Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 309 Klein's Favored Firepower Suppression
In the "shared dream" of the "Ruins of the War of Gods", in the black monastery, Odysseus and Klein, under Anderson's guidance, saw the mural that would bring bad luck to people.

In the long procession of pilgrims, walking in front was a tall and thin man with long silver hair. His facial features were soft, his eyes were closed, and there were layers of wings behind his back.

Odysseus and Klein looked at each other. They both recognized that this was the "Tail-Swallower," Ouroboros, described in the murals from the Temple of the True Creator that the "Little Sun" had shown them before.

Then Odysseus said, "This is the mural of 'On the Road'."

Klein nodded, understanding what Odysseus meant. This was the mural left on the way to the "God-Forsaken Land."

He also discovered some differences from the murals provided by "Little Sun".

For example, the background of this mural is a sea burning with golden flames, while the mural provided by "Little Sun" is a desolate and silent plain.

The destination here is the deep sea, and the destination provided by "Little Sun" is a distant mountain with a huge cross on the top of the mountain.

Obviously this is a mural left behind when heading to the "God-forsaken Land".

At this time, Odysseus laughed and said, "A great escape, made by... by this 'Angel King' like a sketching trip."

It seems that Ouroboros was painting as he walked!
Odysseus asked Anderson, who continued to work on the canoe, "Where did you find these murals?"

Klein was stunned and immediately realized that the murals in the Black Monastery should have corresponding real murals somewhere in the real world.

"We discovered a relic," Anderson said. "In that relic, we found many special features and several magical items.

“Then I went inside and saw this mural.”

Odysseus asked, "Are you here to hunt for treasure together?"

Anderson continued to work on his canoe: "This sea is full of treasures.

"As long as you can successfully get it and get out alive."

At this time, Klein looked into the depths of the hall and asked, "Do you know what's there?"

Anderson glanced at Klein before saying, "I don't know."

He swung his axe as he spoke, "At least a third of my companions formed a party, went exploring somewhere, and never returned."

Klein pressed, "Do you mean the real world, or the dream?"

"Of course it's the real world," Anderson said with a smile. "The other third of my companions continued exploring in the dream, and they haven't returned either."

when!
As he spoke, Anderson's axe hit the wood again, making a sound of metal collision. His axe then broke into two pieces, and one of the smaller pieces flew onto his body.

Bright red blood suddenly flowed out between Anderson's right chest and abdomen.

He covered the wound with his hand, looked at Odysseus and Klein, and said, "I said, after seeing that mural, I have been shrouded in bad luck.

"Fortunately, it's not too bad. At least they didn't ruin my ordinary handsome face."

Klein thought: How did these two adjectives come together?

The two men watched Anderson quickly remove the fragments, treat the wound, and take the medicine. They found that he was emotionally stable and skilled, and seemed to be accustomed to such encounters.

Klein pondered and asked again, "While your companions were exploring, you and the rest of the group stayed behind to study the murals?"

Anderson was stunned for a moment, then tied the medicine bag to his belt: “No.

"I belong to the third that explores forward."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth gradually opened up, revealing a warm smile.

Klein's pupils shrank, and he immediately hunched his back and stepped back, raising the hand with the "Creeping Hunger" on it.

Odysseus, who knew the truth, couldn't help but take a step back: This guy deserves his bad luck, he acted so well!
At this moment, the dazzling sunlight came into view.

Odysseus, who was on the Argo, opened his eyes and found that it was noon outside again.

Odysseus's spirit seemed to sense something. The moment he reached out and took out the crystal ball, the crystal ball began to surge with spirit. It was the "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya who wanted to contact him.

But after Odysseus established a connection with his spirit, it was Klein who appeared in the crystal ball. He asked first, "What do you think of Anderson, whom you met in your dream?"

"I don't have any idea." Odysseus smiled and said, "That might be a prank of his."

Klein was visibly stunned. Thinking back to Anderson's personality, he realized he might actually pull off such a prank. "I see."

