Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis was slightly stunned, not expecting the "Red Gloves" to ask for his help.

He said, "Please speak, if it is within my ability, I will definitely provide the corresponding assistance."

Bishop Dean smiled and nodded. Audis didn't mention any reward, and first said he was willing to help, which gave him a lot of face in front of his colleagues.

"Wait a moment," he said, "I'll go invite the 'Red Gloves' person in."

The "Red Gloves" members from Backlund were in the carriage outside, using a Sealed Artifact to monitor their conversation, which is why Bishop Dean was so satisfied with Audis's reaction.

Soon, following Bishop Dean, a young man with black hair and green eyes, with outstanding looks, wearing a black trench coat, came in.

It was the young "Red Gloves" member Leonard Mitchell.

Audis had met him once in Backlund.

The other party smiled and asked Audis, "Should I call you Gandalf the Wizard? Or should I call you 'Chief'?"

Audis extended his hand: "This is on the sea, you should call me Captain."

The two people laughed "haha" and shook hands.

Bishop Dean on the side was slightly stunned: "You know each other?"

"We met once before," Leonard said, "Wizard… Captain gave me a very deep impression."

Audis smiled and said, "Please sit down."

Then he said to Bazel, "Go close the door and don't receive guests for the time being."

"Yes." Bazel, who went to close the door, didn't expect that the captain actually knew the members of the "Red Gloves".

At the same time, he also asked the servants to go out first, and personally made tea for Leonard and others.

After a few people sat down again, Leonard said to Audis: "Bishop Dean said before that you have well-informed information and a ship, so we thought of asking you to provide some help."

The Church of the Night Goddess has almost no power on the sea. If they have something to do at sea, they usually ask the Storm Church for help.

However, the Storm Church cannot always provide timely help. For example, this time, they just didn't have enough captains and sailors of a sufficient level to help Leonard complete the task, so they suggested sending a pirate ship to provide assistance.

So Bishop Dean recommended Audis and his 'Argo'.

The news that the 'Argo' had eliminated the 'Red Lion' pirate group had already spread throughout Bayam. Undoubtedly, the strength of this ship was sufficient to provide assistance to the 'Red Gloves'.

Rather than using a pirate ship with a Storm Church background, it would be better to directly use Audis's ship, which has cooperation with the Anning Church.

Others may not know that the captain of the 'Argo' is the 'Chief' who convened the intelligence exchange meeting, but Bishop Dean knows it, because he knows very well that Bazel is now Audis's first mate.

After learning that the captain of the 'Argo' was the 'Chief', Leonard also agreed to Bishop Dean's suggestion, so they came here together.

Audis asked, "What exactly do you need me to do?"

Leonard briefly introduced: "We have received definite news that 'Iron Hand' Barque is planning a conspiracy against the Rosed Islands, and we hope to stop him."

Audis pondered for a while before asking: "Why not leave this kind of thing to the Storm Church?"

'Iron Hand' Barque is also a 'Great Pirate'. It is said that his flagship is also a ghost ship. According to some information Audis has obtained, his strength is already close to 'Pirate General'.

For such a difficult pirate, the "Red Gloves", who are not good at naval warfare, can simply hand the case over to the Storm Church.

But they didn't do that, and didn't even want to wait for the Storm Church's help, which was very abnormal.

Leonard considered it slightly and then said: "We hope to ask Barque a few questions in person."

Audis nodded to show his understanding. It seemed that stopping Barque's conspiracy was just a matter of course. Their main hope was to obtain some information from Barque.

Then he asked: "Is it possible to ask questions using 'Spiritualism'?"

"I think, even when he was alive, he wouldn't obediently answer our questions," Leonard smiled.

"That's easy to handle," Audis said.

If it was necessary to capture the other party alive, this task would be more difficult.

Audis took a sip of tea and considered it again before saying: "According to the information I got last week, Barque seems to be active near Nouse Island. I don't know if he is still there this week."

At the last intelligence exchange meeting, Audis learned about Barque's location through an intelligence transaction.

