Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 312 A Piece of Flesh and Blood of the Ancient Sun God

Odysseus used the "Arbitration Scroll" to severely injure the enemy's second Sequence 5. He did not miss this opportunity and summoned "Star Sand" again.

The "star sand" flew up and instantly formed "Gal Runes" in a certain order. These runes surrounded Odysseus's palms, causing his nails to suddenly grow longer, and were engraved with mystical symbols emitting red mist.

This is the ability of the "vampire" to strengthen the palm. When Odysseus stretched out his hand, he pierced through the softer eyes of the "Dream Walker" and stirred in the opponent's brain.

Then he pulled his hand out, and the lengthened nails turned back into "star sand".

As the nails disappeared, the enemy's blood and brain tissue fell to the ground.

Odysseus glanced at the escaping "Scroll Professor" and threw an "Explosive Scroll" over to him.

Boom!

The scroll exploded, knocking down three large trees, and the "Scroll Professor" with weaker defense was also seriously injured.

Not every "Scroll Professor" is as powerful as Odysseus.

After Odysseus dealt with his enemies, he first helped Edwina deal with the Sequence 5 who was fighting with her. Then the two of them separated to support their own crew members and quickly killed all the enemies.

This quick battle ended just like that. The others looked at the enemy's corpses on the ground, somewhat incredulous.

In the battle just now, although they didn't know the specific order of the enemy, they all felt the enemy's strength.

They originally thought it would be a fierce battle, the kind that would result in casualties, but they didn't expect that after the battle, only two crew members were injured.

Soon everyone discovered a problem: the dead enemies did not exhibit any extraordinary characteristics.

Odysseus summoned "Star Sand" and shattered the body of one of his enemies, leaving only a small pile of extremely fine dust, but without any trace of Beyonder properties.

Edwina asked, "Is this an illusion?"

"No." Odysseus said with certainty, "We have already drunk the potion."

Edwina frowned. "What if the experience of drinking the potion was also an illusion?"

Odysseus fell into deep thought. He looked at the corpse on the ground again and suddenly kicked it.

It was indeed the touch of a dead body: "I have other ideas."

He said to everyone, "Do you remember the 'Stone Giant' that was killed earlier?"

Edwina immediately understood: "You mean, these are some imaginary enemies?"

Odysseus nodded and suddenly asked Edwina a question: "Do you remember my third mate Beavis?"

Edwina glanced at Beavis: "What do you mean?"

Third mate Beavis was also stunned, wondering why the captain asked this.

"I mean, before today, what was your impression of Beavis, the third mate of the Argo?" Odysseus asked further.

"Of course I remember. Last time we went to the Argo for a barbecue, we discussed the issue of mysticism." Edwina seemed to understand what Odysseus meant: "You mean..."

She glanced at Salina and the others, but didn't continue.

At this time, eight figures appeared in the fog. Some wore clothes in the style of the Feysac Empire, some wore clothes in the style of Loen, some were dressed like pirates, and some looked like adventurers.

These eight people were the same eight people that Odysseus and others had just knocked down.

Salina and other crew members looked at them, then looked at the corpses on the ground that looked exactly the same. They were really those eight people!
Even though they saw it with their own eyes, they still wondered if they were blind.

However, Odysseus and Edwina were relatively calm. Odysseus said, "It seems the other party doesn't want us to discuss the crew of the Argo."

This further confirms that there is indeed a problem with the crew of the "Argo".

Edwina asked, "What should we do now?"

"Let's find the source of all the power of fantasy," Odysseus said. "Let's fly away!"

Before the eight "imaginary" opponents launched a new attack, some of them used their abilities, and some used the scrolls given to them by Odysseus in advance, and they flew up together.

The fog was wider than expected. Even if we flew over the treetops, we were still surrounded by fog.

The eight people suddenly "imagined" long wings and actually flew up as well.

Odysseus sighed: "The ability of 'Imagination' is really useful!"

