Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 387 Death's Final Struggle
At this moment, Odysseus felt that the "Scepter of the Undead" in his hand was colder than ice, and his soul seemed to be trembling. He tried hard to restrain himself so as not to show submission to Bradrick on the altar.

Pale Odysseus suddenly smiled and said, "Sorry, I regret it!"

Katarina, the "Immortal Witch," said expressionlessly, "You still don't understand? You have no chance to regret. Bradrick will make your soul submit and use his ability of 'Reappearance'."

Odysseus understood: "You never intended to let me leave alive, right?"

"Yes, this is a necessary sacrifice." Catalina said seriously.

At this moment, the illusory underworld suddenly shook noticeably, and a bronze gate appeared, symbolizing the entrance to the underworld.

Both Bradrick on the altar and Catalina were stunned, wondering who had suddenly appeared?
squeak~
The "Gate to the Underworld" with intricate patterns opened, and a woman wearing a knight's uniform and a metallic mask stepped out.

That’s the “Mysterious Queen” Bernadette!
Catalina was puzzled. How did she find it?
Before the crystal given by Arianna, this was the plan for Odysseus and Bernadette to reunite.

Odysseus knew that the "Witch Cult"'s plan would definitely involve the underworld, so the two of them discussed and Bernadette rushed over from the underworld to join them.

The words that Odysseus said after his movements and extraordinary abilities were restricted, which even Catalina did not understand, were the lost "Phoenix Language".

Like Giant Language and Dragon Language, Phoenix Language is also divided into two types. One is the language used in daily life, which later evolved into Dutan Language, which is completely different from the ancient Fussac language family.

Currently, most people in the southern continent still use Dutan.

The other is a language in the field of mysticism that can leverage the power of nature.

The underworld was created by the "Phoenix Ancestor". In ancient times, the use of the Phoenix language was mainly to leverage the power of the underworld.

Odysseus' words just now were equivalent to providing Bernadette with a coordinate. Bernadette, who was waiting in the underworld, could quickly put on "Pale Death" and come over in the shortest time possible.

When Bradrick on the altar saw Bernadette's mask, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to move.

Odysseus took this opportunity to look down at the "Staff of Gus" on his waist.

The head of the staff suddenly provided Odysseus with a touch of spirituality, and the stiffness in Odysseus' body immediately became less severe!
In addition to physical mobility, the spirituality has also gained a certain degree of liberation.

He first used his spiritual power to infuse the crystal provided by Arianna with spiritual power, then jumped off the huge spine, threw away his coat, and as for the "Scepter of the Undead".

Odysseus tried many times, but his hands were still very stiff and he couldn't loosen them.

At this time, Catalina's hair surged like a tide, trying to entangle Odysseus.

Odysseus quickly pulled out the "Staff of Guth" with his other hand. Idiom story: Sit back and wait for the rabbit!
Catalina's flowing hair suddenly stopped. She was waiting for Odysseus to pounce on the hair and tie herself up.

At this time, Bernadette had already come out of the underworld. She looked at Catalina with cold eyes, and the soul of this "immortal witch" was immediately severely damaged.

wow~
A broken mirror appeared at Katarina's location.

Mirror stand-in!

She herself had appeared in the distance, and her spirit had only suffered minor damage.

Bernadette raised her hand, and an illusory river flowed out from the underworld, chasing after Catalina.

That was the "River of the Dead". Even from a long distance away, Catalina could feel her life rapidly fading away and she was rushing towards death.

The entire underground space immediately became extremely cold, and everyone felt as if they were in ice-cold water.

Catalina dodged quickly, but the "River of the Dead" had already surrounded her.

Just when the river water was about to cover her, a large amount of magma suddenly emerged from under her feet!

yah~
The low temperature of the "River of the Dead" instantly solidified the magma, but the speed of the illusory river water also slowed down.

Above the lava, an ancient mirror suddenly appeared, and in it appeared a beautiful girl with a mature temperament. She had long black hair like a waterfall, and blue eyes that were more crystal clear than diamonds.

This is the "grandmother" of the witches, "Son of God" Judith.

