Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 295 Clues to Demigod-level Characteristics
Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina said bluntly, "I need this Beyonder characteristic more than you do. You can give it to me, and I can give you some compensation for it."

Judging from the opponent's attack, this is obviously a potion material for promotion to "Black Knight", which is an adjacent path to the "Reader" path, so Edwina will of course try to get this material.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "Give me the spider's corpse. I also want a magical item from the Audience path. It must have at least the abilities of Hypnosis and Dream Travel, but with no significant negative effects."

"Also, you owe me a favor. If I need your help in the future, you can't refuse."

"Dream Travel" is an ability only available to the "Audience" path sequence 5, so Odysseus's request can also be seen as asking for a sequence 5 magical item.

The only shortcoming of Odysseus now is that he still lacks a magical item of "control system". Although the "Hand of Judgment" also has the ability of "imprisonment", it can only be regarded as "forced control", and the time is short and the scope of application is small.

If he could obtain another magical item with "hypnosis" ability, Odysseus believed that he would become a "Pirate Admiral" after being promoted to Sequence 5.

He's even considering a title of his own.

The reason for making such a request to "Vice Admiral Iceberg" is because the "audience" path and the "reader" path are adjacent paths, and the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is likely to have such magical items.

Moreover, Odysseus's asking price was just right. In his opinion, if one had to price a Sequence 4 potion, the approximate reference price would be 3 pounds each for the formula and the two main ingredients.

Of course, this is the price based on value. If you take scarcity into consideration, the price will be at least twice as high... more than that!
What is more likely is that even if a millionaire spends all his fortune, he still cannot sell the required potion formula and cannot collect the extraordinary materials required for promotion.

If you really have millions of assets, instead of looking for characteristics yourself, it is better to join a secret organization or church to seek opportunities.

Therefore, if we calculate the properties of the extraordinary creature that Odysseus just killed at 3 pounds, and the rest of the extraordinary materials at 6000 pounds, then it stands to reason that he should get 18000 pounds.

After the spider's body became his, Edwina would have to pay at least 15000 pounds.

A Sequence 5 level seal with not too severe negative effects starts at about 8000 pounds. Magical items from the "audience" path are relatively useful and cost at least 1 pounds.

So Edwina still owes Odysseus another favor, and it is a favor that must be repaid seriously.

The reason why Edwina needs a favor is because today's exploration team is an emergency for Odysseus. Apart from the magical item of the "audience" path, Odysseus can't think of any other needs for the time being.

So it would be better to leave an opportunity for cooperation next time to further strengthen the relationship between the two.

Vice Admiral Iceberg was of course aware of the value of the extraordinary material before them, so he agreed immediately without much thought: "Okay."

The crew members around all took a deep breath. They all knew that the captain had a certain background and were not very concerned about "Gar's" request for the magical item.

But the captain owed someone a favor, which made them all realize the sense of crisis.

They went to look at Captain Gal again. He was young and energetic. Although his suit was a little damaged in the previous battle, he still looked dignified because of his good figure and temperament.

This makes them more alert.

But Odysseus didn't care about their feelings. After Edwina took away the main material, he put the black spider's body directly into the "space magic circle" in front of everyone.

This surprised Edwina and her subordinates again. Edwina thought this was a rare "space magic". She had heard that only demigods at the "apprentice" level had the ability to create a space for storing items.

The crew members did not have such rich knowledge, they simply felt that the magic circle was very powerful.

Then Odysseus smiled and said, "Now that the spoils have been divided, may I invite Vice Admiral Iceberg to explore the tombs at the bottom?"

The third mate of the Golden Dream, Jordonson, said somewhat unhappily, "Although you just participated in my rescue operation, there is one thing I must make clear: we discovered this church."

The other pirates nodded in unison to show their agreement.

"Of course I know that." Odysseus was a little surprised. Why did it seem like these pirates suddenly became hostile to him?

He paused before continuing, "Just now, while I was waiting for the monster, I discovered a secret door in the tomb. I think it's worth exploring."

When everyone was stunned, Edwina smiled and said, “Of course.

"I mean, of course we can go exploring together."

She thought for a moment before saying, "If I'm not mistaken, the main target of our operation this time should be that secret room."

Since they were going to explore together, and Edwina already had a certain degree of trust in Odysseus, she no longer concealed anything:

"Last week, I found a notebook from the Fourth Epoch from a treasure chest. It contained a copy of a mural that seemed to depict a battle involving demigods.

"According to the description in the notes, a demigod died in that battle, but for some reason, his characteristics have never been recovered.

