Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 276: Captured a Ghost Ship
For Captain Egbert of the "Ghost", he can finally give an explanation to the forces that provided him with the ghost ship. It's not that he didn't work hard, but that the enemy was too powerful!

There were about 400 members in the pirate group, and after two rounds of fighting, more than 300 of them died!

Early this morning, the first mate of the "Ghost" who led the pirates' charge, a Sequence 6 "Necromancer", died at the hands of the strange weapon of the "Argo".

Just when he thought that the "Ghost" had exceeded the range of the "Argo", his spirit suddenly sensed danger and he quickly looked at the "Argo" through the telescope.

I saw the "Argo" raising the "Lingbo Cannon".

Of course, Egbert didn't know what kind of weapon it was, but his spiritual sense told him that it was most likely the source of the premonition of danger.

So Egbert immediately used the ghost ship to summon the "whale spirit". A huge, somewhat illusory whale suddenly jumped out of the illusion and swallowed the "Ghost" and three other ships.

……

As the Ghost left, the thick fog covering Cruz Island quickly dissipated.

Although Press, who stayed in the port, did not see the entire course of the war, he saw the retreat of ships such as the Ghost and knew that the pirate ship "Sword of Dawn" had won.

Without Odysseus's orders, he quickly organized people and went to "Lighthouse Hill" for support.

Not long after leaving the port, someone in the team suddenly pointed at the sea and said, "Look!"

A new weapon appeared on the deck of the "Argo".

The weapon, which looked very complicated, had two metal rods extending out from it, and the air between the metal rods gradually became illusory, as if the air around it was gradually becoming solid.

Suddenly, a light spot that looked both illusory and solid was shot out at an extremely fast speed.

Boom~
A huge explosion was heard immediately!

The pupils of Press and others contracted as they saw a violent explosion shooting straight into the sky!

That's the direction of the "Ghost"!

Then they realized that no one could survive such a violent explosion!
The impact of the explosion swept away all the fog on the sea.

The eastern sky was already turning white and the sky was beginning to brighten.

It took several seconds for the shock wave to reach the coast of Cruz Island. Even at such a distance, Press and others could clearly feel as if they were pushed hard by someone.

At this time they finally understood that the "Argo" had no intention of letting the "Ghost" go, but only planned to attack the other party after keeping a certain distance.

The reason for keeping a certain distance is very simple, because the weapon used by the "Argo" just now is too powerful. If it is used at too close a distance, it is likely to be accidentally injured.

After a while, everyone came to their senses and saw that the "Argo" began to accelerate and was heading towards the "Ghost" quickly.

……

At this time, in the cockpit of the "Argo", Odysseus sat on the wide seat, observing the front with a telescope to confirm the results of the battle.

The "Whale Spirit" that suddenly appeared just now was torn to pieces by the "Spirit Wave Cannon". Of the two ships following the "Ghost", one was directly destroyed and only one-third of the other was left.

The Ghost capsized and a large hole appeared on the hull, but it did not sink immediately.

Odysseus then gave the order: "Four forward! Prepare the 'Soul-Exterminating Cannon'."

An "extraordinary puppet" quickly replaced the two silver metal rods of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" with two pale white metal rods.

The "Soul-Destroying Cannon" is a weapon modified based on the "Spirit Wave Cannon". Although it is not as powerful as the "Spirit Wave Cannon", it is very effective against undead creatures.

This is a weapon that Odysseus "customized" specifically for the ghost ship.

At this time, a bronze door with intricate patterns suddenly opened on the sea near the "Ghost". The door shook and opened with a "creak".

Within the gap lay an endless darkness, from which indescribable eyes, one after another, peered outward. Simultaneously, a vast number of strange, yet indistinct creatures, squirmed frantically towards the gap.

That's the "Gate to the Underworld"!
At this time, many evil spirits and creatures from the underworld were poking their heads out as if they were about to come out of the door.

At the same time, the souls of the few remaining crew members and sailors on the "Ghost", whether dead or not, were sucked out of their bodies, and were sucked into the "Underworld" amid their unwilling shouts.

At the same time, Egbert appeared on the belly of the Ghost.

He understood that the only way to escape was to fight with all his might.