Judith in the mirror smiled at Bernadette. Bernadette, who had a cold look in her eyes, also had a hint of spirit in her eyes, as if even the "Pale Emperor" could be bewitched by this witch.

At this moment, an unprecedented sense of tranquility appeared not far from the altar. Arianna, dressed in a simple robe, received the signal from Odysseus and appeared as if printed out.

She glanced around and saw that everyone, whether it was Bradrick crawling on the altar, Judith in the mirror, Catalina, or the invisible "ageless witch" Alena, were all plagued by bad luck.

At this time, Odysseus took advantage of the opportunity just now to completely regain control of his body and restore his spirituality.

At this time, he was finally able to let go of the "Scepter of the Undead" in his hand, so Odysseus quickly used his spiritual power to materialize the secondary array of the space array.

After he could "set up the formation with a thought", he no longer needed to carry a prepared secondary formation with him. He could use his spiritual power to "create the formation on the spot" when needed.

Odysseus believed that this "Scepter of the Dead" was an important item in the ongoing ceremony, and placing it in the "Wilderness of Knowledge" as soon as possible would allow the ceremony to end early.

Just as Odysseus was about to pick up the "Scepter of the Dead" on the ground again, the scepter suddenly moved away by itself and flew towards the altar.

At this time, on the altar, Bradrick was crawling on the ground. The stained feathers on his back suddenly became dense, and then his back was torn apart by a surge of force, and a pale ball of light emerged from it.

The ball of light quickly solidified and turned into a feathered serpent with a human head.

The face clearly had the facial features of the southern continent and looked like a middle-aged or elderly man.

It actually dared to look directly at Bernadette wearing the "Pale Death"!

White feathers sprouted from beneath the many scales on the snake's body, and with the feathers slightly spread, it flew towards the "Scepter of the Dead."

There was only one corpse left on the altar, as if all nutrients had been sucked out.

Odysseus suddenly had a bad premonition, and he immediately used "Flash" to block the "scepter". He stretched out his hand and was about to grab the scepter, but the scepter's flight trajectory suddenly tilted and continued to fly towards the feathered serpent from the side.

A pair of beautiful wings immediately grew out of Odysseus's back, and he flew after the "Scepter of the Dead".

But it was too late, and the "scepter" was about to be entangled by the feathered serpent's tail.

The head of the "Staff of Guth" in Odysseus's hand emitted light, and a giant figure suddenly appeared beside him.

The figure ran at an extremely fast speed, as if leaving an afterimage and surpassing Odysseus, knocking the "Scepter of the Dead" and Quetzalcoatl away.

Boom~
The galloping giant even completely knocked down the altar.

Magic of myths and stories: Kuafu chases the sun—running wildly!
Odysseus took this opportunity and quickly approached the "Scepter of the Dead". Just as he was about to touch the scepter, Quetzalcoatl's eyes turned, and pale flames seemed to flash in his pupils.

Odysseus suddenly stopped, feeling as if his life was rapidly fading away. In this moment of pause, the feathered serpent's tail had stretched out and was about to wrap around the scepter.

The light from the head of the "Staff of Gus" reappeared, and the figure of the giant appeared in the distance. He threw the staff in his hand, right between the Quetzalcoatl and the "Staff of the Undead".

Suddenly, a huge peach garden appeared, and the distance between the feathered serpent and the "Scepter of the Undead" quickly widened, and the peach garden separated them.

Magic of myths and stories: Kuafu chasing the sun—with a cane!
Odysseus was not affected by Taoyuan and stepped forward to grab the "Scepter of the Dead".

It still feels very cold, like holding a piece of solid ice.

Odysseus raised the "Staff of Guth" and "formed the formation with a thought" again. Just when the "Staff of the Undead" was about to be placed in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", a cold electric current suddenly came from the "Staff of the Undead", making Odysseus's joints seem to be completely stiff and unable to make any movements.

Odysseus couldn't turn his head, so he tilted his eyes and saw that the feathered serpent was staring at the "Scepter of the Undead" from a distance, as if it was releasing a certain ability of the scepter remotely.

The next moment, Odysseus's eyes were suddenly filled with a pale picture. The protagonist of the picture was a middle-aged man wearing a dark robe and with a face with the outline style of the southern continent.

