Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 296: Promoted to "Astrologer"

Edwina's study is truly a "study". The walls are all lined with bookshelves filled with all kinds of books, including ancient books, notes, and modern hardcover books.

As soon as Odysseus entered the door, Edwina told him that the magical item of the "audience" path he had requested before had been found.

Odysseus didn't hide his surprise: "So fast."

The oval-faced Vice Admiral smiled and said, "This is because you were of great help in today's operation."

At least that's what she thought. After returning to the ship, she immediately wrote a letter to her teacher Bennet, telling him about the exploration process and results, as well as the joining of Odysseus and the contribution made by this "great pirate".

Bennett's reply was quick. Before Edwina went on the "Argo", she received the reply letter, asking Edwina to try her best to win over this "big pirate".

She didn't take it too seriously at the time. After all, no matter what force it was, they would try to win over such a "big pirate" with great potential.

However, after Edwina returned to the ship, she received a long letter from her teacher Bennett, telling her that the seal requested by "Captain Gal" was currently going through the "gift procedure" and would be delivered to Edwina by a messenger tomorrow at the latest.

Bennett also gave detailed instructions for the subsequent exploration.

This speed is indeed quite fast. Generally speaking, the process of the church "paying the seal" to the outside world takes at least about a week.

Edwina believed that it was the kindness expressed by Odysseus that won the teacher's appreciation, which is why he was so proactive.

After all, after killing the black spider, you will obtain an extraordinary material for promotion to demigod.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You deserve it." Edwina sat in a chair, much like a scholar receiving guests in her study. "As for the clues we obtained in the darkroom, I now formally invite you to join the next exploration of that Beyonder's properties."

This was something Edwina couldn't understand. She had thought the teacher would let her spend money to buy out this clue. Faced with the characteristics of a demigod, the church would never be stingy with money.

Odysseus was slightly stunned. Although this was what he had longed for, it was also something he had not expected.

Edwina's invitation means that if Odysseus can find the demigod-level characteristics, he will have half of the ownership. The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom will have to pay a considerable price to buy his half of the ownership.

Although he hadn't expected it, Odysseus certainly wouldn't refuse such an invitation: "Okay."

He paused and continued, "But we lack sufficient clues right now. I suggest we stay in touch and discuss exploration after we gather some intelligence."

For example, Odysseus planned to go to Bernadette to find a sea chart from the Quaternary period and compare it with the location of the island in the mural.

"I thought so too," Edwina said. "An ancient battlefield like that must have been extremely dangerous. We must be fully prepared before taking action."

Then she continued, “This is exactly what I invited you to discuss with you.

"Theoretically, I should have heard of such a dangerous island, but I don't remember seeing any information about it."

Odysseus, who was sitting on Edwina's side, thought for a moment before saying, "Could it be that the island is in the 'Dangerous Sea'? It hasn't appeared in public for over a thousand years, so it's been forgotten."

Edwina nodded: "That's possible."

She took a deep breath and said, "If we need to enter the 'dangerous waters', we will need to do more preparation."

The two discussed for a while, but because they knew too few clues, they couldn't come to any conclusion.

So they exchanged the ways to summon the messenger, and Odysseus stood up and said goodbye.

Opening the door of the study, Odysseus saw many crew members of the "Golden Dream". Some were sweeping the floor in the corridor carefully, and some were wiping the walls. Everyone looked very busy.

Odysseus raised the corner of his mouth and said to Edwina, who was escorting him from behind, "I suddenly thought of a question and wanted to discuss it with you."

After saying that, he closed the study door again. The crew members in the corridor glared at the study door one by one.

Edwina smiled in the study and said, "The 'Scroll Professors' I've met are generally very steady."

In the Church of Knowledge, a group of extraordinary people with the path of "Mystery Peek" were also trained.

Extraordinary people from these two paths are good partners in learning knowledge and discussing problems.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Playing a little prank once in a while can help alleviate the dullness of life on the sea."

The two chatted for two or three minutes before Odysseus reopened the door. The crew members in the corridor quickly stood aside, smiling. Some invited Odysseus to have a drink, some invited Odysseus to go fishing, and some invited Odysseus to visit the captain's collection room.

"Let's visit again next time." Odysseus smiled and said, "I have something else to do today."

After seeing the annoying "Captain Gal" finally leave, a smile unconsciously appeared on the face of every crew member.

Especially the first mate Blue, his mouth became dry due to lack of water. When he grinned, his teeth were exposed, and two of them were missing at some point.

……

After Odysseus returned to the Argo, he immediately ordered the ship to set sail and return to Cruz Island.

There, a small-scale naval battle might take place, and the Ghost alone would not be enough.

