Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 221 Recent Plans

Backlund, South Bridge District, White's House.

When the vampire Emlyn opened his eyes and saw his treasured doll, he felt that the party just now was a dream.

What kind of party was that?
Emlyn couldn't help but sigh: They were actually exchanging information about the gods!
And such information is only worth more than two thousand pounds!

This reminded him again of Mr. Hermit's erudition: the secret history known by this member was even almost as much as that of some vampire experts who specialized in studying history.

Then, Emlyn felt a little guilty, because he knew in his heart that the "Hermit" was more knowledgeable, and the historical materials he knew seemed to be more advanced.

It turned out that he joined the party under the guidance of the ancestor!
Emlyn sighed again: "At this gathering, I'm the one chosen by the First Ancestor to save the vampire race. Do the others have similar identities? Is this a 'savior gathering' organized by Mr. Fool?"
After a pause, Emlyn slowly nodded: The other members must also have some special qualities, otherwise why would the ancestor let me join them?

Emlyn thought with certainty: By participating in this party, I will surely become stronger quickly and shoulder the burden of saving the vampires in the future!

He had already begun to imagine that after he became stronger, he would shock other adult vampires at the blood clan gathering.

Suddenly, he thought of Mr. Hanged Man and the 5000 pounds, and his previous fantasy instantly turned into bubbles.

Emlyn looked at his puppets with some disappointment, stood up, tidied up some clothes for one of the puppets, and then immersed himself in the puppet world.

……

Misty Sea, Emerald Palace of Lasha Island.

After finishing the Tarot meeting, Odysseus returned to the real world. He lay in the armchair for a while, then stood up and stretched. He took candles and spiritual materials and used the "travel ring" to come to an uninhabited island.

After all, the Emerald Palace is Bernadette's territory, and if the "Fool" gifting ceremony is performed, she might find out.

Arriving at an uninhabited island, Odysseus arranged the ceremony and waited for more than twenty minutes. He received a reward of 2100 pounds for the intelligence exchange and three extraordinary materials from the "Little Sun".

The transaction with "Little Sun" is still barter, exchanging extraordinary materials for extraordinary weapons.

In this round of transactions, "Little Sun" asked for two more "Thunder Bombs" and two "Ice and Snow Bombs".

During the transaction, he said frankly that these two weapons were very useful in clearing monsters, and some members of the exploration team had already asked him where he got the items.

After this round of transactions, Odysseus obtained three Sequence 9 level extraordinary materials, and "Little Sun" obtained four extraordinary weapons and a debt of 250 pounds.

This is good news for Odysseus. As more and more members of the City of Silver use Odysseus's weapons, Odysseus will obtain a large amount of "low-sequence" extraordinary materials.

As for the sales of these materials, Odysseus had already thought about it. He planned to establish a base in Bayam, not only to collect intelligence, but also to sell extraordinary materials there.

Being a pirate is not just about fighting and killing. You also need to be well-informed and know what your colleagues have done and how strong they are. This way, when you meet them, you can take the most appropriate approach.

After completely destroying the altar, Odysseus used the "Travel Ring" to return to the Emerald Palace.

Now his savings have returned to more than 3,000 pounds, but he does not intend to repay the debt owed to the "Mysterious Queen" immediately because he still has a lot of money to spend.

Each of the "extraordinary puppets" he invented costs about 120 pounds, and at least 15 "extraordinary puppets" are needed to operate a ship.

In addition, there is the money needed to establish a stronghold, to build relationships, to recruit people, to do publicity, etc., which also costs money.

As for the official power behind him, Odysseus had already made up his mind. He planned to go to the church of the Evernight Goddess in Bayam to pray in the next few days.

Although there were few churches of the Evernight Goddess in the Raging Sea, as long as they were in the Loen colonies, they were an extraordinary force that could not be ignored.

The model in Backlund worked very well, and he planned to replicate it in Bayam and establish his own intelligence base.

Moreover, Odysseus no longer needs to worry about being captured by the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery at any time, so this intelligence base will be an important channel for him in the future.

Then Odysseus thought of another question: How to digest the potion?

