Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 297 New Abilities After Promotion

After drinking the potion, Odysseus suddenly felt as if he was thrown into the depths of the universe, as if he was getting farther and farther away from the real world.

Odysseus looked around, there was nothing around, and an unprecedented feeling of powerlessness filled his heart.

At this moment, a cluster of brilliant colors suddenly appeared in the distance in front of Odysseus.

Odysseus seemed to suddenly wake up, "remembered" that he was being promoted at this time, and found himself again in an instant.

He stared at the brilliant light and "ran" towards it with all his strength.

At this moment, he didn't know whether he was taking steps, but he was sure that he was rapidly approaching the ball of color.

After only a few seconds, the ball of color was right in front of him. Suddenly, there were huge changes around Odysseus. First, green whirlpools formed, and these whirlpools quickly calmed down and turned into grasslands.

The dazzling light in front of him also split into two parts, one was the neck of the colorful star-eyed beast, and the other was the starry sky above his head.

Odysseus noticed that starlight was flowing on his hands and body, and eventually the starlight gradually disappeared into his body.

He took a deep breath and the promotion was successful.

Odysseus glanced at the colorful star-eyed beast that was looking up at the starry sky, and suddenly understood the meaning of this ceremony.

The promotion to "Astrologer" caused Odysseus's spirit to undergo certain transformations, but this transformation process could easily cause his consciousness to be lost in an unknown space.

At this time, the neck of the Colorful Star-Eyed Beast will become a "signpost" to guide him to regain consciousness.

Then Odysseus thought: This promotion was very smooth, so smooth that it didn't seem like a promotion to Sequence 5.

But he soon understood it, because among all the promotions so far, this time his condition was the best, which was of great help for his promotion.

Then, Odysseus gathered his spiritual energy and jumped off the back of the colorful star-eyed beast.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, the voice of the Hidden Sage reappeared, and his voice was still as cold as ever: "O boundless universe!
"You are not just a pile of material things,

“It is more of a collection of information and knowledge, a chaotic dance of the spirituality.

"The chaotic whispers are... knowledge... Kanal... endless..."

Now I can hear one more sentence.

However, because Bernadette was not far away, he did not think about it too much, but continued to walk towards Bernadette.

At this time, Bernadette said, "First, gather your spiritual energy and feel your new abilities."

Odysseus nodded and sat down on the grass. While gathering his spirituality, he wondered why the "Hidden Sage" wanted to "read poetry" to him?

I can now hear the entire first sentence, which seems to describe the essence of the universe: a collection of information and knowledge, a chaotic dance of the spirit.

From the perspective of certain mystical concepts, everything in the world is closely related to knowledge. For example, if you study the germination, growth, and withering of a blade of grass, you will find that they are all biological knowledge.

But whether humans study grass or not, these biological knowledge will still exist. The grass will not stop growing just because humans don't study it.

So from another perspective, it is the "knowledge" that guides the growth of the grass.

As for the "spiritual jumping", it reminded Odysseus of his previous thoughts on the relationship between spirituality and extraordinaryness.

He believes that spirituality and extraordinaryness should be considered separately, but the two are closely related.

Spirituality and mysticism are inseparable, or in other words, in Odysseus's view, in addition to being "extraordinary", this world is also special in terms of "spirituality".

It's more like a ubiquitous and seemingly inexhaustible energy source.

Most of Odysseus' current research is to find ways to utilize spirituality as much as possible.

Thinking of this, Odysseus said to himself: I believe that the "Hidden Sage" would not be so kind as to explain the nature of this world to me. He must have his own intentions in what he said.

But because he knew too few clues, Odysseus had no idea what the "Hidden Sage" was planning.

Anyway, even if I figured it out, I can't stop my ears from hearing those voices. I can only leave it like this for now and wait until I have the ability to completely isolate the calls of the "Hidden Sage".

Then Odysseus used his spirituality to begin to feel his new abilities. After the promotion, the new ability he mastered was "Star Sand".

First of all, these "star sands" can directly attack the target, entangle the target, and make the target fall apart.

Odysseus's understanding is that the most direct means of attack of these "star sands" is to destroy the molecular structure of the target and break it into individual atoms. In this way, the target of the attack becomes "fine sand" that cannot be detected by the naked eye.

"Star Sand" can also be used to summon "Starlight Pillars". The light pillars with twinkling stars will cover a certain area and the target will collapse quickly.

You can also use "Star Sand" to create a "Starlight Cage", which has similar abilities to "Imprisonment", but in a different form. "Imprisonment" will consume a small amount of spiritual power at the moment of use, and the effect will disappear after imprisoning the target for a few seconds.