After summoning the "Gate of the Underworld", Egbert released a large number of undead and ordered them to attack the "Argo".

At the same time, under his command, the overturned "Ghost" was rapidly approaching the "Gate of the Underworld".

Egbert hoped that the undead could delay the Argo, giving him a chance to escape from the underworld.

Every time he enters the underworld, Egbert has to pay a heavy price, but he can't care about that now. He just wants to escape from here first.

At this time, the Argo was still some distance away from the Ghost. After seeing the "Gate of the Underworld" summoned by Egbert, Odysseus said, "Charge the Soul-Exterminating Cannon!"

yah~
Unlike the "Spirit Wave Cannon", after the "Spirit Destroying Cannon" accumulates energy, the two extended metal rods turn bone white, and a pale white cylinder appears in the middle of them.

The direction of this cylinder is consistent with that of the metal rod, making it look like a cannon barrel.

The Extraordinary Puppet reported: "Captain, energy is fully charged."

Odysseus saw a large number of undead being released by the "Gate of the Underworld", so he ordered: "Aim at the 'Gate of the Underworld' and fire!"

A pale white light was emitted and hit the "Gate of the Underworld" directly.

This ray of light was not fleeting, but like the "laser weapon" in Odysseus's impression, it was always in a state of firing.

It was as if someone had drawn a white straight line between the "Argo" and the "Gate of the Underworld".

The evil spirits that rushed out of the "Gate of the Underworld" seemed to have suddenly seen the thing that frightened them the most, and turned around and ran back.

But they were still a step too slow after all. The light emitted from the "Argo" hit the tall "Gate of the Underworld" in an instant. Wherever the light reached, the undead had no room to fight back and were instantly crushed into pieces!

To deal with undead at this level, the "Spirit Wave Cannon" does not need to hit them directly. As long as they appear within a certain range, they will be attacked fiercely and completely destroyed.

The pale light silently hit the "Gate of the Underworld", and immediately clusters of pale light spread out around, turning the sea white.

At this moment, Egbert looked at the scene in front of him, his scalp tingled and his eyes were full of fear!
Creak ~ Bang ~
The "Gate of the Underworld" first closed by itself, and then collapsed under the attack of the pale white light!
It fell faster and faster, but when it was halfway down, the "Gate to the Underworld" suddenly became illusory and quickly disappeared from the real world.

Call ~
However, the process of the "Gate of the Underworld" collapsing still caused a strong gust of cold wind to blow!

The cold wind blew up layers of shallow waves on the sea, which suddenly brought Egbert back to his senses.

When he saw the Argo, he trembled all over and decided to abandon ship.

……

In the cockpit of the "Argo", the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" had entered a rest phase due to continuous firing.

Odysseus saw through the telescope that Egbert must have used some seal to fly away from the "Ghost".

Egbert flew so fast that even the Argonaut could not catch up with him.

So Odysseus brought all the magical items and came to the deck. He first used the "Flying Scroll" to fly at low altitude, and then used the "Travel Ring" to enter the spirit world and personally kill the "big pirate".

Egbert, who was flying quickly over the sea, suddenly felt a spiritual warning again. He looked around and saw an illusory door opening not far away.

Egbert immediately used the power of the magical item to blow up a gust of wind that contained a hidden "wind blade", thereby completing the "bribery" process.

As soon as Odysseus came out of the spiritual world, he used a "defense scroll" to block the "wind blade", but he was still "weakened" by Egbert, and his physical and spiritual strength became weaker.

However, this does not affect Odysseus too much, because when he fights, he mainly uses scrolls and magical items. As long as he still has some spirituality, it will not affect his combat effectiveness too much.

So at the moment of being "weakened", Odysseus used the ability of "imprisonment", followed by the combo of "harvest" and "death".

Egbert couldn't hold on and was killed by Odysseus's "strongest combo".

In fact, this ending was doomed from the moment he left his "ghost ship".

If he didn't leave the ghost ship, he wouldn't be able to withstand the subsequent attacks from the "Argo", but he could still hold on for a while on the ghost ship.

Odysseus didn't have time to wait for Egbert's characteristics to be analyzed, and directly put the other's body into the "Wilderness of Knowledge".

