Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

With three minutes to eight o'clock, Bazel shouted outside, "I'm closing the door in three minutes!"

Many pirates, members of secret organizations, and adventurers no longer hesitated and hurried over. For a time, the entrance was a little congested.

At eight o'clock sharp, there were still people outside watching, and there were still seven or eight seats available, but Bazel closed the door according to Audis's instructions.

At this moment, Audis, wearing a mask and a hooded cloak, appeared in front of everyone using the "Teleportation Formation."

As Audis expected, the illusory walls and the sudden appearance of the teleportation array gave everyone a great shock.

Many of the people present made a living by selling information. They rarely encountered relatively high-end extraordinary events, and for a while, they didn't understand how the convener of the gathering had arrived.

There were also members of some extraordinary organizations among them. The more knowledgeable they were, the more surprised they were, because they could be sure that the convener of this gathering did not come here using the ability of "Traveling."

Instead, he appeared in front of everyone using an unknown method.

Bishop Dean, the protector of this gathering, stared at the illusory passage on the wall gradually disappearing, eventually revealing a complex magic circle, but immediately afterward, the symbols and graphics of that magic circle also hid themselves.

He sighed in his heart: No wonder His Eminence the Cardinal asked me to cooperate with Audis. Audis's opening alone is enough to prove that his strength is extraordinary.

Audis walked unhurriedly to his seat, stepping in the middle of several mystical symbols. Suddenly, a layer of water-like mucus appeared at the point where the surrounding walls and floor met.

Amidst everyone's uneasy discussions, the mucus quickly spread upward, soon reaching the height of the windows.

Audis deliberately didn't explain immediately, watching everyone's unease gradually increase.

The windows were the "warning line" in everyone's hearts. If the windows were sealed, it meant that if something unexpected happened suddenly, it would be difficult for them to escape. So when the mucus reached the position of the windows, everyone's unease was about to reach its peak.

Audis then smiled and explained, "This is an arrangement to prevent eavesdropping, it can only block sound."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and didn't quite understand what kind of extraordinary ability this was?

It didn't seem like a "Spiritual Wall." Generally, "Spiritual Walls" are transparent and don't have this kind of texture, and no one remembered any pathway having such an extraordinary ability.

Although many of them were still uneasy, they didn't dare to express it at this time.

Because Audis's two actions upon appearing shocked them and made them afraid to act rashly.

Bazel, sitting in the back, sighed in his heart: The Captain's ability to control the scene is too strong. He has a good grasp of everyone's inner thoughts, deterring them while making them temporarily afraid to act.

It wasn't until the mucus on the wall rose past the windows and doors, connecting with the ceiling, that it stopped rising.

Audis sat in his seat and said, "Alright, let's begin."

"First, let me introduce myself. My code name is 'Captain.' The main purpose of convening this gathering is to allow everyone to better exchange information."

"Of course, I know that in the treacherous and violent seas, exchanging information carries huge risks, but here, everyone can rest assured that as long as you sincerely come to exchange information, I will provide sufficient protection."

"Because this gathering has received the support of Bishop Dean of the Church of the Night Goddess."

"Here, please allow me to sincerely thank Bishop Dean for being here today."

As he spoke, Audis got up and bowed slightly to Bishop Dean. Dean, wearing a soft hat for clergy, also got up and glanced coldly at everyone.

Although Bishop Dean's attitude wasn't great, it made everyone feel a lot more at ease.

Many of them often engaged in murder and arson, but when obtaining information, they still hoped to receive some protection.

In other places, they would avoid the people of the orthodox churches, but now that they saw the people of the orthodox churches were actually providing shelter, they felt more at ease.

Audis then continued, "Because it's the first gathering, let me first talk about the trading rules."

"Starting from the left side of the front row, state the information you want to trade in turn. Of course, just briefly describe some, such as information about what region or about what person."

"If someone wants to buy it, start negotiating the price, but if the information is false, you will permanently lose the opportunity to participate in this gathering and must compensate the other party for their losses."

"As the initiator of the gathering, I will carefully supervise everyone. If you encounter such a situation, you can also tell me, and I will help you solve it."

"Outside of gathering time, there are two servants guarding here, and they can contact me."

Everyone nodded slowly, realizing that "Captain" had a very mature information trading method.

Audis continued, "If there are any tasks or needs, you can also mention them when it's your turn, and other interested members can communicate further."

"After one transaction is completed, start the next transaction."

"In addition, the participants in this gathering are divided into two parts: formal members and temporary members."

"Formal members must have a code name and can directly participate in the gathering each time. The first batch of six formal members will be designated by me at the end of this gathering."

