Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 388: The Sermon of the Lord of Mysteries
Furious sea.

The surging waves were one higher than the other, the howling wind blew up the sea water and scattered it on the sea surface, and there were lightning and thunder in the sky.

The "Blue Avenger" was moving forward in such a storm. This ghost ship almost capsized several times. Fortunately, this ship was a ghost ship with an excellent balance system, and finally it sailed smoothly through the terrifying waves.

Captain Alger in the cockpit looked at everything in front of him and gave orders loudly.

Originally, the "Blue Avenger" was sailing on a safe channel, but the sudden storm put the ghost ship in danger.

This reminded Alger of the warning given by the "Hermit" at the Tarot meeting.

Although the Hermit's advice was simply to stay away from shore and avoid dangerous waters, Alger still planned to temporarily sail away from the Raging Sea.

But he was delayed by a mission assigned by the church, and only started to sail away from the turbulent sea yesterday, and has been following a safe channel.

Just now, for some reason, the safe waterway suddenly became so dangerous.

After a battle with the storm, the situation improved.

Alger's spirit seemed to sense something, and he looked up at the dark cloud-covered sky.

Click~
A flash of lightning illuminated the sky, and behind the dark clouds were two huge, illusory bronze gates.

Alger immediately recognized it as the bronze gate that symbolized the "Gate to the Underworld"!

Although he was not good at divination or deciphering, he could interpret from these appearances that the underworld seemed to have established a certain connection with the real world of the Violent Sea.

This made Alger wonder: Was this really an action planned by the "Witch Cult"?

……

Blue Mountain Island, in the underground ruins of the Balam Empire.

The battle situation at this time has undergone significant changes. Bradrick suddenly had an internal conflict with the "Witch Sect", which gave Odysseus, who was previously at a slight disadvantage, the best opportunity to counterattack.

Just as Bernadette and Odysseus teamed up to deal with Bradrick, Arianna suddenly attacked Alena, whose spirit had suffered some damage. Darkness came like a tide, wrapping around the legs of the "immortal witch".

Yalena quickly used the "mirror substitute", but suddenly found that she could not exchange with any mirror.

At the Sequence 3 level, even without a mirror, one can still perform the "Mirror Stand" function.

But at this time, Yalena found herself in a "hidden" state and could not establish any connection with any mirror, even a conceptual mirror.

To put it simply, Alena is in a state of "disappearance", and her shadow cannot be reflected in the mirror at all, so there is no way to establish a practical and conceptual connection with the mirror.

This is equivalent to Arianna using her "secret" authority to completely cut off Alena's connection with the "mirror world".

Layers of flames immediately burned around Yalena, trying to burn away the surging darkness in order to escape from her current state.

Arianna suddenly had a black sword covered with strange patterns in her hand. She swung it gently, and the darkness like a tide immediately became turbulent.

Yalena turned her head and saw nothing, but her spirit could sense that there was something very dangerous staring at her in the darkness.

This aroused the most fearful feeling deep in Yalena's heart, making her stand there stiffly, not daring to move.

On the other side, Judith, the "Witch of Disaster" who had just been ambushed by Bradrick, burned the "ferryman" with black flames with cold eyes.

But soon, He took a deep breath, left Bradrick behind, and a crystal-like mirror appeared in His hand, which He threw at Yalena who was about to be swallowed by the darkness.

wow~
Arianna smashed the mirror with the sword in her hand.

Odysseus immediately looked at Bernadette. The long-standing tacit understanding made Bernadette immediately understand that Odysseus meant: I will hold him back.

Bernadette took out the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" and put it on, then turned into a stream of information and rushed towards Judith.

If Arianna were given a few more seconds, she could kill the "Immortal Witch" and completely change the situation of the battle.

At this time, Catalina's attack on Arianna and rescue of Alena were almost negligible.

After Judith and Bernadette left one after another, the already weak Bradrick felt less pressure. After the "Scepter of the Dead" was taken away by Odysseus and he failed to seize the "Pale Death", the plan to resurrect the "King of the Underworld" had completely failed.

