Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 308 Exploring a Shared Dream with Klein
Odysseus was somewhat surprised by the information he got from the "Crystal Skull".

In the "Ruins of the War of Gods", the horse and chariot on the floating island turned out to be the chariot of the "Ancient Sun God"!

He continued to read and saw that the "Crystal Skull" was a servant of the "Ancient Sun God" when it was alive.

The "Crystal Skull" is not an angel, but a low-level servant who does tasks such as serving tea and feeding horses.

Even such a servant seems to have the level of a demigod.

After sighing inwardly, "God's luxury", Odysseus continued to read and suddenly stopped in front of a picture.

The main character in the picture is the "Ancient Sun God" who always looks like a large light bulb. He is walking with others, or talking while walking, because the "Ancient Sun God" may no longer have the idea of taking a walk.

The provider of this image, the "Crystal Skull", follows from a distance as a servant.

Odysseus observed carefully and found another figure from the strong light emitted by the "Ancient Sun God".

That figure was also a "familiar face" to Odysseus, the one dressed in oriental style.

He has appeared in the murals of the elves and the Stiano family.

And Odysseus remembered that the "God of Steam and Machinery" appeared in the murals of the Stiano family... Of course, at that time he was still Yorgos Stiano.

The murals of Yugos depict this being talking with the ancient sun god.

At that time, Odysseus didn't take it too seriously. Looking back now, Odysseus realized that the two people had really talked, and the content of their conversation should be very important.

At this time, Odysseus could not only see the pictures, but also hear the sounds.

Although the "Crystal Skull" is far away from the ancient sun god and the being with oriental charm, some voices still floated into the ears of the "Crystal Skull".

That being said in a somewhat ethereal voice: "Your plan will fail."

The other party seemed to be speaking Giant language, but it was not quite the same as the Giant language that Odysseus had in mind. However, with the "translation" of the "Crystal Skull", Odysseus could understand what the other party was saying.

The ancient sun god said in a deep voice: "I have no choice, just as you have no choice."

Odysseus was stunned: Could the plan they were talking about be a plan for the "ancient sun god" to suppress the awakening of "God" by rebirth?
The ethereal voice said, "I don't have a choice because I have to constantly fight against the Essence, but you are different."

This conversation was packed with information, and Odysseus's thoughts raced as he listened: "Struggle with the Essence"? Which Essence?

Ancient Sun God: "Yes, your problem is more serious than mine. It's already quite good that you can survive from the First Age to now."

His voice was filled with emotion. "You've been wearing Western Continent clothing to strengthen your humanity. Has it been effective?"

Only then did Odysseus understand that the being had been wearing oriental clothing in order to strengthen his humanity.

Then his heart skipped a beat: Besides the "Elf King", that being also came from the East... that is, the Western Continent?
But then he thought: In the First Age, the Western Continent was still on the west coast of the Misty Sea and had not been sealed, so it was normal for a few people to come from there.

"It works." The being said in a vague voice, "But the new problem is that my humanity is increasingly moving towards those of the Eastern gods.

"Haha, I didn't expect that most of the gods in myths actually existed."

what?
Odysseus was quite shocked: Most of the Eastern gods and goddesses had existed? So they were also related to Feifan?

He thought carefully about the characters in the myths that were related to Feifan, and suddenly he thought of quite a few of them.

For example, Kuafu in the story of “Kuafu Chasing the Sun” is a giant, and he is a descendant of Hou Tu, the “God of the Underworld”.

These seem to correspond to the "Twilight Giant" path and the "Death God" path respectively, and the two paths are adjacent paths, so it seems normal to have a family relationship.

And Huangdi, the things he did, looking back, seemed like something that could be done through the "Judge" or "Black Emperor" paths.

Fuxi used symbols to explain all things in nature and deduce the development of events, which is a bit like a "hermit".

Gonggong was the god of water, and he also "angrily crashed into Mount Buzhou", which is a bit like a grumpy old man.

Dayu's tribe worshipped the sun, yet they had the ability to control floods. "Sun" and "storm" are adjacent concepts, so they seem to be connected...

It doesn't matter if you don't think about it. If you think about it this way, Odysseus thought of many legendary gods, which seemed to have some connection with Feifan.

But a new question arises: To the current Feifan world, that is a legend of prehistoric civilization. How could it be related to Feifan? Could it be that Feifan had briefly awakened in the primitive tribal era of prehistoric civilization?
Then, Odysseus stood up suddenly: In the future, I can "reproduce" some of the things these gods have done!

Theoretically speaking, the fewer people know about certain extraordinary history or extraordinary figures, the more powerful their "reappearance" will be. Therefore, Bernadette's "reappearance" is basically inseparable from "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales".