"What we know is still the news of his location two weeks ago," Leonard spread his hands and said: "This is also where we need your help, we can't determine his exact location now."

Audis "um"ed and said to Bazel on the side: "Go to the 'Sea Lion Bar' and ask Pass if he has any latest news about the 'Skull' pirate group?"

The leader of the 'Skull' pirate group is 'Iron Hand' Barque.

And Pass, who often haunts the 'Sea Lion Bar', has corresponding channels in Nouse Island.

Through two intelligence exchange meetings, Audis has already met most of the intelligence dealers in Bayam and knows roughly what channels they have.

Bazel agreed and immediately went out.

After the door was closed again, Audis said: "I am willing to help with this, but I also have two conditions."

Leonard nodded and said: "You say."

"First of all, if this operation involves naval battles, I will be in command," Audis said.

"No problem." Leonard was very easy to talk to: "After all, you are the professional."

"Secondly, all the spoils of this battle belong to me, and you need to help me collect the corresponding bounty."

Leonard also immediately agreed: "No problem either, but we hope to buy some Extraordinary characteristics with gold pounds."

Audis took a sip of tea: "That's it."

Leonard and Bishop Dean were both stunned. They originally thought that the "Captain" would take the opportunity to propose some other rewards that the Church of the Night Goddess needed to pay.

The reason why Audis didn't mention a word is because this is a favor, and it doesn't make sense to mention it at this time.

This way, when they need to repay the favor in the future, they will be even more reluctant to refuse.

After agreeing on the ownership of the spoils, Audis opened the sea chart: "My ship is expected to reach Chackle Island this evening. We have something to do on that island.

"Nouse Island is in the northeast of Chackle Island, which does not conflict with this operation. After a slight pause there, we will immediately head to Nouse Island.

"If we sail overnight, we are expected to reach the corresponding waters tomorrow morning and search for the traces of the 'Skull' pirate group according to the information."

This was Leonard's first time at sea, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this arrangement.

Bishop Dean heard something different: "So fast?"

Audis smiled and said: "I heard that ships that can enter the spirit world are even faster than this."

For example, the 'Black Emperor', can almost 'travel the five seas in one day'.

The 'Ghostly Phantom' that Audis had just captured could only temporarily enter the underworld to hide. If sailing in the underworld, lacking sufficient protection, it would be more dangerous.

Or rather, most ghost ships do not have the ability of the 'Black Emperor'.

Bishop Dean thought that Audis was reminding himself that his ship was a ghost ship that could sail quickly, so he just "oh"ed and said nothing more.

After roughly planning the route, Bazel also came back: "Captain, it is said that yesterday morning, the 'Skull' also appeared in the eastern part of Nouse Island.

"And Pass also provided a message that there are rumors that the 'Skull' pirate group has a secret stronghold near Nouse Island."

Audis nodded: "It seems that if we wander around Nouse Island, we should be able to find them."

Then he asked Leonard: "Did you come alone?"

Leonard replied: "There are two other colleagues."

"When can we set off?"

"We can set off now."

Audis pondered for a while and then said: "You can choose to come aboard with me now, or you can choose to have me pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Let's get on the boat now," Leonard said: "I hope to go to sea in advance to adapt."

Although he has a relatively casual personality, he will be serious when he needs to do enough preparation work.

"Okay, please invite your two colleagues in." Then Audis said to Bazel again: "Get ready, I'll pick you up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Then Bazel took the opportunity to report: "The bounty can be collected tomorrow. I have contacted the original subordinates, and they have already started working for the 'Dawn Sword'."

Audis nodded: "Usually give them some small bonuses, this part of the money is taken from the pirate group's public funds."

Speaking of this, Audis felt that he should find someone to manage his money.

As the channels for spending money increase in the future, and the amount of funds used increases, he can't do the accounting himself, right?

It is possible to hire professional financial personnel, but Audis is now a pirate after all, his income and expenditure are also illegal, and it is not yet known whether the financial personnel will be obedient.

