Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 279 Leonard's Adventures
Odysseus was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that it was the "Red Gloves" who asked him for help.

He said, "Please tell me. If it is within my ability, I will definitely provide corresponding assistance."

Dean smiled and nodded. Odysseus did not mention the reward, but first said that he was willing to provide help, which made him feel very face in front of his peers.

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

The Red Gloves members from Backlund were in the carriage outside, using seals to monitor their conversation. That was why Bishop Dean was so pleased with Odysseus's reaction.

Soon, Bishop Dean was followed in by a young man with black hair, green eyes, outstanding looks, and wearing a black windbreaker.

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

Odysseus had met him once in Backlund.

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

Odysseus held out his hand: "This is on the sea, you should call me Captain."

The two men laughed and shook hands.

Bishop Dean was slightly stunned: "Do you know each other?"

"I've met him before," Leonard said. "Wizard... The Captain left a deep impression on me."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Please sit down."

Then someone said to Bazel, "Go and close the door. We won't be receiving any guests for now."

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

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

After they sat down again, Leonard said to Odysseus, "Bishop Dean said before that you are well-informed and have a ship, so we thought of asking you for some help."

The Church of the Evernight Goddess has almost no power on the sea. If they encounter problems at sea, they usually ask the Church of Storm for help.

But the Church of Storms cannot always provide timely assistance. For example, this time, they just did not have captains and sailors of sufficient level to help Leonard complete the mission, so they suggested sending a pirate ship to provide assistance.

So Bishop Dean recommended Odysseus and his "Argo" to them.

The news that the Argonauts had annihilated the Red Lion pirates had spread throughout Bayam. Undoubtedly, the ship's strength was sufficient to assist the Red Gloves.

Instead of using a pirate ship with a background in the Church of Storms, it would be better to use the ship of Odysseus, which has a cooperation with the Church of Tranquility.

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

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

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

Leonard briefly introduced: "We have received accurate information that Iron Hand Balk is plotting a conspiracy against the Rorsted Archipelago. We hope to stop him."

Odysseus pondered for a moment before asking, "Why not leave this matter to the Church of Storms?"

"Iron Hand" Balk is also a "big pirate". It is said that his flagship is also a ghost ship. According to some information obtained by Odysseus, his strength is close to that of a "pirate general".

For pirates as difficult to deal with as these, the "Red Gloves", who are not good at naval battles, can simply hand the case over to the Church of Storms.

But they did not do so, and were even unwilling to wait for help from the Storm Church, which was very unusual.

Leonard thought for a moment and then said, "We hope to ask Balke a few questions in person."

Odysseus nodded to show his understanding. It seemed that stopping Balke's conspiracy was just a side job. Their main hope was to get some information from Balke.

Then he asked, "Is it okay to ask questions in a 'psychic' way?"

"I think even when he was alive, he wouldn't answer our questions obediently," Leonard said with a smile.

"That's easy." said Odysseus.

If the goal is to capture the opponent alive, the task will be more difficult.

Odysseus took a sip of tea and thought for a moment before saying, "According to the information I received last week, Balk seems to be active near Nohaus Island. I wonder if he's still there this week."

At the last intelligence exchange meeting, Odysseus roughly learned about Balk's location through an intelligence transaction.

"All we know is his location from two weeks ago," Leonard said, spreading his hands. "That's where I need your help. We can't confirm his exact location right now."

Odysseus hummed, then said to Bazel, "Go to the Sea Lion Bar and ask Paz if he has any latest news about the Skeleton Pirates."

The leader of the "Skull" pirate group is "Iron Hand" Balk.

And Pass, who frequents the "Sea Lion Bar," has corresponding channels on Northaus Island.

Through two intelligence exchange meetings, Odysseus had gotten to know most of Bayam's intelligence dealers and knew roughly what channels they had.

Bazel agreed and went out immediately.

After the door was closed again, Odysseus said, "I am willing to help you, but I have two conditions."

Leonard nodded and said, "You go ahead."

"First of all, if this operation involves a battle at sea, I will be in charge," said Odysseus.

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

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

Leonard immediately agreed: "That's no problem, but we hope to be able to purchase some Beyonder Characteristics with gold pounds."

Odysseus took a sip of tea and said, "That's all."