Then he used "Travel" and came to the sky above the "Ghost".

The main body of the ship was not damaged, and the previous injuries on the belly were slowly recovering.

Odysseus was a little unsure whether he had captured the ghost ship.
wow~
Suddenly, the classical ship turned over and floated on the sea again.

It furled the sails, dropped the anchor, and opened the door of the captain's cabin.

Odysseus was slightly stunned: Is this an invitation for me to board the ship?

He checked his own condition and found that the "weakening" effect had disappeared, but the effect of the "defense scroll" was still there, so he boarded the "Ghost" carefully.

Although the ship capsized just now, the deck is still relatively dry and there is no water accumulation.

The ship had two huge masts, and the cables, zip lines, sails, etc. on them swayed slowly in the breeze, but Odysseus always felt that they would move on their own in the next second.

In fact, they can indeed move on their own. They were the ones who folded the sails just now.

The Ghost's rudder was on the deck, a design that had long been eliminated because it meant that even in a storm, a sailor had to be on deck.

After Odysseus made sure that there was no one on the ship, he strolled to the captain's room. In addition to some furniture and daily necessities, there was also an exquisite jade chair.

Most of it is crystal clear white, and only a small part is bright red like blood, even so bright red that it is a little dazzling.

At this moment, Odysseus's "Eye of Prying Eyes" suddenly opened by itself, his gaze became extremely deep, everything in the captain's room became hazy, the surrounding furnishings all disappeared, leaving only the jade chair.

But the bright red color on it disappeared, leaving only the beautiful white jade color.

Odysseus saw several people wearing a kind of religious robes he had never seen before, pressing a strong man with his hands tied onto a white jade chair.

Those people wearing strange-style robes began to chant some obscure spells. Odysseus could tell with a little effort that it was the "language of the dead"!
Odysseus immediately recalled old man Yi Laizhe's previous description of ghost ships. One type of ghost ship was transformed into a ghost ship after undergoing some rituals to the "King of the Underworld".

This method is a bit like a "ghost ship workshop" and can produce in batches.

Moreover, the ghost ship created can cooperate well with humans, and can also possess some "Death" abilities or some other special abilities.

Odysseus realized that the "Ghost" was such a ghost ship.

The illusory scene in front of his eyes was still changing. The ceremony began. The bishop of the Church of Death, wearing a bishop's robe, kept chanting spells and inserting steel needles into the body of the strong man.

Amid the man's screams, blood flowed all over the jade chair.

After the man died, another man was brought in and his blood was drained little by little with a steel needle.

I don’t know how many people were killed, but the white jade chair has turned blood red.

At this time, the "Eye of Secrets" closed by itself, and Odysseus's vision returned to normal.

Looking at the blood-red on the seat in front of him, Odysseus interpreted the information just now. Such a ghost ship requires many soul sacrifices.

Moreover, they all require some special spirits, one of which must be highly compatible with the ghost ship. Only when an ordinary wooden boat has a human "ship spirit" can it be considered a ghost ship.

This is actually quite difficult, because it is unlikely that the human spirit will be compatible with a lifeless wooden ship. We can only try our luck by killing some extraordinary people.

Fortunately, there was the "War of the Four Emperors" in that era, and some extraordinary people from the enemy countries could be captured and "used".

Then Odysseus realized that he had to sit on this chair and go through certain tests before he could completely obtain the ship.

Odysseus thought about it. Egbert was also a Sequence 6, and the power displayed by this ship was probably that of a Sequence 5. The so-called test should not be too difficult.

So Odysseus looked outside. It was already dawn, and he took a deep breath and sat down on the chair.

However, because of what he had just seen, he did not lean back in the chair, but only sat up a little bit.

The jade seat was so cold that Odysseus couldn't help but shiver.

In a blink of an eye, he suddenly found himself in a dim room, and the dawn that had just appeared outside seemed very far away from him.

At the same time, around the white jade chair, a number of incomplete human figures appeared. Some of them were missing limbs, some were missing torsos, and some were missing heads.

Odysseus sat up straight, as if he had suddenly found himself among a pile of corpses on a tragic battlefield.

