Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 349: The Transport Squadron Leader from the "Rose School"

At the Tarot meeting, the members' expressions became increasingly solemn after hearing the answer from the "Hermit" Odysseus.

Klein the Fool was deeply aware that the divine war that took place in the Second Epoch was extremely complex. Each party involved in the war had its own goals, and these goals seemed difficult to understand on the surface.

The "priestess" Cattleya realized: Could it be that the "ancestor of the blood clan" chose to commit suicide in order to avoid being completely contaminated?

Then she sighed: "The pollution of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" is too strong, even the ancient gods cannot escape it."

After a moment of complete shock, Emlyn the Moon immediately asked, "Did the 'Ancestor' decide on his own to perish along with the other Ancient Gods? Wasn't he forced to do so?"

"That's probably the case." Odysseus replied with a smile, "You should know that I can't give you an accurate answer to this kind of question. I can only tell you my guess."

Emlyn nodded repeatedly: "I'm willing to listen, I'm willing to listen."

The guesses of the "hermit" are generally very logical. Even if the truth is not as it seems, it should not be much different.

Odysseus continued, "I believe that the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' could not have been unaware of the contamination. When he realized that he was unable to resolve the contamination, there were only two paths before him: one was to completely accept the contamination, and the other was to perish and prevent the contamination from spreading.

"If thoroughly contaminated, the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' would likely lose himself and allow himself to perish. As a god, especially a god of the spiritually rich 'Moon' path, there is a high possibility of resurrection.

"I think these two paths should not be difficult to choose."

Emlyn breathed a sigh of relief. "So, the 'Ancestor' chose to perish along with the other Ancient Gods, thus ending the pollution."

His eyes suddenly became moist: "'Ancestor'...'Ancestor' is great!"

Odysseus thought to himself: I think He is more concerned about himself.

However, he did not say what was in his heart, and continued: "In my opinion, the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' must have made this decision after the God War.

"Judging from the post-war situation, His decision lacked sufficient preparation. Otherwise, He should have been fully resurrected shortly after the divine war."

Hearing this, Emlyn smiled bitterly: "But after several epochs, the 'Ancestor' has not yet been fully resurrected."

Odysseus didn't say anything, because he knew very well that Lilith had been completely resurrected in the late Second Age, but she was resurrected in a different identity.

He paused for a moment before saying, "The above is all the information I have learned about the divine war.

"Because it happened so long ago, many details are still unclear. I will continue to share new information with you all."

Odysseus does know a lot of inside information, but it will not be announced until the end of the War of Gods next year.

Emlyn suddenly felt a little lost. He had been looking forward to trading this information, but now that it had been traded, he felt like he had lost something important.

The grand hall fell into silence, and everyone was thinking about the information they had just traded.

With the completion of the transaction, the free communication phase began.

Derrick, the Sun, spoke first: "I have become a 'notary public'."

Klein felt the urge to cover his face again: You don't need to tell us this.

But then Klein realized that the "Little Sun" had grown to a certain extent. He suddenly said this, probably because he wanted to hear everyone's opinions on the "Notary".

After all, he was the only Beyonder of the "Sun" Path in Silver City. If he wanted to digest the potion as quickly as possible, he didn't even have anyone to refer to.

Alger, the Hanged Man, had similar thoughts, but he responded calmly, "Although the Notary will receive a significant boost in physique, it's still more of a support role.

“The ability of notarized validities can be temporarily enhanced, while the ability of notarized invalidities will be weakened or forcibly dispelled.

"Also, the 'Notary' is adept at crafting contracts. Once signed and approved, even a Sequence 5 cannot violate them. Even a Sequence 4 demigod who wants to force a breach of contract will have to pay a heavy price."

As a member of the Church of the Storm, understand the advantages and disadvantages of the many "sun" pathways.

"Little Sun" Derrick thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Hanged Man."

In addition to wanting to understand how everyone viewed the "Notary" in order to find ideas for his role, he also wanted to know that after reaching Sequence 6, he could choose a Sealed Artifact from the Round Tower in the City of Silver.

