Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 380 Odysseus's Extraordinary Weapon Show
Audrey, who was following behind Odysseus and the "Red Gloves" captain Daly, suddenly felt absurd after hearing the answer from the Nighthawk captain.

She looked at the five gallows again, where five corpses were hanging by their necks, now swaying in the wind.

They can actually chat?

What to talk about?
What's the most comfortable posture for hanging in the air?
Nighthawk Captain Baldwin said, "We've been observing them the entire time, and we had no idea how the fifth corpse appeared."

It was only after a few seconds that they seemed to come to their senses and realized that there was one more corpse.

Odysseus could basically understand the reasons behind this. This incident at least involved some operations at the demigod level, and the overflowing divinity affected the spirits and mental bodies of these Nighthawks.

To put it simply, the spirits and minds of these Nighthawks were under tremendous pressure in an instant, making them suddenly feel unable to react.

By the time I reacted, it was already a few seconds later.

So there was a certain illusion, as if I clearly saw the appearance of the fifth corpse, but I didn't feel anything unusual in the first few seconds.

Daly listened carefully for a moment before saying, "They're not chatting, they're cursing in the 'tongue of the dead.'"

Extraordinary people on the "Death God" path also have some curses against spirits, but they are not as convenient as the "Word of the Dead", so they are rarely used.

Nighthawk Captain Baldwin was stunned for a moment before asking, "Who are they cursing?"

Daly shook her head: "I don't know."

At this time, Odysseus, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "They clearly offered themselves as sacrifices, so why were they hung on the gallows?"

Because hanging is generally used on criminals who have committed heinous crimes, such as pirates and traitors.

After hearing this question, Baldwin looked at Odysseus before explaining, "Many customs in the Southern Continent are different from those in the Northern Continent."

They didn't feel anything wrong because when they encountered cases involving the indigenous people of the southern continent, there would often be some strange details, and they were used to it.

Odysseus nodded slowly and turned to look at Audrey: "Did you find anything?"

"The bishop robes on these corpses seem to have been put on after death," Audrey said. "Look at the second and fourth corpses from the left. Their arms are clearly not stretched out, but they're not stuck in their clothes.

"And their collars wouldn't be so neat if they were hanged in their bishop's robes."

Then she asked Daly curiously, "Can a Beyonder of this path really be hanged?"

Daly was stunned for a moment. Even if she didn't use her extraordinary ability, ordinary ropes would not be able to hang her.

Although these remaining priests were said to be of a lower level, they were at least at Sequence 5.

Seeing Daly's reaction, Audrey already knew the answer: "Those golden masks don't look like accessories at all. They look like they're hiding something."

Bodwin couldn't help but ask, "What are you covering up?"

Audrey said with certainty, "The real cause of death."

This answer made everyone slightly stunned.

Odysseus asked Daly, "When you fought these corpses before, didn't you try to take off their masks?"

Daly replied, “Once you get close to the gallows, many evil spirits will emerge from the rocks and block your way forward.

“In our previous attempts, we used seals to try to kill them.

“If they were normal enemies, they would have been killed, but after these bodies were killed, they would immediately turn into black stone, and a new body would appear on the gallows.

"We also thought about taking off their masks at the time, but we were unsuccessful."

Odysseus nodded slowly, pinched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly said to Audrey, "I'll give you two magical items... no, three, and one for Susie too. You can take care of yourself after the battle starts.

"If your lives are not in danger, I won't help you."

Audrey nodded quickly. She really wanted to experience the feeling of an extraordinary battle.

As for giving Susie a magical item, they were not surprised. After all, Odysseus had noticed Susie's abnormality at a previous dance and heard Susie talking.

After Odysseus finished speaking, he took out three magical items from the "Wilderness of Knowledge", namely the "Hand of Judgment", "Harvesting Gloves" and "Travel Ring" that he often used before.

