Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

After finishing the Tarot Gathering, Odyss returned to the real world and, as usual, stared at the ceiling for a while, considering his recent arrangements.

First, he needed to hold another intelligence exchange meeting, preferably using the information to eliminate a pirate group for practice.

Secondly, the research and development tasks for this week were heavy, and he had to set aside enough time for them.

Finally, there was the joint exploration with "The Magician."

Thinking of these things made Odyss sigh deeply and lament in his heart: since going to sea, there hasn't been a single day of leisure.

However, he also knew that these things had to be done in the near future. After sighing, he re-encouraged himself to complete them diligently.

Yesterday, Odyss had already written a letter to the servants on Kent Lane in Bayam, and put a 5-pound banknote inside, asking them to publish an advertisement in the "Rothschild Daily", using a code to tell the participants of the intelligence exchange meeting that another meeting would be held tomorrow morning.

Odyss estimated that he should be able to get some news about pirate groups at the gathering, from which he could choose a target to strike.

After a while, Odyss received a notification from "The Fool" to set up the altar and perform the "Bestowal Ritual."

Soon, he received 2800 pounds and 7 Extraordinary materials of Sequence 9 level.

After thanking "The Fool", Odyss realized that his financial situation had improved again and he could repay Bernadette's debt.

After tidying up the cash and Sequence 7 materials, Odyss wrote another letter to Hugh, instructing her to prepare for the next Mysticism exchange meeting, and told her in the letter how to summon the messenger, so that she could contact him with the messenger at any time if anything happened.

After that, Odyss entered the "Knowledge Wilderness" and began to use the time bonus of the "Knowledge Wilderness" to study the "Wraith Dust" swept from the ghost ship.

They were once part of the "Wraith", and studying them could better understand the internal structure of undead creatures.

After five days of research inside the "Knowledge Wilderness", Odyss gained a lot and used these gains to invent three kinds of scrolls.

Back in the real world, he immediately took the parchment and used "Wraith Dust" as the material to write the first scroll.

This scroll could attract undead creatures, causing them to gather around the scroll and divert their attention.

This was a scroll designed by Odyss based on Mr. Azik's copper whistle, using the latest research.

After gathering the undead creatures together, they could be uniformly attacked further.

At the moment when this scroll was completed, Odyss immediately felt the feeling of "digestion" of the potion!

He paused slightly, then immediately realized: According to my research, the creation of a new scroll is the acting of "Professor" and the opportunity to digest the potion.

After all, the job of "Professor" is to conduct some research and use the research results to create something.

And Odyss's actions just now perfectly matched this process.

Then, Odyss quickly went to write the remaining two scrolls, and also felt the feeling of "digestion".

He smiled. If he invented four or five more batches of scrolls because of this, his potion should be completely digested.

But it must be the scrolls invented based on the research done recently, not the scrolls invented based on some previous research.

In the next ten minutes, Odyss experienced the insights of digesting the potion, and the time had come to evening.

He counted out 3,000 pounds in cash and used the "Travel Ring" to arrive at the Emerald Palace.

At this time, it was Bernadette's meal time. Odyss, as usual, asked the personal maid Bertha to prepare a dinner for himself as well.

Bernadette, who was drinking her pre-dinner wine, asked with a smile, "How was the feeling of going to sea?"

"It's pretty good, I felt the magnificence and thrill of the sea," Odyss said, adjusting his napkin.

Bernadette paused slightly: "Did you encounter pirates?"

"No, we encountered a ghost ship." Odyss roughly described the encounter last night.

Bernadette frowned slightly: "I haven't heard of any dangerous ghost ships in that sea area."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been placed in that sea area.

Odyss smiled helplessly: "Our luck was bad."

To encounter such a dangerous thing on the second day of going to sea.

Odyss did not continue this topic, but said: "I have obtained some new information, and I roughly know who took Kavetuvah's characteristic."

Bernadette was stunned, not expecting Odyss to bring back such information.