Now that he had enough understanding of the "Notary", he thought he should give priority to choosing a seal that was good at controlling the target. If there was none, he should choose a seal with strong attack power to make up for his shortcomings.

After a few more brief exchanges and no new topics, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Club.

……

Back in the real world, Odysseus saw the ceiling of the hotel and suddenly came to his senses, realizing that he was on his way to take up his post.

He yawned, stood up, prepared the altar, and completed the transaction at the Tarot Club.

Received 4600 pounds in cash and more than a dozen extraordinary materials.

The cash was obtained from the intelligence transaction, and part of the extraordinary materials were the intelligence fees paid by "Little Sun", and part of them were the gold pounds that Odysseus helped "Little Sun" to advance for the extraordinary materials last week.

Of course, "Little Sun" also used "low-sequence" extraordinary materials to pay for those gold pounds.

After finishing all this, Odysseus drank a few sips of water and lay down on the bed to take a real nap.

There was nothing to do this afternoon. After Odysseus woke up naturally, he called Bernadette to have dinner together, and then went out for a walk after dinner.

But after eight o'clock, the number of people on the streets seemed to suddenly decrease.

After some inquiries, Odysseus found out that the security in Solothu City was not very good at night.

The two men did not continue to stroll around. After all, they were not police officers and there was no need to maintain public order here.

And when the pedestrians leave, the only people left on the streets may be thieves and robbers, and there will be nothing to see.

That night, Odysseus and others went to bed early. The next morning, they took a carriage and went to the station to load the large boxes onto two freight carriages. Then, the convoy of five carriages set off.

Some of the one hundred "extraordinary puppets" were leading the way in front, while others were following behind, forming a team that did not look too thin.

The road leading to Wotai City seemed to be just OK, but there were not many carriages on the road, because after leaving Solotu City, you would soon enter the mountains, where there were robbers everywhere.

Although the governor of Solothu State, Celt, had defeated several large bandit groups, the fundamental problem was not solved. After the previous bandit groups were wiped out, new robbers emerged.

Generally, the caravans that continue to move west are those of the bandit army of Wotai State, or those of the two barons and others of Wotai State.

The former are not afraid of robbers, the worst that can happen is a fight, while the latter have already given enough benefits to the robbers along the way, and those robbers will not rob them.

After walking for only a whole morning, Odysseus and his group did not encounter any robbers.

Because they belong to the third category: strength in numbers.

The "extraordinary puppets" were wearing military uniforms and carrying weapons, so small groups of robbers did not dare to rob such a team.

At noon, Odysseus and others took a rest under the shade of a tree at the entrance of a village. Although this is a mountainous area, there are still many villages.

According to Odysseus's "experience", most robbers come from villages like this. They usually farm and rob when they have the chance.

If you want to find the robbers' spies in a village like this, you will never find them because they are all the robbers' spies.

This is also the reason why it is easy to eliminate bandits in and around cities, but difficult to eliminate bandits in mountainous areas.

Normally, most of them were not bandits, and once they were defeated, they would split up into small groups and hide in the mountains, waiting for the state guards to withdraw before returning home to continue farming.

After a while, someone will raise their arms and organize them to form a new bandit army.

And this kind of bandit army is not the most difficult to deal with. The most difficult bandit armies are in the states of Voté and Chatel. The bandit armies there are supported by foreign forces and are better equipped than the state guards.

We continued our journey in the afternoon and entered the territory of Wotai Prefecture at around three o'clock.

The weather has been very good these two days. If it doesn’t rain, we should be able to reach Wotaizhou the day after tomorrow.

In fact, even if it rains, it doesn’t matter much. After all, the “extraordinary puppets” are not afraid of rain. It’s just that the road will become difficult to walk on, affecting the journey.

After walking for more than an hour, when passing a village on the side of the road, Odysseus saw an old lady with a cane standing at the entrance of the village, looking at the team in front of her indifferently.

Odysseus took a look at the other person's expression and ordered the car to stop. He opened the car window and asked, "Madam, do you need help?"