This operation stunned Daly and Baldwin. First of all, the "space bag" was very rare, and secondly, their spirits sensed that the three magical items that Odysseus took out seemed very powerful!

And since you can wear two pieces, it means the negative effect is not very strong.

Baldwin looked at Daly and asked who this person was.

Daly drew a full moon and stars on her chest and made a gesture of praise to the goddess.

Baldwin was stunned. What did this mean?
After Audrey got these three magical items, she felt that they were heavy and powerful.

Odysseus whispered the main abilities and negative effects, and Audrey took a deep breath: I really want these three magical items!
After being promoted to Sequence 6, she gained the ability of "Dragon Scale", which greatly enhanced her defense, but she still lacked the ability of "Death" and "Harvest" to kill with one blow.

The ability to "travel" goes without saying. It is the ability to escape, and it is necessary in any way.

Daly and Baldwin, who were eavesdropping over there, also took a deep breath, because it was rare to find such a magical item with such strong power and such small negative effects.

Especially the "travel ring", the market price is at least 16000 pounds.

The other two magical items also cost more than 1 pounds.

Audrey thought for a moment and made a simple distribution. She put on the "Travel Ring" and "Harvesting Gloves" and gave the "Hand of Judgment" to Susie.

The "Hand of Judgment" does not have to be worn on the hand, it can be used as long as it touches the user, so Audrey put it on Susie's collar.

After everything was ready, Odysseus pulled out ten extraordinary puppets, each armed with weapons, from the "Wilderness of Knowledge". He asked Audrey to wait there, and then walked forward quickly with the puppets.

The ten extraordinary puppets that Odysseus "carries with him" are the latest versions. Unlike the previous versions, they are not made to look like normal people with simulated skin. They look like a sturdy humanoid mechanical frame full of industrial beauty.

Another difference from other versions is that among these ten extraordinary puppets there is a captain. This is the technology that the "Hidden Sage" has just "provided" to Odysseus. Odysseus only needs to give a simple command, and they will distinguish between friend and foe on their own and quickly formulate corresponding tactics based on the situation.

In addition, each extraordinary puppet has a backpack like a mountaineering bag on its back, which contains a large "spirit storage crystal", allowing the extraordinary puppet to fight continuously for several hours without worrying about insufficient firepower of the weapons in its hands.

At the same time, this backpack also has "Defense Array", "Dawn Light Array" and so on, which can effectively defend against physical attacks and some extraordinary attacks.

When these ten extraordinary puppets appeared, the surrounding Nighthawks team members all thought that they were foreign aid invited from the Steam Church.

The Extraordinary Puppet has no soul and is almost unaffected by the "Voice of the Dead". It is indeed the best choice to deal with the current situation.

Audrey was a little puzzled. She had asked around at the Extraordinary Gathering, but had never heard that the Extraordinary people of the "Secret Peeper" path were good at using Extraordinary Puppets?

Could this also be a new ability gained after being promoted to demigod?
After receiving Odysseus's order, the extraordinary puppets activated the weapons in their hands and walked in front in a three-three formation. Their captain walked at the end, silently commanding the overall situation.

After inspecting the battlefield, the puppet captain issued corresponding orders, and they successively equipped their guns with "purification loaders".

Odysseus followed at the end with big strides. Just as Daly said, after a distance from the gallows, many evil spirits emerged from the black rocks and pounced on Odysseus.

They ignored those extraordinary puppets because, in the eyes of the evil spirits, they were not flesh and blood creatures and had no appeal at all.

But the guns of the extraordinary puppets instantly sprayed out golden fire snakes. The function of the "purification loader" was to allow their "extraordinary bullets" to have a purifying or exorcising effect.

After being shot, the evil spirits quickly evaporated with screams, but Odysseus continued to move forward as if he was strolling in the garden. No evil spirit could stay within ten meters of him for even a second.