"You should still remember the adventurer who acted with me in Bansy Harbor, right?" Odyss said, "I deduced from some exchanges with him that Kavetuvah's characteristic should have been picked up by 'The Fool'.

"I learned unintentionally before that he is a believer of 'The Fool', and not long after Kavetuvah's death, he frequently appeared in the Sea God Church, and Danitz, who has been with him recently, also frequently contacted the high-level members of the Resistance Army…"

He briefly told the lie he had prepared in advance, and looked at Bernadette, whose expression gradually became serious, and asked: "You should have heard of 'The Fool', right?"

Bernadette nodded: "Yes, I've heard people mention it."

A mysterious existence that has only recently appeared, and she has also heard that the "Aurora Order" is looking for this "Fool".

Odyss ate the appetizer prepared for him: "I don't know the specific situation, I only have such a guess, but I think this guess should be relatively accurate."

Bernadette pondered for a moment before asking: "What kind of existence is 'The Fool'?"

"I'm not very clear either, I only heard that He is an existence whose power is awakening." Odyss said this, but thought in his heart: Actually, I am the person in this world, besides "The Fool" himself, who knows "The Fool" the best.

Bernadette nodded slowly and then said: "Although this information is very high-level, it is still somewhat vague, so the merit for this information is only enough for you to repay the potion formula and help you prepare part of the ritual."

Odyss nodded with a smile: "Okay."

This result was already very good, after all, collecting this information was equivalent to answering questions by looking at the reference answers for him.

Bernadette then said: "When you hold the intelligence exchange meeting, help me pay attention to the new trends of the 'Pirate Conference'."

Odyss recalled for a moment: "I remember that the Pirate Conference seemed to have just been held some time ago, right?"

At sea, the "Pirate Conference" is an important gathering, because one of the important meeting agendas is for the "Pirate Generals" to discuss the general sphere of influence, that is, the scope of robbery.

It's just that each "Pirate Conference" will only have three or four "Pirate Generals" participating. "Blood Admiral", who has a very bad reputation, never attends such gatherings.

The "Pirate Generals" who participate in the gathering will probably also play the role of a host, and prevent the "Great Pirates" from fighting as soon as the meeting starts.

The main body of the "Pirate Conference" is still the "Great Pirates".

Of course, there are also contradictions between the "Pirate Generals". Several times, the "Pirate Conference" turned into a battlefield as soon as it started.

But most of the time, the "Pirate Conference" will successfully complete the agenda, and most of the participants will be able to leave the island where the conference is held alive.

Generally, the "Pirate Conference" is held once every one or two years, and according to the news Odyss got in Bayam before, the last "Pirate Conference" was held two or three months ago. He didn't expect another one to be held again.

Bernadette smiled and said: "I heard that the last 'Pirate Conference' did not complete the corresponding agenda."

"Some great pirates are discussing the establishment of a 'Pirate Alliance' in order to resist the increasing number of ironclad ships from the northern continent, and are also discussing joint actions to attack the ironclad ships and demonstrate to various countries."

"The establishment of the 'Pirate Alliance' does not seem to be very difficult, but the pirates have serious disagreements on attacking the ironclad ships."

Odyss nodded, which was not difficult to understand. After all, attacking the ironclad ships required a unified command. The "Pirates" would certainly not trust other "Pirates" and hand over the command of their pirate group.

Moreover, this process would definitely pay a heavy price, but who would be responsible for the main attack was also difficult to negotiate through a meeting.

Odyss took a sip of seafood soup and then asked: "Since it is difficult to reach a consensus, why hold a new 'Pirate Conference'?"

"Because the pressure from the ironclad ships on the pirates is getting bigger and bigger." Bernadette said: "On the one hand, they are unwilling to hand over the command, and on the other hand, they urgently hope that someone can organize everyone to fight against the ironclad ships.

"However, this 'Pirate Conference' is still in preparation, and there should be some time before it is held."

Odyss smiled: "I understand, I will pay attention for you."

Repeatedly jumping back and forth is the pirates' forte.