Although the residual soul of the "King of the Underworld" can still linger in Bradrick's body, it has lost the conditions for further revival. Unless he finds something to replace the "Scepter of the Dead", he can restart the same ceremony.

So Bradrick now wants to leave here. As long as he escapes to the underworld, he still has a chance.

puff~
Suddenly, a huge force pulled out Bradrick's head and spine, and "hung" them in mid-air.

The headless body was obviously stunned for a moment, and its hands touched its neck, as if it was sure that it had no head, before it fell to the ground.

Bradrick turned his head hard and saw that Odysseus was staring at him, with his staff emitting soft light pointing at him.

Idiom story: Helping things grow by pulling up the seedlings!
After a second or two, the upward pulling force finally disappeared. Bradrick quickly controlled his body, got up from the ground, reached out to catch the spine and head, and quickly installed them back.

After regaining control of his body, he continued running towards the underworld.

Although Bradrick was still some distance away from the underworld, given his affinity with the underworld, he could jump into the underworld in just two more steps.

Odysseus raised the "Staff of Guth" in his hand high, and two figures walked out of the underworld, one with a bull's head and the other with a horse's head, wearing clothes with oriental charm.

Magic of myths and stories: Ox-Head and Horse-Face!
They drove Bradrick away with steel forks and long knives in their hands. For a moment, this "ferryman" found it difficult to enter the underworld.

Bradrick turned his head and looked at Odysseus. His eyes suddenly became very cold. Odysseus quickly turned his head away and did not look into his eyes.

That is the "Death Stare", an ability possessed by the "Ferryman" level. As long as the other party's eyes are seen, the spirit of the demigod will be severely damaged, and those below the demigod level will die directly.

Even though he didn't see the other person's eyes, just being stared at by the other person, Odysseus's life was quickly passing away, and he felt like he was constantly withering away.

In the previous battle, Bradrick was suppressed by the "Pale Death" at the beginning, then he was trying to grab the "Scepter of the Dead", then he was attacked by Judith and Bernadette, and finally he kept running away.

Only then did he turn his full attention to dealing with Odysseus.

After all, there was a sequence difference between them, and Odysseus suddenly felt tremendous pressure.

Fortunately, he only needed to prevent Bradrick from escaping and there was no need to fight the other party head-on.

So Odysseus ran wildly while holding up his staff, and a burst of bright starlight became condensed, forming a starlight barrier between Odysseus and Bradrick.

This is another use of the "Starlight Cage" to block Bradrick's sight.

Under the gaze of the "ferryman", the starlight quickly became dim and transparent, and the feeling of powerlessness and withering once again entangled Odysseus.

"Ah~"

At this moment, a shrill cry came from the battlefield on the other side.

The "Immortal Witch" Yalena was completely swallowed by the darkness with unwilling cries.

Without stopping, Judith raised her hand slightly, and a huge mirror appeared on the wall in the distance, reflecting the figures of all the people present.

Then, He and Catalina's figures in the mirror turned and left, while Judith and Catalina in the real world disappeared.

Arianna didn't chase after him. Without an overwhelming advantage, it was difficult to stop an angel who wanted to escape.

Under the siege of Odysseus, Bernadette and Arianna, Bradrick was also torn into the darkness by the surging force.

Bradrick's face was filled with resentment. This was his last effort, but he didn't expect it to end like this.

Then, the shadow of the underworld gradually disappeared, and its connection with the real world was severed.

……

The edge of the raging sea.

This is a safe sea area and the sea is calm.

But in the sea not far away, there were dark clouds, lightning and thunder, as if they were in two different worlds.

On the "Future", Cattleya stood on the deck and looked towards the raging sea.

Ever since receiving the warning from Odysseus, she simply left the waters of the Raging Sea and sailed around it, wanting to see what the "Witch Cult" was going to do?
Then she saw that the entire violent sea became extremely turbulent.

In the dark clouds, some mystical information seemed to flash by. Cattleya opened the "Eye of Peering into Mysteries" and looked towards the location of the dark clouds.

In the dark clouds, an illusory throne carved with skulls, feathered serpents and other elements suddenly collapsed.

