Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 284 Bernadette's Brother

Odysseus looked at the island in front of him, which was shrouded in darkness.

For a moment, he seemed to have arrived at the "Land Forsaken by God". All he could see was a dark land without sunlight. Only when lightning occasionally appeared in the sky could he see the situation in the distance clearly.

This is an island without any normal vegetation. The ground is bare, but it is not empty. In the distance, there seem to be some animals and plants, but from the appearance, they all seem a little abnormal.

Odysseus and Bernadette landed at the safe point established by Cattleya earlier. It was an ancient relic that was in great ruins and most of it had collapsed.

It was raining heavily outside, and according to Cattleya, it seemed to have been raining heavily here forever.

"That's the symbol." At this time, Cattleya pointed at the wall.

Odysseus looked over and saw that it was the same complex symbol that Cattleya had shown them before, mainly composed of inverted triangle elements.

He still felt that it looked familiar, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Bernadette glanced at the distant mountains and said, "There is indeed a 'mystic scholar' there."

As a Sequence 3 of the same path, Bernadette felt no pressure at all at this moment.

When they arrived at the exit of the ruins, a floating umbrella with brilliant colors appeared above Bernadette's head. The umbrella grew bigger and bigger, covering both Odysseus and Cattleya underneath.

Odysseus sighed, "This ability is really useful. Once I learn it, I won't have to worry about getting wet in the rain anymore."

Bernadette smiled and waved her hand again, and immediately a winding path with the bright light of dawn, the sounds of birds singing and wind blowing through leaves appeared in front of the three people.

This way you don't have to step on muddy ground.

Odysseus asked, "Wouldn't this be too conspicuous?"

Bernadette said, "Only we can see this road... As long as we are under this umbrella, ordinary people can't see us."

Odysseus sighed again: "This ability is really desirable."

Cattleya was observing their conversation. She had the illusion that... it was as if they weren't superior and subordinate, but more like two friends out for a walk.

Walking on this path bathed in the light of morning light, Odysseus found that every step he took would take him a long distance forward.

In just over half a minute, the three of them arrived in front of a valley. On the other side of the valley were high mountains lined up one after another.

This felt a bit like a shame to Odysseus, as it meant they missed out on the extraordinary creatures they encountered along the way.

Bernadette didn't take those extraordinary creatures seriously, but Odysseus thought they were worth hunting.

Bernadette stared at the other side of the valley for a while before saying, "There seems to be a relic in there."

Odysseus was stunned. He originally thought it was a "wilderness hunt", but he didn't expect it to be a "ruin exploration".

"Follow me closely," Bernadette said. "Pay attention to my gestures. If I ask you to leave, Odysseus will immediately use 'Travel' to take Cattleya away.

"I will buy you time to enter the spirit world."

Odysseus nodded: "Okay."

At this time, he certainly wouldn't show off.

The three of them entered the valley, and Odysseus asked, "Where did you find the 'Tricky Pegasus'?"

"It's in this valley," Cattleya replied, "but I didn't dare explore the valley at the time, and I didn't know exactly where its nest was."

Odysseus said "Oh" and could only hope that he was lucky and the "Tricky Pegasus" was still on the island.

After passing the valley, a tall tower appeared in front of the three people.

This tower has a distinct asymmetrical style from the Quaternary period, with a semicircle on the left and a square on the right.

Although it has been raining here, the tower still looks very solid, unlike the buildings outside that seem like they could collapse at any time.

Bernadette looked around and didn't feel any danger.

Odysseus said, "That demigod-level monster, couldn't it be that he realized you were too powerful and hid himself?"

Bernadette smiled and said, "That would mean it's really quite weak."

She paused and said, "Let's explore this tower first."

Odysseus and Cattleya must have followed her opinion and had no objection to this decision.

The door of the tower was closed, and Bernadette summoned the "Invisible Servant" to push the door open a crack.

The three people filed in, and the sound of rain outside seemed to be immediately blocked out.