Audis felt that he should find someone he could trust to watch over the money for him, at least to prevent the financial personnel from making false accounts.

After briefly chatting with Bazel, Audis took Leonard, as well as his two colleagues, one male and one female, to the studio of the "Argo" in two batches.

Then, Audis took the three of them to the restaurant and called all the crew to introduce them to each other.

Leonard and the others greeted the crew while their eyes glanced at the "Extraordinary Puppet" busily working in the kitchen.

They had never seen such a "Puppet" and were very curious about it.

After a brief chat, Audis arranged for them to stay in the crew quarters and asked the Boatswain, Salina, to give them a tour of the "Argo."

The three "Red Gloves" members came to the deck and saw the boundless sea, and immediately felt as if they had just entered another world.

At this moment, Leonard noticed the "Ghost Ship" behind them: "That is…"

"That's the ghost ship we just captured!" Salina introduced, "Now we have a fleet."

Leonard glanced at the ghost ship with its larger hull: "Didn't the newspapers say that 'Red Lion' Tyler's flagship was destroyed?"

His colleague Eve said, "I did hear some news this morning that 'Sword of Dawn' defeated the 'Deep Blue' pirate gang."

"That's right, we did it!" Salina chuckled.

Leonard was slightly stunned and glanced at the ghost ship behind him again. He didn't expect the "Leader"\n… or rather, the "Captain," to be so strong!

Meanwhile, in his studio, Audis first went to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to use the "time bonus" within to prepare the materials needed for "Scroll: From Novice to Master."

Then, he returned to the real world to design "Land-Based Extraordinary Cannons" and "Land-Based Spirit Wave Cannons" to protect Cruz Island.

Since they were "land-based," the space was larger, and the power could naturally be greater.

However, after having the "Extraordinary Potion Production Line," Audis's design ideas changed. Since he had quite a few extraordinary characteristics idle, he could try to equip them on those weapons.

With this idea, the power of the "Extraordinary Cannon" could become even greater.

The theory of the "Extraordinary Cannon" was actually similar to the theory of the "Flame Arrow," condensing spirituality and then using a magic circle to compress and transform normal spirituality usage into extraordinary shells.

Currently, the "Extraordinary Cannons" on the "Argo" and on the ships built for "Dawn of Elements" were already the limit of Audis's previous research.

At that time, Audis was somewhat stuck in a rut, wanting to solve any problem with spirituality alone.

Now, Audis's thinking suddenly expanded: since this world has extraordinary characteristics, there must be a reason for its existence, and its existence cannot be ignored.

This made Audis realize a problem: perhaps the combination of extraordinary characteristics and living beings is the root of all chaos and instability.

As for the "Spirit Wave Cannon," it was the most core part of all of Audis's research.

It was also the most cutting-edge application of spirituality. The scholars of "Dawn of Elements" who had been learning from Audis for a month or so didn't even understand the principle of this weapon.

In fact, the theory of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" is similar to "nuclear fusion reaction." Audis used a magic circle to compress spirituality to a certain extent and then released it suddenly after launching it a certain distance. The spirituality rapidly rubbed against the molecules in nature, producing a violent explosion.

The reason why the "Spirit Wave Cannon" only has so much power at present is because Audis's magic circle can only provide so much pressure.

If the pressure were greater, the power could be even greater, and perhaps one day, a "Extraordinary Nuclear Bomb" could really be created.

Although the power cannot be increased, it can be developed in the direction of being more convenient to carry.

Audis is currently trying to design a small "Spirit Wave Cannon" that can be operated by three "Extraordinary Puppets" and carried around the world.

Although the power is definitely not as great as the "Spirit Wave Cannon" on the ship, it would be no problem to hit a fortress or a city wall.

Before having the "Craftsman's Chronometer," it was still difficult for Audis to complete these design works, but with the blessing of this magical item, Audis possessed the corresponding ability.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chaikel Island could already be seen in the distance.

Audis summoned all the crew to have dinner in advance. Leonard sat at the dining table and asked, "Do you have any action later?"