Cattleya immediately closed the Eye of Prying Mysteries. Her interpretation was that the authority of the Path of Death had undergone a huge change.

This made her even more confused about what the "Witch Sect" had done.
But what is certain is that the raging sea has gradually calmed down at this time.

……

Blue Mountain Island, in the underground ruins of the Balam Empire.

From the surging darkness, Arianna took out two extraordinary characteristics and a forearm-length feather that flashed with a pale white light.

Arianna waved towards the door again, and a mirror that looked like a film of water flew out from outside.

Odysseus knew that they were going to divide the spoils, so he also took out the "Scepter of the Dead".

Arianna said to them, "You have made significant contributions to this incident. Each of you may choose one item from the spoils."

Bernadette took a quick look and chose the extraordinary feature of the "Immortal Witch".

Odysseus took a look at the remaining spoils. The feather of the feathered serpent was most likely attached with a wisp of the soul of the "King of the Underworld", which might mobilize some high-level powers of the "God of Death" path under certain conditions.

But doing so would certainly be very dangerous.

And that mirror also seems to be very dangerous. Odysseus has to use the ability of "witchcraft" or "reappearance" to enter the "mirror world". This seal is of no use to him.

So Odysseus finally chose the "Scepter of the Dead" and had already thought of the purpose of the scepter.

After dividing the spoils, Odysseus and Bernadette left first, leaving the official Beyonders to finish the job.

After Arianna sealed the remaining seals, she raised her hand and released the two people trapped in her hair.

Felix felt relieved when he saw the abbot of the Monastery of Night.

After seeing the scene in front of him, Yachikov from the Church of the God of War accepted his fate and acted as if he was ready to kill or chop him up as you please.

Arianna said to Yachikov, "Go and report everything that happened here to your Patriarch."

Yachikov was stunned for a moment: "Are you really going to let me go?"

Arianna ignored him and asked Felix to pick up the members of the "Red Gloves".

Yachikov seemed to realize that the angel of the Evernight Church was unwilling to kill him if he was caught by the secret organization.

Because doing so would be equivalent to helping a secret organization.

So after bowing slightly, Yachikov quickly left.

……

Odysseus and Bernadette returned to Backlund. In Ambassador Lenburg's room, the two reviewed the operation.

Overall, the operation was relatively successful.

There were just two things I didn't expect. The first was that I didn't expect that there was the residual soul of the "King of Hades" in Bradrick's body.

The second was that no one expected that the "Witch Sect" would send out an angel.

Catalina had previously said that they were going to resurrect an angel. Although Odysseus did not believe her, he and Bernadette subconsciously felt that the level involved in this incident would not exceed Sequence 2.

In this situation, there will usually be multiple demigods, but there should not be angels.

But the development of the situation far exceeded their expectations.

Fortunately, the Church of the Evernight Goddess has the backing, and Bernadette seems to have felt the benefits of cooperating with the church.

The two of them went out for dinner together. Bernadette stayed in Backlund for one night and returned to Wotai State the next day.

Odysseus came to Cruz Island and prepared an altar in a wooden house on the top of the mountain. He lit candles and dripped "sleeping flower essential oil" on the candle representing the gods to please the "Goddess of Night".

Then Odysseus placed the “Scepter of the Dead” in the center of the altar and began to recite the honorific name: “You are the goddess of the night, higher than the stars and longer 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 beg for your attention. Please listen to their prayers."

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

Odysseus said, "Great Goddess of Night, this is my offering to you. I beg you to allow me to advance to Sequence 3 in your church."

This is the use of the "Scepter of the Dead" that Odysseus thought of. To Odysseus, some of the powers of the underworld are not of much use.

However, the arrangement of the "God of Steam and Machinery" has not surfaced yet. Odysseus was afraid that the other party would use some underhanded tricks to block his promotion, so he thought of getting promoted in the church.

Then the voice of the "Goddess of Night" sounded in Odysseus's ears: "Yes."

After the other party finished speaking, a huge suction force suddenly came from the front of the altar, and the "Goddess" took away the "Scepter of the Undead".

The next second, the power of tranquility disappeared and the ceremony ended.