Thanks to Bernadette's ability, they have not been wet by the rain so far, and even their shoes are dry.

The tower is very empty, with only a stone statue in the middle.

On the walls are formulas, geometric shapes, and descriptions of nature.

These characters were written in the ancient Feysac language, which was the common language of the northern continent during the Fourth Epoch.

Finally, all three of them focused their attention on the stone statue in the middle. He was wearing asymmetrical clothes in the Quaternary style, holding a pen in one hand and a writing board in the other, as if he was writing something.

Odysseus glanced at the formulas again and guessed, "A universalist?"

Bernadette nodded. "That's a good idea. It's very likely that what this layer wants to express is 'universal knowledge'."

She glanced at the stairs. "We can go to the upper level and see what it's describing."

So the three of them came upstairs, which was still very empty. There was a stone statue in the middle. Its clothes had changed. One hand held a classical magnifying glass, and the other hand held a book that looked a little tattered.

The surrounding walls were covered with murals. The first thing that caught the eye was an elf stepping on the waves, a giant holding a heavy sword, and so on. The three people with rich knowledge of mysticism immediately realized that those murals were depicting the eight ancient gods.

Continue looking down, and you will see a sacred mural standing in front of a huge cross with the sun behind it, gazing at the front with a face full of pity.

That is the ancient sun god.

Continuing to look down, there is the image of the emperor from the Quaternary period. The mural is mainly black in color, and the character depicted is a mature middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes. His eyes are gloomy and wise, and he has a majestic aura.

Odysseus said: "This should be the 'Black Emperor' Solomon."

He remembered that among the Four Emperors, it seemed that only the "Black Emperor" had black hair.

Cattleya asked, "But why isn't there the 'Blood Emperor' and the other three emperors?"

Bernadette, chin in hand, said, "Perhaps, when this tower was built, there was only the 'Black Emperor'."

Then it must be a building from the early Quaternary period. It must have been treated with some special means, otherwise the murals would not look so bright.

Bernadette glanced at the stone statue and said, "It seems this is an 'archaeologist'."

Then the three of them climbed up the stairs to the third floor. The stone statues here became more complicated. There was a stone platform in front of the stone statue with a stone hat on it.

The stone statue stretched out its hands, as if telling Odysseus and others about the power of the hat.

This is Sequence 7 "Appraiser".

Odysseus looked at the surrounding walls, and this layer had turned into text, all in giant language, recording some precautions during "identification".

Coming to the fourth floor, the stone figure is dressed as a blacksmith, and he is inlaying gems into a stone helmet.

There were also some descriptions about making "extraordinary weapons" and sealed objects all around, which made Odysseus feel like he had found a treasure. However, he couldn't look at it carefully at this time. He took a quick look and would "recall" it after returning.

The stone statue on the fifth floor is standing in front of a large astronomical observatory. This is the "astronomer", and the walls describe the constellations.

At this level, Cattleya looked very seriously.

When they reached the sixth floor, the three of them were stunned at the stairs. Because there were many stone statues on this floor, they stood there quietly, staring at the direction of the stairs together.

These stone statues have different expressions, some are laughing, some are crying, some are kind, and some are sinister, but they look exactly the same and lifelike, which looks a bit weird.

It seemed as if they were all alive just a second ago. Only after hearing Odysseus and the others going up the stairs did they look towards the stairs and turned into stone statues.

What's even more bizarre is that in the middle of this group of people, there is a stone statue with the same appearance, dissecting a person with the same appearance.

The stone statue lying on the stone platform being dissected is also made very realistically, with its chest and abdominal cavities open and the internal organs clearly visible.

Odysseus swallowed his saliva and said, "Is the ability of the 'Alchemist' so strange?"

Bernadette looked at the surrounding walls before saying, "It seems that in the Fourth Epoch, when alchemists created puppets, they didn't use gears and metal parts.

