Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 294 Rescue of Vice Admiral Iceberg's Crew

There are eight people in this exploration team. In the front are "Iceberg Vice Admiral" Edwina and Odysseus, and behind them is sailor Daniels from the "Golden Dream".

The sailor was no more than thirty years old, had a big belly and short legs, and from a distance he looked like a moving bucket.

The remaining five pirates are extraordinary people because this is a rescue mission.

Several people carefully came to the bottom floor. There was also a corridor below, but it was very short. There were two huge stone doors not far away.

Odysseus noticed that there was a gap between the two stone doors, and estimated that the third mate of the "Golden Dream" should have entered there.

Odysseus asked, "Do they know the structure of the church?"

"I know." This was also what surprised Edwina: "I explained this knowledge to them before I landed."

Odysseus did not enter immediately, but said, "They clearly knew there might be danger down there, but they still went down..."

Edwina and others also stopped, this was indeed unreasonable.

Odysseus took a peek inside through the crack in the door and vaguely saw some coffins inside.

He had read some relevant documents and knew that the space on this floor was generally larger, after all, it was a public cemetery for the entire city.

After the death of ordinary believers, their coffins will be neatly placed deep in the burial hall. Only when some important religious figures die can their coffins be placed at the entrance, which is the center of the entire burial hall.

Odysseus was pondering this information when he suddenly sensed someone inside walking quickly towards the door.

However, the view was blocked by the stone door, and Odysseus could not see who was coming.

He reached into his wallet and took a step back, adopting a defensive posture.

Suddenly, a pair of terrified eyes appeared from the crack in the door, and then Odysseus saw a face with no skin, only muscles.

The teeth of this face are also exposed, which looks very ferocious and terrifying.

Even though Odysseus was mentally prepared, he was still shocked.

Odysseus quickly retreated again and simply gave up his position at the door.

A monster with a ferocious face rushed out from inside, and Odysseus realized that he had no skin from head to toe, and his muscles were exposed.

This reminded Odysseus of a commission he received when he was playing the role of a wizard.

However, the situation in the commission was different from the current one, because the skinless person was bleeding as he walked. It was not that his skin was "invisible", but that it was really gone.

After he saw Edwina, he opened his mouth and let out a few miserable cries, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't.

At this time, Edwina and others had already guessed that this should be one of the crew members, but they didn't know what he had experienced to become like this.

Odysseus said, "Let me do it."

He tore off two pieces of clothing, wrapped them around his hands, then stepped forward, held the other's head and twisted it hard, ending the other's pain.

The atmosphere was solemn for a few seconds before Edwina said, "Remember to take his body out on your return trip."

At this point they didn't even know who had just died.

Odysseus squatted down to examine it. After a while, he asked, "Can you peel human skin?"

Boatswain Daniels swallowed hard. "Who knows that?"

"Neither can I," Odysseus said, "but look at his flesh, which is almost unscathed. It's as if someone had simply peeled off his skin."

Edwina judged: "There might be a monster with special abilities in there."

Odysseus nodded in agreement. "We can follow the bloody footprints and perhaps find the rest of the crew, but we must be careful."

At this moment, the two pirates pushed the gap in the door wider, with Edwina and Odysseus still walking in the front.

When the group entered the door, they saw a huge space with rows of coffins neatly arranged as far as the eye could see.

There is a road among these coffins, leading to the depths of the dark hall. It seems to have no end, and it seems that this road leads to the final destination of all the dead: the underworld.

Inside the door, there is a circular hall paved with stone slabs, with several layers of coffins arranged radially inside. The lids of many coffins are open, as if the people "living" in them have "gone out" for some reason.

The bloody footprints did not come from the hall, but from the right side of the hall.

There were several coffins in that direction still burning with flames, and it looked as if someone had just used extraordinary abilities here.

"It should be Jodson and the others who fought here." Edwina judged.

Because Jodson is a "fire thief", he can not only temporarily "steal" the target's extraordinary abilities, but also "steal" fire and release it when needed.

After searching around for a while, there were no other clues, so Odysseus and others continued to move forward along the footprints.

The further we walked, the more we smelled a strange smell around us, as if the meat had gone bad, but not to the point of stinking.

Theoretically, cremation was not popular in the Third Age, so this underground hall must have a good ventilation system, otherwise the stench of corpses inside would be enough to form poisonous gas.

But after this place was buried in the ground, the ventilation holes must have been buried as well, but fortunately, no new corpses were brought in more than a thousand years ago.

Not only can you smell a strange smell, but the atmosphere around you also feels very cold.