Odysseus took a deep breath, blew out the candles, cleaned up the altar, and poured himself a glass of red wine. Most of the obstacles to promotion had been removed. As long as the promotion ceremony could achieve the corresponding effect, the promotion could be completed quickly.

and many more……

Odysseus's hand holding the wine glass froze, as there was still an auxiliary material that he had not yet obtained.

Then Odysseus slapped his head and realized that he had forgotten to ask the goddess if she had the auxiliary materials he needed.

But Odysseus soon realized that he was now a demigod and it was basically impossible for him to forget anything.

I just ignored this matter, maybe it was my spirituality that reminded me: The "Goddess" does not have this auxiliary material.

In fact, the most embarrassing thing about praying to the gods for something is not forgetting to ask, but asking and then the gods don’t have it.

Not only were the gods embarrassed, but Odysseus was embarrassed as well.

However, Odysseus still has two ways to try. The first is the demigod of the "Moss Ascetic Order", and the second is to ask the messenger.

After recent observations, the condition of Rosalind Reye, the demigoddess of the Moss Ascetic Order, is much better than before.

This also means that the path pointed out by Odysseus is correct, and the true meaning of asceticism is not just to meditate behind closed doors, but also to observe the world and participate in it.

Since the opponent's condition has improved, it means that now is the best time to attack the opponent.

Currently, Rosalind has come from Pritz Harbor to the East District of Backlund. Every day, she drives her mobile library without fail, teaching the children in the East District the alphabet and spelling, and explaining some problems in books to adult readers.

Odysseus planned to contact the other party first to see if she had the corresponding materials.

If not, Odysseus will seek the help of the messenger.

Because the more critical the moment, the less Odysseus trusted the messenger. After all, she was the sister of the "God of Steam and Machinery".

Back in Backlund, Odysseus found a letter on his desk. He opened it and saw that it was from "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina.

Odysseus had previously written to her, explaining that he had obtained a Beyonder attribute, and inquiring whether the Church of Knowledge would be willing to exchange it for a Sealed Artifact of the same rank. Of course, Odysseus wasn't just asking for an exchange; he also had an additional condition: this attribute could only be used by Edwina, and once she ascended to demigodhood, she would protect Odysseus' interests at sea.

Odysseus's current focus is on Backlund and Lenburg, so it is impossible for him to appear on Cruz Island frequently.

However, his most profitable businesses are all on this island, and his future expansion of power at sea requires someone who can provide demigod-level support at all times.

So Odysseus thought of Edwina. Although she belonged to the Church of Knowledge, she was one of the members who was very flexible in action.

Simply asking Edwina to protect his interests at sea was not an excessive request.

After all, most of her operations were at sea, so protecting Odysseus's interests was just a side job.

At this time, Edwina finally replied, expressing her hope to talk to Odysseus tomorrow.

Odysseus simply replied to the letter and then began to think about how to communicate with Rosalind.
You definitely can't get straight to the point; you need to lay the groundwork.

And we can't just go like this. If there is a misjudgment, it won't work if Rosalind fights hard right away.

After thinking about it, Odysseus decided to let the big one lead the way first.

So he entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and found an opportunity to invest his power into Rosalind's "Staff of Gus".

……

East End, Eric Street.

Rosalind was enjoying her lunch at this time. It was very simple, just a piece of bread with some jam on it.

There were many children around, watching eagerly.

Rosalind smiled, took a big bite of the bread, then put the bread down and took out a large bag of black bread she had bought in the morning from the carriage and distributed it to the children around her.

Looking at the children wolfing down the bread, Rosalind sat back on her little stool and continued to gnaw on her piece of bread.

At this moment, a tall figure holding a lantern in his left hand and a cane in his right hand suddenly appeared in her mind.

Then the tall figure said, “Very good.

“You are already a practitioner of spreading knowledge.

"However, you still need further guidance."

After saying this, Odysseus immediately withdrew his power.

Rosalind was stunned for a moment before she quickly thought of giving a compliment, but suddenly realized that she didn't know how to compliment the other person.

Then she ate her lunch while thinking about what the Lord of Mysteries had just said.