Then Odyss talked about repaying the money and handed the 3,000 pounds in cash to Bernadette's personal maid Bertha.

However, Odyss noticed that Bernadette didn't seem very happy to receive this debt.

After the business was over, the two chatted idly. After Odyss had dinner, he returned to the "Argo" and asked the first mate Bazel to prepare to go with him to the intelligence exchange meeting tomorrow.

That night, Odyss asked the two navigator trainees to be on duty. He was about to return to his studio to continue his research when he found four large wooden boxes in the studio containing "Extraordinary Puppet" parts.

This was the second batch of parts carved by Keina. According to the agreement, there were 20 sets in this batch.

Therefore, Audis had no choice but to put aside his research and go to the "artisan" Diff on Raxia Island to retrieve the remaining "Wisdom Cubes" and "Signal Processing Crystals", settling the final payment.

After a brief chat with Diff, Audis returned to the "Argo" and, with the help of the first mate and second mate, assembled new "Extraordinary Puppets".

If they encountered combat, at least ten "Extraordinary Puppets" were needed to operate the ship's weapons properly, and if they wanted to attack an enemy ship, at least twenty "Extraordinary Puppets" would be required.

Because at least ten "Extraordinary Puppets" were needed to form an attack squad to basically complete the attack mission.

The three of them worked until late at night, assembling seven more "Extraordinary Puppets".

Since the intelligence exchange meeting was scheduled for tomorrow, they could only work until here for now, and the rest would have to wait until tomorrow.

The next morning, Audis and Bazel got up early and used the ability of "Travel" to arrive in Bayam, where they had breakfast together before parting ways.

Bazel went ahead to the meeting venue to prepare for the meeting.

Audis went to his apartment on Humber Road to change into his "Captain" attire.

Since there was no need to give the attendees a huge shock like last time, he arrived at the venue through the "Teleportation Array" about ten minutes early.

This entrance method still caused quite a stir among many people, mostly newcomers who had heard of him and were attending the gathering for the first time.

Of course, the members who had attended the previous gathering were still carefully observing, trying to figure out how the "Captain" had arrived at the venue.

This time, most of the attendees wore masks and the provided hoods, which effectively concealed their identities.

Only a small portion of them with sufficient knowledge of mysticism realized that he had arrived through a special array.

As soon as Audis sat down in his seat, Bazel, who was handing out masks and hoods at the door and collecting the "entrance fee", called out, "Captain!"

Audis looked towards the door, and Bazel waved outside, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old local boy poked his head in from outside, looking at Audis with admiration.

This boy was the one who sold local specialties, cigarettes, and alcohol on the train running inside Blue Mountain Island.

Audis and Bazel had seen him before when they accompanied Rupert to rescue his teacher.

Audis looked at Bazel and then at the boy, and immediately understood what was going on.

The boy must have found this place and wanted to attend the gathering, but he couldn't afford the 5 pounds "entrance fee".

And because this boy had left a good impression on Bazel, Bazel had a pang of compassion and wanted to ask if the boy could also enter.

Audis pondered for a moment and waved to the boy.

The boy excitedly ran in and bowed to Audis: "'Captain'!"

Audis nodded and asked with a smile: "How did you come here?"

"After hearing your teachings on the train that day, I thought a lot and felt that I couldn't sell local specialties on the train for the rest of my life," the boy said. "So I came to Bayam, hoping to find you and hear more teachings."

Audis said "Hmm" and asked: "How did you find this place?"

"Finding this place is not difficult," the boy replied. "You can find out by asking around in the bar."

"The difficult thing is that I don't know when I can see you, so I waited here for two days and two nights, and finally met Mr. Bazel."

Audis smiled and said, "You do know how to persevere."

He watched as the participants of the gathering arrived one after another, watching them sit there quietly observing him, with few people taking the initiative to talk.

Four or five seconds later, Audis said: "So, you want to stay here?"

"Yes, sir!" the boy immediately said.

"What's your name?"

