Looking at the scene before her, Xia Tass was unsure whether she should remind Odis's messenger that the person in front of her was the prince of the Elven race, and that he should not speak so casually.
But in the end she said nothing, because if she wasn't mistaken, Odis's messenger knew the prince.
This did not surprise Shatas, because when she first summoned Odis's messenger, she sensed that this messenger was not simple. The simplest way to tell was that very few spirit beings had human appearances.
Or rather, spirit beings that generally have human-like appearances are not simple.
Prince Constantine of the Elf race looked Elbera Steiano up and down, then asked somewhat warily, "How did you get onto Elf Island?"
This island is not only protected by mist, but also by many isolation arrays, which has kept it hidden for over a thousand years.
Ellebella smiled and replied, "Have you forgotten? I also participated in the design of the magic circle on Elf Island back then."
Constantine took a deep breath: "I heard you're dead, killed by your own brother."
He certainly remembered that Ellebella had participated in the design of the island's magic array. He had asked that question just now simply to confirm her identity and condition.
At this moment, Shatas stepped aside, now certain that the two of them did indeed know each other.
"Yes, my traits have indeed been taken away," Ellebella said. "But that doesn't mean I'm dead."
She smiled and said, "Haven't you made any arrangements to save your life all these years?"
Constantine smiled. "I just didn't expect you to be in such good shape, and... and you seem to be acting as a messenger?"
"That's right, I am now Odis Gar's messenger," Elbera said frankly.
"What exactly is Odis Gar's hidden identity?" A thin arc of electricity suddenly appeared around Constantine as he asked in quick succession, "Is the 'Lord of Mysteries'... is He incarnation?"
Ellebella shook her head and said, "After all these years, you're still so impatient. Perhaps you'll never have the patience for this path."
Constantine chuckled again: "After all these years, you still love to talk nonsense."
"Garr is a follower of the 'Lord of Mysteries'," Elbera explained. "As for whether he has concealed his identity, you'll find out once you meet him."
"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics of the 'Lord of Mysteries' either."
"But there's something I need to tell you. Odis Gar is currently lacking in extraordinary power, and some members of the Steiano family have not yet joined the Steam Church. I intend to hand them over to Odis."
"Also, don't let your momentary excitement ruin the plan that we don't understand."
Constantine took a deep breath: "I knew it, He couldn't possibly fall."
The thin arcs of electricity around him disappeared: "Thank you for reminding me."
Shatas was curious about who the "He" the prince was referring to, but it didn't sound like the "Elf King".
At this moment, Elbera smiled slightly and disappeared into the palace.
Constantine sat back down in his chair, suddenly lost in thought. After a good half minute, he seemed to come back to his senses and said to Shatas, "You should go back now."
"Your Highness," Shatas asked. "Would you like to see Odis's letter?"
"No need," Constantine said. "I have enough trust in Odis."
In fact, He knew His old colleague Ellebella very well and was also very clear about her position. There must have been a reason for her current decision.
...
Wojtek, Remberg Institute.
Bivis, the third mate of "Dawnbreaker Sword," stared blankly at the blueprints that Captain Odis's messenger had just delivered.
Two or three minutes later, he seemed to suddenly remember something, jumped up, went to the filing cabinet, and found the book "Rubbings of the Ingenious Ideas of Emperor Russell".
With a quick flip, he found the section he was looking for.
This is a sketch of a weapon, a metal-hulled vehicle with a turret, which Emperor Roselle called a "chariot".
However, this is just a very rough concept drawing, because the tank lacks sufficient power to drive it. If a steam engine were used, the tank would be too large to be used on the battlefield.
Furthermore, modern designers would find it hard to imagine why a cannon would be mounted on this metal shell. Was it for more mobile targeting? But wouldn't it be more mobile to use horses to pull a cannon?
Bevis casually placed the book on a corner of the workbench before looking at the blueprints provided by Captain Odis.
That was a detailed drawing of a tank, its internal structure was very detailed, and it could accommodate four people to fight in a small space.
The captain had even figured out the duties and titles of the four crew members: a driver, a vehicle commander, a gunner, and a loader.
The captain called this weapon a "tank"!
There are also detailed diagrams of other systems, such as the weapon system, which consists of a "portable spirit wave cannon" and an extraordinary machine gun. Because the spirit wave cannon requires a lot of spiritual energy after each firing, it needs to rest for one minute after each firing. If you want to fire continuously, you must use a "spirit storage crystal".
Therefore, the loader loads "Spirit Storage Crystals". The captain designed the "Spirit Storage Crystals" as a not very tall cylinder, which is covered by a metal shell.
