Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 310 The Library of the Moss Ascetic Order

"Charge! Crash the Black Tulip!" Odysseus shouted.

He knew very well that the flagship of "Admiral Hell" was a ghost ship that was more powerful than the "Skull" and "Ghost", and that a single "Spirit Wave Cannon" shell could not destroy it.

It now appears to be sunken, with only a small part of its belly floating on the sea, but it should be able to return to the surface at any time.

Klein understood Odysseus's concerns and stared at the Black Tulip on the deck, ready to attack at any time.

The "Golden Dream" behind also caught up, preparing to further attack the "Black Tulip" together with the "Argo".

The current situation is that there are Cattleya, Anderson and others on the "Future", and they do not need help.

If Odysseus and Edwina rashly boarded the ship with their subordinates, misunderstandings might occur.

Then it would be better to attack the "Black Tulip" with all our strength. The combined efforts of "Admiral Mystery" and "Vice Admiral Iceberg" would theoretically be enough to kill "Admiral Hell".

Of course, this is only theoretically possible, because there is also the huge variable of the "Black Tulip".

When they reach the level of "Pirate Generals", the ships they drive cannot be ordinary ships at all.

Hula~
As Odysseus expected, not long after the Argo's attack began, the Black Tulip flipped up from the bottom of the sea by itself.

The attack of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" just now was very sudden. When the spirit of "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell sensed the danger, Odysseus had already given the order to fire.

So Ludville took emergency measures, turned the "Black Tulip" over into the sea, and summoned the undead for protection.

But it was a huge ship over a hundred meters long, and it couldn't be overturned easily.

The violent explosion and violent rolling action have injured the "Black Tulip". One of the masts was broken and a large part of the hull was seriously dislocated, as if the hull could fall apart at any time.

Even for a ghost ship, such injuries are quite serious.

When Admiral Hell saw the Argo and the Golden Dream rushing towards him, he immediately summoned a huge "Gate of the Underworld" with intricate patterns.

With a creaky sound, the door swung open completely, and an indescribable sense of deep and dead silence filled the surroundings.

Inside the gate was an impenetrable darkness, like a black hole, as if swallowing up all the light that shone in.

In the darkness, it seemed as if there were pairs of indescribable eyes hidden in the deep darkness, densely packed and everywhere, but it was impossible to see their specific appearance.

Then, skinless, bloody arms stretched out and firmly grasped the "Black Tulip".

Blue-black vines that looked like baby faces stretched out and tightly wrapped around the "Black Tulip".

They were trying hard to pull the flagship of "Admiral of Hell" so that this giant ship could enter the "Underworld" as soon as possible.

Odysseus immediately ordered: "Charge the Soul-Exterminating Cannon!"

The two mechanical rods extending from the "Lingbo Cannon" with a mechanical beauty suddenly slid to the sides of the cannon, and two bone-white mechanical rods immediately extended from their original positions.

This is also a new design. When changing the gun, the "barrel" can be replaced quickly.

At this time, half of the "Black Tulip" had entered the huge bronze gate.

After charging, Odysseus immediately ordered: "Target, 'Gate of the Underworld', fire!"

A pale beam of light shot out and hit the "Gate of the Underworld" almost instantly.

The huge "Gate of the Underworld" trembled violently, and the arms and blue-black vines extending from it were immediately shattered by the "Soul-Destroying Cannon".

The zombies on the "Black Tulip" were also affected, and most of them lay on the deck and turned into real corpses.

The remaining zombies also stood there motionless, and Ludville could not give them any orders.

Even Ludville himself did not dare to look directly at the pale beam of light.

For a moment, the "Black Tulip" stopped there, half in the "Underworld" and half in the real world.

Woo~
The "Gate of the Underworld" suddenly made a strange "humming" sound, first it tilted, then the speed of tilting became faster and faster, and it crashed into the sea.