"Allen."

"Alright, Allen," Audis said. "You can work here, but your first job is as a waiter here."

"However, I will allow you to live in the meeting venue and will also give you the normal waiter's salary."

"As for what you can learn, it's up to you."

The boy Allen quickly said: "Thank you, 'Captain'!"

Audis waved his hand, and Allen immediately entered the state, standing with the other two waiters, quietly waiting for the start of the gathering.

No mistake, first issue, first inner, first content, first look!

At eight o'clock sharp, Audis said: "Alright, let's begin."

Bazel then closed the door, and Audis activated the anti-eavesdropping array again, which once again caused some people to exclaim in surprise.

The gathering officially began, not only were the 60 chairs prepared all filled, but seven or eight people were willing to stand at the back to participate in the gathering.

Audis thought that he should add some more chairs, but after reaching 80 chairs, he couldn't add any more, and he couldn't let more people participate, he had to artificially create a sense of scarcity.

In this gathering's transactions, almost all the intelligence would be reviewed by Audis, allowing him to distinguish between true and false.

For buyers, this process was more cost-effective, as long as they asked the "Captain" to appraise it, they would have a basic guarantee.

And even if the "Captain" made a mistake and traded for false intelligence, then when they came to the "Captain" for help again, it was believed that the "Captain" would never refuse.

And what they paid was the intelligence they had bought with their own money, and they had only let the "Captain" see it.

After looking at a few pieces of intelligence, Audis realized that the intelligence traded this time was much more advanced than at the last gathering, and it was clear that everyone had come prepared.

Halfway through the exchange meeting, Audis had already grasped the movements of more than a dozen "Great Pirates", as well as the recent actions of two "Pirate Generals".

This made Audis not only sigh: Bayam's "intelligence industry" is still very easy to get on the right track in general.

In addition to sighing, two more members reached a transaction intention and asked Audis to review it.

It was an intelligence transaction about the "Sea Wolf" pirate group. Audis didn't know the specific strength of this pirate group, but he could basically determine the authenticity of the intelligence through logical analysis and rational deduction.

After taking this piece of intelligence, Audis's eyes narrowed. This piece of intelligence mainly said that the "Sea Wolf" pirate group, which was resting on Dillinus Island, needed a dozen advanced cannons at this time.

Many adventurers like this kind of intelligence very much. Even on the sea where there are no rules and laws, cannons are not so easy to trade.

Adventurers with corresponding channels will first reach a transaction intention with the "Sea Wolf" pirate group, and then use their channels to get the cannons and resell them to the pirate group to earn the price difference.

What caught Audis's attention was a seemingly irrelevant description: After the "Sea Wolf" pirate group fought with the "Red Lion" pirate group in the south of Dillinus Island, they arrived at Dillinus Island for repairs...

Audis had been paying attention to the movements of the "Red Lion" pirate group, and finally let him find a clue.

The sea chart that he had recently crammed immediately appeared in his mind: After a naval battle, the two sides must be close to the port for repairs, repairing ships, and replenishing ammunition.

Since the "Sea Wolf" pirate group went to Dillinus Island for repairs, then the only two places where the "Red Lion" pirate group could go for repairs were.

They are Chakir Island in the southwest of Dillinus Island and Nikat Island in the northwest.

The naval battle between the two sides has been going on for several days. The "Red Lion" pirate group should have just repaired the ships, replenished the ammunition, and may have just left one of these two islands.

Then Audis recalled the current location of the "Argo". If it sails at full speed, it can reach one of the islands in about 12 hours.

And with the speed of ordinary pirate ships, even if the "Red Lion" pirate group sets off one or two days earlier, the "Argo" can catch up with them in a very short time.

These thoughts were completed in an instant, Audis took a deep breath, smiled, and said in a steady tone: "The intelligence is accurate, but you need to determine for yourself whether the other party needs so many goods."

It is not surprising to replenish a few cannons after a naval battle, but it is hard to say whether to replenish 12 cannons.