Although the Fool also knows the myths of the East, he does not have the ability to "reproduce" them.

Odysseus took a deep breath to calm himself down. He wanted to be promoted quickly and try to "reappear".

Then he continued to place his hand on the crystal skull, and the previous scene continued.

The being with oriental charm continued, "Right now, the only effective method for me is to sleep and constantly battle with the divinity in my dreams. Last time, I slept for hundreds of years, and I don't know how long I'll sleep next time."

Odysseus now realized that this was a conversation between two gods who were deeply troubled by their own divinity.

The plan of the "Ancient Sun God" ultimately failed. I wonder what happened to this being with oriental charm?

The ancient sun god asked in a deep voice, "What are your plans for this?"

"My plan cannot be known to too many people." After saying this, the other party suddenly turned around, and the crystal skull saw a face made up of rolling symbols. On this face where new symbols kept emerging, there were a pair of cold eyes.

At this moment, the scene ended. It seemed that the Crystal Skull was "knocked out" by some kind of power from the opponent, and he did not die, because there were many more scenes afterwards.

At the same time, Odysseus also realized that it was probably because of the eye contact with that existence that the crystal skull's brain had undergone some kind of mutation. Thousands of years after his death, his memory still remained in this state.

And that being obviously did not want the servant to know his plan.

Then Odysseus recalled the other person's face, a scrolling stream of information and a pair of cold eyes!

"Scrolling information flow" is generally a characteristic of the high sequence of the "Hermit" path. Could it be a certain existence of the "Hermit" path?
Then Odysseus thought again that after discovering the remains of the Stiano family, he knew that the Stiano family was most likely originated in the Third Age and the true god appeared in the Fourth Age.

Odysseus is currently unclear about the situation of the "Moss Ascetic Order", but he guesses that the "Hidden Sage" should have appeared in the Third Age.

However, during the Third Age, apart from the power of the "Ancient Sun God", the powers of other gods could only be regarded as secret organizations, so there were not many records of the "Mos Ascetic Order" and the Stiano Family.

In any case, Odysseus had always believed that before the Fourth Epoch, no true gods had appeared in either of these two paths.

However, today's scene has shaken Odysseus's original understanding. It is not that there has never been a true God, but it is very likely that a true God has appeared, but because no records have been left, he is not well known to people today.

Then he recalled some words from Bernadette's brother Bonois. It seemed that the "God of Steam and Machinery" had also hidden information related to that existence.

The end result was that a god disappeared in the extraordinary history, and not even any legend about him remained.

At this moment, Odysseus suddenly thought: The path of the "Hermit" is inseparable from mystery and knowledge. Since it is related to "mystery", it is very likely that the being deliberately made himself mysterious, unlike the "Ancient Sun God", a god who is "in the open" in appearance.

It is believed that the "God of Steam and Machinery" can hide most traces of the other party's existence without much effort.

Finally, Odysseus thought again: This god said that he was fighting against the "source", so could it be that he was trying to contain the "wilderness of knowledge"? But in the end, he failed.

He thought of Klein's situation and wondered if the "Knowledge Wilds" had a structure similar to the light gate in "Source Castle"? Had they also "collected" many "doomsday survivors" in advance and released them at the right time, allowing a certain ancient being to wait for the right time to be resurrected in a certain person's body?
This person was the first one before, and Odysseus felt that he might be the second.

The first one has been fighting against the divinity. Maybe this fight has failed, but the ancient existence similar to "Tianzun" has not been resurrected, so at the right time, Odysseus was thrown out again.

This made Odysseus frown. That is to say, although he can use some of the abilities of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" now, this process is equivalent to borrowing from the "Wilderness of Knowledge". After becoming an angel in the future, he will definitely have to pay it back.

The struggle with divinity must be a long process, which may last for hundreds or thousands of years. Odysseus feels tired when he thinks about it now.

However, since we have embarked on this path, there is no way to turn back. We can only make more preparations to deal with future situations.

Thinking of this, Odysseus continued to read on. The subsequent pictures were rather boring until the last one.

The picture looked very blurry and could only be roughly seen. The "Crystal Skull" ran hurriedly from the indoor structure with a long corridor to the wilderness. We could also vaguely see a figure taller than a mountain, which fell to the ground under the siege of many smaller figures, and the smaller figures immediately retreated.

Soon there was a bright light, a thick lightning, and a flying dragon rushing towards the tall figure lying on the ground.

At this time, a figure with a rolling stream of information appeared and blocked the three figures, but the next second a blood-red object suddenly appeared and dragged the figure with the rolling stream of information, giving the three figures a chance.

