Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 313 The Ten Pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order

Odysseus, whose spiritual energy was severely depleted, sat on the beach, waiting for the properties of the "psychedelic red coral" to emerge. He said to Salina, "Go and fish out the red coral that fell into the sea earlier."

That was part of the "psychedelic red coral", a spiritual material at the demigod level. Odysseus certainly couldn't waste it.

After a few minutes, the characteristics of the "psychedelic red coral" formed a bright red bead surrounded by some misty air. Just one look at it made people fascinated and unable to take their eyes off it.

Odysseus quickly put it away and waited for Salina to return.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Salina emerged from the water with four clumps of coral hanging from her body. She smiled and said, "Captain, we've made a fortune! There are actually several clumps of red coral around here!"

The value of red coral itself is very high, so it is no problem to sell a bunch of red coral for one or two thousand pounds.

Odysseus smiled and said, "When we get back, I'll sell the red coral and give you a large bonus."

Salina immediately said happily: "Thank you, Captain!"

Odysseus only collected the spiritual materials and asked Salina to carry the other three clusters of red coral as trophies. The few of them used their extraordinary abilities again and flew back to the ship parked on the other side.

Odysseus achieved his purpose of coming to the "Ruins of the War of the Gods" and immediately ordered to return.

After sitting in the cab for a while, Odysseus talked about Barnett. If it weren't for his reminder, no one seemed to notice that there was an extra crew member, and now that crew member disappeared again.

Then Odysseus recalled Russell's reminder: Be careful of the "audience"!
The Beyonders of this path are really difficult to deal with!
After chatting for a while, Odysseus still felt very tired, so he returned to the captain's room and prepared to lie down in the armchair to take a nap.

At this moment, the light outside suddenly dimmed and darkness fell again.

Odysseus was in a trance for a moment, and appeared again in the library that was full of books and was said to be the library of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

Edwina also appeared here, and the two of them looked towards the window together.

The windows here are closed, and outside the window is a courtyard in the black monastery. In front of the window, there is a row of tables and chairs for reading.

At this time, Theresa was sitting on the side of the table, lost in thought.

As if sensing the arrival of Odysseus and Edwina, Theresa looked at them and smiled: "Come and sit down."

Odysseus and Edwina walked over and sat opposite Theresa.

This member of the Fourth Epoch "Moss Ascetic Order" carefully examined the two of them before saying, "It seems you saw through the disguise of the 'invaders' in the outside world."

Odysseus said truthfully, "With the help of a demigod."

"Hmm." Teresa then asked, "Can you tell me what kind of god the 'Hidden Sage' is?"

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "People generally believe that it is an evil god."

Theresa was somewhat surprised. Such an answer seemed unbelievable to her: "An evil god?"

She then asked, "What about the Moss Trappist Order?"

Odysseus answered truthfully again, "It's a secret organization that still advocates asceticism, but the direction of their asceticism seems to be to help them better accept the knowledge imparted by the 'Hidden Sage'.

"Also, according to some intelligence I've received, some members of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' seem to have been contaminated by the Outer Gods and have begun to believe in them."

Edwina glanced at Odysseus. She had never heard of this news.

Theresa was stunned for three or four seconds. She found it hard to accept that the organization that once fought against the Outer Gods had its members become believers of the Outer Gods.

It was more than ten seconds later that she asked Odysseus, "You just said you were planning to join the Moss Ascetic Order. Were you lying to me?"

"No," Odysseus said, "I do want to join this organization, but I'm not joining them out of admiration or love."

Teresa looked at Odysseus: "You want to defeat them."

"To be exact, it's the reshaping of the 'Moss Ascetic Order.'" Odysseus said, "I originally thought that many members of this organization became members of a secret organization because they were influenced by something.

“And it just so happens that I also need my own power, so I can try to win them over and make them my subordinates.

"Of course, if they don't listen, they can also support my cause through extraordinary characteristics."

Edwina, who was standing by, was stunned when she heard this, and then she felt that this was indeed something that the "Admiral of Mystery" could do.

Odysseus had always given her the impression of being a cautious and unruly person.

But Theresa stared into Odysseus' eyes and listened attentively.

Odysseus continued, "But after hearing what you said about the 'Moss Ascetic Order', I suddenly changed my mind.

"It turns out that the Morse Trappist Order wasn't like this in the beginning. Someone led their ethos astray. This isn't the fault of the Morse Trappist Order or its members."

Edwina thought to herself: Is it the fault of the "Hidden Sage"?
Then she looked at Theresa with some concern, fearing that she would be angry because of her criticism of the "Hidden Sage".