This situation stunned Daly and the Nighthawks who were watching the battle nearby, because the attack power of these ten extraordinary puppets was stronger than that of a team of Nighthawks.

Audrey, who had little practical experience, was not surprised at all, because she had already witnessed the power of a demigod in the morning, and felt that no matter how powerful the ability Odysseus used was, it would not be surprising.

Soon Odysseus came to the gallows and pulled out the "Staff of Guth". He seemed to have suddenly escaped from gravity and appeared at the same height as the golden mask.

At the same time, the ten extraordinary puppets formed an arc formation and stood guard around, firing continuously, purifying the evil spirits one by one.

The evil spirits that Daly and the others had spent so much effort to fight against were just like targets for these extraordinary puppets to practice shooting.

Odysseus waved his hand, and the golden mask on the corpse moved a little, but it seemed to be stuck by something. It moved left and right, but could not be taken off.

At this time, the five corpses attacked Odysseus at the same time with the "Voice of the Dead", but an illusory barrier appeared around Odysseus and was not affected by the "Voice of the Dead" at all.

Seeing that he could not take off the mask, Odysseus injected his spirituality into the "Staff of Gus". A gust of wind blew and hit the golden mask, which was immediately blown into the air.

Under the mask is a face with a terrified expression, as if an ordinary person has seen a ghost!

Looking inside the mask, there were characters with special symbols. Odysseus discovered that this mask seemed to be used to trap the soul of a corpse.

He pondered it for a moment, wondering if the voluntary sacrifice back then was forced?

He then took off the other four masks, and without exception, their faces were filled with expressions of fear or pain.

Two of the corpses had faces of people from the Northern Continent.

Odysseus felt that this was very wrong, because all the extraordinary people in the Church of Death back then were from the Southern Continent. How come among these five priests, there were two from the Northern Continent?

At this time, Daly in the distance shouted loudly: "Mr. Gar, that is not the Death Priest who committed suicide before!"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment, then quickly flew in front of Daly: "Do you also find it strange?"

At the same time, the ten extraordinary puppets maintained a defensive formation and retreated quickly.

"It's indeed strange." Daly said: "Those five bodies should be people who went missing nearby. For example, the person behind the first mask that was taken off is called Heiko Gale.

"He and his brother were thugs from the nearby port. They once came to steal the golden mask, but only the elder brother, Mima Gale, returned.

"Also, his brother's condition became very strange. He turned into a living corpse while retaining his original memories."

Baldwin on the side said: "It was because we noticed Mima Gale's situation that we started investigating this matter.

"Among the other four people, two also disappeared recently."

While several people were discussing, the ten extraordinary puppets had retreated. Since no one approached the gallows anymore, the evil spirits no longer appeared.

"That's strange." Odysseus said, "Why would the mastermind of this matter hang these corpses?
"Or, shouldn't they just keep it secret? Why do they have to let us know that their plan has begun?"

Audrey tried to analyze it and said, "Perhaps, this is a necessary procedure."

Odysseus hummed, "That's a reasonable guess."

He thought for a moment before saying, "We still need to find the mastermind of this incident, otherwise it will be difficult to figure out what's going on."

But how to investigate is another problem. The clues obtained from Bolton's ship are very limited, and it is impossible to locate the location of the planners.

They might even be hiding in the underworld, manipulating everything, and whether it's Bolton's sacrifice or these five corpses, they're just appearances.

After two or three seconds, Odysseus smiled and said, "Perhaps we should change our thinking. Since we know that the power of all these extraordinary events before our eyes comes from the underworld, we can look for the place around us that has the strongest connection with the underworld."

"I've tried it before," Daly said helplessly. "These black stones are somewhat special. They all have close connections with the underworld, and it's impossible to determine which connection is stronger."

Odysseus glanced at the stone under his feet and didn't see anything special.

Then he opened the "Eye of Prying Eyes" and immediately saw that the stones were covered with a thin layer of white mist. In the distance of the mist was a bronze gate with mysterious patterns, symbolizing the entrance to the underworld.