"And the person in the middle isn't doing a dissection, he's making a 'puppet.'"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment and asked, "What parts are used to make it?"

Bernadette did not answer, but looked at Odysseus.

Odysseus suddenly understood and felt a little disgusted: "This tower must have been built by a secret organization that mastered the path of the 'Comprehension', right?"

The "parts" used by the Sequence 4 "Alchemist" of this path to create puppets do not need to be obtained from corpses.

Because they can infuse souls into soulless things and breathe life into inanimate objects without even having to take it from the bodies of living beings.

For example, the demigods of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, the puppets they create are basically full of mechanical devices.

If this process involved a corpse, Odysseus would immediately feel like he had encountered an evil organization.

Bernadette said nothing, but suddenly said, "There's something wrong with these statues."

Odysseus quickly took two steps back and asked, "What's wrong?" while re-examining the statue.

He saw that the stone statues were still standing there quietly. Although the atmosphere was a bit scary, there didn't seem to be anything wrong.

Suddenly Odysseus noticed that the chest and abdominal cavities of the dissected stone statue lying on the stone platform were open, and the stone internal organs inside were clearly visible.

At this time, blood flowed from its abdomen. At first it was just a few drops, but soon it became larger and larger, as if it had turned into a small stream.

The stone statue that was making the puppet nearby suddenly moved its eyes, and its mouth curled up, revealing a strange smile.

Odysseus swallowed, but then he noticed that Bernadette was still very calm and did not gesture for them to leave.

So Odysseus kept his composure and continued to observe.

At this time, Bernadette suddenly said: "The problem is not at this level."

Odysseus saw that the eerie stone statues gradually began to move. "Are you sure you're not on this floor?"

Bernadette raised her hand, and all the stone statues on this floor suddenly collapsed and shattered, leaving only stone chips on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, an illusory light suddenly flew out from the stone chips and rushed towards Odysseus and others.

Bernadette raised her hand slightly, and a classical full-length mirror appeared in front of her, reflecting the light.

The light then flew towards the stairs and reached the seventh floor.

It was only then that Odysseus noticed that there was no trace of blood on the floor they were on. Everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion.

At this moment, Odysseus felt something moving under his feet. Before he could come to his senses, an illusory pea grew rapidly and pierced the roof, making a big hole.

At this time, the illusory light appeared again, and the thick peas suddenly lost all vitality, their leaves fell, their branches withered, and soon turned into dust.

Bernadette didn't seem to care, and an illusory silk rushed out of the hole.

Then, time seemed to stand still. Odysseus did not hear any sound from above, and the illusory light did not appear again.

After about four or five seconds, Bernadette suddenly said, "It's solved."

As she spoke, she took the lead and walked up the stairs. Odysseus laughed and said, "There is no chance for us to show off at all."

Soon, the three of them arrived at the seventh floor. It seemed like there had been a fierce battle here, and the walls were covered with scars. In the center of the hall, a ray of light was wrapped by layers of illusory silk like a silkworm chrysalis.

The light rushed left and right, but it could not break through the illusory silk. It looked like a "restless" lantern.

"What is that?" Odysseus asked.

"This should be considered an 'unexpected gain,'" Bernadette smiled. "This is the 'Light of Mystery.' By extracting all the life from the light, you can obtain one of the main ingredients for the Sequence 3 potion of the 'Comprehension' pathway." "However, the 'Light of Mystery' has other uses for me."

As for what it was used for, Bernadette didn't say. She just raised her hand and stretched out a crab-like claw from the illusion. After clamping the illusory silk, she disappeared into the illusion.

Then Bernadette said, "According to our previous agreement, except for the properties and materials you need, all other spoils belong to me."

Cattleya and Odysseus had no objection to this. After all, they were just spectators. Not only that, but Bernadette also needed to be distracted to protect them.

Then the three of them looked around the seventh floor. It had been severely damaged, but judging from the stone chips on the ground, there had originally been a stone statue here.

