Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 270 Mayor Odysseus

Odysseus seized some very special items from the warehouse of the Abraham family ruins. What he didn't expect was that the black iron stone among them was actually the auxiliary material for the "lawyer" path to the demigod level: the Stone of Iron Law.

This is not only an auxiliary material, but also a very advanced spiritual material!
Odysseus had no intention of selling it, but if he did, it would fetch four or five thousand pounds.

Because of its large size, it can probably be divided into several parts for use. If this level of auxiliary material is sold at 1000 pounds each, the price is so low that it may be suspected of disrupting market order.

But if this high-level spiritual material is studied and made into a scroll, its value will far exceed the gold pounds that can be obtained.

Just like the "dust of evil spirits" that Odysseus had obtained before, only 50 grams was enough for him to make more than a hundred "Soul Absorbing Scrolls" and "Soul Controlling Scrolls", or seventy or eighty "Soul Explosion Scrolls".

Compared with the "Stone of Iron Law", the "Dust of the Wrathful Spirit" is on a completely different level. Odysseus is confident that he can produce many very advanced scrolls by studying this spiritual material.

But I have to wait until I have time to study it. Things of this level cannot be fully utilized in a day or two.

Odysseus looked at his other gains. The box of "Star Crystal" was exactly what he needed. Now, if he had any knowledge that needed to be imparted, he could only "format" a piece of "Star Crystal" repeatedly.

This "star crystal" was provided by Bernadette, and Odysseus did not return it after using it.

Now, you can store frequently used things, such as "Lune language and characters" and "Intis language and characters" in fixed "star crystals". When you need them, you can just take them out and use them.

And those special inks are also the focus of research.

But all these studies and operations can only be postponed. The most important thing at the moment is to study it after looking at the spoils and set up a program for the "Extraordinary Puppet" to avoid accidentally hurting its own people.

The remaining spoils were extraordinary characteristics and notes. This time, a total of four characteristics were obtained, and the highest level was the "Traveler" characteristic.

However, he used the "Central Simulator" in the "Knowledge Wilderness" to identify it. It turned out that this was just a characteristic of the "Traveler". It seemed that this characteristic had been shattered when the magic circle was arranged, and the lower-order characteristics were taken away and used elsewhere.

There are also two sequence 6 level characteristics, "Recorder" and "Witch of Pleasure". Needless to say, they must be shattered.

The last characteristic, the "Astrologer" characteristic that was promised to Fors, should also be destroyed.

He had previously proposed to take the characteristics back and process them first. On the one hand, it was indeed to prevent the "Spiritual Knowledge Society" from predicting the location of the characteristics. On the other hand, it was to smash them and obtain the characteristics of "Apprentice" and "Master of Magic".

These features may not seem useful now, but they may be useful in the future.

Even if they are not used, it is no problem to sell these two features for a few hundred pounds.

The characteristics of the "Recorder" are a surprise, and two "Astrologer" characteristics are "opened".

The characteristics of the "Pleasure Witch" also have surprises, and two copies of the "Instigator" characteristics are "opened".

This added a lot of gains.

Among the spoils, the most important one is the notes about the "teleportation array". With a little research, Odysseus can copy a teleportation array.

Moreover, he now has a "Traveler" feature in his hand, and all the hardware requirements are met, but he doesn't know if he can expand the portal to and from the spiritual world for the magic circle.

After all, his operations on the angel level are superficial in many aspects.

This can only be concluded after trying it out.

After dealing with the spoils, Odysseus began to think about designing a "self-injury prevention" program for the "Extraordinary Puppet".

In his opinion, the "Three Laws of Robotics" were not practical because one of the purposes of Odysseus's design was to fight for humans.

In Odysseus's view, if he could create them, he would be able to destroy them. There was no need to be so unsure as to confine them with the law of "not harming humans".

He had such an idea simply because this was an extraordinary world. Even if the "extraordinary puppet" was powerful, could it be more powerful than a demigod?

So in Odysseus's view, it is enough to let the "Extraordinary Puppet" distinguish between the enemy and me.

After all, when the residents on the island fight with the pirates, they will all be dressed similarly, and the "Extraordinary Puppet" will probably be at a loss.

Odysseus pondered for a while and first decided to design a "combat mode". Only after giving the order to turn on the "combat mode" could the "extraordinary puppet" fight and kill.

After issuing the command to exit "combat mode", no further attack operations can be launched.

The second is to conduct visual identification of enemy targets with the help of the commander.

After all identified targets lose their combat effectiveness, they will automatically exit "combat mode" and will no longer be able to launch new attacks.