The three figures finally rushed to the side of the tall figure. For a moment, three different weathers and colors appeared between the earth and the sky. On one side of the sky, a sun rose; in the middle, there were dark clouds, lightning and thunder; on the other side, a tall white tower rose from the ground.

Then the heaven and earth shook, the air seemed to crack, the screen went black, and the memory stopped. This was the last memory of the "Crystal Skull".

Odysseus took a deep breath and guessed that the figure taller than the mountain should be the "Ancient Sun God", and the slightly smaller figures should be the members of the "Redemption Rose".

When the "Ancient Sun God" fell, the members of "Redemption Rose" retreated together, leaving the "Ancient Sun God" with space to recover its uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics.

At this moment, the "Pure White Angel", "Wind Angel" and "Cherubim" suddenly rushed towards the corpse of the "Ancient Sun God". The god of the "Hermit" path, who had noticed it long ago, stepped forward to stop them.

However, He was entangled by a blood-red object, and the three "Angel Kings" finally had the opportunity to obtain the uniqueness and characteristics they needed and become gods at the same time.

This led to the complete fall of the "Ancient Sun God" and huge changes occurred on the earth, as if cracks appeared in space.

The owner of the "Crystal Skull" died in the very beginning of the "Cataclysm".

Odysseus estimated that later a part of the space completely collapsed, and the "sun", "lightning" and "knowledge" all underwent significant changes. In the end, nearly half of the land in the world at that time became a "land abandoned by the gods."

Thinking of this, Odysseus couldn't help but frown, because this was very different from some of the information he had obtained before.

Especially the appearance of the figure with illusory characters almost completely changed that period of history.

Because Odysseus noticed that the three "Angel Kings" at that time were completely blocked by the other side, but the blood-red object, who knew what it was, actually dragged the figure with the illusory characters.

Thinking of this, Odysseus noticed that the crystal skull on the workbench had changed. The colorful liquid inside the skull disappeared, leaving only an empty crystal shell.

Odysseus sighed and said to the skeleton, "When we reach the island, I will find a chance to bury you."

At this moment, the "Argo" suddenly sounded the alarm, and then Beavis' voice came from the "Voice Transmission Array": "Night has fallen! Find a place to sleep! Night has fallen..."

Odysseus was stunned and looked out of the porthole. The midday sun that was just at noon disappeared, and thick darkness quickly enveloped him.

The change was so fast and abrupt that it even gave Odysseus an illusion: Who turned off the lights?
Before, Odysseus had repeatedly emphasized the horror of the night in this space. If one did not fall asleep when night fell, he would disappear into the night forever.

The crew members were mentally prepared, so after hearing the third mate's reminder, they quickly returned to their rooms.

Odysseus was well prepared. The armchair was behind him, and he also drew a magic circle around the armchair to keep him awake in his dreams.

Odysseus lay down in the easy chair and fell into dreamland the moment he closed his eyes.

Then he found himself on a mountain, with black buildings behind him and on his left and right. Judging from the style, they should belong to the Third Age, like a series of monasteries.

In front of Odysseus was a bottomless cliff, and opposite the cliff was a mountain covered with countless palaces, towers and majestic walls.

The buildings were magnificent and ornate, not unlike places inhabited by humans. The colors of dusk sprinkled over the city, and the light seemed frozen, giving the tall buildings an indescribable sense of epic and miracle.

Odysseus sighed inwardly once again: Hearing and seeing are indeed two completely different things.

He had heard of the "Giant King's Court" more than once before and felt that it was just a place name. Only now did he feel the shock of the "residence of the gods".

At this moment, a voice appeared in Odysseus's ear: "Where do you think that magnificent building on the other side of the cliff is?"

Odysseus was stunned. Seeing Klein, wearing the face of German Sparrow, walking towards him quickly, he naturally asked the same question.

"It should be the 'Giant King's Court'." Odysseus did not hide it.

Klein asked again, "Where is this 'shared dream'?"

At this moment, Odysseus suddenly thought that the magic circle he had drawn around the armchair seemed unnecessary. He was the "Follower of the Night" and could move freely in his dreams. Why did he draw that magic circle?
His hesitation prompted Klein to ask, "You don't know where this is either?" Odysseus was stunned for a moment, then realized that Klein thought he was half-dazed and wanted to get more information.

So he pretended to be confused and said, "This is a dream of a being! He appeared as early as the Second Age, and his power reached its peak in the Third Age."

Klein's expression grew serious as Odysseus continued his description. He pressed on, "Who is that?"

At the same time, he already had some guesses in his mind.