However, before the "Gate to the Underworld" completely collapsed, it suddenly became illusory and eventually disappeared from the real world.

Then it seemed as if a gust of cold wind blew in all directions, blowing up many cold waves.

This scene once again left Klein and the crew of the Golden Dream speechless with astonishment. They had never seen the Gate of the Underworld being "knocked down" by extraordinary weapons!

Not only them, but also "Admiral of Hell" Ludville was stunned. He was about to escape, but now he was back to the real world.

Odysseus and his crew, who had similar experiences before, remained calm and took advantage of the opportunity just now to approach the "Black Tulip".

"Activate 'Sharp Edge'!" Odysseus shouted the order again.

A ball of white light appeared at the bow of the "Argo", and the light quickly solidified, as if a conical hull had appeared.

thump~
The "Argo" collided with the "Black Tulip" which was more than 100 meters long at a speed of "Forward Four", and crashed directly into the belly of the ship, breaking the main mast and almost breaking the "Admiral of Hell"'s ship into two pieces.

The "Black Tulip" is much taller than the "Argo", and Odysseus and Klein need to look up to see Ludwell wearing a metal mask.

At the same time, the deck of the "Black Tulip", and even the level below the deck, was higher than the deck of the "Argo".

On the floor below the deck, Odysseus saw two skeletons emitting a pale white glow, standing there motionless.

Even with such a violent collision just now, they were not knocked down.

Odysseus was about to rush towards the "General of Hell", but Ludwell uttered a series of difficult syllables at this time. It was the "language of the dead" that the living could not understand.

The two skeleton heads in the cabin suddenly moved and turned to look at Odysseus and Klein on the deck of the Argo.

They bent their legs, jumped over, and reached out to grab the two people on the deck.

Immediately afterwards, figures walked out of the cabin. They were either skeletons or corpses with obvious decay.

Without exception, they all emitted a pale white light, which was clearly different from normal zombies and skeletons.

This is the "accumulation" of the "Black Tulip" over a long period of time. This ship can strengthen zombies, evil spirits and skeletons, but it takes a long time to complete this process.

If they hadn't attacked the deck of this ghost ship, these enhanced undead creations would have been useless.

At this time, the skeletons and zombies swarmed out of the cabin. Klein and Odysseus both chose to retreat tactically, leaving enough space for the zombies and skeletons.

Klein's gloves were suddenly stained with a layer of golden light. He made a gesture of embracing the sun, and a pure and sacred light descended from the sky, purifying the zombies and skeletons rushing in front of him.

Ludwell, who had been planning to rush over together, stopped and chose to wait and see.

At this time, more than a dozen "extraordinary puppets" had completed their formation and were rushing towards the skeletons and zombies under the command of Second Mate Rupert and others.

Odysseus suddenly shouted loudly: "Go!"

His right hand summoned "Star Sand" and used "Flying Technique" to fly towards Ludville.

Klein immediately understood Odysseus's intention and used the "Sailor" spell, following him to rush towards the "Admiral of Hell".

Ludwell looked at the two people, opened his mouth again, and uttered the "Word of the Dead".

Odysseus and Klein, who were flying in the air, suddenly felt their muscles stiffen and their joints become difficult to bend. It seemed as if their spirits were unable to control their bodies all of a sudden.

Klein quickly raised his hand and completed the spiritual body switch in "Creeping Hunger": "Mind Piercing!"

Ludwell's "Voice of the Dead" attack paused, and Odysseus and Klein felt much better immediately.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Odysseus immediately used the power of the "Travel Ring" and appeared behind Ludwell: "Harvest!"

Knock Ludwell out with one punch!

Stepping onto the deck of the Black Tulip, Odysseus suddenly felt a biting chill rising from the soles of his feet and spreading throughout his body.

However, this cold air would not affect Odysseus for the time being, and his combo continued: "Imprison!"