"Yes," Audis said, "You don't need to take action, just sit in the entertainment room and play cards."

Leonard asked again, "Can we observe?"

"That's possible," Audis said, taking a bite of bread, "but if you get accidentally injured, I won't be responsible."

Leonard smiled: "We will protect ourselves."

Audis dipped the bread in the vegetable soup and asked, "How does it feel to be on the sea?"

"The Boatswain knows the sea very well," Leonard said, "Old Mr. Yeleizhe's navigation lessons are also very lively."

Currently, besides Yeleizhe and a few navigator students, there are only Audis, Cleveland, Salina, and Boris on board.

Boris was afraid that the crew opportunity he had worked so hard to get would be ruined, so he still had tape on his mouth.

Cleveland was taciturn, the navigators had to attend and listen to classes, and only Salina took the initiative to describe some of the life at sea to the guests.

Leonard added, "I originally thought that as a captain, your daily task was to drink coffee and chat with the crew, but I didn't expect you to be so busy."

"That's for ordinary captains," Audis said with emotion, "The ability of 'Travel' sounds good, but it makes people busy all the time.

"Before this side is finished, that side needs to be busy again, and ultimately there is no time at all.

"It's not as good as an ordinary ship. After arriving at the sea, you can't get any news, and that's more leisurely."

Without a single mistake, a first, a hair, an inner, a content, a look, a look!

Salina stabbed the steak with a fork and said, "In that case, you should envy being able to get news from the shore at any time."

Audis smiled: "Yes, humans are indeed difficult to satisfy."

Leonard took a sip of coffee: "Your conversation has suddenly risen to the height of philosophy."

Salina was stunned: "Really?"

Leonard didn't know whether to put down the hand holding the coffee or take another sip.

After eating a simple dinner, the bustling port could already be seen on the deck. Audis used "Travel" to bring in the First Mate Rupert and Nuoyi, and ordered them to prepare for battle.

Because this island hosts a large number of pirates every day, the "Sword of Dawn" fleet did not cause too much alarm.

However, many people noticed this fleet, because just a few days ago, the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group had just set off from here, and it was on that day that the news of "Red Lion" Tyler's death reached here.

The fleet did not immediately enter the port, but lined up in front of the port.

Everyone immediately understood what they were going to do and quickly left the pier and hid.

At this time, in the cockpit of the "Argo," Audis, sitting in the captain's chair, ordered: "Fire three shells at the open space on the dock."

The "Extraordinary Cannon" at the bow adjusted its position and fired at the dock "Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang".

At this time, Leonard belatedly said: "You are going to rob this port."

"That's right," Audis said, "Pirates, of course, have to look like pirates."

Leonard paused. He originally thought that he was very casual, but how did he suddenly feel that he had met a more casual pirate group?

Before, they said that they often attacked pirates, giving Leonard the feeling that this pirate group was an extra force of the Church of the Night Goddess.

But the sudden robbery seemed to make Leonard suddenly recall that he was on a pirate ship.

However, Leonard still had to remind him: "You are going to… rob in front of the official extraordinary people?"

"Don't worry, I don't have the habit of slaughtering ordinary people," Audis said, "It's just that some things are easier to get by robbing."

At this time, the shore defense guns on Chaikel Island began to fight back, and for a while, the sound of artillery fire and explosions was endless.

But soon they embarrassedly discovered that the shells of the shore defense guns could not hit the "Argo."

In fact, the most advanced shore defense guns currently have a longer range than the "Extraordinary Cannon," but this is an island outside the main channel, and it is not equipped with the most advanced shore defense guns at all.

There is no need to equip it, because such shore defense guns are enough to deal with pirate ships.

Audis in the cockpit continued to order: "Fire two cannons together, free fire, destroy all the shore defense guns."

Leonard saw that the "Extraordinary Cannon" at the bow adjusted its position again, not too much, not too little, another three consecutive shots.

After firing three shells, it adjusted its position again and fired.

Then the sound of explosions was heard on the shore, indicating that a shore defense gun had been destroyed in this way.