Leonard and Bishop Dean were both stunned. They had originally thought that the "Captain" would take the opportunity to ask for some other compensation that the Church of the Goddess of Evernight would pay.

The reason why Odysseus did not mention it was because it was a favor and there was no point in mentioning it at this time.

This way, when they are asked to repay a favor in the future, it will be more difficult for them to refuse.

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

"Knohaus Island is northeast of Chakel Island and does not conflict with this operation. After a brief pause there, we will immediately head to Nohaus Island.

"If we continue to sail overnight, we should arrive in the relevant waters by tomorrow morning. We will then search for any traces of the 'Skull' pirate group based on the intelligence."

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

Bishop Dean noticed something strange: "So fast?"

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

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

The "Ghost" that Odysseus had just seized could only temporarily enter the underworld to hide. If it sailed in the underworld, it would be dangerous due to the lack of sufficient protection.

In other words, most ghost ships do not have the capabilities of the Black Emperor.

Bishop Dean thought Odysseus was reminding him that his ship was a ghost ship that could sail quickly, so he just said "Oh" and said nothing more.

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

"And Pers also provided a piece of information. There are rumors that the 'Skull' pirate group has a secret base near Northaus Island."

Odysseus nodded. "It seems that if we cruise around the island of Nohaus, we should be able to find them."

Then he asked Leonard: "Did you come here by yourself?"

Leonard replied: "And two colleagues."

"When can we set off?"

"We can leave now."

Odysseus thought for a moment and then said, "You can choose to come aboard with me now, or I can pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Let's get on board now." Leonard said, "I hope to get used to the sea beforehand."

Although he has a casual personality, he will be serious when it comes to making sufficient preparations.

"Okay, please ask your two colleagues to come in." Then Odysseus said to Bazel, "Get ready. I'll pick you up at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Bazel then took the opportunity to report, "The bounty will be collected tomorrow. I've already contacted my former subordinates, and they've already started working for the Sword of Dawn."

Odysseus nodded and said, "We usually give them some small bonuses. This money will be taken from the pirate group's public funds."

Having said that, Odysseus felt that he should find someone to manage his money.

As he has more channels to spend money in the future and uses larger amounts of money, he can't do the accounting himself, right?
It is possible to hire a professional financial personnel, but Odysseus is a pirate after all, and his income and expenditure are not legal. It is not known whether the financial personnel will obey.

Odysseus felt that he should find someone he could trust to help him look after the money, so that at least the financial staff would not dare to cook the books.

After a brief chat with Basel, Odysseus brought Leonard and his two colleagues, a man and a woman, to the Argonaut studio in two trips.

Then Odysseus took the three of them to the restaurant, called all the crew members, and introduced them to each other.

While Leonard and the others were greeting the crew, they glanced at the "Extraordinary Puppet" busy in the kitchen.

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

After a brief chat, Odysseus arranged for them to stay in the crew quarters and asked the boatswain Salina to take them on a tour of the "Argo".

The three members of the "Red Gloves" came to the deck and saw the boundless ocean. They suddenly felt as if they had just entered another world.

At this time, Leonard noticed the "Ghost" behind him: "That is..."

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

Leonard glanced at the ghost ship with the larger belly. "Didn't the newspaper say that 'Red Lion' Taylor's flagship was blown up?"

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

"Yes, that's what we did!" Salina laughed.

Leonard was slightly stunned and looked at the ghost ship behind him again. He didn't expect that the "leader"... or the "captain" was so powerful!
In his own studio, Odysseus first went to the "Knowledge Wilderness" to use the "time bonus" there to prepare the materials needed for "Scroll: From Beginner to Mastery".

Then he returned to the real world and designed the "Land-based Extraordinary Machine Gun" and the "Land-based Lingbo Cannon" to protect Cruz Island.

Since it is "land-based", it has more space and of course greater power.

However, after having the "Extraordinary Potion Production Line", Odysseus's design ideas changed. Since he had many extraordinary characteristics that were unused, he could try to equip those weapons.

With this idea, the power of the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" can be even greater.

The theory of "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" is actually similar to that of "Flame Arrow". After condensing the spirituality, the normal spirituality is compressed and converted using a magic circle to become extraordinary shells.

The "extraordinary machine guns" currently on the "Argo" and the ships built for the "Elemental Dawn" are already the limit of Odysseus' previous research.