Odysseus pretended to be confused and said, "His name is Sherlock Moriarty!"

Klein's pupils narrowed, as if he had heard the most terrifying ghost story!
Then he became obviously panicked and even had the urge to run away.

"Hahaha!" Odysseus finally couldn't help laughing: "You have a way to stay awake in your dreams, why can't I have the same?"

In fact, if I had just said that this was the dream of "Klein Moretti", the effect would have been better, but they had not discussed anything about Tingen City, so when Odysseus said this, the joke was over.

At this moment, Klein twitched his lips. He felt the hairs on the back of his head stand up: scaring people can be fatal.

He asked, "What on earth is this place?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I've heard from some sources that this is indeed a dreamland of a being. As long as you appear in the 'Ruins of the War of Gods', or fall asleep in the 'Ruins of the War of Gods', you will appear here."

Klein didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he said, "I want to go down and explore. Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay." Odysseus said.

So the two of them went down the mountain, and Odysseus naturally asked, "How are things going?"

"Still the same." Klein asked, "How about you?"

"Relatively speaking, my life is quite exciting," Odysseus said. "Fighting pirates, dealing with the navy, and building an island."

Klein also thought about it: Actually, my life in the past few months has been quite exciting, such as hunting pirates, doing volunteer work, and even playing the role of an admiral.

Thinking of this, Klein's lips curled up slightly: "My life isn't as exciting as yours."

But I commanded you!
Odysseus didn't notice the subtle curl of Klein's lips: "Sometime we really should get together and talk about our recent experiences.

"Well... well, our goals are roughly the same."

Klein was stunned: "Not quite the same, right?"

He thought to himself: I want to improve myself and seek revenge on Ince Zangwill. Do you also want revenge on that guy?

Odysseus smiled, knowing that Klein had misunderstood his meaning. However, he did not explain at this time and instead talked about other topics.

While chatting, the two came to the gate of the Black Monastery.

This gate is nearly ten meters high and looks very similar to the "Giant King's Court" on the other side of the cliff. It does not seem to be prepared for humans.

Two people pushed the door open slowly. Inside were two tall towers with dull colors and a number of black buildings. They were connected to each other by covered bridges, and in the middle was a square made of gray stones.

The square was full of potholes, with huge arrows stuck in it and several piles of fire burning, as if it had been attacked before.

Frank Lee, the first mate of the "Future", Blue Walls, the first mate of the "Golden Dream", Rupert Shawn, the second mate of the "Argo" and other crew members were all in this huge square.

Odysseus and Klein entered the square. Frank Lee was closest to them, shoveling gravel with a shovel. Next to him was a lot of food that had fallen to the ground in the restaurant when the "Future" entered the "Ruins of the God War".

Klein stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"

Frank continued to move, but a smile appeared on his face: "I cultivated some small creatures. They need to sleep in the soil for a while before they can grow and reproduce."

Klein asked with some curiosity and concern, "What are they used for?"

Frank said with a smile as if he was talking about his own children: "They are a hybrid bacteria that can make bulls produce milk. This way, we will harvest more milk and more people can drink better milk."

Klein almost covered his face: Let those bulls go.

At this time, Odysseus smiled and asked Frank: "If the bulls also go to produce milk, who will plow the fields?"

Frank paused noticeably. “Yeah, or let the cows plow the fields?”

Odysseus was also stunned, and then he said: "I have a better idea."

Frank stopped what he was doing and looked at Odysseus: "What's your idea?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "We can let the cows concentrate on producing milk, and let the bulls concentrate on plowing the fields."

Frank was a little confused, but also said seriously: "That makes sense!"

Klein quickly turned his head away, already laughing. If this were in the real world, Gehrman Sparrow's character would have collapsed.

Then the two men continued forward and came to the crew of the "Golden Dream". The first mate Blue and the third mate Jordan were competing in fencing. Because they were in a dream, their movements were a little sluggish, so the battle was not intense, but more like a game.

Many crew members were sitting by, watching with either excitement or anticipation.

While Blue and Jodson were fighting, they were also constantly attacking each other with words.

After Blue thrust his sword and was blocked by Jodson, he laughed and said, "Do you think your sword swing is cool? The captain won't pay attention to a guy like you who has no taste."

Jodson was not angry. Instead, after stabbing with his sword, he said, "The captain pays no attention to an old and rude pirate like you."

Blue does look a few years older than Jodson.

Most of the crew members around were gloating and had no intention of trying to stop the fight.

Odysseus and Klein both recalled the situation on the "Golden Dream". They smiled at each other and continued forward.

When Odysseus saw Rupert sitting by the fire, lost in thought, he said, "I think there should be a lot of key clues in the monastery. Let's go and take a look."