Then he noticed that this time the opponent's attack was not as urgent as before, but was just following far behind.

This gave Odysseus and the others time to discuss countermeasures. Odysseus said, "What we should be most careful of is not the enemies created by 'imagination'.

“It’s the changes in our subconscious mind that are happening. The key is that we ourselves don’t even know that our subconscious mind has changed.

"So next, no matter what decision we make, we must ask ourselves, or ask each other, whether this decision is reasonable."

The other crew members nodded to show that they understood. They had no experience in dealing with this kind of power, so of course they did whatever Odysseus said.

But Odysseus couldn't help but let out a sigh, because he knew very well that there was not much point in doing so.

Although the "Imagination" ability they encountered had not caused them much harm so far, Odysseus could sense that the level of that ability was very high and it was beyond the ability of himself and Edwina, two Sequence 5s, to deal with.

But if we retreat at this time, something more dangerous might happen, so we have no choice but to move forward.

At this moment, a very rough high wall suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Odysseus and the others were stunned. They didn't expect that there would be a wall on such an island. They immediately flew upwards, but even when they reached the limit of their "flying skills", they were unable to cross the high wall.

Then they flew to the left and flew for several minutes without finding the end of the wall.

Just when Odysseus thought that this wall was "imagined", he noticed that the wall seemed to have a slight curvature.

A bold guess came to his mind, and he rushed to the wall and reached out to touch it. In an instant, an ancient breath came to his face, which shocked Odysseus's spirit unconsciously.

Suddenly, the surrounding fog disappeared, and the eight winged pursuers disappeared without a trace.

Everyone's vision suddenly widened, and they saw that the high wall in front of them turned out to be a tall tree trunk!
It’s the towering tree in the center of the island!
Only when we got closer did we realize how big the tree was. The trunk was like an insurmountable wall, and the crown seemed to reach into the sky, with clouds appearing and disappearing around it.

Odysseus and others suddenly had a new feeling about "big". They didn't expect that there were such tall things in the world.

At the same time, everyone felt an unprecedented sense of vicissitudes, as if this big tree had existed for a very long time, so long that it had witnessed the vicissitudes of life and the changes of the era.

After expressing their feelings, everyone landed on the ground under the tree. There was a large area around the tree without any tall plants, but the short weeds on the ground were lush and green.

There are a few large rocks standing in the weeds. It doesn't feel like a deserted forest at all, but rather like a meadow where you can go for a picnic.

Everyone stepped on the grass and couldn't help but look at the big tree in front of them again. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether what was in front of them was reality or fantasy.

At this time, Barnett pointed ahead and said, "Look, there is a tree hole over there."

Everyone looked in the direction his finger pointed, and sure enough, there was a tree hole where the wall-like tree trunk connected to the ground.

The tree hole was in the shape of an arch, with a strange light flashing inside.

Odysseus and the others were stunned for a moment, as if there was something very wonderful in the tree hole that attracted them.

Then they took a step unconsciously and walked towards the tree hole.

At this time, Odysseus asked in confusion: "What are we going to do?"

He asked this, but his eyes did not leave the tree hole, and his legs involuntarily moved towards that direction.

Edwina, with a similar expression to Odysseus, stared blankly ahead before answering, "Because there are answers to all my questions, answers to the universe, books containing the most mysterious knowledge, and everything I want."

Beavis replied, "Because there is the answer to why I wanted to come to the 'Ruins of the Gods' so much, and there are all the potions and formulas I need to advance."

The other crew members continued walking towards the tree hole while talking.

Odysseus realized that the things in the tree hole could not satisfy everyone's desires and needs, but he couldn't help but want to enter the tree hole.

"... Remember, don't go into the tree hole!"

The words that Theresa said in the dream suddenly appeared in Odysseus's mind, causing his legs to suddenly stiffen and he fell straight to the ground.

At this moment, Odysseus's whole body seemed to be out of his control. He did not use his arms to support himself, nor could he roll to avoid vital parts. He just fell directly to the ground, and his face hit the ground heavily.