It is not enough to simply artificially create signs to distinguish between friend and foe, such as painting eye-catching paint on the forehead.

If you chase the enemy into a village and the villagers don’t have any conspicuous markings on their foreheads, you will be in trouble. The "Extraordinary Puppet" may mistake them for enemies.

The third procedure is "it is better to let go than to kill by mistake". If you are not sure whether the other party is an enemy, then injure the other party first, do not kill him.

Currently, the "Extraordinary Puppet" is only used for small-scale battles, and these three procedures are sufficient.

If the "Extraordinary Puppets" are used in large-scale battles in the future, there will be a computing center to review the orders of the "Extraordinary Puppets", but we will talk about that later.

After completing these three procedures, Odysseus took out the "Craftsman's Pocket Watch", which was the sealed object that was seized from the "Rose School" and matched the "Craftsman".

After naming it "Craftsman's Pocket Watch", Odysseus kept it in the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and rarely took it out to use.

Odysseus will use the materials at hand to create several weapons that the "Extraordinary Puppets" can use.

Before this, he had already had some very good ideas, but because he was an extraordinary person on the "Secret Peeper" path, he was good at drawing a magic circle, but he was not very good at making extraordinary weapons.

Now, with the "Craftsman Pocket Watch" in his hand, his shortcomings have been made up.

After spending three or four days in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", Odysseus designed weapons that could be made with the materials he had available. One was the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" and the other was the "Extraordinary Mortar".

Because the "Extraordinary Puppet" is very strong, a single "Extraordinary Puppet" can use these two weapons.

However, both weapons have certain flaws. Although the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" still does not require the use of "Extraordinary Ammunition", after 3 minutes of continuous use, it will need to rest for 3 minutes and re-condense its spiritual power before it can continue to be used.

The "Extraordinary Mortar" does not require "Extraordinary Ammunition", but it requires a 3-minute rest after firing 1 shots.

Looking at the work in front of him, Odysseus fell into deep thought, wondering if he had taken the wrong path.
There is an upper limit to the speed at which spiritual energy can condense, and this upper limit is almost impossible to break...

Thinking of this, Odysseus suddenly looked at the bucket of silt provided by "Little Sun".

Then he slapped his head: This is the shortcoming!

The weapon route that Odysseus has always followed, although it does not require "extraordinary ammunition", consumes a lot of spiritual energy, so he needs time to rest.

It can be said that "spirituality" is ammunition, and now Odysseus has mastered the technology of storing spirituality, so he can store enough spirituality in advance, so that those weapons will no longer need to rest and will become more reliable.

However, Odysseus cannot produce a large number of crystals to store spiritual energy now. He must at least wait until he has a secret base. He also has to be careful in disguise and must not be discovered right away.

After completing these studies, Odysseus returned to the real world. Only more than half an hour had passed outside.

So Odysseus called Rupert, Beavis and Noy to help him assemble the last 13 "extraordinary puppets".

Beavis and Noy were flattered. They didn't expect the captain to trust them so much and let them get in touch with such core things on the second day on board.

In fact, Odysseus knew very well that they did not have the drawings of key components. If they only carried out assembly, they would be like workers on an assembly line and would not be able to master the core technology.

There is strength in numbers. Before dinner, they had assembled all the "Extraordinary Puppets", and Odysseus used the "Wisdom Helmet" to instill the "Three Debate Programs" into the Extraordinary Puppets.

After dinner, Odysseus locked himself in the studio again and made two "extraordinary machine guns" and two "extraordinary mortars".

At this point, the materials that Odysseus had previously stored were basically used up.

So he made a list and needed to purchase a batch of spiritual materials and metal materials from Backlund and Lasha Island respectively.

After making a list, Odysseus calculated that it would cost more than 5,000 pounds!

This made him sigh: "Scientific research is such a costly endeavor! My savings just reached over 6,000 pounds, and I've already spent over 5,000!"
However, Odysseus did not hesitate this time and wrote letters to Kena and Alia respectively, asking them to help with the purchase.

Because the bounty on "Red Lion" Taylor and others will be paid out tomorrow, Odysseus will have a new income.

As Odysseus expected, he received a signal from his first mate Bazel at around eight o'clock the next morning.

He used the "travel ring" to come to the port of Chakel Island and soon found Bazel with a suitcase on the beach.

Bazel looked in good spirits, and he wanted to return to the Argo yesterday because he heard some news about the Sword of Dawn pirate group.

Some people said that they saw three people from Cruz Island boarding the ship, and the "Argo" was not heading to Nikart Island as planned, which obviously meant that some unexpected changes had occurred.