Bernadette, who was riding in the same car with Odysseus, felt a little strange. She didn't know why Odysseus suddenly helped a passerby?
This is because Odysseus saw the other person's eyes were full of despair, and he must have encountered huge difficulties.

This place is already within the territory of Wotai State and is under the jurisdiction of Odysseus. If Odysseus can help, he will.

The old woman gave Odysseus a blank look. "Help? Can you resurrect my son and daughter-in-law, and my seven-year-old granddaughter?"

Odysseus was stunned and immediately realized that the old woman was looking for a place to commit suicide, so there was a dead look in her eyes.

He opened the car door and got out: "I am the newly appointed governor of Wotai State. Tell me, who killed them?"

"Governor?" The old woman sneered, "Haha!
“Where was the governor when my son’s intestines were stabbed and he struggled in agony for a long time before dying?

"Where was the governor when his wife was raped? Where was my granddaughter when she was kicked out and her head hit a rock, breaking in two?"

At this time, Longzel, who also got off the carriage, said coldly: "Watch your tone!"

Odysseus waved his hand at Longzel, then said to the old woman, "I sympathize with your situation, but I don't feel any remorse, because that is the responsibility of the previous governors, not mine.

"Tell me what happened. If I catch the murderer, I will shoot him on your family's grave."

The old woman glanced at Odysseus and said indifferently, "It's useless, it's useless... They are all dead..."

As she spoke, she walked forward slowly, crossed the road, and headed towards the woods on the mountain.

Longzel was about to capture her to prevent her from committing suicide, but Odysseus stopped him again: "Let her go, she no longer has the faith to live."

Sometimes, for some people, living is torture.

Odysseus said to Longzel, "Go to the village and ask what happened. And find out where the old woman's family is buried."

Longzel nodded: "Yes."

Then, Odysseus returned to the car and said to Bernadette, "Wait a moment."

Bernadette said "hmm" and had no objection. After all, she was here to accompany Odysseus to take up her post, so when something happened, she would of course follow Odysseus's opinion.

She would only offer advice if there was a problem Odysseus couldn't solve.

At this time, Bernadette did not ask Odysseus why he did this, but just observed quietly.

Soon Longzel found out what had happened to the old woman. Yesterday, a group of bandits passed through the village and brutally killed the old woman and her family.

The flag used by the bandit army was a flying eagle, which was the flag of the bandit leader Craet.

Odysseus quickly recalled the information he had obtained before, that Kret was a bandit army supported by the Intis Republic.

This kind of bandit army is different from small gangs of robbers. Many of them have certain financial support and even received some professional training. They are more like mercenaries rather than the half-civilian, half-military forces like small gangs of robbers.

"I understand." Odysseus nodded, then said to Longzel, "Take a few people and look for the old woman. If she's not dead, don't worry about her. If she committed suicide, bury her with her family."

Long Zeer said, "Okay."

The caravan continued forward, and around dusk, Longzel caught up with them and reported to Odysseus, "The old woman committed suicide by jumping off a cliff."

Odysseus simply said, "I understand. Keep going."

Bernadette, who was sitting opposite Odysseus, suddenly said, "The bottom of this world is already very miserable."

"Of course I know." Odysseus smiled and said, "So now I hope to popularize my inventions more quickly and use them to reshape the world."

Bernadette wanted to say something, but in the end she just opened her mouth and said nothing.

In her impression, her father once had the idea of changing the world, but in the end he was defeated by this world.

Although Russell left a lot of political legacy to the world, it seems that he is still some distance away from his goal of changing the world.

Having lived for over a century, Bernadette had given up hope, but she wouldn't let her own opinions discourage Odysseus's enthusiasm. After dark, Odysseus arrived at the town where he was staying, but there were no lights at all, which struck him and the others as odd.

This is a small town built along the road. There are some shops on both sides of the road, and behind the shops are some residents' houses.

The town is not very big and you can see the other end at a glance.

After leaving Solothu City, it was evening when we arrived here, so there was such a small town.