However, after using the "Starlight Prison", it will continue to consume spiritual energy and can imprison the target until it is actively released.

However, there are two other situations where the imprisonment is released passively. The first is that the enemy breaks free from the imprisonment, and the second is that one's own spiritual energy is exhausted and forced to release the spiritual energy.

When it comes to the second situation, we have to talk about the spiritual changes after promotion.

Odysseus felt that after his promotion, his spiritual power seemed to have doubled in an instant!
He felt that he should be able to "imprison" a Sequence 5 level target for more than half a minute, but this ability could only create opportunities for his teammates, because after "imprisoning" the target, Odysseus could not use other abilities.

If you want to capture your opponent alive, this is a good ability. Otherwise, it is better to kill the opponent directly with "Star Sand".

Not only can it be used for attack, "Star Sand" can also turn Odysseus into "fine sand" and pass through some extremely narrow or small places.

To be honest, this ability is a bit unlike a Sequence 5 ability, because generally only at the demigod level can one make part of the body virtual to avoid attacks or avoid disasters.

However, after Odysseus thought about it, he felt that it was understandable. This was equivalent to the "star sand" turning Odysseus's body into a molecular or atomic level structure, and then immediately completing the reorganization in an instant.

It is similar to the "shadowing" of the "secret praying man" path and the "incarnation of desire" of the "demon" path.

Another ability is the "materialization" of "Star Sand".

"Star Sand" can not only use these extraordinary abilities, but can also become "materialized", such as being used as a shield. It is much stronger than the "Defense Scroll", but it also consumes a lot of spiritual power.

Because Odysseus currently has a "Scale Armor Scroll" that is more useful and consumes less spiritual power, the shield is not very useful to him.

However, "star sand" can also form many other structures. For example, if you pass through a swamp, you can use "star sand" to create solid ground and pass through the swamp.

When getting off the boat, there is no need for a spiral staircase, you can just use the "star sand" as stairs.

The above are the new abilities after possessing "Star Sand". In addition, "Star Sand" can also replace the corresponding spiritual materials, allowing Odysseus to use "witchcraft" more quickly.

In other words, you no longer have to carry spiritual materials with you to prevent the scrolls from running out. Whenever you want to use any "witchcraft", you just need to summon "star sand".

Moreover, the "magic" used by Star Sand is about twice as powerful as that at Sequence 6, and has almost the same power as the scrolls created by Sequence 6.

As for the scroll, its power has also doubled.

This is completely a "backroom operation". The symbols used to write the scroll are still the same symbols, and the spiritual materials are still the same spiritual materials, but the power is even greater!

In Odysseus's understanding, this is the qualitative change brought about by extraordinary characteristics.

After all, to a certain extent, extraordinary characteristics bring distortion and chaos to the world.

It can be seen that the characteristics of the "astrologer" have caused the symbols and materials to become "orderly chaotic".

It’s like it was originally “1”, but after being “processed” by the characteristics, it somehow became “2”.

Odysseus called this change "ordered chaos" because the process was so stable and reliable, and the characteristics achieved this every time Odysseus wrote the scroll.

In addition, the upper limit of what Odysseus can achieve when writing scrolls is higher.

Many times before, some of Odysseus’ ideas about the scroll could not be realized because the level of its own characteristics was too low. Now that the level of characteristics has become higher, many ideas can be tested.

The most intuitive manifestation is that if the scroll is written with the "whispering" of the "true creator", the power of the scroll will be greater and its abilities will be more diverse.

This is also the reason why, after the potion was digested, Odysseus immediately stopped the "mumbling" of the "true creator".

The utilization of demigod-level spiritual materials can also reach new heights. With the inventory of high-level materials in Odysseus's hands, he will soon have a new batch of high-level scrolls.

This is an improvement in Odysseus' core ability after his promotion. He also has a new ability: astrology.

Moreover, the accuracy of "astrology" is comparable to that of the "astrology" of the "Puppet Master" of the same level.

It’s just that other types of divination remain the same and can complete the process of “divination”, but they are far inferior to “diviners”.

In addition, the "astrologer" can not only use the crystal ball for astrology, but also has the ability to use the crystal ball to conduct "video conversations" over long distances. However, this process also requires continuous consumption of spiritual energy.

The "Eye of Peering into Mysteries" has also been upgraded. Now the "Eye of Peering into Mysteries" can already see most of the occult phenomena, as well as the basic operations of occultism, or the essence of occult operations.

You can even see through some high-level mystical barriers and see what you want to see.