Rosalind had just received information not long ago that the "Moss Ascetic Order" had just had a conflict with the power of the "Lord of Mysteries" on Cruz Island. The "Revelationists" who advocated understanding the universe, gaining knowledge and solving problems through obtaining divine revelation suffered heavy losses in this battle.

It was only at this time that Rosalind found out that the "Mysterious Queen" was actually a subordinate of the "Lord of Mysteries".

At this moment, Rosalind's heart was conflicted. She knew very well that it was very dangerous to establish contact with beings other than the "Hidden Sage".

However, this being did not seem to want to get anything from her. Instead, he saved her once and gave her some guidance on how to practice hard, which made her condition get better and better.

Especially the latter, she had prayed to the "Hidden Sage" many times, but received no help.

This made Rosalind a little unsure of how to face the "Lord of Mysteries". Finally, she suddenly smiled and felt that she seemed to have thought too much. If the "Lord of Mysteries" had any intentions, then she might have died or she might have been brainwashed.

And now, such a thing has not happened yet, which means that I am not that dangerous yet.

When the "Lord of Mysteries" really wanted to deal with him, he had no ability to resist at all.

Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

Then Rosalind found that she was actually looking forward to further guidance from the "Lord of Mysteries".

……

Odysseus returned to the real world, and the next step was to wait.

If the gods' favored ones want to give guidance, of course they cannot go immediately, but have to wait a while, otherwise it will seem that the gods' favored ones are too idle.

At night, Odysseus observed the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and found that there was no one around Rosalind's mobile library. Then he used his ability of "reappearance" to pass through underground and came to the East District.

It was past nine in the evening, and the people still walking on the streets of the East District were either homeless people with nothing to steal, or thieves, robbers, or gang members.

Ordinary people appearing on the streets at this time are like lambs to be slaughtered.

No one came to harass Rosalind because she was not an ordinary person. On her first day in Backlund, she single-handedly beat up a group of gangsters so badly that they didn't even recognize their parents.

Under the dim streetlight, on the side of the somewhat dirty road, Rosalind was packing her books.

Her spirit was suddenly touched, and she slowly pulled out the "Staff of Gus" and looked into the dim alley.

A handsome and cheerful man in his twenties, wearing a windbreaker, walked out from there.

"Odysseus Garr?"

As someone who had been "mentioned" many times by the "Hidden Sage", Rosalind certainly knew what Odysseus looked like and was aware that he should be the favored one of the "Lord of Mysteries".

However, Rosalind did not sense any danger, which meant that Odysseus had no intention of fighting.

Then, Rosalind thought: Could it be that the "Lord of Mysteries" sent Odysseus to guide her?
Odysseus smiled warmly and said, "The great gods sent me here to share my recent experiences with you."

Rosalind was stunned. It was really the "Lord of Mysteries" who sent him!
But she was still very wary: "Do you know who I am?"

"I know." Odysseus said, "If you were to share knowledge with someone, would you share more if they were rich, and less if they were poor?"

"No." Rosalind slowly put away the "Staff of Gus" and saw the "Staff of Gus" on Odysseus' waist.

At this moment, she was completely certain that Odysseus must be the favored follower of the "Lord of Mysteries". It was impossible for an ordinary believer to obtain such a high-level magical item.

Rosalind pointed to the small stool opposite the bookstall and said, "Please sit down."

Odysseus sat down and casually flipped through a book in front of him: "Well, it's quite good, it's a children's picture book."

Rosalind sat on another stool. "Most of the people who come to me are kids from the East End."

Odysseus put down the book in his hand, looked at Rosalind and smiled: "How do you feel after interacting with these ordinary people?"

"Although I'm very busy, I've figured out a lot of problems." Rosalind simply told him the problems that had accumulated in her mind to see if he could solve them: "But there are some new problems.

"For example, sometimes my understanding of myself suddenly becomes a little blurry. I can't tell whether I am a high-level Beyonder or a free lecturer on the street."

Odysseus thought to himself: Thanks to the ancient thinkers.

This question could easily stump some people with philosophical thinking, especially scholar-type Extraordinary people like Rosalind who like to think about the essence of things. They would be easily troubled by such a simple question.