But Theresa smiled with relief: "So you plan to rebuild the 'Moss Ascetic Order'?"

"Yes," Odysseus said seriously, "Although it sounds a bit like someone who doesn't understand his own power and therefore has such arrogant thoughts, I do think so."

Edwina was thinking: No one knows whether the "Mysterious Queen" is an angel or a demigod, but one thing is generally acknowledged: the "Hidden Sage" is a deity of this path. While not quite at the level of a "true god," it seems close enough.

She couldn't understand why the "Admiral of Mystery" would have such an idea. Wasn't he afraid of the "Hidden Sage's" revenge? Even the "Queen of Mystery" wouldn't be able to protect him then.

Theresa sighed with some emotion and asked, "How did you become a Beyonder of the Mystery Peeper Path?"

"I was influenced and contaminated in an extraordinary case and became a 'secret peeper'." Odysseus replied.

Through previous conversations, he realized that the original "Moss Ascetic Order" was indeed different from the current one.

People like Theresa, who are willing to sacrifice their lives for a library, are relatively pure people. An organization that can produce such pure people cannot have a bad atmosphere.

So in this conversation, he chose to be honest.

"This is the choice fate has made for you." Theresa smiled and asked, "Where did you get the potion formula from later?"

"Part of the potion formula was obtained from the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and part of it was obtained from the Dawn of the Elements."

As Odysseus expected, Teresa then asked, "God of Steam and Machinery? 'Elemental Dawn'?"

"'Elemental Dawn' is an organization that has only emerged in the last few hundred years. Its leader is a High-Sequence Beyonder from the 'Mystery Peeper' pathway," Odysseus replied.
"And I got some information through another channel. The predecessor of the Church of Steam was the Stiano family."

Edwina sat up straighter all of a sudden. She seemed to have heard of this family somewhere.

Teresa nodded as if she understood something. "So, is this God of Steam and Machinery Elebella or Yugus?"

Odysseus was stunned: "You know these two?"

Teresa glanced at Odysseus and said, "You know that too?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "Elebella was severely injured during the Fourth Epoch and hid in the spirit world. By chance, she became my messenger."

Edwina recalled Odysseus's messenger: No wonder I felt that the messenger was of a very high level. I guess she must have been an angel in her "previous life".

"Your Excellency Elebella's choice is not wrong." Teresa then explained: "In the Third Age, Elebella and Yugus were two of the ten pillars of the 'Moss Ascetic Order'.

"Later, the Sage sent them to the Sun God to serve as liaisons between the two gods and also as advisors to the Sun God."

At this point, Theresa smiled and said, "At that time, only angels could become the Ten Pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order. Only in the Fourth Epoch did Saints have the opportunity to become one of the Ten Pillars."

Odysseus was stunned. "So, the Moss Ascetic Order had at least ten angels back then! They must have been very powerful!"
This reminded him of the "Redemption Rose". The "first edition" of the "Redemption Rose" was completely different from the current "Redemption Rose". The situation of the "Moss Ascetic Order" sounded quite similar to that of the "Redemption Rose".

So Odysseus asked: "Why are the main members called 'pillars'?"

He remembered that this seemed to be a very important title, and what it specifically represented could only be recalled in the "Wilderness of Knowledge". He only remembered that he had felt more than once that it was a bit presumptuous to dare to call himself that.

Teresa looked at Odysseus deeply before saying, "The Sage once said that the true pillars of this world are those who have awakened, not those one or two Stitched Monsters."

Odysseus was stunned for a moment. He instinctively felt that this sentence was very touching, but because he lacked sufficient memory, he didn't know where he was touched.

Teresa picked up her staff and looked at it with eyes full of love before saying to Odysseus, "This was given to me by the Sage at an important meeting of the Moss Ascetic Order. I made constructive suggestions.

"I don't have much use for it right now, so I'm giving it to you, hoping it can help you."

Although Odysseus didn't know what the "Staff of Guth" was, he knew it was very important to Theresa, so he declined, saying, "It's too valuable."

"I'm giving it to you under certain conditions," Teresa said. "I heard the information you just mentioned, and I suspect many members of the Moss Ascetic Order have been influenced by the spirits of this path.

"In the process of rebuilding the 'Moss Ascetic Order', please try to save as many members of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' as possible."

Odysseus took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I promise you."

As he spoke, he stopped being polite and took the staff. He immediately felt a strong spirituality flowing in his palm.

Teresa continued, "This staff is more than just a weapon. It's also my token of loyalty to the Ten Pillars. You can use it to enter the Temple of Knowledge."