They turned towards Odysseus and stared together at the man who had suddenly sat in the chair.

These gazes seem to look directly into the soul, sending chills down one's spine.

Suddenly, these broken corpses surrounded Odysseus, stretching out their pale or skeletal hands to grab Odysseus.

At this moment, Odysseus felt like he was about to be buried under a pile of corpses.

Although he was mentally prepared, he was still somewhat panicked when he opened the briefcase and tried to pull out the "Scorching Sun Scroll" inside.

He tried twice but failed to pull it out. On the third try, he finally pulled it out. Odysseus felt something was wrong with his hand. He looked down and found that what he was holding was a pale palm.

Odysseus took a deep breath and subconsciously wanted to get up from his seat.

But at the critical moment, he still kept his composure and did not give up.

At this time, pale hands stretched out from Odysseus's briefcase. In addition to turning into hands, some of the original scrolls turned into eyes, staring at Odysseus with strange eyes.

Odysseus knew very well that he had to stay calm at this time.

He took a deep breath, looked away, not wanting to look at those strange eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "If I become the captain of this ship, I will set you free and let you return to, or go to, the underworld."

Odysseus felt very strange at this time. Intellectually, he did not feel fear because he had experienced some strange things, but his subconscious and body felt very scared.

So his voice trembled, like a normal person seeing a ghost.

He realized that this should be a display of the power of the "Death God" path.

After Odysseus finished speaking, the incomplete figures around him suddenly stopped, and the hand that was stretched out from the briefcase was gradually retracted.

Then the figures made way for a passage, and the outline of a face appeared on the wall of the captain's room, and the facial features quickly took shape.

The human face opened its mouth and said to the figure in a disembodied voice, "Have you forgotten the pain you suffered in the underworld?

“When Death was here, we were stuck on the ship and couldn’t go to the underworld.

"After the fall of the God of Death, things there became even more chaotic and brutal. If any of you want to go back, go back."

The figures seemed to recall some horrible memories, and some of them even trembled. Not only did they tremble, but their facial features and one arm fell to the ground.

It quickly used its remaining hand to pick up its organs and "install" them back in place.

This action stunned Odysseus. After a pause, he looked at the face on the wall and asked, "Are you a ship spirit?"

"Yes." The human face opened its mouth and said, "The previous captain is dead, and we need a new captain.

"Please forgive their 'enthusiasm', as we all don't welcome timid and brainless captains."

Odysseus twitched his lips and said, "Very enthusiastic indeed."

He paused and said, "Then I will be the captain of this ship. Do you have any objections?"

The boat spirit said, "No objection."

Odysseus said, "I will rarely be on this ship. I will let other crew members take command of the ship. You must obey their orders."

The ship spirit said again, "No problem." Odysseus nodded and asked, "What force does this ship belong to?"

Of course, he knew that the ghost ships that were willing to cooperate with humans were basically all in the hands of secret organizations.

There should be an organization behind the "Deep Blue" pirate group.

The ship spirit said, "We only need a captain. We are not interested in matters between humans."

Odysseus was about to ask back: Weren't you human beings in your previous lives?

However, he ultimately decided not to say so, in order to avoid discord between the captain and the "crew".

After becoming the captain, Odysseus was able to leave that strange space on his own.

Back in the real world, Odysseus's eyes first fell on the leather bag around his waist.

He almost opened the briefcase to check if the scroll inside had turned into a pale hand and strange eyeballs.

However, thinking of the ghost crew still watching him, he suppressed the thought and said to the wall in front of him: "Follow the Argonaut back to the ship."

Hula~
The sails were opened and the rudder turned by itself, heading towards the "Argo".

Odysseus used his ability to "travel" to return to the cockpit of the "Argo" and ordered the "Extraordinary Puppet" to put away its weapons and start returning.

On the return voyage, Odysseus returned to his studio and entered the "wilderness of knowledge" through meditation, where Egbert's body was still.

Egbert's Beyonder characteristics have been revealed, and the magical item he uses is comparable to Sequence 6 "Wind-loving One".

Odysseus took the magical item that was seized from the "Red Lion" pirate group and was used to "communicate" with Egbert.