Odysseus did not immediately take the first mate back to the ship, but told the "Argo" some of the decisions he had made in the past two days and some changes on the ship.

Bazel was stunned. What? We're going to help the people of Cruz Island fight the Deep Blue pirate group? We're going to build a base there? What? Five more crew members all at once?
Basel felt like he had only had two days off, but it felt like he hadn't been on the ship for two weeks.

After briefly telling Basel about the recent situation and letting him prepare himself mentally, Odysseus took Basel back to the "Argo".

First, he introduced the new crew members to Basel, and then Odysseus brought the first mate and the second mate to the studio to divide the money.

The bounty for the heads of the "Red Lion" pirates totaled 10700 pounds. The bounty mainly came from Captain Taylor and First Mate Susanna, with the bounty for these two people exceeding pounds.

As usual, only 6741% of the bounty was received and divided according to the previously agreed ratio. Odysseus received 1926 pounds, Bazel received 963 pounds, and Rupert received pounds.

Rupert lamented, "With more crew members, we won't be able to share as much spoils."

Odysseus smiled and said, "That's exactly what I was going to say. When the time is right, I will announce that after the battle, all the spoils seized will be handed over.

"Then, based on your performance in battle, you can earn merit or exchange it for gold pounds, or participate in the division of the spoils."

Rupert was slightly stunned: "This is a bit like the form of an extraordinary organization."

Odysseus said "hmm" and began to briefly explain to Bazel his views on the battle.

The three of them talked for more than half an hour. Odysseus first asked the navigator trainees to take Donahue and the other three to the dormitory. Then Odysseus gathered all the crew members and asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" to test-fire the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" and "Extraordinary Mortar".

These are good tools for fighting blocking battles, but of course the crew must understand their power, as well as the time they can be used continuously and the time they can rest.

Beavis and the other five new crew members finally understood why the captain did not recruit ordinary sailors and crew members, because there was no need at all.

It’s not just because of the “extraordinary puppets”, it’s mainly because ordinary crew members and sailors are just a group of targets in front of these extraordinary weapons.

It is hard to imagine how much effect the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" will play when the enemy lands on the beach!

Beavis couldn't help but ask, "Captain, are you really not a 'craftsman'?"

Odysseus just smiled and said, "Get ready, we'll be arriving at Tzaker Island soon."

Everyone looked forward and saw an island appearing on the sea level. That was their destination.

However, even if we see Zakal Island, it will still take some time to get there. Odysseus first asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" to move the weapons back to the studio.

While there was still some time, Odysseus explained to everyone the "Three Procedures of Debating the Enemy" that he had instilled in the "Extraordinary Puppets" yesterday, and told them that they must pay attention, as the "Extraordinary Puppets" were not as flexible as real people in this regard and must be used with caution.

After explaining all this, Odysseus ordered Donahue and the other three to be released: "You will go ashore first and discuss the conditions I have offered.

"If you agree, we'll go ashore. If you don't agree, we'll just occupy this place."

Donahue was stunned for a moment before he seemed to understand: "I can definitely agree to it, I can definitely agree to it."

At this moment, he suddenly realized that although the helpers he had found were usually very polite, they were pirates after all, not kind people.

When Zaker Island appeared before his eyes, Odysseus had his Extraordinary Puppet bring a table and had the navigator apprentices draw a map of the beach they saw. Odysseus said to Donahue and the others, "Go ashore."

Donahue and the other three were obviously stunned for a moment, because the "Argo" was still far away from the coast. If they swam, it would probably take them more than half an hour.

While the three of them were hesitating, Odysseus had already taken out a "flying scroll" and threw it between them: "Open!"

Amid the three people's exclamations, they immediately floated up. Wells couldn't control his posture well and almost hit the mast.

Odysseus said to them, "Go towards the island."

The three people calmed down one after another, and walked towards the island as Captain Gal said. Soon their screams turned into cheers. It was the first time for them to experience the state of flying, and they were all very excited.

The newly appointed boatswain, Salina, looked at the three men with some envy, then looked at the briefcase on the captain's waist, wondering whether to ask the captain for a "flying scroll" on the pretext that the battle was about to begin.

Odysseus smiled helplessly and shouted to the cockpit: "Heading around the island!"

While Donahue and others went to report the previous transaction, Odysseus decided to take a look at the situation on the island first.

The port of Cruz Island is roughly due east. The ship "Argo" that Odysseus and others were on came from the southeast of the island, so the first place they saw was the port "Moon Bay".

It is a large bay that looks like a round moon. In fact, it is quite large. With the dock built by the residents of the island, it is easy to dock more than a dozen ships.

With a little development, this will be an excellent port.

