Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 375 The Contract of Death

Odysseus was not surprised to hear Alexis's request. He looked into Nicola's eyes before saying, "It's not difficult to cure her, but is Miss Nicola willing to see this world?"

Alexis immediately said, "Why not? Of course I am willing."

As Odysseus expected, Nicola said, "I don't want to."

Alexis was stunned. He looked at Nicola and asked, "Why?"

"This world is too dark, so I can't see anything." Nicola smiled and said, "There are still many beautiful things in my eyes. Let me preserve some of that beauty."

Odysseus had long observed that Miss Nicola was a relatively sober person, so she would not accept his treatment, at least not now, nor would she accept Alexis's kindness.

Because in her current state, she can still get along with Alexis on a relatively equal footing.

Alexis' eyes were filled with tears: "But...but I want you to see me."

Nicola, however, held Alexis's hand and smiled, "What can I do if I see you? There's no way between us."

She paused and continued, "In my heart, you are the most handsome young man."

Alexis seemed to have lost all his strength: "Yes, I shoulder the hopes of my family, and I am no longer at the age where I can act willfully.

"But I can leave all my love to you."

His solution was to marry another noble, but to pour all his affection on Nicola.

"I'm sorry, I'm a rather selfish person when it comes to feelings," Nicola said.

The two people held hands, their eyes full of affection, but they said the most decisive words.

They all knew that they should express their feelings now, otherwise they might not have the chance in the future.

After giving them more than ten seconds, Odysseus cleared his throat and said, "You guys should discuss and resolve your issues among yourselves. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."

Alexis took a deep breath and forced a smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Wizard, I made you laugh. I will definitely finish the finishing work."

Odysseus hummed, and "reappeared" the ability of "earth escape", sinking into the ground and disappearing from the two people's sight.

After returning to the embassy office, Bernadette ended her invisible state: "I still want to watch them talk to each other for a while longer."

"That's their privacy," Odysseus said helplessly. "But I feel that recording my observations of them will definitely achieve the desired effect as supplementary material."

Bernadette nodded and asked, "Don't you want to help them?"

"How can I help?" Odysseus said, "Alexis didn't make any promises casually, which shows the greatest respect for Nicola.

"And if he gave up his inheritance of the title, gave up the family business, and chose true love, it would bring disaster to Nicola.

"Think about it, he can even give up his title and property. Maybe in the future, when he thinks it's appropriate, Nicola can also be given up."

Bernadette sat across from Odysseus and said, "You mean, title and family property are more important than love?"

"No, what I mean is that holding a responsible attitude is the minimum respect for your lover." Odysseus took a deep breath and smiled.

"They are both sober people. For them, rejecting each other is a sign of deep love for each other."

As he spoke, he stretched and said, "Okay, let's deal with the things at hand first.

"I've only got one piece of loot, and I'm going to let the person who provided me with the information choose first..."

Bernadette raised her hand and said, "I didn't help much, I don't want the spoils."

"How can that be?" Odysseus placed the cable on the desk. "Come, come, I'll distribute the spoils to you personally."

As he spoke, Odysseus put his arms around Bernadette's waist and hugged her.

Bernadette looked at the person in front of her with a smile, without dodging.

Odysseus leaned over and gently kissed Bernadette's lips, which were moist and silky, and very comfortable to kiss.

But soon, Bernadette dodged and fell on Odysseus's shoulder.

Odysseus's hand slid across Bernadette's waist, which was neither thick nor thin. "This is an exclusive trophy."

Bernadette had adjusted her mood, took a deep breath, and stood up: "Not bad."

Odysseus patted her waist and said, "Are you going to evaluate the saltiness next?" while picking up the cable again.

Then he waved his hand: "I'll contact the person who provided the information first."

After saying this, he used his ability to "reappear", and a bird that Bernadette had never seen before suddenly appeared at his feet.

The bird had feathers composed of crimson and gold, and looked thin but powerful. There were balls of illusory flames on its long tail. Its two wings were spread out, and there seemed to be flowing crimson symbols on its huge feathers.

The next second, the strange bird appeared in the air carrying Odysseus, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

Bernadette was stunned at first: What extraordinary creature can fly so fast?