She paused and continued, "If one day the Moss Trappist Order becomes a respected organization again, please remember to let me know.

"If the Sage awakens, tell the great Sage that I have lived up to His expectations and found the lost library."

Odysseus opened his mouth. He thought that the "sage" should have fallen, and perhaps some of his spirit still remained in the "Hidden Sage".

But after a little hesitation, he agreed: "Okay."

Then he thought: "Where is the Temple of Knowledge? Why have I never heard of it?"

Theresa looked up and said, "This night is almost over. Goodbye, both of you."

Odysseus was in a trance for a moment, opened his eyes, and realized that he had returned to the real world.

Suddenly, he felt something in his palm. When he raised it, he saw that it was the "Staff of Gus".

This staff is about the length of a forearm, and the main body is made of rough wood. A round piece of crystal as pure as a glass ball is fixed at the head of the staff. From the outside, there is nothing special about it.

But Odysseus felt the surging spirituality within it. Odysseus took a deep breath, and the spirit had actually learned how to use it from the staff.

Odysseus grasped his staff and summoned "Star Sand".

The "star sand" he summoned was immediately absorbed by the crystal at the head of the staff. The crystal, which was very pure just now, suddenly became bright and colorful, as if it contained a sea of stars.

Odysseus suddenly realized that his abilities as an "astrologer" had become about twice as strong!
With the strengthening of "Wild Knowledge", Odysseus is equivalent to taking two doses of "Astrologer" potion. Now he is more than twice as strong, and some of his power is close to that of a demigod.

But this level can only ensure that Odysseus can escape in the battle with the demigod. He dare not think about beating the demigod. After all, even if his spirituality has reached the level of demigod, he does not have the extraordinary abilities of the demigod!

Odysseus's spirit then realized that the "Staff of Guth" would not only strengthen the "Astrologer"'s power and later become a demigod, but would also bring about a corresponding strengthening of the demigod level.

He re-examined the staff in his hand, a little skeptical: Was this truly an elf product? Why did it feel like it was designed solely for "secret peepers"?

Thinking of this, Odysseus took back the "Star Sand" and the "Staff of Gus" became ordinary again.

He pondered for a moment, then stood up and said hello to the crew, went to the deck, and used the "flying technique" to reach the deck of the "Golden Dream" at the back.

After meeting Edwina, the two came to the study. When Edwina heard Odysseus say that he came to ask questions related to the "Staff of Gus", she stood up and walked to the bookshelf, browsed the rows of book spines for a while, took out a book and opened it.

"Found it." Edwina handed the book to Odysseus.

Odysseus took the yellowed book and saw the section of Gufusac's article that Edwina had opened, which was the description of the "Staff of Gus".

He quickly skimmed through it, and using his experience in discerning the authenticity of intelligence, he discovered that this chapter was basically made up of hearsay information.

The only two pieces of information that can be confirmed are: first, this staff is indeed from the elves, and second, it is said that there were once ten of them, but most of them were later lost.

After closing the book, Odysseus discussed the staff's purpose with Edwina, finally sighing, "I never imagined that ancient craftsmanship could create something this good." "I really want to take it apart and see what it's made of, but I'm afraid I'll break it and never be able to put it back together again."

Edwina smiled and said, "Can you lend it to me?"

Odysseus handed her the staff, and Edwina's expression quickly became shocked: "This... I, I can use it too! I feel that my abilities have been greatly enhanced.

"Hmm... the ability to 'imitate' has been roughly doubled."

As she spoke, the head of the staff changed slightly, emitting a rainbow-like colorful light.

If it could really be doubled, the abilities of other pathways that she "imitated" would be almost the same as the "genuine" ones, or even more powerful than the abilities used by Sequence 5 of certain pathways.

Odysseus was stunned. "I thought this was designed specifically for 'secret peepers'."

Then he thought he should do an experiment, so he said to Edwina, "Could you please ask your first, second, and third mates to come over?"

Edwina immediately understood what Odysseus was going to do, so she immediately used the "secret technique" to broadcast to the entire ship, asking her three first officers to come to her study.

The three mates had long wanted to know what the two captains were talking about, and within ten seconds they arrived at the study one after another.

Odysseus smiled and said, “I just got a staff. This staff is a bit special. I want to test whether it can enhance all the paths.

“So please come and try it.”

Before the three mates could speak, Odysseus continued, "Don't worry, this staff has no negative effects, nor is it contaminating. At least, neither I nor your captain have noticed any negative effects."