The "Argo" continued to circle the island. From the northeast to the north, there were many reefs, and there were even more strange rocks in the north.

The situation on the west side of the island is better. There is a short beach where you can go ashore and enter the mountains.

The south of the island is a plain. Although it is not a good place to set up a port, it is full of good landing spots and is the most difficult place to defend.

But soon, Odysseus saw a village on the seashore and immediately came up with a plan to defend the southern part of the island.

Continuing forward, returning to the east of the island, several people discussed the nautical chart they had just drawn.

In the end, they all sighed that the island was indeed quite large, but unfortunately there were too many mountains. The colonists did not like such places because they were difficult to develop and there were not many places to produce grain.

While the group members were talking, the "Argo" sailed into "Moon Bay". At this time, there were already a few people waiting at the dock. When they saw a small ship entering the port, they immediately ran back to report.

Soon, many people ran out from a room not far from the dock, and more people watched on the streets of the town.

This time, Odysseus carefully observed the town. There was only one main road in the town. There was no unified planning when the houses were built, so they were built in a mess, with alleys everywhere, and it looked very chaotic.

The "Argo" stopped at the dock, and after dropping the anchor, Odysseus appeared at the bow.

Donahue's father, the current mayor, Press Chazo, opened his arms and smiled. "Captain Gar, welcome. And to all the crew members, thank you for your hard work."

He looked to be in his fifties, wearing a bowler hat and with tanned arms.

Odysseus did not get off the boat immediately, but asked: "Are you willing to agree to the terms I have agreed with Donahue?"

"Agreed!" Press said immediately, "Mr. Mayor, we all support you becoming mayor."

For them, as long as Captain Gal was not interested in the iron ore, he could be whatever he wanted, be the mayor or the mayor.

Anyway, the fertile land of the island belongs to them, and a large part of the population on the island are their slaves. They are the ones who truly rule the island.

The most important thing is that the pirates cannot rule the island without them.

Even if Captain Gal is interested in the iron ore, it doesn't matter. This can also be discussed. After all, although they have iron ore, they have no market for it at the moment. If Captain Gal can find a market for it, they don't mind sharing some of the profits.

If Captain Gal wants to seize the iron mine, they will quickly turn to the "Deep Blue" pirate group and let the two pirate groups fight first.

Odysseus glanced at them and smiled, saying, "I don't care what your plans are, but if you want to survive the upcoming battle and drive away the Deep Blue pirate group, you must obey my orders completely.

“I will not be lenient towards those who disobey my orders.

"Also, all the spoils of this battle belong to us."

As he spoke, without waiting for Press and the others to respond, he took a step forward and nimbly jumped onto the dock. "It's lunchtime. What are your plans?"

"We've prepared lunch for everyone." Press immediately smiled and said, "Please come ashore and enjoy it."

Odysseus waved to the ship, and except for the navigators who were guarding the ship, the other seven crew members all got off the ship.

The place where they were entertained was a small restaurant. Of course, there could not be a big hotel in such a small town.

There was a long and wide table in the restaurant. As soon as Odysseus sat down, he said to Press, "I guess the Deep Blue Pirates will be back this weekend or next Monday.

"Time is running out. Immediately notify all those willing to join the battle to gather at the dock after lunch.

"Pay attention to those who are determined to participate in the battle."

Press immediately sent a few young men who were watching the excitement to distribute notices in small towns and villages in the southern plains.

Odysseus and the others then began to eat. The dishes here were a bit greasy and tasted average, but the local dried fish and brewed fruit wine tasted pretty good.

During the meal, Odysseus spoke very little to the crew, and their silence gave Press and others a great sense of oppression.

After a simple lunch, Press introduced the main managers of the town. In addition to himself, the mayor, there was also Sheriff Tom, who had dozens of police officers with good marksmanship under him.

Odysseus glanced at Tom, who was about 1.9 meters tall and had a beard. The name reminded him of a cat that could never catch mice and a wizard without a nose.

The third important person in the town is Virgil, the president of the town council, an old man with completely white hair.

In addition to the president, the autonomous association has a total of ten directors, who are the actual managers of the town.

Although Mayor Price and Sheriff Tom are not members of the council, they attend every council meeting and have great influence.

There were six directors who came to dine together at this time. They were all quite old. After listening to a brief introduction, Odysseus knew that these people were the landlords of this island.

The powers of the mayor and the council seem contradictory, but this makes sense when you consider that Mayor Price is the largest landowner on the island.

In fact, this is a power body organized by the landlords on the island, similar to a parliament.

Odysseus really dislikes this kind of thing, because such autonomous associations usually only serve the purpose of exchanging interests and bickering with each other.