Then she took a deep breath and continued to try to calm herself down. In fact, if she wasn't afraid of losing her composure, she would have hoped to kiss him a little longer.

……

Odysseus came to Cruz Island on the Suzaku bird. At present, what he "reproduced" was still a newly grown-up Suzaku bird. His spiritual sense told him that as his strength grew, he could "reproduce" a bigger and faster Suzaku bird.

Moreover, those Suzaku birds are more powerful and can "reappear" to fight.

After completing the ability of "reappearance", Odysseus prepared an altar in the cabin on the top of the mountain, built a "spiritual wall", and took out the "essential oil of sleeping flower" from the "wilderness of knowledge" for use.

After preparing the altar, light the candles and drop some "sleep flower essential oil" on the candle representing the gods to please the "Goddess of Night".

As a soothing atmosphere filled the surroundings, Odysseus placed a section of mutated cable in the center of the altar and began to recite the honorific name: “You are the goddess of the night, more noble than the stars and more ancient than eternity;

“It is the Crimson Lord, the Mother of Secrets;
"Queen of trouble and terror; lord of sleep and silence.

"Great Goddess of Night, your devout followers request your gaze.

"Please open the gates of the Kingdom of God and accept the sacrifice on the altar."

A strange strong wind suddenly blew inside the "Spiritual Wall", but it soon disappeared and a surge of peace descended.

In front of the altar, Odysseus felt a huge sense of spiritual oppression. This oppression made him lower his head and wait quietly for the "Goddess of Night" to collect the spoils.

But to his surprise, the suction feeling produced by opening the door to the kingdom of God never appeared.

Just as he was about to ask the goddess if she wanted something else, two images suddenly appeared in his mind. The first was a huge gallows with a man in strange bishop's clothes hanged on it, swaying back and forth in the wind.

Suddenly, the man on the gallows seemed to notice that someone was watching him, and he reached out and pulled the rope hanging on him, as if doing pull-ups, to loosen the rope around his neck.

Because the rope was slack, his head could move freely, and he slowly turned in the direction of Odysseus.

The second picture shows a woman with a charming beauty. She is wearing blue eye shadow and blush, and has an indescribable weirdness and agility.

When these two scenes ended, the surging sense of peace disappeared, and at the same time, the huge sense of oppression also disappeared.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment, looking at the candles burning on the altar and the section of optical cable that was still emitting a pale yellow light.

Damn, what does "goddess" mean?
Can't you speak more clearly?

Taking a deep breath and extinguishing the candle, Odysseus had to wonder what was going on.

First of all, it is certain that the "Goddess of Night" did not like this trophy, or did not want it, so He gave other instructions.

Then Odysseus recalled the two scenes just now. In the first scene, the appearance of the hanged man was not very clear, but he was wearing the bishop robe of the Church of Death.

This kind of bishop's robe may still exist in some places in the southern continent, but it is almost never seen in the northern continent and the violent sea.

Odysseus had seen such a bishop's robe when he became the captain of the "Ghost" and came into contact with the ship's spirit.

As for the woman in the second picture, Odysseus guessed that it might be Daly Simone.

Odysseus had never seen this member of the "Red Gloves", but he guessed her identity from her "psychic" attire.

This immediately reminded Odysseus of the content of the negotiation with the "Witch Sect" in the morning. It was very likely that the "Goddess's" instructions were related to that matter, but he still didn't quite understand what the "Goddess" meant specifically.

Odysseus took a deep breath and decided to wait a while if he didn't understand. Since the gods had given such a hint, there must be follow-up arrangements.

Finally, Odysseus set his sights on the mutated cable. This cable was most likely affected by the "Hidden Sage" and was a hot potato in Odysseus's view.

That was why he generously planned to sacrifice his only trophy, but the "Goddess of Night" didn't want it.

He thought about how to solve it. The best way was to take it to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" for research. That was Odysseus's home turf. Even if the "Hidden Sage" had any hidden tricks up his sleeve, he could easily eliminate them.

But Odysseus was afraid of the "Hidden Sage's" next move, which was to let him take this cable to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" so that He could take control of the Source.