Then he disconnected.

Odysseus stared at the crystal ball and was stunned for a moment: This reminds me of the kind of person who hangs up the phone very quickly.

……

On the "Future", after Klein disconnected the connection, he handed the crystal ball to Cattleya beside him.

Cattleya took the crystal ball and seemed to think for a moment before saying, "In my dream, we seemed to have talked before?"

Klein didn't deny it: "Yes."

He first met Cattleya, and then met Odysseus who was looking at the "Giant King's Court". Klein made a misjudgment and thought that Odysseus was also in a confused state in a dream like Cattleya.

Cattleya then asked, "You and Odysseus can both move freely in dreams."

Klein said half-seriously, "Yes.

“This is a gift from my Lord.”

My Lord!

There was a noticeable flicker in Cattleya's eyes hidden behind her glasses, but she didn't ask any further questions.

Then I felt a little strange. The "world" was able to walk freely in the dreamland because of a gift, but what about Odysseus? Why could he do it too?
Not long after the fleet sailed forward, an island covered with huge trees appeared in front of the side of the "Future".

Cattleya thought that after sailing for quite some time, they should dock for a while and rest, so she asked the crew to send flags to the two ships behind, indicating that the "Future" was about to dock.

The Argo and Golden Dream also said they would dock together.

There is a very nice harbor on the island, and three ships docked at the shore one after another.

Cattleya said to her subordinates, "You can move around the island for a while, but don't go too deep. You must stay within artillery range."

Klein also came to the island. He just walked back and forth on the beach, enjoying the feeling of being down to earth.

At this time, he noticed that there was a black spot moving at high speed, rushing over from the edge of the cliff.

The black spot grew bigger and bigger, and it turned out to be a human figure!
The crew members who got off the ship to rest became alert for a moment.

However, Cattleya who stayed on the "Future", Odysseus who stayed on the "Argo", and Edwina who also did not get off the ship, just observed that side carefully and did not take any immediate action.

In other words, the target is not very dangerous.

The figure was getting closer and closer, wearing a white shirt, a black vest, and short golden hair!
Klein recognized it. It was Anderson!

Poor Anderson!

Without hesitation, Crane, who played German Sparrow, pulled out a talisman and produced the ancient Hermetic word: "Storm!"

With the infusion of spiritual energy, the sound of wind in the air suddenly became more agitated.

Klein threw a spell at Anderson with an expressionless face.

A series of cyan "wind blades" shot towards the target. Anderson was raising his right hand with a smile, as if to say hello.

After seeing the wind blade, he quickly fell to the side and rolled over repeatedly.

The "wind blade" penetrated the beach, cutting out obvious gaps, but it was still a little short and failed to hit the target.

Anderson shouted, "I have no hostility! No ill will!

"I can let Edwina testify for me!"

The Admiral of the Stars also came down from the ship and stopped Klein who was still taking the talisman: "Anderson Hood!"

Klein recalled his previous communication with Odysseus and did not continue the attack. However, he was a little puzzled and did not understand why Anderson would let Vice Admiral Iceberg testify for him?
Although he didn't throw any new spells, Klein still stared at Anderson closely.

Anderson, with blond hair, quickly explained with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Just now in the dream, I was just joking, trying to liven up the atmosphere. Don't you think it's great to have the environment suddenly become terrifying?"

Klein said coldly, "I don't think so."

Anderson was stunned for a moment before continuing with a smile, "I was originally planning to tell you I was joking and ask for help, hoping you could come here and take me away, but the dream ended at that moment.

"Asshole! This is so unlucky."

Klein then took out a coin and performed a divination in front of Anderson to confirm that he was not lying, and then he said nothing more.

Then, in order to dispel everyone's concerns, Anderson took the initiative to tell his own experience, which was similar to what he had said in his dream before. He formed a treasure hunting team with some bounty hunters and came to the "Ruins of the War of Gods" to look for treasure.