Ludwell, who had just fallen to the ground, lost his previous composure. The small skull pendant on his neck suddenly cracked and emitted a puff of white smoke.

And Odysseus' combo has arrived: "Death!"

Another heavy blow, Ludwell was seriously injured, and he quickly summoned the vengeful spirits guarding the ship to stand in front of him.

Odysseus looked at the shrieking resentful souls floating out of the cabin and threw a "Spirit Explosion Scroll" over. After the silent explosion, a vortex seemed to form around the scroll, directly crushing the resentful souls that were close to it.

The resentful souls that were farther away seemed to be knocked away by some kind of shock wave.

Klein, who was originally going to help stop these resentful spirits, suddenly stopped, feeling that he would be of no help at all.

At this time, Odysseus faced Ludwell again and used his ability of "combat hypnosis" to make the "Admiral of Hell" temporarily give up resistance.

At this moment, both Odysseus and Klein's spirits felt a strong sense of unease, and both of them flew into the air again at the same time.

Two huge mouths full of sharp teeth suddenly appeared at the position where the two of them were just now, and bit towards the two people in mid-air fiercely.

The gloves on Klein's hands were once again covered with a layer of golden light, and the pure beam of light appeared again, meeting the two giant mouths, purifying and dispelling them.

At this time, Odysseus and Klein noticed that the seriously injured "Black Tulip" suddenly underwent a significant change. The entire ship suddenly cracked as it approached the "Argo", like a huge monster mouth, trying to swallow the "Argo".

Odysseus and Klein's spirituality immediately reminded them of the situation with the pendant on Ludwell's neck. It was obviously the process of calling for help.

The reinforcements we invited in were at least at the demigod level.

However, this sea area is very dangerous for demigods, so the demigod should be hiding in the underworld and controlling the "Black Tulip" to launch a counterattack.

In other words, under the control of a demigod, the "Black Tulip" has more uses.

Odysseus and Klein immediately chose to retreat without a second thought.

Even if the demigod could not show up, it would still be very dangerous for the two of them.

"Retreat at full speed!" Odysseus shouted loudly!
But the "Argo" seemed to be stuck and could not move backward.

As the crack in the "Black Tulip" grew bigger and bigger, the bow of the "Argo" had been bitten by the "Black Tulip".

At this moment, a cylindrical, rich golden light suddenly hit the "Black Tulip".

This ray of light directly "pierced" the ghost ship, leaving a huge hole on its open "mouth".

Odysseus and Klein saw that it was the "Golden Dream" that came to support and attacked the "Black Tulip" with the "Purification Cannon".

The "Purification Cannon" can only have the corresponding extraordinary effect when five "Priests of Light" perform the ceremony together, and it can only be used ten times. After ten times, five "Priests of Light" must be invited to perform the ceremony again.

Without the background of the church, such cannons would simply not be “able to maintain”.

But relatively speaking, the power of the "Purification Cannon" was also very great, allowing the "Black Tulip" to let go of the "Argo".

The "Argo" was then able to retreat and leave the danger zone.

Immediately afterwards, a huge "Gate of the Underworld" appeared on the sea again. It opened instantly with a "creak". The next second, the broken "Black Tulip" entered the "Underworld".

thump~
The "Gate of the Underworld" quickly closed and disappeared into the void.

If it weren't for the zombies and skeletons on the deck of the "Argo", people would have the illusion that the fierce battle just now had never happened.

Odysseus ordered the "Extraordinary Puppet" to clean the deck and expressed his gratitude to the "Golden Dream" with flag signals.

Then Odysseus said to Klein, "Almost! We've got 55,000 pounds."

The bounty on "Hell General" was 10 pounds, and that was a national bounty. If he used the appropriate channels of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, he should also be able to claim the bounty from the Republic of Intis. Even if he couldn't claim the full amount, it would still be a little over pounds. Klein felt a bit of a pity, because if he had given "Mr. Gar" at most three seconds, he could have killed "Hell General."