Because the body was in the "Wilderness of Knowledge" just now, the spirit has not shown any signs of dissipating.

After entering the psychic state, Odysseus first asked about the potion formula of the "Lawyer" pathway. To Odysseus's surprise, Egbert also knew the formula of Sequence 5 "Chaos Mentor".

Then he asked, "How did you get the Ghost?"

Next to Egbert's body, his spirit, which looked somewhat unreal and confused, opened its mouth as if it wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment, then came to the "Central Simulator" and borrowed the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to discover that Egbert's spirit actually had the power to "keep secrets."

This is an ability that is only available after Sequence 6 of the "Arbitrator" pathway.

Fortunately, Odysseus can now borrow some of the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge", otherwise it would be difficult to get anything out of him.

He used his high-level power to avoid the ability to "keep secrets" and asked again: "How did you get the 'Ghost'?"

Egbert struggled for a moment with a confused look on his face before he said, "Commander Sigel Beck gave it to me."

Odysseus was stunned: "Who is Sigel Baker?"

"He is the naval commander of the Feynaport Kingdom on Midway Island."

Odysseus smiled helplessly. He guessed that Egbert must belong to a certain force, but he didn't expect that he was from the navy of the Kingdom of Fenet.

Only then did he think: No wonder the "Deep Blue" pirate group would be interested in an iron mine.

Generally speaking, pirates are not interested in such things. They are only interested in the owner of the iron mine and the gold pounds earned from selling the iron ore.

So he asked again: "What mission did they give you?"

"They often operate in the waters of the Rorsted Archipelago, plundering merchant ships from the Kingdom of Loen." Egbert's spirit replied.

Odysseus thought for a moment and asked again, "If the Ghost is captured by someone else, who will the Feynapotter Navy send to search for it?"

Egbert's spirit seemed to think for a moment before saying, "They should send at least one flagship and a fleet to search for it."

Odysseus nodded: That means at least one Sequence 5 will be sent, as well as a battleship and several cruisers.

If this Sequence 5 disappeared again, a demigod might have to be sent in. Of course, sending a demigod right from the start wasn't ruled out.

Odysseus was not afraid. Most of the "big pirates" had a force secretly supporting them. He was not sure whether he would destroy the wrong pirate group and put himself in an unknown crisis.

Because this is exactly the meaning of Odysseus flying the "Elemental Dawn" flag. He estimated that after the other party learned that the "Argo" was flying the "Elemental Dawn" flag, they would most likely send someone to talk to him instead of immediately sending a demigod to destroy him.

After thinking about it for a while, Odysseus came up with a strategy to deal with it.

Back to the real world, the "Argo" has already entered "Moon Bay".

At the dock, people cheered and welcomed the return of the "Argo". After seeing the power of this ship, the people in the port town felt safe enough.

After getting off the boat, Odysseus asked about the current situation. When he learned that Press had taken all the young and strong men to support "Lighthouse Hill", Odysseus asked everyone to prepare food for the soldiers.

At the same time, he asked five "extraordinary puppets" to guard the dock, because now there are only some old people, children and women in the entire town.

Then he came to "Lighthouse Hill". The fire here had not been extinguished yet, but Beavis had organized people to cut out a firebreak.

When Odysseus saw Price, he cursed him: "You idiot with a head full of donkey piss, who asked you to come?"

Press was stunned. The people he brought here helped a lot, and it would have been fine if he didn't receive any praise, but he was actually scolded.

However, after seeing the power of the Argo, he lost his temper and smiled, saying, "I just came to see if I can be of any help here."

Odysseus stared at the "former mayor": "Didn't you see that a pirate ship sank at the entrance of Moon Bay, and at least 10 pirates jumped into the water from that ship?

"And you go to bring people to support Beacon Hill. The town is full of old people, women and children."

Everyone around them gasped, and Press was also shocked. He had no experience in this kind of combat, and he had not considered this.

He said a little panickedly: "Should we go back quickly?"

"No need," Odysseus said, "I have left guards there."

He paused and said, “Pres Xia Zuo, you disobeyed orders and left your post!
"Beavis, give him twenty lashes."

More and more people gathered together, and everyone was stunned when they heard Captain Gal's punishment. All along, they had only seen the mayor whipping others with a whip, but had never seen the mayor being whipped.