However, the two bronze doors are very illusory and only have certain symbolic meanings.

Whether it was the gallows or anywhere else, there really wasn't anything special about it.

Moreover, the area of these black stones is so large that you can't even see the end of them at a glance.

For a while, the investigation was at a standstill.

After a long while, Odysseus asked, "Did these black stones exist during the Fourth Epoch?"

Daly thought about it for a while before she understood what Odysseus meant. She immediately looked at Baldwin, who was more familiar with the local situation.

These stones are indeed a bit strange, because these black stones are only found in the sea near the coast of East Balam.

Perhaps these stones were not formed naturally.

Baldwin thought for a moment and said, "We don't have any historical records from the Fourth Epoch, but according to some legends, this was a large city during the Balam Empire era.

"But this is just a legend, because no one nearby claims that their ancestors ever came from that big city. Everyone believes that the city doesn't exist."

Having said that, he paused and continued, "There are many such legends in the southern continent. It seems that many cities have disappeared in the past one or two thousand years." However, according to the experience summarized by some scholars who have studied the southern continent, such legends are divided into two types. One is the ruins of a city, and some tribes or city residents claim that their ancestors moved out of the lost city.

"The other type is when there are only legends about a city, but no city ruins, and no residents claim to be from that city.

"Most scholars believe that the latter may have been fabricated from myths and stories, and is not a real city."

Odysseus pondered for a moment before saying, "Is that possible? In the second scenario, when the city was destroyed, it also 'devoured' all its residents.

"The reason no one claims to be from that city is that no resident has escaped from it?"

Baldwin was stunned for a moment, but Daly said, "It's not impossible. According to some documents, the Balam Empire is a country where the dead and the living live together.

"The larger the city, the more zombies the Beyonders control.

“It is also said that the rulers of this empire are very cold and cruel, and do not take life seriously at all.

"Perhaps they could actually sacrifice the inhabitants of a city for some sacrifice they considered important."

Odysseus took a deep breath and said, "This question is not difficult to verify. Wait here for a moment."

As he spoke, Odysseus flew to the edge of the black rock.

Audrey, Daly and others watched as Odysseus's shadow flew away, then suddenly fell, as if it had jumped into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

After waiting for a while, everyone turned around and looked at the ten extraordinary puppets.

They stood there quietly, a glimmer of light emanating from their eyes proving that they were functioning normally.

Leonard took a step forward, wanting to get a closer look. One of the extraordinary puppets suddenly turned its head, as if tilting its head to glance at him.

Leonard quickly stepped back and said with emotion, "It's really weird."

He always felt that these extraordinary puppets were somewhat different from the puppets he had in mind, as if... as if they had their own intelligence, and the key was that they cooperated with each other.

A few people discussed the issue of the extraordinary puppet for a few words, and Odysseus had already flown back: "The legendary city is under these black stones."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he continued, "I just dived underground, and these black stones are dozens of meters underground.

“After a few dozen meters, there was a sudden fault, and it turned into normal stone and soil.

"Perhaps, as we suspected, the entire city was sacrificed and covered with these black stones."

Leonard whistled: "Those planners are most likely hiding under these black stones.

"Then the next question is simple. How do we enter that city?"

In fact, the "old man" in his body had just told him that this place was indeed a large port city in the Fourth Epoch, but later for some unknown reason, the city disappeared.

Odysseus asked Daly, "Can the spirit you control pass through the stone and go down to take a look?"

Daly shook her head. "I've tried this before, but normal spirits can't penetrate these black stones."

Odysseus hummed, and said to the extraordinary puppet beside him: "Prepare the machine gun."

Under the captain's command, the ten team members each took a part from their backpacks and quickly assembled them together to form a "portable machine gun."

Then Odysseus pointed to a location in the distance. Two extraordinary puppets operated the machine gun, took simple aim, and pulled the trigger.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang~
The continuous sound of cannons blew the black stones into flying stones.