After firing, the loader immediately removes the used "Spirit Storage Crystal" and replaces it with a new one, allowing for continuous firing.
The power system has two designs. One is a spiritually driven "spiritual engine" invented by the captain, which consumes spiritual energy to propel the tracks forward.
Another option is to use spiritual energy to drive a "levitation array" so that the tank can move forward by levitation at low altitude.
Meanwhile, a "spirit-gathering array" must be engraved on the inner wall of the tank to provide sufficient spiritual energy for the tank's power system.
However, the "Spirit Gathering Array" takes time to gather spiritual energy, usually eight hours, which can support the tank's operation for four hours.
For extended endurance, tanks should carry large "energy storage crystals," ideally with an 8-hour energy storage crystal, allowing them to fight continuously for over 20 hours without resupply.
Looking at the mature and detailed designs before him, Bivis fell into deep thought again. After a while, he remembered the task the captain had given him in the letter: to select a few trustworthy researchers and produce two prototypes according to the blueprints.
After a moment's thought, Bivis had a few candidates in mind. He was about to call them over for a chat when suddenly, his ears rang, and that nightmarish voice appeared again: "Come save me! I'm in the 'Ruins of God's War'!"
It was a hoarse, unpleasant voice that Bivis had heard since childhood, but after becoming an extraordinary individual through the "Generalist" pathway, the voice became very clear.
The hoarse voice said the exact same thing as before: "It's that monastery! They've locked me up here. If someone can save me, I'll give them an extraordinary treasure!"
Bevis remembered the captain saying that if he heard that hoarse sound again, he should report it to him.
With the captain's help, Bevis was no longer as worried as before. He asked, "How can I save you?"
"Come to the 'Ruins of the War of Gods', and when night falls, enter the dream world. There, a huge black monastery will appear before you, and I am trapped inside."
"I will contact you after you arrive."
Bivis replied, "I was misled by you before and risked going to the 'Ruins of the Gods' War,' where I also saw that black monastery in my dream."
But you haven't contacted me!
"That's because you have some terrifying people around you!" the voice rasped. "If I contact you, I'll definitely reveal my location, and they'll kill me!"
Bivis was taken aback. The other person had said "them": "There were no angel-level beings around me at that time."
"They may not be angels, but they are extremely dangerous!" the hoarse voice said. "I'm not mistaken. Symbolically speaking, they are extremely dangerous and extremely powerful."
"Perhaps they were in disguise."
Instead of arguing with him, Bivis asked, "Then how am I supposed to find you?"
"You do it yourself! This time, you do it yourself! Don't tell anyone!" the voice said. "I'll contact you later. As long as you can rescue me, that extraordinary treasure is all yours!"
Bivis nodded: "Okay, I'll make some preparations and then head to the 'Ruins of the Gods' War'."
"Okay...okay..." The voice gradually faded away.
After thinking it over for a moment, just to be on the safe side, he didn't contact the captain immediately. Instead, he went to work and had a waiter call over a few researchers he trusted, and chatted with them for a while.
He then convened a meeting and established a "tank" research group, which began to manufacture two prototypes according to the blueprints provided by the captain.
After finishing all that, Bevis wrote to Captain Odis, explaining the situation he had encountered.
...
Odis was on the island of Crus when she received Bevis's letter.
After receiving a reply from Shatas, he came to Cruz Island to prepare for his journey to Elf Island.
Since Longzel is currently unavailable, the only attendees at Xiatas and Mobet's wedding will be Odis, Grosser, the ascetic Snowman, and Odis's companion, Bernadette.
We had just finalized the departure time and the preparations needed when I received a letter from Bivis.
Upon reading the contents of the letter, Odis was taken aback: Was this a coincidence?
After thinking for a moment, Odis replied to Bivis, telling him that she was also going to the "Ruins of the Gods' War" soon, and asked him to prepare so they could go together in a while.
After meeting the Celestial Master, Odis was no longer as conflicted as before. Now, for him, such coincidences were basically governed by the principle of "if it's a blessing, it's not a curse; if it's a curse, you can't escape it."
Just as he was about to summon the messenger, Odis suddenly realized that he was now a "master of prophecy," so why not use his prophetic abilities?
Thinking about this, he laughed to himself. He had just been promoted and was still a little unfamiliar with his new identity.
So Odis took a deep breath, first opening the "Eye of Secrets," and then silently contemplating the consequences of taking three Bivis to the "Ruins of the Gods' War."
"Prophecy" is different from divination. You only need to silently recite the question you want to ask, and you don't need to follow the rules of "divination texts" in your description. Just explain what you want to predict.