"The owner of the notebook hoped to obtain that trait upgrade, but he died for unknown reasons, and the notebook was lost at sea.

"Because the notebook is written in Ancient Feysac, it has never attracted the attention of other pirates. If my subordinates didn't understand Ancient Feysac, this notebook would still be thrown into a corner, and I don't know when its value would be discovered."

This is a huge treasure as it concerns the extraordinary characteristics of the demigod level.

The reason why Edwina made this explanation was because it was easy to miss out on this kind of treasure. After all, it had been many years since this happened. Perhaps the characteristic had already been taken away by others, and there might not be any spoils to share.

She continued, "According to the clues in the notes, I learned that the murals should be somewhere in this church, so I want to take a look at the murals and look for corresponding clues to see if it is worth searching for that feature."

Odysseus nodded: "I understand."

He paused and smiled, "I also enjoy studying murals like this. Perhaps I can help you make a judgment."

After determining the next action, Edwina assigned the first mate to lead five crew members to participate in the next operation.

After a brief rest and preparation, they began a new exploration.

Jodson watched the captain and the others reenter the lower level. After they were gone, he questioned the boatswain, Daniels, "Why did you leave the captain and Gar alone in the burial hall?"

Daniels was stunned for a moment before saying, "It's the captain's order!"

"This explanation is too far-fetched!" Johnson said coldly.

Boatswain Daniels gave a wry smile and said, "Captain's order" is far-fetched?

……

Odysseus, Edwina and their group returned to the tomb at the bottom.

When Blue, the first mate of the "Golden Dream", saw the messy battlefield left behind by the previous battle with the black spider, he felt worried for the captain.

Blue had just noticed that the spider's eight legs were very sharp. Now, after seeing the neatly cut coffin, he realized how sharp the eight legs were.

Odysseus brought a few people to the secret door they had just discovered. They first observed the surroundings and made sure there was no danger before Odysseus injected spirituality into the corresponding position on the wall.

Woo~
The secret door slowly opened, and the sound of air circulation was immediately heard. It seemed that the room inside was sealed.

Edwina asked everyone to wait for a moment. Her eyes suddenly turned green, and the surroundings seemed to be full of vitality. Odysseus felt that his breathing became much smoother.

After Edwina made the air in the secret door completely fresh, several people entered in pairs.

The structure inside the secret door is not complicated. First, there is a short corridor, and after the corridor there is a spacious space.

There are seven sarcophagi neatly arranged in the room, and murals are painted on the walls.

Odysseus glanced at the sarcophagi and confirmed that the lids showed no signs of loosening before saying, "This should be a higher-level tomb. Perhaps after the demigod's death, his body would be sent here."

Regardless of which church it is, the death of a demigod must be handled with caution, and recovering Beyonder characteristics is certainly an important reason for this.

Another reason is that corpses that already possess a little bit of divinity will undergo some mutations. Even if they lose their Beyonder characteristics, they may still produce some miraculous reactions.

Edwina nodded slowly in agreement.

Then they went to look at the murals together, starting from the one near the door.

Odysseus saw that the background of the first mural was similar to the mural in the church outside, with towering mountains and a huge cross.

The only difference is that this mural is not very large, and there is an additional round-faced middle-aged man in it, praying devoutly towards the mountain.

Odysseus immediately understood that this was talking about the beliefs of the round-faced middle-aged man.

The protagonist of the second mural is still the round-faced middle-aged man. He is fighting a battle. His opponents are a man with a ferocious face walking on the waves and a dark figure under the scorching sun.

It obviously depicts a round-faced middle-aged man fighting one against two.

Continuing to read, Odysseus soon realized that the round-faced man was one of the people in the sarcophagus in this room, and the mural was his "life story".

Sure enough, when it came to the fifth picture, the description of the round-faced man came to an abrupt end, and from the sixth picture on, it began to describe another person.

Through these murals, Odysseus roughly speculated that these people basically died after the "ancient sun god", and most of them died in battle.

They are basically extraordinary people from the three paths of "Reader", "Sailor" and "Singer". Judging from their clothing, logos and other characteristics, their enemies are almost certainly the Church of Knowledge, the Church of Storms and the Church of the Eternal Sun.

Odysseus guessed that after the death of the "Ancient Sun God", there were still many extraordinary people from the three paths of "Reader", "Sailor" and "Singer" who still believed in the "Omniscient and Omnipotent Lord".

Adam incorporated this force and organized the believers of the "ancient sun god" and brought them to some remote cities on the sea.

However, the Storm Church and the other three churches would certainly not allow such a group of high-level extraordinary characteristics that were beyond their control to exist on the sea.