After entering the town, there was no one on the not-so-long main road.

Odysseus in the carriage looked at Bernadette, but Bernadette shook her head, indicating that her spirit did not feel any danger.

Odysseus thought about it for a moment and then said, "Let's go to the hotel here and stay there first."

After entering the hotel, Longzel asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" to prepare dinner, and then he took several puppets around the hotel and found that some guest rooms still had luggage and some personal belongings.

The guests staying in the hotel disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated.

After hearing Longzel's report, Odysseus didn't seem to care too much: "Go and clean up a few rooms, we'll stay there first."

Long Zeer was stunned for a moment and then reminded: "Mr. Governor, there is something strange here."

Odysseus smiled and said, "I've seen a lot of strange things. Don't take it too seriously."

Longzel's eyes seemed to be asking: Can you really live here with such peace of mind?
In fact, Odysseus had some considerations for such a response. It is not clear what happened here. It is also unknown whether this was a plan aimed at him.

If all this wasn't directed at him, there was no point in worrying about it.

If the arrangement was aimed at him, then the other party might be doing this to force Odysseus and others to leave the town.

Even if we leave this town, we will still encounter the ambush we are bound to encounter. It would be better to just stay here, which might catch the enemy off guard.

With the two newly recruited clerks around, Odysseus certainly wouldn't explain such things too clearly.

After dinner, Odysseus and others returned to their rooms.

Soon Bernadette passed through the wall again and appeared in Odysseus's room: "I just made a 'prophecy'. It is because of your arrival that this town suddenly became like this."

Odysseus smiled and said, "I'm not a robber, why are they running?"

In fact, he knew in his heart that someone probably didn't want him to live in this small town. He didn't know who they were. It might be the bandits and nobles of Wotai City who planned to "welcome" the new governor.

It could also be the enemies he had provoked at sea before. After all, he relied on the "protection of the night" to offend some extraordinary organizations. Now he is like suddenly emerging from the darkness into the light, and there will definitely be many people who will come to seek revenge.

However, with the "Mysterious Queen" backing him up, Odysseus was not too worried.

Odysseus pondered for a moment and said, "I should be working again tonight."

Bernadette smiled, then she had another good show to watch.

In fact, she found it quite interesting to watch Odysseus fighting the enemy. When she secretly observed Odysseus assassinating Duke Negan before, she realized that Odysseus as an "astrologer" was more powerful than when she was an "astrologer".

So when you see Odysseus fighting, it's like seeing a beefed-up version of yourself fighting.

That night, Odysseus made all the preparations and kept the seal and scroll at hand.

But after waiting all night, nothing happened.

This made Odysseus more aware that the enemy drove away everyone here yesterday because they wanted Odysseus to feel that something was wrong here, so he continued to move forward overnight.

But what they didn't expect was that Odysseus would not follow their script at all.

During breakfast, Odysseus reminded Longzel that he must be more vigilant today and distributed heavy weapons to the "Extraordinary Puppets".

He estimated that there was an enemy encirclement ahead and a battle was inevitable.

The "Extraordinary Puppet" usually only carries cold weapons such as swords and the modified "Flame Arrow" in the shape of a revolver.

The so-called distribution of heavy weapons refers to equipping two "portable spiritual wave cannons" and twenty "extraordinary machine guns", while other "extraordinary puppets" are equipped with semi-automatic rifles designed by Odysseus.

It is no exaggeration to say that such a configuration is enough for them to defeat two entire regiments relatively easily, and at the same time, defeat them head-on.

Just as they were about to continue their journey, Longzel caught a few sneaky people.

After interrogation, we learned that they were residents of this town. Yesterday afternoon, someone suddenly shouted a few words, saying that Kret's large army would stay in this town for one night.

They said they were staying for one night, but in fact the people in the town provided them with food and accommodation, and also entertained them with sexual pleasure. When they left, they would also steal all the property they could take away from the town, as well as most of the food.