His potion was only a little bit away from being fully digested. If he were still in Backlund, he could probably receive three or four more clients, or even just one or two, and it would be completely digested.

The first thing Odysseus thought of was to play a wizard on the island of Lasha, but he felt that it was not worth investing too much just to receive a few clients.

He thought about it for a while before deciding to rent a place in Bayam and play the role of a wizard.

At the same time, I also used the time of playing the wizard to look for some helpers and crew members.

According to the Odysseus Plan, positions such as sailors, helmsmen, gunners, and plunderers were all handed over to "extraordinary puppets."

But he still needed a few crew members he trusted to serve as first mate, second mate, navigator, etc.

He sighed and thought to himself: It is true that everything is difficult at the beginning!
But he also enjoyed it, because this was his own pirate group. When he established it, he could imagine the scene of traveling on the sea with the pirate group.

The last question is about promotion.

Now the potion of "Scroll Professor" is still missing a main ingredient and a key auxiliary ingredient. The 2800 offered by Emlyn is too expensive, and Odysseus cannot afford so much money at the moment.

So he decided to ask Bernadette, she should also have the relevant main materials, and the price would not be so high.

As for the possibility of receiving special care from the "Hidden Sage" after his promotion, Odysseus was not too worried at this moment, because he now had the "blessing" of the "Goddess of Night", and under normal circumstances, the gods could not find him.

Moreover, the magic circle he used to avoid the gaze of the gods can also be used when he is promoted, to avoid hearing the nagging of the "Hidden Sage" right after the promotion.

It just so happened that Bernadette stayed in the Emerald Palace for dinner that night. During the meal, Odysseus expressed his wish to obtain the "Crystal of the Tree of Alamein".

"1800 pounds." Bernadette said without seeming to care much. "Well, you probably need flowers from the 'Alamyn Tree', 200 pounds."

Odysseus smiled and drank the seafood soup happily, saving a full 800 pounds!
As he peeled the crab, he said, "Okay, once I have enough money, I'll complete the deal with you."

As for the main material of the other potion, he still planned to trade it with the "Psychological Alchemy Society". After all, the magical items used for trading were spoils of war, and he didn't need them in normal times. For him, this transaction was a very cost-effective one.

Bernadette glanced at Odysseus and said, "I can occasionally assign you some tasks so that you can earn some bounties." After all, Odysseus has been concentrating on building ships on Lasha Island in recent times and seems to have no source of income.

"Also, we can trade in another way." Bernadette said considerately, "I know of an uninhabited island with at least three 'Alaman Trees'. I can tell you the location of that island."

"What's the reward?" Odysseus asked.

"When you create the Extraordinary Puppet, give one to me." Bernadette said as she took a sip of wine.

Odysseus peeled a piece of crab meat and put it in his mouth. He had never talked about the "extraordinary puppet" with Bernadette before, but he was not surprised by it. After all, Lasha Island was Bernadette's territory, and he believed that everything that happened here could not be hidden from her.

"Okay." Odysseus thought this was a very good deal. After all, an "extraordinary puppet" was only worth about 120 pounds.

And even if Bernadette got an "extraordinary puppet", she would not be able to copy it, because the most important component, the "Wisdom Cube", contains a secret process that only Odysseus knows.

Only after going through that process can the "Smart Rubik's Cube" operate on its own, otherwise the "Extraordinary Puppet" can only do some extremely simple movements such as squatting and walking.

After finishing the crab meat in his hand, Odysseus picked up another crab and peeled it without any gentlemanly manners: "I'm curious, since you know the location of the 'Alaman Tree', why didn't you just turn them into extraordinary materials?

"After all, extraordinary materials can be stored for a long time, and there's no need to worry about them being discovered."

Bernadette ate the lobster in front of her elegantly with a knife and fork, and did not hide it: "Because this way I can regularly collect some flowers or fruits of the 'Alaman Tree', which are very high-level spiritual materials.

"Even the leaves of the 'Alamein Tree' are worth about a pound each.

"And I hid the island. Unless I provide the precise coordinates, ordinary people won't be able to find it."