He paused and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, First Officer Blue should be a Beyonder from the 'Educator' pathway, Second Officer Orpheus should be a Beyonder from the 'Praiser' pathway, and Third Officer Jodson should be a Beyonder from the 'Thief' pathway."

The three first officers were stunned for a moment, but thinking that they had fought together before, it should not be that difficult to observe which path they belonged to, so they nodded one after another.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Then let's start with Mr. Blue."

Edwina handed the staff to the first mate Blue. After Blue took the staff, the crystal ball on the top of the staff also showed a slight change, and some brilliant light flowed out.

Blue was stunned for a moment before saying, "I... I can actually use some of Astronomer's abilities in advance."

The Sequence 5 of the "Generalist" is "Astronomer", but Blue is currently only a Sequence 6.

Odysseus nodded: “There has also been a significant strengthening.

"Please take the staff and feel it, Mr. Orpheus."

Blue reluctantly handed the staff to the second mate Orpheus. The blond Orpheus took the staff, but the crystal on the top of the staff did not change at all.

Orpheus said, "I feel my spirituality has been strengthened."

Odysseus said, "Hmm," and said, "Please give it a try, Mr. Jodson."

The unassuming Jodson took the staff, felt it with his spiritual sense, and said, "I also feel that my spiritual sense has been strengthened."

Odysseus took back the staff and thanked them with a smile: "Thank you all for your cooperation."

Edwina frowned and said, "The 'Staff of Gus' is not helpful in all avenues."

She then said, "It's not surprising that Blue's abilities have been enhanced. After all, he is a neighboring path of the 'Secret Peeper'.

"But why has my strength increased?"

Odysseus pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps the 'Reader' pathway also represents 'knowledge' to a certain extent."

Edwina nodded, thinking this was an explanation. Then she said to the three officers, "You can go back first."

The study door was closed again, and the two discussed the issue of the "Staff of Gus" for a while before talking about their plans after returning.

Odysseus said, "I've been thinking about this seriously lately. Since other organizations are also eyeing that feature, and we don't know how much intelligence they currently know, we can test them through some actions."

Edwina was stunned: "How to test?"

Odysseus said, "Let's send the Argo and the Golden Dream together to see if they can catch up."

Edwina paused for a moment before understanding what Odysseus meant. "If they follow us, it means they don't know much and are hoping to gain some intelligence from our actions?"

"That's right." Odysseus said, "The premise is that they really know about the Beyonder characteristics of the demigod level."

"I can confirm the accuracy of this information," Edwina said. "That's the information we just received before we met up in the Sonia Sea."

Odysseus sat down again and leaned back in his chair: "Our two ships completed their final replenishment in the Gargas Islands. This operation has been going on for about three days.

"Including the return trip, it should have taken about five days in total, which is enough time for them to make some arrangements."

Edwina tucked her hair behind her ears. "So, we might be followed right after we get back?"

Odysseus smiled slightly: "It's very likely."

Edwina pondered for a moment and felt that Odysseus's plan was a good one, so she asked, "Where should the two ships sail together?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "I do have a good place in mind, but I'll have to confirm it after I get back."

Edwina said "hmm": "I'll wait for your notice."

By saying this, she meant that she fully agreed with Odysseus's plan.

After finishing the business, the hungry Odysseus had a full meal on the "Golden Dream" before returning to the "Argo".

Back in his studio, Odysseus took out the "Staff of Gus" again, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't let it go.

Suddenly, he thought of using the "Wilderness of Knowledge" status to investigate the staff, so he first placed the "Staff of Gus" into the "Wilderness of Knowledge", and then used the "Meditation" method to enter.

When Odysseus arrived at the tall tower made up of light balls, he immediately saw that the "Staff of Gus" was actually floating in the air in this space.

Above the "central processing unit", ten bright stars appeared, one of which was emitting brilliant light.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the "Staff of Gus" could actually cause a certain reaction in the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Then he understood that each star represented a "Staff of Guth", and the glowing star represented the staff in the "Wild Land of Knowledge".

Odysseus scratched his head, not knowing how to verify his guess.

He pondered for a moment, looked at the "central processing unit", reached out and touched it, and immediately understood that he needed to use the "central processing unit" to establish a connection with those stars.

Odysseus first connected with the stars that were emitting brilliant light. The scene in the light ball tower suddenly appeared in his mind. He could even see himself touching the "central processing unit" from inside.

The feeling is like seeing your own image on the surveillance camera.

Odysseus disconnected and connected to another star, and he immediately saw a woman wearing Intis style clothing.