Odysseus first divided up the two extraordinary creatures that he and the crew had hunted on the island. Because the ones who took action at the time were mainly Odysseus, the first mate, the second mate, and the battle captain, when Odysseus distributed the spoils, they took 60%, and the rest was divided among the other crew members.

Odysseus first paid money to take away the corpses of the two extraordinary creatures, and then promised to sell the extraordinary materials as soon as possible.

He noticed that the two extraordinary materials should be the main materials for promotion to "Sun Priest" and "Magician" respectively. If he found an opportunity to contact Edwina, they should be easy to sell.

The two extraordinary materials would have to be sold for at least a thousand pounds. The crew members were very happy to receive a bonus of more than a hundred pounds just for an outing.

Odysseus then sent Bazel back to Bayam and Rupert back to Cruz Island.

Then Odysseus returned to the studio and locked the door from the inside.

At this point, the potion was only a little bit away from being completely digested, and Odysseus knew how to digest the remaining potion.

He planned to go to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and take out the "whispers" of the "True Creator" that he had previously obtained from Klein's "Master of Secret Puppetry" characteristics.

If we can make a few scrolls with things of this level, the potion will definitely be digested immediately.

But before that, Odysseus first had to take a look at the spoils of this operation and do some preparatory work.

There are only two spoils of this operation. One is the "Shining Star Tree" that Odysseus currently needs. This extraordinary material has already formed a crystal.

Odysseus first collected the extraordinary materials, then picked the fruits and leaves, peeled off the bark with tools, and collected the sap of the tree.

The second piece of trophy is the giant black spider. This level of extraordinary creature is full of treasures. Its eight legs can be made into cold weapons with magical effects.

Its blood, internal organs, toxins, eyes, etc. can all be used to make scrolls, and its shell can also be used to make a suit of armor.

But in Odysseus's hands, this corpse can definitely be worth far more than 6000 pounds.

After dismembering the black spider and collecting the spiritual materials, Odysseus sat at the workbench, looking at the black liquid in the glass bottle in front of him and fell into deep thought.

The black slime looks harmless now, because it is currently in the "wilderness of knowledge". If it is brought to the real world, Odysseus will definitely be dizzy from the "babbling".

Forget about figuring out how to make a scroll, just be thankful you don’t lose control immediately.

The study of these "whispers" can be done in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", but scrolls must be made in the real world.

Odysseus thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with a good solution.

Just when he was about to ask the "Mysterious Queen" for help, he suddenly looked at the black spider shell he had just put away.

Odysseus suddenly had a good idea. He immediately took the shells to the real world, cut them with tools, and began to draw magic circles on the inside of the shells.

Finally, after the four magic circles were drawn, Odysseus put them together into a square and activated this small composite magic circle.

Then he took a deep breath and took out the mutterings of the "True Creator" from the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

The moment he returned to the real world, Odysseus heard a sound as if his head was about to explode. The sound was not very harsh, but it sounded like someone was stirring his brain with pliers.

Odysseus quickly threw the glass bottle into the box he had just made, and the crazy muttering immediately disappeared.

He took two deep breaths and felt that his condition was not affected before he reached into the box and touched the glass bottle again.

Just as he expected, the mumbling voice did not appear.

Or rather, it appeared, but did not reach his ears.

If Odysseus had not just obtained the shell of the black spider, even if he thought of this idea, he would not have had any good materials to use.

This black spider is an extraordinary creature of the "Secret Prayer" path. It has an affinity with the "whispering" in the glass bottle. The small composite magic circle designed by Odysseus is used to allow the black spider's shell to help him withstand the "whispering".

If there is such affinity, "Whisper" will prioritize impacting the newly created box.

The effect was better than expected. As long as the glass bottle was in the frame, Odysseus could hardly hear the "mumbling".

After solving the most critical problem, Odysseus put the "rabble" back into the "wilderness of knowledge" and began to study the "rabble".

He spent four or five days in the "wilderness of knowledge" and finally figured out how to use "whispering" to write scrolls.

Theoretically, this is a spiritual material that is comparable to the god-level. The scroll made at Odysseus' current level can also be used to attack demigods.

But these whispers can only be written on nine scrolls in total. Odysseus estimates that he can completely digest his potion by writing three at most.

After doing enough research, Odysseus returned to the real world again. He first laid out the paper, and then modified the pen used to write the scroll, adding a bunch of bristles cut from a giant black spider to the tip of the pen.

Normally, Odysseus would first prepare the corresponding spiritual materials and then write.

After processing those demigod-level spiritual materials, some other spiritual materials must be added before they can be used.