Odysseus nodded: "This is something I didn't expect."

As he spoke, he ate the third crab. Since coming to Lasha Island, he has completely achieved seafood freedom.

Odysseus would go to the kitchen and mix some dipping sauce himself, and then eat all-you-can-eat seafood.

I didn’t have such luxury before I traveled through time.

Odysseus asked again: "What should I pay attention to when hunting the 'Tree of Alamein'?"

"Prepare some spells to restrain various natural attacks." Bernadette said, "For example, you might face strong winds, ice and snow, lightning, and so on.

"Well, you can think of this tree as a 'wizard' with great power, because the invocation of natural forces and related knowledge in the 'Scroll Professor' basically comes from its crystallization."

The scrolls made by the "Scroll Professor" can be seen as an enhanced version of "witchcraft", which can call upon more natural forces and launch more powerful attacks.

Moreover, after becoming a "Scroll Professor", even without using scrolls, the power of "witchcraft" is greater than when he was at Sequence 7.

If we use numbers to represent the relationship between the three, "Witchcraft" at Sequence 7 is equivalent to "1". If witchcraft is used at Sequence 6, the power can reach "1.5", while if scrolls are used, it can reach "2" to "2.5".

After finishing the business, the two talked about the progress of shipbuilding and interesting stories at sea.

Bernadette said that she would go to the Raging Sea the day after tomorrow to trade some spiritual materials. After completing this transaction, all the spiritual materials that Odysseus needed would be purchased.

The bottom layer of the big ship has been basically completed. In a few days, Odysseus will take the scholars from Lasha Island to set up the engine array.

The first round of sea trials will probably be conducted next week, and this round of sea trials will mainly test whether the power system is reliable.

Because it was a wooden ship, the construction speed was faster than Odysseus had imagined.

Bernadette told Odysseus, who was somewhat surprised by the speed, "The technology for building wooden ships is quite mature. The shipyard on Lasha Island has experience building ships many times before, so there's no need to go through the stages of fundraising, material selection, and shaping."

Odysseus nodded. At this rate, the construction of the ship could be completed in a little over a month.

During this time, he had to form his own intelligence team and recruit enough crew members, and the task was quite tight.

While talking, Odysseus had already eaten a bunch of seafood shells and some fruit, and the meal was over.

Bernadette didn't care whether Odysseus's way of eating was gentlemanly enough. She received a traditional aristocratic education since childhood, but that didn't mean she would hold others to such standards.

Of course, this depends on the person. If other subordinates dared to eat like this in front of her, they would have been whipped long ago.

Odysseus returned to his residence and made some preparations, planning to go to the uninhabited island tomorrow to try to hunt the "Tree of Alamein".

The next day, Odysseus first took a look around the shipyard. Before setting up the magic circle, the shipyard basically didn't need him anymore. The ship designers could supervise the construction work according to the plan that had been determined long ago.

So Odysseus asked Arya to take him to the Navigator's Guild. On the way there, Odysseus said with emotion, "The guild established by the Queen saves a lot of time. If I need something, I don't have to visit each guild one by one. I can basically solve the problem by going to the corresponding guild."

Alia nodded. "That's right. Whether in the Raging Sea or the Gargas Islands, there's no such convenient institution."

The Raging Sea refers to the colony of the Kingdom of Loen, and the Gargas Islands refer to the colony of the Feysac Empire.

As they were talking, the two of them came to the "Navigators' Guild" in the middle of the "Long Street".

The so-called "Long Street" is the only decent street on Lasha Island. Because it has never been named, people call it "Long Street".

There is no house number outside the "Navigators' Guild", only a sextant sign.

Because they were brought by Alia and had a letter of recommendation from the "Queen", the president still received them personally.

The president's name was Yi Laizhe, who was about fifty or sixty years old, with gray hair and beard. After learning the purpose of Odysseus's visit, Yi Laizhe introduced three or four young navigators to Odysseus.

But Odysseus was not very satisfied with them. He asked Yi Laizhe casually, "Mr. President, do you have any plans to go to sea?"

(End of this chapter)