In fact, the probability of this happening is not high, because the "Goddess of Night" has brought enough bad luck to the "Hidden Sage" in this action, and his action was stopped just as it began.

He was even unlucky enough to be stopped by a demigod.

Perhaps He has arranged many follow-up measures, but because it has just begun, there is no time to strengthen those backup measures and they cannot be implemented.

But when it comes to the "wilderness of knowledge" where Odysseus makes his living, he cannot take risks.

After thinking about it for a while, Odysseus first sealed the cable again, then "reappeared" the ability of "earth escape" and came to his mayor's office.

Odysseus entered the "wilderness of knowledge" in the office and performed an "astrology" there. The astrological signs he obtained confirmed that there would be no danger after bringing in the mutated cable.

Odysseus then returned to the cabin on the top of the mountain and took the cable into the "wilderness of knowledge" for research.

He first observed it carefully, and then injected a little spirituality into the cable. The pale yellow light on the cable intensified and condensed into mystical symbols.

After some deciphering, Odysseus understood the meaning of those mystical symbols, but he was soon surprised by the complexity of the magic circle.

This is very much like a computer system in the mystical sense. Odysseus automatically found the information storage array, information operation array, intelligent response array, information access array, etc. in it.

Together, they formed what Odysseus thought was a computer system with artificial intelligence.

However, the "hardware" that operates these magic arrays is the human brain, which uses the brain's memory to store information and uses the brain's reaction ability as a motherboard.

The "information access array" automatically connects to the human brain after information matching within a certain range and for a certain period of time.

Fortunately, Odysseus acted quickly enough before, otherwise, over time, his brain would most likely be connected to this magic circle and become part of its computing power.

This made Odysseus very excited, because as the number of "intelligent puppets" increased, there was a great need for a highly intelligent "hub" to allow the "intelligent puppets" to interact with each other and optimize the commands of the "intelligent puppets".

He has been researching in this direction for some time, but has not come up with a good idea. The magic circle in the mutant cable is a very good reference.

Some structures can even be used directly by simply replacing them with "Gal Runes".

This made Odysseus start to study day and night. In a blink of an eye, a week had passed in the "Wilderness of Knowledge". Odysseus completely mastered the magic circle and applied it to "Galfu Culture".

Using the "Gal Rune" is equivalent to re-encrypting it, so there is no need to worry about the "Hidden Sage" finding the knowledge that originally belonged to Him.

When applied in the real world, corresponding rituals must be performed to set up a "firewall" with the status of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to prevent the "Hidden Sage" and the "God of Steam and Machinery" from taking advantage of those extraordinary puppets.

With Odysseus's current level in the "Wild Knowledge", it is difficult to stop the invasion of these two evil gods, but there is a certain amount of time to minimize the losses, such as disconnecting the "hub" from other units, and ultimately only losing one "hub".

Before reaching the demigod level, the "extraordinary puppets" created by Odysseus were still unable to defend against attacks at the demigod level.

For example, Odysseus had previously thought about the attack of "Prisoner" Path Sequence 4 "Puppet". At that time, he tried many methods, but found it difficult to completely solve the problem.

But after becoming Sequence 4, Odysseus used his own power to transform the "Intelligent Cube" and generate "garbled code" to resist the attacks of the demigods when the "Extraordinary Puppet" was invaded by the demigods.

For example, when the "puppets" fight for control of those "extraordinary puppets", they can easily lose Odysseus's control, but the "puppets" will soon find that the actions performed by these "extraordinary puppets" are inconsistent with his commands.

For example, if you let it attack the "intelligent puppet" next to it, it is very likely to shake hands with the "extraordinary puppet" next to it.

The basic theory of this "garbled" confrontation method is that when the "smart cube" determines that it has been invaded, it will disrupt all attack commands and change them to non-attack commands.

Although Odysseus will not be able to use those extraordinary puppets in the short term, the demigod who attacks maliciously should not be able to use them.

The power of this method is based on giving the "intelligent cube" about the same amount of divinity as a high-level scroll, which allows it to make accurate judgments and modify commands in a timely manner.