According to the fact that a large pirate ship has about 20 cannons, and a medium-sized pirate ship generally has 12 to 16 cannons, the pirate group of this "Great Pirate" generally does not have more than four ships, and the number of cannons will not exceed 58.

The amount of 12 cannons is too large, unless the "Sea Wolf" pirate group has been severely damaged.

But the intelligence also shows that the "Sea Wolf" pirate group went to the nearby Dillinus Island for repairs, indicating that they had gained a certain advantage in the naval battle, otherwise the "Red Lion" pirate group would have repaired nearby on Dillinus Island.

So Audis came to the conclusion: the "Sea Wolf" pirate group needs cannons, but they don't necessarily need as many as 12.

The buyer of this intelligence took the opportunity to bargain based on the "Captain's" appraisal results, and then reached a transaction, but the original intelligence fee of 15 pounds was finally completed at 10 pounds.

Because the seller did exaggerate the quantity to a certain extent, it was easy to ask for a price when selling intelligence for such a big deal, but he didn't expect to be exposed by the "Captain" so easily.

The transaction continued, and in the second half of the gathering, Audis heard a description of the location of an ancient ruins. This kind of intelligence is generally difficult to reach a transaction, because what can be brought here for transaction is generally ruins that have been looted countless times.

However, out of curiosity, even if he didn't find any ancient writing there this time, he still spent another 15 to buy this piece of intelligence and would go and take a look when he had time.

After that, Odys also received some news about the "Rose School". Recently, the "Nighthawks" and "Punishers" in Bayam suddenly launched a joint operation, attacking several strongholds of the "Rose School", which made the activities of this cult organization in Bayam suddenly become sluggish.

However, Odys keenly realized that this should be a precursor to a larger action by the "Rose School". He remembered that the "Rose School" would soon be in Bayam to compete for and transport Hillary Aung, who was transformed into the great scientist "Orange Light".

So the "Rose School" will only send people to Bayam now, and will not leave because of this.

However, in order to avoid alarming the snake, they may not retaliate in the near future against Odys and Rupert, who have caused them certain losses.

But their non-retaliation does not mean that Odys will not take the initiative to attack.

The best way to deal with this kind of cult organization is to take the initiative to attack and keep the other party busy.

When the intelligence transaction was over, Odys, like last time, sold Extraordinary materials at Sequence 9 level.

Currently, he has 14 copies of one kind and 5 different kinds of Extraordinary materials in his hand.

This time, 6 copies were sold at the gathering, earning 900 pounds, plus three to four hundred pounds of "entry fee", as well as the masks and cloaks of "bundled sales".

The income from this gathering was also very good. Of course, the biggest gain from this kind of gathering was the gain in intelligence. For example, today there were five pieces of intelligence to report to the Church of the Night Goddess.

Some of these intelligence were about the movements of evil Extraordinary organizations such as the "Aurora Order", and some were about a suspicious action by the Church of the God of War on Sonia Island.

Of course, these intelligence were not the intelligence traded by the members on the surface. They were all the results of Odys' judgment based on his own experience from the intelligence that the participating members asked him to verify. They are currently "first-hand" intelligence.

In addition, Odys has a relatively systematic understanding of the pirates in the entire Raging Sea.

In addition to the "Pirate General", who is well-known to almost everyone at sea, there are also many "Great Pirates" who are often active at sea. Odys initially estimated that there are at least thirty, or even more! They are all Sequence 7 or Sequence 6!

As for pirates and wanted criminals with bounties below 3,000 pounds, there are even more, and it is difficult to count them.

This made Odys couldn't help but sigh: the major forces are really willing to invest in the sea.

The last part of the gathering was for Odys to designate five participants as candidates for formal membership, and the formal members voted on the spot to decide which two candidates would become formal members.

After absorbing two new members and determining their "code names", the gathering ended.

Watching the members leave one by one, Odys rested for a while, and then told the three waiters, including Allen, to pay attention to entertaining the guests who usually came here to sell intelligence.