Confused shouts came from the shore. Leonard saw that the people on the shore defense gun positions had fled the positions.

But the "Extraordinary Puppet" did not stop attacking. After that, explosions continued, and soon the shore's armed forces were basically eliminated, and at this time, the white flag of the port guard was only halfway up.

Audis then ordered: "Sail into the port!"

This order stunned Leonard: "This… this is too risky, right?"

Audis smiled confidently: "They can use whatever skills they have."

He had obtained a lot of information about this port at the bar here before, and after turning around in the port, he could almost be sure that there were no demigods in this scale of port.

There might be Sequence 5, but the mayor of this city does not have the strength to hire Sequence 5. The Sequence 5 here are basically passers-by. As long as the shells do not explode on their heads, they will not care about these nosy matters.

As for the pirates in the port, there is no need to worry about them. They should already be eager to move, hoping to take advantage of the chaos later to grab a share.

As the fleet entered the harbor, the entire city descended into chaos, with everyone scrambling to escape.

Just as the "Argo" approached the dock, a wall of fire suddenly swept over from the shore, but it was blocked by the "Argo's" protective shield.

Odis ordered, "Targeted fire on the source!"

Bang~ Bang~ Bang~

With a few cannonballs fired, a figure suddenly jumped out from the source of the fire wall, his whole body ablaze, nimbly dodging the cannonballs.

"This is an Extraordinary being hired by the mayor," Odis said, putting on his gloves. "Rupert, I'm handing over command here to you. I'm going to have a fight with them."

Battle Captain Cleveland asked, "Captain, do you need us to assist?"

At this moment, several Extraordinary beings were running towards them, clearly indicating that this port had hired more than one Extraordinary being.

"No need," Odis said, putting on his metal gauntlets. "We're not here to kill people."

Having said that, a phantom door appeared beside him.

Odis opened the door and stepped through. The next second, he appeared beside the fiery figure on the shore, swinging his metal-gauntleted fist and sending the figure flying.

"Reap!"

The flames on the fiery figure instantly extinguished, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, already seriously injured.

"Imprison!" Odis then raised his gloved hand, "imprisoning" an Extraordinary being who was rushing over, then charged forward: "Death!"

He sent that Extraordinary being flying as well, leaving him seriously injured.

By this point, Odis had already rushed close to several Extraordinary beings. Only then did these Extraordinary beings realize the opponent's strength, and they scattered to the sides, preparing to launch a siege.

Odis suddenly threw an "Explosive Scroll" at his feet and used the "Travel Ring" to enter the spirit world.

Boom~

The enormous explosion sent several Extraordinary beings flying, and even the hardened dock was blown apart.

Leonard, who was watching from the deck, was stunned. The "Captain's" strength was even greater than he had imagined, already at Sequence 5!

The fiery figure from earlier should have been a Sequence 6 "Schemer," and the second one blasted away was at least a Sequence 7.

As for the rest who were blown away, several were immediately dizzy or in need of urgent rescue, and they should be "Low-Sequence" Extraordinary beings. The two who still had the strength to avoid vital points should be "Mid-Sequence" Extraordinary beings.

In less than ten seconds, he had dealt with all of the opponent's Extraordinary powers.

Leonard recalled the process of blowing up the shore batteries earlier and felt that it was too "demeaning" for the "Captain" to lead the "Sword of Dawn" to rob such a port.

Even now, Leonard had no intention of stopping him, because he could also see that the "Captain" was adhering to the principle of not killing if he could avoid it.

Although the battle looked fierce, at most, only a few artillerymen were injured.

At this moment, Odis reappeared on the dock and shouted, "Tell your mayor, I want to ask him for a favor."

The injured Extraordinary beings thought to themselves: Asking the mayor for help with cannons?

"May I ask what Captain Gahl needs?" A round-faced middle-aged man in a formal suit walked over quickly, followed by several armed guards.

Odis asked, "Are you the mayor?"

A layer of fine sweat had already broken out on the other man's forehead. He had witnessed the strength of the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group, which was even more formidable than the "Great Pirates."