It was the face of the middle-aged man on the head of the feathered serpent that snatched the "Scepter of the Dead".

In front of the middle-aged man was a large bird lying on the ground. It had a slender neck and head, and pale feathers.

It was a phoenix, and judging from its size, it should be a demigod-level phoenix.

After the death of this phoenix, its extraordinary characteristics were concentrated on the bones of its left leg, forming this "Scepter of the Dead".

Odysseus never expected that this "Scepter of the Dead" actually had something similar to memory.

The feathered serpent stimulated the memory of the scepter, hoping that the vast amount of memory would fill Odysseus' brain and cause him to temporarily experience a "crash"-like reaction.

But what the feathered serpent didn't know was that Odysseus often used the method of accelerating time to conduct research in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", and the strength of his brain and spiritual body had long been trained, so this little memory could not cause him any harm.

At the same time, after Odysseus received these memories, his brain processed them at the fastest speed.

At this moment, Odysseus had an illusion that the time around him had stopped.

In fact, it was an illusion that his brain processed too much information in an instant, so Odysseus digested the memory of the formation process of the "Scepter of the Dead" and the memories that followed in an instant. While digesting, he still had time to express his own opinions.

The "memories" provided behind the scepter are all scenes of the middle-aged man taking it to participate in some battles.

One of the images caught Odysseus's attention. The middle-aged man's enemy was a ball of light, and his comrades included a starry sky, a dusk sunset, and so on.

During this battle, the "Scepter of the Undead" was affected by the enemy and became somewhat active.

That influence also caused it to undergo a qualitative change. After the war, the middle-aged man used this qualitative change to strengthen the connection between the scepter and the underworld, and the scepter possessed a certain authority of the "God of Death".

Odysseus probably guessed who the middle-aged man was.

He continued to look down, and sure enough, he saw the middle-aged man ascend to the throne of God and become the new "God of Death".

That’s right, the middle-aged man is the “Emperor of the Underworld” Salinger!
The "Emperor of the Underworld" has always carried this scepter with him. It witnessed Salinger's search for the "River of Eternal Darkness" and witnessed the uniqueness of Salinger's way of forcibly accommodating the "Red Priest".

Finally, one day in the Fourth Age, Salinger split off a small part of his spirit and merged it with the scepter.

From then on, this staff appeared in the Church of the God of Death on the east coast of the Balam Empire, being worshipped by believers.

Odysseus understood that this "Scepter of the Dead" was also a resurrection trick left by the god of death!
Odysseus had a general understanding of what was described in the subsequent scenes. Salinger died on his way back to the southern continent, and the function of the scepter was activated.

It first affected the city's chief priest, Bradrick, causing him to sacrifice a city, opening a portal to the underworld in the real world and transforming the black stone-wrapped part of the city into an environment similar to the underworld.

This is to provide a living environment for Salinger's incomplete spirit.

After the death of the "God of Death", the incomplete spirit cannot survive for long in the real world.

Afterwards, Salinger's incomplete spirit gradually eroded Bradrick's soul, and eventually they formed a mental patchwork monster.

Because there is a part of the god of death in the spirit, Bradrick's spirit has undergone a qualitative change. The original body cannot accommodate such a powerful soul, so his spirit and body have a strong rejection phenomenon.

The "Emperor of the Underworld" Salinger had actually already considered this. In the Fourth Epoch, he secretly ordered Bradrick to collect the corresponding high-level materials, which was the most special feather from the "Ancestor of the Phoenix".

Eventually, what they needed was found in the Northern Continent, but unfortunately, when they entrusted the Abraham family to deliver it to the Southern Continent, Abraham suddenly died. The family was attacked by other extraordinary forces and within a very short time, they withdrew their power back to the territory of the Tudor Empire.

The feather had been stored in the Abraham family's warehouse that Odysseus and Fors had explored before. Bradrick couldn't leave the sacrificed city for a long time. After searching for many years in short intervals, he finally found a corresponding teleportation array and found the warehouse through it.

However, the Abraham family had a high level of attainment in space magic arrays. Even though Bradrick had some of Salinger's memories, he could not find where the warehouse was.