This kind of thing happens frequently in Wotai Prefecture, and the residents of the small town have become accustomed to it. Once they encounter a large group of bandits, they will run away quickly. If they can't run away, they can only consider themselves unlucky and stay to serve the bandits.

Most of the time, bandit armies would not carry out massacres at will. They also knew that the population in such mountainous areas was limited, and if they killed too many people, they would have nowhere left to rob.

Odysseus asked Longzel to release the people, and the group continued on their journey.

After walking for more than half an hour, Odysseus finally understood why the other party wanted him to travel overnight, because the road ahead was carved out of the cliff and was only wide enough for a carriage to pass.

There is a small open space every few meters, which is used for meeting cars.

Odysseus looked out of the car window and saw a turbulent river and messy rocks below the cliff. If an ordinary person fell from here, he would surely die.

While wearing the seal, Odysseus ordered the troops to continue moving forward. He was sure that the enemy would attack the convoy here.

Because if it were him, he would definitely attack here.

Bernadette, who was sitting opposite Odysseus, still looked relaxed. For a demigod, this dangerous environment would not have any impact on her.

Suddenly, she turned her head to look at the rock wall and cleared her throat.

The tacit understanding that had developed between the two during this period made Odysseus realize immediately that he had stepped into an enemy ambush.

He also looked at the rock wall carefully and didn't see anything unusual, but Bernadette's reminder was not wrong.

So Odysseus immediately used the "Flying Scroll" and "Scale Armor Scroll" and prepared for battle.

Suddenly, the horse pulling Odysseus seemed to be frightened, raised its front hooves and jumped into the steep canyon.

Odysseus suddenly rushed out of the carriage and used a "levitation scroll" on the carriage. The carriage did not continue to fall, but floated in the air.

Odysseus looked around carefully, but still could not find any trace of the enemy.

After a moment's thought, Odysseus immediately understood and threw a "Spirit Explosion Scroll" towards the location of the carriage.

The "extraordinary puppets" around were not affected too much, because they had no spirits at all. It was just that this scroll would cause the spirituality in their bodies to be disrupted for a short time, but they would return to normal soon.

But the "ghost" hiding in the cracks of the rock wall had to flee its original position. Odysseus grinned, his guess was right, the one who ambushed him this time must be the "Rose School"!
The "ghost" had a strong ability to hide, and Odysseus' spirit did not sense his presence at all.

Flying in the air, Odysseus directly took out the "Scepter of Disaster". There was no human habitation within a dozen kilometers around here, which was a good opportunity to use this level 1 seal.

In a flash, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and sharp white thunder exploded in front of the black shadow-like "ghost".

At the same time, Longzel commanded the team mainly composed of "Extraordinary Puppets" to move forward quickly, hoping to leave the battlefield as soon as possible.

After all, with the power of the seal in the hands of "Mr. Governor", these "extraordinary puppets" can't help much.

Flying in the air, Odysseus quickly noticed that the thick lightning bolts did not seem to hit the "ghost".

Then he looked up at the top of the mountain, where stood a woman wearing Lenburg clothing and with a sinister look on her face. She was holding a Southern Continent-style dagger in her hand, and was looking coldly at the location of the "vengeful spirit".

Odysseus's spirit immediately sensed that it was a Level 1 seal, which should also be equivalent to Sequence 4.

The reason why the lightning did not harm the "ghost" just now was because this seal blocked those attacks for him.

Odysseus guessed that it was the demigod who had appeared in Bayam earlier who had noticed that Odysseus Garr had a Level 1 Sealed Artifact in his hand.

That's why their assassinations carry level 1 seals.

Then, two more people appeared beside the woman holding the Level 1 Seal. They stared at the rapidly advancing "Extraordinary Puppets" with indifferent expressions.

Then, behind them, a group of people appeared with the same indifferent expressions as theirs.

Odysseus estimated that they should be two "zombies", and behind them were corpses controlled by him.

The two "zombies" suddenly bent their bodies and ran towards the team of "extraordinary puppets" commanded by Longzel, and the corpses behind them immediately followed.

Then they jumped down, ready to jump into the middle of the "Extraordinary Puppet".