The writing on the surrounding walls was simply visible, written in "Ancient Giant Script." However, the specific content was damaged and could not be seen clearly.

Bernadette speculated: "The 'mysterious light' might have been attracted by the knowledge here."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I'm actually quite interested in the knowledge depicted on the wall."

Cattleya was just about to remind Odysseus that it was useless to be interested because it was all written in "Ancient Giant Language".

But then she thought that perhaps the "hermit" could understand the "ancient giant language", so she continued to be an "invisible person" on the side.

Bernadette smiled and looked towards the stairs: "There's no danger up there."

So the three of them came to the eighth floor. They really wanted to see how the people who built this tower described Sequence 2 of the "Universal" path.

When they reached the eighth floor, they saw a stone eye suspended in mid-air, and behind the stone eye was an open exquisite scroll.

The stone eye is different from the "eye of mystery" represented by the symbol. In mysticism, the eye is generally used to represent the path of the "mysterious person".

But that eye was more like a complex symbol, with indicative symbols and mystical symbols, which together formed an eye without eyelids.

However, the eye in front of Odysseus and others had eyelids and even eyelashes, and Odysseus could even feel its gaze.

Because the eyes are so large, you can even see what seems to be illusory information scrolling in the pupils.

The scroll at the back looks like a normal scroll, I don’t know what it represents.

The three of them stared at the eye for a moment, none of them speaking immediately. After a moment, Odysseus said, "I remember the description of the 'Educator' Path Sequence 2, 'Knowledge Mentor,' as being able to alter certain physical laws and see through the very nature of angels."

Cattleya was slightly stunned. She probably knew why the "Queen" would seek the "Hermit's" opinion, because he had a wide range of knowledge and could tell her about the angels almost at will.

Bernadette nodded and said, "The situation before us is a good description of the characteristics of this 'Knowledge Mentor'."

An ordinary stone eye was suspended in mid-air, which was obviously a manifestation of changing the laws of physics.

And these eyes, full of spirit, seemed to see through everything in front of them.

Then the three of them noticed that there were no murals or any information on the surrounding walls.

They were not surprised by this. No matter which organization it was, knowledge at the angel level was top secret and it was impossible to draw or write it in a tall tower.

The three people went up again. The stone statue on the ninth floor was simpler than the eighth floor. It depicted a ball of light with indicative symbols.

This time, Bernadette spoke first. "I've heard that the Sequence 1 of the 'Perfector' path... or the 'Educator' path, is called 'Civilized Enlightener,' and in ancient times, 'Light of Darkness.'"

Odysseus pinched his chin and asked, "Do you mean the light in the darkness? Or is this light darkness?"

Bernadette did not answer, so Odysseus did not ask any more questions.

This was already the top floor of the tower. Odysseus laughed and said, "Is this the tower's builders' reverence for the gods? Or do they also know that their organization can only reach the Sequence 1 level at most?"

If this tower was built in the early stages of the Quaternary Epoch, then the organization that built it still had a chance to attempt to reach Sequence 1.

"Maybe it's both." Bernadette said as she looked at the surrounding walls, but unfortunately there was nothing on the walls here.

However, Odysseus discovered something on the ground: "There seems to be a magic circle underneath the 'light'."

That ball of "stone light" was also floating in the air, and Odysseus saw that there seemed to be several symbols on the ground below.

As soon as Bernadette raised her hand, the space under the "stone light" suddenly became illusory, and like a vacuum cleaner, it sucked away all the dust on the ground.

All the symbols and graphics were revealed, and it was indeed a magic circle.

Odysseus took two steps forward and took a look. Although the characters on the magic circle were written in "Ancient Giant Language", he quickly discerned its purpose: "This... This is a magic circle that can enhance spirituality."

"Enhance the spirituality?" Bernadette asked. "Enhance what spirituality? This 'stone light'?"

Odysseus thought about it for a moment before shaking his head and smiling: "I don't know."