At that time, Odysseus was a bit obsessed with solving any problem with spirituality.

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

This made Odysseus realize a problem: perhaps the combination of Beyonder characteristics and living things is the root of all chaos and instability.

As for the "Spirit Wave Cannon", it is the core part of all of Odysseus's research.

It is also the most cutting-edge application of spirituality. The scholars of "Elemental Dawn" who have studied with Odysseus for a month are still unclear about the principle of this weapon.

In fact, the theory of "Spirit Wave Cannon" is similar to "nuclear fusion reaction". Odysseus uses a magic circle to compress the spirituality to a certain degree, and then suddenly releases it after launching it to a certain distance. The spirituality quickly rubs against the molecules in nature, causing a violent explosion.

The reason why the "Spirit Wave Cannon" currently has only such great power is because Odysseus's magic circle can only provide such great pressure.

If the pressure is greater, the power will be even greater. Maybe one day we can really create an "extraordinary nuclear bomb".

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

Odysseus is currently trying to design a small "spiritual wave cannon" that can be operated by three "extraordinary puppets" and carried around the world.

Although its power is certainly not as great as the "Lingbo Cannon" on the ship, it will have no problem attacking a fortress or city wall.

Before the "Craftsman's Pocket Watch" was available, it was difficult for Odysseus to complete the design work on these things. With the addition of this magical item, Odysseus now has the corresponding ability.

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

Odysseus summoned all the crew members to have dinner early. Leonard sat at the table and asked, "Are you going to take action later?"

"Yes." Odysseus said, "You don't have to do anything. Just sit in the recreation room and play cards."

Leonard asked again: "Can I watch?"

"That's fine." Odysseus took a bite of bread. "But if you get hurt accidentally, I won't be responsible." Leonard smiled and said, "We will protect ourselves."

Odysseus dipped his spoonful of soup, ate a mouthful of bread, and asked, "How does it feel to be on the sea?"

"The boatswain knows a lot about the sea," Leonard said. "Mr. Yi Laizhe's sailing lessons are also very interesting."

Currently, apart from a few navigator trainees such as Yi Laizhe, there are only Odysseus, Cleveland, Salina and Boris on the ship.

Boris was afraid that the opportunity to become a crew member that he had worked so hard to get would be wasted, so he taped his mouth shut.

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

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

"That's an ordinary captain." Odysseus sighed: "The ability of 'travel' sounds good, but it will keep people busy.

"I haven't finished my work here yet, and it's time to get busy over there, so I don't have any time at all.

"It's better to take an ordinary ship. Once you're out on the sea, you won't get any news. That's actually quite relaxing."

Salina said, stabbing her steak with a fork, "In that case, I'd be envious of being able to get news from shore at any time."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Yes, humans are indeed difficult to satisfy."

Leonard took a sip of coffee and said, "Your conversation has suddenly reached a philosophical level."

Salina was stunned: "Really?"

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

After a simple dinner, the bustling port could be seen from the deck. Odysseus used the "travel" to pick up the second mates Rupert and Noy, and ordered them to prepare for battle.

Because this island hosted a large number of pirates every day, the fleet of "Sword of Dawn" did not arouse the vigilance of too many people.

However, many people noticed this fleet because the pirate group "Sword of Dawn" had just set out from here a few days ago. It was also on that day that the news of the killing of "Red Lion" Taylor reached here.

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

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

At this time, in the Argo's wheelhouse, Odysseus, sitting in the captain's chair, ordered: "Fire three shells at the open space at the dock."

The "extraordinary machine gun" on the bow of the ship adjusted its position and fired bursts of shots at the dock with "bang~bang~bang".

Only then did Leonard realize it belatedly and said, "You are going to rob this port."

"Yes," Odysseus said, "as a pirate, of course you have to act like a pirate."

Leonard paused. He had thought he was quite casual, but why did he suddenly feel like he had encountered an even more casual pirate group?
They were talking fine before, and they often attacked pirates. Leonard felt that this pirate group was an extra-staff force of the Church of the Goddess of Evernight.

But the sudden robbery seemed to remind Leonard that he was on a pirate ship.

However, Leonard still had to remind him: "You want to rob... in front of the official Beyonders?"

