Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 213: Bayam in the Night

Backlund, Seventh Avenue.

Captain Karen of the Nighthawks entered the Old Captain's Bar in the middle of the street with mixed feelings.

This morning, the "Nighthawks" team just received a letter signed by the wizard Gandalf, asking him to meet at the "Old Captain Bar" to return something very important to the Church of the Goddess of Night.

The Nighthawks have received relevant intelligence. On December 12, Odysseus Garr was involved in a high-level incident and left Backlund. Currently, both the Mechanical Heart and MI28 are looking for him.

But strangely, none of them issued a bounty for Odysseus.

At this time, Odysseus's other identity "Wizard Gandalf" suddenly came to the door, which was very surprising. Karen immediately reported the matter.

But to Karen's surprise, the "Red Gloves" took over the case.

Generally speaking, if this kind of thing happens to the "Night Watchers", then the "Night Watchers" should appoint a senior deacon to be responsible for this matter.

The way his superior handled the situation made Karen realize that the matter was unusual.

In fact, he had a good impression of Odysseus. He was very knowledgeable at a young age and cared about ordinary people. However, they were not very familiar with each other, so he didn't know why Odysseus came to him.

Entering the "Old Captain's Bar", Karen saw the captain of the "Red Gloves", Daly Simone, sitting in the corner drinking alone.

This time, it was Daly's team that was ordered to protect Karen.

She wore light eyeshadow and her outfit today was very fashionable, but it still couldn't hide her enchanting beauty.

At this moment, Daly was like a lady who came to get drunk during the day because of emotional problems, sitting in the corner and drinking quietly.

Karen pretended not to know Daly and went to the bar to order a beer. Just after taking a sip, he heard a child's voice coming from the door: "I'm looking for Mr. Karen. Who is Mr. Karen?"

A little boy in ragged clothes, with long and messy hair and a big cloth bag on his back, broke free from the waiter who was blocking the door and shouted towards the bar: "Gandalf asked me to come..."

Karen immediately stood up and said to the thugs who were about to grab the little boy, "I'm Karen, let him in."

The little boy breathed a sigh of relief and took off the cloth bag: "Mr. Cullen, Mr. Gandalf asked me to pass this to you."

After handing the cloth bag to Karen, the little boy turned and ran away.

Daly immediately made a gesture to one of his subordinates, and that subordinate followed the little boy.

There were two wooden boxes, one large and one small, and a letter in the cloth bag.

Karen opened the letter and read it, then said to Daly, "Let's go, he won't come."

The two of them got on the carriage of the Nighthawks team parked outside, and Karen handed the letter to Daly.

Daly saw that the letter read:

Mr. Cullen:
I'm taking the liberty of asking you to come out because I have two things to return to the Church of the Evernight Goddess.

On December 12th, by chance, the "Mysterious Queen" and I met Slant Will, a demigod of your religion. He has been holding on to his post for more than two hundred years!
Under the guidance of the goddess, we worked together to solve the problem, and there was no need for him to continue to hold on.

After completing his mission, Slant returned to the goddess' kingdom without any regrets. He left a will, hoping that his ashes would be returned to the church and buried.

As for his extraordinary characteristics, after consultation with the "Mysterious Queen", we will return them to your church to express our goodwill.

If I have the chance, I will visit the Church of the Goddess of Night in Bayam. I hope we can establish some connection."

The signature below is "Gandalf, well, you can also call me Odysseus."

After reading the letter, Daly looked at the two boxes in the cloth bag. Karen opened the big box first, which contained ashes.

Both men drew full moons and stars on their chests, hoping that the demigod could sleep peacefully.

The small box contained a black object that seemed to have no substance. Inside it, there were some stars, reflecting a faint starlight that gave people a sense of peace.

This Beyonder feature has a simple seal, otherwise it would definitely not be so harmless.

Karen closed the two boxes again. Daly said, "So, Odysseus wants to see you to express his and the 'Mysterious Queen's' goodwill?"

In fact, both of them noticed the description in the letter, "I met a demigod of your church by chance", but both of them realized that it might involve the secrets of the church, so they avoided talking about this topic.