But the price you pay for it is that it's easy to see things you shouldn't see.

After all, he is still only a Sequence 5 now. If he accidentally sees the mythical creatures wandering in the spirit world, he will definitely be contaminated.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the "Eye of Secrets" must be sealed.

Perhaps it was because there was so much occult information to be seen, that after the promotion, one could observe the other party's astral body and see their luck for the next week, and even the key to changing their luck.

However, this can also be achieved using "astrology", and it is more reliable.

If there is a similar need, Odysseus will use "astrology" and try not to lift the seal on the "Eye of Secrets".

The last point is that a lot of knowledge about astrology and the knowledge of interpreting astrology appeared in Odysseus' mind.

Odysseus took a deep breath. Generally speaking, the improvement from Sequence 6 to Sequence 5 was more powerful than the improvement from Sequence 7 to Sequence 6.

Because Bernadette was still there, Odysseus couldn't go to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" immediately to check the new abilities he had gained there. He could only wait a while.

Then, Odysseus spread his arms and lay on the grass. "I'm already Sequence 5. I'm not far from becoming a demigod."

Bernadette, standing by, warned, "You're overthinking it. Sequence 4 is a difficult hurdle for any Beyonder.

"Potion formulas and Beyonder properties are not something you can obtain simply by demanding them."

Odysseus was quite optimistic. He smiled and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to provide a clue to the Sequence 4 main material?"

Bernadette sat on the stone throne. "At least you need to stabilize your condition and start digesting the potion, then I will tell you."

"Okay." Odysseus said, "Don't sit anymore. Come lie down together. It's really comfortable to lie on the grass."

Bernadette was a little moved, but she just leaned forward slightly and said, "Let's sit down."

"There's no one else here," Odysseus said. "If you talk like that now, I can only see your feet and your legs."

He paused and smiled, "Although you are the queen, which is in line with your lofty status, you are also a very considerate, humble, and lovable queen.

"For an ordinary person like me to always look up to you, it's just..."

"Okay." Bernadette interrupted, "You suddenly calling me 'you' gives me goosebumps."

As he spoke, the ancient stone chair disappeared, and Bernadette sat next to Odysseus, and the distance between them became much closer.

Odysseus looked at the starry sky and said, “When I was a child, my grandfather grew watermelons for a few years.

“When the watermelons are about to ripen, you have to stay in the fields at night to prevent people from stealing them.

"My favorite thing is to go to the watermelon farm with Grandpa, because we can eat as much watermelon as we want from the farm, and Grandpa seems to know everything. No matter what questions I ask him, he can always answer them.

“He also likes to tell ghost stories, which both scare me and make me enjoy listening to them.

"When Grandpa fell asleep, I would look at the night sky and think about all sorts of things."

Having said this, Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief: "Ever since I came to the city to study, I haven't seen such a beautiful starry sky."

Bernadette looked at Odysseus beside her, then took a deep breath and said, "When I was little, whenever I was angry with my father, I would climb onto the roof and count the stars. As I counted, I would no longer be angry.

“When I encounter something I can’t figure out or something that makes me uncomfortable, I count the stars. As I count, my mood gets better.”

She smiled faintly: "I also feel it's a pity. Counting stars is no longer helpful for the problems we are facing now.

"No matter how many times I count, I won't feel any better."

As she spoke, she also lay down on the grass, looking at the bright starry sky with some longing.

Odysseus asked, "Your home is in Trier, right?"

"I..." Bernadette suddenly smiled: "Sometimes I don't know if that is my home."

"Do you miss that place?" "Sometimes," Bernadette said with emotion. "Back then, I still had a pretty happy family."

"Then that's your hometown." Odysseus said, "Homeland doesn't necessarily refer to a specific place. Sometimes it refers to the destination of the soul."

Bernadette turned her head to look at Odysseus, who was now resting his hands on his head and closing his eyes, as if enjoying the quiet night. "Your words sound very philosophical."

"I've read some philosophy books." Odysseus smiled and said, "To be honest, the first impression is that they are just some word games.

“But when I really wanted to express my inner thoughts, I realized I needed these philosophical thoughts.”

"This reminds me of my experience studying philosophy." Bernadette's lips curled up: "It was a disaster!
"I still can't figure out why I have to study philosophy..."

At this time, Bernadette heard a soft snoring sound. She turned her head and saw that Odysseus had fallen asleep.

She stared at Odysseus's handsome profile for a while before saying, "You're tired too. Take a rest."

Then she smiled and said, "It seems that you feel safe around me."