If it were someone else, at the "Mystic Scholar" stage, they could only produce ten such extraordinary puppets per day, and the faint divinity bestowed upon them would disappear after half a year.

But Odysseus is an exception. He has the help of the "Wilderness of Knowledge". The number of extraordinary puppets he can create in a day is limited by the production capacity of the "cattle and horses" in the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Moreover, after the "smart Rubik's Cube" is made, the "knowledge wilderness" can be used to solidify the divinity on it. Theoretically, the divinity on it will not be reduced for decades.

A few decades would be enough to destroy that group of extraordinary puppets.

Currently, Odysseus is fully committed to producing this extraordinary puppet in the "Wilderness of Knowledge". The foundries in reality are fully committed to producing metal accessories in order to keep up with Odysseus's manufacturing pace.

It has basically been replaced by the "Extraordinary Puppet" that does not have the ability to fight against demigods.

If encountering an attack at the angel level, unless the "Lord of Mysteries" fights for control, he will still be exploited by the enemy.

But that is not a problem that can be solved now. Odysseus estimates that he can only solve problems of this level after he becomes an angel.

Moreover, enemies at the angel level are unlikely to compete for control of the extraordinary puppets, because they have more efficient ways to attack Odysseus, and they don't need to pay any attention to the attacks of the extraordinary puppets.

Afterwards, Odysseus ordered the "intelligent puppets" to enter the verification phase and produce a set of samples first to test whether they were reliable.

Finally, when Odysseus was summarizing the knowledge of this magic circle, he suddenly realized a problem. After killing more than a dozen people, this mutated cable should theoretically have used those people's brains to form a highly autonomous "intelligent body."

But that "intelligent entity" was not in the magic circle, which means that it was very likely to have escaped!
Thinking of this, Odysseus planned to return to Birningham Road to search immediately, but after returning to the real world, he gave up the idea.

Because during the days spent in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", more than an hour had passed in the real world. Even if we went to Berningham Road at this time, we would not be able to find any clues.

However, after Odysseus learned about the status of this "intelligent entity", he knew very well that the other party would definitely start to act again after lying dormant for a period of time.

So Odysseus began to think about how to find the trace of that "intelligent entity" and prevent it from escaping again.

……

In the southern waters of the Sea of Rage, on the Red Spider.

This is a pirate ship, and the pirates are having a party. The crew members are drinking heavily on the deck and in the cabin, and bragging loudly about the role they played in yesterday's action.

Yesterday they mutinied under the leadership of the first mate, killing the captain and the crew members loyal to him.

The bodies of the deceased were hung on the mast, exposed to the scorching sun.

For the mutinous crew members, this was their merit, and the bodies would be thrown into the sea only after they began to rot.

Such things rarely happen in pirate groups. After all, on the sea, the captain's authority is unquestionable.

The reason for the rebellion was that they had just found a treasure with the feathered serpent logo and obtained a large amount of gold.

The captain's distribution caused public outrage, so they mutinied. The first mate redistributed the gold, so everyone was very happy and was already discussing how to exchange the gold for gold pounds and how to spend it.

The only anomaly was that the first mate who launched the mutiny locked himself in the captain's room and looked through the information obtained from the treasure.

bang~
Suddenly, the door to the captain's cabin was flung open. The first mate said in horror, "Quick! Throw Bolton's body into the sea! Quick!"

Bolton was the captain they killed.

"It's too late." Captain Burton, who had been stuck on the mast for more than ten hours and had a fatal wound in his heart, suddenly grabbed his rope and loosened it like doing pull-ups.

The deck, which had been bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet, and many of the mutinous crew members thought they were dazzled or drunk.

They actually saw the dead captain and the bodies of the crew members who were once loyal to the captain, untying the ropes tied around themselves!
When the first mate saw this, he immediately pulled out his revolver and shot the captain.

Captain Bolton's body had jumped onto the deck. His movements were a little stiff at first, but he quickly recovered. A bullet hit his head, but he seemed to be unharmed.

When he blinked, for a moment his pupils seemed to suddenly become elongated, like snake eyes, and he stared at the surroundings with cold eyes.