However, Longzel discovered them in advance and immediately shouted an order: "Machine gunners! Attack the bodies that jumped down."

Da da da da da ~
Almost at the moment Longzel gave the order, extraordinary bullets like fire snakes splashed out, forming a desperate fire network.

After being hit by machine gun bullets, those ordinary corpses were shattered into pieces like a piece of rag. Even the two "zombies" could not withstand such intensive bullet fire. They dodged very nimbly in mid-air, and when they finally landed, they did not appear among the "extraordinary puppets".

Some of the zombies they controlled successfully landed among the "Extraordinary Puppets", but two-thirds of them were smashed to pieces in the process of falling and no longer had any combat capability.

When the remaining one-third were about to snatch the machine guns from the "extraordinary puppets", those "extraordinary puppets" who were not holding machine guns had already drawn their cold weapons and started hand-to-hand combat with the zombies.

The "puppets" holding the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" quickly retreated. If they fired machine guns at such a close distance, the probability of accidentally injuring their own people was greater than the probability of killing the enemy.

The two Sequence 6 zombies were about to rush over to help, but Longzel quickly stepped forward and blocked the attacks of the two Beyonders.

Early yesterday morning, after Odysseus obtained the extraordinary characteristics of the "Punishment Knight", he made a magical item for Longzel that was comparable to the Sequence 5 level.

This allowed him to return to his true Sequence 5 level, and he was able to block the attacks of the two "zombies" with relative ease.

The power of the weapons in the hands of the "Extraordinary Puppet" surprised the "Ghost" and the woman holding the Level 1 Seal. Just now, they had realized that these people in military uniforms were actually puppets, but they did not expect that the combat effectiveness of these puppets would be so strong!

That woman was a Sequence 5 "Winner" of the "Monster" Path. Because of her own abilities, she was able to master this Level 1 Seal.

This seal is for the Sequence 4 "Puppet" of the "Prisoner" pathway. Theoretically, she can control those puppets.

However, there is still a significant difference between the Seal Artifact and the true Sequence 4. This "winner" can only use the Seal Artifact to fight Odysseus at this time and has no time to take care of the battlefield over there.

While the zombies were fighting the "Extraordinary Puppet", Odysseus immediately waved his scepter and a tornado flew towards the top of the mountain, sweeping up the gravel and weeds along the way and flying into the air.

The tornado was so strong that it plowed a shallow mark on the rock wall.

The "winner" immediately turned into a shadow and used the seal to hide in the spirit world.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Odysseus threw an "aphrodisiac scroll" towards the "ghost". He planned to use this opportunity to severely damage the "ghost".

Just as Odysseus expected, the "ghost" that had been forced by the "Scepter of Disaster" to hide in the cracks of the rock wall had its sexual desire suddenly ignited by the "Aphrodisiac Scroll". It rushed towards a rock protruding from the mountain not far away from him, hoping to have an act with the rock that went beyond friendship.

In fact, the "Aphrodisiac Scroll" does not have such a great impact on Sequence 5, except for the "Indulgence School" of the "Rose School".

Just as Odysseus was about to continue his attack, an illusory bearded male figure suddenly appeared in his pupils.

Odysseus’ eyes widened: Oh no, there is another “vengeful spirit”!
This time, the "Rose School" actually dispatched three Sequence 5s, carrying a Level 1 Sealed Artifact for the assassination!

Fortunately, the "Scale Armor Scroll" can also block some extraordinary attacks, otherwise Odysseus would have been completely "possessed" by this "vengeful spirit"!

At this time, the "tornado" on the top of the mountain disappeared, and the "winner" holding the level 1 seal appeared again. Looking at Odysseus who had been initially possessed, he showed a cold smile.

Even if the possession was not yet complete, Odysseus was still a lamb to be slaughtered in her eyes.

"fire!"

Longzel's cold voice made the "winner" who was about to attack Odysseus tremble suddenly.

A "portable spiritual wave cannon" has been assembled and fired a shell at the "winner".

(End of this chapter)