His left eye hit a stone on the ground, and the pain made him cry. There was a fragrance of wild grass in his mouth and nose.

Ever since he became a Beyonder, or rather, ever since he could remember, he had never been in such a mess.

But it was this embarrassment that made him seem to come back to his senses a little, and his consciousness began to resist.

At this moment, Odysseus had an urgent idea: to enter the "wilderness of knowledge".

In the moment of trying to "meditate", he was able to enter the "wilderness of knowledge".

The moment he saw the tall tower made up of light balls, all the memories belonging to Barnett first became distant, and then Odysseus clearly realized that these memories were very false and were not his own memories.

Suddenly, Odysseus immediately distinguished those that were his real memories and realized that crew member Barnett suddenly appeared beside him and Edwina in a dream.

He also suddenly joined their conversation, and they didn't even notice it.

Then Odysseus "recalled" that he almost entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" before, but the sudden appearance of this island distracted him and he was unable to enter the studio.

Afterwards, Odysseus completely forgot about this incident!
At this time, he did not dare to stay in the "wilderness of knowledge" any longer and immediately returned to the real world.

Odysseus struggled to get up and regained control of his body.

He saw that Edwina and others were still some distance away from the tree hole, so he first looked at Barnett behind them.

Barnett still looked harmless at this moment, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be able to wake up on your own."

Then he sighed again: "You are very spiritual. I almost got caught by you several times."

Odysseus put a hand into the bag: "Who are you? Or rather, what are you?"

"I am this big tree." Barnett said, looking up at the big tree in front of him.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment before he understood: "You are... you are the person 'imagined' by this big tree?"

Then he seemed to understand something: "No wonder..."

No wonder Barnett didn't "guide" them to kill each other. It turned out to be because he didn't understand human nature at all! That's why he just imagined some enemies.

Odysseus looked at Edwina again and walked a distance closer to the tree hole. He took out another scroll made with the "whispering" of the "true creator" and was about to throw it out, but his hand was frozen in mid-air and he couldn't move.

At this time, Odysseus was somewhat helpless. He wanted to attack Barnett, but his body was unwilling to do anything to hurt Barnett.

Barnett smiled and said, "Although your spirit and spirituality are very strong, unfortunately, you do not possess any divinity and cannot attack me at all."

"What about me?" A figure with a very good figure, long chestnut hair, wearing a dark coat and dark trousers suddenly appeared on the stone nearby.

It is the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette!
She smiled and asked, "Can I attack you?"

Barnett's face suddenly changed, and he turned around to leave. A spear burning with dark red flames suddenly appeared above Bernadette's head, flew out in an instant, and hit Barnett in the back.

"Ah~" As Barnett screamed, dark red flames covered his entire body. Branches and leaves stretched out from his body, breaking through his flesh and quickly growing into a big tree.

It seemed to hope that if its body became bigger, the flames would not be able to cover it.

But the dark red flames quickly grew larger, completely covering the tree.

The big tree stretched out its branches and leaves and struggled, but soon it became a dead tree and was soon burned into charcoal.

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, I knew it. As long as you are here, there will be no danger."

At this time, Edwina and others stopped at the same time and fell into a brief confusion, but soon they came to their senses and saw the "mysterious queen" not far away.

Although Edwina had never seen Bernadette before, after seeing her iconic long chestnut hair, she guessed that she must be the "Mysterious Queen".

She had not expected that the "Mysterious Queen" would actually escort Odysseus on his exploration of the "Ruins of the War of Gods".

At the same time, it made her feel that it seemed meaningless for Odysseus to ask for her help.

Beavis and Salina also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Bernadette. They knew that they were safe now.

Bernadette said to Odysseus, "When I woke up from my dream, I realized something was wrong, so I secretly investigated before you woke up. I was deceived at first, and I remember there was a crew member named Barnett on the Argo."