You had to know that with the defensive capabilities of Chackel Island, ordinary "Great Pirates" would not dare to rob this place.

At the same time, the mayor also noticed that this Captain Gahl did not seem to intend to kill people, and only after hearing that the other party had a need did he hurry over.

Odis asked, "Do you have a construction crew here?"

The mayor was stunned: "Wh… … What?"

Leonard also thought he had misheard: "Construction crew?"

Odis patiently repeated, "Do you have a construction crew here? The kind that can build houses and repair roads."

"Yes… … Yes… …" The mayor had never heard of anyone robbing a construction crew before, and he didn't react for a moment.

"Bring three construction crews, um, not too big, but with all trades covered," Odis seriously put forward his conditions, thinking to himself, you haven't seen someone robbing the soles of your feet yet!

The mayor finally reacted: "Okay, okay."

He quickly said to a guard beside him, "Quickly go to the city hall and tell them that Captain Gahl needs three construction crews that are not too big but with all trades covered."

Odis nodded in satisfaction: "Are there teachers in the city who teach grammar and mathematics?"

"Yes!"

"Bring two of each," Odis said.

The mayor nodded and said to another guard, "Go to the city hall again and find two grammar teachers and two math teachers."

Odis asked again, "Are there architectural designers and road designers?"

The mayor thought for a moment: "It doesn't seem like it, but I can help you ask around."

Odis nodded in satisfaction: "Send someone to ask, you wait here for a while."

The mayor knew that he was being held hostage, but after knowing "Captain Gahl's" needs, he didn't panic. He quickly ordered the guards to carry away the injured Extraordinary beings and directed them to maintain order.

Odis loudly addressed the fleet behind him, "'Phantom' dock!"

The mayor was stunned: "Isn't the 'Phantom' the flagship of the 'Deep Blue' pirate group?"

Odis took out his pipe, filling it with tobacco as he said, "There won't be a 'Deep Blue' pirate group anymore."

"Gulp~" The mayor swallowed: Where did this pirate group come from? They took out two Great Pirates in two weeks! And they dared to rob this small city with shore batteries and Extraordinary protection!

Odis rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, lighting his pipe: "I remember, Chackel Island has several brick kilns, and a small cement factory, right?"

At sea, these small cities have a lot of construction needs. It's impossible to transport all construction materials from other islands.

Especially the relatively cheap bricks. If they were transported from other ports, it would be better to spend money and hire a few brick-burning craftsmen.

The mayor seemed to understand "Captain Gahl's" intention: "Yes… … Yes."

"You now occupy Chackel Island?"

"That's right," Odis nodded: "In a while, I will also need a brick kiln and a cement factory. Prepare the corresponding manpower, and I will transport them there in a few days."

The mayor smiled bitterly, feeling that after these people went, they shouldn't expect to come back alive.

But it was impossible for him to offend a powerful "Great Pirate" for the lives of dozens of coolies and workers, so he immediately agreed.

Odis then talked about metallurgical plants, steel forging plants, and other factories, which relieved the mayor, because only Bayam had these factories.

And it was impossible for the "Sword of Dawn" to go to Bayam to rob people.

Odis was already thinking about letting Basel scout Bayam, preparing to carry out a kidnapping.

More than ten minutes later, the people from the construction team were brought over by the guards one after another. Behind them were a group of family members crying and seeing them off, and the dock was immediately in chaos.

Odis put away his pipe and said loudly, "If anyone makes trouble on the dock, I'll take them away too."

The family members who came to see them off quickly left the dock and stood crying and shedding tears in the port.

Then four young teachers were escorted in. Finally, a family was escorted in. It was an architectural engineer and his family from Backlund who were vacationing in the Rosed Islands. Because the passenger ship passed by Chackel Island, their family came down to enjoy dinner and were captured.

After these people were sent to the ship, Odis shook hands with the mayor: "Thank you for your help."

The mayor gave a forced smile: "You're welcome, you're welcome."