After staying in silence for a few minutes, Bernadette suddenly felt that this tranquility was very beautiful.

……

Odysseus found himself in a confined space.

It was pitch black all around. He touched the front with his hand and felt a stone wall. There was also a stone wall on the right.

He seemed to have suddenly fallen into a stone coffin. The feeling of being cramped and the illusion of being buried alive made him panic.

But then he remembered that he was now Sequence 5 and had many new methods, enough to deal with more complex problems.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

Suddenly, Odysseus felt something move on his left side. He was startled and tried to open his eyes wide, but the "Eye of Secrets" seemed to have no "night vision" effect at this time, and he could not see anything on the left side at all.

Odysseus suddenly remembered that the "Mysterious Queen" was on his right side, so he asked, "Bernadette?"

The other party paused for a second or two before answering: "Edwina."

Odysseus was stunned. He and Vice Admiral Iceberg were sailing in different directions in the afternoon, and now they were on an island in the Misty Sea. How could he possibly meet Edwina?
At this time, Edwina asked: "What is this place? Why are you here?"

"I don't know." Odysseus said honestly, "I was asleep and suddenly appeared here."

"Me too." Edwina said, "By the way, have you seen my letter?"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment before he said, "No, I left the ship around ten o'clock."

"So that's how it is." Edwina said, "At night, some crew members noticed that something was wrong with First Mate Blue.

"I went to take a look, and for some reason his whole face looked a little shriveled, as if he was extremely dehydrated.

"But he didn't seem to realize it, so I used the 'secret technique' to put him into a deep sleep and examined him.

"His spirit body seems to be connected to something. I have tried many ways to sever the connection, but I have not been able to do so. If this continues, he and the other party may completely interchange.

“That’s why I wrote to you and asked what you thought.

“But until after three in the morning, you didn’t reply.

"At this time, I thought of a way to temporarily stabilize the situation and prevent First Mate Blue's condition from developing in a dangerous direction, so I went to rest."

Odysseus was stunned for a moment: "When I fell asleep, it was about one in the morning."

Then he knocked on the stone in front of him and said, "Could this be the sarcophagus we explored during the day?

"Not only was Blue affected, but we were also affected without even realizing it?"

This sounds a bit scary, but it is a logical guess.

The only thing Odysseus couldn't figure out was that Bernadette was right next to him. After he suddenly disappeared, didn't she look for him? Or did she leave after seeing him fall asleep?
While thinking, Odysseus said: "Anyway, let's take a look at the surrounding situation first."

Having said this, Odysseus stretched out his hand and created a small ball of fire with star sand.

What he saw was a horrifying scene. The person next to him was not Edwina at all, but a shriveled corpse!

The face had empty eyes and its lips were shriveled, revealing its teeth, making it look very ferocious.

An expression of surprise gradually appeared on the other person's withered face...

Call ~
Odysseus suddenly woke up and first saw a huge colorful umbrella.

Then he saw the bed "reappear" under his body. It turned out that it was raining, so Bernadette "reappeared" the umbrella and the bed.

The bright starry sky disappeared, and the surroundings were dim. The only sound was the sound of raindrops hitting the grass.

Bernadette sat at the other end of the bed: "Did you just dream that you went to another place?"

Odysseus was stunned, and then he suddenly remembered his dream: "Yes!"

Then he told the "Mysterious Queen" everything about his dream and briefly talked about his exploration this morning.

Bernadette thought for a moment before saying, “I realized it wasn’t that dangerous, so I didn’t wake you up rashly.

"It's similar to what I suspected earlier. Your spirit has established some kind of connection with a corpse in the mausoleum. So, after you fell asleep, part of your spirit and consciousness returned to the stone chamber through these connections."

Odysseus nodded slowly. "In other words, sever this connection, or destroy the bodies... No, we have to sever the connection first, then destroy the bodies."

Bernadette said, "Yeah."

Odysseus thought for a moment and asked again, "Could this just be a dream?"

"That's easy to verify," Bernadette said with a smile. "Just wait until you return to the Argo and see if you've received any letters from Edwards."

She paused and continued, “But I think it’s most likely not a dream.

"In the Third Age, cremation was not popular. Only criminals or heretics were burned to death.

"If the demigod's body isn't cremated, even if its Beyonder characteristics have already emerged, it will still undergo certain mutations.

“Before the church was buried, the clergy there would seal it or do some processing, but after the church was buried, no one cared about the situation there.

"So the corpses there may have mutated into monsters with certain strange abilities."

Odysseus and others also thought of this, so they just looked at the murals and did not open the sarcophagus.

He stood up and said, "I'll go back now."