Karen didn't answer immediately. Instead, she paused for two or three seconds before saying, "Ms. Daly, what do you think of Odysseus?"

"I know that both the 'Mechanical Heart' and 'MI9' are looking for him," Daly spread her hands. "I don't have any opinion, because I don't even know him."

"I'm not very familiar with him, but he stopped the Witch Cult's conspiracy a few days ago and saved many people." Karen said, "I think we can't forget what he did."

Before Dai Li could say anything, the subordinate she had just sent out just came back.

He got on the carriage and reported to Daly: "The little boy did not go back to report, nor did he see anyone, and there was nothing suspicious about the passers-by he met.

"He hurried to the bakery, bought a loaf of bread, and then found a deserted place to eat it.

"After I let him fall asleep, I entered his dream and found that it was this man who gave him a full pound in change and asked him to give the cloth bag to Captain Cullen."

As he spoke, he took out a hand-drawn portrait of a young man with a bright smile.

Karen, who had seen Odysseus's true face, immediately said, "This is Odysseus."

Daly asked his subordinates, "Are you saying that Odysseus gave the little boy some change?"

"Yes."

The little boy could only avoid being targeted and robbed if he went to buy things with 5p or 1p coins.

"We should go back," Daly said. "I think the higher-ups will notify Bayam's church and have them prepare to meet with Odysseus."

Although she didn't know Odysseus, she had a very good impression of this young man through today's contact.

……

At 8pm, Bayam.

After walking around for a while with a simple makeup on, Odysseus came to a grilled fish restaurant.

Now he is at the dock in the morning, teaches magic circle knowledge in the afternoon, and has his own time in the evening.

Sometimes I would dine and chat with the "Mysterious Queen", but most of the time the "Mysterious Queen" was very busy and not in the Jade Palace.

At this time, Odysseus used the seal he had just obtained, which had the ability to "travel", to take a trip to the Raging Sea.

His first stop, of course, was Bayam, the largest and most prosperous colonial city on the sea, to experience the colonial atmosphere. He named the seal with the ability to travel the "Travel Ring." With it, his range of activities expanded significantly.

In addition to the ability to "travel", the "Travel Ring" also has the ability to "record", but it can only record the extraordinary abilities of the "thief" and "fortune teller" paths.

Moreover, each path can only record one ability, and the abilities of other paths cannot be "recorded".

The extraordinary ability of "stealing ideas" is "recorded" in the current "travel ring", which was obviously "recorded" by Celt before.

It only has about 60% of its original power, which means that if facing a Sequence 6 enemy, it can be almost % successful.

However, if facing a Sequence 5 enemy, the success rate is only half.

For Odysseus, the greatest use of this ability is to help him better study the ability of "recording". In the past two days, he has used this ring to conduct many experiments in the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and has made considerable breakthroughs. In the near future, the power of Odysseus's magic circle will be even greater.

The negative effect of this seal is: there is a certain probability that you will not be able to find the way to your destination. Even if you reach the door of your destination, you will miss it. Removing the seal will not help, and divination cannot solve this problem. You can only wait for two hours for the negative effect to disappear before you can find your destination.

For Odysseus, this negative effect is acceptable. After all, he just can't find the way and he won't encounter any dangerous things because of being lost.

He had tried it in recent days and the probability of not finding the way was very small. He had used the "Traveler's Ring" ten times and no negative effects had appeared.

After experiments, his spiritual sense told him that the probability should be between 2% and 3%.

At this time, Bayam's special grilled fish was served. Odysseus ordered a glass of local specialty fruit wine and began to enjoy the food.

After taking a few bites, Odysseus nodded slightly. The grilled fish tasted quite good. There was almost no fishy smell, but the freshness of the fish meat was well preserved.

The key is that there are not many fish bones. For a northerner, removing the bones from fish is a big challenge.

I ate a plate of grilled fish and drank two glasses of fruit wine.

Odysseus touched his stomach, got up and strolled along the street with satisfaction.

Bayam's architectural style is based on that of Loen, with some colonial influences added.

The Blue Mountain Island where Bayam is located is different from the Shara Island where Odysseus currently lives. This island is very large and is surrounded by a sea with dense islands.