So the warehouse became what it was when Odysseus and Fors explored it. The stone walls were covered with scratches, no part was intact, and there were even many large pits dug out.

But it was useless, he couldn't find it. So Salinger's resurrection plan using the "Scepter of the Dead" has been delayed until now.

Until the "Witch Sect" found the place based on the information, they helped Bradrick get the special feathers of the "Phoenix Ancestor" and reconstructed his body, giving the body the opportunity to accommodate a powerful spirit.

Bradrick was then able to move freely and found the ruins of the Balam Empire on Blue Mountain Island. He then cooperated with the "Witch Cult" to carry out the resurrection plan.

The condition for cooperation with the "Witch Sect" is that when the "King of Hell" is initially resurrected, they and their gods will put the "Original Witch" in the "Mirror World" into a deep sleep.

Their plan at this time is to connect the underworld with the real world, and by "mysteriously reappearing" the "King of Hell", further awaken the spirit of the "God of Death" in Bradrick's body.

Of course, the ability to "reappear" alone is not enough. One demigod from each of the three paths, "Corpse Collector", "Sleepless One" and "Warrior", is also needed to provide an anchor point for the spirit of "Death" to exist in this world.

That's why the "Witch Sect" keeps seeking Odysseus' cooperation, because they know very well that Odysseus will most likely report to the Church of the Goddess of Night, and they will have the opportunity to capture a demigod from the "Sleepless" path.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to capture a demigod of this path in the church of the Evernight Goddess.

As for the demigod on the "Corpse Collector" path, it was of course Bradrick who sacrificed himself to pave the way for the resurrection of the "God of Death".

In fact, his sacrifice was completed shortly after the fall of the "Emperor of the Underworld". From that time on, he had been a walking corpse, but he would completely lose his life today.

Then, they would sacrifice all the lives on Blue Mountain Island, because it was home to Bayam, the largest city in the Raging Sea, which had a population of hundreds of thousands!

With the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, Bradrick can further control the underworld and turn the entire Violent Sea into the kingdom of the "God of Death".

At this point, Salinger can be initially resurrected in the underworld. At this time, he can recover the uniqueness of the "Death God" path, and then find a way to recover the Sequence 1 characteristics.

There are actually great risks in implementing this plan at present, but Salinger's residual soul has no choice but to do so. He has noticed that a characteristic of the "Death God" path sequence 1 seems to be in the hands of the "Goddess of Night".

Moreover, the other party seems to have already noticed the uniqueness of the "Death God" path. If you don't seize the time, you may not have the chance to resurrect in the future.

Odysseus read through all the memories in just a moment.

His vision returned to normal. The peach orchard had not completely disappeared yet, and the feathered serpent with Salinger's face was still trying its best to come over.

Odysseus also understood that it wanted to master the "Scepter of the Dead" and use the authority once given to it by the "Emperor of the Underworld" to forcibly take back the "Pale Death" worn on Bernadette's face!
At that time, it will be able to possess the power of Sequence 1 in a short period of time and achieve the effect of the ritual more quickly.

However, the feathered serpent could not move on its own for long. If it did not grab the "Pale Death" within a minute or two, it would have to return to Bradrick's body.

And in that case, under the suppression of "Pale Death", Bradrick would not even dare to move.

After Odysseus understood the other party's intention, he could no longer let him take back the scepter.

But the problem is that due to the piercing of the spirit body by the "Scepter of the Dead", Odysseus is currently very stiff and cannot complete the action of putting the scepter into the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

At the same time, Arianna was dealing with the angel Judith of the "Witch Sect", and Bernadette was attacking the two "immortal witches", and no one could help Odysseus.

He gritted his teeth and used the power of "Divine Tide" for the first time.

From now on, the subsequent "Mysterious Reappearance" will have the level of Sequence 3!
Although Odysseus's body was still stiff at this time, it did not affect his ability to inject spirituality and divinity into the "Staff of Gus".

Then the huge underground space suddenly became quiet, and an illusory dragon appeared above everyone's head. It was not the "Western dragon" with huge wings and body, but an "Eastern dragon" with a long body, four legs, long dragon whiskers, and big antlers.