Daly and the others looked solemn, as they realized that if caught completely off guard, most Sequence 5s would not be able to withstand the machine gun attack.

Of course, at this level, there are many abilities that can save lives, escape, and use strange abilities to fight back.

However, the Nighthawks and the "Red Gloves" had to admit that these extraordinary puppets would pose a threat to the "Mid-Sequence" extraordinary people.

Only Leonard, who had seen the power of the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" and the "Spirit Wave Cannon" before, was not surprised at this moment.

In fact, if Daly had led the team in the previous operation, he would have carefully explained the weapons on the "Argo" and suggested to his superiors to introduce some suitable weapons.

But that time it was Leonard who led the team, and he felt it was troublesome to introduce weapons, so he only described those weapons in the report and did not give them enough attention.

At this time, Odysseus raised his hand and said, "Stop."

Everyone went to see the place that was bombarded. Although there was stone dust flying everywhere, it only created a small hole of about ten centimeters.

If we continue to search for that city in this way, we don’t know when the bombing will end.

Odysseus frowned. In this situation, the "Spirit Wave Cannon" would not be very effective.

When he was thinking about how to use the "reappearance" ability, he suddenly thought that the "Spirit Wave Cannon" might not be very effective, but the "Soul Destroying Cannon" specially designed to attack undead creatures and spiritual creatures might be useful.

So he carried out a "portable spiritual wave cannon" from the "wilderness of knowledge", asked the extraordinary puppet to complete the assembly, and replaced the barrel of the "spiritual destroyer cannon" so that the barrel was facing the ground.

Everyone was watching the operations of Odysseus and the extraordinary puppets. Today's actions gave them the illusion that they suddenly didn't understand the extraordinary world.

How come every one of these weapons wielded by this demigod exceeded their expectations?

After the energy was charged, Odysseus gave the order to launch.

The "Spirit Wave Cannon" immediately created a small cylindrical pit on the black stone.

Odysseus smiled and said, "You still have to use ingenuity."

At this time, the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" seemed to have penetrated the black stone under everyone's feet, making a "woooooo" sound.

Odysseus said to the wary Nighthawks, "That's the sound of air being pumped in."

Then he ordered the Extraordinary Puppet to draw a circle on the black stone that was slightly larger than the manhole cover, forming a hole.

Looking down, you can vaguely see some southern continent-style buildings below.

Odysseus took out a crystal ball and performed a horoscope in front of everyone. After getting the results, he said, "There is a certain risk, but it is within an acceptable range."

As he put away the crystal ball, he said, "Captain Baldwin will stay up there, while Daly and the other Red Glove members will make final preparations.

"Only members of Sequence 7 and above can participate in this operation."

So Susie also began to prepare.

Three minutes later, Odysseus used the fairy tale magic again: Rose Fairy.

Beautiful illusory wings appeared behind everyone again. Odysseus was the first to jump down, and the others followed one after another.

When the big golden retriever also jumped in, everyone was stunned, as if they understood something.

Finally, the ten extraordinary puppets also jumped down.

The black hole was not deep, and soon everyone arrived at the huge cavity underground.

Before they landed, they saw a pale white beam of light in the distance, connected to the black "stone top" above.

Daly said, "The location of the light column is probably where the gallows is."

Then everyone looked around and found that the place they were in seemed to be just an ordinary city passage.

On both sides are buildings in the style of the Southern Continent, standing there quietly, as if they could open their doors at any time and a resident would walk out.

Odysseus stared at the top for a while, took out a large "Soul Storage Crystal" from the "Wilderness of Knowledge", and used "Levitation" to send it into the air.

The moment the "Soul Storage Crystal" appeared, the entire street lit up. When it rose to mid-air, everyone was stunned.

It turned out that on the inside of the stone ceiling above their heads were stone statues of humans.