"Yes." Beavis found a whip from the people around him: "Mr. Press, please take off your shirt and lie down on the tree over there."

Press glanced at Captain Gar's cold eyes and knew that if he dared to resist, he would most likely be killed.

He knew very well that now that the war was over, Captain Gall was the new mayor.

So the first thing to do is definitely to undermine the authority of the former mayor.

Odysseus did have such an idea, and he would not waste the reason given to him.

Press had no choice but to take off his shirt and turn his back to Beavis.

At the beginning, he endured the whipping and didn't cry out, but Beavis understood the captain's intention very well, so after a few whippings, Press's back was already covered in flesh.

Press could no longer bear it and screamed. After twenty lashes, the mayor's previously accumulated authority was almost gone.

Then Odysseus said: "Beavis, take 100 people to search around Moon Bay.

"I'll have Beavis and Rupert search Moon Bay from the north and south, and try to capture all the pirates.

"Pres, you stay here and take everyone away after the fire is out."

After Beavis took his men away, Odysseus went to inform Bazel and Rupert separately.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, they met near Moon Bay.

However, only 9 pirates were found, so there must be a few more who have not been caught.

These were the only survivors of the Deep Blue pirate group. None of the pirates who landed on Lighthouse Hill survived, and there were no survivors on the two ships that evacuated with the Ghost.

Odysseus, who was sitting on a chair in front of the bar and drinking leisurely, asked Bazel to bring the pirates over.

When the pirates saw Odysseus, they didn't dare to look up.

The scene in the early morning really shocked them. Their ship was like a paper ship and was engulfed in flames in a very short time.

Fortunately, they were just offshore and could swim to Cruz Island, but when they reached the beach, they saw an even more shocking scene.

Half of "Lighthouse Hill" was on fire, and the screams of the pirates who attacked there made them regret going out to sea.

So when Beavis and others were searching, they surrendered directly without any resistance.

At this time, the former sheriff Tom asked: "Mayor, do you want to kill these nine people as well?"

Mayor Gar had said before that no prisoners were needed.

But Odysseus said: "No, they are still of some use."

Then he asked the nine people, "Who among you can speak the language of the Kingdom of Feynapotter?"

They thought the captain needed an interpreter, so the four pirates who knew Fenetport quickly volunteered and proved themselves useful by speaking fluent Fenetport.

The Deep Blue Pirates frequently traveled between the central route and the eastern Rorsted Archipelago, so some of their crew members were Feynapotes.

The other five men trembled in fear, fearing that the captain would order their execution.

Odysseus nodded and said to the remaining five people, "Do you speak Loenese?"

The five people quickly looked up and said "yes, yes, yes".

"Then I will send you to Bayam." Odysseus continued, "And the four of you who can speak Feynapot, I will send you to Midway Island.

"I order you to go to the tavern there and tell the patrons exactly how the Deep Blue Pirates were destroyed."

The nine people were all stunned, but after hearing that they could survive, they were first surprised, but they also couldn't understand what the captain wanted to do?
One of the pirates quickly said, "We will never reveal anything here!"

"Assholes!" Odysseus said, "I told you to speak, so you go and speak!"

Seeing that these people were still not getting the message, Odysseus had no choice but to say, "I want to be a 'Pirate General', so of course I need some military achievements."

The nine people finally understood and promised to tell everyone what happened here.

In fact, there is no need for Odysseus's order. As long as they can return alive, they will definitely spread what happened here.

Only then did Odysseus smile and nod.

This was his response, and the first four men who went to Midway were to tell the Feneport Navy that the ship that had captured the Ghost was flying the flag of the Dawn of the Elements, so that they wouldn't send a too powerful opponent right away.

The five people who went to Bayam were there to "notify" the Loen Navy. Odysseus believed that they should know something about the background of the "Deep Blue" pirate group. They would most likely take action, or at least investigate what was going on.

As long as they take action, Odysseus can use the actual situation to intimidate the Fenapotenti navy.

If that's still not enough, we'll have to ask the Church of the Evernight Goddess to step in.

It was only at this time that Odysseus realized that he had many ways to deal with this matter.