However, the "mumbling" of the "real creator" cannot be mixed in advance and can only be mixed on the spot when writing after preparing other materials.

After making all the preparations, Odysseus sat in front of the box made of the black spider's shell, reached out and took out the "whispering" of the "true creator", and after being briefly shocked by the whispering, he put the glass bottle back into the box.

Then Odysseus reached into the glass bottle with his modified, spiritual pen.

The black spider bristles added to the pen made the mucus-like "whispering" in the glass bottle suddenly materialize and turn into real mucus.

Then Odysseus quickly picked up the pen, dipped it in other spiritual materials, and began to write.

When he saw the coherent characters, the corners of Odysseus' mouth curled up slightly. The giant black spider he hunted today really helped him a lot.

When the last character of the scroll was written, the scroll rolled up on its own and emitted a gray light.

Odysseus's spirit sensed that the ability of this scroll was to emit a very penetrating "whisper", causing the target to fall into extreme pain within 6 seconds and lose all ability to move.

6 seconds is for Sequence 6 Beyonders. If the target is at Sequence 5, the time it takes to lose the ability to move is 4 seconds.

It is also effective against demigod-level targets, but it can only affect the opponent, making the target lose the ability to attack, and it can only affect the target for 1 second.

Odysseus sighed: My level is still too low. If I reach the level of Sequence 5, I can make the same scroll and use it to deal with demigods.

However, these scrolls are already very powerful. If he has 4 seconds, he can seriously injure a Sequence 5.

If used at the right time, it can completely kill a Sequence 5.

Then Odysseus began writing again, this time writing a new scroll based on his previous research.

Just like the previous scroll, when the last character is written, the scroll glows and rolls up on its own.

Odysseus's spiritual sense sensed that this scroll had a power similar to "spiritual words" and could directly issue orders to the target's spirit, but it was also below the level of a demigod and could only issue orders such as "death" and "fall".

But at the level of demigod, one can only issue commands such as "slow", "weak", and "ignore".

As the second scroll was completed, Odysseus suddenly felt the long-lost sense of brokenness, and the potion was completely digested!

He breathed a sigh of relief and put the glass bottle containing the "whispering" back into the "wilderness of knowledge".

Then Odysseus immediately wrote a letter to Bernadette, telling her that all the promotion materials had been collected and the potion had been digested.

Having written this, Odysseus felt his own condition, which was pretty good, so he stated in the letter that he could be promoted at any time.

Soon he received a reply from Bernadette, asking him to be ready in the evening as she would come to pick up Odysseus at ten o'clock.

Odysseus couldn't help but curl his lips into a faint smile. He sat at his workbench, doing nothing but imagining the abilities he would gain after his promotion. Becoming a "Pirate General" was also on the agenda.

After daydreaming for a while, Odysseus recalled that the book "Scroll: From Beginner to Mastery" had not been completed yet.

So he came to the "wilderness of knowledge" again, wrote down his understanding and feelings about the scroll, and completed the core part of the book.

Odysseus reorganized the entire book. The first part of the book explains the meaning of the scroll and some techniques for making scrolls.

In particular, the method of making all scrolls using only parchment as writing material is the essence of this part.

The second part is the scroll examples, which include a total of fifty-four commonly used scrolls. If you can learn all of these scrolls, you will be considered to have gotten started.

The third part is what Odysseus has just completed, which is all his insights into the "scroll", as well as his understanding of the "scroll professor" and the guide to digesting potions.

After finishing the book, Odysseus felt his spirit suddenly become active, and when he returned to the real world, he felt better than ever.

Odysseus sighed: Writing this book is the best preparation for promotion.

After that, Odysseus didn't bother with anything else. He went to the cockpit and stared at the sea in front of him in a daze.

At ten o'clock that night, the pumpkin-shaped carriage appeared in the Argonaut's workshop.

Odysseus had already made preparations. He opened the door and boarded the carriage. Then the carriage entered the spirit world and moved quickly.

Bernadette was not in the carriage. When the carriage left the spiritual world, Odysseus saw Bernadette, who had chestnut hair, smart clothes, and a sense of awe without anger.

This was in a not very dense forest. Odysseus's spirituality probably allowed him to know that he was already on the sea of fog.

"I didn't expect you to digest the potion so quickly." Bernadette observed Odysseus and said after making sure that he had completely digested the potion.

"You have to get promoted quickly. Only when you become a demigod can you feel at ease." Odysseus said.

Bernadette was well aware that the Hidden Sage seemed to be very interested in Odysseus. She didn't say anything, but simply raised her hand and tossed Odysseus a glasses case: "I wish you success in your promotion in advance."

Odysseus took the glasses case and opened it, revealing a pair of exquisite golden glasses.