Because his spirituality also noticed that nothing on this level was spiritual.

Thinking of this, Odysseus was suddenly stunned, because now there were three extraordinary people with spirituality on this floor...

"Let's go!" he said immediately.

But it was still a step too late. The "ancient giant language" symbols on the ground had been activated by the spirituality emanating from the three of them.

The suspended "stone light" suddenly became like a cracked egg, with pieces of shell falling off. Inside, there was actually a ball of real light!

This illusory ball of light surged, looking like the Baotu Spring made up of a ray of light.

The next second, the light suddenly spread out, and Bernadette "reappeared" the magic mirror again, blocking the three people.

But it did not block the illusory light. The circle of light passed through Odysseus and the other three, passed through the tall walls, and no one knew where it went.
Odysseus and the other three quickly checked their own conditions and found that they had not suffered any damage. Bernadette then quickly raised her hand and summoned the pumpkin-shaped carriage.

But before the three people could get on the carriage, the carriage was hit by a hazy and seemingly unreal light that came from nowhere and disappeared without a trace.

Odysseus quickly injected his spirituality into the "Travel Ring", but before he could open the illusory door, Bernadette used her ability of "reappearance" first, and a large bunch of thick, golden hair emerged from under the feet of the three people.

The hair flowed like a waterfall, carrying the three people down the stairs.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Odysseus and others had returned to the bottom level.

Although it was only a short moment, Odysseus realized that the situation had become so critical that it was too late to enter the spirit world.

The moment the three of them reached the bottom of the tower, Odysseus suddenly felt a penetrating gaze, as if his heart, liver, spleen and lungs were all seen clearly by that sight.

At this moment, Odysseus seemed to understand something: "It's the 'Knowledge Mentor'!"

The "Perfect One" Path Sequence 2 Angel "Knowledge Mentor" they were just talking about!
Bernadette also noticed this, so as soon as her feet touched the ground, she took out a wooden box and put on the forehead ornament with a diamond-studded vertical eye in its shape.

The next moment, Bernadette summoned a layer of rolling information streams at the top of the tower. These information streams were like umbrellas, covering the heads of several people.

The penetrating gaze suddenly disappeared, and Odysseus was about to use the ability of "travel" to escape again, but the "travel door" that opened was filled with a hazy light.

Odysseus quickly stopped maintaining the "Gate of Travel". Obviously, the "knowledge mentor" had just realized that Odysseus's ability to "travel" was guarded in the spiritual world.

If this "travel door" is completely opened, the other party may appear beside them quickly.

Bernadette was about to send Odysseus and Cattleya away while maintaining the information flow, but Odysseus noticed: "There is also a magic circle on the first floor."

"Now is not the time to study the magic circle!" Bernadette's spirit did not sense a very urgent and dangerous aura, but it was certain that the other party was an angel.

Odysseus, however, searched for the corresponding symbol and said, "No, I've seen this magic circle before! It's right here..."

He had found the corresponding symbol and immediately injected spirituality into it.

At this moment, the three people's feet were empty, and then they immediately fell down and landed in the underground part of the tower.

Odysseus saw that the hole in his head suddenly closed up automatically.

Just as the three were about to fall to the ground, Bernadette used her ability to make transparent dragonfly-like wings grow on their backs, and the three of them landed gently.

Bernadette glanced overhead. "Is there a magic circle like this on the door to the 'Secret Room of Trunsoest'?"

Previously, when they were in Backlund, the two of them had explored a Quaternary ruin together. Odysseus suspected that it was the secret room where Trunsoest contacted the Outer Gods.

Odysseus nodded. "That's right, but that magic circle was written in a symbol I've never seen before, while this one is written in 'Ancient Giant'."

This means that this magic circle does not come from the starry sky, but is a product of the real world.

In addition, Odysseus had also seen a somewhat similar magic circle at the entrance of the Abraham family's "teleportation station".