Then she looked at the tree in front of her: "Barnett...or rather, this tree, was not burned to death."

Odysseus took a look at the piece of coke: "That is..."

"That's just an imaginary body." Bernadette said as she disappeared from the rock. In the blink of an eye, she appeared next to the big tree and reached out to touch the rough bark.

As if she sensed something, she said to Odysseus, "Under this tree, there is a piece of the flesh and blood of a god."

Odysseus immediately understood that it must be the flesh and blood of the "ancient sun god", which must have fallen here during the war between gods, causing the big tree in front of him to mutate.

At the same time, Odysseus also understood why Bernadette did not realize Barnett's problem, because the ability level of this "fantasy" was very high, and even Bernadette could not see through it immediately.

Then Bernadette said: “At our current level, we can’t kill it.

"However, for the time being, it doesn't dare to dream up a new clone."

After saying that, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped the tree trunk hard.

This tall tree that reached into the sky actually shook noticeably.

Then, something fell from a tall tree. When it was about to hit the ground, Bernadette raised her hand, and it suddenly floated in the air more than a person's height.

Odysseus saw that there were more than a dozen golden fruits in the shape of a cross.

The fruits flew to Bernadette's side. Bernadette stared at one fruit and examined it carefully before saying, "These fruits have special spiritual properties and can be used in certain rituals."

Then, five fruits flew towards Odysseus.

Odysseus quickly caught the five cross-shaped fruits that looked like hidden weapons with his hands, and immediately felt the special spirituality contained in them.

Bernadette said, "That's your trophy."

Odysseus said without hesitation: "Thank you."

After collecting the remaining fruits, Bernadette continued, "In that tree hole, there are several Beyonder traits, which are the traits left behind by the eight people who attacked you just now.

"But those characteristics are already connected to the tree and are difficult to remove. Don't take the risk."

Odysseus nodded and said, "Of course we won't go to that tree hole."

That is courting death.

Bernadette continued, "I've already found the trace of the 'Psychedelic Red Coral' for you. It's on the west coast of the island. I think it shouldn't be a problem if you complete the hunt on your own."

Odysseus asked, "What about you?"

"I'm going back to the 'Future,'" Bernadette said. "I foresee that we'll meet again on the return trip."

As she spoke, her figure dimmed and soon disappeared without a trace.

In her last dream, she had just tested German Sparrow. When the next night came, she planned to have a talk with this adventurer who was suspected to be the "Follower of the Fool".

After seeing the other party leave, Odysseus walked towards Edwina and said, "Let's get out of here quickly."

So several people used their abilities or scrolls to fly away again, flying to the west coast of the island.

Looking back at the tall tree again, Odysseus and the others always felt that it was watching their every move.

After calming down a little, everyone immediately went to look for the traces of "psychedelic red coral", hoping to complete the hunt as soon as possible and leave here soon.

After just a quick search, Odysseus saw several traces on the beach that looked like they were left by a hard object.

Along a trail, you can see that many trees have been knocked down.

Odysseus said, "It should be in this sea area. Salina, go into the water and take a look."

He then warned, "Don't actively look for the 'psychedelic red coral', just use your ability to simply measure the depth of the water.

"If you feel something is wrong, use the crystal ball I gave you to call for help immediately."

Salina said as she took off her clothes, "Yes!"

She was very clear about her mission, so she wore a swimsuit under her clothes. After throwing the clothes to Third Officer Beavis, she jumped into the water and swam away like a fish.

About half an hour later, Salina returned to the surface of the sea to breathe. At this time, she was already far away from the shore. She rested on the surface of the sea for a few minutes and then entered the water again.

About half an hour later, Salina returned to the beach. Odysseus immediately used the "star sand" to perform a water-absorbing spell, making Salina's hair and body dry quickly.

As she put on her clothes, she said, “You can’t imagine that this island is actually a small piece of land floating on the sea.

"After swimming about 20 kilometers from the coast, a fault suddenly appeared and the sea water suddenly became very deep.