Although Odysseus and the others were used to seeing strange events, for some reason they always had the illusion that the coffins around them would be pushed open in the next second, and the people lying inside would sit up and greet them warmly.

At this moment, the bloody footprints disappeared.

It disappeared suddenly, as if the pirate had suddenly lost his skin and stumbled out from here.

Then, Odysseus and others discovered that several coffins were opened not far away. They went over to search and found the bodies inside were still there. It seemed that the "occupants" inside did not open the coffins themselves.

If there was one body missing, then Odysseus and others would not be able to help but wonder whether the person who just left was the one lying in the coffin.

Odysseus counted and found seven coffins had been opened. He then asked Edwina, "How many crew members came down earlier?"

As expected, Edwina said, "Seven."

She also discovered that the number of crew members who had come down earlier was equal to the number of coffins.

Then a horrible thought came to their minds: Could it be that the seven crew members had already turned into corpses in the coffins?

Odysseus first smiled and shook his head. The person who ran out just now had some anxious reactions after seeing Edwina, so he was most likely a pirate.

In this case, the quantities will not match.

Odysseus carefully examined the coffins again and finally stopped in front of one. "Look here, this coffin was opened with complete violence."

The lids of the other coffins were all on the side of the coffins, but the lid of this coffin was several meters away, and it also knocked the other two coffins crooked.

It was obvious that the coffin was opened by a huge force.

Odysseus speculated: "Could this be the case? The seven crew members hid in the coffin because they were in danger.

"One of the crew members was found, the coffin lid was opened, and the crew member was captured."

Then he was skinned and stumbled outside, where he happened to meet Odysseus and others who came down to check.

This means that the other six people used the coffin to escape the pursuit of a certain monster.

But the question is, why didn't they run outside after the danger was gone?
Then they began to look for traces around them, trying to find clues about the attacker.

Odysseus suddenly said, "It will be very dangerous for us to continue exploring like this. We must discuss it before we can move forward."

He then asked, "Is the third officer of the Golden Dream also a Sequence 6?"

Edwina nodded: "Yes."

"A Sequence 6, plus six crew members, wouldn't require such a desperate retreat even if they encountered a Sequence 5 enemy?" Odysseus analyzed. "But if the enemy were a demigod, our spirituality would have given us a warning long ago.

"So, is our enemy a level slightly higher than Sequence 5, but not yet a demigod?"

Hearing this, Daniels couldn't help but ask, "Is there such an enemy?"

"Yes," Edwina said, "For example, there are creatures that contain the main ingredients of potions that can be promoted to demigods."

She looked at Odysseus deeply, and felt in her heart that this "captain" had strong analytical skills.

With such messy clues, it was so easy to come up with a reasonable guess.

Odysseus continued, "Then the next step is reverse deduction. What kind of extraordinary creature might have the ability to peel off human skin?"

Everyone fell into deep thought, but suddenly realized that it was difficult to have an accurate answer to this question, because they did not know what specific extraordinary creatures could be promoted to demigods, nor did they know what specific abilities they had.
However, Edwina immediately followed Odysseus's thoughts: "I have thought of a way."

She paused and said, "Flesh and blood magic."

Odysseus smiled and said, "I also thought of the 'Secret Prayer' method."

Then he couldn't laugh anymore, because the pirate's skin might not have been peeled off, but the skin seemed to have come alive and left the body.

But this does explain why the bloody footprints appeared suddenly.

Finally, Odysseus said, "We should reunite with the third mate as soon as possible. Such an enemy will be difficult for the two of us to deal with."

When it comes to extraordinary creatures at the level of Sequence 4, they already possess a little bit of divinity.

Sequence 4 is another qualitative change. If a demigod is complete, the improvement of this qualitative change is quite obvious. The gap between Sequence 4 and Sequence 5 is roughly equivalent to the gap between Sequence 6 and Sequence 8.

If it was just an extraordinary creature that possessed one of the main materials for promotion, it wouldn't be so obvious, but Odysseus still thought that it would be difficult for him and Edwina to deal with it.

Edwina thought for a moment and said to Daniels, "Take the other crew members back."

Fat Daniels was a little reluctant: "Captain..."

Edwina raised her hand and said, "If you were here, I might have to devote my energy to protecting you. Then we might both die."

Odysseus nodded and supported Edwina's decision.

Daniels then reluctantly led the other five crew members away.

After Daniels and his men left, Odysseus said, "I am the 'Scroll Professor'. I am skilled in the use of various scrolls and have in-depth research on the occult."

Because the upcoming battle obviously requires cooperation, Odysseus introduced himself.