Then, Klein gained a new understanding of Captain Gar's strength: he could kill a lone Sequence 10 within 5 seconds.

Then Odysseus looked at the sea with some irritation: "I have been fishing for a long time and have not caught anything."

Klein said, "Given the situation just now, we're lucky to have escaped back."

Odysseus smiled and said, "You are really good at comforting people."

As the deck was cleaned, the "Argo" and "Golden Dream" returned to reunite with the "Future". At this time, the monsters on the "Future" had been cleared.

The crew rested for a while, and then held a funeral for the several crew members who had just died on the deck of the "Future".

After re-determining the course, the fleet continued forward.

After sailing for more than an hour, the "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" separated from the "Future" at the designated location. A few dozen nautical miles ahead they reached the approximate location of the "psychedelic red coral" as described by the old man Kent, while the island with the mermaid was in another direction and would take some time to sail.

After seeing that everything was normal on the sea, Odysseus returned to his studio again. As soon as he sat down, he felt something was wrong.

Suddenly, he stood up from his seat and opened the bedroom door.

Bernadette, wearing dark trousers and a top, was lying in an easy chair, looking at the sea outside through the porthole with a comfortable look on her face.

Odysseus was stunned: "You didn't go with Cattleya?"

Bernadette smiled slightly: "Why? You don't welcome me?"

"Welcome," Odysseus said, "I feel relieved to have you here."

After all, Odysseus was not sure what would happen on the next voyage, and he felt a little uncertain.

Odysseus sat on a chair and asked, "Has the purpose of going to sea been achieved?"

"Soon." Bernadette replied simply.

Then she asked, "Do you know whose dream it is after the night falls?"

Odysseus shook his head: "I don't know."

Bernadette took a deep breath and said, "Try not to actively explore that dream. It will be very dangerous."

Odysseus smiled and said, "I know."

He leaned back in his chair and said, "Why didn't you take action just now? Even if we divide Ludville's bounty, it would be fine."

"That would only trigger a demigod-level battle," Bernadette said. "I'm in the waters near the 'God War Ruins' and don't dare mobilize too many forces."

Odysseus said, "Oh!" "That demigod is lucky, otherwise he would have become the spoils of the 'Mysterious Queen'."

Bernadette smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Demigods of the 'Death God' path are very difficult to kill."

Then she asked, "What do you think of the monster that just attacked the 'Mirai'?"

"I didn't expect the power of the 'Earth Mother Goddess' to still exist here," Odysseus said. "Since entering the 'God War Ruins', high-level powers from the 'Singer', 'Reader', and 'Sleepless' pathways have emerged."

Bernadette said, "There is also the power of the 'Secret Prayer' path and the 'Audience' path."

Odysseus pondered for a moment. "You mean the sea area where the panting sound comes from? And the 'stone giant' that was killed earlier?"

Bernadette nodded, and Odysseus frowned and said, "This battle involving so many high-level beings reminds me of the 'Great Cataclysm' at the end of the Third Age."

"So, in this sea area, we might really be able to find the entrance to the 'God-Forsaken Land'." Obviously, Bernadette also had a similar guess.

At this time, the light outside began to dim again, and night quickly fell on this sea area.

Odysseus quickly lay down on the bed. Before closing his eyes, he heard the "Mysterious Queen" say, "I need to confirm something. I won't continue discussing the issue with you in my dream."

Before Odysseus could react, he suddenly found himself in a long corridor.

The doors of each room were open, and inside were rows of bookshelves with neatly arranged books on them.

Only then did Odysseus realize that Bernadette seemed to be able to perform more operations in dreams.

He was not surprised by this, after all, this was a demigod.

Odysseus guessed that he should be inside the Black Monastery at this time. It was indeed quite dangerous in there, so it would be better not to explore.

However, those dangers are usually in closed doors. Open doors like the one in front of us basically don't cause any big problems.