"At first I thought it was an underwater cliff, but after swimming a little further I discovered the bottom of the island."

Salina sighed, "This is the first time I've seen something like this."

"This kind of terrain will save us a lot of trouble," Odysseus said with a smile. "'Psychedelic Red Coral' prefers shallow waters, so we only need to look for it on the islands."

In other words, it is probably under the sea within a radius of 20 kilometers.

Then Odysseus took out a pen and paper and, based on Salina's description, drew the approximate topography of the surrounding seabed.

He took out a backpack that he had prepared long ago from the "Wilderness of Knowledge": "I'm going to force the 'Psychedelic Red Coral' out. Everyone, get ready for the hunt.

"Let's stick with the original strategy. Vice Admiral Iceberg and I will primarily conduct the hunting. The others should protect themselves and ensure our operations are not disturbed."

After briefly assigning the tasks, Odysseus summoned "Star Sand" and flew to the sea. After arriving at the designated location, Odysseus took out a "fire bomb" in the shape of a huge grenade from his backpack.

If Klein were here, he would definitely sigh that this extraordinary weapon is a bit like an anti-tank grenade.

This bomb is different from a normal bomb. Odysseus first took a look at the sea chart he had just drawn, determined the approximate depth of the seabed under his feet, and then twisted the metal ring outside the grenade.

That's a timing device.

After setting the time for the delayed explosion, Odysseus threw the grenade into the water.

Odysseus quickly flew to the side. About ten seconds later, Edwina and others on the shore felt a slight shock. The sea water suddenly surged at the place where Odysseus had just thrown the grenade, as if a spring suddenly appeared on the seabed.

The mud and sand on the seabed, as well as some crabs, shells, dead fish, etc. that were killed by the explosion, all surged up.

Edwina and others on the beach saw such a large area of sea surging, and they probably understood that the grenade was very powerful. They did not expect that the "psychedelic red coral" would be forced out in this way.

At this time, Odysseus had already thrown the second grenade, and soon the sea surface surged again.

Then came the third, the fourth, and so on until the twelfth. The surging sea water suddenly rose and turned into tentacles made of water, which suddenly wrapped around Odysseus's legs.

Odysseus immediately became excited: "Found it!"

He immediately summoned "Star Sand" and was about to fight with the underwater power for control of the sea water. Suddenly, the "Star Sand" in his hand turned into the shape of a small piece of coral. Odysseus immediately felt that many of his abilities as an "astrologer" were severely restricted.

This is the influence exerted on him by the "Psychedelic Red Coral", which is half a degree higher than him.

Odysseus, who had drunk the potion before, knew that it was an illusion, but he just couldn't break free from the other party's restraints.

After a moment of hesitation, Odysseus did not stay in mid-air, but quickly flew towards the beach.

The tentacles at the back suddenly stretched forward and wrapped around Odysseus's left leg. He quickly threw an "explosive scroll" behind him.

Boom~
The violent explosion broke the sea tentacles, and Odysseus finally broke free.

At this time, Edwina had come to support. Her eyes suddenly turned blue and she "imitated" the ability of lightning. A bolt of lightning struck towards the sea.

As a result, the lightning was suddenly caught by a giant hand that stretched out from the sea and thrown into the distant sea like throwing away a branch.

yah~
For a moment, electric arcs jumped out in the sea water where the lightning fell into the water, and many sea fish around were electrocuted to death.

Then, a tall figure sat up from the sea. It had azure hair and a face that looked solemn and sacred.

Call ~
Suddenly, a strong wind blew around, and the sky became gloomy in an instant, with lightning and thunder.

A tall figure stepped on the water, and the waves pushed it towards Odysseus.

Edwina was stunned for a moment. The situation in front of her looked turbulent, with dark clouds hanging low and giving a very oppressive feeling.

It even gave Edwina the illusion that she was facing an angel from the "Sailor" path.