"The requirements are that they must have sincerely initiated a transaction and have no malice towards this gathering."

"Formal members have the right to decide whether others can become formal members. Only if more than half of the formal members agree that someone can become a new formal member, then that applicant can become a formal member."

"In addition, formal members also have the power to expel other participants. Similarly, if more than half of the members agree to expel someone, then that person will never be able to join this gathering again."

"At each subsequent gathering, one to two formal members will be added until the number of formal members reaches thirty."

Everyone found this rule very novel, but most people didn't take it seriously, because they were still observing, and they weren't sure what level of information could be traded at this gathering, so they didn't have the idea of becoming a formal member.

But some participants thought about it for a while and realized that this rule was very clever, allowing members to supervise each other, restrain each other, and expose each other.

Seemingly ordinary, it was a very advanced management method.

Audis paused and then said, "Of course, as the initiator of this gathering, I have the right to veto."

"As for temporary members, joining this gathering is free this time, but next time you will need to pay 5 pounds to purchase an admission fee. In addition, masks and cloaks will no longer be provided free of charge at the next gathering."

The masks and cloaks were not needed for this gathering, after all, everyone watched the participating members enter one by one, and few people were wearing masks at this time.

But they could be used at the next gathering, and then they could come to the gathering wearing masks.

Everyone was slightly stunned, not expecting that it would cost 5 pounds to participate in the gathering again, which made many people no longer plan to participate in the next gathering.

Bazel, sitting in the back row, also felt that the Captain's asking price was a bit high.

After explaining the rules, Audis spread his hands: "Alright, let's begin!"

At this time, suddenly someone sitting in the center asked Audis: "Didn't you say that you have an amazing piece of news to announce to everyone? What is the news?"

Someone else said: "That's right, if it's not amazing enough, I'll leave the venue immediately."

"I'm almost falling asleep after listening to you talk about the rules for so long."

......

Amid the clamoring questions from the crowd, Audis smiled and raised his hand: "I have too much amazing news here, so I'll just say one at random today, and it's a piece of news that happened in Bayam a few days ago."

Hearing Audis's tone, most people still listened quietly, but some people were sneering, and some were chuckling.

They all did information-related work locally. Other places were fine, they couldn't judge well and might be surprised.

When they heard that the initiator was going to announce information about Bayam, they thought that nothing could surprise them.

"Everyone is a well-informed person and should have noticed that the members of the Church of the Sea God have been a little strange these past few days," Audis said unhurriedly.

The venue immediately quieted down, because anyone with a little access had noticed this situation.

Audis was very satisfied with this effect: "That's because 'Sea God' Kalvetua just had a high-level struggle with the Storm Church."

Most of the people among them showed surprised expressions. Although they were in Bayam and made a living by selling information, they didn't know that such a thing had happened.

The Storm Church certainly wouldn't inform wild extraordinaries about the battle between "Sea King" Yeen Cortman and "Sea God" Kalvetua.

Of course, some wild extraordinaries had noticed this, but not these information personnel, because they were all ordinary people and "low-sequence" extraordinaries.

Their spirituality and the knowledge they possessed were unable to detect this.

At this time, suddenly a member stood up and questioned Audis: "Where did you get the information?"

Audis glanced at the other party, who had a determined look on his face, as if he would rush over and fight him immediately if he didn't explain clearly. Audis guessed that this was likely a member of the "Punishers."

He smiled and said, "This is just a reasonable guess. Did everyone notice the weather and the curfew a few days ago? It is said that the military and the Storm Church are looking for something."

"I also heard that some believers of the Church of the Sea God claim that Kalvetua wanted to launch a tsunami to submerge Bayam."

“In that case, with enough knowledge and the ability to analyze information, it's not difficult to deduce the truth of the matter.”

The venue was silent, because many of those present had also heard similar news, but they had not deduced the "truth of the matter" from it.

Audis paused and continued: “Clearly, someone stole important items related to the 'God of the Sea' and hid in Bayam.

“'God of the Sea' is very angry and wants to launch a tsunami to submerge Bayam.

“And the Church of Storms, while resisting the 'God of the Sea's' tsunami, joined forces with the military to put the entire Bayam under martial law and search for that thing.

“The storm that is about to fall but hasn't yet is evidence of a high-level battle.

“Later, the martial law was quickly lifted, proving that the Church of Storms found that thing, and then the sky suddenly became cloudless, proving that the high-level battle was over.”

Everyone in the venue showed surprised expressions, some even opening their mouths in astonishment, and others were too surprised to speak.

They had not expected that connecting these seemingly ordinary clues would form such an astonishing answer.