Then Odis used his "prophecy" ability, and the scene in front of him suddenly receded, and everything in front of him became illusory.
In the illusion, Odis seemed to see the aurora borealis, and the ebb and flow of the tide.
Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared in the illusion. It spread its long wings and tried to fly away, but instead crashed to the ground.
It transformed into a gigantic shadow, attempting to attack Odis, but vanished prematurely.
Odis's vision returned, and she saw her office again.
Odis then completed the interpretation: what appears to be imprisoned in the black "monastery" is a giant dragon?
A further interpretation is: the other party may pose a certain danger to me, but I will be able to resolve it.
Odis took a deep breath. He was certain that the other party was also at a high level, at least Sequence 3.
However, due to the lack of detailed information, only this kind of blurry image can be seen.
Odis has conducted experiments in the past two days. Unless he receives a prophetic message containing key information, he generally cannot see what will happen in the future. He will only see some phantoms or symbolic images.
What Odis just saw was probably a phantom and some symbolic images.
He could only determine the level of danger and the general shape of the other party.
That's enough. If the outcome is extremely dangerous and beyond his control, he will definitely wait before dealing with Bivis's matter.
After making the prophecy, Odis summoned the messenger, but before giving her the letter, Odis said, "In about a week, I can help you obtain the characteristics of Sequence 2. You should prepare yourself."
He paused for a moment, then asked with some concern, "Where exactly is that characteristic located? Is this operation dangerous?"
"In the southern part of the Sunya Sea," the messenger said, "near the polar seas."
"It's somewhat dangerous, as we'll need to deal with the puppets created by that sealed artifact, but the two of us should be able to handle it."
Odis nodded: "Okay."
As long as it's not about stealing from the Steam Church, it's all fine.
Moreover, Odis was determined to retreat immediately and find another way if he encountered danger.
Watching the messenger go to deliver the message, Odis took a deep breath and began to think about how to establish a close relationship with the elves.
...
Two days later, Odis brought Bernadette to the island of Crus to meet Grosser and the ascetic Snowman, and Odis introduced them to each other.
Bernadette had heard Odis talk about the "people in the book" and knew about Grosser and Sloman. After these two Sequence 5s became the guardians of Crus Island, they had also heard some speculations about Odis and the "mysterious queen".
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Odis "reappeared" as the Kunpeng, carrying them to their destination in an instant.
It was a small island deep in the misty sea, and on the island was a house hidden in the woods, built of trees and hay.
From the outside, it's hard to spot this place.
At this moment, "Vice Admiral" Hal Constantine was already waiting on the island as promised. He had seen Grosser and Snowman before, but only glanced at them casually. Finally, his gaze fell on the beautiful lady next to Odis.
Hal only knew that the "Mysterious Admiral" was bringing a female companion, but he didn't know who she was. However, after seeing her, he already had some guesses.
However, he still asked, "And who is this?"
Odis smiled and said, "My girlfriend is the 'Mysterious Queen'."
Hal couldn't help but take a deep breath. Just as he had guessed, it was indeed the "Mysterious Queen"!
Although he had been at sea for many years, this was the first time the "Deep Sea Admiral" had met the "Mysterious Queen." While admiring her beauty and temperament, he also noticed that Odis referred to her as his "girlfriend" rather than his "female companion."
As he thought about the rumors circulating at sea, he politely said to the "mysterious queen," "Welcome to Elf Island, please follow me."
As he spoke, Hal led a few people into the house. Although the door was spacious enough, it was only about two and a half meters high, so Grosser had to bend over to get in.
This is the widened passage to Elf Island. It's usually used to transport supplies; otherwise, Grosser wouldn't be able to get through the regular passage.
There were two elven guards in the room. They glanced at Grosser and then focused their attention on Odis and the others.
During the Second Age, elves and giants were enemies for a time, but that was a very, very long time ago.
From the Tertiary period onward, the Elves avoided humans, and their main enemy became humans.
Therefore, the current members of the Elf race are more wary of humans and no longer harbor any hostility towards the Giants.
Hal opened up the ground of the house, revealing a wide downward passage.
This passageway is made of stone bricks, and there is a driveway on one side of the passageway, which is obviously used by vehicles at times.
Grosser, afraid of damaging their passage, continued to bend down.
Hal apologized, "I'm sorry, this is the widest passage to Elf Island."
Grosser quickly waved his hand and said, "It's alright, it's alright, I'll just bend down a bit."
Following the passage downhill, after walking a short distance, we arrived at a spacious stone chamber.
Odis glanced at the markings on the ground and knew that there was a "teleportation array" not far underground.
This surprised Odis, who had originally thought that only the Abraham family possessed this magic circle.