Of course, we will not condone them to spread some remarks that "slander" the three gods "Feng Zhibai".

As a result, battles often broke out between them. Odysseus now had reason to suspect that a large part of the city was buried underground, probably as a result of an extraordinary high-level battle.

After reading the biographies of several people, Odysseus noticed that the rest were individual murals, all of which, without exception, depicted battle scenes.

The difference is that there is some geographical information in the mural, and there is definitely a person killed by the enemy in the mural.

Odysseus immediately understood that this record contained some extraordinary characteristics that could not be recovered, or in other words, some extraordinary characteristics that both parties were unable to recover for some reason.

If the demigod who believed in the "Ancient Sun God" was killed by people from the three churches of "Feng Zhibai", there would be no need to leave any information, because that characteristic would definitely be seized by other churches.

Leaving such a message is obviously to remind future generations that there may still be a chance to recover those characteristics.

This can be seen as a clue to some demigod characteristics provided by the organization to Sequence 5.

However, there are only three such murals, or rather, there are as many as three!
After all, even in the Fourth Age, the various churches would not waste the characteristics of the demigod level.

The failure to recover three demigod-level characteristics was a huge loss at that time.

Edwina pointed to the first mural and said, "This is the mural recorded in the notes."

Odysseus glanced at the mural. On the left side, a middle-aged woman was murdered. On the right, an island was depicted, surrounded by hurricanes and lightning. In the upper right corner, there was a nautical chart showing the island's location.

The mural depicts that this characteristic could not be recovered because it was blocked by hurricanes and lightning.

And because of the "contribution" made by the "King of Hell" to the ocean, the Raging Sea was formed, and that sea chart was completely useless, unless it was a chart of the Sonia Sea, which was less affected by the fall of the "King of Hell".

Odysseus said: "This characteristic is no longer necessary to consider."

Edwina was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

"Hurricanes and lightning generally refer to Beyonders at a high level of the Sailor Path," Odysseus said with a smile. "Since the person who painted the mural thought it was worth trying to recover this characteristic, it certainly didn't fall into the hands of the Church of Storms.

"Then there is only one possibility: this feature has fallen into the hands of the elves.

"During the Fourth Epoch, there were still many elves on the sea, and there should have been some demigod-level elves.

“But after entering the Fifth Epoch, the elves’ living space was repeatedly compressed. Especially after the Kingdom of Loen and the Feysac Empire began to fight for Sonia Island, demigod-level elves rarely appeared.

"So this feature should have been seized by the Church of Storms, so there's no need to consider it."

First mate Blue and the others were stunned. This must be a lie! How could so much information be inferred from just a mural?

The knowledgeable Edwina followed Odysseus's train of thought: "You are right, this characteristic does not need to be considered."

Then, the two went to see the second mural, which depicted a middle-aged man being killed. This time, the geographical information showed a sea with land in the distance and long mountains on the land.

The general meaning of this mural is that the place where the characteristics fall is the sea not far from the land.

"Don't think about that." Odysseus said: "The place where it fell was so close to the land, but it couldn't be recovered. It is very likely that it was not found when it was searched later." "If I'm not mistaken, it may have been swallowed by a marine creature. Since it was not found, the creature is likely to be wandering around with its characteristics in madness, and I don't know where it lost control, or it has survived the most difficult period and became a demigod in a very bad condition.

"Of course, this property won't disappear from the ocean; it will certainly be discovered again in the future."

Because of the "Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Aggregation", it is highly likely that the three major churches of "Feng Zhibai" will obtain it. Among them, the Storm Church, where most of the forces are located on the sea, has the highest probability of being discovered.

Edwina nodded slowly, agreeing with Captain Gal's opinion.

When he came to the third mural, Odysseus was stunned and didn't quite understand the meaning of the mural.

The left side of the mural also depicts the killing of a demigod, and the right side depicts an island covered in red flames on one side and pale white light on the other.

Odysseus didn't understand the meaning of the mural for a moment. Could it be that the fire and cold light blocked the recycling process?

Then he realized that the red flames and pale light should have symbolic meanings like the hurricane and lightning.

Then Odysseus had an idea and smiled, "This should be considered."

Edwina also had some associations at this time, but she had no specific ideas yet. She looked at Odysseus with a questioning look.

Odysseus continued to explain, "If I understand correctly, the red flame should represent the 'Red Priest', which is the 'Hunter' path, and the pale white light should represent the 'Death' path.

"I think the recovery wasn't completed at the time because there was a fierce war going on there between the United Empire and the Balam Empire.

"The United Empire at the time had the support of the Six Gods. If this feature had been obtained by the United Empire, it would have been given to one of the three churches of Feng Zhibai.