After a brief moment of surprise, Bishop Dean was completely convinced by Audis's information analysis ability: No wonder this guy was so famous in Backlund! No wonder the higher-ups of the church risked being questioned by the Church of Steam and Machinery and still wanted this guy to start this information exchange meeting.

The member who stood up earlier, suspected to be a "Punisher," also reacted: “This… this was really deduced by you.”

Audis's tone was no longer as polite as before: “Was it deduced, or did I read it in a book? Or did His Excellency 'Sea King' Yahn Cotton tell me?”

The other party said nothing, slowly sat down with an incredulous expression, and then his expression gradually turned into admiration.

Because in his opinion, His Excellency the Archbishop would certainly not leak such high-level secrets, and this matter had just happened not long ago, so no one would have written it into a book.

Then, Audis sternly questioned the few people who had been clamoring to hear “amazing news”: “Did you think I was joking when I called this gathering?

“Hmph, in my opinion, you are just a few fools who don't even have basic intelligence literacy!”

Those few people all flushed red, but did not refute, because they were also very surprised by the information Audis announced.

Audis glanced at everyone before saying lightly: “You can start.”

Things were developing as he expected, and the information about the "God of the Sea" had completely shocked the participants.

After two or three seconds, the participant on the far left of the front row seemed to react and said: “Sorr… sorry, I don't have any information to sell.”

Audis said: “Then you can say 'skip'.”

The other party quickly said: “Skip.”

The next few people all chose to "skip." Most of the people who participated today were holding a wait-and-see attitude and were not prepared to trade information.

After skipping five times in a row, a participant finally said: “I have information about 'Iceberg Admiral' Edwina Edwards.”

Everyone did not respond and were watching the first transaction.

After two or three seconds, a participant in the back row wearing a mask asked: “How much are you planning to sell it for? And you have to be more specific!”

As soon as the other party spoke, Audis recognized that this was Danitz, a subordinate of the "Iceberg Admiral."

Because Audis had put on a mask before coming, Audis did not notice him at first.

“20 pounds.” The person in the front row who wanted to sell the information said: “About a very important item she found in a ruin.”

Danitz instinctively said: “Too expensive, and I don't know if that item is important.”

He thought to himself: It is likely about that "Key of the Giant."

Not long ago, they found a huge key in a ruin, which did not seem to be used by humans.

The captain initially judged that it was the legendary "Key of the God of Death," and then the news spread within a very small circle.

This is also the habit of the "Iceberg Admiral." When encountering something uncertain, she announces it in a small range and carefully pays attention to the feedback from these people.

The person who initiated the transaction in the front row said: “I can't say any more, otherwise I will reveal the most valuable part.”

This is also the most difficult part for everyone. If the buyer keeps saying that his description is not worth the price, does he have to reveal the entire information and let everyone evaluate whether it is worth the price?

In that case, everyone who hears the complete information will definitely say it is not worth the price.

At this time, Audis, who was sitting opposite them, asked: “Is it information about that key?”

He recalled that the "Key of the Giant" was probably discovered by the "Iceberg Admiral" around the time Klein went to sea.

The person who initiated the transaction was stunned at first, but immediately nodded and said: “Yes.”

There is no mistake in the first one, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one look!

At this time, he was completely convinced by the initiator of the meeting. He did not expect that the other party even knew this!

Audis then said to Danitz: “The value of this information exceeds 20 pounds. You can choose to trade or not, but you can no longer say that it is not worth the price.”

Danitz behind the mask was stunned: How did he know about that key? Or did the captain already find a buyer and announce the information about the key during the time I was not on the ship?

At this time, a person behind Danitz said: “I want to trade this information, but… but how should I trade?”

If the initiator of the transaction just said it like this, it would be equivalent to him spending money to let everyone know the information.

Audis said: “If you are sure to trade, you can write the information on paper and give it to you.

“At the same time as you receive that piece of paper, hand the money to my assistant.”

At this time, Basel, who was sitting in the back row, came forward with a writing board and pen that he had prepared and handed them to the initiator of the information.

While the other party was writing the information, Audis said to everyone: “If there is a dispute about the value of the information during the transaction process, you can write it down and let me help you make a judgment.

“If anyone has any questions they want to exchange or communicate with me, but doesn't want everyone to hear, then they can also write it on a piece of paper and hand it to me.”

This is the benefit of being a platform. In Backlund, Audis also relied on helping people identify the value of information to obtain the most extensive information.

After the tempering in Backlund, Audis's ability to judge information has reached a perfect level.