Hal infused spiritual energy into the stone platform beside him, and soon a phantom, layered gate appeared in the center of the magic circle.
Bernadette and the others had all seen the teleportation array on Cruz Island and were not surprised at all. Hal noticed this and had originally thought that the array would give Odis and the others some deterrent effect, but it had no effect at all.
After the magic circle was activated, the group arrived at the Elf Island, more than 100 kilometers away, in an instant.
The crowd's view suddenly opened up, revealing a landscape of exotic architecture and elves with pointed ears whose clothing styles were vastly different from those of the northern and southern continents.
Upon seeing these, Bernadette exclaimed, "The elves!"
This made her immediately aware of the differences in racial culture.
Shatas and Mobert were already waiting outside the magic circle. The elves valued the location of the island's entrance very much, and even Shatas herself had no right to know it. She could only greet them from the elf island.
The two men quickly came up to greet them, and Grosser's hearty laughter rang out first: "Congratulations!"
"Thank you," Shatas said with a smile.
Odis and the others also offered their blessings. Shatas looked at Odis and then at Bernadette: "Thank you for your blessings."
Mobert said, "I've prepared tea and snacks. Come on, let's drink and chat."
Although the elves were somewhat wary of them, they still treated them with great courtesy, arranging a small villa for them.
The appearance of Odis and his party, especially the tall Grosser, attracted the attention of the local elves, and many of them cast curious glances in their direction.
Hal will accompany him throughout the rest of the trip.
Upon arriving at the villa's courtyard, the group sat around a stone table and chatted about their recent lives.
Because Grosser was large, the seat and water cup prepared for him were all large, especially his teacup, which was almost the size of a large basin.
After learning about Grosser and Snowman's life on Cruz Island, Mobert expressed a desire to return. Shatas was living quite comfortably on Elf Island, but Mobert had to be careful.
Charlotte smiled and said that she would return to Cruz Island to settle down after getting married.
She also felt a bit emotional; although life here was familiar to her, it was ultimately not her home.
Then Odis asked about the wedding arrangements for tomorrow, and they chatted about it for a while.
After chatting for over an hour, Odis suddenly asked Mobert, "Do you know the potion recipe for your Sequence 4 pathway?"
Mobert paused for a moment before replying, "I know."
"You can start preparing for the ceremony now," Odis said with a smile. "I recently obtained a clue about the Sequence 4 characteristics of the 'Thief' pathway."
"Once I receive it, I will give it to you as a wedding gift."
It was the "big rat" that used to live next door to Congressman Dawn Dantes, but it seems to have moved to the suburbs now.
Odis had long planned to hunt it down, otherwise it would have benefited Amon. After Odis obtained this property, he could have raised a demigod of his own.
As for whether the absence of that rat might affect Klein's plan to eliminate Amon's clone, Odis wasn't worried about it, because they were destined to meet. Even if Amon's clone couldn't find his way through the "rat demigod," he might find his way through other means.
Mobert stood up abruptly: "This...this is far too valuable."
Hal, who was listening in, was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that Odis would give such a valuable gift.
Half-human, half-god! That would be a qualitative leap!
"Of course, there are conditions," Odis smiled. "When you return to Cruz Island, you will have to work for me."
"I hope you can understand this as well. In the Fifth Era, demigods are a very rare talent."
Mobert and Shatas exchanged a glance and then immediately said, "Of course!"
Shatas knew perfectly well how rare the opportunity to become a demigod was, and she would definitely support Mobert's return.
Odis nodded and said, "Write to me after you have prepared the ritual and supporting materials, and I will send you the extraordinary properties. You can also write to me if you need any assistance."
"Okay." Mobert nodded repeatedly. "Thank you."
Odis added, "Once you become a demigod, you should no longer need to wear the extraordinary items I gave you, and you will be fully recognized by this world."
"Of course, that's how it is in theory, but we still need to be careful and do some experiments before completely removing that extraordinary item."
This touched Xia Tas and the others. Although they could live normal lives now, they still had a lingering worry in their hearts, fearing that if they accidentally lost the extraordinary item given to them by Odis, they would disappear.
Even Grosser, who has a very good attitude, sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and rushes to check if that extraordinary item is still there.
Moreover, this is one of their weaknesses; if the enemy finds out, they will certainly be targeted by the enemy.
They would only feel completely normal if they had the chance to remove that extraordinary item.
Odis seemed to see through their thoughts, and then smiled and said, "The rest of you don't need to be discouraged. I'm also trying to find out about the extraordinary characteristics of demigods, but you know that these things depend on luck."
"We already have news about the traits that Mobert and Longzel have advanced to, and we believe we'll have news about your traits soon as well."
