Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 3: Extraordinary Scientist Odysseus

Bernadette, who had chestnut hair, looked at Odysseus coldly after hearing his question and said nothing. The two of them were covered by illusory feathers again.

When he reappeared, he was already on Henry Street, on the rooftop opposite Gall's Herbal Medicine Store.

Odysseus sat on the ground for more than ten minutes before the feeling of motion sickness finally disappeared.

Bernadette, who had been standing nearby, suddenly said, "Get up and see for yourself."

Only then did Odysseus notice that everything around him and Bernadette had become illusory again, as if they were about to disappear from this world.

He stood up and saw two masked men in black clothes quickly approaching the herbal medicine shop where some light was coming through the window.

They first made sure that there was no one around before pushing the door open. When they saw that there was no one in the herbal medicine shop, they were stunned for a second or two and immediately turned and left.

At this moment, Bernadette had two pea seeds in her hand. She threw them casually, and the two peas immediately sprouted and grew vines after falling onto the street, entangling the two men in black who were obviously not thieves.

Bernadette did not kill them, but pointed her index finger at the ground, and immediately a pair of red high heels appeared on their feet.

The two people were entangled in the vines and danced with horror on their faces.

But they seemed to have forgotten to scream and could only make expressions of fear.

This reminded Odysseus of the fairy tale "The Red Shoes". Although he had only read it once, he still remembered the pair of red dancing shoes that made him unable to control himself and dance non-stop once he put them on.

After the two danced for more than half a minute, the fear on their faces disappeared along with the red dancing shoes. Then the vines loosened, they took off their hats, bowed in the direction of Bernadette, and then quickly left and disappeared into the night.

Odysseus was stunned. It was obvious that what left at this time were two pairs of red dancing shoes and their vassals: two men in black.

He estimated that where the two had been for a while and who they had met, Bernadette knew it all.

Then, he thought of the actions of the two men in black just now: "I don't remember who I have an enemy with recently."

After coming to this world, Odysseus was relatively low-key. When developing his own gray industry, he even used his abilities and connections to recruit a small gang, and used that gang as a shield for everything.

"You don't have any enemies." Bernadette once again took out the small wooden box containing extraordinary weapons: "But you have something that makes them excited."

Only one weapon was made, and anyone who had seen it had been burned to ashes. Odysseus was silent for a moment before he said, "Pete is dead."

"Yes, that's right." Bernadette said, "He died at the hands of a mad Beyonder, and the weapon you invented couldn't help him escape.

"It so happened that a member of a mysterious organization passed by and saw the weapon in Pete's hand and took the weapon away after Pete's death.

"After learning that the weapon came from you, several local members of this organization planned to send someone to take you away and further inquire about the weapon's origin."

The so-called "mysterious organization" was actually a member of the "Moss Ascetic Order" in Backlund. Bernadette had long been eyeing the member who picked up the weapon. Just as she was about to close the net, she encountered the weapon held by Pete, so she came over first, intending to take Odysseus away and ask the truth.

As for witnessing Klein stealing the bookmark, it was an urgent and unexpected situation and purely coincidental.

Odysseus said sincerely, "I did get that weapon from the Church of Steam..."

Odysseus suddenly felt a weight increase in the center of his face and saw that his nose was growing longer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bernadette, standing by, smiled beautifully: "Deceiving, is this how you treat your savior?"

Thinking of how the "Mysterious Queen" had manipulated him like a puppet, Odysseus suddenly understood: "If I lie, my nose will grow longer?"

Bernadette didn't answer directly, but said, "I want to see if you can stretch your nose to the other side of the Tussock River."

Odysseus was a little helpless: "Let's go to the store and talk about it. I will tell you the origin of this weapon." After that, his nose returned to its normal length.

Odysseus knew very well that in the mysterious world, encountering such a big shot, concealing the truth would only make things worse, so he prepared to explain the origin of this weapon.

The Mysterious Queen nodded with satisfaction: "Okay."

The two returned to Garl's Herbal Medicine Shop, and Odysseus closed the door again. "Would you like something to drink?"

"Need not."

So Odysseus poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and then walked into the counter.

They were just like before, one inside the counter and the other outside.

"I think you should be very clear about the function of the magic circle." As Odysseus explained, he took out a piece of paper and drew a big circle on the paper with a compass. Then he drew two isosceles triangles, one positive and one negative, with the center of the circle as the center. Finally, he drew a small circle with them as the center.

This is a classic "hexagram" formation diagram. By filling in different symbols in the gaps of the formation diagram, you can form a formation with different functions.

For example, increasing the success rate of some low-level witchcraft, enhancing or stabilizing spirituality to a limited extent in a short period of time, and beautiful decoration, etc., are relatively common auxiliary means in the extraordinary world, and even some occult enthusiasts are using them.

However, due to its limited effect, it is mostly used by Low-Sequence Beyonders, and those who are not good at frontal combat.

Very advanced magic arrays do have functions such as sealing and defense, but they require the power support of high-sequence beings or extraordinary characteristics.

For most extraordinary people, magic arrays are relatively useless things.

Odysseus skillfully filled in the mystical symbols on the array diagram and continued, "In recent years, I have discovered that the greatest use of a magic array is not how many extraordinary effects it has, but that it can provide a channel for spirituality to extend outward within a certain range.

"For example, if I inject spiritual energy into this location, the output spiritual energy will enter the center of the 'hexagram' formation without any loss.

"If you place the Fire Salamander Gland, one of the extraordinary materials required to advance to the 'Arsonist' rank, in the center of the magic circle, a fire will definitely ignite in the center of the magic circle, and there's a certain probability that a fireball will appear.

"But if you use fire salamander blood..."

Odysseus took out a small glass bottle from the cupboard. Inside was half a bottle of bright red blood. This was the blood of a fire salamander, a spiritual material of Sequence 7 level, and was very valuable.

He dripped a few drops of blood into the center of the magic circle and continued to inject spirituality into the magic circle.

Call ~
A small, stable flame ignited in the center of the magic circle.

Odysseus further explained, "This is a high-level spiritual material with fire attributes, so it can ignite flames under the influence of spiritual power."

Bernadette understood and pointed at the wooden box. "This weapon actually has an intricate magic circle inside?"

"Yes."

Bernadette asked again: "Do you know what that weapon means?"

Odysseus was slightly stunned: "What does it mean?"

Bernadette said seriously, "All Sequence 9s can now use Fireball."

Although it is a low-end version of "Fireball", she has already seen the breakthrough research results behind it.

　Thanks to [Pope of Tarot Club] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)