Almost all the members were stunned. The problem they were most worried about was solved in this way, so they all began to be eager to try.

Moreover, Audis's logical ability and analysis ability in the "God of the Sea" information convinced everyone, and basically trusted the "Captain's" judgment.

During the first round of transactions, Danitz thought to himself: It is possible to ask this guy codenamed "Captain" where the key should be used? Is it like the legend, can it open the door to the "Giant King's" treasure house?

Then he thought: But you can't just say that this is the "Key of the Giant," because very few people know this at present.

At this time, Danitz suddenly smiled in his heart: Maybe he can embarrass this guy!

Because the point about the "Key of the Giant" is the latest research of the "Iceberg Admiral." At present, the people who know this point, besides the crew of the "Golden Dream," are Gorman Sparrow.

Danitz realized: Then this "Captain" may still think that it is the "Key of the God of Death." If he says that the purpose is to open the kingdom of the God of Death, I can expose him in person.

He had even seen the surprised and admiring eyes and expressions of the people around him.

This guy is purely being vain and wants to show off.

So he asked Basel to hand him the writing board, wrote his question, and asked Basel to hand it to the "Captain."

Audis looked at Danitz's question: Please ask the purpose of that key.

He did not answer immediately, but waited until the first transaction was over before he said: “I happen to know the answer to your question. My asking price is 50 pounds.”

Danitz was stunned: So expensive!

He thought for a while and asked: “What if your answer is not accurate?”

Audis smiled and said: “I will give you 100 pounds.”

“Okay, then let's trade.” At the same time, Danitz thought to himself: I didn't expect I could earn 100 pounds.

Audis picked up the writing board on the table and wrote on the piece of paper Danitz handed over, below the question: Open the palace gate of the Giant King's Court.

The note was handed to Danitz, and he stood up abruptly after taking a look: “How do you… how do you know that it is not the 'Key of the God of Death'?”

In his excitement, he blurted out the truth.

Audis smiled and said: “I have a certain understanding of the ruins you explored at that time.

“How could the 'Key of the God of Death' appear in the ruins of the Giant?”

Of course, he was lying. The main reason for earning these 50 pounds was because he knew where this key would be used in the future. This question was more like an “open book exam” for him.

Moreover, Audis was also very clear that this guy was deliberately trying to find fault, so he simply said more information to shock the other members.

After hearing the "Captain" say "you," everyone immediately looked at the one wearing the mask, realizing that he was a crew member on the "Golden Dream."

Many people had already guessed that this crew member wanted to use some information that only the crew of the "Golden Dream" knew to embarrass the "Captain," but he did not expect that the "Captain" would say the correct answer.

Besides trusting "Captain" even more, many people felt very happy: they finally had a place where they could exchange information with peace of mind.

Previously, the places where everyone traded information were basically in bars. In addition to being unable to determine the accuracy of the information, sometimes they would encounter black eats black.

The information exchange meeting here perfectly solved everyone's concerns.

The initiator, "Captain," has extremely strong information analysis skills. If it is difficult to make a judgment, you can ask him for help, so you don’t have to worry about being deceived.

Also, because of the protection of the Church of the Night Goddess, there is no need to worry about the problem of black eats black.

So everyone's enthusiasm for trading was ignited all at once, and several more transactions were completed quickly. Three times, they asked "Captain" to help them determine the value of the information, and Audis gave accurate judgments.

In particular, one seller was selling information about the "Star Admiral." After seeing the information, the buyer was a little unsure of its accuracy, so he asked "Captain" to help.

Audis took it and glanced at it: The "Star Admiral" is the mistress of an Intis naval general and was sent by Intis to attack Ruen merchant ships. This "Pirate General" has close ties with the Intis Republic and often plunders Ruen ships. Some people have even seen her on Intis warships.

Audis immediately judged: This is obviously speculative information. Perhaps because of the "Mysterious Queen," Cattleya does have some dealings with the Intis Republic, but saying she is the mistress of a naval general is pure nonsense.

So he said, "This information is not accurate."

The seller retorted, "Many 'Pirate Generals' are not clean. No one can say for sure which country or force they represent."

Audis said seriously, "This information has too much subjective speculation and is influenced by your personal perception. It lacks the most basic logical reasoning and does not have enough evidence.

"You say the 'Star Admiral' is the mistress of a certain Intis Republic naval general. Specifically, whose mistress is she? You say the 'Star Admiral' has been on Intis warships. Specifically, when did she go on the warships? Which warship did she go on?"

"I… I summarized this information based on some clues I heard…" The seller defended, "When you announced the news about 'God of the Sea' just now, didn't you also fail to specify who was fighting with 'God of the Sea'?"