The function of those magic arrays is to hide the location of the entrance, making it difficult to find the entrance even from the spiritual world.

This is a very special "door lock" that even Bernadette can't break through.

Odysseus had studied this magic circle for a long time before, but he just couldn't replicate it. It was not until the advent of the "Extraordinary Potion Production Line" that Odysseus suddenly realized that this magic circle must also be embedded with extraordinary characteristics.

However, he still hadn't figured out where to embed it, or what specific characteristics of the path would be needed to do so.
Now is not the time to study this magic circle. Odysseus and the other three looked around. There was a huge natural cave underground, and there were also some man-made areas.

There seem to be some ancient buildings deep in the cave.

Under the feet of Odysseus and the other three was a stone-paved road that seemed to extend all the way to those ancient buildings.

There seemed to be some extraordinary creatures moving around over there in the buildings.

After a quick look to make sure there was no danger around, Bernadette opened her arms and two huge illusory wings with feathers appeared.

Just as the illusory wings were about to block Odysseus's sight, he suddenly saw a winged white horse flying in the distance: "Deceitful Pegasus!"

Bernadette took a look and said, "It is indeed the 'Deceitful Pegasus'."

She looked at the top of the huge space again. There was no sign of it being opened. She also realized who the angel above was. The situation was not as urgent as she had imagined. So she said, "Finish the hunt as soon as possible!"

Odysseus ran a few steps over there and suddenly flew up. It was not because he used the "Flying Scroll", but because the wings that Bernadette had just made him grow had not disappeared yet.

This pair of wings flew much faster than the "Flying Scroll". The "Trickery Pegasus" also discovered Odysseus. It released a hurricane towards Odysseus and turned around and ran away.

Odysseus immediately used a "Gas Scroll" to shift the direction of the hurricane so that it did not affect his flight.

Bernadette raised her hand, and an illusory frog suddenly appeared in front of the "Deceptive Pegasus".

Quack~
A crisp frog call made the "Tricky Pegasus" fall from the sky as if it had been hit by a club.

Generally speaking, in this kind of expedition, whoever needs the materials is responsible for hunting.

But time is tight now, and there is no time for Odysseus to go hunting by himself.

With Bernadette's help, things became very easy. Odysseus flew over and said, "Imprison!"

Then came "Death" and "Harvest", and "Deceitful Pegasus" died in a confused manner before he could cast his spell.

Odysseus quickly took out the sub-array of the "Space Array" and stuffed the body of the "Trickery Pegasus" into the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Bernadette opened her arms again, and the illusory feathers reappeared. Suddenly, a cold voice said, "Bernadette, are you leaving like this without a chat?"

Odysseus and Cattleya were startled because their spirits felt under tremendous pressure, but they didn't know where the pressure came from.

Bernadette's face was gloomy and uncertain, and the illusory wings disappeared again: "Bonova! Long time no see."

As she spoke, she put on the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" again and looked at the buildings in the distance.

From one of the doors of those buildings, a young man with long chestnut hair, handsome face and tall stature walked out.

It was Bernadette's younger brother, the favored one of the "God of Steam and Machinery", and the angel of the Church of Steam, Benoit Gustave.

Odysseus remembered that he had been blessed by the "God of Steam and Machinery" and had been greatly influenced by this god. At this moment, the "God of Steam and Machinery" might also be watching here, so he was ready to pray to the "Goddess of Night" at any time.

Bonova walked over and glanced at Odysseus: "You should stay away from Odysseus Garr. He is very dangerous."

Although they were far away, his voice seemed to be right in the ears of Odysseus and others.

Bernadette said calmly: "I don't think so."

Then she looked into the other person's azure eyes: "What? Did you suddenly remember your own life experience? And you still remember to warn me that the people around me are dangerous?"

"You know, this kind of irony can't possibly anger me." Bonois' tone showed no emotion: "I would advise everyone who appears around Odis Garr the same way.

"Because he is indeed dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)