At the beginning, they found a lot of good things, but when they saw the mural that appeared in the dream, the whole team became very unlucky. In just two days, the team members died or disappeared for various reasons.

Anderson was quite strong, so he managed to swim to the island despite the constant bad luck.

As a result, while he was making the canoe, his axe broke into two pieces, just like what happened in his dream.

After Anderson finished recounting his experience, he smiled at the Star Admiral and said, "Would I have the honor of leaving on your ship? I'll pay for the fare."

Cattleya said, "I have no problem with that, but if you want to take another ship, you need the consent of the other captains."

Although she collected Klein's ship fare and brought him to the "Ruins of the Gods' War".

However, after arriving at sea, Cattleya, as the captain, had unquestionable authority in dealing with issues concerning the "Mirai".

Anderson's eyes lingered between the Future and the Golden Dream before he said, "Of course I hope to board the Future."

Cattleya simply asked, "Why didn't you choose the 'Golden Dream'?"

Anderson chuckled twice: "When I went to school with Edwina, our relationship was not very harmonious."

This answer startled Klein slightly: "You even went to school? Were you classmates with Vice Admiral Iceberg?"

"I agree to your request," Cattleya said, "but after we leave this sea area, you must give me half of your belongings. If you have nothing, then I don't want anything."

Anderson was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Deal."

Then he smiled and said, "I must remind you that although my misfortune is limited to myself, you must also be careful, because it may attract monsters. Of course, I believe..."

As soon as he said this, the whole island shook slightly, and smoke and dust spread out from the primeval forest.

Anderson's mouth twitched noticeably. "Are monsters really coming?"

As he was speaking, a figure nearly three meters tall appeared at the edge of the original island.

It is grayish white all over and seems to be made up of huge rocks. The pits on its face form relatively abstract facial features.

"Stone Giant." Cattleya whispered the name of the monster.

At this time, Odysseus, who had been watching from the deck and had basically heard their conversation, shouted an order: "Aim the bow machine guns, water bombs, and fire!"

Cattleya was about to remind her that it would be difficult to damage this monster with ordinary cannons.

Because its "core" is one of the main materials of "Warrior" Path Sequence 5 "Guardian", it has very high defense.

But before she could say anything, she saw the turret on the bow of the "Argo" suddenly adjust its position and pour a series of blue shells at the "Stone Giant".

These shells did not explode, but they knocked the "Stone Giant" back repeatedly.

Some trees in the primeval forest were unfortunately "hit" by the water bullets, and were immediately cut in half by the extremely penetrating "water bullets".

The stones around the "stone giant" were unfortunately hit by bullets, either being directly penetrated or being smashed and split in the middle.

The area was suddenly filled with fallen trees and branches flying everywhere, and gravel and soil were jumping around.

After the "Stone Giant" withstood several shells, cracks began to appear on its body surface. Soon it could no longer hold on, and its extraordinary defensive power disappeared. The water bullets made holes in its body. First, its limbs were broken, then its head was blown away, and finally its torso split and fell to the ground in several pieces.

Odysseus raised his hand and said, "Stop the bombardment!"

After two or three seconds, the stirred-up rocks and branches finally fell to the ground. The crews of the "Future" and "Golden Dream" were stunned. They had originally thought that a ship as small as the "Argo" would not have much firepower.

What they didn't expect was that just one cannon on the "Argo" had such great power!
On the beach, Anderson was the first to say, "Such a fierce bombardment would be difficult to dodge, even with my agility."

The only solution he could think of was to summon the "Fire Crow" to engage in a firefight with the cannon, and in the process evacuate as quickly as possible to escape the cannon's range.

Klein and Cattleya also entered the "Stone Giant" just now, thinking about how they would respond if they were that "Stone Giant" and encountered such an attack.

Cattleya immediately thought of several targeted "witches", but before that, she had to get close enough to attack the target.