In fact, what he wanted to highlight was the sentence "I also have in-depth research on mysticism." This sentence was not abrupt to say at this time, but it could provide a prerequisite for communication with "Vice Admiral Iceberg" after the end of this incident.

Edwina was stunned for a moment before she said, "I'm a 'Secret Arts Instructor'. I'm skilled in various 'Secret Arts' and can simulate some extraordinary abilities I've seen."

Odysseus surveyed his surroundings and said, "That monster must have been 'living' here for a long time, but it hasn't come out to attack us yet. It's either hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity, or it's searching for your subordinates.

"I estimate the latter is more likely. My idea is that we should create some noise to attract it."

Edwina smiled slightly: "That's a good idea."

She had just thought of this and was about to discuss it with Odysseus.

When Third Officer Johnson and his men encountered a monster of this level, they could only keep running away. But if Odysseus and Edwina cooperated, they could at least fight the monster for a while.

If operated properly, it is not impossible to kill the opponent.

If we continue searching like we are now, there is a high possibility that when we get there we will only find the bodies of the third mate and his crew members.

If the monsters are attracted here, Third Officer Johnson and his men will also be attracted here, so they may be able to reunite. Then they can decide whether to fight or evacuate depending on the situation.

Edwina didn't expect that "Gar" had already thought of her plan before she even told him about it.

In fact, Vice Admiral Iceberg sometimes felt quite lonely on the Golden Dream, although her crew members all respected her very much and obeyed her orders.

However, when it comes to studying mysticism, most crew members just deal with it as a matter of course, and even use various methods to avoid taking exams.

Of course, for a "teacher", this is not a difficult problem. She has plenty of ways to compete with the crew members in wits and courage.

The problem was that when Edwina encountered a difficult problem in the field of occult science, she had no one to turn to. She could only write letters to her teachers and classmates, but they were not very good at solving problems at sea. Most importantly, she and the crew members had different ways of thinking, which led to different ways of solving problems.

During this operation, the cooperation with Odysseus made Edwina feel very comfortable, and she even changed her usual serious attitude.

Odysseus pulled out a scroll: "How about I create an explosion?"

Edwina thought of the explosion in the woods and said quickly, "Let me do it."

As they were talking, the two of them first found a hiding place each very experiencedly. Then Edwina put her hands together and rubbed them. A ball of light appeared in her palms. The ball of light quickly floated in the air and made a shrill sound.

The whistling sound is not very harsh, but it can be heard from far away.

At the same time, the ball of light also emitted bright light, illuminating the surrounding area.

It can be said that as long as the monster has vision or hearing, it will be attracted.

This at least lets it know that someone else has entered the hall, and it will most likely come over to check.

Then, Edwina and Odysseus hid in the hiding places they had just found.

The place chosen by Odysseus was where two walls intersected, with one of the walls sticking out a small section, just enough for him to hide.

After hiding, Odysseus put on two magical items and immediately used an "invisibility scroll" and disappeared into the darkness.

He looked around and unexpectedly found several ancient symbols on the wall beside him, which made him realize that there was a secret door here.

But now is not a good time to explore, we can only wait until the battle is over.

Edwina also hid herself and used "secret techniques" to conceal her tracks, quietly waiting for the monster to arrive.

After waiting for nearly a minute, the brightness of the ball of light began to dim, but the monster still did not appear.

Just when Odysseus thought that this plan might fail, he suddenly saw that the light in the corner in Edwina's direction seemed to suddenly dim.

The light of the light ball had already become dimmer, and this slight dimming seemed very natural.

It was only with his "Eye of Prying Eyes" that Odysseus noticed the slight change. Then he instantly realized that the monster might have come a long time ago and had already discovered Edwina and was slowly approaching her.

And Edwina obviously hasn't discovered this yet. Although the potion of the "Reader" path also enhances "Clairvoyance", the enhancement is different from the direction of the enhancement of the "Eye of Secrets".

The enhancement of "Reader" is more inclined to the essence of the things seen, while the enhancement of "Eye of Prying Eyes" is the enhancement in the direction of "mystery", which allows him to see more extraordinary information.

It was too late to remind him now. Odysseus thought about it for a while and immediately came up with a solution. He suddenly threw a "Sun Scroll" over there. As the scroll exploded, the entire tomb hall seemed to be illuminated.

But no matter how strong the sunlight was, there was always a dark shadow lingering in the corner of the wall not far from Edwina.

Edwina immediately realized that the monster was approaching. Her light blue eyes immediately turned into bright pure white, and then a beam of light descended and hit the dark shadow directly.