"But this mural still remains, which suggests that a battle might have broken out when the demigod was recovering his special abilities after his death.

“After the battle, the characteristic was not found, and it was confirmed that it was not captured by any side in the war, so this mural was left behind.

"I think this is the most likely trait to survive into the present day."

The reason why he determined it was the era of the "United Empire" was because during the Solomon Empire, the Solomon Empire, to which the three "Hunter Families" including Medici served, was an ally of the Balam Empire and was unlikely to engage in war.

In the later "Era of the Four Emperors", only the Trunsost Empire had two angel families of the "Hunter" path, and they were both Sequence 2. If a large-scale battle occurred, they would definitely cooperate with the vampires or the Augustus and Castilla families.

If they fight alone, they will be "giving away their heads" unless the opponent is of equal strength.

If we cooperate with other families, it would be impossible to use only fire to represent one party.

Only in the era of the "United Empire" did the three families including the Medici have the strength to launch large-scale wars, especially the Medici, who could fight with the "Emperor of the Underworld" for several rounds.

This analysis made Edwina fall into deep thought, and the other pirates were stunned.

After a while, Edwina sighed and said, "It takes a very rich historical background to make such a judgment."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to be specific about any era.

The other pirates were really convinced this time. If it weren't for Captain Gal's explanation, they would have completely failed to understand the meaning of the mural.

Odysseus added, "But this characteristic should also be very difficult to find. It wasn't found over a thousand years ago, and it should be even harder to find now."

Edwina nodded and said, "But at least it's worth a look."

Odysseus said, "Hmm," "That's right."

After all, it is a demigod-level characteristic, and you can only feel at ease after going to take a look.

Edwina and Odysseus searched the tomb again, but found nothing new.

Although there are corpses here, they cannot have any extraordinary characteristics.

The same is true outside, the characteristics have been recycled long ago.

So after a brief exploration, a few people returned to the church above.

After they left the dark room and closed the door, a sarcophagus suddenly opened by itself, and a corpse sat up from inside. Its face was somewhat similar to that of First Mate Blue.

The mummy faced the door with its dry mouth open, two teeth missing, revealing a funny yet terrifying smile.

……

Odysseus and others returned to the church above, and the exploration mission ended there.

When preparing to return to the ground, Odysseus invited Edwina and several key crew members of the "Golden Dream" to have a barbecue on the "Argo".

Before Blue and the others could refuse, Edwina had already agreed: "Okay."

Odysseus glanced at Blue and the others who looked reluctant and said, "If you have something to do, you don't have to go."

They shouted in unison: "Go, go, go!"

Only then did Odysseus realize: These guys don’t regard me as a competitor, do they?

He smiled and said, "To be honest, I do have a better chance than you, because your captain is not a pirate at heart, but more like a professor or scholar. Unfortunately, I am only interested in the forces behind Vice Admiral Iceberg."

When we returned to the ground, it was already noon.

Odysseus brought Bazel and others who had been waiting outside back to the ship, and told them that he had invited Edwina and others to be guests. The "Argo" would sail north and meet up with the "Golden Dream" in the north of the island.

Everyone suddenly felt like they were facing a great enemy, and they stood much straighter than before. They didn't expect that the captain would actually invite the "Pirate General"!
They are the top existences in this ocean, and the crew members have all heard some stories about them.

The reason why Basel and others dared to show disrespect to the "Golden Dream" before was that they were very clear about the captain's strength and trusted the captain very much. They believed that even if a conflict occurred, they would not suffer any losses.

But they are actually very complicated inside, because they know the gap between themselves and "Lieutenant General Iceberg". If a conflict really happens, they can only guarantee that they will not suffer any loss.

At the same time, they have great respect for the "pirate generals" in their hearts, especially the "generals" like "Vice Admiral Iceberg" who do not cause much killing.

So there was no conflict between the two sides, and they were also quite happy after inviting "Lieutenant General Iceberg" to visit.

The kitchen immediately became crowded and busy, as they all thought about entertaining the upcoming guests well.

Under Odysseus's command, basic order was maintained in the kitchen.

After arriving at the north of the island, Odysseus, along with Bazel and other main crew members, waited on the deck.

As the two ships approached, they felt the enormity of the "Golden Dream". It was dozens of meters long, much longer than the large sea ship that Odysseus had imagined.

The entire ship reflected golden light, and in the middle, there was a main gun with patterns and mystical symbols all over its body.

This main gun looked very powerful. Odysseus recalled that it seemed to be called the "Purification Cannon".