"Don't worry, I don't have a hobby of slaughtering ordinary people." Odysseus said, "It's just that some things are easier to rob."

At this time, the coastal defense artillery on Chaker Island began to fight back, and for a while there were continuous sounds of gunfire and explosions.

But they soon discovered embarrassingly that the shells from the coastal defense artillery just couldn't reach the "Argo".

In fact, the most advanced coastal defense guns currently available have a longer range than the "Extraordinary Machine Gun", but this is an island outside the main channel after all, and is not equipped with the most advanced coastal defense guns at all.

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

Odysseus in the cab continued to give orders: "Fire both guns at once, free fire, and destroy all the coastal defense guns."

Leonard saw that the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" on the bow of the ship adjusted its position again, neither more nor less, and fired three rounds in a row.

After firing three shells, adjust your position and shoot again.

Then an explosion was heard on the shore, indicating that a coastal defense gun had been destroyed.

There were confused shouts from the shore, and Leonard saw that everyone in the coastal artillery position had fled.

But the "Extraordinary Puppet" did not stop the attack. Explosions continued and soon the people on the shore were basically disarmed. At this time, the white flag of the port defense team was only halfway raised.

Odysseus immediately gave the order: "Pull into the harbor!"

This order made Leonard stunned: "This...isn't this too risky?"

Odysseus smiled confidently and said, "Whatever abilities they have, feel free to use them."

He had obtained a lot of information about this port in the bar here before, and after taking a tour around the port, he was almost certain that there were no demigods in a port of this size.

There might be a Sequence 5, but the mayor of this city doesn't have the financial resources to hire one. The Sequence 5s here are basically just passers-by. As long as the shells don't hit their heads, they won't bother with these trivial matters.

As for the pirates in the port, there is even less need to worry. They should be ready to make a move by now, hoping to take advantage of the chaos later to rob others.

As the fleet entered the port, the entire city fell into chaos and everyone scrambled to flee.

Just as the Argo was approaching the dock, a wall of fire suddenly came from the shore, but was isolated by the Argo's shield.

Odysseus ordered: "Fire at the target!"

Bang~bang~bang~
As several shells were fired, a figure suddenly emerged from the source of the wall of fire. He was covered in flames and dodged the shells nimbly.

"This is the Beyonder hired by the mayor." Odysseus said as he put on his gloves, "Rupert, I leave the command here to you. I'll go fight them."

Battle Captain Cleveland asked, "Captain, do you need our help?"

At this time, several extraordinary people were running towards this side. It was obvious that this port had hired more than one extraordinary person.

"No need," Odysseus said as he put on his metal gloves, "We are not here to kill anyone."

After he finished speaking, an illusory door appeared beside him.

Odysseus opened the door and went in. The next second, he appeared next to the man covered in flames on the shore. He swung his fist with metal gloves and knocked the man away.

"Harvest!"

The flames on the man covered in fire suddenly went out, and blood spurted out of his mouth. He was seriously injured.

"Imprison!" Odysseus immediately raised his gloved hand and "imprisoned" a Beyonder who rushed over, then rushed forward: "Death!"

Another extraordinary person was knocked out and seriously injured.

At this time, Odysseus had already rushed to the vicinity of several extraordinary people. These extraordinary people realized how powerful their opponent was and dodged to the side, preparing to launch a siege.

Odysseus suddenly threw an "explosive scroll" under his feet and used the "travel ring" to enter the spirit world.

Boom~
The huge explosion blew away several extraordinary people and collapsed the hardened dock.

Leonard, who was watching on the deck, was stunned. The "Captain" was even stronger than he had imagined, already at Sequence 5 strength!

The Beyonder who was covered in flames just now should be a Sequence 6 "Conspirator", and the second one who was knocked away should be at least a Sequence 7.

The remaining ones who were blown away, some of whom fainted on the spot or were in urgent need of rescue, should be "low-sequence" extraordinary people, and the two who still had the strength to avoid vital points should be "mid-sequence" extraordinary people.

In less than ten seconds, all of the opponent's extraordinary powers were eliminated.

Leonard recalled the process of blowing up the coastal defense artillery just now, and felt that it was a waste of talent for the "Captain" to lead the "Sword of Dawn" to rob such a port.