The spirit told him that these glasses could seal the "Eye of Prying Eyes" and prevent him from seeing things he shouldn't see.

"Thank you," Odysseus thanked him sincerely. "I had forgotten about this."

Bernadette smiled and said neatly, "Follow me."

She led the way, and Odysseus followed closely behind.

Bernadette asked, "How are things going lately?"

"Not bad." Odysseus smiled helplessly. "I know the background of the 'Deep Blue' pirate group. They are descendants of the Feynaport Navy. I was originally planning to sell the 'Ghost' to them, but the Loen Navy also wanted to intervene.

"I thought about it and finally decided to side with the Loen Navy."

Bernadette said "hmm", indicating that she understood and that she did not intend to interfere with Odysseus' decision.

Odysseus added, "I met Vice Admiral Iceberg today."

Bernadette paused: "Edwina Edwards?"

"Yes, that's her." Odysseus said, "I plan to contact the Church of Knowledge through her."

Odysseus had no intention of hiding this matter from Bernadette, or rather, it was only in front of Bernadette that Odysseus was willing to tell her about his plan.

Bernadette continued forward: "You hope to use the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom to fight against the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "That's right, use the church to fight the church."

"That's a solution," Bernadette said. "As you said, get promoted quickly. Once you become a demigod, the threat posed by the church will be much less."

At this time, the two people left the woods and suddenly the view in front of them became clear. Bernadette took Odysseus to a grassland. The grass here was waist-high and swayed slightly in the breeze, looking like a green wave of wheat.

The weather is very good tonight and the sky is full of twinkling stars.

The beautiful starry sky, coupled with the vast, undulating grassland, looks very poetic.

In the grassland, Odysseus saw three animals with long necks moving under the starry sky.

They look a bit like deer, but the horns on their heads are more like cow horns. The most striking thing is their necks. Although not as long as a giraffe's, they are much longer than a normal deer.

They are the colorful star-eyed beasts.

The ceremony for promotion to "Astrologer" is: riding on the back of a colorful star-eyed beast and drinking a magic potion under the midnight sky.

Bernadette said, "It's still some time before midnight. You can prepare the potion first, and then try to tame a 'Colorful Star-Eyed Beast'."

Odysseus was stunned: "It still needs to be tamed?"

"What else?" Bernadette glanced at Odysseus and asked, "Would you like a stranger to ride on your neck?"

Odysseus was amused by this analogy: "Okay, I'll make the potion first."

Bernadette raised her hand, and a table that looked somewhat unreal appeared in front of Odysseus.

He took out the materials he had prepared long ago. The first one was the essential oil of black peony that he had just refined a few days ago. It was a pure black essential oil containing some crystals.

Generally speaking, only a few drops or a dozen drops of essential oil are enough for potions, but to be promoted to "Astrologer" requires 50 ml of black peony essential oil.

Before setting off, Odysseus had already measured everything with a measuring cylinder, so now all he had to do was pour these materials into a glass bottle that had been prepared long ago.

The second auxiliary material is the black liquid traded from Cattleya, the sap of the misty black birch tree, which also requires 50 ml.

This juice is a powerful hallucinogen and can make the drinker lose his way for a certain period of time.

The remaining two are one fruit of the Sparkling Star Tree and 12 grams of the liver of the Pegasus.

The former is a hawthorn-sized fruit dotted with shiny crystals on its surface, and the latter is a blood-red liver.

Odysseus took out two exquisite wooden boxes and opened one of them. Inside was a piece of pale yellow crystal with starlight constantly flashing.

This is the main material, the "core crystal of the Sparkling Star Tree". Under the starry sky, the starlight of the crystal looks brighter.

As soon as the main ingredient was added, the potion in the glass bottle began to react, like a boiling pot, and the crystals were slowly melting.

In the second box was the "Pituitary Gland of the Trickery Pegasus". There were also starlight flashing inside the small pituitary gland, as if it contained many fragments of stars.

When the "pituitary gland" was placed in the glass bottle, a layer of black mist instantly gushed out of the potion.

After the mist dissipated, what remained in the glass bottle was a ball of black liquid with star-like crystals. Those crystals looked like flowing starlight and looked very beautiful.

Odysseus put the cork in the bottle and put the potion in his pocket.

An ancient stone throne reappeared behind Bernadette, and she sat down. "You can begin now. You must convince one of the colorful star-eyed beasts to accept you before midnight."

Odysseus said "hmm" and used a "Flying Scroll". Then he flew through the thick grass and approached the colorful star-eyed beasts.

The three colorful star-eyed beasts that looked a bit like deer immediately turned around and ran in three directions when they saw Odysseus approaching.