Even such a poor island is no exception.

The only dark-skinned person dining here was Wells, who had been to Chakel Island before.

Odysseus also briefly introduced his crew, and then he said: "Let me say it again, in the fight against the 'Deep Blue' pirate group, you must absolutely obey my command.

“After driving them away, I will build a stronghold on this island. I will probably be at sea most of the time. Of course, I can’t say how long I will stay on the island.

"But as long as I am on the island, I will be the absolute authority here."

Press and the others breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that Captain Gar, like the Deep Blue Pirates, was just planning to use this place as a base.

So Press came forward and reiterated that he would absolutely obey Mayor Gar's orders! He also supported Captain Gar in building a stronghold to protect the safety of Cruz Island.

However, they were used to dealing with pirates and did not realize that "Captain Gal" was not an ordinary pirate. His words just now only confirmed two things. The first was that he wanted to build a stronghold, and the second was that as long as he was on the island, he would be the absolute authority.

Odysseus smiled and roughly understood the level of this group of people.

You know, the captain in front of them, although he has never participated in politics, has five thousand years of accumulated reference materials, which is more than enough to be a mayor.

Press added, "Everyone must be a little tired. Should we take a lunch break?"

He smiled and said, "I'll find the prettiest, youngest girls to accompany you on your lunch break. Oh, and these two ladies, I'll find two handsome young men for you as well."

Salina smiled calmly: "Is he as handsome as our captain?"

Noy had just been out to sea for a short time and was not yet used to such topics, so his cheeks turned slightly red.

Odysseus cleared his throat and said, "Let's get down to business first."

As he spoke, he glared at Salina.

Salina smiled innocently and used her eyes to indicate that she would stop talking nonsense.

Before landing on the island, Odysseus announced several rules for landing. The first one was that before defeating the "Deep Blue" pirate group, all crew members had to gather together to rest, and no one could take the women provided by this town.

After the battle, whether he goes to a street prostitute or any other woman, Odysseus doesn't care as long as it's not forced.

So the other crew members had no reaction to Press's invitation.

Press was also a little surprised. It was the first time he had seen a pirate reject a woman, so he said, "The process of transmitting information is slow. It may take another hour or two for everyone to arrive."

Odysseus hummed and said, "Then let's go to the dock and take a look."

The group went out to the pier, and there were many people gathered around, some far away and some near, watching the fun.

Sheriff Tom, who was following behind, suddenly said, "Captain Gar... no, Mayor Gar, are we going to blow up the port? To prevent the enemy from landing there?"

Odysseus looked at the hills not far from the port and smiled, "It would be great if they could land at the port!"

In that case, Odysseus could surround them in the "Moon Bay" and kill them bit by bit.

However, Odysseus did not explain to them. Instead, he took out the sea chart he had just drawn and asked Press and others about the distribution of the population and the approximate location of each village.

Just as Odysseus had expected, the eastern port and the southern plains had the vast majority of the population, there were only two villages in the north, and the west was the territory of those locals who were unwilling to cooperate.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, people from various villages arrived one after another, and it was not until around three o'clock that most of them were there.

As they arrived, Odysseus asked the crew to count the number of people willing to join the war in the town, and there were about 600 people willing to join the war in the villages, and as many as 1100 people willing to join the war.

Odysseus immediately announced: "This battle will be divided into two theaters, one is the port theater, which will be commanded by my first mate Bazel, and the other is the plain theater, which will be commanded by me personally.

“In the port area, select twelve captains, each commanding fifty people.

"In the plains war zone, each village will elect two captains, and the villagers will be directly commanded by these two captains.

"Captains will follow the orders of Bazel and I. Now, start selecting. Once you've chosen, register with my crew."

At this time, there were already two to three thousand people gathered on the dock, including combat personnel and onlookers. After Odysseus announced the general combat strategy, the situation suddenly became chaotic!
Press and others were shouting that the primary task should be to defend the port.

The people on the southern plains were shouting in their local language. Odysseus asked Wells and found out that they all agreed with Odysseus's plan.

The reason is simple: they want to protect their homes, not their ports.

If they came to the port, they would probably be used as targets to consume the enemy's bullets.

Odysseus glanced at Beavis, who understood and pulled out his revolver and fired a shot into the air.

The sound of gunfire temporarily silenced the discussion on the dock, and Odysseus continued, "The next bullet will hit the opponent between the eyebrows."

Press and others immediately sensed that the situation was not good. They felt that the southern plains might be out of their control in this battle.

This was something they dared not think of, and at this moment, under the threat of force, they did not dare to oppose Captain Gal's order.

(End of this chapter)