Rosalind's question led to a whole host of other questions, such as: Am I a Beyonder? Or a human? Do I want to be an upright person? Or a humble one? ...

Ordinary people will not be troubled by this kind of problem. Only after seriously considering concepts such as the nature of human beings and the nature of extraordinary people, as well as the nature of integrity and the nature of humility, will they have such doubts.

Odysseus said like a missionary: "To clear up the doubts in your heart, let me tell you a story.

"In ancient times, there was a wise man traveling with his disciples. When they reached a hillside, they saw that most of the trees there had been cut down. Only a few trees that were growing crooked and full of knots had not been cut down..."

The story told by Odysseus underwent many revisions because he could not use some nouns and had to use other things to represent them.

This made Rosalind understand what he meant, and it was in line with the basic logic of common sense in life in the Northern Continent.

For example, in the country before Odysseus traveled through time, trees full of knots might be cut down and made into bracelets, but in the northern continent, such trees would only be burned as firewood because they had little value, so basically no one in the forest was willing to cut down such trees.

Odysseus continued: "...the sage asked his disciples: 'What do you think when you see this scene?'

“The disciple replied: ‘You must disguise yourself and appear to have no talent, so that you can live longer.’

The sage said nothing and continued forward until he came to a restaurant to try the roast goose there.

"The restaurant owner immediately grabbed a knife and tried to catch the goose, but the disciples discovered that while the restaurant owner was chasing the flock of geese, one goose had separated from the group and had no intention of running away.

“And the restaurant owner didn’t even try to catch it, but instead went after other geese.

"The disciples were curious, and when the boss caught the goose, they asked him, 'Why didn't you catch the goose that didn't run away?'

"The restaurant owner said, 'Because its barking is so beautiful, we're going to keep it.'"

Rosalind listened carefully. She now understood that Odysseus was making an analogy between "useful" and "useless". She suddenly felt that Odysseus had found the root of the problem.

In fact, the root of her current ideological dilemma lies in "useful" and "useless".

Is the Beyonder identity useful? It forces me to constantly fight against madness, constantly pay attention to my own condition, and never dare to relax for a moment.

But is it useless? In such an extraordinary world, ordinary people are like lambs.

Is an ordinary free lecturer useful? If he were truly an ordinary person, there would be no way he could complete the process of spreading knowledge. This mobile library would have been snatched up long ago, and I don’t know where I would have been sold to as a streetwalker in a dance hall.

Are free tutors useless? They allowed me to see the true nature of the world, helped me understand many things, and made me feel better.

The real problem Rosalind faced was how to view the "useless" things in herself and how to choose the "useful" things.

She knew that the story was about to get to the point, so she listened more attentively.

"...The wise man asked his disciples: 'What do you think?'" Odysseus continued: "Some disciples said: 'We should show our talents so that we can live longer.'

"The wise man laughed and said, 'You are both right and wrong.

"'If you are in the wilderness, you should be like a lizard, living among grass roots, soil, and rocks, eating insects and leaves to survive, and hiding your edge.

"'If I were in the sky, I would be a dragon, soaring through the clouds, enjoying the worship and offerings of the people, and pursuing my own ambitions.'"

This is the so-called "Dragon and Snake Transformation"!
Having said this, Odysseus looked at Rosalind with a smile.

Rosalind began to meditate, then entered a state similar to enlightenment.

After more than half a minute, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, bowed deeply to Odysseus, and thanked him sincerely.

Odysseus nodded: "It seems you understand."

"Yes, I understand." Rosalind said, "The Beyonder is me, and the grammar teacher on the street is also me. They are just different faces of me facing different environments.

"That's all me. There's no need to worry about which one is the real me, or what face I should use to face different people. I just need to use the right face at the right time."

Odysseus nodded with satisfaction: "Do you have any other questions?"

This time Rosalind really entered the state of discussing the problem: "I also encountered a problem that made me feel helpless, but I really wanted to solve it.

“I feel the East End children’s thirst for knowledge and a better life.

"But I know very well that what awaits them in the future is entering a factory at around ten years old and working in harsh conditions.