Then Odys took Bazel back to the "Argo" and immediately said to Bazel: "Assemble all the crew for a meeting."

Bazel was slightly stunned before saying: "Yes."

Odys first went to the conference room. The conference room on the ship was not big. In addition to the conference room, it was also the ship's library, with several bookshelves, but no books had been purchased yet. There were only a few books about navigators provided by Ilez.

If there is a ship doctor on board in the future, he will usually sit here for consultations.

Two or three minutes later, the crew arrived one after another. The navigator students were holding a meeting for the first time. They originally came in laughing and talking, but after seeing the captain's serious face, they immediately put away their smiles and sat down honestly.

After everyone was seated, there was some doubt on their faces. Even Bazel didn't understand why there was a meeting.

"The meeting begins," Odys said.

The other crew members immediately sat up straight and looked at the captain.

"I just got information about the 'Red Lion' pirate group!" Odys said: "They have recently been active on Chackle Island or Nicart Island!"

Bazel opened his mouth slightly in surprise. This news was too sudden for him! He watched the intelligence exchange meeting today and did not hear any information about the "Red Lion" pirate group!

Then he trembled with excitement. He didn't expect that he would have a chance to avenge his revenge as soon as he went to sea.

Rupert and Ilez had both heard of Bazel's deeds with "Broken Finger", and immediately understood that the captain was planning to attack the "Red Lion" pirate group.

Based on their understanding during this period, they already knew the maximum speed of the "Argo". Although their current location was still four or five hundred nautical miles away from the two islands, they would definitely be able to reach there before midnight.

Then cruise around the two islands to search. If the "Red Lion" pirate group has not gone far, they will be able to find them within a day or two.

Such a raid is almost impossible for ordinary sea ships to complete.

Because most pirate ships have a speed of only sixteen or seventeen knots at most. If they encounter a windless sea area, they may only have six or seven knots.

By the time they raid the two islands, the people will have run away.

The five navigator students did not know Bazel's story and were still a little dazed by the captain's description.

"Now I order!" Odys said: "Sail immediately in the direction of the above two islands!

"Bazel stays on the 'Argo', Rupert and I will go to collect intelligence to further determine the location of the 'Red Lion' pirate group!"

Bazel and the other three main crew members immediately said together: "Yes!"

Odys stood up and said: "The meeting is over, act immediately!"

Bazel didn't have time to thank the captain at this time, and immediately went to the cockpit with Ilez to adjust the course.

Odys and Rupert put on a simple disguise, and then used the "Travel Ring" to first come to Chackle Island.

Their purpose was clear. They went straight to the shipyard in the port. First, they observed from a distance, but did not see the "Red Lion" pirate group's ship.

So Odys came to the shipyard and falsely claimed that he wanted to repair the ship, and was taken to the manager's office by the shipyard workers.

After closing the door of the office, Odys directly took out a 10-pound banknote: "Has the 'Red Lion' pirate group been here to repair the ship?"

The manager took a slight breath when he saw the 10-pound banknote. His salary was less than 2 pounds a week, which was a small fortune for him.

He looked at the closed door again before whispering: "They didn't repair the ship here, but went to Nicart Island in the south.

"This is what I just heard from a merchant who came to repair the ship this morning."

Although the manager really wanted this fortune, he also knew that if he provoked the pirates, he would definitely die, so he was so careful.

Odys put the banknote on the table, pretending that he had not reached an agreement, and left the shipyard.

Coming to a secluded corner, Odys took Rupert to Nicart Island. In the same way, he learned from the shipyard here that the "Red Lion" pirate group's fleet had just left here this morning.

Odys asked about their approximate course and learned that this pirate group had a total of three fast ships, one large and two medium, and the flagship was the large fast ship.

Back on the "Argo", Odys explained the information he had learned to Ilez.

Ilez quickly judged the target of their course and slightly adjusted the course, intending to intercept them at sea.

"Full speed ahead!" Odys ordered: "Target, the 'Red Lion' pirate group!"