So Odysseus planned to read a book in his dream. He stepped into the room in front of him and saw Edwina reading a book in front of the bookshelf.

After feeling someone enter the room, Edwina looked up and said, "I thought there was no one else here."

Odysseus was stunned: "You can stay conscious in dreams?"

"After reading the information you mentioned in your letter about the 'Ruins of the Gods', I made some preparations," Edwina said, "including finding a secret technique that allows one to stay lucid in dreams.

"However, when it comes to practical application, the effect isn't very good. Once you enter a dream, you can only stay where you appear and can't explore the surrounding area."

Odysseus nodded slowly. No wonder he didn't see "Vice Admiral Iceberg" when he entered the "common dream" before.

"Are there any interesting books here?" Odysseus said as he walked towards Edwina.

After taking just two steps, the two people's spirits seemed to sense something and looked towards the door together.

A woman in her thirties appeared at the door. She was wearing a classical robe, a classical wizard hat, and holding a staff.

She smiled and said, "It's been a while since anyone has come here to read."

Odysseus and Edwina immediately became alert because this woman was not a crew member of the Argo or other three ships.

Of course, Odysseus appeared to be quite relaxed on the surface: "We just met, and I didn't expect there were so many books here."

Then he introduced himself: "My name is Gal, what is your name?"

"My name is Theresa," she said, smiling as she entered. "This used to be the library of our Moss Trappist Order."

Odysseus was stunned for a moment: Back then? The Moss Ascetic Order?

The woman who called herself Theresa had just said so much information that Odysseus didn't know how to respond.

Edwina, who was standing by, suddenly said, "Ms. Theresa, your staff is very special. Is it a 'Gus Staff'?"

Teresa smiled and said, "I didn't expect anyone to know about the 'Staff of Gus'."

Odysseus had never heard of such a staff, so he asked, "What kind of staff is that?"

"I also stumbled across it in a book," Edwina said. "It's said that the craftsmanship for making that kind of staff originated from the elves, and that the craftsmanship was lost in the Fourth Epoch."

Edwina emphasized the phrase "Quaternary Period", and Odysseus immediately understood what she meant. She was guessing that the person in front of her was not a modern person!

Odysseus looked at Theresa again and saw that her clothes were indeed very different from modern ones, but they were not the "asymmetrical" style of the Fourth Epoch.

"This is one of the three existing 'Staffs of Guth'." Theresa was obviously happy that the staff in her hand was recognized. "This lady is a learned person."

Odysseus nodded to acknowledge this. In many areas, he was indeed not as knowledgeable as a "native" like Edwina.

Then he asked, "Madam, what is your purpose in coming to this sea?"

"Of course, I'm here to find the library that originally belonged to us!" Theresa said, "I'm lucky to have found this place after going through so much trouble."

She looked at the rows of bookshelves and smiled with satisfaction: "Then I stayed here to protect them."

Odysseus said politely, "I'm sorry, we've been browsing books here without your permission."

"That's all right." In response to Odysseus's politeness, Theresa said politely, "The great Sage once said that kings and beggars alike have the right to learn. No matter who comes to the library of the Moss Ascetic Order, we must be generous in imparting knowledge and discussing issues with them."

Edwina was about to ask: Is it the 'Hidden Sage'?
But he was stopped by Odysseus's eyes, because he was not sure whether the "sage" was the "hidden sage". If he asked the wrong question, it would easily make the harmonious chat atmosphere bad.

Odysseus pondered for a moment before smiling and saying, "You can see that I'm a Beyonder of the Mysterious Peeper Path, and I long to join the Moss Ascetic Order."

"It's just that I don't have the necessary channels, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to enter the library of the Moss Trappist Order."

He told the other party his approach as a strategy, first confessing some of his own situation and then asking questions. And Odysseus thought that the other party should be able to see his approach.