"It's useless." Bolton announced in a hoarse voice: "I have signed a contract with the great 'God of Death' and become a loyal servant of Him.

"And those filthy souls of yours will be the first batch of sacrifices I offer to the God of Death!"

"Impossible!" the first mate cried out, his heart piercing. "Death... Death has been gone for over a thousand years!"

At this time, he felt his nose was a little itchy. He touched it with his hand and found that his nostrils were bleeding.

He seemed to realize something and crawled towards the captain's room, but soon he found his limbs stiff and fell in front of the door of the captain's room.

Bolton stepped forward and said in a serious tone: "As long as death exists, the god of death will not fall.

"The throne of Death is preparing to welcome its master, the ruler of the underworld, back again."

As he spoke in a voice that sounded like a preaching, the crew members around him fell down one by one, and blood flowed from their eyes, nostrils, ear canals and corners of their mouths.

The blood turned black in an instant, then transformed into small snake scales, and finally disappeared into the air as if it had vaporized.

Bolton stretched out his hand and said devoutly, "Death will eventually return!"

The next second, the crew members who had just died seemed to twitch together. They climbed up from the deck and the cabin one by one, looking at Captain Bolton quietly.

But their eyes were very cloudy, like the eyes of a dead person.

Bolton sneered, "Fools! Adjust the sails quickly and head for an island without official Beyonders! The God of Death needs more sacrifices!"

……

After Odysseus returned to Backlund, he first recorded his observations of Alexis and Nicola in his office, and then wrote a letter to Count Vincent, roughly explaining what had happened.

Of course, the cause of the whole incident was not explained in detail. It was just roughly said that an extraordinary event had occurred, and Alexis and Nicola's behavior was strange, and they were investigating that extraordinary event.

The extraordinary incident has now been resolved, and Alexis has promised to tie up the loose ends.

Finally, Odysseus talked about the relationship between Alexis and Nicola. He knew that this was one of the issues that Count Vincent was most concerned about.

Odysseus did not make any subjective comments on this, but simply described the facts.

After writing the letter, Odysseus summoned a messenger and asked him to deliver the letter to Count Vincent.

Then Odysseus found Bernadette and discussed with her about going to the food alley in the bridge area in the evening.

……

Count Vincent had just had a rather unproductive meeting with an official from another department.

Count Vincent, feeling somewhat tired, returned to his office and saw an unfamiliar letter lying on his desk.

He immediately asked his secretary, "Did anyone come into my office just now?"

"No," the secretary replied confidently, "No one has entered your office all day."

Count Vincent was slightly stunned and then said "Oh", as if he understood what was going on. After the secretary left, he opened the letter and took a look at the signature. It was indeed "Mr. Gall".

He took a deep breath, put on his glasses and began to read the letter.

After reading it, Count Vincent was stunned for a few seconds. He didn't expect that the matter could be solved so easily!

Moreover, both the solution and the level of understanding of the matter far exceeded his expectations.

He even felt a little scared, because he had just asked this morning, but Ambassador Lenburg did not visit the mansion.

After a few seconds, he seemed to come to his senses and shouted to his secretary, "Bring over those two documents about the Lenburg Embassy."

……

Backlund Bridge District, around nine in the evening.

Klein slowly descended from an illusory vine, bearing the face of Gehrman Sparrow.

He had just met with the "Mysterious Queen", and through a deal, his secret doll became as if it had been eroded by the seal core behind the Chanis Gate.

This was his final preparation. He planned to sneak into St. Samuel's Church in the near future, steal the "Antigonus Family Notes", and try to find the Sequence 4 potion formula from it.

There was no rush to go back today. Klein had heard that there was a food alley in the Bridge District and he wanted to go there for a stroll.

Klein changed his appearance again, making himself look like an ordinary Backlund resident. After arriving at the Food Alley, he immediately fell in love with the atmosphere here.

The shops here are not big, but they are bustling with people coming and going, and they look very lively.

Klein ordered fish and chips, and then ordered mashed potatoes and barbecue from another shop. Finally, he sat in front of an open-air bar and ordered a beer to eat and drink.

This open-air bar is very simple, with only a bar counter, a few high stools, and some chairs in the alley not far away.