"This is an illusion," Odysseus shouted as he struggled to fly towards her. "It won't last long."

This is not a complete "reproduction", it can only be regarded as the completion of the "plasticization" of certain characters and the corresponding response to the "deception" of the surrounding natural environment.

In other words, this is using "illusion" to confuse nature.

Just as Odysseus said, the huge figure failed to catch up with Odysseus and suddenly became illusory after only three or four seconds.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding dark clouds, lightning and strong winds disappeared in an instant.

Odysseus quickly turned around and saw a small coral on the sea.

In the middle of the coral, there was a small piece that emitted a light red light. Although there were no eyes or other facial features on that small piece of coral, Odysseus and Edwina both felt that they were being stared at by this coral.

"Imprison!" Odysseus rushed forward as the opponent's power just disappeared: "Death!"

The coral was immediately knocked away, breaking several corals extending outside, but unfortunately the coral in the middle that was emitting a light red light was not hit.

At the same time, Odysseus infused his spirituality into the "Dream Bracelet" and "hypnotized" the "Psychedelic Red Coral".

Edwina also attacked quickly, stabbing with her exquisite Western sword that was flashing with the light of the morning light, and stabbed down two ordinary corals, but they were dodged by the "Psychedelic Red Coral" and failed to pierce the opponent's core area.

At this time, the "Psychedelic Red Coral" began to change its shape again, first forming a big mouth and biting Edwina.

Vice Admiral Iceberg "imitated" a hurricane to blow himself away, and Odysseus and Edwina hid in the air again.

This time, the "psychedelic red coral" transformed into a giant sea snake, standing on the sea and biting the two humans in mid-air.

Odysseus and Edwina flew to avoid it. After holding on for three or four seconds, the sea snake suddenly became illusory and turned into coral on the sea surface again.

This time, Odysseus changed his strategy and threw out a scroll with a black glow: "Spiritual Words!"

This was another scroll he had created using the "whispering" of the "True Creator", which could use "spiritual words" such as "degeneration", "slowness" and "death".

After the scroll exploded, Odysseus opened his mouth and uttered a word with difficulty: "Death!"

The light on the "Psychedelic Red Coral" suddenly dimmed, and it lay there motionless, as if it were really dead.

Odysseus took this opportunity and delivered another fierce punch: "Harvest!"

Edwina also rushed over, her eyes turned pure white, and a beam of pure light fell and hit the core of the "Psychedelic Red Coral".

While the "Psychedelic Red Coral" was still affected by the scroll, Odysseus used a trap to throw a second punch, still "Harvest"!
Under the repeated attacks of the two people, even though the "Psychedelic Red Coral" still possessed a little divinity, it was already seriously injured.

The glowing coral left the cluster of red corals that had been protecting it, turned into a small fish, and jumped into the sea in a blink of an eye.

But the fish did not escape, but swam towards the beach.

From just now on, Odysseus's "hypnosis" finally took effect.

He knew very well that if he used "combat hypnosis" against "psychedelic red coral", it would not be very effective.

So at the beginning of the battle, Odysseus "hypnotized" and "guided" it. Although it was just a piece of coral, it also had intelligence.

So when it was injured and became weak, the "hypnotic" effect came into play, and the idea of "psychedelic red coral" and "escaping" turned into "swimming to the beach".

When it "transformed" into a fish and disappeared, it had already swam to the shallows.

Odysseus caught up and punched the coral again, still "harvesting"!
After using "Harvest" on the same target for the third time in a row, Odysseus suddenly felt that his spiritual power was almost exhausted.

However, this punch also cracked the piece of coral, and it fell motionless on the beach.

Edwina's rapier was once again wrapped in the light of morning light, and she pierced through the piece of coral with one sword.

The light emitted by the coral suddenly disappeared.

Odysseus sat down on the beach and smiled as he watched the corals gradually reveal their characteristics. The first extraordinary material for his promotion to demigod was in his hands!
(End of this chapter)