Klein thought of the prank he had just received on the mountain. He ignored Odysseus's urging and quickly came to Rupert. Odysseus had no choice but to follow him.

Klein asked Rupert, "What are you thinking about?"

Rupert looked at Klein bewilderedly and said, "I was wondering why the 'Mysterious Queen' suddenly came to Cruz Island yesterday?"

Klein was stunned: The "Mysterious Queen" suddenly went to the island that Captain Gar was building?

Then he thought of some information he had heard: it seems that the "Argo" is not just a ship that carries the flag of "Dawn of the Elements", and the "Mysterious Queen" seems to attach great importance to this pirate group.

Odysseus was also stunned, because he had not mentioned Bernadette's visit to Cruz Island to anyone on the "Argo", and Rupert had gone out to sea a few days ago. How did he know what happened on Cruz Island?

But he soon thought that Rupert seemed to have found his messenger recently. It was probably that after Bazel knew that the "mysterious queen" had arrived at Cruz Island, he wrote a letter to tell Rupert.

Then Rupert said, "I'm still thinking, if the 'Mysterious Queen' marries our captain in the future, will it be the 'Mysterious Queen' who marries the captain? Or will it be the captain who marries the 'Mysterious Queen'?"

The corners of Klein's mouth curled up again, and he tried hard to hold back his laughter: No wonder the "Mysterious Queen" attaches so much importance to the "Sword of Dawn", it turns out there is another reason behind it.

Odysseus's entire face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Rupert continued, “I was thinking that the Captain can be quite reserved sometimes, so it’s a good thing that he’s appreciated by a big shot like the ‘Mysterious Queen’.

"They're giving us hats and flags, and they only want 10% of the spoils. It's obvious they're interested in our captain!

"Our captain should..."

Odysseus interrupted, "Okay, stop thinking about it!"

If you keep thinking about it, I’ll beat you into a moron and see what you can think.

Klein tried his best to suppress his laughter and continued to head towards the monastery with Odysseus.

Odysseus explained, "It's not what you think."

Klein nodded: "I know, I know."

"You..." Odysseus was a little helpless: "You know nothing!"

Klein felt a sense of revenge: "Yeah, I know shit."

Odysseus smiled bitterly and didn't explain anything further.

The two men came to the black gate of the monastery in silence, and Odysseus pushed open the gate, which was also nearly ten meters wide, alone.

Behind the main entrance is a spacious hall supported by two rows of thick stone pillars.

There was no candlelight in the hall. As the main door opened and the light from outside shone in, the place became clear.

Klein saw a series of brightly colored murals, predominantly in gold, on the walls and domes. They connected to each other without any gaps, giving the place a sense of grandeur and sacredness.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
A figure had his back to Odysseus and Klein, chopping a long, huge tree with an axe.

The figure was very young, with short blond hair, wearing a white shirt and a black vest. He was not a pirate from the Argo or the other three ships.

Then Klein realized something: It seems that there are other people in this sea area.

So he stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing? Where is this place?"

The young man continued his work. "Why are you asking? My boat sank. I'm busy making a canoe. I don't have time to talk to you."

Odysseus then asked, "Isn't this Anderson? Why are you here?"

Klein was stunned: An acquaintance of Captain Gar?
Anderson raised his head and glanced at Odysseus: "'Admiral of Mystery'? Why do you know me?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "You know me because of my bounty, and I know you to avoid you exchanging my head for the bounty."

Anderson laughed and said, "Only a fool would go hunting for the 'Admiral of Mystery'.

"The three pirate groups you killed were all very powerful, and they had been fighting the Feynaport Navy for the past month. The Loen Navy only offered a symbolic bounty of 1 pounds. I heard you were flying the flag of 'Elemental Dawn'.

"If I hadn't gone crazy, I wouldn't have bothered you."

Odysseus laughed and said, "I was wondering why we've waited so long and no bounty hunter showed up to kill himself."

Then he asked, "What are you doing here?"

“Didn’t I just say?” Anderson sighed, “I’m making a canoe.

"Now I'm 'Unlucky Anderson,' and ever since I saw that mural, I've been plagued by bad luck."

After saying this, he pointed in a direction. Klein and Odysseus followed the direction and saw a mural.

The mural depicted a sea of fire that split in the middle, creating a path.

On the road, there was a long line of people, whose members either bowed their heads reverently or knelt on the ground. They prayed, and the object of their worship was in the deep sea.

This immediately reminded Klein of the murals that Little Sun discovered in the God-Forsaken Land.

　Thanks to [book friend 2024020445_BC] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)