Before the colonial era began, there were kingdoms that emerged and developed unique cultures.

After the colonial era, these cultures still survived to a certain extent.

Although there are many colonies in the Misty Sea where Shara Island is located, the distances between those islands are generally far, and only large tribes or tribal alliances have been formed as civilizations.

Under the impact of the advanced system of the Republic of Intis, the culture of these islands soon basically disappeared.

Today, more than a hundred years after the colonial era, they have been completely assimilated by the Intis people. Wearing Intis-style clothes is considered decent attire, drinking Intis wine, smoking Intis cigarettes, and eating Intis bread is considered a decent life.

Just as Odysseus was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. It turned out that two adventurers were fighting over a beautiful street girl.

They are called adventurers because they bring their own money and spend it in this city.

In fact, they are pirates.

Odysseus bought some local mango candies from the street and ate them while watching the two men fight.

After watching for a while, he shook his head repeatedly, feeling that these two people didn't understand fighting at all.

Soon the patrol arrived, and under their scolding and "persuasion" with sticks, the two pirates finally separated with harsh words.

In order to make more money from the pirates, Bayam still put some effort into maintaining public order. For example, if a murder occurred, he would investigate it thoroughly, and some of the murderers were captured and executed.

This will make most pirates feel safe, and they will come here to spend their money next time they make money.

Odysseus was holding a candy in his mouth and was about to go to the famous "Red Theater" to take a look, but he suddenly noticed that one of the pirates who had just fought looked at him.

This made Odysseus immediately realize that the other party must have recognized him.

Although he was not a wanted criminal, he was someone that MI9 was looking for, and many people must have seen his portrait.

That's why Odysseus put on some makeup before visiting Yam.

Odysseus did not move forward, but leaned to the side of the street and chatted with a drunk holding a bottle of wine on the side of the road, and observed the pirate out of the corner of his eye.

He was a man who looked to be in his thirties, wearing a local-style jacket and with a long beard. He walked into a semi-open-air restaurant cursing.

Odysseus immediately realized that although the other party recognized him, his target was not him.

Odysseus said goodbye to the drunk who was eager to talk, and sat down at an open-air bar not far from the restaurant. He ordered a glass of light beer, and while bragging to the drunk next to him, he secretly paid attention to the pirate with a long beard.

The semi-open-air restaurant, like the bar where Odysseus was, only had a shed with seats placed under it.

One advantage of this is that when the sea breeze blows, diners can feel the coolness of the sea.

The bearded pirate entered the restaurant and loudly demanded some food and wine. As soon as the wine was served, he picked up the glass and gulped down half of it, as if he was unhappy about being stopped in the middle of a fight.

At this time, a diner at another table in the restaurant said, "Friend, if your second punch had gone a little lower, you would have knocked the other person down."

There were four guests at that table. The one who was talking was a man in his forties with half of his nose missing, which made him look a little ferocious. Judging from the way he sat, he should be a pirate.

The bearded pirate, who was being watched by Odysseus, glanced at the man with the missing nose and said, "You talk as if you're any good at fighting."

The man with half a nose missing laughed and said, "I'm not very good at it either, but I think I'm better than you."

A trace of anger flashed in the long-bearded pirate's eyes. He raised his glass as if to smash it hard to express his anger, but when he saw that there were four people on the other side, he gently put the glass down.

This action made the table of men with half a nose missing burst into laughter.

Their unbridled laughter made the bearded pirate even angrier, but he only dared to vent his anger on the waiter: "Why hasn't the dish I ordered been served yet? Hurry up! Hurry up!"

He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and stood up and slapped the waiter.

The man with half of his nose missing shook his head, picked up the wine and was about to continue drinking, but suddenly, his expression froze and he jumped up from where he was.

The bearded pirate who had just lost his temper at the waiter now had a calm expression and was throwing a punch in a sneak attack.

But the man with half of his nose missing dodged it, and the punch hit the dining table. With a "crash", the solid wooden table was directly smashed into pieces.

The flying wood knocked the other three people sitting around to the ground.

Odysseus took a sip of wine: This was definitely a premeditated assassination.

(End of this chapter)