Fors thought back to the logs and ore. Just as the Captain had said, even if she were given these things, it would be difficult to bring them to Backlund. Even if she did, there would be no place to store them.

So she asked, “How can we each get what we need?”

Odysseus smiled and asked, "You should need that box of gold, right?"

Fors was stunned for a moment, then nodded honestly.

"How about this? I can give you the box of gold." Odysseus said, "and then give you the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Astrologer'.

"I think this is what you need."

The total value of these two pieces of trophy is about one-fifth to one-sixth.

Fors took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "Will...will it be too much..."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Since you have no objection, we will divide it this way."

Fors breathed a sigh of relief. Her teacher Dorian had previously told her that he didn't have the main materials for the "Astrologer," so Fors had to collect them herself.

I didn't expect that the main ingredients for the potion would be available before I had time to collect them.

"However, to prevent the location of this trait from being divined by the Gnosis Society, I need to have someone handle it first and return it to you next Monday." Odysseus said, "We are all members of a mysterious gathering. You don't have to worry about me refusing to pay."

Fors nodded: "I...I know, um...I mean, I trust you."

Fors remained in a state of confusion throughout the rest of the journey. It wasn't until the "captain" left that she felt something heavy in her hands. It was as if she suddenly came to her senses: I was carrying a box of gold! A box of gold worth at least 6000 pounds!

So she stopped walking towards the stagecoach stop and hailed a cab.

It wasn't because he suddenly became rich and wealthy, but because it was safer to take a hired carriage.

Only after getting into the cab did Fors finally come to her senses. She pinched her face and said, "Normally, I always think of myself as a Beyonder. My job is pretty good, and I even feel pretty awesome sometimes. But I never expected that just a box of gold would go to my head."

Finally, she sighed: Exploring ruins is really profitable!

Then, she recalled the exploration process, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt: "The Captain" is really knowledgeable and wise. Even though the enemy was so powerful, he still got so many spoils, and in the end he just felt a little cold and was not even injured.

The more Fors thought about it, the more he felt that it wasn't that exploring ruins was profitable, but that exploring ruins with the right people was the way to make money.

This allowed her to regain her sanity and stop thinking about actively searching for and exploring the ruins.

Back at the rental house, Hugh, with his adorable baby fat face, was already there. "The suitcase in your hand... looks very old-fashioned."

Fors smiled and said, "This was indeed found from a relic."

She was struggling internally, wondering whether she should tell Hugh about what happened today.

But after thinking about it, Fors finally decided to wait before telling her. Although they all knew the "Captain", Fors had no obvious channels to contact the "Captain".

"I'm going to change my clothes." Fors changed the subject and quickly went into her room.

While sorting out the documents in his hands, Xio said, "You are indeed dressed too lightly."

Seeing that Xio was no longer paying attention to the box in her hand, Fors said as she changed her clothes, "By the way, I remember you said you knew someone who collected jewelry and gold.

"A friend of mine asked me to help him process some gold bars. I can get 60 pounds as a reward, and I will give you half of it when the time comes."

Quinn looked up at Fors's room and said, "The reward is very high!"

Generally, such commissions are paid only a few pounds.

At this time, Xiu, who had already received some true teachings from Odysseus in terms of intelligence collection, immediately thought of the box in Fors's hand and what Fors was wearing just now.

But she did not raise any questions. Instead, she said, "I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning."

……

Inside the captain's studio of the Argo.

An illusory door suddenly opened, and Odysseus saw two tall wooden boxes in the studio.

These were the last batch of parts for the "Extraordinary Golems" that Kena carved, and they arrived just in time.

Odysseus made a quick inspection and returned to his bedroom to change his clothes which were already somewhat damaged.

After changing into work clothes, Odysseus first used meditation to enter the "wilderness of knowledge".

Here, he first sorted out today's spoils, especially the ores and logs, which required a considerable amount of space to store.

Odysseus then looked at the other spoils, starting with the seal that matched the Faceless Man. Its primary ability was to transform into the appearance of another person, changing hair color, pupils, and height. Even the seal itself could change its appearance, but the rose-red gem could not.

The second ability is divination.

For Odysseus, the mere fact that it can be used for divination makes it a very practical seal.

As for the negative effects, they are not very strong: if you wear it for more than one hour at a time, you will start to be afraid of water; if you wear it for more than two hours at a time, you will feel very handsome or beautiful, and then gradually you will not want to take it off and will wear it every moment.

As long as the wearing time is always within one hour, the negative effects can be eliminated.

So Odysseus transformed it into a pendant with a huge gem and named it the "Faceless Pendant".

Then, Odysseus looked at the black iron stone that he didn't recognize but felt was of high quality.

After using the "Central Simulator" of the "Knowledge Wilderness" to identify it, it turned out to be auxiliary materials for the demigod level of the "Lawyer" path!
(End of this chapter)