Then she realized that while the cannon was firing, she could not get close at all, and she had no guarantee of blocking all the shells. The only way was to temporarily leave the range and look for an opportunity.

Klein found that it would be difficult to escape if he didn't have the "creeping hunger".

At this time, Odysseus, who was looking out from the deck, said, "Strange, this 'Stone Giant' didn't produce any extraordinary materials."

Cattleya explained, "In this sea area, some extraordinary creatures don't have extraordinary materials in their bodies."

Odysseus looked at Anderson and smiled, "Is this bad luck for you or me?"

Anderson smiled bitterly and said, "It must be my bad luck."

Odysseus sighed, "Just now I was thinking of asking you to run around inside the island, attract some monsters, and bring them here. I'll destroy them with my machine guns, and we'll split the materials we get.

"I don't have such thoughts now."

Klein thought: Is this the legendary "luring monsters"?

Anderson breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "It seems that bad luck has its advantages."

With the "Stone Giant" episode, the rest time on the island ended early and the fleet set sail again.

……

On board the Argo.

Odysseus was in the cockpit, watching the navigators drawing nautical charts, when he suddenly felt the spiritual fluctuations of the crystal ball.

He took out the crystal ball and saw that it was Cattleya contacting him again. After the connection was established, Gehrman Sparrow appeared again.

The other party expressed the hope to be a guest on the "Argo".

Odysseus knew that Klein must be very curious about the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon", so he agreed to his request.

A few minutes later, Klein used the "Fly" spell and landed on the deck of the "Argo".

Odysseus greeted him on the deck: "Are you tired of staying on the 'Future'?"

Klein used Gehrman Sparrow: "Didn't you say in your dream that you wanted to get together more often?"

Odysseus made a gesture of invitation and smiled, "I didn't expect you to be so proactive."

Klein didn't follow Odysseus to the restaurant. Instead, he looked at the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" on the bow. "I didn't have time to tour it when I came here before. Why don't you take me on a tour now and introduce the weapons here?"

He was indeed very interested in this "machine gun" because it was exactly the fire suppression he had advocated before.

"Okay," Odysseus said, "You've seen this 'Extraordinary Machine Cannon' before. It's actually a modified version."

Over the past month, Odysseus has used the convenience brought by the "Alchemy Glasses" to upgrade the weapons on the "Argo".

Although it is not much more powerful, it is more convenient and easier to use than before.

For example, regarding the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" of the Gate, Odysseus said: "The previous version had a limited shooting angle, and targets with an angle higher than 70 degrees could not be hit.

“The improved version, the slide looks like this.”

Klein had just noticed that there was a slide in the middle of the turret, dividing it in two. "Can it fire at full 180 degrees?"

"There are still blind spots." Odysseus smiled and said, "After all, you can't shoot downwards. If the enemy gets close enough, you won't be able to hit them.

"And to prevent crew errors, shells cannot be fired at angles that could hit the Argo's sails or bridge."

Klein exclaimed, "Very advanced!"

Although he had never visited Rune's ironclad ships, his impression was that they only had some large-caliber cannons, and there didn't seem to be weapons that were so flexible and powerful.

Then he asked, "What if the enemy approaches the Argo?"

Odysseus answered Klein's question with action. He called over a "Special Puppet," "Turn on that 'Special Machine Gun.'"

Following the captain's instructions, the "Extraordinary Puppet" opened a wooden box standing on the left front side of the "Argo".

These wooden boxes look quite sturdy, but they are actually very easy to open. Once the lock in the middle is opened, the wooden boxes can be tilted to both sides, revealing the metal gun racks and machine guns inside.

The "Extraordinary Machine Gun" is in an upright position, so it does not take up much space.

After the "Extraordinary Puppet" pulls out the fixing ring, the angle of the machine gun's shooting can be freely changed, and it can even hit the area directly below the side of the ship.

Klein had previously wondered why the Argonaut had several wooden boxes fixed to the side of the ship. Now he understood that the boxes were filled with weapons.