After the explanation, Odysseus had the nine men knocked unconscious, and then he ordered them to be carried to the warehouse of the tavern.

Without anyone seeing, Odysseus used "travel" to send them away one by one.

Send five of them to Bayam first, then the other four.

Midway Island is an important island on the Central Route. The Kingdom of Feynaport has been operating here for a long time and has established a large colonial city here.

The location of Cruz Island is quite far from both shipping routes, but it is closer to the central shipping route, otherwise the Fenaport Navy would not have set its sights on the iron mines.

Odysseus didn't have time to hang around here today. After sending the people there, he just took a look at the colonial city from a distance and then returned to Cruz Island.

The battle to defend the island has been won, and the "Deep Blue" pirate group has been almost wiped out. The next step is to clean up the battlefield and recover the spoils.

At noon, it rained and the fire on "Lighthouse Hill" was completely extinguished.

The rain on the sea came and ended quickly. Around two o'clock in the afternoon, a rainbow appeared in the sky.

At the same time, the work of recovering the spoils began.

Odysseus did not involve the residents of Cruz Island in this work, but only used his own crew and "extraordinary puppets" to complete it.

Bazel led 15 "extraordinary puppets" to "Lighthouse Hill" to recover the spoils.

Rupert piloted the Argonauts and led 10 Extraordinary Puppets to the location where the Ghost was bombarded by the Soul-Destroying Cannon to recover the spoils.

Beavis led the rest of the crew, as well as 10 "extraordinary puppets", to the waters outside "Moon Bay" to recover the spoils.

Late in the evening, the three teams that came to collect the spoils returned one after another.

The residents of the town had already prepared roasted lamb, roasted chicken, roasted fish and other foods in the restaurant to entertain them. Sailors such as Yi Laizhe also got off the ship to participate in the celebratory dinner.

The town is particularly lively today, with many people drinking and celebrating outside their doors in the streets and alleys.

Before today, they would never have thought that they could destroy the "Deep Blue" pirate ship.

In the dining room, Odysseus raised his glass and said to all the crew members at the table, "Let's raise our glasses together to celebrate this victory."

Everyone had smiles on their faces and raised their glasses.

After drinking a cup together, Odysseus said seriously: "Before we celebrate, let's talk about how to divide the spoils.

"First, let me explain the rules for dividing up the spoils. In future battles, regardless of whether you encounter spoils you need or not, you must hand them over first, and I will then distribute them uniformly.

“The principle of distribution is to distribute according to everyone’s contribution in the battle.

"Also, the spoils may not all be what you need. You can also exchange your contributions for merits and redeem them from me for what you really need."

Everyone nodded slowly. This was similar to the distribution mechanism of most extraordinary organizations, so no one had any objections.

"Let me discuss the distribution of the gold pounds," Odysseus said. "We should be able to collect around 50 pounds this time. The remaining navigators will each receive 100 pounds, and Mr. Yilaizhe will receive pounds."

The reason why there is such a small bounty is that many pirates with bounties were burned or sunk to the bottom of the sea, and there is no way to find anything that can prove their identity.

Yi Laizhe was about to refuse because he had said when he got on the boat that he didn't want any spoils.

Odysseus, however, said first: "This is a bonus, not a trophy."

With Ilezhe guarding the boat, Odysseus felt relieved, so when he was preparing to divide the spoils, he planned to give them some bonuses.

"Captain Cleveland, Boatswain Salina, Crewman Noy, and Trainee Crewman Boris all performed very well in this battle." Odysseus said, "Each of you will receive a bonus of 300 pounds.

"Second Mate Rupert and Third Mate Beavis, your bonus is 500 pounds each, and the first mate's bonus is 800 pounds."

Salina and several other new crew members immediately smiled happily. They didn't expect that they would receive such a large bonus just after joining the "Sword of Dawn".

They all sighed in their hearts that the captain was very generous and distributed most of the gold pounds to the crew.

The reason why Odysseus is so generous is that he will obtain most of the characteristics and seals of this battle through the "transformation" of merits.

So he continued, "In addition to the bonus, I have prepared items for each of you to redeem based on your merits."

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(End of this chapter)