At this time, Bernadette suddenly asked: "How many people participated in the exploration?"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment before answering: "8 people."

“How many sarcophagi are there?”

Odysseus thought for a moment: "Seven mouths..."

He understood what Bernadette meant: "I will investigate everyone who has explored."

Bernadette nodded slowly, indicating that this was what she meant.

There were 7 sarcophagi, but because one of them contained two corpses, there were a total of 8 corpses in the dark room, corresponding exactly to the 8 people who explored.

In the world of occultism, sometimes many problems can be solved just by looking at numbers.

Bernadette watched Odysseus' figure disappear into the void, looked around with some melancholy, and disappeared in an instant.

The "reappeared" colorful umbrella and bed gradually became illusory and eventually disappeared without a trace.

The only sound here is the sound of rain under the night sky.

……

In the Argonaut's workshop, an illusory door suddenly appeared in the middle.

Odysseus pushed the door open and looked at the workbench first. Sure enough, there was a letter from Edwina.

The content of the letter is similar to the conversation between the two people in the sarcophagus.

Just as Odysseus finished reading, a flesh-and-blood messenger lady delivered another letter, also from Edwina.

He had already guessed the content of the letter. When he opened it, he found that it really described the dream he had just had. However, Edwina saw that Odysseus was a corpse at that time, which was what woke her up.

At the same time, Edwina also guessed that the problem must have been caused by the exploration of the dark room during the day.

She invited Odysseus to the "Golden Dream" to discuss solutions to the problem.

Odysseus did not go to the "Golden Dream" immediately because he wanted to first see the abilities he had gained in the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Perhaps the new abilities gained will be useful in solving problems next time.

So after reading the letter, Odysseus leaned back in his chair and entered the "wilderness of knowledge" through "meditation".

After entering here, it seemed that the entire "Wilderness of Knowledge" shook slightly. Odysseus took a step and came to the tall tower composed of light balls.

As soon as he entered here, two balls of light suddenly broke away from the tower and flew towards Odysseus.

With the experience of his last promotion, Odysseus immediately reached out and touched one of the light balls.

The ball of light quickly merged with Odysseus, which immediately gave Odysseus the knowledge of how to avoid being contaminated and affected when observing the starry sky.

When Odysseus used "astrology" by observing the starry sky, there was a certain probability that the question he wanted to divine would be noticed by some outer gods.

With the protection of the "barrier", perhaps the Outer Gods cannot pollute Odysseus, but being targeted by them is never a good thing.

The light ball provides a magic circle.

This magic circle is exactly what Odysseus has always dreamed of. It can prevent the gods from seeing Odysseus.

Odysseus immediately "looked" at the magic circle in his mind and found that it was very similar to the magic circle he designed to block the gaze of the "God of Steam and Machinery".

The only difference is that this magic circle requires the use of an extraordinary characteristic of "Trickster".

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This direction of combining magic arrays with characteristics is correct!

As long as you make use of the extraordinary characteristics a little, you can deceive the gods.

Of course, using this magic circle under the gaze of a god would have no effect. It was only suitable for situations where one guessed that the god would look at them but would not pay special attention.

If you don't want to expose yourself in such a situation, you can use this magic circle.

The specific effect is that it obscures the "true vision" of the gods to a certain extent.

But if a certain god is paying special attention to the action that Odysseus is about to take, this magic circle will most likely be of no use.

After all, it was a divine spirit, and the characteristic utilized in the magic circle was merely a "thief" path, a Sequence 8 characteristic. If the divine spirit paid close attention, it would be able to find Odysseus.

With the protection of the "barrier", it is okay to deceive external gods, but it is a bit difficult to deceive the gods inside the barrier.

Odysseus laughed dumbly at the thought. He was no longer fighting alone like he had been in Backlund, so he didn't need to use such a magic circle to prevent the God of Steam and Machinery from finding him.

When you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, praying to the Goddess of Night is the best solution.

Then the function of this magic circle is really only to prevent contamination by foreign gods.

Then, Odysseus reached out and touched the second ball of light.

The knowledge stored in this ball of light is how to use "star sand" to write mystical characters and create some strange abilities.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment; he himself had not thought of this.

The specific usage is to use "Star Sand" like writing a scroll, and write a section of "Gal characters" to create other abilities that can only be mastered through other means.

For example, as long as you use the correct "expression", you can use "star sand" to simulate the "magician's" "air bullet" ability!

Odysseus grinned. His previous research on the "Recorder" had already found a way to use the "Gar Rune" to express extraordinary abilities.

(End of this chapter)