When the two sides were close enough, Edwina, who was standing at the bow, raised her hand, and the golden light on the ship gathered at the bow.

Then the light spread out, forming a substantial staircase.

Edwina stepped up first, followed by several key crew members of the "Golden Dream". They quickly came to the deck of the "Argo", and the golden stairs disappeared.

"Welcome to the Argo." Odysseus smiled and said, "This is the first mate Bazel..."

The two sides first introduced themselves to each other. On the "Golden Dream" side, except for the second mate Orpheus who stayed on the ship, all other important crew members had arrived.

Among them was Danitz, but he obviously did not recognize Odysseus as the "Captain".

They also brought gifts such as beer and weapons.

When they first got on the boat, Blue and the others held their heads high, looking as if they had come from a big ship to a small boat.

But when Blue saw Yi Laizhe, the man with a white beard in the cab, he was stunned: "Mr. Yi... Mr. Yi Laizhe?"

The members of the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group and Edwina's subordinates were all stunned.

Everyone stopped, and Edwina asked her first mate, "Do you know each other?"

"It was Mr. Yilaizhe who took me out to sea," Blue explained. "He used to be the navigator on the Dawn."

After saying that, he quickly entered the cab and greeted Yi Laizhe.

This time, not only Edwina's subordinates, but even Edwina herself was very surprised.

Because this means that "Captain Gal" has obtained some of the "Mysterious Queen's" team. Even if only a navigator on the "Dawn" joins this pirate group, it means that the "Mysterious Queen" values him.

At this time, everyone put away their contempt, came to the spacious restaurant, sat down properly, and then began to look around.

The interior space of this small boat was larger than they had imagined.

Originally they thought this place would be like an ordinary small ship and the restaurant would not be very big at all, but after more than a dozen people sat down, it did not seem crowded at all.

Edwina, who was sitting at the head of the table, glanced at the "extraordinary chef" grilling meat in the kitchen, then asked Odysseus, "Are those 'extraordinary puppets'?"

"Yes." Odysseus smiled and said, "The crew of this ship, except for the navigators, are already sitting here."

Blue and the others looked towards the kitchen again. The exposed skin of the chefs was no different from that of humans. Only after being reminded by the captain did they notice that there was something abnormal about the spirituality of these "people".

At this moment, the way they looked at "Captain Gal" changed. As veteran pirates, they certainly knew that these "extraordinary puppets" meant that "Captain Gal" was ordered from a demigod.

This proved that firstly, he knew a demigod, and secondly, that demigod was willing to help.

You know, when they reach the level of demigods, it is difficult to impress them with things like money. Their willingness to provide help is the most valuable wealth.

Edwina then took the initiative to discuss the extraordinary history of the Fourth Epoch. She asked, "After the fall of the Solomon Empire, why was it called the 'United Empire' era? What exactly was this 'union' of forces?"

Odysseus simply replied, "It was the alliance between Trunsoste and Tudor. After the fall of the Solomon Empire, the two of them became the new rulers of the Northern Continent."

At this time, Third Officer Beavis also joined the topic: "Did the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Night Emperor' ever rule together?"

"Yes." Odysseus smiled and said, "They may be reluctant, but the gods at that time hoped that they could rule together."

The other crew members lacked the corresponding knowledge and could only listen from the sidelines.

The barbecue was finally served, and Odysseus raised his glass: "Let us welcome the friends of the 'Golden Dream'!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank. After putting down their glasses, they picked up the barbecue and put it into their mouths without paying much attention. Suddenly, they felt that the barbecue in front of them was particularly delicious.

Edwina couldn't help but ask, "The spices used in these barbecues are very special."

Odysseus smiled and said, "This is the secret recipe of the elves' barbecue that I accidentally obtained."

Then he continued, "I heard that the 'Golden Dream' once discovered many treasures. There must have been many interesting stories during the treasure hunt, right?"

This question hit the mark exactly as Blue, Danitz, and the others wanted, and for a moment, there was a burst of boasting.

The sociable Rupert always asked questions at the right time, which made their stories more exciting.

With the second mate in the front, Odysseus had time to chat with Edwina about some topics of mysticism.

And Edwina asked Odysseus to go to her study in the afternoon to continue discussing related mystical issues.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, after having eaten and drunk their fill, and with both the host and the guests in high spirits, Odysseus and the others sent Edwina and the others back to the ship.

After a short rest, Odysseus boarded the "Golden Dream" with some specially made dried meat and dried fish as a return gift.

Edwina also greeted him personally and invited Odysseus to the study.

After the study door closed, Edwina said, "I've found the magical item you needed."

　Thanks to [Huanyue Shenxu] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)