"Most of them may not live to see their twenties, live to see the person they love, live to see their own children born.

“I’m finding more and more that I can’t ignore these issues.

"I can't just be a bystander forever and ignore people's misery."

Odysseus nodded and said, "You have indeed made considerable progress. You can now teach others how to start a mobile library."

"Teach others." Rosalind's eyes lit up. "Yes, my own strength is limited. When more and more people devote themselves to this cause, solutions to the problems will always be found."

"What I mean is that you have reached the qualifications to guide others onto the common path." Odysseus said seriously: "As for the solution to the problem, I can take you to see my thoughts on this issue and the solution to it tomorrow afternoon.

"It may be of some use to you as a reference."

He paused and continued, “Today I will only discuss the theoretical aspects of this matter with you.

“Many things we encounter in life do not have inherent answers, and some questions do not even have the general direction of the answer.

"At this time, you can't wait until you have a mature idea and then do it. Instead, you have to do it first and think while doing it, so that you can find the right answer."

This is the application of "unity of knowledge and action".

Odysseus had long ago discovered a phenomenon that, in his opinion, was not a very difficult ideological problem, but it had puzzled some scholars in the Northern Continent.

It’s not that those scholars are too stupid, but that Odysseus carries his own “cultural compression package”. Principles like “the transformation of dragons and snakes” and “the unity of knowledge and action” can be learned in daily life even if one has not heard those stories or read the corresponding ancient books.

Just like one time when Odysseus was talking about guerrilla warfare with Mandy and others, Odysseus simply explained the concept of "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we harass; when the enemy is trapped, we attack", and he was praised as a tactical genius by Mandy and others.

Of course, the person who summed up this tactical idea is indeed a tactical genius.

What is really amazing is the popularity of this set of tactics. Even people like Odysseus who have never served in the military are aware of these tactical ideas. Although they may not be able to use them, they do know them.

This is far ahead of Mandy and others.

The same is true now. The theories that are very common to Odysseus are precious treasures and the embodiment of wisdom in Rosalind's eyes.

So after Rosalind pondered for a while, she thanked Odysseus again for resolving her emotional knot.

Odysseus stood up and said, "Let's talk about this for today. I'll pick you up at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay." Rosalind watched Odysseus sink into the ground and disappear. She was stunned for a while before continuing to pack up her books, and vaguely looking forward to tomorrow's trip.

……

Odysseus returned to his office, lay in his armchair and sighed in his heart: Being an evil god is easy, but being an evil god's follower is very tiring!

Then he thought: Klein doesn't seem very tired... Hmm, thinking about it this way, there aren't any difficult ones among the Fool's followers! The Fool's followers are lucky!
After a short break, Odysseus read a book for a while and then went to rest.

The next morning, after breakfast, Odysseus "recreated" the "Suzaku" and came to the captain's study of the "Golden Dream".

Because the Suzaku was moving too fast, the other crew members did not see Odysseus at all.

So there was no crew member cleaning outside the captain's study this time.

Edwina, the oval-faced, intellectually beautiful "Iceberg Vice Admiral," was already waiting in the study. She watched the rapidly disappearing Suzaku and asked curiously, "What kind of creature is that? Why is it so fast?"

"This seems to be an extinct species..." Odysseus suddenly felt that this statement was not very precise, so he said, "At least it is a creature that is extinct in the northern and southern continents."

Edwina said, "It looks a bit like the phoenix in some murals, but the color is completely different. Could it be a mutant phoenix?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I'm not sure either."

But he thought to himself: I guess the phoenix is the mutant species.

Edwina didn't continue discussing this issue, but instead asked, "Could you please tell me where you got the Beyonder's special properties?"

Odysseus did not hide anything: "Do you still remember those unrecovered demigod-level Beyonder traits we saw at the bottom of the 'Ancient Sun God' Church? I think this 'Prophet' trait is one of them..."

Then he recounted how he destroyed the "God of No Light".

There was certainly no problem with such a background. Edwina said, "The Church has agreed to your proposal. As for the Level 1 Sealed Artifact in exchange, we've provided you with two options. You can choose one."

(End of this chapter)