Until now, Leonard had no intention of stopping it, because he could see that the "Captain" adhered to the principle of not killing people if possible.

Although the battle seems to be very fierce so far, at most only a few artillerymen have been injured.

At this time, Odysseus appeared on the dock again. He shouted, "Tell your mayor that I want to ask him for a favor."

The injured Beyonders thought to themselves: Use cannons to ask the mayor for help?

"Captain Gal, what can I do for you?" A round-faced middle-aged man in formal attire walked over quickly, followed by several armed guards.

Odysseus asked, "Are you the mayor?"

A thin layer of sweat had already appeared on the other party's forehead. He had witnessed the strength of the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group, which was even more powerful than the "Big Pirate".

You know, with the defense power of Chakel Island, ordinary "big pirates" would not dare to rob here.

At the same time, the mayor also noticed that Captain Gal did not seem to have the intention to kill anyone, and only hurried over after hearing that the other party had a need.

Odysseus asked, "Do you have a construction team here?"

The mayor was stunned: "Wha...what?"

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

Odysseus patiently repeated, "Do you have a construction team here? The kind that builds houses and repairs roads?"

"Yes... yes..." It was the first time that the mayor heard of a robbery on a construction team, and he didn't react for a moment.

"Bring three construction teams. Well, they don't have to be too large, but they have to cover all types of work." Odysseus put forward the conditions seriously. He thought to himself, you have never seen anyone robbing someone's feet!

The mayor finally reacted: "Okay, okay."

He quickly said to a guard nearby, "Go to the city hall and tell them that Captain Gal needs three construction teams that aren't too large, but that cover a wide range of jobs."

Odysseus nodded with satisfaction. "Are there any teachers in the city who teach grammar and mathematics?"

"Have!"

"Two of each," said Odysseus.

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

Odysseus asked again: "Are there architects and road designers?"

The mayor thought for a moment and said, "I don't think there is one, but I can ask for you."

Odysseus nodded with satisfaction and said, "Send someone to ask. You wait here for a moment."

The mayor knew that he was being taken hostage, but after learning of Captain Gar's needs, he did not panic. He quickly ordered the guards to carry the injured Beyonders away and directed them to maintain order.

Odysseus shouted to the fleet behind him, "The Ghost, dock!"

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

Odysseus took out his pipe and filled it with tobacco while saying, "There will be no more 'Deep Blue' pirates."

"Gudong~" the mayor swallowed his saliva. "Where did this pirate group come from? They killed two big pirates in two weeks! And they dared to rob a small city with coastal defense artillery and Beyonders protecting it!"

Odysseus rubbed his thumb and index finger together and lit his pipe. "As I recall, there are several brick kilns and a small cement factory on Zakkel Island, right?"

On the sea, such small cities have many construction needs, and it is impossible to transport all construction materials from other islands.

Especially for cheaper bricks, if they are transported from other ports, it would be better to spend some money and hire a few craftsmen who can make bricks.

The mayor seemed to realize Captain Gal’s intention: “Yes… yes.

"You now occupy Zakal Island?"

"That's right." Odysseus nodded. "In a while, I'll need a brick kiln and a cement factory. Please prepare the corresponding manpower, and I will transport them in a few days."

The mayor smiled bitterly, feeling that once these people left, there was no chance of them coming back alive.

But he couldn't possibly offend a powerful "big pirate" for the lives of dozens of coolies and workers, so he immediately agreed.

Odysseus then talked about metallurgical plants, steel forgings, and other factories, which made the mayor feel relieved, because only Bayam had such factories.

And the Sword of Dawn would never come to Bayam to snatch people away.

Odysseus was already thinking about sending Bazel to scout Bayam and prepare for the kidnapping.

More than ten minutes later, the construction team members were escorted in one after another by the guards, followed by a group of family members crying and shouting to see them off. The dock suddenly fell into chaos.

Odysseus put away his pipe and shouted, "If anyone makes trouble at the dock, I will take him away too."

The family members who came to see them off quickly left the dock and stood at the harbor crying.

Then four young teachers were brought in, and finally a family was brought in. They were a construction engineer and his family from Backlund who were on vacation in the Rorsted Archipelago. Because the passenger ship passed by Zakkel Island, the family came down to enjoy dinner and were arrested.

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

The mayor was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Of course, of course."

(End of this chapter)