Odysseus chased one of them, and when he got closer, he could see clearly that the fur of the colorful star-eyed beast was gray and its eyes were black, which had nothing to do with the words "colorful" or "star-eyed".

But this is not the time to worry about this. Odysseus seized the opportunity and jumped onto the back of the colorful star-eyed beast, but was immediately thrown out.

The legs of the Colorful Star-Eyed Beast are not very tall, but its jumping ability is very strong. It uses inertia to throw Odysseus far away.

Fortunately, the effective time of the "Flying Scroll" had not yet ended, and Odysseus flew over again. This time he grabbed the fur of the colorful star-eyed beast. As a result, the fur all over its body seemed to be soaked in grease all of a sudden, and Odysseus's hand slipped and he was thrown out again.

Odysseus was still not discouraged. He pounced on the colorful star-eyed beast and hugged it directly. However, the beast turned its head, grabbed Odysseus' hair with its mouth, shook its head and threw him out again.

Odysseus stopped in mid-air in the grass in a somewhat awkward manner, and did not fall to the ground.

He asked Bernadette: "Can we knock it out?"

Odysseus saw Bernadette sitting on an ancient stone throne with her legs crossed, a wine glass in her hand, looking over here as if enjoying a show. "No, if it's not awake when midnight comes, it won't be of any use."

Odysseus had no choice but to continue chasing the colorful star-eyed beast. He was thrown away several times and accidentally fell on the grass.

He rolled over a few times, and the force of his fall was relieved.

Odysseus looked at the night sky, breathing slightly heavily, and didn't want to get up for a moment.

At this moment, all he could see was the grass and the night sky.

After a while, Bernadette appeared with a concerned look on her beautiful face. She floated over the grass and asked, "Are you okay?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "The starry sky is so beautiful tonight."

Bernadette smiled and said, "It's almost midnight, and you're still in the mood to appreciate the stars."

Odysseus sat up and stretched. "If I can get promoted later, I'll lie down here for a while."

Bernadette sat back on her stone throne: "Let's complete the promotion first."

Odysseus stood up again, but this time he did not rush towards the colorful star-eyed beast. Instead, he took out two spiritual materials from the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

One was a powder made from the fruit of the "Shimmering Star Tree". He dried some of it on himself to cover up his smell.

Another spiritual material is a few leaves from the "Alamein Tree".

The "Crystal of the Alamein Tree" is one of the main materials for promotion to "Scroll Professor". When Odysseus was promoted to "Scroll Professor", he hunted an "Alamein Tree" that Bernadette had reserved.

At that time, Odysseus plucked all the leaves, dried and crushed some of them, and made them into powder for use.

There is also a part that has not been processed and has the "freshness" of the "knowledge wilderness", as if they were just picked from the tree.

Odysseus was in no hurry to chase after the colorful star-eyed beast this time. He held up the leaf and slowly walked over: "Do you want to eat it? If you do, just come over."

"This leaf is worth a pound. I'm being generous today and will treat you to a feast."

The colorful star-eyed beast looked at Odysseus and this time did not run away immediately.

Odysseus put on a smiling face and said: "I won't hurt you, I just need your help. Come, come, how about tasting the leaves?"

He approached slowly, and the colorful star-eyed beast really stretched out its head and took away a leaf. Then its mouth chewed the leaves of the "Tree of Alamein" like a cow.

Such spiritual creatures certainly like to eat things that are rich in spirituality.

And the smell emitted by the person in front of him didn't seem so unpleasant.

After eating a leaf, the colorful star-eyed beast stretched out its head and took away another leaf.

After eating three pieces, Odysseus reached out and touched its head, and it stopped resisting.

After eating eight pieces, Odysseus jumped on its back and it could barely accept it.

At this time, Odysseus discovered that the colorful star-eyed beast's fur had changed color. It was gray just now, but now it turned light blue.

The colorful star-eyed beast also raised its head and looked directly at the starry sky. Its eyes seemed to be assimilated by the starlight and also emitted bright starlight.

As midnight approached, the fur of the colorful star-eyed beast began to change more. Sometimes it was light blue, sometimes light green, and finally the fur in different positions turned into different colors, as beautiful as a rainbow.

The biggest change is the raised neck of the colorful star-eyed beast. It seems to have become transparent and looks very unreal.

Colorful starlight appeared in the nearly transparent neck, emitting dreamy colors, making the surrounding grass look as unreal as if it were under neon lights.

At this time, Bernadette reminded: "Drink the potion!"

Odysseus did not hesitate, opened the glass bottle containing the potion, and drank the "Astrologer" potion in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)