There are several bars next to each other, and many people buy snacks and then come here to have a drink and eat.

After taking a sip of beer, Klein suddenly recalled that he had never had such a relaxing meal since arriving in Backlund.

The rich man's food was indeed good, but what made Klein uncomfortable was that there were always one or two servants standing by during every meal, which greatly affected his appetite.

He had also thought about not having servants during meals, but since it was a matter of decency, he had to give up.

After taking another bite of the barbecue, Klein sighed that barbecue must be paired with beer.

Just then, Klein saw a familiar figure sitting down in the bar next door.

Although he could only see the side, the Faceless Man's corresponding ability made Klein particularly sensitive to other people's height and physical characteristics. He immediately recognized that it was the Hermit, or Odysseus Garr.

Klein had already learned from the newspaper that this guy was now the ambassador of Lunburg to the Kingdom of Loen.

He really couldn't understand how the Lenburg government dared to let a "pirate general" be an ambassador?

At this moment, there was suddenly a person next to Odysseus. The person's appearance could not be seen clearly, but it was known that she was a beautiful woman.

Klein didn't continue looking over there because his spiritual sense told him that if he continued looking, even with his peripheral vision and even with the help of "Above the Gray Fog", the other party would notice.

After a few seconds, Klein was in a daze and suddenly realized that he had not taken the fact that there was another person beside Odysseus seriously at all.
After a brief reflection, Klein realized that it must be some kind of extraordinary ability that prevented people around from noticing the sudden appearance of a new person.

Because of the peculiarity of "Above the Gray Fog", he quickly woke up from this hallucination-like ability.

Then, Klein guessed that the woman next to Odysseus should be the "mysterious queen" he had just met.

Thinking of this, Klein couldn't help but look over again. Odysseus and the woman had already left.

After a brief search, he saw the back of Odysseus in the crowd. Next to him was a woman with a perfect figure, the "Mysterious Queen".

The "mysterious queen" who was very aloof just now was now holding Odysseus' arm, and the two were strolling around chatting and laughing.

Klein suddenly understood: they were dating.

Then he carefully averted his gaze immediately to avoid being noticed by the two demigods.

After taking a sip of beer, Klein smiled, and a gossipy thought suddenly occurred to him.

Then his smile disappeared because he suddenly realized that there was no place to share this gossip.

……

Bridge area, food alley.

Odysseus pointed to a store nearby and said, "Let's go try that pudding."

"Okay." Bernadette smiled.

Odysseus held Bernadette's hand, and the two of them were now becoming more and more accustomed to this intimate action.

At this moment, Odysseus suddenly turned around and asked, "Why...why do I always feel like someone is watching us?"

"I feel the same way." Bernadette looked towards the bar: "There are no suspicious people around."

"Then there's no need to worry." Odysseus smiled and said, "In this case, if the other party's level is higher than ours, if they have malicious intentions, we will sense the danger.

"Either they're not very high-ranking, but they're very good at hiding and know one of us. There's no need to worry about that."

With the spirituality of the two of them, even if there were an archangel on this street who wanted to deal with them, their spirituality would most likely give them a warning.

While tasting the pudding, the two of them paid close attention to their surroundings, but they didn't find anything unusual, so they continued to stroll around with peace of mind.

After trying snacks from several other shops, Bernadette discovered, "The food here is quite strong and a bit greasy. If I had to say what makes it special, the prices are quite cheap."

"Well, those who come here to spend money are obviously Backlund's middle class." Odysseus also expressed his opinion: "This is not surprising. The transportation in the Bridge District is well-developed, and many middle-class people have to pass through here on their way to and from work.

"Especially after get off work in the evening, coming here for a snack will make many 'pseudo-middle-class people' envious."

Generally speaking, the crowds here ensure that these snacks have a sufficient market.

The two men sat down in a store, ate French fries with ketchup, and talked about the problems in Wotai State again.

Bernadette will return to Wotai Province tomorrow and will not come to Backlund again until next week.

"The new governor should be able to arrive in Wotai City in the next two days." Bernadette said.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Just leave it to Mandy."