But this dragon is different from ordinary dragons. It has a pair of wings on its back, making it look particularly powerful.

Mythology Magic: Yinglong!
This is the first dragon between heaven and earth. All dragons will crawl before it, and all snakes are its descendants with impure bloodline.

Even though the feathered serpent with the face of the "King of Hades" could look directly at Bernadette wearing the "Pale Death", it still shrank back in front of Yinglong.

The Yinglong that Odysseus "reappeared" seemed to let out a thunderous roar, and the sound immediately startled everyone present, including the two angels Arianna and Judith.

Immediately afterwards, Yinglong disappeared, leaving behind a ball of light where it disappeared.

With a "sizzle", the ball of light dispersed, and white lightning struck the feathered serpent. The hairs on the bodies of all the people in this large space stood up.

The feathered serpent quickly dived into the "River of the Dead" summoned by Bernadette. Lightning followed closely, piercing into the illusory river water and hitting the feathered serpent, exploding its scales and splitting its flesh and blood.

A painful expression appeared on the Quetzalcoatl's face, and scales, blood and flesh flew everywhere!
When the last lightning disappeared, the scales of the feathered serpent became illusory, and it actually formed a layer of snake skin in a very short time.

As the outer layer of skin fell off, its injuries quickly healed.

Immediately afterwards, the illusory river flowing out of the underworld became more and more turbulent. One of the streams was still under Bernadette's control, but another stream was heading towards Odysseus.

Odysseus was trying hard to free himself from the stiffness of his body. The erosion of the illusory river water made his body even stiffer.

He took a deep breath, and the light at the top of the "Staff of Gus" reappeared.

The giant figure that appeared twice just now appeared again. He ran to the illusory river with waves at a speed so fast that his shadow was almost an afterimage. He bent down and drank the illusory river water in big gulps.

Magic of myths and stories: Kuafu chases the sun - drinks water!
In the blink of an eye, the illusory river flowing from the underworld was drunk up.

This ability stunned Quetzalcoatl and Bernadette. It was the first time they encountered an enemy that dealt with the erosion of the "River of the Dead" in this way.

Without waiting for Quetzalcoatl to attack again, Odysseus lit up the "Staff of Gus" and suddenly layers of fragrant bread, thick pieces of cake, and piles of candies appeared around Quetzalcoatl.

They all emit a faint glow, proving that they are different from ordinary bread, cakes and candies.

The treats quickly piled up, held together by syrup, to form a candy house.

The feathered serpent wanted to rush out, but it was always blocked by countless breads, cakes and candies.

Fairy Tale Magic: Candy House!

While the Quetzalcoatl was temporarily trapped, Odysseus used all his strength to loosen his hand and let the "Scepter of the Dead" fall, which instantly freed him from the stiff state.

Because no one else was competing for it at that time, Odysseus dared to use a hurricane to blow the "Scepter of the Dead" into the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

If the Quetzalcoatl was controlling it like just now, the hurricane would definitely not be able to blow away the scepter.

The moment the scepter fell into the "Wilderness of Knowledge", Odysseus finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the candy house gradually disappeared, and the feathered serpent finally crawled out from the pile of food. It glanced in the direction of Odysseus, turned around and flew towards the "immortal witch" Alena.

At this time, Bernadette used the "Pale Death" to completely suppress the two "Immortal Witches". The feathered serpent suddenly attacked Alena. Not only did the "Blue Witch" fail to react, but no one else did either.

The feathered serpent suddenly turned into an illusory ball of light and sank into Yalena's body. Yalena immediately fell to the ground and let out a shrill scream.

Then, white, stained feathers quickly grew on her back.

The "Witch of Disaster" Judith's eyes turned cold, she left Arianna and suddenly appeared above Yalena's head.

Then she turned into an ancient standing mirror, and the scene reflected in the mirror was that the feathered serpent had opened its mouth wide and was swallowing Alena in big mouthfuls.

Or perhaps it was the Quetzalcoatl that was devouring Alena's spirit. Judith appeared in the mirror and waved to Alena, and the Quetzalcoatl suddenly appeared in the mirror world.