Odysseus then asked, "I've heard that the Moss Ascetic Order is a very ancient organization, but I'm not exactly sure what it is. Could you explain it to me?"

"Of course," Teresa agreed readily. "The Moss Ascetic Order is an organization founded by the great Sage in the Second Age. The original members have all seen the first blasphemous slate..."

Edwina was obviously stunned, because as far as she knew, the "Moss Ascetic Order" seemed to be an organization established in the Third Age.

But she did not refute, but chose to continue listening quietly.

Theresa continued, “…Our purpose is to fight madness with knowledge and to fight distortion with asceticism!
"In that long dark era, the Moss Ascetic Order was a beacon of wisdom, illuminating the way forward for lost people.

"The great 'Sage' and the equally great 'Sun God' jointly led humanity to fight against the Ancient Gods, ultimately establishing a human-dominated Third Age!
"That period was called the 'Twin Ages' by extraordinary scholars..."

Odysseus almost revealed a surprised expression: "Twins" refers to the "Sage" and the "Ancient Sun God"? I always thought it was the era when the ancient gods and the "Ancient Sun God" coexisted, or it refers to the more active "Giant King" and "Elf King"!
He certainly knew that the "Sun God" that Theresa was referring to must be the "Ancient Sun God", because although "Eternal Sun" is the recognized Sun God now, he has never called himself the "Sun God".

Because if he calls himself the "Sun God", his believers will most likely point to the "ancient sun god" when they pray to him or perform corresponding rituals.

He called himself "Eternal Sun" to distinguish himself from the "Ancient Sun God".

The more knowledgeable Edwina also heard that "sage" and "hidden sage" seemed to be not the same thing. At least the "Moss Ascetic Order" that Theresa mentioned was completely different from the "Moss Ascetic Order" in her impression.

Although the "Moss Ascetic Order" is not a very evil secret organization, it often creates some strange and extraordinary cases. It has no awareness and mind to impart knowledge to ordinary people. It seems that all they impart is madness and pollution.

"Later, for unknown reasons, the Sage always fell into a deep sleep." Teresa continued, "So in the middle of the Third Age, many Beyonders only knew about the Moss Ascetic Order, but were unaware of the Sage's existence.

"During the Fourth Epoch, the Sage appeared even less frequently. He only appeared when the Outer Gods invaded..."

"Wait a moment," Odysseus thought he had misheard. "Are you talking about the invasion of the outer gods?"

Theresa was stunned: "You know the Outer Gods?"

"I only know that they are some evil gods," Odysseus said, "I'm not very clear about the specific situation."

"It's best not to know," Teresa said. "If you knew this knowledge at your level, you would be contaminated."

Odysseus nodded, vaguely remembering that this knowledge was dangerous and could only be recalled in the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Then he thought of the scene he saw in the "Crystal Skull" and roughly understood that the "Sage" must be in a very poor condition, so he often fell into a deep sleep and fought with the divinity.

Edwina, who was standing by, listened very attentively, because she had only just come to understand the concept of "Outer Gods" today.

"That period of history is indeed unknown to very many people." Theresa continued, "The barrier formed by the 'Prime Creator' before he fell asleep was created unconsciously and has many loopholes.

"In the Second Age, some Outer Gods exploited those loopholes and attempted to corrupt the Old Gods. At the beginning of the Third Age, the Sages and the Sun God worked together to transform the Barrier, making it impossible for the Outer Gods to penetrate it.

"But after the fall of the Sun God, all the efforts made back then were wasted. The power of the Outer Gods revived, and only the Sages could fight them."

Odysseus nodded, feeling that this should be very important information, but he also knew that relevant associations could only be made in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", so he just memorized this information carefully.

Teresa continued, "It is said that the Sage has already figured out a way to repair the Barrier, but when I arrived in this sea area, His plan had not yet been implemented."

Odysseus was stunned: Could the plan be to let the seven gods "fill the holes"?

(End of this chapter)