Audis said, "Fool! That's because you didn't understand. Besides Mr. Ian Cottonman, who else can fight Cavitua?"

He said righteously: "Since you are not convinced, then I will ask you, do you know what level of Beyonders most naval generals are?"

The seller was immediately stumped.

Audis answered himself: "Sequence 5 or Sequence 6. Do you think a Sequence 5 could have a Sequence 5 mistress? Or could a Sequence 6 have a Sequence 5 mistress?

"I believe there are some transactions between them, but adding some romance novel plots shows that your attitude towards organizing information is not rigorous.

"Of course, the commanders in the navy, or a few senior generals, do have higher levels.

"But if the naval commander of the Intis Republic sent a Sequence 5 to lead a fleet that frequents the Rosed Islands, this would be a military issue.

"Do you think the Ruen Navy will not take retaliatory action? Do you think the 'Star Admiral' will have much room to survive?"

After a few questions, the other party was already wiping sweat. Everyone realized that this was someone who had fabricated some seemingly true information to swindle money.

There are many such people in Bayam's bars. Often, some false information that is difficult to distinguish comes from them.

Of course, this is also a technical job, such as the information about the "Star Admiral" fabricated by this seller.

As long as people who have conducted some information transactions know that the "Star Admiral" must have the support of a certain organization.

In addition, they have all received some information that the "Star Admiral" has cooperated with the Intis fleet, so the authenticity of this information becomes difficult to distinguish.

At least, it is difficult for those who are not in the information business to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.

Finally, Audis said, "You are not welcome here, Basel. Please take him out!"

The other party was still saying, "I sincerely came to trade information. Didn't you say that as long as you come to trade information, you will provide protection?"

Audis said coldly, "Yes, we are here to trade information, not to listen to you make up stories. You are a novelist, not an intelligence officer."

He waved his hand: "I clarified the importance of information accuracy at the beginning of the meeting. In my opinion, you have no sincerity.

"Get out before we take action."

Under Basel's push, under everyone's gaze, the other party left in disgrace.

Applause immediately rang out. Many of them had been fooled by this kind of person, but in the end, they could only let it go.

Because they are basically local snakes in Bayam. After being deceived by them once, it is impossible to find them in a short time.

Such people have worthless lives, and the cost of finding them may be higher than the gains after finding them.

So most people will just admit they are unlucky.

"Captain's" expulsion once again demonstrated his rigorous attitude towards information, which made everyone applaud.

The door closed again, and the viscous liquid sealed the door again.

Audis said nonchalantly, "Continue!"

As time went by, more and more transactions unfolded, and the atmosphere of the transactions became better and better. With the previous example, no one dared to fool people with fabricated information again.

The key is that almost all transactions are reviewed by Audis, which allows Audis to quickly understand the movements of many key figures in the Rosed Islands, and even infer the approximate location of the fleets of the two pirate generals.

However, he soon discovered that he still lacked some knowledge about the geography and ships of the Rosed Islands. Otherwise, he could have deduced more valuable information from this information.

When it was the turn of the suspected "Punisher" member just now, he said with a full voice, "I am posting a task to find someone."

As he spoke, he took out a portrait. It could only be seen that it was a male, and the facial features were blurred with only a few ripples.

Although Audis immediately recognized that it was Klein, only he was present at the time, and no one else could see the appearance in the portrait.

The task posted by the other party allowed Audis to be 100% certain that this man with a full voice must be a "Punisher."

Many people showed helpless smiles after seeing the portrait. The probability of finding this person with such a blurred portrait is very small.

Someone even asked, "Did someone pee on his face?"

These words caused a burst of laughter.

Because "Sea King" Ian Cottonman used a reflection to present the figure who took away the characteristics of "God of the Sea", so the portrait drawn through the ritual did look a bit wavy.

That appearance really looked a bit like the ripples formed by a thin stream of water poured into a bucket.

Os thought to himself: Brother, pay attention to what you say, be careful that one day you are "fooled" and suddenly don't know how to pee.

Thank you for everyone's help. The ship name is determined to be "Argo", the ship in Greek mythology. The key is that this ship can also predict the future, which fits the protagonist's path very well.

After seeing this name, the author is preparing to add more drama to this ship after the protagonist's Sequence 4, such as "reproducing" Greek mythology on the ship, which will have a bonus!

As for the name of the pirate group, there are now two options, one is to simply call it "Argo Pirate Group", and the other is called "Dawn Pirate Group".

Although the second name is a bit Chinese, it has a good meaning. Everyone feels it. If you don’t think it’s out of place, how about using this name?