When the shadow saw that it was discovered, it suddenly rushed towards Edwina's shadow, while also avoiding the attack of the light column.

Vice Admiral Iceberg immediately drew out his sword, which was a sharp and delicate-looking Western sword. The moment Edwina injected spirituality into it, the light of morning light formed a "barrier" in front of her.

This is a magical item of "Vice Admiral Iceberg", the "Guardian" of the "Warrior" path.

Before becoming a demigod, the "Reader" path has some similar weaknesses to the "Secret Peeper" path, both of which have somewhat weak defenses. Even some of the "Simulation" abilities have limited improvements to defense.

This magical item complements Edwina's abilities perfectly.

The shadow slammed into the barrier and was unable to break through for a while.

At this time, Odysseus had already raised his left hand with the "Hand of Judgment": "Shadowization is prohibited here!"

The dark shadow suddenly expanded and turned into a pitch-black spider more than one meter tall. The inner sides of its eight thin and long legs were blades, and it looked like it was holding eight long spears.

Although the shadow just now was only a small lump, this tall spider is its true appearance.

Seeing that it could not break through the "barrier" for the time being, the giant black spider turned to attack Odysseus.

Just as Odysseus was about to use his "imprisonment" ability, his spirit suddenly sensed danger and immediately pulled out a "scale armor scroll". The moment the scroll was opened, the coffin next to Odysseus exploded.

The "flesh bomb" directly blew Odysseus away and hit him hard against the wall. Fortunately, he had the "Scale Armor Scroll", otherwise if he used the "Defense Scroll", he would definitely be injured by such an explosion.

Odysseus thought to himself: I have always been the one who blew up others, but this is the first time I have been blew up by someone else.

Just as he was about to get the scroll again, a huge black spider rushed to him, swinging its long legs like a big knife.

While dodging, Odysseus grabbed a scroll that emitted a black glow and said, "Arbitration!"

This is the "Arbitration Scroll" he researched through the "Iron Stone". The next three seconds will be the "Arbitration Moment". The target is the arbitrated person, and its emotions, confidence and all abilities will be weakened.

Odysseus is the arbitrator. His spirit and mental body will be greatly improved in these three seconds, creating a very powerful illusion, forcing the target to overcome certain psychological barriers before making up his mind to attack him.

If used on Beyonders below Sequence Level 7, there is a certain probability that they will serve Odysseus during the "Arbitration Hour".

The moment the scroll exploded, the leg of the giant black spider that was attacking Odysseus hesitated. Odysseus took advantage of this opportunity, swung his gloved right hand, and knocked the giant black spider to the ground with a "harvest".

However, at the moment before the black spider was hit, its shadow formed a thick layer of armor, so the punch only caused it minor injuries.

At the same time, Edwina's eyes turned silver-white, and a huge lightning bolt fell, hitting the huge black spider lying on the ground.

With a "sizzle", lightning exploded, stinging the huge black spider and making it squeak.

Odysseus rushed forward and threw another punch, using "Harvest" for the second time in a row. He felt his spirituality pouring into the "Harvest Gloves".

Continuously using "Harvest" will consume a lot of spiritual energy.

But the effect was also very significant. This spider, which was at a higher level than Sequence 5, was seriously injured by two consecutive punches from Odysseus.

The armor formed by its shadow was also partially broken.

At this time, it finally realized that it had encountered a powerful enemy this time, so it "shadowed" again and turned into an undercurrent to escape from here.

Odysseus’ previous “ban” did not mean that the target could not use the “shadow” ability, but that when using this ability again, it would be weakened, and Odysseus would become stronger.

So generally speaking, the target will not take the initiative to do abilities or things that are "prohibited".

Unless forced to do so.

For example, now, this huge black spider wants to escape and can't care about these things.

At the same time, the "Arbitration Moment" ended, and Odysseus's spirit and mental body recovered, returning to the level of Sequence 6.

However, the benefits brought by the powerful spirit of Odysseus just now made the spiritual energy consumed by him when he used "Harvest" for the second time almost offset the additional status of the scroll.

When Odysseus was researching this scroll, he thought of this combo. Normally, he didn't dare to use "Harvest" a second time.

Because that would consume nearly half of his spiritual power, it would be better to use "Death".

Unfortunately, if this scroll is used continuously, it will cause damage to Odysseus's spirit and mental body, so Odysseus dare not use it continuously.

On the other side, after Edwina attacked with lightning, she stabbed out with the rapier in her hand again. The light of dawn descended, giving the rapier a layer of dawn-like light.

Lieutenant General Iceberg's sword pierced the black shadow, and the shadow immediately spurted out a stream of black blood.