The characteristics that Longzel can use to advance can be those of important members of the Remnburg royal family. Anyway, Odis will have to confront the other party sooner or later, and there is a high probability that he can obtain the characteristics of a demigod.
In fact, Shatas already has the advancement characteristics, and Odis plans to shatter the "Disaster Scepter" for her to use, but that will have to wait until she becomes an angel and has no need for level 1 sealed artifacts.
Grosser's characteristics are also easy to exploit: once the war begins, Odis can go to the battlefield and ambush the demigods of the Church of Ares.
Even if it's difficult to obtain the corresponding traits on the battlefield, after the God War ends, the traits available through the "Warrior" path will suddenly increase, and Odis will definitely be able to obtain the corresponding traits at that time.
The only problem is the characteristics of the ascetic Snowman. Currently, the demigod characteristics of the "Sun" pathway are mainly concentrated in the Church of the Eternal Sun. We can't just go to the church to steal them, can we?
However, we'll talk about that later; perhaps we'll suddenly find the relevant clues.
After chatting for a while, Odis asked Hal, who was standing nearby, "May we take a walk around this island?"
"Yes, you can," Hal said.
Shatas smiled and said, "I'll show you around, and at noon I'll treat you to some elven cuisine."
"This is the first time I've ever tasted food from another race," Odis said, standing up. "I can't wait."
Led by Xia Tass, the group left the courtyard and went outside.
Odis and Bernadette noticed that although the architectural style and clothing style were different from those of the North and South continents, the tools used by the people here were similar to those of human societies.
This is also influenced by the industrial age, since these tools and supplies were cheaper and of better quality.
Of course, there are also many "local specialties" of tools, such as chopsticks.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, Odis and the others noticed that all the diners were using chopsticks!
Odis was fine, but Bernadette and the others found it all very novel.
Upon seeing this tool, Bernadette recalled that her father had used chopsticks in front of her, saying that it was a way of eating that he had learned from the elves.
Because Grosser was there, the restaurant rooms were too small, so the group had to eat under the pergola in the courtyard.
Before the meal, Mobert picked up chopsticks and briefly explained the tool to everyone: "At first, I also felt very uncomfortable, but after getting used to it, I found that chopsticks are easier to use than knives and forks."
"There are several types of knives and forks, such as those for cutting meat and those for cutting pudding, but chopsticks are only one type."
"Of course, the food is prepared more meticulously. Meats like beef and lamb are just the right amount for one bite, so we don't need to cut or process them after they're served."
Bernadette was very curious about this way of dining, and since everyone was an extraordinary being, they would soon start using it after Charlotte and Mobert demonstrated it.
This also conceals the fact that Odis also knew how to use chopsticks, although he still had to learn from them before he finally "learned" them.
When the food was served, everyone said it tasted great, except for Odis, who was very disappointed because it didn't taste as delicious as the food at "Tokyo University" that she remembered.
Fortunately, what was served wasn't pickled vegetables or sashimi, otherwise Odis would have wondered if the "Elf King" was actually from the same hometown.
After taking a few bites, Odis realized that the Elf King, influenced by his extraordinary abilities, must have forgotten how to make the food from his hometown, or perhaps this guy wasn't good at cooking.
Before Odis traveled through time, he felt that eating was one of the pleasures of his life, and that food easily brought him satisfaction, which is why he studied cooking. But not everyone has the same idea.
Bernadette also noticed that the way the Elven cuisine was prepared seemed somewhat similar to how Odis handled some of the food, but the taste was not as delicious as Odis's.
Fortunately, when the blood curd was served, Odis finally began to enjoy the exotic cuisine.
That afternoon, they strolled around the streets again, but there wasn't much to see. After all, the scenery on the islands is pretty much the same. What attracted them most were the local architecture and clothing.
The wedding was to begin early the next morning, and many elves arrived early to help. However, the local customs were very similar to those of weddings in the Northern Continent, except that the wedding was not held in a church, and the officiant was not a priest, but a professional host. The witnesses to their marriage were respected people, not gods.
As for the rest, it's pretty much the same: the bride and groom vow to be faithful to the marriage and accept everyone's blessings.
The dining style is somewhat like the grand banquet in the countryside that Odis remembers, which is different from the buffet style currently popular in the Northern Continent.
While chatting with the elves attending the wedding, Odis discovered that the elves also had the concept of "family members on the bride's side," which finally made Odis feel a sense of familiarity.
When the wedding began and it was time to offer blessings, the elves suddenly fell silent, for Prince Constantine had come personally to give the newlyweds his blessings.
Constantine spotted Odis immediately in the crowd.