Odysseus was about to take Klein on a tour when the two of them seemed to sense something and looked towards the "Future" ahead.

The two men saw that the barrel of the cannon on the "Future" was spitting out milk.

Klein sighed, "In these waters, Frank is more dangerous than Heath Doyle, the second officer of the Future, and even more dangerous than Anderson."

In the previous dream, Frank said that he was studying things that could make bulls produce milk. It is not certain whether those things can make bulls produce milk, but what is certain is that they can make the cannon of "Future" produce milk.

Odysseus "recalled" the relevant events, his eyes scanning the surrounding sea area: "It's likely the result of the 'addition' of Anderson and Frank."

Klein nodded. "That makes sense."

At this time, they saw a large number of vines suddenly emerging from the deck of the "Future". In just a dozen seconds, the giant ship that was nearly 100 meters long turned into a vine forest.

Klein also realized that something was wrong, but he didn't rush back to provide support immediately. Instead, he chose to wait and see and find the source of the strangeness.

Then they heard Cattleya's amplified voice: "Perhaps the breath of the Earth Mother Goddess lingers here."

Odysseus was fine, but Klein was very surprised. The words of the "Admiral of the Stars" overturned his previous speculation about the war between gods in this sea area.

"Here it comes!" Odysseus's sudden and incoherent words brought Klein back to his senses. At the same time, he saw a huge hand suddenly emerge from below the sea level and slap the side of the "Future".

The five fingers of this palm are very long, nearly half a meter, and are gray-black in color, seemingly devoid of any life.

Then it grabbed the side of the boat and climbed up quickly, pulling out the part below the sea inch by inch.

The monster seemed to be made up of countless gray and black corpses. Behind its huge palm was an arm that was as withered as dry firewood, and the arm came from the corpse of a giant.

The giant's one eye was tightly shut, and several heads were attached to his neck. From beneath those heads extended the scaly bodies of fish, the remains of lizards, and the twisted corpses of humans.

Layer upon layer, they built up floating islands of flesh.

From different corpses and from the gaps between the joints, streams of yellow-green gas emanated and spread in all directions, as if to cover the entire area.

Odysseus sighed, "The high-level abilities of the 'Cultivator' path are very similar to those of the 'Death God' path!"

He suddenly understood why Sequence 3 of this path was called "Palm Bearer".

Klein was stunned for a moment. He still didn't rush back to help because he couldn't think of a better solution.

Immediately, the mystical symbols on the "Future" lit up in distinct layers, turning the entire ship into a dazzling sea of stars.

The diffuse yellow-green gas was blocked by the starlight. The boatswain Nina and the first mate Frank were leading the sailors to adjust the sails and leave the sea area as quickly as possible.

However, the huge gray-black monster had already entangled the front part of the ship, and its underwater body was connected to an unknown place, dragging the "Future" with it.

Odysseus immediately gave the order: "Turn left, four yards ahead!

"Keep distance from the 'Mirai', and prepare bow machine gun fire!"

The "Golden Dream" behind also followed the "Argo" and turned rudder.

When the "Argo" came to the side of the "Future", Odysseus was about to order the artillery to fire, but the atmosphere around them suddenly became peaceful, and everyone's emotions seemed to be affected. Even Odysseus felt like he had turned into an emotionless zombie.

At this critical moment, a huge sailing ship with a length of nearly 100 meters emerged from the void in the sea ahead!
The ship was mainly black with a hint of dark green, and a blooming black tulip was painted on its pale mainsail.

This is the flagship of "Admiral Hell" Ludwell, the "Black Tulip".

It is said that it is a frequent visitor to this sea area, and no one knows what it is searching for here.

Klein's eyes narrowed. Although the Black Tulip didn't attack immediately, it was clearly watching and would attack as soon as the opportunity arose.