He paused and continued, "I have met the king. To be honest, even if the king came to Wotai Province, he would not be a match for Mandy."

According to Odysseus's idea, Bernadette only needs to be responsible for extraordinary matters, and other matters can be left to Mandy to handle.

"There's something I'm curious about." Bernadette changed the subject. "Mandy is so capable and good-looking, and she's been your subordinate for so long. How did you manage to maintain such a close but not too distant relationship?"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed this matter."

He thought for a moment and then said, "Don't be angry if I tell you the truth, okay?"

"Well, I'm not angry."

"You look like you're about to get angry right now!"

Bernadette smiled in a formulaic way: "I really want to hear your honest truth. Remember, tell the truth, otherwise your nose will get longer."

"You misunderstood." Odysseus smiled helplessly, "I just suddenly remembered that when I rescued Mandy just now, she did express her wish to be my woman..."

"Yes, that's what I want to hear."

Odysseus twitched his lips and said, "I think you want to bite me. Okay, okay, listen to me.

“At the time, I was still quite proud and felt that I couldn’t agree to such a thing under those circumstances.

"Later, I simply had too many things to do. You should also understand that it's not easy for a Sequence 9 to establish such a force in Backlund.

"Also, I still had a lot of research to do at the time. A year or two passed in a flash, and Mandy and I had already gotten used to a way of getting along that was based on mutual trust but with clear boundaries."

Speaking of this, Odysseus smiled and said, "Then I met the fascinating 'Mysterious Queen'. After meeting her, I felt that my whole world was filled with her shadow."

Bernadette smiled and said, "That last sentence is so fake."

"But you like to listen to it, right?" Odysseus said with a smile, feeling that he was lucky that he rarely went to the "Nanmu Ballroom" after meeting Bernadette.

……

East Balam, the northern coast of Duskan Harbor.

Few people come here, and few ships come here.

Because it is a rocky coast, whenever there is a strong wind, ships can easily be blown aground on the black rocks.

There are often strong winds here, and even if people come here, they can easily be blown down and injured on the rocks that have no vegetation or even moss.

There is a rumor that anyone whose blood falls on this coast will be cursed and terrible things will happen soon.

That evening, the two greedy Gale brothers came to this coast while no one was around.

There are two brothers, the elder one is called Mima Gale and the younger one is called Heike Gale. They are notorious villains and are very brave. It is said that they even dared to steal the rifles of the Loen colonial army.

They suddenly came to this beach not to prove their courage, but because a crew member saw a tall gallows suddenly appear on this coast yesterday, with a death row prisoner hanging on it.

The key point is that the hanged prisoner was wearing a golden mask on his face.

The two brothers guessed that these were traitors executed by the tribe that still worshipped the god of death in the nearby jungle.

Only those tribes that have large amounts of gold and some important figures like to wear golden masks.

To the Gale brothers, those people were just fools.

It would be a waste to use so much gold on drinking and playing with women instead of exchanging it for gold pounds.

So, the two of them planned to take off the golden mask before dark and sell it to the Loen gentlemen who liked to collect it.

They had already come to scout the spot during the day and saw the location of the gallows from a distance.

After seeing the gallows from a distance, the two men were stunned, because there was originally only one gallows, but now there were two!

But soon they became happy again because it meant that they would have double the harvest today.

Almost at nightfall, the two brothers arrived in front of the gallows. The strong wind made the two robed corpses sway as if they were dancing a strange dance.

After seeing the clothes of the corpse clearly, they became more certain of their guess. It was a robe worn by priests in a tribe that believed in the god of death.

Without any hesitation, they each took a gallows and began to climb up.

The two gallows were five or six meters high. They were also puzzled. It was just to hang a person, why did they need such high gallows?
The younger brother Heike had already crawled to the foot of the corpse. He was about to get the golden mask with just two more climbs, but he suddenly found that his other brother on the gallows had disappeared.

He thought his brother had been scared away and was ready to laugh at him when they met again.

Soon, Heike got the golden mask, but at that moment, he let out a scream and fell from the gallows!
The person hanged under the golden mask was actually his brother Mi Ma!
(End of this chapter)