Attacks from the "Warrior" path can pierce through all extraordinary powers and injure the target's body.

However, the giant black spider knew that it had to escape as quickly as possible, so it did not resist at all.

Odysseus quickly stepped forward and took over the attack from Vice Admiral Iceberg: "Death!"

The black spider realized the power of the attack and immediately stopped, manipulating Odysseus's shadow to wrap around his legs.

Odysseus suddenly jumped and punched the shadow. A rare event happened, and the big black spider was killed directly by this blow!

The black shadow expanded again and turned into the giant spider. Its eight legs slashed and smashed around randomly. Odysseus was also hit, and illusory black scales appeared, but he was not injured.

But the surrounding coffins suffered a lot, and many of them were chopped and smashed.

After struggling for more than ten seconds, the black spider finally fell to the ground, motionless.

Odysseus and Edwina smiled at each other. Odysseus was thinking at this time: Fortunately, this monster only has abilities such as "flesh magic" and "shadow transformation". If it could be "grazed", it would definitely not be so easy to deal with.

Edwina, however, was thinking, "Gar" possesses two Sequence 5 magical items and scrolls with special abilities, and already possesses the strength of a "Pirate General." The reason he's not recognized as a "Pirate General" now is probably because he hasn't had the opportunity to demonstrate his strength before.

At the same time, she was a little puzzled, wondering why "Elemental Dawn" suddenly wanted to train such a "great pirate". In her opinion, a Sequence 6 holding two Sequence 5-level seals must have come from the organization's help.

What made Edwina even more curious was why "Elemental Dawn" suddenly released such a powerful member into the sea.

Because the "Elemental Dawn" is already very powerful on the sea, there seems to be no need to strengthen it further.

Members like "Gar" will become leaders of a region no matter where they are placed, or it would be more reasonable to let them develop on their own rather than to place them at sea.

Neither Odysseus nor Edwina spoke, but quietly looked at the characteristics of the giant black spider, focusing on a piece of hard bone on its forehead.

Odysseus suggested: "Should we carry it out first..."

Just when he was halfway through his words, he saw several figures swaying in the distance.

Odysseus was about to throw out another "Scorching Sun Scroll" when Edwina waved her hand at him: "Those are my crew members."

Odysseus said "Oh", took off his boxing gloves first, and then took off his gloves.

Soon, the other party also saw Edwina and came over quickly: "Captain."

Walking in front was a good-looking young man with light blond hair.

This is none other than the third mate of the Golden Dream, "Flower Tie" Jodson.

He seemed quite excited when he saw Edwina, but he immediately became alert after seeing Odysseus.

Edwina said, "This is Captain Gar. I asked him to come and rescue you. Thanks to him, we were able to deal with this monster with relative ease."

Jodson was initially skeptical, because according to their analysis, this "Captain Gall" should be a Sequence 6.

Johnson was well aware of the strength of the monster just now, and it was difficult for a Sequence 6 to play a big role.

But soon, he chose to trust the captain and said politely to Odysseus: "Thank you for your help."

"You're welcome." Odysseus smiled and said, "This is not the place for this conversation. I suggest we first carry the monster's corpse to the uppermost hall before continuing our conversation."

With Jodson and others, Odysseus doesn't have to do it himself.

They carried the body to the door, reunited with Daniels and others, and returned to the church upstairs together.

It was then that Johnson told them about their experience. After the passage was blocked, they tried to look for other exits on the lower floor.

At this time, someone called their names below, and they thought that the captain had found another passage and was waiting for them on the lower floor.

When they entered the bottom floor, they found something wrong. Johnson set fire to several coffins and saw a shadow hanging on the ceiling of the hall not far away.

Jodson quickly threw out a "Death" path talisman he had obtained before and threw it to the center of the hall. The corpse there opened the coffin by itself and temporarily entangled the shadow.

Finally, Johnson and others had the opportunity to hide in the coffin.

What happened next was similar to what Odysseus had guessed. One of the members was discovered and pulled out of the coffin.

They did not choose to rescue their companions because they knew very well that they could not do so with their strength and would die there instead.

So while the monster was treating its companion like a toy, they escaped again and hid again.

Not long after, they heard a scream and came over to check.

After seeing the tragic state of his companions' bodies, Jodson felt a little guilty, but Edwina did not blame him because his choice was correct, otherwise the rescuers would only find seven bodies.

After Jodson finished describing his experiences, Edwina said to Odysseus, "Let's talk about dividing the spoils."

　Thanks to [Vk is Faith] for the reward again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)