But judging from their expressions and body movements, they don't seem to be carved stone statues, but more like former residents of this city.

They had struggled painfully during their lifetime, but ultimately could not escape their fate and became part of the stone ceiling.

This would also explain why so many evil spirits appeared near the gallows.

Each of these residents may become an evil spirit!

Now everyone can be sure that the residents of this city were indeed sacrificed for some purpose.

Odysseus has already withdrawn his gaze: "Extraordinary puppets, bring up the rear, don't fall behind."

As he spoke, he walked in front, holding the "Gus Staff" in his hand.

The others hurried to catch up, but they always felt their scalps tingling, as if many people were watching them from above.

After walking a few steps, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the front, and black "smoke" flew out of the mouths and noses of those "stone statues". After gathering together, they came towards this side.

Odysseus immediately used the magic of "defensive barrier", and a solid barrier appeared around everyone, protecting everyone.

The "smoke" approached and touched the barrier. Under the illumination of the "Spirit Storage Crystal", everyone could see clearly that they were black flies.

But they all seemed to have lost their lives, their bodies were shriveled, some had half of their heads missing, and some had only half of their stomachs left.

Odysseus said: "They carry extraordinary viruses."

After a pause, he continued, "It feels like I have the ability of the Witch Path."

This instantly reminded him of his own collaboration with Vice Admiral Disease, and he wondered inwardly: Could this be the plan of the Witch Cult and that "God of Death" Pathway Sequence 3?

Then he thought to himself: I haven't even been paid yet! Is this going to sabotage their operation?
Although he thought so, Odysseus used the "Fire Magic" without mercy.

The demigod-level "Fire Magic" can instantly create a raging fire. If more spirituality is injected into it, it can also burn the extraordinary virus among flies to death.

The flies were quickly burned to ashes and no longer posed any threat.

Odysseus waved his hand and continued forward.

Leonard, who was behind, couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Following the demigod is such a worry-free and labor-saving thing.

The rest of the journey went smoothly. They arrived at the place where the beam of light came from. As expected, it was a huge church.

This is the first time that everyone has seen such a large-scale church of the Church of Death. First of all, the architectural style is completely different from the churches in the northern continent. It does not have the oppressive feeling of the Gothic style, and the lines are simple and smooth.

On the front of the church, there are patterns of skulls and thrones, representing that the gods in the church are the "Emperors of the Underworld."

The beam of light came from the top of the church. Odysseus flew up and took a look. There was a magic circle structure, but the main body of the magic circle was not at the top of the church.

So after a short rest, everyone went into the church together.

The most excited among them was Audrey. She had always dreamed of going on such an expedition, and today she had carried out two expeditions in one day.

But Susie felt a little regretful because there was a lot of dust on the ground, which made her sneeze all the time.

Two members of the "Red Gloves" stepped forward and pushed open two huge wooden doors.

With a "creaking" sound, a gap appeared, large enough for one person to pass through.

Odysseus took a look inside and saw a huge stone statue opposite him. The statue's face had obvious characteristics of the southern continent. He looked indifferent, as if he despised all life that entered here.

The eyes of the statue seemed to be made of gems, emitting a faint light. Odysseus always felt that it was looking at him.

Then he felt a little palpitated, as if he had "brushed past death".

Then Odysseus turned his head and said to the people behind him: "Lower your heads and don't look directly at the face of the statue."

For him, the stone statue would only make him feel palpitations, but if it was a Beyonder below the level of Demigod, it would likely cause substantial harm.

Audrey, who then entered the main hall, asked, "Why is there a stone statue of the 'God of Death' in the 'God of Death's' church?"

Leonard thought to himself: Isn't this nonsense? There's no stone statue of the God of Death in the Church of the God of Death. Could there be stone statues of other gods?

At this moment, the old man in his body suddenly said: "This little girl always grasps the key points of the problem."

(End of this chapter)