After taking a look at the other party, Odysseus said to the driver: "The spiritual wave cannon begins to charge!
"Use the bow's 'Extraordinary Machine Gun' to fire at the chest and abdomen of the monster encircling the 'Mirai'!"

If you only hit the arm, the target is too small and it is easy to accidentally hit the "Future"!
Bang bang bang bang!
The "Extraordinary Machine Gun" began to fire, and a series of shells hit the monster and exploded, and the flames spread, causing explosions and burning.

In an instant, broken limbs and arms flew everywhere, breaking the monster in half between the chest and abdomen.

The "Future" was finally able to move forward. At the same time, while defending against the opponent's poisonous gas, Cattleya organized people to cut off the five fingers of the giant hand, and the upper body of the corpse also fell into the sea.

But at the moment of sliding, many corpses connected together suddenly separated from the giant corpse, and used the giant corpse as a springboard to jump onto the "Future".

The crew of the "Future" immediately launched a counterattack, but they soon discovered that the severed parts of the corpses suddenly turned into a new monster.

The originally injured monster grew back its severed body.

So more and more monsters were killed on the deck.

At this time, the "Black Tulip" suddenly took off, and the cannons on the ship fired a round of calibration shots towards the "Future".

Odysseus and Klein were both slightly stunned. They didn't expect the "Black Tulip" to actually initiate an attack.

Then Odysseus understood that, from the perspective of the "Black Tulip", the scene of the "Argo" firing at the "Future" just now looked like the "Argo" driving the huge corpse to attack the "Future" while attacking the "Future" with artillery at the same time.

"Admiral of Hell" Ludwell wanted to attack from both sides, severely damage the "Future", and then withdraw immediately.

Even if it is impossible to severely damage the "Future", with the opponent's speed, they can quickly evacuate the battlefield and will not be attacked by the "Future".

This is a common pirate tactic: kick someone when they're down.

It doesn’t matter whether the stone hits the “people at the bottom of the well” or not. The important thing is to “throw the stone out” at this time so that they will feel comfortable.

Odysseus stopped Klein, who was about to act like an adventurer and rush towards the Black Tulip.

Klein was stunned for a moment, but he didn't try to be brave. He held the talisman tightly in his hand and didn't use it.

Odysseus observed the battle situation on the deck of the "Future". The situation was not very critical, but it would take time to get rid of those monsters.

After a moment's thought, he gave the order to the cockpit: "Spirit wave cannon, fire at the 'Black Tulip'!"

The next second, Klein saw a small dot of light being launched at an extremely fast speed. Because of the close distance, it hit the "Black Tulip" almost instantly.

Boom~
Klein watched in amazement as the explosion enveloped the Black Tulip and formed a mushroom-like cloud in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, a violent shock wave came, because this time the explosion occurred several kilometers away. The waves and air waves caused by the shock wave caused the "Future" to tilt severely, as if it was about to capsize.

After the seawater unloaded the force, the hull of the "Future" returned to its normal position.

Many monsters on the ship fell into the sea. Although some crew members were thrown out, Cattleya intervened in time and they were all caught by the substantial starlight and "thrown" back onto the deck.

The next second, the shockwave reached the slightly farther Argonaut and Golden Dream. Klein finally came to his senses and quickly threw himself down to reduce the area of contact with the shockwave.

Immediately afterwards, the Argo also shook violently. At that moment, Klein felt like a leaf in the wind, extremely weak and helpless.

Fortunately, thanks to the Joker's enhanced physique and excellent balance, Klein managed to grab the side of the boat and avoid being blown away.

After jumping back onto the deck of the Argo, Klein saw that Odysseus had already used the "Defense Scroll" in advance to block the violent shock wave. He was standing there safely.

Klein looked at the "Golden Dream" behind him. This large sailing ship was now emitting a golden light, and its extraordinary layout had withstood the shock wave.

The explosion a few kilometers away finally disappeared, and Klein saw that the "Black Tulip" had been sunk.

(End of this chapter)