She was about thirty years old, with fair skin, delicate features, and eyes that seemed to show she had experienced many hardships.

At her waist, Odysseus found another "Staff of Guth".

Odysseus's field of vision is not at the same position as the "Staff of Gus", but is looking down. He can also use the "central processing unit" to adjust the perspective and see the surrounding situation.

At this time, the woman was lost in thought and had no idea that she was being watched by Odysseus.

At the same time, Odysseus' spirit also realized that he could not only see the holder of the "Staff of Gus" through the staff, but also use it as a medium to bring down power and influence the other party.

Looking away, Odysseus realized that the "Staff of Gus" was more advanced than he had imagined, and was obviously closely related to the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

This is a bit like the "Source Castle" and the antiques that Audrey and Alger had obtained before. These two original members of the Tarot Club were able to enter the "Source Castle" by relying on a special antique.

It was through this antique that The Fool noticed Cattleya and saved the Admiral of the Stars who was showing signs of losing control.

Odysseus took a deep breath. Before learning the true identity of this woman, Odysseus did not plan to use the "Staff of Gus" to influence the real world.

But first let’s take a look at where all these wands are?

So Odysseus used the "central processing unit" to connect to the third star.

As a result, all he could see was darkness. Odysseus adjusted his perspective and then saw the continuous lightning in the sky.

With the faint light of lightning, Odysseus could see the scene in the distance clearly. It was a barren land, and there seemed to be some strange creatures moving in the distance.

A land forsaken by God!

Odysseus immediately realized that this "Staff of Gus" was in the "God-forsaken Land"!
Obviously, it was difficult to recover the staff, so Odysseus withdrew his gaze and looked at the fourth star.

This time Odysseus saw another figure, a middle-aged man about fifty years old, with a square face and a clean-shaven beard. He was wearing the bishop's robe of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery and was whispering with another bishop.

Odysseus immediately realized that this was a demigod of the Church of Steam!

The other party was speaking Intis, and it was obvious that this scene took place in a church in the Republic of Intis.

Odysseus listened for a while, and when he heard that they were discussing a personnel appointment and dismissal matter, he stopped listening, retracted his gaze, and looked at the fifth star.

Odysseus saw that the scene among the stars was a meadow, the sky was gray and it was drizzling.

There seemed to be some skeletons hidden in the grass around, and in the distance there were some monster-like shadows wandering aimlessly.

Odysseus felt that this place was very familiar at first sight. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this place seemed to be the same place where a sealed object he had obtained before was teleported to.

It was a sealed artifact with the ability of the "Apprentice" path, and its target was the "Traveler" at the Sequence 5 level.

But the only ability of that seal is to teleport others to a strange place, which is a stretch of endless grassland where it rains all the time.

At that time, Odysseus and Klein were both teleported there, and it took a lot of effort to return to the real world.

Afterwards, this trophy belonged to Odysseus, but because its power was too useless, Odysseus never used it.

A few days ago, Odysseus thought about simply shattering this seal and using its properties to build another teleportation array.

At this time, Odysseus thought that he should explore the place first.

Thinking of this, Odysseus looked at the location of the sixth "Staff of Gus" again, and saw that it was in the hands of a monster that looked like a phantom.

Odysseus adjusted his perspective and was stunned. There were three suns in the sky!
He looked around for a while, and except for the rocks and water, which seemed somewhat familiar to Odysseus, everything else was very unfamiliar!

Finally, we concluded that this is most likely the scene of another planet!
This made Odysseus a little curious. Did the "Staff of Gus" have clients from alien planets?
He thought for a while, then looked at other stars. Of the remaining four "Staffs of Gus", one was obviously in the "God-forsaken Land", and the other three seemed to be on alien planets.

This reminded Odysseus of Teresa's previous description. She said that the "Staff of Gus" in her hand was one of the only three remaining staffs.

So in the Fourth Age, only three "Staffs of Guth" were still in the hands of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

There were two more staffs that were apparently lost in the "God-Forsaken Land" during the "Cataclysm", and another one was lost in the place where it was always raining.

Odysseus felt that it was probably not an alien planet, but a rather strange space.

He still couldn't figure out why there were four "Gus Staffs" on an alien planet?

In the field of mysticism, there is the concept of "starry sky" and the concept of aliens, but this does not mean that we can really "ship" to aliens.

Odysseus shook his head. There were too few clues, so he didn't continue thinking about this problem.

What is certain at present is that there is a "Staff of Gus" in the hands of a demigod of the Steam Church, but who could be the woman with a sense of vicissitudes in her eyes?

(End of this chapter)