Yalena breathed a sigh of relief, and the dirty feathers on her back quickly disappeared, and she finally saved her spirit.

Odysseus was a little confused about Quetzalcoatl's actions and didn't understand why they suddenly started fighting among themselves.

But now is a good time to kill Catalina. Odysseus and Bernadette looked at each other, and they immediately had a common goal.

wow~
But before they could do anything, the mirror formed by Judith shattered.

Soon another mirror formed not far away.

wow~
The mirror shattered again.

But this time Odysseus saw clearly that the feathered serpent that had just been dragged into the "mirror world" by Judith actually bit Judith's shoulder.

The "Witch of Disaster" hoped to use the power of "mirror substitute" to get rid of Quetzalcoatl, but failed after trying twice.

Then, Judith's eyes gradually became numb, and she even stopped using the "mirror substitute", allowing the feathered serpent to bite her and wrap around her body.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the purpose of Quetzalcoatl attacking the "immortal witch" was actually to get close to Judith.

This surprised him a little. He didn't expect that this feathered serpent would even dare to attack angels!
Then Odysseus couldn't understand how Quetzalcoatl made Judith give up resistance?
At this moment, Judith and the mirror suddenly disappeared, and the next moment, they appeared above Bernadette's head.

Odysseus understood that Quetzalcoatl's ultimate goal was still "pale death". It should be making a final effort at this time, probably using the power of the underworld and the remaining authority of the "King of the Underworld" to temporarily make Judith's spirit surrender.

Then, with the help of Judith's power, he took away the "Pale Death".

The reason why Quetzalcoatl did not drill back into Bradrick's body was mainly because the "Pale Death" was very restraining to this "ferryman". If it drilled back into his body, it would be impossible to accomplish anything.

Thinking of this, Odysseus quickly reminded: "It wants to take the mask!"

Bernadette did not reach out to hold the mask, but immediately drew out the "Staff of Gus".

The next second, the "pale of death" on Bernadette's face actually appeared on Quetzalcoatl's face in the mirror, but then the metallic mask became illusory and somewhat unreal.

The mask on Bernadette's face remained solid, as if unaffected. This meant that Judith's attempt to seize the mask had failed.

At the same time, the "Staff of Gus" in her hand emitted a soft light, strengthening the connection between Bernadette and the "Pale Death". At this moment, it seemed as if Bernadette was a "Pale Emperor".

As Odysseus stepped forward, he "reproduced" an antique full-length mirror, facing Judith's mirror.

The mirror that "reappeared" made a voice: "You are the most beautiful woman here!"

Fairy Tale Magic: Magic Mirror!
According to Odysseus' design for this magic, Judith will laugh and feel proud after being praised by the magic mirror.

But the fact is, Odysseus is two levels lower than Judith. Judith neither laughed nor felt proud, but only temporarily blocked Bernadette's connection with the "mirror world".

Bernadette quickly took off the "Pale Death" and completed the seal. At this moment, the magic mirror that Odysseus "reappeared" disappeared. When Quetzalcoatl saw that the "Pale Death" was gone, he couldn't help but reveal an expression of disappointment in his eyes.

The next second, its body began to become illusory, and the numbness in Judith's eyes was quickly disappearing.

wow~
The feathered serpent smashed the mirror with its tail and quickly flew towards Bradrick on the altar.

The moment it returned to Bradrick's body, the light emitted by the feathered serpent looked very weak, obviously having exhausted all its potential.

Bradrick stood up and was about to jump into the underworld to escape.

The "Staff of Gus" in Bernadette's hand suddenly emitted light, and the madly running Bradrick immediately turned into a string of bubbles.

Fairy Tale Magic: Mermaid!

Odysseus, who had already arrived nearby, immediately blew up a hurricane, which blew the bubbles back.

Then the magical bubble disappeared and Bradrick's figure reappeared.

Bernadette and Odysseus were about to continue their attack, and Bradrick was about to continue his escape, when suddenly a black flame ignited on Bradrick's body.

Everyone was stunned. Odysseus looked up and saw Judith looking at Bradrick coldly. It was obvious that she had no intention of letting him leave today.

(End of this chapter)